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Bob Marley and the Wailers - Gold Audio CD

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Bob Marley and the Wailers Band: Bob Marley and the Wailers
Title: Gold
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Release Date: 2005-01-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Stir It Up 2: Slave Driver 3: Concrete Jungle 4: Get Up, Stand Up 5: I Shot The Sheriff 6: Burnin' And Lootin' 7: Lively Up Yourself 8: Rebel Music (Three O'Clock Roadblock) 9: Trenchtown Rock 10: No Woman, No Cry 11: Jah Live 12: Positive Vibration 13: Roots, Rock, Reggae 14: Crazy Baldhead 15: Natural Mystic 16: Exodus 17: Jammin' 18: One Love / People Get Ready 19: Waiting In Vain 20: Punky Reggae Party 21: Is This Love 22: Sun Is Shining 23: Satisfy My Soul 24: Kinky Reggae 25: Medley: War / No More Trouble 26: So Much Trouble In The World 27: Africa Unite 28: One Drop 29: Could You Be Loved 30: Coming In From The Cold 31: Redemption Song 32: Buffalo Soldier 33: Rastaman Live Up 34: Iron Lion Zion

The best!
I reviewed all of the Bob Marley CD's for the best collection and this CD is it!.


Pure 14 carat "GOLD"
Absolutely the finest collection of "Marley's" hits, ever! This is the "Mother Lode", it just doesn't get any better than this! .


WARNING: Three Little Birds not included
IF YOU'RE NEW TO BOB MARLEY OR REGGAE IN GENERAL, THIS SET IS A GREAT PLACE TO START! It has pretty much all the hits from his entire career as well as some lesser known gems. Several here have already written lengthy reviews that I agree with, so I'll just hit two key points:

1. I'm not even a big reggae fan, but my wife got me hooked on Bob Marley, and after hearing the 14 or so cuts on the "Legend" cd, I wanted more. Here, across 34 tracks on 2 cd's, there's just not many songs you'll feel compelled to skip. If the price of this 2cd set is still a little high, you may consider the multi-platinum "Legend" cd instead, but be warned: "Legend" gives you just 14 or so tracks while "Gold" is just a coupla bucks more and gives you more than twice that (34) and includes every song on Legend except one.

2. Unfortunately, the one song omitted on this set is a huge one. "Three Little Birds" is one of Marley's most instantly infectious songs, with an ultra catchy chorus that can't help but put a bounce in your step ("Don't worry. . . about a thing; cause every little thing, is gonna be alright!"). It's clearly a signature song of his and would definitely be track #1 on any reggae compilation I put together. It's easily the favorite Marley cut for both me and my wife, and we rarely agree on much when it comes to music! And yet it couldn't be included in a 2 disc collection of what is supposed to be Bob Marley's "best" songs? Pathetic.

I'm still glad I upgraded my Legend cd to this as it's more complete and the remastered sound is fuller and richer than my old "Legend" cd, but the compiler of this set clearly felt they couldn't include every song from "Legend" for fear of making the "Legend" title completely irrelevent, but the fact of the matter is, they should have left off something else! Or better yet, just include everything from Legend and make this cd a small amount more and reduce the price of "Legend" to better differentiate the two titles.

So the music here is great, but the marketing on this stinks, and that's the only reason this set doesn't get 4 or even 5 stars from me!!.


This collection will help you "Lively Up Yourself"
It's got over 30 songs on two discs, lots of photos and a history of the band, and it all comes at a good price. "Gold" is just about the perfect Bob Marley collection out there. If you want to get into Bob Marley's amazing music, this is the perfect place to go. I can only wonder what it would have been like if Bob Marley were still alive today. Well anyway, this dual-disc collection is definitely hands-down worth the investment. Thanks for the time, and peace.


Gold - A very comprehensive collection
When I was shopping for the perfect Marley collection for me, I made a list of songs I wanted to be on it. To my taste, this collection of later Marley songs is the most comprehensive one, as far as Classics-covering concerned. "Gold" is the only one that answered all of my demands, although later I learned that I missed a few, which are compensated by the "Exodus" album. Not to mention, I ended up liking a lot of other songs from "Gold" that I didn't know before.


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