Bob Marley And The Wailers - Small Axe (SPECXX2049) 2 CD Set
2010 two CD compilation, a comprehensive collection of Bob Marley & the Wailers' recordings produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. After forming the Wailers in the early '60s, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny 'Wailer' Livingston became one of Jamaica's leading acts, pummeling the local charts with a catalogue of driving Ska hits for Studio One Records. The late sixties saw a dip in the fortunes, but their spell out of the spotlight came to a spectacular end in 1970 when the trio began working with the enigmatic Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Over the next two years, the union spawned a series of sublime sides that are still widely regarded as Reggae classics. Small Axe highlights all of these recordings that saw issue in the UK on both 7' and 12' during the early '70s. Included are original versions of numerous songs that would famously be re-cut for Island Records, plus instrumental versions and collaborations with Carl 'Ras' Dawkins and Dave 'Double Barrel' Barker, with the latter featuring on 'All Over', a duet with Bunny Wailer that makes it's CD debut with this release. Spectrum.
CD 1
1. My Cup
2. Soul Rebel
3. Try Me
4. It's Alright
5. No Sympathy
6. Soul Almighty - The Wailers, Bob Marley
7. Rebel's Hop
8. Corner Stone
9. Four Hundred Years
10. My Sympathy
11. No Water
12. Reaction
13. True Love - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley & The Wailers
14. Cloud Nine - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley & The Wailers
15. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Dave Barker, Bob Marley & The Wailers
16. Duppy Conqueror
17. Zig Zag (Duppy Conqueror Version) - The Upsetters
18. Conquerer Version 3 (Aka Upsetting Station) - Dave Collins, Ansel Collins
19. Mr. Brown
20. Dracula - The Upsetters
21. Kaya
22. Kaya (Alternate Version)
23. All in One Medley
24. Copasetic Medley (Dub) - The Upsetters
CD 2
1. Small Axe
2. Shocks '71 - Dave Barker, Charlie Ace
3. More Axe
4. The Axe Man - The Upsetters
5. Picture On the Wall - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley & The Wailers
6. Dreamland
7. Dreamland Version
8. Rhythm Land (Dreamland Version) - U-Roy
9. What a Confusion - Dave Barker, Bunny Wailer
10. Down Presser
11. All Over - Clancy Eccles, Bunny Wailer
12. Fussing & Fighting
13. Stand Alone
14. Don't Rock My Boat
15. Put It On
16. Riding High
17. Brain Washing
18. Keep On Moving
19. Mooving Version (Aka Moving Version) - Big Youth
20. African Herbsman
21. Brand New Second Hand - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
22. Second Hand, Pt. 2 - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
23. Jah Is Mighty
CD 1
1. My Cup
2. Soul Rebel
3. Try Me
4. It's Alright
5. No Sympathy
6. Soul Almighty - The Wailers, Bob Marley
7. Rebel's Hop
8. Corner Stone
9. Four Hundred Years
10. My Sympathy
11. No Water
12. Reaction
13. True Love - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley & The Wailers
14. Cloud Nine - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley & The Wailers
15. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Dave Barker, Bob Marley & The Wailers
16. Duppy Conqueror
17. Zig Zag (Duppy Conqueror Version) - The Upsetters
18. Conquerer Version 3 (Aka Upsetting Station) - Dave Collins, Ansel Collins
19. Mr. Brown
20. Dracula - The Upsetters
21. Kaya
22. Kaya (Alternate Version)
23. All in One Medley
24. Copasetic Medley (Dub) - The Upsetters
CD 2
1. Small Axe
2. Shocks '71 - Dave Barker, Charlie Ace
3. More Axe
4. The Axe Man - The Upsetters
5. Picture On the Wall - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley & The Wailers
6. Dreamland
7. Dreamland Version
8. Rhythm Land (Dreamland Version) - U-Roy
9. What a Confusion - Dave Barker, Bunny Wailer
10. Down Presser
11. All Over - Clancy Eccles, Bunny Wailer
12. Fussing & Fighting
13. Stand Alone
14. Don't Rock My Boat
15. Put It On
16. Riding High
17. Brain Washing
18. Keep On Moving
19. Mooving Version (Aka Moving Version) - Big Youth
20. African Herbsman
21. Brand New Second Hand - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
22. Second Hand, Pt. 2 - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
23. Jah Is Mighty