Bob Marley News

(2/4/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- The Bob Marley & the Wailers greatest-hits album Legend will be reissued next week in a deluxe edition on Island/Tuff Gong/UME.

The 1984 collection has now been expanded to two CDs. Disc one is called "Legend Remastered," and it features the original album's 14 songs, along with two other tracks, "Easy Skanking" and "Punky Reggae Party," which were on the cassette version released in the U.K. Disc two is called "The Legend Remixes," and it features 13 remixes, many of which only came out on 12-inch singles in the '80s, in addition to an unreleased remix of "Lively Up Yourself."

All the music has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes for the best sound quality possible, and the new packaging includes the original artwork, photos, and liner notes, along with newly-added pictures. Legend joins Catch A Fire and Exodus in getting the deluxe treatment, as part of Universal's Marley reissue campaign.

Legend (Deluxe Edition) comes out next Tuesday (February 12).

The tracklist for Legend (Deluxe Edition) includes:

Disc One - "Legend Remastered": "Is This Love," "Easy Skanking," "Satisfy My Soul," "Three Little Birds," "One Love"/"People Get Ready," "Waiting In Vain," "Exodus," "Jamming," "No Woman No Cry" (live), "Could You Be Loved," "Redemption Song," "Buffalo Soldier," "Get Up Stand Up," "I Shot The Sheriff," "Stir It Up," and "Punky Reggae Party."

Disc Two - "The Legend Remixes": "One Love"/"Get Ready" (Extended Version and Dub Version), "Waiting In Vain," "Jamming," "Could You Be Loved," "Three Little Birds," "Exodus," "Coming In From The Cold," "Buffalo Soldier" (from the original version of Legend), "Jamming," "Waiting In Vain," "No Woman No Cry," and "Lively Up Yourself" (previously unreleased).

-- Bruce Simon, New York

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