Bustin' Out of Trenchtown [IMPORT]

Bob Marley

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 1998)
• Original Release Date: February 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Recall Records UK
• ASIN: B000005C54
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #150,426 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
36 digitally mastered classics, including 'Keep On Moving', 'Small Axe', 'Duppy Conqueror', 'Trenchtown Rock', 'Kaya' and 'Sun Is Shining'. Double slimline jewel case. 1997 Recallrelease. The full title is 'Bustin' Out Of Trenchtown'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one to get for early Marley, December 4, 2001

By	Bryan Moore (Jonesboro, AR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a deal this CD is! You get thirty-six remastered cuts of Marley and the Wailers' (early) best for [the price]. The double CD contains almost all of AFRICAN HERBSMAN and RASTA REVOLUTION (I counted two or three songs not included from those two great, great LPs--not quite, but almost, negligible) as well as about ten others.

There are maybe a half dozen 4-CD Marley packages that include alternate takes, interviews with the master, Lee Perry mixes, and so on. I can do w/o most of the side bits. There are other single-CDs that contain a lot of the good early stuff, but you really need at least a double CD to get most of it for a reasonable price.

If you want the essential stuff for a dream-price, this is the one to get. (The title of the set is pretty bad--this is not STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON--but who cares?) And, my gosh, the music itself! I love later Marley, but this early stuff, in my opinion, is the heart of Marley: a bit rough, passionate, defiant, joyful, humane--words fail.

Even if you don't get this particular CD: if you aren't familiar with the early '70s stuff, you've got a pleasant surprise in store for you. Get up, put on your shoes, and go get some early Marley (or stay right there, do some clicking, and buy this disc). Now!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bob Marley's Music Lives On, April 13, 2005

A Kid's Review

Okay, my uncle Colin gave this to me as a birthday present and he told me jokingly "listen to this everyday." If only I had taken his advice sooner! This cd is absolutely awesome! Bob Marley was and is an fantastic reggae singer and who can ask for more than the original tracks. Definately a deal. (...). I hope this helps someone!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars formative years, October 8, 2000

By	"katja_r" (munich, germany) - See all my reviews

I enjoy the music on these CDs. They cheer me up; they make me smile, and as is often the case, they give me something to consider. Juan Hart writes the notes as a history of Bob Marley up to 1973 when, "stranded and broke in England, the Wailers approached Island Records' Chris Blackwell who agreed to record them." The songs on this collection are from the years 1969-73, and they are all good. I prefer the songs from the second CD. The sound is closer to their Island work, and the Wailers seem to have found what was to become their internationally recognized sound. If you are interested in raggae music, or in the early music of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh (née Macintosh) and Bunny Wailer (née Neville Linvingston), this CD will be interesting to you.