Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Soul Rebel - Bob Marley
2. Soul Rebel [Version 4] - The Upsetters
3. Soul Rebel [Alternate Version] - Bob Marley
4. Soul Rebel [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
5. Run for Cover - Bob Marley
6. Try Me - Bob Marley
7. Try Me [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
8. It's Alright - Bob Marley
9. It's Alright [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
10. It's Alright [Alternate Version] - Bob Marley
11. No Sympathy - Bob Marley
12. No Sympathy [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
13. My Cup - Bob Marley
14. Version of Cup - The Upsetters
15. Rebel's Hop - Bob Marley
16. Rebel's Hop [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
17. Corner Stone - Bob Marley
18. Corner Stone [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
19. Jah Is Mighty [Corner Stone Version2] - Bob Marley

Disc 2:

1. 400 Years - Bob Marley
2. 400 Years [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
3. No Water - Bob Marley
4. No Water [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
5. Reaction - Bob Marley
6. Reaction [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
7. Soul Almighty - Bob Marley
8. Soul Almighty [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
9. Shocks of Mighty, Pt. 1 - Bob Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry
10. Shocks of Mighty, Pt. 2 - Bob Marley
11. Shocks of Mighty [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
12. True Love - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley
13. Cloud Nine - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley
14. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying [Dub Version] - Dave Barker, Bob Marley
15. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
16. Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley
17. Duppy Conqueror [Version 4] - The Upsetters
18. Upsetting Station - Dave Barker, The Upsetters
19. Duppy Conqueror [Alternate Mix] - Bob Marley

Disc 3:

1. Mr. Brown - Bob Marley
2. Mr. Brown [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
3. Small Axe - Bob Marley
4. More Axe - Bob Marley & the Wailers
5. Battle Axe - The Upsetters
6. Shocks 71 - Charlie Ace, Dave Barker, The Upsetters
7. More Axe - Bob Marley
8. Axe Man - The Upsetters
9. Picture on the Wall - Carl Dawkins, Bob Marley
10. Picture on the Wall [Version 3] - The Upsetters
11. Dreamland - Bunny Livingston, The Wailers
12. Dreamland [Instrumental] - The Upsetters, Winston Wright
13. Dreamland - U-Roy, The Upsetters
14. Dreamland [Version 2] - Bunny Livingston, The Wailers
15. All in One Medley: (Bend Down Low/Nice Time/One Love/Simmer ...) - Bob Marley
16. All in One (Pt. 2): Love & Affection/Put It on/Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley
17. Copasetic : Bend Me Low/Nice Time/One ... [Meldey-Dub Version: Bend Me] - The Upsetters
18. Downpresser - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
19. Downpresser [Dub Version] - The Upsetters

Disc 4:

1. Long Long Winter - Bob Marley
2. Long Long Winter [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
3. Love Light - Bob Marley
4. Love Light [Dub] - The Upsetters
5. Love Light [Alternate Version] - Bob Marley
6. Send Me That Love - Bob Marley
7. What Confusion - Dave Barker, Bunny Wailer
8. Man to Man - Bob Marley
9. Man to Man [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
10. Keep on Movin' - Bob Marley
11. Keep on Moving [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
12. Keep on Moving [Moving Version] - Big Youth, The Upsetters
13. Keep on Moving [Alternate Version] - Bob Marley, The Upsetters
14. Don't Rock My Boat - Bob Marley, The Upsetters
15. Don't Rock My Boat [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
16. Don't Rock My Boat [Alternate Mix] - Bob Marley, The Upsetters
17. Like It Like This (Don't Rock My Boat) - Johnny Lover, The Upsetters
18. Don't Rock My Boat [Alternate Mix] - Bob Marley, The Upsetters

Disc 5:

1. Put It On - Bob Marley
2. Put It On [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
3. Fussin' and Fightin' - Bob Marley
4. Fussing & Fighting [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
5. Memphis - Peter Tosh, The Upsetters
6. Memphis [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
7. Riding High - Bob Marley
8. Riding High [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
9. Kaya - Bob Marley
10. Kaya [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
11. Turn Me Loose - Bob Marley
12. African Herbsman - Bob Marley
13. African Herbsman [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
14. Stand Alone - Bob Marley
15. Stand Alone [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
16. Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley
17. Sun Is Shining [Dub Version] - The Upsetters

Disc 6:

1. Brain Washing - Bob Marley
2. Brain Washing [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
3. Brand New Second Hand - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
4. Brand New Second Hand [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
5. Brand New Second Hand [Alternate Version] - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
6. Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley
7. Concrete Jungle [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
8. Rainbow Country - Bob Marley
9. Rainbow Country [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
10. Satisfy My Soul - Bob Marley
11. Satisfy My Soul [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
12. Keep on Skanking - Bob Marley
13. Natural Mystic - Bob Marley
14. Natural Mystic [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
15. I Know a Place - Bob Marley
16. I Know a Place [Dub Version] - The Upsetters
17. Who Colt the Game - Bob Marley
18. Who Colt the Game [Dub Version] - The Upsetters

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #300687 in Music
• Released on: 2000-03-07
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
Featuring every track Bob Marley recorded for Lee Perry's Upsetter label and featuring Reggae legends U Roy, Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingstone, Dave Barker, Big Youth and more. Includes Dub, instrumental and alternative versions. 113 tracks on 6 CDs packaged in a cigarette style flip top box. Liner notes include artist/label history and biography. Box dimension in inches 5x5x1. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

The roughest and toughest Wailers...essential listening
First of all, this is NOT a ska collection. Recorded in the post-ska era from 1970 on, these songs have a slower, more militant, rebel feel than the Wailers previous work. In fact, many musicians and enthusiasts feel that Lee "Scratch" Perry's work with the Wailers helped create the "reggae" beat. Many also feel that Perry helped the band find it's definitive sound...Scratch's house band, the Upsetters would soon leave to work fulltime with Peter, Bunny, and Bob. It is also felt that Perry helped Marley to find his distinctive vocal style. If you listen to Scratch's vocal tracks, there is a remarkable resemblance between his vocalization and Marley's. Although no great vocalist in the traditional sense, Perry has a "feel" for the material he voices...and he helped Marley realize his potential. Listen to Marley's pre-Perry work with Studio One and Coxsone Dodd...the difference is obvious.

For those only familiar with Marley's Island Records output, the material here will be instantly recognizable...many of the songs Perry produced were later re-recorded by Chris Blackwell for Island.

Also, don't be afraid of the multiple versions and takes. "Version" and "dub" are vital parts of the Jamaican music scene, and the various takes reveal subtle and important aspects of the songs. Plus, you get to hear great deejays like U-Roy and Big Youth toasting over rock-solid Upsetter rhythm tracks! Also included is the super-rare "Who Colt The Game" and "I know a Place" tracks...songs Marley had Perry record as 4-track demos (they would continue to work together throughout the seventies, even when Marley was signed to Island)...ESSENTIAL.

Wonderful music; so-so package.
I tend to agree with many Marley fans that his Upsetter recordings have a raw power that gives them an artistic edge over the later Island recordings (which are themselves gems). This package provides the best available overview of these records, with superb sound quality. The music is simply magnificent: for those who think of reggae as a very limited genre, you will be amazed at how many wonderful grooves are possible within the general formula. The rhythmic variations are stunning.
My caveat is with the sequencing and the notes. I have several other albums in which the dub versions immediately follow the master take, and no matter how sweet the groove it is tiresome to hear six takes in a row of "Small Axe" and "Soul Rebel." I wish that Trojan had put the master vocal takes on one disc, the alternate takes and versions on another, and the dubs on another. The liner notes are also inadequate considering the importance of the music. There are no session notes or discographies.
For those who hesitate to have ALL this music, I highly recommend purchasing "African Herbsman" and "Rasta Revolution," also from Trojan. If you want everything though you will not regret buying this set.

great collection of marley's best era
I've listened to Bob Marley for 5 or 6 years now and have decided that the music he made with Lee Perry is the best... I was thrilled when I found this for $23. It has 'everything recorded with the Upsetters', but seems to be missing a good vocal version of Duppy Conqueror, which appears on the Songs of Freedom box set. It does get a bit tiresome to hear the same song 5 times in a row (because of alternate & dub mixes) but is still worth it if you like great reggae music. There are less-expensive compilations with much of the same music that appears here, but if you want everything, this gives it to you. And this has high sound quality and quality packaging too.