Bob Marley
A Marley Family AffairBob Marley Label: Charly SNAP198CD Price: £ 8.80 (£7.65 outside EU)
A 20-track collection bringing together five stand-out Bob Marley tracks with key performances from members of his extensive family. A 20-track collection bringing together five stand-out Bob Marley tracks with key performances from members of his extensive family, which demonstrate the depth of musical talent within the Marley dynasty , which is still going strong to this day. It includes five tracks from the I Threes, Bob Marley's vocal backing group, featuring his wife Rita , including 'Many Are Called' recorded in the Seventies by Lee Perry and still regarded as being one of his finest productions. The album also features a generous sample of Rita Marley's own solo work. Her tracks include 'One Draw', the first reggae single to top Billboard's disco chart, which was banned by the BBC in 1981 and demonstrate her position as one of reggae's top female solo artists. She is now back in the media limelight following the publication of her controversial autobiography, 'No Woman, No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley' The Marley children- Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon and Cedella - are represented here as The Melody Makers, who are heard here on "Sugar Pie", a single they recorded in 1980, whilst a fifth sibling, Julian, features solo on 'Lion In A Jungle'.
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