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1	Legend [Bonus Tracks] (1984) more music like this by Bob Marley & The Wailers add to wishlist An entry in the Universal Music Entertainment (UME) "Deluxe Sound+Vision" series of CD/DVD combos, this repackaging unites two releases that were themselves reissues when they first appeared in 2002 and 2003: a two-CD "Deluxe Edition" of the compilation Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers and a DVD reissue of the 52 1/2-minute home ... see all copies from $7.76! new only from $10.51!
2	Exodus [Bonus Tracks] (1977) more music like this by Bob Marley & The Wailers add to wishlist Since its original release in June 1977, Exodus probably has become Bob Marley & the Wailers' most commercially successful regular album. It was their first LP to reach the U.K. Top Ten, remaining in the charts there for over a year and eventually spawning seven Top 40 hits from its ten tracks. In the U.S., it did not chart as high as its ... see all copies from $8.59! new only from $9.99!
3	Live! (1975) more music like this by Bob Marley & the Wailers add to wishlist As the title implies, this is indeed Bob Marley & the Wailers captured in performance at the Lyceum Ballroom in London during the final U.K. leg of the Natty Dread tour. Passionate and symbiotic energies constantly cycle between the band and audience, the net result of which is one of the most memorable concert recordings of the pop music era. ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $7.99!
4	Sounding a Mosaic (2004) more music like this by Bedouin Soundclash add to wishlist To call Bedouin Soundclash a reggae band would be a gross over-simplification. Their spare guitar-bass-drums lineup gives their music a dry texture that recalls the early Cure, while singer Jay Malinowski's raspy wail sounds, at times, like a cross between Bob Marley and Paul Simon. The band's name is probably intended as a tribute to reggae ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00!
5	Trojan Box Set: Ska, Vol. 2 (2000) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist If Trojan's first ska box was the main course, think of their second as a splendid buffet. While its predecessor was more heavily weighted towards stars and their hits, this one is stuffed with lesser-known gems, with only a handful of tracks that will immediately leap out at the general fan. As with the first volume, the sound quality is poor in ... see all copies from $12.83! new only from $12.83!
6	Love Is All I Had: A Tribute to the Queen of Jamaica (2004) more music like this by Phyllis Dillon add to wishlist A reluctant pop star if ever there was one, Phyllis Dillon balanced a recording career in Jamaica with a job in the U.S. working in a bank. Love Is All I Had is the most comprehensive collection of her work to date, packed to the brim with a staggering 29 cuts of vintage rocksteady and early reggae, all cut with Duke Reid for his Treasure Isle ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $9.97!
7	Pressure Drop: The Definitive Collection (2005) more music like this by Toots & the Maytals add to wishlist Although the original incarnation of Toots & the Maytals (Toots Hibbert, Nathaniel "Jerry" McCarthy, and Raleigh Gordon) parted ways in 1981 (Toots continues to tour with a revamped version of the Maytals), they managed between the years 1964 and 1974, the period covered by this two-disc retrospective from Trojan Records, to assemble one of the ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
8	Exodus [30th Anniversary Edition] (1977) more music like this by Bob Marley & The Wailers add to wishlist Recorded in London following an attempt on his life, Exodus shows Bob Marley mellowing a bit. Despite some powerful political tracks, Marley adopts a less fiery, more reflective approach than his previous outings. Still, it's hard to find reggae as good as this. Exodus has all one would expect from a Bob Marley album: rumbling statements like ... see all copies from $2.18! new only from $7.99!
9	54-46 Was My Number: Anthology, 1964-2000 (2002) more music like this by Toots & the Maytals add to wishlist When you're faced with another Toots & the Maytals compilation, the question isn't whether it's good. Of course it's good, and as long as it includes all of the really essential material ("54-46 Was My Number," " Monkey Man," "Do the Reggay," "Pomps and Pride," "Pressure Drop," etc.), it will probably be about as good as any other. The question is ... see all copies from $17.09! new only from $17.09!
10	Trojan Box Set: Ganja Reggae (2003) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Jamaica has been called the loudest island in the world, and given its size (some 4,000 square miles), it undoubtedly releases more records per square foot than any other place on the planet, and with the possible exception of Trinidad, no country has a more political pop music. While railing against Babylon remains a continued concern, Jamaican ... see all copies from $18.49! new only from $18.49!
11	The Best of Studio One (2006) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist The partnership between the American Heartbeat label and legendary producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd has resulted in some of the finest reggae reissues of the past 20 years, as Dodd has provided vintage master tapes that Chris Wilson and his staff at Heartbeat have remastered, annotated, and compiled with loving care. Best of Studio One, originally ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $8.99!
12	Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On [Bonus Tracks] (1995) more music like this by Bob Marley & The Wailers add to wishlist Despite its massive commercial success, Legend, the 1984 Bob Marley & the Wailers compilation, was not an impressive best-of of the group's full career. It was assembled to highlight Marley's U.K. hit singles of the late '70s and seriously under-represented his early standards. You might think, therefore, that 11 years later, when Island Records ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $11.50!
13	Very Best of Toots & the Maytals [Polygram] (2000) more music like this by Toots & the Maytals add to wishlist For those who don't want or can't afford to plonk out for the Toots & the Maytals' Time Tough: The Anthology, The Very Best Of provides the perfect solution, distilling down that two-CD, 41-track set to a single 19-song disc. There are a few subtle differences, however; for starters this set boasts two different versions of the band's reggae smash ... see all copies from $11.87! new only from $11.87!
14	Light Your Light (2007) more music like this by Toots & the Maytals add to wishlist There are, of course, no Maytals in Toots & the Maytals (the actual group broke up in 1981), and it's all just Toots Hibbert these days, which is fine, really, since his gospel and Memphis soul-inflected vocals have made Toots one of the most explosive and exciting performers ever to come out of Jamaica. Light Your Light was produced by Toots in ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $5.85!
15	Rivers of Babylon: The Best of the Melodians 1967-1973 (1997) more music like this by The Melodians add to wishlist Rivers of Babylon: The Best of the Melodians 1967-1973 is an extraordinary 26-track collection that contains all of the group's hits and singles, from "Sweet Sensation" and "I'll Get Along Without You" to the classic "Rivers of Babylon." It may be a little too much music for neophytes, but there's little question that this is the definitive ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $8.54!
16	Guns Of Navarone (2001) more music like this by The Skatalites add to wishlist see all copies from $11.41! new only from $11.41!
17	Downbeat the Ruler: Killer Instrumentals from Studio One (2006) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist The third reissue of the Heartbeat label's trawl through Studio One's back catalog that were originally released in the '80s -- expanded and remastered editions The Best of Studio One and Full Up being the first two -- focuses exclusively on instrumentals. The very nature of Jamaica's recording industry makes instrumentals a minefield. Some really ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $10.99!
18	Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub (1997) more music like this by Bob Marley add to wishlist To coincide with the electronica revolution of the late '90s, Bill Laswell remixed a number of Bob Marley records as ambient dub for the Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub album. If these songs were remixed by any other producer, the results could have been disastrous, but Laswell is one of the masters of intellectual dub ... see all copies from $2.90! new only from $10.54!
19	Exodus [Deluxe Edition] (1977) more music like this by Bob Marley & The Wailers add to wishlist The contents of the deluxe edition of Exodus broaden the context of the album to include the CD debut of 7" and 12" B-sides as well as rare mixes and live tracks circa the Exodus album and tour. This is Bob Marley at his most lionesque. His music can alternately be ferocious in tone and tender in intent. This may have something to do with the ... see all copies from $19.99! new only from $19.99!
20	One Love at Studio One 1964-1966 (2006) more music like this by Bob Marley add to wishlist This two-disc set from Heartbeat Records contains the earliest recordings of the Wailers (Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh, plus, at this point in time, Junior Braithwaite and Beverly Kelso), and while its greatest value is probably archival, there is a wonderful sense of musical exploration and joy in these tracks, which include original ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
21	Real Cool: The Jamaican King of the Saxophone '66-'77 (2005) more music like this by Tommy McCook add to wishlist Tenor saxophone player Tommy McCook was a pivotal member of Jamaica's legendary Skatalites in the mid-'60s, a band that, although they were together for only 14 months, completely defined the instrumental template for ska, mixing in big band jazz sensibilities with Latin and samba rhythms and buru drumming to create the first of Jamaica's many ... see all copies from $14.49! new only from $14.49!
22	Funky Kingston/In the Dark (2003) more music like this by Toots & the Maytals add to wishlist This release collects two of Toots & the Maytals' finest releases of the mid-'70s: Funky Kingston, generally viewed as their finest album, and its follow-up, In the Dark. This is some of the finest music of the rocksteady era, and with improved sound over the individual album releases, a great place to start for Toots & the Maytals or the ... see all copies from $10.54! new only from $10.54!
23	Be True to Yourself: Anthology 1965-1973 (2004) more music like this by Alton Ellis add to wishlist see all copies from $14.49! new only from $14.49!
24	A Man and His Hits (1999) more music like this by Ken Boothe add to wishlist Contrary to the title, this is not a reissue of the 1972 Studio One album of the same name, although it does include many of that album's tracks, while also bundling up classic cuts from across the years, from the classic ska years into the rocksteady era and on into the reggae period, ending in the late '70s. Although the sleeve notes give a ... see all copies from $8.52! new only from $10.99!
25	Exodus (1977) more music like this by Bob Marley & The Wailers add to wishlist Recorded in London following an attempt on his life, Exodus shows Bob Marley mellowing a bit. Despite some powerful political tracks, Marley adopts a less fiery, more reflective approach than his previous outings. Still, it's hard to find reggae as good as this. Exodus has all one would expect from a Bob Marley album: rumbling statements like ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $20.99!

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