The Best of the Early Years

Tracklist

• DualDisc (CD side) 1
• 1
  Soul Shakedown Party
  3:09
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Sun Is Shining
  2:16
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Duppy Conqueror
  3:45
• 4
  Small Axe
  3:55
• 5
  African Herbsman
  2:25
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Trench Town Rock
  2:58
  4.2 ★
• 7
  Lively Up Yourself
  2:51
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Try Me
  2:47
• 9
  Soul Rebel
  3:18
• 10
  Mr. Brown
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Don't Rock the Boat
  4:34
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Dreamland
  2:44
• 13
  Kaya
  2:39
• 14
  Keep on Moving
  3:10
• 15
  Concrete Jungle
  3:09
• 16
  Keep on Skanking
  3:22
• 17
  Natural Mystic
  5:40
  3.9 ★
• 18
  I Know a Place
  3:55
• DualDisc (DVD-Audio side) 2
• 1
  Soul Shakedown Party (5.1 mix)
  3:09
• 2
  Sun Is Shining (5.1 mix)
  2:11
• 3
  Duppy Conqueror (5.1 mix)
  3:46
• 4
  Small Axe (5.1 mix)
  3:55
• 5
  African Herbsman (5.1 mix)
  2:23
• 6
  Trench Town Rock (5.1 mix)
  2:58
• 7
  Lively Up Yourself (5.1 mix)
  2:50
• 8
  Try Me (5.1 mix)
  3:06
• 9
  Soul Rebel (5.1 mix)
  3:18
• 10
  Mr. Brown (5.1 mix)
  3:31
• 11
  Don't Rock the Boat (5.1 mix)
  4:32
• 12
  Dreamland (5.1 mix)
  2:44
• 13
  Kaya (5.1 mix)
  2:39
• 14
  Keep on Moving (5.1 mix)
  3:07
• 15
  Concrete Jungle (5.1 mix)
  3:08
• 16
  Keep on Skanking (5.1 mix)
  3:21
• 17
  Natural Mystic (5.1 mix)
  5:40
• 18
  I Know a Place (5.1 mix)
  3:53

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Release credits

• Alva “Reggie” Lewis
  guitar [2-5, 7, 9, 14, 16]
• Alvin “Seeco” Patterson
  percussion [15]
• Aston “Family Man” Barrett
  bass [2-3, 5, 7, 14, 16]
• Bob Marley
  background vocals [12], guitar [15], lead vocals [1-5, 7, 9, 13-14, 16], producer [2, 5-7, 9, 11, 13-14], vocal [15]
• Bunny Wailer
  bass [15], percussion [12], performer [12], repeater [2], tenor vocals [1-5, 7, 9, 14-15]
• Carlton Lee
  engineer [1, 3-4, 16]
• Carlton “Carly” Barrett
  drums (drum set) [2-5, 7, 9, 12, 14-16]
• Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
  producer [9]
• Dave Barker
  tenor vocals [4]
• Errol Thompson
  engineer [7, 15], recording [2-3, 5, 9-11, 13-14]
• Gladstone Anderson
  piano [1]
• Glen Adams
  keyboard [5, 9, 14, 16], organ [3-4]
• Harold Butler
  keyboard [12]
• Hux Brown
  guitar [1]
• Jackie Jackson
  bass [1, 4]
• Karl Pitterson
  bass [12]
• Lee “Scratch” Perry
  producer [2.9, 2.12, 1.2-5, 1.9-16]
• Leslie Kong
  producer [1]
• Lloyd Parks
  bass [9]
• Paul Douglas
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Peter Tosh
  background vocals [12], guitar [1], melodica [2], piano [7], tenor vocals [1-5, 7, 9, 14-15]
• Rannie “Bop” Williams
  guitar [2-4, 9, 14, 16]
• Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall
  horn [12]
• The Wailers
  producer [7, 15]
• Tommy McCook
  saxophone [12], tenor saxophone [4, 7, 15]
• Tyrone Downie
  keyboard [12], organ [2, 7]
• Uziah “Sticky” Thompson
  percussion [2, 7, 9]
• Vin Gordon
  trombone [4, 7, 15]
• Winston Wright
  organ [1, 15-16]
• “Deadly” Headley Bennett
  alto saxophone [4]
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Issues

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  The Best of the Early Years

  CD
  2001
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  The Best of the Early Years

  CD
  2001
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  The Best of the Early Years

  DualDisc (CD side), DualDisc (DVD-Audio side)
  2005