The Essential Box

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Jamaican Singles
• 1
  Sun Is Shining

  Bob Marley
  2:12
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Downpressor

  Bob Marley
  3:13
• 3
  Kaya (Mono Mix)

  Bob Marley
  2:39
• 4
  My Cup

  Bob Marley
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Small Axe

  Bob Marley
  3:55
  4.6 ★
• 6
  More Axe

  Bob Marley
  3:31
• 7
  Lovelight

  Bob Marley
  2:46
• 8
  African Herbsman

  Bob Marley
  2:23
  2.5 ★
• 9
  All In One (Part 1 & 2)

  Bob Marley
  4:24
• 10
  Run For Cover

  Bob Marley
  3:12
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Duppy Conqueror (Mono Mix)

  Bob Marley
  2:59
• 12
  Keep On Moving (Mono Mix)

  Bob Marley
  3:07
• 13
  Mr. Brown

  Bob Marley
  3:32
  2.5 ★
• 14
  Dreamland

  Bob Marley
  2:45
  1.0 ★
• 15
  Man To Man

  Bob Marley
  3:30
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: Lee Perry Sessions
• 1
  Soul Rebel (New Mix)

  Bob Marley
  3:20
• 2
  Don't Rock My Boat

  Bob Marley
  4:38
• 3
  Put It On (New Mix)

  Bob Marley
  3:38
• 4
  Riding High

  Bob Marley
  2:51
  2.5 ★
• 5
  Brain Washing

  Bob Marley
  2:43
  2.5 ★
• 6
  Stand Alone

  Bob Marley
  2:14
  3.0 ★
• 7
  400 Years

  Bob Marley
  2:32
  1.0 ★
• 8
  Fussing And Fighting

  Bob Marley
  2:26
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Trench Town Rock

  Bob Marley
  2:58
  3.5 ★
• 10
  It's Alright

  Bob Marley
  2:36
• 11
  Try Me

  Bob Marley
  2:44
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Memphis (Instrumental Version)

  Bob Marley
  2:04
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Don't Rock My Boat (Dub Version)

  Bob Marley
  4:38
• 14
  Keep On Moving (Dub Version)

  Bob Marley
  3:07
• 15
  Sun Is Shining (Dub Version)

  Bob Marley
  3:40
• CD 3: Lee Perry Sessions, Part II
• 1
  Natural Mystic

  Bob Marley
  5:41
  3.2 ★
• 2
  Concrete Jungle

  Bob Marley
  3:08
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Lively Up Yourself

  Bob Marley
  2:52
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Rainbow Country

  Bob Marley
  5:40
  3.0 ★
• 5
  No Sympathy

  Bob Marley
  2:52
• 6
  Rebels Hop

  Bob Marley
  2:36
  1.0 ★
• 7
  Reaction

  Bob Marley
  2:39
  2.9 ★
• 8
  Cornerstone

  Bob Marley
  2:25
• 9
  Soul Almighty

  Bob Marley
  2:37
• 10
  No Water

  Bob Marley
  2:35
• 11
  Screw Faces

  Bob Marley
  2:17
• 12
  Love Light

  Bob Marley
  2:57
• 13
  Power And More Power

  Bob Marley
  2:32
• 14
  Redder Than Red

  Bob Marley
  3:11
• 15
  Satisfy My Soul

  Bob Marley
  2:00
• CD 4: Dub Versions for the Singles
• 1
  Sun Is Shining (Version)

  Bob Marley
  2:12
• 2
  Downpressor (Version)

  Bob Marley
  3:11
• 3
  Kaya (Version)

  Bob Marley
  2:38
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Version Of Cup (My Cup)

  Bob Marley
  3:14
• 5
  Battle Axe (Small Axe)

  Bob Marley
  3:31
• 6
  The Axe Man (More Axe)

  Bob Marley
  2:48
• 7
  Shining (Lovelight)

  Bob Marley
  2:58
• 8
  African Herbsman (Version)

  Bob Marley
  2:23
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Copasetic (All In One)

  Bob Marley
  3:06
• 10
  Run For Cover (Version)

  Bob Marley
  2:41
• 11
  Duppy Conqueror (Version)

  Bob Marley
  3:23
• 12
  Keep On Moving (Version)

  Bob Marley
  3:06
• 13
  Dracula (Mr. Brown)

  Bob Marley
  2:53
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Dreamland (Version)

  Bob Marley
  2:27
• 15
  Nicoteen (Man To Man)

  Bob Marley
  2:36
• CD 5: The Mystical Jamaican Masters
• 1
  Soul Rebel

  Bob Marley
  3:43
  4.0 ★
• 2
  How Many Times

  Bob Marley
  2:22
• 3
  There She Goes

  Bob Marley
  2:30
  5.0 ★
• 4
  You Can't Do That To Me

  Bob Marley
  2:49
• 5
  Mellow Mood

  Bob Marley
  2:31
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Hammer

  Bob Marley
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Chances Are

  Bob Marley
  3:13
• 8
  Can't You See

  Bob Marley
  2:43
• 9
  Caution

  Bob Marley
  2:42
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Soon Come

  Bob Marley
  2:15
  3.8 ★
• 11
  Do It Twice

  Bob Marley
  2:40
  4.4 ★
• 12
  Soul Shakedown Party

  Bob Marley
  3:06
  3.2 ★
• 13
  Back Out

  Bob Marley
  2:11
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Go Tell It To The Mountain

  Bob Marley
  3:11
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Stop The Train

  Bob Marley
  2:17
• CD 6: Classics, Instrumental & Remixes
• 1
  Soul Rebel (Pistel Remix)

  Bob Marley
  4:28
• 2
  Fussing & Fighting (David Harrow Remix)

  Bob Marley
  3:56
• 3
  Don't Rock My Boat (Sheep On Drugs Remix)

  Bob Marley
  4:19
• 4
  Put It On (Astralasia Remix)

  Bob Marley
  4:50
• 5
  African Herbsman (Weeks Remix)

  Bob Marley
  3:11
• 6
  Kaya (Love & Rockets Remix)

  Bob Marley
  4:53
• 7
  Keep On Moving (Interface Remix)

  Bob Marley
  4:54
• 8
  Try Me (Instrumental Version)

  Bob Marley
  3:03
• 9
  Rasta (Instrumental Version)

  Bob Marley
  5:21
• 10
  I Shot The Sheriff (Instrumental Version)

  Bob Marley
  5:03
• 11
  Cheer Up

  Bob Marley
  2:02
  3.1 ★
• 12
  Soul Captives

  Bob Marley
  2:01
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Touch Me

  Bob Marley
  3:06
  1.0 ★
• 14
  Treat You Right

  Bob Marley
  2:08
• 15
  Mr. Chatterbox

  Bob Marley
  2:24
  1.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alva “Reggie” Lewis
  guitar [2.6-7, 1.1, 1.8, 3.3, 3.6-7, 5.9]
• Alvin “Seeco” Patterson
  percussion [2]
• Arthur Jenkins
  arranger [5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 6.13-14], producer [5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 6.13-14]
• Aston “Family Man” Barrett
  bass [2.6, 1.1, 1.8, 3.3]
• Bob Marley
  additional [8, 10], background vocals [14], guitar [2], lead vocals [1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 1.15, 2.5-6, 2.8, 2.11-12, 4.2-4, 4.8, 4.13, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5-6, 5.9-12, 3.3, 3.6-7, 6.8, 6.12-13], producer [3.3, 3.6-7, 1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 2.4-9, 2.11], tenor vocals [5.8, 5.14, 2.7], vocal [2]
• Bunny Wailer
  additional [8, 10], bass [2], lead vocals [6.14, 2.4, 5.10], percussion [14], performer [14], repeater [1], tenor vocals [5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14, 6.12, 1.1, 1.8, 2.6-7, 3.2-3, 3.6-7, 4.13]
• Carlton Lee
  engineer [5.5-6, 5.8-12, 5.14-15, 6.11-12]
• Carlton “Carly” Barrett
  drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.8, 1.14, 2.6-7, 3.2-3, 3.6-7]
• Carlton “Santa” Davis
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Chris Lietz
  engineer [1, 3], remixer [1, 3]
• Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
  producer [2.7, 2.11, 1.4, 3.6-7]
• Cleon Douglas
  guitar [13]
• Danny Sims
  producer [5-6]
• David Harrow
  remixer [2]
• Denzil Laing
  percussion [5]
• Errol Thompson
  engineer [3.2-3, 2.6], recording [1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 2.4-8, 2.11-12, 3.6-7, 4.3, 4.8]
• George “Fully” Fullwood
  bass [13]
• Gladstone Anderson
  piano [5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14, 6.12]
• Glen Adams
  keyboard [1.8, 2.6-7, 3.6-7], organ [13]
• Harold Butler
  keyboard [14]
• Hugh Malcolm
  drums (drum set) [5-6]
• Hux Brown
  guitar [5.5, 5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14, 6.12]
• Jackie Jackson
  bass [5.5-6, 5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14, 6.12]
• Johnny Nash
  producer [5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 6.13-14]
• Jürgen Engler
  additional [1, 3], remixer [1, 3]
• Karl Pitterson
  bass [14]
• Kevin Haskins
  remixer [6]
• Lee “Scratch” Perry
  producer [3.2, 3.6-7, 3.11, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.8, 1.13-14, 4.3-4, 4.7-8, 4.13, 2.1, 2.3-8, 2.11-12]
• Leslie Kong
  producer [5.8-15, 6.11-12]
• Lloyd Parks
  bass [3.6-7, 2.7]
• Meeks
  remixer [5]
• Paul Douglas
  drums (drum set) [6.12, 5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14]
• Peter Tosh
  background vocals [14], guitar [6.12, 3.6, 5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14], lead vocals [2.7, 1.2, 5.8, 5.10, 5.14], melodica [1], organ [13], piano [3], tenor vocals [6.12, 1.1, 1.8, 4.13, 3.2-3, 3.6-7, 5.5-6, 5.9, 5.11-12, 2.6]
• Rannie “Bop” Williams
  guitar [1.1, 2.6-7, 3.6-7]
• Richard “Dirty Harry” Hall
  horn [14]
• Rita Marley
  tenor vocals [5-6]
• Sheep on Drugs
  remixer [3]
• The Wailers
  producer [2-3]
• Tommy McCook
  saxophone [14], tenor saxophone [2-3]
• Tony “Valentine” Chin
  guitar [13]
• Tyrone Downie
  keyboard [14], organ [3.3, 1.1]
• Uziah “Sticky” Thompson
  percussion [1.1, 2.7, 3.3, 3.6-7]
• Vin Gordon
  trombone [2-3]
• Winston Wright
  organ [3.2, 5.8-9, 5.11-12, 5.14, 6.12]
• “Deadly” Headley Bennett
  tenor saxophone [6]
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Issues

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  The Essential Box

  6x CD
  26 November 2010