Bob Marley PB His Musical Legacy

Description

Bob Marley first became well-known in the UK and USA in 1977, with the release of his ""Exodus"" album. Living and touring as an international star for the next four years, he died at just 36 years of age in 1981. It is chiefly these years that have shaped our perception of him today, both of the man and of his music. What is less well-known is that Marley signed his record deal in 1972, by which time he had 10 years' worth of recordings behind him. The four years' success he enjoyed before he died were the result of 20 years of music-making and a great deal of variety in his sound and influences. ""Hit Me With Music"" is the first ever attempt to look at Marley's story through the full range of his recordings - the rock, 'rebel' and pop periods that have never fitted in with the image of the laid-back reggae legend from the Caribbean. Looking at recordings from 1963 through to posthumous releases in the 1980s, Marley's life unfolds through the story of his changing style and from his band, the Wailers, to his writing partner Lee Perry and singer wife Rita. A complete discography and buyer's guide to Marley's releases rounds out an intimate, intriguing and revealing portrait of a man whose fame to date is based on only a tiny part of his life's work.

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Jeremy Collingwood has been a Bob Marley fan for some 30 years, and for the past two decades has been researching his career, with particular focus on the Jamaican years. he has produced a series of CDs that document the period 1967 to 1972 and has acted as researcher for such programmes as Jeremy Marre's acclaimed Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story. Jeremy has one of the most complete Bob Marley vinyl collections in the world and has produced CDs and discographies of other reggae greats, Lee Perry and Augustus Pablo.