Bob Marley amp Wailers - Burnin Deluxe Edition (27 tracks) +Album Reviews

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R. Seepersaud | Toronto, Canada | 11/15/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have the burnin album already, i bought this for the second live disc and i wasnt disappointed, I can honestly say that this is the best bob has ever sounded...the sound quality is A+ This concert (recorded in Leeds '73) sounded as if it could have been recorded yesterday and the performance is full of passion and tight. Ive rarely heard the Wailers sound better live musically than how they sound here, I couldnt ask for more. The quality of this is better (sonically) than the Roxy double disc and its truly a thrill to hear Bob and Peter Tosh playing and singing together, its been hard to take this one out of my cd player. Perhaps the more casual Bob fan might not be prepared to spend the amount of money for this, but most Bob fans would be thrilled."

An Astonishing Classic

Spencer Pennington | Seattle, WA | 12/03/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Burnin'" was the last album by the Wailers as a collective group, afterwhich Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the group to pursue solo careers and Marley reformed his group, calling it "Bob Marley & the Wailers" in 1974. The album shows the original three at their best, balancing lead vocals on several songs between Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh. The album not only serves to further reveal Bob's soon-to-be legendary work, but also to show the talent of Bunny Wailer with his lead vocals on songs like "Hallelujah Time" and "Pass It On".

The album also shows Tosh taking lead with Marley on "One Foundation" and alongside Marley on "Get Up, Stand Up". The album's biggest gem, however, was "I Shot the Sheriff," soon to be made a favorite in the U.S. and the U.K. by rock artist Eric Clapton on his 1974 "451 Ocean Boulevard" album.

The deluxe edition also features a concert from the tour in Leeds, U.K. just one week before the Wailers broke up. (Bunny, however, was already absent, having refused to tour outside of Jamaica once and for all earlier that year. His temporary replacement,the Wailers' old vocal coach, Joe Higgs was also absent, quitting the tour after they completed their shows in the U.S.) 1973's "Burnin'" shows the original Wailers at their very best before their breakup and is a timeless classic for music fans everywhere, I can guarentee it."

Its a little less than 5 stars....maybe 4.5

Jah Tony | Texas, USA | 10/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Well I got this one obviously cause Its Bob Marley, but The concert. I have the concert that is on this package, so I wanted to hear, other than quality wize the difference. Well sure enough I did, THEY EDITED SLAVE DRIVER AROUND 2:45-2:46 INTO THE SONG BY ABOUT 8 SECONDS. There are other bits as well that they edited, not songs, but in between them. But hey its still great to hear the concert, just ignore the fact that it's the whole concert. Also you get to hear two extra versions of Get Up Stand Up. Seeing how it is my top five Bob Marley song, (or should I write Marley/Tosh song, seeing how the next time they share that credit, to my knowledge, is on Why Must I Cry)

Im satisfied hearing them. So if you have not gotten it yet well you should.

Jah Blessings Itinually

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Hallelujah Time!

Patrick W. Schubert | Santa Ana, California United States | 02/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"1973 was a monumental year for the original Wailers. A mere six months after the release of their brilliant breakthrough album, Catch A Fire, the group actually managed to top themselves with Burnin', arguably the greatest reggae album of all time. This album's most celebrated tunes, "Get Up, Stand Up" and "Sheriff" have certainly stood the test of time. But while they are, without question, worthy of their classic status, it is many of the lower profile tunes, in my opinion, that truly make Burnin' special. Take, for example, Bunny Wailer's two incredible contributions, "Hallelujah Time" and "Pass It On". His lyrics have rarely been more insightful and his voice more hauntingly beautiful than on these two cuts. And, while Peter Tosh only contributes a single song to this collection with "One Foundation", it is easly one of his finest both musically and lyrically. The Wailers' updates of classics recorded a few years earlier for Lee Perry, "Put In On", "Small Axe" and "Duppy Conqureror", are also stellar, if not necessarily superior to the originals. Finally, we have the dark, millitant anthem "Burnin' and Lootin'" and uplifting closing track "Rasta Man Chant" rounding out this amazing collection of songs.

This deluxe edition is certainly worth owning, even if you already have an original copy of Burnin' (in my case, a very worn out LP I purchased about 20 years ago). Featured as bonus tracks are two early sketches of songs Bunny would eventually re-cut for Black Heart Man: "Reincarnated Souls" and "The Opressed Song" as well as Tosh's classic "No Sympathy", which probably should have found its way onto Burnin' originally.

The real exciting news, however, is disc two, which features a concert recorded at Leed's University a short while before Bob, Bunny and Peter went their seperate ways. Bunny, as well as his tour replacement Joe Higgs, are unfortunately absent from this recording and, subsequently, so are the group's trademark three-part vocal harmonies. None the less, this is a great performance and a powerful reminder of how amazing this original lineup was. The sound quality is also vastly superior to the bootlegs I've heard.

This is truly the deluxe edition of an essential album and well worth your hard-earned money.

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