Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus (UHQR) / 45RPM 2LP Analogue Productions

When Bob Marley died, he was one of the world's first global superstars – famous and celebrated from Europe to Africa to America. Some saw him not just as a reggae singer, but as a folk hero, a kind of freedom fighter.

And to this day, his legacy is bigger than the music he made, wrote Pitchfork. In the 21st century, Bob Marley is a global cultural icon and the first Jamaican to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Exodus” from

1977 – recorded in exile in London – became Marley's best-selling studio album. Time magazine named it the best LP of the 20th century. Other Marley albums offered bigger hits and still others better album tracks, but the

balance Marley strikes on “Exodus” between politics, religion and romance – compare the urgent title track with the laid-back “Jamming” – shows a pop star at the height of his creative powers.

After the success of “Natty Dread” (1974) and “Rastaman Vibration” (1976), Bob Marley was not only the most successful musician in the world, but also one of the most powerful men in Jamaica. So powerful that in December

1976, a few days before a big free concert intended to defuse tensions ahead of the controversial Jamaican prime ministerial elections, he was shot by armed men in his home. After the failed assassination attempt, Marley and his

band left Jamaica and settled in London for two years, where he recorded “Exodus”. While continuing to campaign against political corruption and for freedom and equality for the people of the Third World, his talent as a songwriter

remained unbroken. “Exodus” contains more than just a few classics: the title track, of course, “Three Little Birds”, “Waiting In Vain” and “Turn Your Lights Down Low” – songs that defined Marley's talent for a sound that was both relaxed and incisive.

“Over the decades, there have been more than a few failed reissues of Bob Marley & The Wailers, but this is not one of them. The overwhelmingly good sound will compel listeners to sit down and take it all in, even if that means a few extra ‘get up and

sit down’ moments.” (Michael Fremer, TrackingAngle.com. Read Fremer's full review here.

Analogue Productions now honors this masterful album with a sonically superior UHQR double LP, strictly limited to 4,500 copies. The original tapes were mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and feature sound quality never heard before.

The lavishly designed box set contains the records, cut at 45 RPM and pressed on 200-gram Clarity Vinyl® – both in gold foil-printed, individually numbered covers – as well as an informative eight-page booklet in 12" format with liner notes by

Marley biographer Leroy Jodie Pierson and exclusive photos by Kim-Gottlieb Walker. Each UHQR is manufactured by Acoustic Sounds at industry leader Quality Record Pressings (QRP), is inspected after pressing and comes with a hand-signed

certificate of authenticity: only the truly flawless copies make it to retail. The UHQR version of “Rastaman Vibration” is a truly luxurious collector's item!

Title

LP 1

Side A
1.    Natural Mystic
2.    So Much Things To Say
3.    Guiltiness

Side B
4.    The Heathen
5.    Exodus

LP 2

Side C
6.    Jammin
7.    Waiting In Vain

Side D
8.    Turn Your Lights Down Low
9.    Three Little Birds
10.    One Love / People Get Ready