Like the other records in this series, this stuff is largely discards and inferior stuff Marley himself NEVER spoke well of when he was alive. There ought to be a law against exploitation like this. Rita Marley and family deserve sympathy for having to face weirdness this unpleasant.

Not for the casual listener and not the best installment of the series, but essential music for any serious fan of reggae or of Bob Marley. Many feel that the Wailers' Jamaican recordings from the late sixties and very early seventies, especially those produced by Lee Scratch Perry, were their best. The first part of this collection has some of these cuts (see part two for the rest of them). Also included are some rawer run-throughs of tunes that would later show up in more refined and listener-friendly versions on Marley's Island Records releases, and some wonderful things you will only find here. There are also some missteps. A good chunk of this set merely makes for interesting historical listening, but what is good here is as good as anything Marley ever recorded.

I think that this cd really shows and appreciates how good bob marley was. the song selections are great 5 stars!

At no point in his entire life and career was Bob Marley known to have spoken well of the sub-grade junk gathered together here and treated as if it's remotely fit to listen to, let along spend money on. Marley himself would cry foul that this throat-clearing demo dross-which was meant to stay on the cutting room floor-has been retrieved from the dustbin for money-grubbing purposes. Back weh, vampires!

This whole JAD series is really great, seriously some of the best Bob recordings out there. Not because of the high-fidelity or "hits" either - these are the original recordings, and are much much better than the hollywood-ized late 70's remakes (though those had their own appeal as well). These recordings have been digitally cleaned up but nothing has been changed, no remixing or additional production added - this the real stuff, straight from the original creative impulses, un-diluted. I would say the 3-cd box of Part II in this series is better, but all 3 parts are excellent. This is sooo much better than what 99% of other recorded musicians will ever leave behind for us.