LEGEND gets new life

Bob Marley

THREE decades after its release, Universal Music Enterprises will be reissuing a commemorative version of Bob Marley’s album Legend.

The set, a posthumous compilation of Marley’s biggest hits, is due to hit the stores in July.

Legend 30th Anniversary Edition is remixed by Grammy-winning American producer Bob Clearmountain in 5.1 surround sound and on Blu-Ray audio disc.

Clearmountain has worked with heavy hitters in the music industry including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Bryan Adams, and Bon Jovi.

Legend’s deluxe version includes the early studio recordings of No Woman No Cry and two previously unheard takes of Easy Skanking and Punky Reggae Party.

Classic Marley anthems Three Little Birds, Get Up Stand Up, One Love/People Get Ready, No Woman No Cry, Exodus, Redemption Song and I Shot The Sheriff make the cut.

For the purists, Legend 30th Anniversary Edition will also be made available on tricolor vinyl (yellow, green and red) and pressed as a double gatefold LP allowing for a higher fidelity sound quality that is closer to the original source.

Legend holds the distinction of being the longest-charting album in the history of Billboard magazine’s Catalogue Albums chart, 1,110 weeks (and counting) and has been on the Billboard 200 chart since 1988. Marley died on May 11, 1981. He was 36