1973-04-13 Catch A Fire
1973-10-19 Burnin'
1974-10-25 Natty Dread
1975-12-05 Live!
1976-04-30 Rastaman Vibration
1977-06-03 Exodus
1978-03-23 Kaya
1978-09-01 Babylon By Bus
1979-10-02 Survival
1980-06-10 Uprising
The Definitive Remaster Serie 2001 - 2002 :
2001 - Catch A Fire
200 - Burnin'
2001 - Natty Dread
2001 - Live!
2001 - Rastaman Vibration
2001 - Exodus
2001 - Kaya
2001 - Babylon By Bus
2001 - Survival
2001 - Uprising
2002 - Talking Blues
2002 - Rebel Music
2002 - Legend
Deluxe Boxset :
2001-04-16 - Catch A Fire Deluxe Edition
2001-10-16 - Exodus Deluxe Edition
2002-11-16 - Rastaman Vibration Deluxe Edition
2004-11-01 - Burnin' Deluxe Edition
2013-04-23 - Kaya Deluxe Edition
Bob Marley's Posthumous Releases :
1983-05-23 Confrontation
1984-05-08 Legend (v1)
1986-06-16 Rebel Music
1991-02-04 Talking Blues
1992-09-21 Songs of Freedom boxset (v1)
1995-05-23 Natural Mystic
1997-09-23 Dreams of Freedom
1999-11-16 Chant Down Babylon
2001-05-22 One Love The Very Best Of Bob Marley
2003-06-24 Live at the Roxy
2005-01-11 Bob Marley and The Wailers : Gold
2005-11-07 Africa Unite : The singles Collection
2007-06-04 Exodus: Live at the Rainbow (30th Anniversary Edition)
2009-06-23 B is For Bob
2009-12-17 Legend Rarities Edition
2011-02-01 Bob Marley Live Forever Deluxe Edition
2012-05-30 Marley 2012 Original Soundtrack
2013-04-23 Kaya Deluxe Edition
2015-02-10 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Easy Skankin' In Boston 1978
2016-12-16 Live! Deluxe Edition Limited (only released as Lps and MP3
2017-06-02 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Exodus #40 - Tuff Gong / Island Records
2020-12-04 - The Complete Island Recordings (11 Albums) - Tuff Gong / Island Records
2021-09-24 - The Capitol Session'73 - Tuff Gong / Island Records / Mercury - Room 609
2022 - 3840718 - Bob Marley And The Chineke! Orchestra
2023-08-04 - 4891121 - Africa United
2023-11-03 - UICY 16188 - Catch A Fire 50th Anniversary
2024-05-08 - UICY 80464 - Bob Marley : One Love (Original Soundtrack) - Universal Music Entertainement Japan
Island Records Label History :
Chris Blackwell founded Island Records in 1959 with 100 livres as starting fund.
The label name came from Alec Waugh' novel 'Island In The Sun'
it first succes was 'Boogie in My Bones' a ska song by Layren Aitken
who stayed on the Jamaican Charts for 11 weeks.
The first album released by island was the release of Lance Heywood 'at the half moon hotel ' who featured Ernest Ranglin
In 1962 , Chris Blackwell transfered island to London in England for that he contracted a 5.000 dollar loan.
He said : 'i went to the UK rather than the US because there was a huge jamaican population'
Initially island marketed it's records at sound systems in Brixton, Notting Hill.
In August 1972 Island signed Bob Marley and The Wailers maybe their most significant signing
In late 1972 , blackwell gave the group 4.000 livres
the rest is musical history s 'Catch A Fire' was the first album recorded in jamaica with stereo sound
When asked about that Chris Blackwell said :
'everybody said that i was crazy, how the wailers were not reliable bad people who would rip me off'
the initial 4.000 livres turned into millions
He sold the label in 1989 to A&M for an indisclosed amount of millions.
