Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers

I am reviewing the album Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers which is one of my favourite albums of all time. If you want a good introduction to the music of Marley this is the album to get. I think it's his biggest selling album and even now many years after his premature death most reggae fans regard him as the biggest reggae act on the planet. He emigrated to Britain from Jamaica & his home on that island is a museum and major tourist attraction. There were reggae artists who had hits in the Top 40 in the UK before Bob but they were mostly 1 hit wonders and reggae never became mainstream till Marley started having hits. He was the first reggae artist to consistently have big hits on the UK top 40. As a result of his success his record company was able to invest money into having his records properly produced in a studio. He died of a brain tumour which was inoperable & there was very little they could do for him. Some years after his death they found a recording which was just a vocal recording of Iron Lion Zion & they were able to produce a record to a high standard. It got into the Top 10 & gives us an idea of the kind of thing that may have been achieved if he had continued recording. There have also been recordings later on like the excellent Rainbow Country where modern technology was used to give it a modern sound. My favourite song ever by him was No Woman, No Cry.