Bob Marley & The Wailers Uprising Hybrid Stereo SACD

Hybrid Stereo SACD!
Mastered Direct to DSD by Ryan K. Smith from the Original Master Tape!
Plays in All CD and SACD Players!
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 only as a reggae singer, but as a folk hero, a kind of freedom fighter. And to this day, his monument is bigger than the music he made, Pitchfork wrote. 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. "Uprising", released in 1980, is the last studio album by Bob Marley & The Wailers to be released during the Jamaican musician's lifetime. Like a prophetic premonition, it features some of the band's best songs, as if they knew this would be their last work. Whether Marley sensed that his time was running out while he was writing Uprising or not, his final musical statement is an album with incredible emotional resonance. Much like "Survival," "Uprising" is a deep, poignant, and serious collection of songs that explored the themes of sin and redemption with fire and brimstone. It embodies both his everlasting reggae genius and his reflective and visionary thoughts about life and faith. To date, almost 1.7 million records of "Uprising" have been sold! The success of the album was expressed in six times platinum and seven times gold status.
Recorded in Dynamics Studio, in a desolate industrial area near Trench Town, and produced under the firm direction of the legendary Chris Blackwell, the duality of "Uprising" is unique to Marley's discography: a balance between socially critical anthems and deeply personal expressions of faith, hope and mortality. Tracks like the legendary "Redemption Song" with its acoustic simplicity and universal message of liberation and the haunting "Forever Loving Jah" show a man at peace with his spirituality. Songs like "Could You Be Loved" inspire with their rousing grooves, their crossover charm and prove Marley's ability to effortlessly combine message and melody. Critics and fans alike praise "Uprising" as the highlight of Marley's career. The album was celebrated for its mature sound and coherent expression, with reviewers highlighting its raw emotional power. "Uprising" cemented Marley's status as a global ambassador of reggae and freedom. For Marley fans, it's more than an album – it's a testament to his everlasting spirit and at the same time a window into the soul of this sorely missed singer.
Analogue Productions now pays tribute to this masterful album with a sonically superior hybrid SACD based on Ryan K. Smith's remastering of the original tapes on Sterling Sound, featuring a previously unheard sound quality of this reggae classic.

Features:

• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Mastered by Ryan K. Smith
• Mastered Directly from the Original Analog Tape to Direct-Stream-Digital
• CD Layer/AAD
• SACD Layer/AADSD

Selections:

1. Coming In From The Cold
2. Real Situation
3. Bad Card
4. We And Them
5. Work
6. Zion Train
7. Pimper's Paradise
8. Could You Be Loved
9. Forever Loving Jah
10. Redemption Song