not a marley fan (anymore, for years), but these jamaican pressings contain some cool dubs, versions and discomixes.
yes the punky reggae party is interesting.. i think they added it to the exodus 2 disc issue but i think there is still a lee perry mix missing from that... but memory fails...there are 3 or 4 original mixes of that.. i think two by lee perry... also interesting that the original punky reggae party mentioned the slits but when bob marley found out they were women he changed it..total mysogynist!
lately i like jamaican pressings but for a while i was very turned off.. they are cheap/quality control is not there.. but sometimes the BASS is way amped up and they sound different from what was put out in england.. .i been listening a ton to sreaming target by big youth.. the gussie version...not sure if the trojan version futzed it up...
then again i am "originalist" when it comes to vinyl.. i really like having the original.. no matter what..
i have a few marley jamaicans but boy do they look messed up...so much marley music was so overplayed and there is so much other great jamaican music its criminal to keep listening to him... his bass/drum team (the barrett brothers) are so awesome and can be found on literally 10s of thousands of albums...meeting aston barrett a few years ago was such a thrill for me....
rita marley don't get me started on her.. nice of her to release her husband's music on the rita marley music label! WTF