Peter Tosh left after this record, and then the group formally took the name Bob Marley and the Wailers. When I was much younger, I though that the band was Bob Marley and the Whalers. I never questioned why a Jamaican band would take its name from the whaling industry. It made no sense, but it didn't really bother me.
It seems that everyone knows the song I Shot the Sheriff, but I think it's probably still true that most people know the Eric Clapton version, which is OK with me. Clapton really helped to spread the word about Marley. This LP also contains the great Marley classic, Get Up, Stand Up.
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