"The Master Has Come Back" was the second international single from

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'' album, while " Road to Zion" was released in the

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Released on December 12, 2005. In 1976,

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'' featuring a song called "Bide Up". It is no coincidence that the chorus ("The master has come back"), lyrics ("for the dark clouds to bring rain, then comes the sun to shine again"), and the general sense of the song reappear on Damian's version. Wailer being one of the two last living members of the original

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, his closeness with the Marley family is evident. The single was played on radio and has charted in the UK at #74, but there is no video for it.

Track listing

UK - CD # "The Master Has Come Back" (UK Radio Edit) # "And You Be Loved (Halfway Tree Album Version)" # " Road to Zion" (featuring

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References

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