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50th Anniversary Edition 3LP + 12" Vinyl!
Original LP, Live Album & Alt. Extended & Instrumental Jamaican Versions!
12" Vinyl Features 3 Tracks Only Previously Available on Bootleg + Etched Image of the Iconic Zippo Lighter!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 140/500!
Catch a Fire, Bob Marley and the Wailers' seminal first release on Island Records, is re-issued to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its original release in 1973. The album is regarded as one of the greatest, most important and influential albums, across all genres, of all time.
The 3LP+12" black vinyl package contains:
LP1 – The studio album
LP2 – Live at The Paris Theatre London (previously only ever bootlegged)
LP3 – Alternate, extended and instrumental Jamaican versions of "Slave Driver," "400 Years," "No More Trouble" and "Stop That Train"
12" – 3 tracks live from the Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, North London. With an etched image of the iconic Zippo lighter illustration on the reverse.
Marley would continue to achieve great critical and commercial success during the 1970s, but Catch a Fire is one of the finest reggae albums ever. This album is essential for any music collection.
Features
50th Anniversary Edition
3LP & 12" Vinyl Set
Black Vinyl
LP 1: Full Final Studio Recording
LP 2: 10-Song Live Album Live from the Paris Theatre London
LP 3: Sessions: Alternative, Extended Instrumental Jamaican Versions of the Original LP Tracks
12" Vinyl: 3 Classic Tracks Recorded Live at the Sundown Theatre in London, Previously Available Only as a Bootleg
Vinyl Etching on Reverse Side of 12" feat. Iconic Zippo Lighter Illustration
Book of Classic Images of Marley from Photo Shoots with Adrian Boot, Arthur Gorson, Dennis Morris & Neville Garrick
Press Clippings from teh Era
Brand New Sleeve Notes by Music Journalist & Author Chris Salewicz
Selections
LP 1 - Studio Album
SIDE A:
Concrete Jungle
Slave Driver
400 Years
Stop That Train
Baby We've Got a Date (Rock It Baby)
SIDE B:
Stir It Up
Kinky Reggae
No More Trouble
Midnight Ravers
LP 2- Paris Theatre London/ 24th May 1973
SIDE C:
Rastaman Chant
Slave Driver
Stop That Train
No More Trouble
400 Years
Midnight Ravers
SIDE D:
Stir it Up
Concrete Jungle
Get Up, Stand Up
Kinky Reggae
LP 3 - Sessions
SIDE E:
Slave Driver (Jamaican Extended Version)
400 Years (Jamaican Extended Version)
High Tide or Low Tide (Jamaican Alternate Version)
Stir It Up (Jamaican Alternate Version)
SIDE F:
No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Instrumental)
Stir It Up (Jamaican Extra Organ Version)
No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Version)
Stop That Train (Working Mono Version)
12" - Edmonton Sundown May 1973
SIDE A:
Slave Driver (The Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England. May 1973)
Get Up, Stand Up (The Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England. May 1973)
Stop That Train (The Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England. May 1973)
