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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 just as a reggae singer, but as a folk hero, a kind of freedom fighter. And to this day, his legacy is bigger than the music he made, wrote Pitchfork. 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. “Catch A Fire” is the fifth studio album by the Wailers and their major label debut for Island Records. Released in 1973, the album marked the international breakthrough of the Jamaican band and went triple gold worldwide.
The album contains nine songs, two of which were written and composed by Peter Tosh. The remaining seven were written by Bob Marley. Although Bunny Wailer is not credited as a songwriter, the group's writing style was a collective process. Although Marley was the lead vocalist, every member of the Wailers made a valuable contribution, and never were they more united in their vision and sound than at that time. “Catch A Fire” was to reggae what “Please Please Me”, the Beatles' first album, was to pop and rock music exactly a decade earlier. A revolutionary masterpiece that combined perfect timing with lasting cultural significance, “Catch A Fire” laid the foundation for the career of the world's first and only reggae superstar and built a bridge between Jamaica's deeply rooted music and the commercial pop mainstream of the First World. Its release marked the moment when reggae truly “caught fire” on the international stage. “Catch A Fire” is an album with a groove that is relaxed, soulful and sun-drenched, yet lean and taut like a coiled spring. The bass and drum parts – played by Aston “Family Man” Barrett and his younger brother Carlton Barrett – were fused together by Marley's characteristic staccato scratch strokes on the rhythm guitar. The irresistible rhythmic pull this creates is a revelation even for listeners discovering the band for the first time.
Analogue Productions now honors this masterful album with a sonically superior UHQR LP, strictly limited to 4,500 copies. The original tapes were mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and feature sound quality never heard before. The lavishly designed box set contains the record, cut at 33 RPM and pressed on 200-gram Clarity Vinyl®. Each UHQR is manufactured by Acoustic Sounds at industry leader Quality Record Pressings (QRP), is inspected after pressing and comes with a hand-signed certificate of authenticity: only the truly flawless copies make it to retail. The UHQR version of “Catch A Fire” is a truly luxurious collector's item!
Side A
1. Concrete Jungle
2. Slave Driver
3. 400 Years
4. Stop That Train
5. Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby)
Side B
6. Stir It Up
7. Kinky Reggae
8. No More Trouble
9. Midnight Ravers