Bob Marley

This 2001 re-release of the Wailers' seminal 1973 album includes both the original takes (disc one) and the final, released album (disc two). No surprises on disc two, but the first disc is a revelation: minus producer Chris Blackwell's guitar and keyboard additions, the songs find a plain-spoken simplicity that weathers very well and arguably bests the final product.

The deluxe edition of Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1973 breakthrough, Catch a Fire, is like
one of those before-and-after photos of dieters: Disc One offers the unretouched - and
little-heard - original Jamaican mix, Disc Two the familiar international version produced
several months later by Marley and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. This is the rare
reissue project that expands what we know about a classic; the lavishly illustrat... More >