Catch A Fire, Bob Marley And The Wailers seminal first release on Island Records, universally regarded as the album which put reggae music on the global stage, is being re-issued to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its original release in 1973. “Slave Driver”, one of the most powerful tracks on the album, will be released as a single, accompanied by remarkable live performance footage recently unearthed from the legendary Edmonton show in England, in 1973.

Catch A Fire is the fifth studio album by Bob Marley and the Wailers and was the first to be released by Island Records UK. The album originally had a limited release and was credited to The Wailers. Housed in a memorable sleeve, in the shape of a Zippo lighter designed by graphic artists Rod Dyer and Bob Weiner, Catch A Fire’s future versions would feature the classic portrait of Marley smoking a “spliff”, taken by Esther Anderson. From then on, the artist credit was Bob Marley and The Wailers. After touring and recording in the UK with Johnny Nash, Nash’s departure to the United States left the Wailers without enough money to return home. They approached Island founder and producer Chris Blackwell, who advanced them the money for an album and paid their fares back to Jamaica, where they recorded Catch a Fire. The album features nine songs, two of which were written by Peter Tosh and the rest by Bob Marley. After Marley’s return to London to present the tapes to Blackwell, the producer reworked the tracks with contributions by Muscle Shoals session musician Wayne Perkins, who played guitar on two overdubbed tracks.

The album has received enormous critical acclaim, including being listed on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the second highest placement of the five Bob Marley albums on the list, after the posthumous compilation album, Legend. It is also rightly regarded as one of the greatest, most important and influential albums, across all genres, of all time.

CD1 - Studio Album
1. Concrete Jungle
2. Slave Driver
3. 400 Years
4. Stop That Train
5. Baby We've Got A Date (Rock It Baby)
6. Stir It Up
7. Kinky Reggae
8. No More Trouble
9. Midnight Ravers

CD2 - Paris Theatre London / 24th May 1973
1. Rastaman Chant
2. Slave Driver
3. Stop That Train
4. No More Trouble
5. 400 Years
6. Midnight Ravers
7. Stir it Up
8. Concrete Jungle
9. Get Up, Stand Up
10. Kinky Reggae

CD3 - Sessions + Edmonton Sundown May 1973
1. Slave Driver (Jamaican Extended Version)
2. 400 Years (Jamaican Extended Version)
3. High Tide Or Low Tide (Jamaican Alternate Version)
4. Stir It Up (Jamaican Alternate Version)
5. No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Instrumental)
6. Stir It Up (Jamaican Extra Organ Version)
7. No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Version)
8. Stop That Train (Working Mono Version)
9. Slave Driver (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May, 1973)
10. Get Up, Stand Up (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May, 1973)
11. Stop That Train (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May, 1973)