Universal Music announced the release of a special, limited reissue of Bob Marley's iconic album & The Wailers Catch a Fire on the occasion of the 50 years of its release.
This special edition will have special formats such as a set of 3 vinyl LP and a 12″, as well as a set of 3 CD, in addition to a digital version, all of which will be released the next 3 of November.
The first LP and CD includes the complete final studio recording, while the LP 2 and the CD 2 is the live album recorded during a concert held at The Paris Theater in London.
The third LP and CD, titled Sessions, has alternative Jamaican versions, extended and instrumental versions of the album's original tracks.
While the disk 12 inches, just like the CD 3, They present three classic songs –”Slave Driver”, “Get Up Stand Up” Y “Stop That Train”- which were recorded live at The Wailers' legendary performance at the Sundown Theatre in the town of Edmonton, north of london.
Additionally, Each set will contain a book of Bob Marley photographs & The Wailers performed by Adrian Boot, Arthur Gorson, Dennis Morris y Neville Garrick and will also include press clippings from the time.
The importance of Catch a Fire
Critically acclaimed, Catch a Fire was released in April 1973 marking in some way the presentation of reggae to the world, placing this Jamaican-born style in the ears of the mass public.
Protest songs, with social awareness about the oppressed and a militant tone surprised at the time and served to launch Bob Marley's career., Peter Tosh y The Wailers.
Likewise, Catch a Fire It is also considered by specialized critics as one of the best reggae albums in history., entering the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010.
MagazineRolling Stone ranked this album inthe number 123 on your list of 500 best albums of all times of the year 2003, passing to the position126 on the revised list of 2012, the second highest placement for a reggae album, only surpassed byLegend, that occupiedthe position 46.
