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Bob Marley & The Wailers / Catch A Fire 50th anniversary reissue

3CD and 3LP vinyl

Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1973 album Catch A Fire is being reissued on vinyl and CD for its 50th anniversary.

The 3CD deluxe and 3LP vinyl + 12-inch packages contain the same audio which is the original studio album, a first official release for Live at The Paris Theatre, London and a Sessions disc which includes alternate/extended/instrumental versions of album tracks (including the two alternate versions of Stir It Up which were issued on a seven-inch single for this year’s Record Store Day. Three tracks performed at the Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, North London are appended to CD 3 and make up the content of the 12-inch single which comes with the vinyl box set.

3CD deluxe of the Catch A Fire 50th anniversary

Both presentations feature booklets with new notes (by Chris Salewicz) and rare and unseen photos. They also feature both covers the original Zippo lighter on one side and Bob smoking his spliff on the other. A special D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) coloured vinyl edition is also available.

Catch A Fire 50th anniversary will be released on 3 November 2023 via UMR/Island.

3LP+12″ version of Catch A Fire 50th anniversary

Tracklisting

Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers / 50th anniversary

    • CD 1: 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
    • CD 2: 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
    • CD 3: 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)

Tracklisting

Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers / 50th anniversary

    • LP 1: 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
    • LP 2: 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
    • LP 3: Sessions
      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)
    • 12-inch single: Edmonton Sundown May 1973
      1. Slave Driver (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May, 1973)
      2. Get Up, Stand Up (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May, 1973)
      3. Stop That Train (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May, 1973)

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