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Catch a Fire 
| 100% Recommended by our customers. Label: Island Catalog: Music Release date: 2001-06-12 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Ean: 0731454889322 Upc: 731454889322  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (11) |
 Concrete Jungle Slave Driver 400 Years Stop That Train - Bob Marley, Tosh, Peter | Baby We Got a Date (Rock It Baby) Stir It Up Kinky Reggae No More Trouble | Midnight Ravers High Tide or Low Tide All Day All Night |
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Written on September 11, 2006 Summary: Wailers' Classic Island Debut By the time The Wailers began work on "Catch A Fire" in September 1972, the original group (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingstone) had been together and making a lot of superb music for nearly a decade, but discounting the Leslie Kong-produced "Best Of The Wailers" (the title literally a misnomer, as it was not a compilation), until Island Records head Chris Blackwell bankrolled this project, they had never entered a studio to make an album. Classic singles for the Jamaican market, seminal collaborations with Lee Scratch Perry, self-produced gems on their own label, or Johnny Nash/Danny Sims JAD recordings all deserve to be heard and are easily available, but in 1973 the black music market had caught up with the trend that began in the mid 1960s when the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Rolling Stones, who proved the youth/rock 'n' roll market was not just territory for singles, and the major artists of the era fought for artistic freedom and proved the 'album' was both artistically and commercially viable; thanks to the visionary work of Sly & The Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, and others, the idea of a reggae album seemed viable, and The Wailers were just the band to surpass expectations and create a unified classic. Of course that great band was not together long enough to make very many. The great rhythm section of Aston and Carlton Barett (from Lee Perry's Upsetters) joined the original trio around 1969-70, but following the release of The Wailers' second great album, "Burnin", late in 1973, Bunny Livingston left, and in 1974 Peter Tosh split as well, so that by the time of 1975's "Natty Dread" the group was billed as Bob Marley & The Wailers, and it was clear just who would be the visual focus (or star) and creative force, though the Barretts especially continued to make Marley's great songs and vision into viscerally exciting music. The "Catch A Fire" available on the single cd is a great album, on just about every level that matters. The songs - seven by Marley, two by Tosh - are very good to classic - the socially concious songs always seem personal, and the album is enriched with terrific and sexy pleasures such as "Kinky Reggae", "We've Got A Date" and "Stir It Up." If the lyrics lapse, the melodies and rhythms never falter, and Blackwell's post-production - adding ex-Free and Johnny Nash keyboardist Rabbit, and guitarist Wayne Perkins (best known for his work on the Stones' "Black And Blue") and a new mix - keeps the album texturally engrossing. Blackwell's intent may have been to make the album more 'commercial,' but the result is actually a hypnotic, almost dub-like effect, and compared to the original Wailers' production, the songs seem to be somehow moving in slow motion - an illusion, not the result of actually slowing down the tapes. This brings me to the next point: if you love this album, you should really get the 2-cd "Deluxe Edition" which provides the familiar Island classic, in a marvelous remaster, plus the unissued "Jamaican" (Wailers) version, before the tapes were worked on in London. Both versions are wonderful, the Wailers' original clearly a bridge between the group's previous recordings (especially from 1969 - 72, when Perry and the Barretts became involved) and the Island years. The mixes are more direct, each vocal and instrumental part more clearly defined, and the vocal harmonies of the original trio more upfront in the mix. It is clear some of the lead vocals were re-done, as there are some slight lyrical variations. The soul and charisma are evident on both versions, and I'm glad to be able to alternate depending on my mood. I should mention that the two bonus tracks are both superb: "High Tide or Low Tide" is a gorgeous and passionate gem worthy of Curtis Mayfield at his best, while "All Night All Day" is a nifty vocal showcase with a groove and lyrics that show just how immersed the Wailers were in American soul music. "Catch A Fire" was one of only two classic studio albums made by the Marley/Tosh/Bunny/Barretts lineup, and I recommend without reservation the Deluxe edition; it's twice as much of one of the great albums of its era, in any genre. Written on May 7, 2006 Summary: Reggae Classic "Catch a Fire" is an excellent debut album by the Wailers. All the original Wailers are there including Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Their performance here is electric. The album was released in 1973 and it was this album that got me hooked to reggae music. This is the album that popularized reggae. Wailer fans will find this a treat. Listeners will enjoy the excellent instrumentation: the guitar, keyboards and percussion combined with gentle and soothing vocals to complete an exhilarating picture. The songs in the album address serious social and political issues. Some of the songs include "Slave Driver", "Concrete Jungle", "Stop that Train", "No More Trouble" and my favourite song on the album "Stir it Up". For me, this is the best and most creative album by the Wailers with its classic roots reggae. This is great music even for those that are not reggae fans. When I need to lift my spirits up, I play this album. I always feel better afterwards. Written on April 17, 2006 Summary: feel the heat one ting immediately comes to mind when i listen to this disc... and that is, tight rythmn section. Aston and carlton barrett produced the heaviest, tightest rythmn section the planet has seen to date. I don't know if this album was originally released in the summer, but the beats have a lot of heat coming off them. I can only picture listening to "stir it up" and "midnight ravers" on a hot, sultry summer night. "Slave driver" is my favorite wailers song, period. That song takes one on a painful journey over the unprecendented, melodic, soulful chorus of tosh, bunny and marley. The harmonies on "concrete jungle" interspersed with marley's lead are beautiful...and even though i wasn't old enough to understand that music lost wonderful possibility when tosh and bunny left, after listening to this disc i lament the fact these guys couldn't stay together. i really don't like tosh's lead vocals as much as marley, but the harmonies on "400 years" and "stop that train" make these songs almost as powerful as the ones where marley takes the lead. This disc is a good combination of political, biblical, romantic and sexual songs. Marley's later albums had many more conspicuous political tracks on them. This album, lyrically speaking, is like a combination of "kaya" and "rastaman vibration." There are heavy political statements like "no more troubles" and then there are songs about everyday things like "kinky reggae." I really like the lyrics on the first four tracks, because they aren't as hit-you-over-the-head as "no more troubles," ironically making their messages come across stronger. These four tracks remind me of the harlem renaissance writers, who allowed readers to transcend white u.s. culture and feel the obsurdity of the contradictions in the system ("it's only a machine that make money"). I'd have to say the two tracks added to this remaster are my favorite, except for "am-a-do", out of all the others added to the other remastered wailers albums. Once again, these melodic, expressive vocals of tosh, bunny and marley make these songs heavenly. A beautiful disc. Written on April 7, 2006 Summary: reggae with guts This is not just an album to listen to while you are lying by the beach (although you could do that) - these are some seriously raw grooves with some pretty hardcore messages. This sounds much heavier than Marley's later work - the presence of peter tosh and bunny wailer deffinately fules the musical fire.. This is one of the best albums of the 70's! Written on February 26, 2006 Summary: Catch A Fire is one HOT cd Get this cd if -: a) you appreciate Bob b) you appreciate raw guitar sound c) you know where the volume button is d) all the above applies I run into this cd as a fluke. I was browsing thru guitar music, and this cd talked about the early Bob Marley music and the extended version of Stir it up, Concrete Jungle guitar section. Given that I have 10 cd's of Bob, I decided to give this one a go, since I can never seem to have enough of Bob. I am not a rasta, or a ganja smoker...I just happen to have grown up around uncles who listened to Bob, and as it came to be, I appreciate his works. Long story short, I put this cd in my car stereo, and boy does it stir some raw emotions. The kicker was I took my wife on a date and just when she got into the car, I tuned the cd to "Baby we've got a date", and she was hooked!! I also use this cd to make her feel good with my attempt to sing along the "High Tide or Low Tide" song. In summary, this is the best $16 I have spent on a cd in a long, long, loooooonnnnnnnggggg! time. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2001-06-12 | 2001-06-12 | 2001-06-12 | 2001-07-31 | 2001-07-31 | 2001-11-13 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Format | Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered | Extra tracks, Original recording remastered |
| Ean | 0731454889322 | 0731454889421 | 0731454889520 | 0731454890229 | 0731454889926 | 0731454889827 |
| Upc | 731454889322 | 731454889421 | 731454889520 | 731454890229 | 731454889926 | 731454889827 |
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