CATCH A FIRE, Bob Marley and The Wailers‘ first release on Island Records, is being re-issued via UMe on November 3, 2023, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its original release in 1973. Catch a Fire track “Slave Driver” will be released as a single, accompanied by live performance footage recently unearthed from the Marley’s Edmonton show in England in 1973.

A new film, BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, will be in theatres on January 12, 2024. Produced by Ziggy Marley, Cedella Marley and Rita Marley, and with Stephen Marley as the music supervisor, the film tells the story of how Bob Marley overcame huge adversity to become one of the world’s most revered musical talents. Produced in partnership with the Marley family, the film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob and Lashana Lynch as his wife, Rita. Watch trailer below.

CATCH A FIRE 50th Anniversary Edition will be available in two special formats: a 3 x Vinyl LP + 12” set and a 3-CD set, as well as digitally across all platforms. LP1/CD1 features the full final studio recording, LP2/ CD2 is the 10-song live album, “Live From The Paris Theatre London,” while LP3/CD3, entitled Sessions, features alternative, extended, and instrumental Jamaican versions of the original album tracks. The additional 12”, available with the vinyl offering, and also included on CD3, features three tracks, “Slave Driver,” “Get Up, Stand Up” and “Stop That Train,” recorded live at the Wailer’s performance at the Sundown Theatre in the village of Edmonton, North London. These historic recordings have only previously been available as a bootleg. The reverse side of the 12” has an etched image of the iconic Zippo lighter illustration designed for the original sleeve by graphic artists Rod Dyer and Bob Weiner,.

Both LP and CD packages will include a book comprised of images of Bob Marley from photo shoots with long-time collaborators Adrian Boot, and Arthur Gorson, who shot images of Bob for two weeks in Jamaica, Dennis Morris, and Neville Garrick. The packages will also include press clippings from the era, while brand new sleeve notes have been written by music journalist and author Chris Salewicz. The formats will utilize both iconic sleeve designs, the original famous Zippo lighter illustration and the later version with Bob smoking a spliff. The D2C offering will be a limited-edition run pressed on colored vinyl.

The complete track listing is as follows:

3xLP+12″

LP1 – Studio Album

Concrete Jungle

Slave Driver

400 Years

Stop That Train

Baby We’ve Got A Date (Rock It Baby)

Stir It Up

Kinky Reggae

No More Trouble

Midnight Ravers

LP2 – Paris Theatre London / 24th May 1973

Rastaman Chant

Slave Driver

Stop That Train

No More Trouble

400 Years

Midnight Ravers

Stir it Up

Concrete Jungle

Get Up, Stand Up

Kinky Reggae

LP3 – Sessions

Slave Driver (Jamaican Extended Version)

400 Years (Jamaican Extended Version)

High Tide Or Low Tide (Jamaican Alternate Version)

Stir It Up (Jamaican Alternate Version)

No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Instrumental)

Stir It Up (Jamaican Extra Organ Version)

No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Version)

Stop That Train (Working Mono Version)

12″ – Edmonton Sundown May 1973

Slave Driver (The Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England. May 1973)

Get Up, Stand Up (The Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England. May 1973)

Stop That Train (The Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, England. May 1973)

3CD

CD1 – Studio Album

Concrete Jungle

Slave Driver

400 Years

Stop That Train

Baby We’ve Got A Date (Rock It Baby)

Stir It Up

Kinky Reggae

No More Trouble

Midnight Ravers

CD2 – Paris Theatre London / 24th May 1973

Rastaman Chant

Slave Driver

Stop That Train

No More Trouble

400 Years

Midnight Ravers

Stir it Up

Concrete Jungle

Get Up, Stand Up

Kinky Reggae

CD3 – Sessions + Edmonton Sundown May 1973

Slave Driver (Jamaican Extended Version)

400 Years (Jamaican Extended Version)

High Tide Or Low Tide (Jamaican Alternate Version)

Stir It Up (Jamaican Alternate Version)

No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Instrumental)

Stir It Up (Jamaican Extra Organ Version)

No More Trouble (Jamaican Extended Version)

Stop That Train (Working Mono Version)

Slave Driver (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May 1973)

Get Up, Stand Up (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May 1973)

Stop That Train (The Sundown Theater in Edmonton, England. May 1973)

Pick up the half-speed release of Catch A Fire in the Goldmine store (click below):