Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire

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The Wailers, featuring the legendary Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer, became the most influential band in the history of Reggae music. Catch A Fire, their first Island album released in 1973, introduced them to an international rock audience. Here the principal figures in the creation of Catch A Fire tell the story of how this record was designed to cross-over. The programme features a unique interview & performance with Bunny Wailer, rare archive interviews with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh, & contributions in words & music from many of those who performed on the record, like bass players Family Man Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare & Bobs wife Rita Marley. This film shows how the raw 8-track tapes were recorded in Jamaica & then overdubbed in Londons Basing Street studios, supervised by Island Records boss, Chris Blackwell. With the Wailers enthusiastic consent, Blackwell brought in white American session players like keyboard player John Rabbit Bundrick &.. .