Original Jamaica-Recorded Version with Two Extra Tracks from the Sessions and Some Tracks with Longer Fades

Numbered and Pressed Exclusively at the Legendary Tuff Gong International Headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica; Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters in Los Angeles

The Marley Family, Tuff Gong, and UMe commemorate Bob Marley's 78th birthday with the release of twelve Bob Marley vinyl LPs, each numbered and pressed exclusively at the legendary Tuff Gong International headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, featuring nine original studio albums and two original live albums, plus the world's best-selling reggae album, Legend, all including a highly-desirable Tuff Gong stamp. The albums were pressed at Tuff Gong's newly refurbished vinyl pressing plant, which re-opened in the summer of 2020 and has an annual capacity of 250,000 units. Each album was mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters in Los Angeles.

Additionally, Catch A Fire, initially recorded by The Wailers in Jamaica and eventually released with overdubs and a mix overseen by Island founder Chris Blackwell at the label's London headquarters, will only be available in its original Jamaica-recorded version, with two extra tracks from the sessions and some tracks with longer fades. Produced entirely by Bob Marley & the Wailers and mixed by longtime Marley associate Errol Brown, this Jamaican version is now available on vinyl for the first time.

In 1971, Bob Marley founded his own Tuff Gong label and was signed to Island Records by its leader Chris Blackwell, who had licensed some of his band's previous releases and offered Marley a deal to record their debut album. Catch A Fire was their first album released outside of Jamaica, signaled the emergence of reggae's patron saint and immediately earned global acclaim, even garnering the group its first tour of the U.S. Reggae's first true album, rather than a collection of singles, Catch A Fire includes such well-known tracks as "Stir It Up," "Concrete Jungle" and "Slave Driver" - all of them fiery, politically charged, and uncompromising.