Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch the Fire (Classic Album) [DVD] [Reino Unido]

The Wailers, featuring legend Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and 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 main figures in the creation of Catch A Fire tell the story of how this record was designed to "crossover." The program features a unique interview and performance with Bunny Wailer, rare archival interviews with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, and contributions in words and music from many of those who performed on the record, including bassists Family Man Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare and the Bob's wife, Rita Marley. This documentary shows how the raw 8-track tapes were recorded in Jamaica and then overdubbed at London's Basing Street Studios, overseen by Island Records boss Chris Blackwell. With the Wailers' enthusiastic consent, Blackwell brought in white American musicians such as keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick and guitarist Wayne Perkins to sweeten the sound with overdubs for an international rock audience. Featuring unreleased footage of the Wailers in Jamaica, unreleased archival footage and unique performances of many songs from the album, including Stir It Up, Stop That Train and Kinky Reggae, this is a documentary film that will endlessly fascinate the viewer and is both a true tribute to a great supergroup and a vision of a true reggae classic.