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Classic Albums:  Bob Marley – Catch A Fire (Eagle remaster)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: B-     Extras: C-     Documentary: B

 

 

As a big fan of The Harder They Come, a film that gets better with age, is a classic and deserves a major restoration, it is also a film that made Reggae explode worldwide.  However, it was did not stand alone in this as at the same time, Bob Marley released his studio album Catch A Fire in 1973 and it became an even more largely recognized breaker of the genre in the long-term, whether that was true or not.  It is no surprise it became one of the initial episodes of the great Classic Albums series.  Now, Eagle Vision has reissued the installment on DVD.

 

An album that still constantly sells today, Stir It Up and Stop That Train are the kinds of songs you may have heard but did not know their names.  We see how the great Chris Blackwell made the album happen by handling, engineering, mixing and producing to perfection the final product.  We see Marley & Peter Tosh innovating and the rise of the musical voice of the third world in profound terms that no one then could have imagined would go as far as it has today.  For any serious music fan, this is a must-see.

 

The 1.33 X 1 image is a bit soft, but that is inherent to this early installment in the series.  It was originated in the analog PAL format as looks as good as the previous Image DVD, while despite the label stating Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo for the sound, this has the same PCM 2.0 16bit/48kHz Stereo as that disc, so performance is the same.  A brief text piece is the only extra.  Any serious fan of this album or Reggae has to see this show, or they just don’t care as much as they think.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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