According to the book, a down-on-his-luck Marley walked into the offices of Chris Blackwell at Island records. Chris clearly knew a good thing when he saw it because he fronted up $6,000 to fly Bob and his band back to Jamaica to record an album. Blackwell then took the recordings and had some rocking wah-wah guitar and keyboard parts overdubbed throughout, creating an engaging hybrid of the Wailers' Jamaican grooves with a touch of rock fusion. He stuck it in a rather ugly 'zippo lighter' album cover and sent it out into the world to become a hit.
The album would also go on to provide the name for New Zealand reggae band Katchafire.
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