'Fuck, This Is the Real Thing': Chris Blackwell Remembers Making Bob Marley's 'Catch a Fire'
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Chris Blackwell looks back on meeting Bob Marley and the making of 'Catch a Fire.'
29 September, 1980 The Hammersmith Palais had been part of popular music...
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Bob Marley's time in London taught him about punk rock music, and the Clash is one group who moved him to pen a hit.