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==Cover art== The original 1973 vinyl release, designed by graphic artists [[Rod Dyer]] and Bob Weiner, was enclosed in a sleeve depicting a [[Zippo]] lighter.<ref name=mosk31>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPZEqZHKq2AC&pg=PA31|page=31|title=The Words and Music of Bob Marley|author=David Moskowitz|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date= 2007|isbn=9780275989354}}</ref> The sleeve functioned like a real Zippo lighter case, opening at a side hinge to reveal the record within.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Barry Miley|author2=Grant Scott|author3=Johnny Morgan|year=2008|title=The Greatest Album Covers of All Time|publisher=Anova Books|isbn=978-1843404811|page=126}}</ref> Only the original pressing of 20,000 had the Zippo cover;<ref name= Vlado21>{{cite book|author=David Vlado Moskowitz|date=August 2007|title=Bob Marley: A Biography|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0313338793|page=21}}</ref> because each cover had to be hand-riveted, which was not cost-effective,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.superseventies.com/ac24catchafire.html|work=superseventies.com|title=Catch A Fire, The Wailers}}</ref> subsequent pressings had an alternative cover designed by John Bonis, featuring an [[Esther Anderson (Jamaican actress)|Esther Anderson]] portrait of Marley smoking a "[[Joint (cannabis)|spliff]]", with the album now credited to Bob Marley and the Wailers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Farley|year=2007|title=Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0060539924|page=200}}</ref><ref name="Morrow">{{cite book|author=Chris Morrow|year=1999|title=Stir It Up: Reggae Album Cover Art|publisher= Chronicle Books|isbn=0-8118-2616-3|page= 61}}</ref> Shortly after the album's release, Jamaican police raided Anderson's house and seized the cover photo and film, which were never returned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Opolot |first=Ian |date=2022-03-09 |title='Bob Marley turned up in a bad mood' β Esther Anderson's best photograph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/09/bob-marley-bad-mood-esther-andersons-best-photograph |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Copies of the record from the original pressings have since become collector's items.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Nicholas de Ville]]|title=Album: Style and Image in Sleeve Design|year=2003|pages=130β131|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|isbn=978-1-84000-605-6}}</ref> The original cover art was reproduced in 2001 for the deluxe [[compact disc]] edition.
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