Burnin' (Half-Speed Mastering) [Vinyl]

Burnin' (1973) was the second album Bob Marley recorded for Island Records. The album mixes Marley's religious militancy and anthemic style and features two of his biggest hits, "Get Up Stand Up" and "I Shot The Sheriff".

Abbey Road's world-renowned engineers have been cutting grooves into discs since the studios first opened their doors in 1931. These records were pressed from master cuts using a precision technique known as half-speed mastering. The procedure requires the source master and the cutting lathe to run at half speed on a specially adapted Neumann VMS-80 lathe. This rare and specialised technique transforms difficult to cut highend frequencies into relatively easy to cut mid-range frequencies. The result is a cut with excellent high frequency response and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, half-speed mastering produces a master of the highest quality that enables the pressing plant to produce a superlative record. - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, Abbey Road Studios

Side A:
Get Up, Stand Up
Hallelujah Time
I Shot The Sheriff
Burnin' And Lootin'
Put It On
Side B:
Small Axe
Pass It On
Duppy Conqueror
One Foundation
Rastaman Chant