Counterfeit Guide
Bob Marley & The Wailers — Catch a Fire
Island ILPS 9241
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The sought-after UK first pressing on Island, catalogue ILPS 9241, came in the famous 'Zippo' sleeve — a die-cut lighter that flips open. Earliest copies carry the pink-rim Island 'palm tree' label; later copies use the pink-rim 'i' logo. The Zippo sleeve and correct label variant together define a genuine original.
Matrix / Runout
Runout in the style 'ILPS 9241 A-1U' / 'ILPS 9241 B-1U' with stamped plant codes; genuine UK copies show the '-1U' style suffixes.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
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Counterfeits reproduce the Zippo sleeve as a static printed gatefold with no working hinge, missing the die-cut, riveted lighter mechanism of the original.
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Fakes pair the Zippo with the wrong label; genuine early copies show the pink-rim palm-tree Island label, not a later or US-style label.
- 3
Bootleg pressings render the metallic chrome of the lighter as a flat grey print, lacking the bright reflective ink of the authentic sleeve.
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