Press articles about reggae etc plus illustrations of old flyers and so
on. If you have any similar items and are willing to share them with a
wider audience please get in touch. All illustrations on this page are
thumb nails or links to more images; click on the image for the larger
version.
A
Review of the 1970
Wembley Reggae Festival film.
Promotional
chart sheets from Trojan, Pama and Bamboo.
In the late 60's and early
70's the paper Disc & Music Echo often featured Reggae.
A
collection of Sheet Music for a number of Reggae hits from the 60's and
70's.
Prince
Far I interviewed in Blues And Soul, 1978.
A
review of the One Love Peace concert from Black Echoes.
The front cover of
FAB 208 from
December 1969 featuring Jimmy Cliff.
In
the late 60's and
early 70's Blues and Soul magazine ran a Reggae chart. Here is one from
early 1970.
And another from a couple of weeks later...
Single
reviews from the NME in 1969. The Upsetters, the Pioneers and more...
The
programme for the 1st Wembley Carribean Music Festival in 1969.
Culture make the
front page of
Black Echoes in '79.
An
interview with Bunny Lee from Blues and Soul in 1973.
Millie
takes her clothes off...the Infamous Mayfair spread from 1970.
A
promotional poster for Trojan Records from 1972.
Bob
Marley memorial issue of The NME, May 1981.
A concert flyer from 1970.
Top Pops magazine talk to Desmond Dekker about Israelites in March 1969.
Blues and Soul from May '78. The One Love Peace Concert, The Gladiators,
The Congos...
More
from the NME in 1969.
More from Blues and Soul. The Wailers at the Speakeasy, London, reviewed
in June 1973.
Greensleeves - late 70's and early 80's - all of the adverts...
most of them anyway!
1970 and Bob & Marcia hit the UK pop charts - Disc And Music Echo reporting.
Every
Reggae cover from Black Music Magazine between December 1973 to February
1977 and more...
Reggae under attack -
Reading Festival 1976
Some
fool from the Melody Maker reviews singles from U Roy and the Pioneers.
Words
of wisdom from Disc & Music Echo, November 1969.
The Pioneers visit the UK
in 1970 and wind up in the pages of Fab208.
More from
The Pioneers and
Fab208.
Desmond Dekker
is asked stupid questions for Fab208.