Roger Steffens Archive

  • Rototom2011_832

    ROTOTOM – We were a little bit Marley yesterday

    [Translate] Yesterday was an intense day for all, so psychologically exhausting but gratifying. The day of the Marleys, a very important surname, sometimes uncomfortable in order to  really judge an artist, a surname discussed but loved by everyone.  Ziggy, Rita, Kymani, each of them with their own story...

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  • Cover 1 WEB

    Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae

    [Translate] In 1975 and 1976, renowned underground photojournalist, Kim Gottlieb, and her husband, Jeff Walker, head of publicity for Island Records in the US, documented what is now recognized as the Golden Age of Reggae and the introduction of Bob Marley with The Wailers’ new...

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  • Roger Steffens record label pictures

    Roger Steffens record label pictures

    [Translate] In regard to the picture of Bob made from bottle caps, where it mentioned the inspiration of the big posters composed in part of record labels, there is an interesting background to it which you may share with your readers. When Island was putting...

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  • Bob Marley: The Complete Annotated Bibliography

    Bob Marley: The Complete Annotated Bibliography

    [Translate] Title: Bob Marley: The Complete Annotated Bibliography Author: Joe Jurgensen Foreword: Roger Steffens Pages: 174 Release Date: 12/15/09 ISBN:9780578039404 Description: A detailed list of every book published on Bob Marley from around the world. For the first time ever over 400 books featuring Bob...

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  • The Bob Marley Reader

    The Bob Marley Reader

    [Translate] Hank Bordowitz, Editor Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader (date of release: june 2004) Foreword by Roger Steffens A collection of the best writings on Bob Marley, the late, legendary musician and world cultural icon who brought reggae music and...

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  • Interview with Roger Steffens

    Interview with Roger Steffens

    [Translate] IVAN: Do you know the title of Bob’s unreleased songs that Ziggy Marley and Universal music are going to publish? ROGER: NO, BUT I suspect that they are based on the so-called bedroom tape that I found at Bob’s mother’s house in 1988. There...

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  • Intervista a Roger Steffens

    Intervista a Roger Steffens

    [Translate] BMM: Possiedi la più vasta collezione al mondo di musica reggae. Come è iniziata questa passione? RS: Sentii parlare per la prima volta di musica reggae grazie ad un articolo di Michael Thomas sulla rivista Rolling Stone del luglio 1973. La dipinse in termini...

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