70s Vinyl 'Disappears' From JBC Archives

[chromatic]

'A massive collection of 1970s music including original recordings by reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh has disappeared from the archives of the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation.

The possible theft of thousands of vinyl records and compact discs is a blow to the island's history, Olivia Grange, Jamaica's information minister said today.

Musicians and former JBC employees criticised the government for not properly maintaining the archives.

"The latest development is a national disgrace," said Gladstone Wilson, former program manager for JBC radio.

Workers at the newly formed Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica noticed the disappearances earlier this week while touring the old JBC building. They had planned to use the archived material for their first programs, Grange said.

The archives also contain such iconic videos as the 1977 visit of Fidel Castro and the 1978 One Love Peace Concert, in which Marley famously called two bitter Jamaican political rivals onstage to join hands.'

-*The Sydney Morning Herald*, 06/01/08

[staas]

i would like to see the footage of castro's visit to ja, is it available online?

[leggo rocker]

Keep your eyes on eBay then for some mint vintage vinyl coming out of JA

[ras_gaks]

read it yesterday...
someone, somewhere is possibly drenched in some rare heard tunes... acquired illegally!!!

[greg]

hmm, hope some of those end up in my record store

[leggo rocker]

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