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January 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Marley: A Film by Kevin Macdonald

Marley A Film By Kevin Macdonald Universal Pictures UK Kevin Macdonald has made a couple of great documentaries already and people seemed to love Marley at the movies – not so much for what it said, rather for who/what it was about. Well, that’s it with documentary isn’t it – you either have a fresh [...]

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January 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Future Is The Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley

The Future Is The Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley Gerald Hausman (ed) Tuff Gong Books/Harmony Books Bob bin gohn fer ova terty years now, mon. Best bee puttin ah-notha wahn of dem books out, a-right-now? Some furst year stuudants will buy the t’ing an smoke da herb and reed from it ah-loud-now. [...]

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February 13, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1622

One of the first full albums by Bob that I heard. The first credited to Bob Marley & The Wailers. And what a great opening trio of songs. There’s passion, politics, melody, groove and so much of this music resonates with me still. But I don’t/can’t listen to Bob all that often these days. Might [...]

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October 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1828

Roberta Flack, The Best Of Roberta Flack (1981) All I knew for the longest time was Killing Me Softly With His Song and it was both beautiful and mawkish. That annoying mix of a sincere classic and (therefore) a song brutally slaughtered by radio. And then I became aware of a few more gems – [...]

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August 28, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1877

Bob Marley, Babylon By Bus (1978) This was the first Bob Marley album I ever owned; the first I picked up on LP (for $1). The cover is ripped, so the sleeves fall out of the bus. But the records are in decent condition – and that’s (ultimately) what matters. I really loved Bob Marley’s [...]