Rare Photo Of Bob Marley Taken By Roger Steffens in San Diego in 1979.

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In this clip, reggae historian Roger Steffens shares an incredible story about how reggae records and cassette tapes carrying messages of support for Nelson Mandela were secretly sent to Robben Island during his imprisonment
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This is the official face of someone who takes reggae very, very seriously. Sometimes preserving music history requires intense focus… and a BEAT Magazine shirt to match. 😄

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In the Caribbean, dominoes is more than a game. It is part competition, part conversation, part neighborhood theater. The sound of tiles hitting the table echoes through rum shops, street corners, and family yards across Jamaica.
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June 1991 issue of Japan’s #Record Collectors’ Mag featuring #BobMarley on the cover. A special feature explores Marley, with articles on Bunny Wailer and #PeterTosh. Ten years after Marley’s passing, the cover reflects reggae’s global reach and the deep interest of #Japanese collectors

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These hand-painted wooden figures are sold in sets of five, each revealing a smaller Marley inside the next. It is an unlikely meeting of cultures: Jamaican reggae interpreted through a traditional Russian craft.
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Roger Steffens and Gregory Isaacs in JA, chilling out after a photo shoot!
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This is a first pressing from the very first recording session between Coxsone Dodd and The Wailers.
Pressed directly from their initial Studio One session, this record captures The Wailers at the exact moment they entered Jamaica’s most influential studio under Coxsone Dodd. #bobmarley #livicated

😂 "NNG" NIGERIAN NATURAL GRASS 😉
Party Favors for the 2026 Fela Kuti Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award Party. #Livicated #rogersteffens #reggae #movie #afrobeat #felakuti

On this Tuff Gong SDR 45, the handwritten notes on the label are believed to be Bob Marley’s own handwriting. Certified in writing by Allan ‘Skill’ Cole himself.

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Peter Tosh Wanted Dread & Alive
Not just an iconic album cover, but this one carries signatures and testimonies from reggae legends who shaped the music alongside Peter.

Who signed the album?
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Getting closer! Still not it!
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We explored another poster direction. Interesting 🤪, but not quite inviting enough for the film we’re making. That’s part of the process

Livicated is about transmission, memory, and intimacy. The poster has to welcome people in, not stand in the way.
More soon

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Roger Steffens is holding unreleased interview tapes recorded with Bunny Wailer for an autobiography that was never published. Not because of conflict, but because Bunny chose not to fix his life and philosophy permanently in print.
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In the early 80s, Roger Steffens helped introduce Fela Kuti to the U.S. Through radio, writing & rare access, he documented a revolutionary who fought corruption & military brutality, proving Afrobeat wasn’t only entertainment. "Music is a weapon!" #livicated #movie #rogersteffens #lAfroBeat #love

This Exodus album cover is something special.
It’s signed by many of the musicians who actually played on the record, a true snapshot of the people behind one of the most essential albums in music history.

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Here’s a gem from the collection: a fully signed copy of Steel Pulse’s iconic Tribute to the Martyrs album, with personal blessings from the classic lineup — David Hinds, Selwyn Brown, Ronald “Ponn” McQueen, Steve “Grizzly” Nisbett, Basil Gabbidon, and Alphonso Martin. A testament to real roots connections… preserved in the vaults of Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives. WORD. SOUND. POWER. Livicated Documentary with Roger Steffens Reggae Archives

Here’s a gem from the collection, a fully signed copy of Steel Pulse’s iconic Tribute to the Martyrs album, with personal blessings from the classic lineup David Hinds, Selwyn Brown, Ronald “Ponn” McQueen, Steve “Grizzly” Nisbett, Basil Gabbidon, and Alphonso Martin. #SteelPulse #Livicated #onelove

A classic Roger Steffens photo of Gregory “Cool Ruler” Isaacs outside his African Museum record shop in Jamaica, standing beside a mural painted in his honor.
A moment of pure reggae history from the streets that shaped his sound
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Immense respect to David Hinds of Steel Pulse for giving us an interview for “Livicated: The Story of Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives" His insight and spirit are a powerful addition to the film. Grateful for the Steel Pulse family. 🙏
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A timeless shot of Gregory Isaacs, the legend behind Night Nurse, taken in Jamaica by Roger Steffens.
One of the many moments Roger preserved from reggae’s golden era.
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#BunnyWailer reasoning with Roger Steffens in L.A.
For years, Bunny chose Roger as the only person to help write his autobiography. They recorded hours of deep, never-before-heard conversations, from the early Wailers days to Bunny’s spiritual path. #Livicated #love #Reggae #BobMarley #RogerSteffens

Every book in this photo, from Jamaica to Japan, Spain to France, was written by or inspired through the work of Roger Steffens and his legendary Reggae Archives.

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The world’s largest reggae archive isn’t in Jamaica, but in a basement in Los Angeles.

Livicated - The Story Of Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives

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Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae journalism went digital, The Beat magazine was the heartbeat of the culture, connecting fans across the world with stories, interviews, and rare insights into the artists who shaped the movement. Co-founded by Roger Steffens and CC Smith following the success of Roger and Hank Holmes' groundbreaking KCRW radio show “Reggae Beat”, the magazine became a vital archive of reggae, African, and Caribbean music from the '80s through the 2000s. Here are a few of The Beat’s Bob Marley collector’s edition covers, each marking a different era in Marley’s legacy, from “The Troubled Legacy” to “25 Years On.” These covers remind us of how reggae’s message of resistance, love, and unity has continued to echo across generations. 📰 From the airwaves of KCRW to the pages of The Beat: Word, Sound, Power live on.

Before reggae went digital, The Beat magazine, co-founded by Roger Steffens & CC Smith after KCRW’s “Reggae Beat” was the printed heartbeat of the culture.
Bob Marley's covers still echo the spirit of 'Word, Sound & Power 💛💚❤️
#ReggaeHistory #BobMarley #TheBeatMagazine #RogerSteffens #KCRW #livicated

Two rare pieces of reggae history, Bob Marley’s original business cards
One for Tuff Gong Productions Ltd., linking Kingston’s 56 Hope Road to New York. Another for the Movement of Jah People, bearing the image of Haile Selassie I, preserved in Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives
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Another Treasure in the Archive
The Wailing Wailers (1965/66, Studio One) — debut LP of Marley, Tosh & Wailer backed by the Soul Brothers.
This copy’s signed by Peter Tosh, Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett & more, a meeting of giants frozen in ink and history.
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Here’s a rare glimpse of Bob Marley backstage in San Diego (USA) in 1979. Photo Roger Steffens
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💛💚❤️ LIVICATED isn’t a typo for “dedicated.”

In Word. Sound. Power, Rastas avoid negative words, so dedicated (from dead) becomes LIVICATED, to give life and power instead.

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