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“What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.” ― Bob Marley

Photographed by Laurens Van Houten
Arriving to the TopPop Studio, Holland, Netherlands (1976)

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Bob Marley in London, June 1976 — The Morning After Hammersmith
Photos by Guido Harari

“This is the morning after a wild gig at Hammersmith Odeon. Besides taking pictures, I interviewed Marley for the Italian press and had a really hard time getting through his thick Jamaican patois. However I was mesmerized by the man and his traveling family, as well as the heavy smell of Jamaican cuisine and ganja.” — Guido Harari

Archive Note: A complete scan/transcript of Guido Harari’s interview is not widely available; however, contemporary Italian coverage of Marley’s London run appears in Ciao 2001 (N. 27, 11 July 1976).

#BobMarley #TheWailers #London #HammersmithOdeon #RastamanVibration #GuidoHarari #ReggaeHistory #RootsReggae #1976

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Bob Marley & The Wailers at San Siro Stadium, Milan – June 27, 1980

Photos by Giovanni Giovannetti

On this day in 1980, Bob Marley brought the Uprising Tour to San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) in Milan a night often cited as his largest concert ever, with an estimated 110,000+ people inside the stadium.

Just 17 days after Uprising was released, Marley and the band hit Italy with that late era fire: Natural Mystic, Positive Vibration, the heavy War/No More Trouble, and stadium-sized anthems like No Woman, No Cry and Exodus.

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Bob Marley Speaks Before Ahoy Rotterdam ’78 (Backstage Interview)

Photos by Barry Schultz

Bob Marley sits down with Dutch broadcaster/journalist Theo Stocking for a rare interview recorded the same day as the legendary Ahoy Hallen concert on the Kaya Tour

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Bob Marley: Practicing Kung Fu with Sky High, Japan, 1979.

Photographer: Unknown

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Behind the Scenes — Bob Marley & The Wailers at Ahoy Hallen (Rotterdam), July 7, 1978 | Kaya Tour

Photos by Barry Schultz

These photos capture Bob Marley in that quiet, locked-in headspace before stepping onstage at Ahoy Hallen, Rotterdam a sold-out stop on the 1978 Kaya Tour, just months after the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston.

What makes this night even more historic: the concert was recorded by Dutch broadcaster VPRO, and decades later it was mastered and officially released as part of the Kaya deluxe/anniversary editions (the full “Live at Ahoy Hallen / 1978” set).

The show was originally promoted in the Netherlands as a different event/venue before being moved to Ahoy.

Accounts describe a hall thick with smoke and a stage dressed with Haile Selassie + Marcus Garvey imagery, plus a Rasta-color “One Love” banner a full visual statement before the first chord even hit.

What you hear in the official live release: a peak-era set that blends Kaya / Exodus material with the big crowd anthem tracks like “Positive Vibration,” “The Heathen,” “Them Belly Full,” “War / No More Trouble,” “I Shot The Sheriff,” “Get Up, Stand Up,” and “Exodus.”

More Kaya Tour / Rotterdam-era material coming soon.

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Peter Tosh during a hotel interview in Paris, France. June 28, 1981.

Photos by Christian Rose and Roger Viollet.

He explains how reggae is made, shuts down questions about Marley’s passing (“undertaker talk”), and goes deeper into who he says really rules the Earth.

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“Some call it tampee. Some call it the weed. Some call it Marijuana. Some of them call it Ganja. Nevermind, got to legalize it, and don’t criticize it.” — Peter Tosh

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Photograph from Reggae Sunsplash 1979 – Montego Bay, Jamaica

(Left to right): Basil Walters, Jacob Miller, Bob Marley, Sangie Davis, Burning Spear, Junior Marvin, Aston Barrett, Pamela Bunting, Ruffy & Tuffy, and Alfred Francis.

📸 Photographer: Denis O’Regan
📍 Location: Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica
📅 Date Taken: July 6, 1979

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1978 One Love Peace Concert Rehearsal
Photographer: Peter Simon

This rare rehearsal session captured Bob Marley & The Wailers in April 1978 preparing for the historic One Love Peace Concert. Recorded at Strawberry Hill, the home of Chris Blackwell, these photographs document the band working through alternate arrangements, incomplete takes, and early versions of key songs before the landmark event in Kingston.

The session includes multiple takes of “War,” “Natty Dread,” “Exodus,” “Natural Mystic,” and rare early versions of “Punky Reggae Party.” Unlike studio recordings, these rehearsals reveal the creative process in real time songs evolving, arrangements shifting, and ideas taking shape.

The material provides a valuable glimpse into the period immediately preceding one of the most significant concerts in reggae history.

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