Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Kingston, Jamaica
Matrix #: ILPS 9256
Condition: VG+, sounds great, some very light marks

Cultural Facts:

1. Political Science: Jamaica’s 1970s party violence was escalating; the group got pulled into real street politics just by what they were saying on record.

2. Band Drama: Soon after this era, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer split from the group over money/control and the push toward a “frontman” model.

3. Personal Struggle: Bob Marley grew up poor with an absent father and faced stigma for being mixed-race in Kingston—outsider status that followed him early on.

2/28/2026 CC