The Big Vinyl's Robbery

[porcy62]

A massive collection of 1970s music - including original recordings by reggae icon Bob Marley - has disappeared from the archives of the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corp.

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

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 programme manager for JBC radio.

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Workers at the newly formed Public Broadcasting Corp 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 shows, 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.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1299437,00.html

Sad news.

Now I have a question for all the respectable posters of the vinyl forum: Where did you spend you Christmas Holyday?

[sidewinder]

Not me. Not into reggae ! :rsmile:

[Christiern]

"Now I have a question for all the respectable posters of the vinyl forum: Where did you spend you Christmas Holyday?"

I'm not sure...had too much rum and remember only that I had to carry piles of vinyl discs into the tropical night. Trip after trip, it was exhausting.

[clifford_thornton]

I would assume that this theft was probably carried out internally, that is, by someone employed by the archives. Giving a bad name to archivists everywhere...

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Wonder if I could get a job in the Concord/Fantasy archives...

MG

[patricia]

Busted!!! I told my friends I was going to catch some rays.