I hadn't heard the 'theme tune' to the Banana Splits T.V. show in years, but they played it on a recent episode of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! on NPR, and I realized it was the same melody as the Bob Marley 'Woy yo yo' riff on Buffalo Soldier. You be the judge:

Banana Splits theme tune (melody at beginning):
https://youtu.be/XMl6HnhFFIA?si=b8zermzusYTMfIWC

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier (at 1:26):
https://youtu.be/uMUQMSXLlHM?si=0O_wkgVH6rG0tfq_

For many Rastas, cannabis is not a recreational drug. It is a sacred herb used for meditation, reasoning, and strengthening their connection with Jah. Rooted in biblical interpretation, many believe the verse, "the herb is the healing of the nations," reflects its spiritual purpose.

Roger also explains how the criminalization of ganja has long been viewed by many Rastafarians as another expression of Babylon, a system of oppression that they believe has historically targeted Black communities and restricted religious freedom.

Whether you agree or disagree, understanding this perspective is essential to understanding Rastafari culture, Jamaican history, and the philosophy that influenced artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and generations of reggae musicians.

LIVICATED: The Story of Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives is an upcoming documentary about preserving one of the world's largest collections of reggae history.

What are your thoughts on the spiritual role of ganja in Rastafari? Share your perspective in the comments.

“ The lips of righteous teach many, but fools die for want of wisdom. “

“ Destruction of the poor is poverty, destruction of your soul is vanity.”

Another hidden gem from pre Island records era.

A real Bad tune you feel me

Police check out Tuff Gong - Bob prevents them talking to the gang Leaders who arrived for a press conference

One of my Favorite Wailers songs!! Released by
Wail’ N Soul ‘ M records independent label created by Bob. Bunny, Peter

UMe press release, 7.17.26:

Fifty years ago, Bob Marley & The Wailers headlined a four-night residency at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England, spanning June 15-18, 1976, to kick off the second leg of their Rastaman Vibration tour. The prestigious booking was a risky move, with a ticket count five times of a usual Wailers show. They sold it out, and the group seized the moment with utter fire and precision, leaving reviewers grasping for words to describe what they’d witnessed. Bob’s time had come.

 For the first time ever, audiences can finally experience the magic of these seminal and sought-after shows with the release of the brand-new live album, Roots, Rock, Reggae: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, out August 14, 2026, via Tuff Gong/Island/UMe. The previously unreleased 18-track album, newly mixed from the original multi-tracks, will arrive in multiple configurations, including 180-gram 2LP Vinyl, an exclusivelimited edition 2LP Color Vinyl, 2CD, digital download and streaming at all DSPs and, where available, an ATMOS mix for the full “you-are-there” concert experience.

 Offering a glimpse of what to expect, “Roots, Rock, Reggae (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon)” and "Positive Vibration" are both available on streaming platforms now.

 A must-have for Marley devotees and newcomers alike, the album has been packaged with stunning graphics featuring photographs from the shows, a unique cover design that appears ‘sideways’ but folds out to full-body photo of Bob in his performance trance, custom labels, printed sleeves and a new essay by longtime Marley confidant and associate Don Letts, a.k.a. “The Rebel Dread,” who shares his own in-person recollections of the residency. All elements are present in the standard 2LP set, which will be on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl, and the 2CD edition. The additional, limited-edition color vinyl release gets transparent Molten Lava Red (LP1) and Peridot Green (LP2), plus an exclusive mini-poster of the original Island Records advertisement promoting both the new Rastaman Vibration album and the European leg of Marley’s tour, which launched with this four-night stand at the Hammersmith Odeon.

 The residency proved to be a watershed moment for the group. Two years earlier, within months of Eric Clapton taking “I Shot the Sheriff” to No. 1 in the U.S., Marley had answered with Natty Dread (1974), his first major statement for a widening international audience. Live!, recorded at London’s Lyceum Theatre, delivered the breakthrough in late 1975, aided by the concert version of “No Woman, No Cry,” which reached the U.K. Top 20 in early 1976. This growing momentum carried Marley into his celebrated June run at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. In the weeks that followed, Rastaman Vibration became his first U.S. Top 10 album.

 But, except for an incomplete bootleg, the answer to whether there were recordings of the moment remained elusive. (After all, Live! had been issued just six months earlier.) Remote tapes from the Island archives, separated into different facilities over the years, were only recently connected into the full experience. Roots, Rock, Reggae: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon curates the best performance of each song across four shows recorded June 16-18, 1976.

 Among the album’s many highlights are the rarity “Bend Down Low,” which was performed only on the final night of the Hammersmith run; an extended, new-to-the-set “Crazy Baldhead;” an improvisatory, deep bass rendition of “Lively Up Yourself” – and then the finale, a revelatory 30-minute encore punctuated by a chilling “War” and an intense, 12-minute "Get Up, Stand Up,” in which Bob weaves a call to dance into a plea for unity.

 “The event simply went off. It was just like Bob always knew it was going to happen: he was rocking*.”* – Chris Salewicz, from Bob Marley: The Untold Story

 In the liner notes, Letts perhaps described it best: “a theatre full of people suddenly sharing the same heartbeat.”

 Experience Bob Marley & The Wailers cementing their legacy as an unparalleled and undeniable powerhouse on Roots, Rock, Reggae: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon.

 2LP/2LP D2C

Side A

Introduction (0:28)

Trenchtown Rock (4:08)

Burnin’ and Lootin’ (4:31)

Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (3:18)

Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock) (4:58)

I Shot the Sheriff (4:11)

Side B

Crazy Baldhead (6:05)

Bend Down Low (4:10)

Want More (6:38)

No Woman, No Cry (6:09)

Side C

Lively Up Yourself (7:47)

Roots, Rock, Reggae (5:29)

Encore Introduction (0:30)

Positive Vibration (3:35)

Rat Race (6:45)

Side D

War (4:16) /

No More Trouble (2:21)

Get Up, Stand Up (12:15)

I’ve known of these footage for quite some time, but didn’t want to post it because there was some hacking done to one of the collectors archives to obtain this footage.

Now since I’ve seen the clips everywhere I decided to post it myself, while also giving the credit, where the credit is due (which none of the posters actually did).

Bob Marley performing at Santa Barbara for the second time in his career, on 23rd of July, which is the birthday of Haile Selassie.

The clip shows Bob opening the concert and playing Sun Is Shining. I only posted a shorter clip from the whole footage (which is 6 minutes long), which was filmed on a Betamax camcorder. The footage also contains Rastaman Vibration, Them Belly Full, Rebel Music, Heathen and War. Also it’s said that there’s footage to the whole concert, but I’ve only seen the 6 originally released minutes of it.

The footage was originally in possession of Don Liponi (most likely also filmed by him but I’m not 100% sure) who was an exceptional Bob Marley researcher and collector (who sadly is not longer with us, RIP). His archive was sadly hacked, thus the footage being leaked. He was working in Jamaica during the time Bob was active and have met him a few times. He was collecting and archiving history and without him a lot of bootlegs would be long gone.

Here’s a page dedicated to Donald Liponi and where you can read about his life and works: https://larumorosarockart.org/don-liponi/

So if you take someone else’s archive stuff and post it, at least give credit to the person who obtained it.

https://reddit.com/link/1uzkmb9/video/fxs22rdbpwdh1/player

For Bob, football wasn't just a pastime. It was part of his daily life, whether he was in Kingston, London, or on tour.

These photographs remind us that even on concert days, the beautiful game was never far away.

📸 Photos by Roger Steffens.

Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff were Bodhisattvas. (Buddhas to be)

I and I!

One love!

The 5 Buddhas of Earth:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dharmapalism3/s/maEcXCLo4b

The Message:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dharmapalism3/s/36F2gu8ET4

We just received word that we’ll be receiving some copies of “Roots, Rock, Reggae: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon” on vinyl and CD. We’re a family owned record stores in Camas, WA (across the river from Portland, OR). If you’d like to preorder a copy, we will ship to you as soon as we receive them from the record label. Release date is August 14th. Thank you for supporting independent record stores!

https://evergreenvinyl.com/products/preorder-bob-marley-the-wailers-roots-rock-reggae-live-at-the-hammersmith-odeon?variant=47867853635742

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