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As Radio 2 marks the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley's death, Johnnie revisits the golden age of reggae. He's joined by photo-journalist Kim Gottlieb-Walker.

This week, as Radio 2 marks the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley's death, Johnnie revisits the golden age of reggae. He's joined by one of the era's defining photo-journalists, Kim Gottlieb-Walker.

Initially influenced by her mother, who was a photographer's assistant in the 1940s, Kim began covering interviews and concerts for local underground papers while working in the film department of the University of California. She travelled extensively, lived in London for a year and then returned to Los Angeles to work for underground paper LA. Over two years of historic trips to Jamaica and exclusive meetings in Los Angeles, Kim took iconic photographs of the artists who would go on to define the genre and captivate a generation.

Proud Galleries has worked closely with Kim Gottlieb-Walker to create a photographic exhibition of candid and intimate portraits, including never before-seen-shots and an intimacy born out of respect between artist and photographer. The exhibition, Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae, runs until May 15th in Camden, London.

Also on the show, a listener digs out their platform shoes or ripped punk T-shirt to remember what the decade meant to them in My 70s, and Johnnie spins three gems from a classic 70s album.

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Sun 8 May 2011 15:00
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Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • Canned Heat

      Let's Work Together

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Featured Album: The Stranger

    • Billy Joel

      Just The Way You Are

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Stir It Up

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • David Bowie

    Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)

    • The Best Of David Bowie 1969-1974.
    • EMI.

  • Jackson Browne

    Doctor My Eyes

    • The Next Voice You Hear - Jackson Bro.
    • Elektra.

  • My 70s: Les Blackshaw

    • Mud

      The Secrets That You Keep

  • Darts

    Boy From New York City

  • The Shadows - Apache

  • The London Studio Orchestra

    The New Avengers Theme

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Green Onions

  • Showaddywaddy

    Remember Then

  • Status Quo

    Down Down

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Featured Album: The Stranger

    • Billy Joel

      Only The Good Die Young

  • Pink Floyd

    Money

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Hour 2

    • Stevie Wonder

      Superstition

      • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
      • Spectrum Music.

  • Queen

    Keep Yourself Alive

  • Renaissance

    Northern Lights

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Tumbling Dice

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
    • 1.

  • Featured Album: The Stranger

    • Billy Joel

      She's Always A Woman

  • In conversation with Kim Gottlieb-Walker

    • Jimmy Cliff

      You Can Get It If You Really Want

  • Peter Tosh

    Equal Rights

  • First Class

    Beach Baby

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • X‐Ray Spex

    GERM-FREE ADOLESCENTS

  • Featured Album: The Stranger

    • Billy Joel

      Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 May 2011 15:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2