Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Dossier
Titre
The Reggae & African Beat
Date(s)
- 1985 (Production)
Importance matérielle
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Vol. 4, No. 3. "Arguably the most influential and longest running reggae publication produced in the U.S. 'Reggae Beat' was born as a photocopied broadsheet in 1982. At the time, a handful of radio jocks were pushing the sounds of Jamaican reggae on the airwaves and 'Reggae Beat' was published as a freebie for the roughly 200 listeners of KCRW's reggae program. It developed into a short zine through 1983, after which the format switched to a large quarto -- the earliest of these published in colors on newsprint. The title changed to 'The Reggae & African Beat,' and from its humble roots it developed into a 100+ page glossy magazine, running for 28 years and eventually ceasing publication in 2010." -- Descriptions from Captain Ahab's Rare Books, bookseller. Subjects are reggae, Caribbean & Latin American, Africa.