Before taking the stage at the San Diego Sports Arena on November 24, 1979, Bob Marley spent a few quiet moments backstage doing what he loved almost as much as music, playing football with friends. Roger Steffens was there to capture these rare moments behind the scenes. #bobmarley #fifaworldcup

Peter Tosh and His Fight to Legalize Cannabis In this rare clip from the 1983 MoBay World Peace Concert, Peter Tosh speaks out in support of the legalization of cannabis, a cause he championed throughout his life More than four decades later his words remain part of the global conversation. #OneLove

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Before social media... there was The Beat. Founded in 1981 by Roger Steffens and C.C. Smith, the magazine grew from a small reggae fanzine into America's leading reggae publication, introducing countless readers to the artists, stories, and culture behind Jamaica's music. #bobmarley #musichistory

Burning Spear • Jamaica • 1970s 🇯🇲 These rare photographs of Burning Spear were taken by Roger Steffens in Jamaica during the 1970s, capturing one of reggae's most influential artists during a pivotal era in the music's history #livicated #documentary #burningspear #reggae #musichistory #Vinyl #love

Roger Steffens made the cover of the new ReggaeVille Festival Guide 2026! The issue features Roger alongside an incredible lineup of artists and includes an interview with our own Erik E. Crown discussing LIVICATED: The Story of Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives. #bobmarley #reggaeville #livicated

Roger Steffens' Bob Marley Pin Collection! 🇯🇲📍 Over the years, Roger has collected hundreds of Bob Marley pins from around the world, each reflecting the enduring impact of the King of Reggae. #RogerSteffens #BobMarley #ReggaeArchives #ReggaeHistory #Livicated #Collectibles #OneLove

Roger may be 83, but apparently nobody told his feet. Spotted on location: Bob Marley "Get Up, Stand Up" socks paired with reggae sneakers, proving once and for all that the road to preserving Jamaica's musical heritage starts from the ground up #Livicated #RogerSteffens #BobMarley #vinylcollection😍

Join us for a special livestreamed event with Roger Steffens and the documentary's director, Erik E. Crown! 🎬 THIS Friday, 6/5 at 9 am Pacific - 12 noon Eastern. Roger and Erik will chat about the fundraiser, Bob Marley, and answer your questions directly on the livestream! fb.com/livicated

Reggae Legendary Guitarist, Eral "Chinna" Smith Chinna has created more than 500 songs for musicians like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Amy Winehouse, and many more

Rare Photo Of Bob Marley Taken By Roger Steffens in San Diego in 1979. #bobmarley #livicated #movie #rogersteffens #reggaearchives

A reunion of principal biographers of Marley took place on Wednesday, when Chris Salewicz and Roger joined author Vivien Goldman in L.A. #BobMarley

Cool reggae find. Peter Tosh poster live in Paris at Espace Balard, October 4, 1983. Love this design shaped like a pair of sunglasses. Pure early 80s vibe. By this time, Tosh, founding member of The Wailers, was fully into his solo era, touring Europe and spreading the Stepping Razor militantism

Photo by Roger Steffens The first-ever billboard for Bob Marley and the Wailers promoting Rastaman Vibration and their appearance at the Shrine Auditorium. Seen here on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Artwork designed: Neville Garrick #BobMarley #rogersteffens #livicatedmovie #musichistory #reggae

In this clip, reggae historian Roger Steffens shares an incredible story about how reggae records and cassette tapes carrying messages of support for Nelson Mandela were secretly sent to Robben Island during his imprisonment #bobmarley #rogersteffens #NelsonMandela #reggae #livicated #musichistory

Bob Marley Records Hanging By The Window At Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives

This is the official face of someone who takes reggae very, very seriously. Sometimes preserving music history requires intense focus… and a BEAT Magazine shirt to match. 😄 #RogerSteffens #reggaearchives #thebeatmagazine #MusicHistory #BobMarley #Livicated #movie

In the Caribbean, dominoes is more than a game. It is part competition, part conversation, part neighborhood theater. The sound of tiles hitting the table echoes through rum shops, street corners, and family yards across Jamaica. #Livicated #domino #ReggaeHistory #movie #rogersteffens #BobMarley

June 1991 issue of Japan’s #Record Collectors’ Mag featuring #BobMarley on the cover. A special feature explores Marley, with articles on Bunny Wailer and #PeterTosh. Ten years after Marley’s passing, the cover reflects reggae’s global reach and the deep interest of #Japanese collectors #livicated

These hand-painted wooden figures are sold in sets of five, each revealing a smaller Marley inside the next. It is an unlikely meeting of cultures: Jamaican reggae interpreted through a traditional Russian craft. #bobmarley #rogersteffens #reggae #livicated #movie

Roger Steffens and Gregory Isaacs in JA, chilling out after a photo shoot! #GregoryIsaacs #RogerSteffens #Livicated #movie #MusicHistory #reggae

This is a first pressing from the very first recording session between Coxsone Dodd and The Wailers. Pressed directly from their initial Studio One session, this record captures The Wailers at the exact moment they entered Jamaica’s most influential studio under Coxsone Dodd. #bobmarley #livicated

😂 "NNG" NIGERIAN NATURAL GRASS 😉 Party Favors for the 2026 Fela Kuti Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award Party. #Livicated #rogersteffens #reggae #movie #afrobeat #felakuti

On this Tuff Gong SDR 45, the handwritten notes on the label are believed to be Bob Marley’s own handwriting. Certified in writing by Allan ‘Skill’ Cole himself. #BobMarley #RogerSteffens #AllanSkillCole #Livicated #movie

Peter is having a major revival this year, with a 14-episode podcast on his life Roger was interviewed along with Santa Davis for a film about Peter Tosh's historic appearance at the Jamaica World Music Festival in Montego Bay in 1982, produced by Wayne Jobson, on the left.

Peter Tosh Wanted Dread & Alive Not just an iconic album cover, but this one carries signatures and testimonies from reggae legends who shaped the music alongside Peter. Who signed the album? #PeterTosh #ReggaeHistory #Livicated #RogerSteffens #reggaearchives #BobMarley #documentary

Getting closer! Still not it! #bobmarley #rogerSteffens #reggae #archives #livicated #movie #poster

We explored another poster direction. Interesting 🤪, but not quite inviting enough for the film we’re making. That’s part of the process Livicated is about transmission, memory, and intimacy. The poster has to welcome people in, not stand in the way. More soon #bobmarley #rogersteffens #livicated

This isn’t the poster for our documentary Livicated. We intentionally tried this angle, and while it has strong elements, it doesn’t fully reflect the film's tone yet. We’re glad we tested it; now let’s move on to the next angle... #bobmarley

Unreleased Bob Marley tapes from Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives, original cassettes, handwritten notes, and strict “no copies” markings. More than recordings, these are working documents capturing moments of process, trust, and living history. Huge thanks to John Dubois for the photos. #bobmarley

Steel Pulse autographed album cover. A special section of the archives is livicated to Steel Pulse, as Roger has a great admiration for them. In Roger’s case, an autograph is never just a signature. Each signed album represents hours of conversation, shared reasoning, verbal history, and anecdotes

From Rasrojah @ Grammy's For The Fela Kuti Lifetime Achievement Award I am with his archivist, daughter, and in the center, Femi Kuti. I was able to donate 56 years of Fela clippings and memorabilia to the Kuti Museum in Lagos. #FelaKuti #Grammy #rogerSteffens #livicatedmovie

Yesterday, I found this newspaper clip at Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives Marley's core point was simple: punk and Rastafari were not the same thing, but they shared a rejection of oppressive systems, racism, and authority, what Marley called “Babylon.”

We had a photo session with Roger Steffens today to create the poster. An intimate shoot inside the archives, surrounded by decades of history, stories, and music. Not everyone is visible in the photos, but it was very much a collective moment. More to come.

This photo shows pins from around the world, some of them hand-painted, collected, and preserved by Roger Steffens over the course of decades. Each one marks a place, a moment, a listener, proof of how far the music traveled and how deeply it landed. It represents only about 5% of Roger's collection

Hiding inside Roger’s Reggae Archives, Judgement In A Babylon / One Drop (c. 1980) is a 12-inch single by Lee “Scratch” Perry, bearing Perry’s own hand-drawn and written interventions on the sleeve, his personal touch added directly onto Roger’s copy. #LeeScratchPerry #bobmarley #documentary #love

This is an Island Records pre-release 12-inch for Bob Marley & The Wailers, marked “Special Disco Cut" from Roger Steffens Reggae Archives Top left: Aston Familyman Barrett, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, Junior Marvin, and Earl Wya Lindowith, with personal notes addressed to Roger Steffens #reggae

Sneak Preview – Livicated: The Story of Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives Today, we’re sharing Part One of a three-part sneak preview from Livicated. See comment for more info: #livicatedmovie #reggaemusic #sneakpreview #videotrailer #rogersteffens #bobmarley #carlossantana #love #jamaica

Ephemeral paper. Permanent history. An original street poster from the Roger Reggae Archives. This is how reggae history actually lived, stapled to walls, passed hand to hand, made to support musicians and culture in real time. #statalites #RogerSteffens #livicatedmovie #reggae

Here’s a rare moment captured at KCRW 89.9 FM studios in Santa Monica, CA. From left to right: Roger Steffens, Nina Simone, and Tom Schnabel, during the taping of an interview with the legendary singer. #KCRW #livicatedmovie #reggae #ninasimone #rogersteffens #tomschnabel #

Roger Steffens is holding unreleased interview tapes recorded with Bunny Wailer for an autobiography that was never published. Not because of conflict, but because Bunny chose not to fix his life and philosophy permanently in print. #BunnyWailer #Reggae #RogerSteffens #Livicated #movie #bobmarley

In the early 80s, Roger Steffens helped introduce Fela Kuti to the U.S. Through radio, writing & rare access, he documented a revolutionary who fought corruption & military brutality, proving Afrobeat wasn’t only entertainment. "Music is a weapon!" #livicated #movie #rogersteffens #lAfroBeat #love

From Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives 📜 This original 1983 concert poster documents a U.S. appearance by The Gladiators, one of Jamaica’s most respected roots reggae bands.

Happy New Year 2026 😍 Cedella Marley Booker, matriarch of the Marley family, photographed by Roger Steffens in the garden of her Miami home. #RogerSteffens #BobMarley #musichistory #reggaemusic #sundancefilmfestival #livicatedmovie #CedellaMarley

We’re almost there. The film Livicated is about 95% finished, and after all these years, that still feels a bit surreal to write. We did hit one of those documentary nightmares: a hard drive failure that cost us quite a bit of footage and a couple of original clips. It means a small reshoot, but ho

This is one of the nearly 1k posters of legendary reggae bands from around the world that Roger collected, and it’s my absolute favorite. A pure piece of art Culture at the Bataclan in Paris, 1981. This poster captures a moment when reggae carried history, resistance, and poetry onto iconic stages

This Exodus album cover is something special. It’s signed by many of the musicians who actually played on the record, a true snapshot of the people behind one of the most essential albums in music history. #BobMarley #RogerSteffens #Livicated #movies #exodus #musichistory

Here’s another gem from #RogerSteffens’ Reggae Archives: an original Who Feels It Knows It album signed by Rita Marley herself. Rita is the matriarch of the Marley legacy, an influential artist and activist in her own right. #RitaMarley #ReggaeHistory #Livicatedmovie #BobMarley #m