Jamaica's Public Broadcasting Corporation Discovers That One Of It's Music Collections Was Stolen!

Whoever stole this musical collection from the JBC has no integrity or sense of history. They took rare & never released early recordings of Bob Marley & Peter Tosh,to name a few. But, not everyone is concerned about the missing recordings. Check out what Lee Scratch Perry says below & then check out this video of him. Here's more from BBC:

"Despite the public call for people to come forward with information, so far there have been no leads.

"There's a culture of complicity," says Carolyn Cooper, a professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the West Indies.

"People need social responsibility to say; alright, yes, I know who stole the stuff but because its so important I'm prepared to risk telling the police."

Hopes of rebuilding what was the most comprehensive music collection in Jamaica may rest on artists and collectors helping to create a new archive.

"We want donations to help preserve our national heritage our history, whether audio or video we're interested in taking a look," says Mr Thomas.

"Why let it sit gathering dust in a basement when it can be used here,"

Lee Scratch Perry was one dub reggae producer who had his early hits played on the JBC.

Speaking at his home in Kingston, he says he feels the record companies and Jamaican radio stations owe him money so he will not be contributing, and goes as far as saying he is happy the collection was taken.

"I'm glad they did that, you're glad why, what you give you get, who robbed me deserve to get what they've got," he says." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7761344.stm