 | Dubwise: Reasoning from the reggae underground by Klive Walker
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $5.38 Colection of articles and essays on Uk and Jamaica roots music appeared in Canadian press
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 | The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae (Virgin Encyclopedias of Popular Music)
Buy used from: $60.02 This book and the Guinnes one below are identical, they are decent, but not exhaustive
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 | The Guinness Who's Who of Reggae (The Guinness who's who of popular music series)
Buy used from: $23.96 |
 | Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music by Sw. Anand Prahlad
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $13.36 excellent investigation of reggae lyrics, and their likely sources.
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 | Reggae Island: Jamaican Music In The Digital Age by Brian Jahn
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $0.77 addresses changes in reggae with advent of computers, 80's and 90's
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 | Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall by David V. Moskowitz
Buy new: $88.95 / Used from: $56.76 |
 | Stir It Up: Reggae Album Cover Art by Chris Morrow
Buy used from: $7.94 Entertaining, there are a few of these Reggae album art collections around
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 | Jamaican Warriors : Reggae, Roots & Culture by Stephen Foehr
Buy used from: $0.69 serious, and beautifully written history of the roots era
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 | Rastafari and Reggae: A Dictionary and Sourcebook by Rebekah Michele Mulvaney
Buy new: $95.00 / Used from: $59.99 Source book of where to find where reggae and rasta meet
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| Reggae on Cd: The Essential Guide by Lloyd Bradley
Buy used from: $4.00 a bit out of date, but still valid, a nice counterbalance to the Rough Guide
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 | Reggae Bloodlines: In Search Of The Music And Culture Of Jamaica by Stephen Davis
Buy used from: $11.28 classic 70's tome on 70's reggae
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 | Reggae Explosion: The Story of Jamaican Music by Chris Salewicz
Buy used from: $10.49 Great pictures, decent writing
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 | Great Street Art: Reggae, Blues, And World Beat Posters, 1977-1989
Buy new: $22.76 / Used from: $11.88 Nice collection
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 | Global Treasures Presents the World of Reggae Featuring Bob Marley: Treasures from Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives by Roger Steffens
Buy new: $40.00 / Used from: $36.09 |
 | King Jammy's by Beth Lesser
Buy used from: $10.67 Cnadian fanzine collected on 80's reggae/dancehall and it's producer
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 | Tighten Up: The History of Reggae in the UK by Michael De Koningh
Buy used from: $4.00 a very fun and readable story
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 | Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King by Lloyd Bradley
Buy used from: $27.11 excellent book on rotts reggae, possibly thee book
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 | Roots Knotty Roots: The Discography of Jamaican Music by Michael Turner
helps hunt down Holy Grail discs
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 | The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century by Vivien Goldman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.91 |
 | Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley by Christopher John Farley
Buy used from: $0.94 |
 | Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica by Norman C.Stolzoff
Buy new: $17.78 / Used from: $3.10 excellent examination of reggae becoming dancehall
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 | Mi Revalueshanary Fren by Linton Kwesi Johnson
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $4.53 LKJ dub poet extraordainaire, this set includes cd of readings
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 | The Rough Guide to Reggae 3 (Rough Guide Music Guides) (Rough Guide Reference) by Steve Barrow
Buy used from: $38.55 excellent overview, all three editions are eqully good, not much change from 1st to third edition
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 | People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Revised Edition by David Katz
Buy used from: $23.14 |
 | Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae by David Katz
Buy used from: $34.99 excellent overview of ska, rocksteady and roots reggae
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| Super scratch-- Lee "Scratch" Perry, 1969-1999: The Almost Complete Album Discography by Gary Simons
Exactly what it says almost complete listing of all the perry recordings/productions.
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