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Is This Love

1978

Kingston, Jamaica

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a long-playing record of the album Bob Marley & the Wailers “Is This Love” with a signed sleeve (b). The record disc (a) has a round label with a graphic of a tree on the left hand side, against a background of a yellow and orange sunset over blue waves. At the top of the label is black text that reads “BOB MARLEY / & THE WAILERS.” The album sleeve (b) front has a white background with a sketch of Bob Marley in black ink in the center. Shown from the chest up, he wears a collared shirt open to the chest. His eyes are closed, and his chin is tilted up. Across the top margin is black text that reads “BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS.” In the bottom left corner is black text that reads “IS THIS LOVE.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: 2021.102.5ab

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