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Limitless vision: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry in the mid-70s at the Black Ark studio, which he built in his backyard. It was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Photo: Ted Bafaloukos

The Portfolio: How Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry gave Bob Marley his chops

An extract from the biography ‘People Funny Boy’: how the maverick producer transformed the sound of reggae and its number-one group

David Katz

Bunny Wailer – the stone that the builders refused

Not as commercially successful as his bandmates, Bunny Wailer was a consummate songwriter

Kwanele Sosibo

Dignity and Pride, Hackney, London, 1973. (Photo: Dennis Morris)

Babylon By Bus: How Bob Marley influenced Dennis Morris’ photographic career

The photographer got his first big break touring with The Wailers in the 1970s, after skipping school to meet the band

Percy Zvomuya