Follow the Sacred Journey to Create One of the Lasting Musical
Masterpieces of Our Time
Bob Marley is one of our most important and influential artists.
Recorded in London after an assassination attempt on his life sent
Marley into exile from Jamaica, "Exodus" is the most lasting
testament to his social conscience. Named by "Time "magazine as
"Album of the Century," Exodus is reggae superstar Bob Marley's
masterpiece of spiritual exploration.
Vivien Goldman was the first journalist to introduce mass white
audiences to the Rasta sounds of Bob Marley. Throughout the late
1970s, Goldman was a fly on the wall as she watched reggae grow and
evolve, and charted the careers of many of its superstars,
especially Bob Marley. So close was Vivien to Bob and the Wailers
that she was a guest at his Kingston home just days before gunmen
came in a rush to kill "The Skip." Now, in "The Book of Exodus,"
Goldman chronicles the making of this album, from its conception in
Jamaica to the raucous but intense all-night studio sessions in
London.
But "The Book of Exodus" is so much more than a making-of-a-record
story. This remarkable book takes us through the history of
Jamaican music, Marley's own personal journey from the Trench Town
ghetto to his status as global superstar, as well as Marley's deep
spiritual practice of Rastafari and the roots of this religion.
Goldman also traces the biblical themes of the Exodus story, and
its practical relevance to us today, through various other art
forms, leading up to and culminating with Exodus.
Never before has there been such an intimate, first-hand portrait
of Marley's spirituality, his political involvement, and his life
in exile in London, leading up to histriumphant return to the stage
in Jamaica at the Peace Concert of 1978.
Here is an unforgettable portrait of Bob Marley and an acutely
perceptive appreciation of his musical and spiritual legacy.
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