The Beat Magazine

i made this page because a reader from England told me that
it was hard to get the beat in his country i also wanted to pay tribute to them for their nice and worth it annual edition.

the history of the beat magazine ?
okey, here facts to feed your appetite of knowledge dear reader
Roger Steffens, CC Smith were the founders of this paper magazine

Roger has been co-host of "The Reggae Beat" (1979-1987) and "The Reggae Beat International" (1983-1987)
heard on 130 radio stations worldwide

no one is more able to talk about it than roger (excerpt from an interview of him) :


The Beat, the reggae/world beat magazine that I co-founded in 1982.
It started as a one-page playlist for my National Public Radio L.A. based radio show
"The Reggae Beat"

Each year in May I edit an annual Bob Marley Collectors' Edition of The Beat

note that at the begining The Beat was a combination playlist of the Reggae Beat show
that Hank Holmes and Roger did for their radio show.
(the same Hank Holmes with who roger did an interview of bob marley)

It also had a listing of upcoming events.
The very first issue was a 14" two-sided broadsheet that got folded into a 12 pager
in the second issue of the magazine.

By the end of 1982, the magazine had become an 11 x 8 black and white publication.
The first colour cover followed a year after.


Roger now writes a bi-monthly column called 'Ras Rojah's Reggae Ramblings'

Apart of this annual collector edition , the Beat talks about reggae music and black culture
Severals reporters worldwide all working on a volunteer basis means no one get paid




The Beat volume 09 1990 08th collector's annual edition : Africans Unite!
The Beat volume 10 1991 10th collector's annual edition : bob marley 10 years after
The Beat volume 12 1993 11th collector's annual edition : The Next Generation
The Beat volume 13 1994 12th collector's annual edition : bob marley the king of reggae
The Beat volume 14 1995 13th collector's annual edition : Visions of Bob Marley
The Beat volume 15 1996 14th collector's annual edition : the marley's united
The Beat volume 16 1997 15th collector's annual edition : roots natty roots
The Beat volume 17 1998 16th collector's annual edition : turning points
The Beat volume 18 1999 17th collector's annual edition : the man behind the legend
The Beat volume 19 2000 18th collector's annual edition : artist of the century
The Beat volume 20 2001 19th collector's annual edition : bob marley 20 years after
The Beat volume 21 2002 20th collector's annual edition : We Shot Bob Marley!
The Beat volume 22 2003 21st collector's annual edition : (issue 111)
The Beat volume 23 2004 22nd collector's annual edition : Bob and the Women of the Wailers
The Beat volume 24 2005 23nd collector's annual edition : Bob at 60- Marley Global Impact
The Beat volume 25 2006 24nd collector's annual edition : Bob Marley 25 Years On
The Beat volume 26 2007 24nd collector's annual edition : The Internation Legacy Of Bob Marley
The Beat volume 27 2009 27nd collector's annual edition : Bob Marley The Parallel Lives of Bob And Barack



Sadly in 2009 the magazine ceased his activies, it will be missed deeply



Thanks To Joseph Jurgensen for his precious help