<I>Is This Love</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1978
name: label: Signed by
content: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jamaican, 1963 - 1981
label: Published by
content: Island Records, Jamaican, founded 1959
notes: label: Description
content: 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.” There are band members’ autographs in red and blue ink surrounding the image of Bob Marley. Please see Signed Field for details. At the bottom center is small black text, possibly handwritten, that reads “King Records / J6 [illegible] Road / Kingston Jamaica.” The back of the album sleeve has a black background and a black and white photographic image of bob Marley performing. Shown from the waist up, he wears a long sleeve shirt and has a guitar slung across his left shoulder. He holds both his arms out to the sides and his head is turned to his right. There is a microphone in a stand in front of him. Along the top margin is white text that reads “BOB MARLEY& THE WAILERS / IS THIS LOVE / CRISIS.”
place: label: Place made
content: Kingston, Jamaica
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.102.5ab
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Island Records
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: a: vinyl
label: Medium
content: b: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (a): 7 in. (17.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 7 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (18.3 × 18.3 cm)