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The Island Story - Celebrating 50 Years of Melodious Music
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by Samir Joshi | May 22, 2009 at 09:36 am
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Island Records is the record label that gave us so many superstars in one album. To name a few: Bryan Ferry, Jimmy Cliff, Bono, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lord Creator, Millie, The Spencer Davis Group, Cat Stevens, Free, Roxy Music, Grace Jones, U2 and The Killers.
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The record label that brought Bob Marley, Roxy Music and U2 to the world's attention has turned 50 - and as part of the celebrations a month-long exhibition, Island Life, is opening in London on Friday 22 May.
Here - with the help of archive interviews with Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell, and artists including Bryan Ferry, Jimmy Cliff and Bono - we have dug through the label's back catalog to tell the Island story.
The audio rendition at the site is a small testament to the wonderful music that has been presented to us over the years, the most prominent ones being U2 and Bob Marley.
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at 10:56 on May 22nd, 2009
Wow, 50 years!
at 11:52 on May 22nd, 2009
Cheers to good music! hoping for may more legendary albums and records to come...
at 11:55 on May 22nd, 2009
Heard a lot of U2 and some of Bob Marley too, but was not aware of this association. Congratulations.
at 12:09 on May 22nd, 2009
Love the artists, hate knowing that this beacon of music insight is 50 years old!
at 12:27 on May 22nd, 2009
Yeah, U2 are one of my favorites and have just started hearing Bob Marley after "I am Legend"
Awesome Journey!
at 15:28 on May 22nd, 2009
Thank you for the post. Two generations already...
at 21:06 on May 22nd, 2009
You're Welcome Sir! Yeah, 2 generations of wonderful music!
at 03:53 on May 28th, 2009
All great music!
at 09:33 on May 28th, 2009
Yeah.. It has been a phenomenal journey so far!