A huge collection of 1970s music including original recordings by reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh has vanished from the archives of the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. Olivia Grange, Jamaica's information minister, says the possible theft of thousands of vinyl records and compact discs is a blow to the island's history. Musicians and former JBC employees criticized the government for not properly maintaining the archives.

Workers at the newly formed Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica noticed the disappearances earlier this week while touring the old JBC building.

The archives also contain such iconic videos as the 1977 visit of Fidel Castro and the 1978 'One Love Peace Concert', in which Marley famously called two bitter Jamaican political rivals onstage to join hands.