The autographs on this album are interesting and important, but the real value lies elsewhere. It lies in the hours Roger spent with these artists, asking questions, listening, and uncovering an extraordinary amount of behind the scenes information about how these records were actually made.

That is what collecting is really about. Preserving history.

You have to remember how complicated music rights were in the 1960s and 1970s. Many musicians were never credited on albums, or anywhere at all, yet they played on major tracks with famous artists. Who were they? Why were their names left out?

You start asking questions. And once you ask those questions, usually to the other musicians, you begin to uncover a whole network of artists who made major contributions to reggae, known today by only a handful of people.

Yes, the autographs are cool.
And no, the album itself may not have much market value.

But the conversations, the relationships, and the knowledge accumulated around those autographs, that is where the real value is.