Published on June 12, 1976, this Melody Maker article by Ray Coleman describes the Kingston, JA scene in 1976. I obtained this one from a collector in Belgium and it is worth every penny.
1976, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Press Archives
Bob Marley and the Wailers | Funky Kingston | Melody Maker | June 12, 1976
LEGENDARY REGGAE 
Oh, 1976, the year that the murder rate went to the moon and beyond and when our family fled the island. Not a good year, that.