Jimmy Cliff: From Reggae To Riches
Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 17 November 1973
IT MUST BE almost three years since the last hit record. God, that's an artistic lifespan for many people, but somehow he manages to suggest it's all just starting to happen; that right now is his real beginning.
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