Martha Velez: Escape From Babylon (Sire)
Jonh Ingham, Sounds, 10 July 1976
IF YOU'RE of the opinion that there isn't enough Wailers music available, here's something to make your day. Apart from Ms. Velez, Lee Perry and the Zap-Pow horns, everything about this album except the sofa on the cover centres on the Wailers. They play; Marley produces. (With the help of the Upsetter of course.)
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