Reggae Part 1: Jamaica
Danny Holloway, NME, 20 January 1973
WHENEVER I've gone home to America in the past couple of years, the question I'm always asked is "What's happening in England?" And okay, I still consider the music scene here to have the edge, but it seems the majority of British rock fans are as restless as their American counterparts.
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