The Pioneers: 'Longshot' Never Let Them Down. Will 'Ramases' Do The Same?
Roger St. Pierre, Record Mirror, 3 January 1970
'Long Shot, Kick The Bucket' brought pop fame and a trip to Britain for the Pioneers; 'Poor Ramases' is their latest disc and to give a nice twist to things 'Long Shot' and 'Ramases' were two Jamaican racehorses which died on the same day, in two different races!
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