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Burnin': Bob Marley and the Wailers take Britain

Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, March 1995

Babylon is freezing. The Wailers arrive on a mission to ignite below-zero Britain. Thus begins the demise of the original band and the rise of a mighty new force. Barney Hoskyns on the incendiary impact of Bob Marley at his peak.

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