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Dave and Ansell Collins: 'Double Barrel' — A High Calibre Hit?

Mark Plummer, Melody Maker, 8 May 1971

CRITICS PUT it down, musicians loathe it — and mention reggae to a progressive music fan and a string of abuse will follow. It appears people who are meant to be well informed do not have any time for the black Jamaican music at all.

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