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The Words and Works of Bob Marley and the Wailers

Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 6 June 1981

THE DEATH of Bob Marley last month robbed reggae music of its foremost ambassador, the man who more than any had turned outside ears and minds to Jamaican music and culture, to its insistent heartbeat, defiant spirituality and sensuous airs.

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