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288:- "Hey You" / "This Land is for Everyone" (1978)
268:- "She Want a Phensic" / "Rastaman Skank" (1978)
115:Virgin had been releasing reggae records since
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247:- "Bible" / "Morwell Esquire" (1978)
190:Many of the albums were reissued on
254:- "Puppy Dog Song" / "Sorry" (1978)
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687:Deeper Roots (Back to the Channel)
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1050:List of Virgin Records artists
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804:Reggae & Caribbean Music
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485:Isaiah First Prophet of Old
375:12-inch singles VOLE SERIES
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615:Can't Keep a Good Man Down
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233:- "Free Africa" (1978)
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503:Message from the King
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731:With Words of Wisdom
671:Sly Wicked and Slick
543:Dread Beat an' Blood
538:Poet & the Roots
531:Harder Than The Rest
231:The Twinkle Brothers
185:The Twinkle Brothers
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133:The Mighty Diamonds
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1019:Real World Records
999:Narada Productions
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825:Michael de Koningh
806:, Backbeat Books,
763:The Front Line III
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494:Uptown Top Ranking
295:- "Hip Hug" (1978)
252:Althea & Donna
123:had begun signing
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989:Hut Records
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745:The General
622:Black Moses
594:Bad Weather
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266:Tappa Zukie
177:Tappa Zukie
1105:Categories
1090:V2 Records
979:Front Line
913:Nik Powell
772:References
664:Praise Jah
650:Naturality
570:Cool Ruler
348:Sly Dunbar
238:Sly Dunbar
181:Sly Dunbar
145:Peter Tosh
97:Front Line
27:Front Line
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579:Long Life
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198:Catalogue
169:Big Youth
117:BB Seaton
841:archived
161:Kingston
1043:Related
959:Dindisc
802:(2002)
657:Cumbolo
423:U Brown
303:Culture
111:History
70:Defunct
57:Founder
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99:was a
79:Reggae
67:Status
562:Arise
551:U-Roy
434:Bible
210:I Roy
149:I Roy
129:U-Roy
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849:2024
808:ISBN
724:Love
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