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INNOCENTS IN BABYLON PART 2

This is the conclusion of a two-part article on the music and lifestyle of Jamaica.

July 1, 1976
Lester Bangs

A Search For Jamaica With Bob Marley, 144,000 Rastafarians, Burning Spear, Marcus Garvey, Haile Selassie, Christopher Columbus, Michael Manley, Perry Henzell, Swank and Time Magazines, Island Records, Chris Blackwell, Lee Perry, King Tubby, I Roy, U Roy, CBS, Peter Tosh, Country Man, Jack Ruby, Canadian Tourists, Bachelor Father, Big Youth, Burt Bacharach, Max Romeo, Ras Michael, Harry J. and LESTER BANGS.

This is the conclusion of a two-part article on the music and lifestyle of Jamaica. Last month our reporter passed thru Third World customs, sampled ganja like a good scout, ran down Rastafarianism, served up a liberation proposal for record clerks of the world, conversed with white infidels, and interviewed Bob Marley. For the mystico-exotic climax of the trip, read on.

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