Dave & Ansell Collins’s Double Barrel, ... in May 1971, ... represented a pinnacle of Jamaican music as a force within mainstream British pop. Released in the previous August, it was played just thirty—three times on the radio before it got into the Top 40 in April, when it shifted almost 300,000 copies to hit the top spot in only four weeks. Significant. File under: Unlikely Chart Toppers
Discography: Albums Singles & EPs
In the music library: Rude Boy Ska: Monkey Spanner
The Story Of Jamaican Music 1968-1974: Double Barrel