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Title
Ital Rockers
Date(s)
- 1978 (Creation)
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Nos. 1-2. "Scottish musician Dougie Thomson's reggae fanzine -- the first to be published in Scotland, and one of the earliest reggae fanzines published in the U.K. The first issue was written entirely by Thomson, though subsequent issues had content by contributors Paul Bradshaw, J. Swanson, David Medas, and Ronnia Gurr, with covers illustrated by Jerry Neville. Contents include articles on Max Romeo, Burning Spear, Bob and Rita Marley, Steel Pulse, and Tapper Zukie, et al., with album reviews, reportage from Jamaica, and a variety of brief interviews." -- Descriptions from Captain Ahab's Rare Books, bookseller. Subjects are reggae, Caribbean & Latin American.