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File
Title
Pressure Drop
Date(s)
- 1976 (Creation)
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Scope and content
Vol. 1, No. 2. Subtitled, "The World's Reggae Read." "Seminal publication, generally credited as being the world's first reggae fanzine, and spawning a host of similar publications throughout the U.K. Nick Kimberly and Penny Reel wrote dynamic, 'serious' reggae reportage during a time when precious little was being written about the genre -- articles on the history of reggae and ska music, aspects of 'Rudie' culture and dance, discography, and feature articles on Toots and the Maytals, Topper Zukie, Glenmore Lloyd Brown, and others." -- Descriptions from Captain Ahab's Rare Books, bookseller. Subjects are reggae, ska, Caribbean & Latin American.