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Samantha Morton

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

Exodus ISLAND, 1977

My father, my real dad, was into music in a big way. We had a huge wooden sideboard in the front room with a few records in, that we were not allowed to touch! I remember him playing Bob Marley over and over again, and this particular album was one of his favourites, so by default it was the soundtrack to playing out on the streets where I lived. Nottingham was a very multicultural place, so it was common to hear reggae on stereos. As a child, I didn’t really understand the lyrics, so I wouldn’t have realised

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