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    • Freddie McKay – Giving You Try Girl
    • Freddie McKay – Red Eye Girl
    • 1. Giving You Try Girl
    • 2. Red Eye Girl

    Two early recordings from Freddie McKay produced by Prince Buster, originally issued in the U.K. 1967 on mega rare (Blue Beat) white label 7" Limited one off press from Japan.

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