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    The Gaylads You Had Your Chance / Wha She Do Now

    Common Ground International
    • The Gaylads – You Had Your Chance
    • The Gaylads – Wha She Do Now
    • 1. You Had Your Chance
    • 2. Wha She Do Now

    Two cracking uptempo 69' recordings from The Gaylads produced by Byron Lee at Dynamic Studios, originally released on Trojan Records in the U.K.

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