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    Lee Perry What A Botheration / Taste Of Kiling

    Upsetter
    • Lee Perry – What A Botheration
    • The Upsetters – Taste Of Killing
    • 1. Lee Perry – What A Botheration
    • 2. The Upsetters – Taste Of Killing

    Lee Perry's comment on Jamaica's economical crisis in late 1968. Vocal and instrumental version of the same song side by side.

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