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- 1 2 3 Steve Barrow & Peter Dalton (2004) The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn., Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-329-4
- 1 2 3 Admiral Tibet, ReggaeMovement
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p. 7
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Krista Henry (2008) "GLORY DAYS - Admiral Tibet enjoys musical 'Serious Time' Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine ", Jamaica Gleaner , 27 April 2008
- ↑ Basil Walters (2008) "Black Scorpio takes the Final Showdown Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine ", Jamaica Observer , 15 April 2008
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