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| Long Life | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Harry J Studio, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Label | Front Line | |||
| Producer | Martin "Mandingo" Williams | |||
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Long Life is a reggae album by Prince Far I, released in 1978 through Front Line. [1] [2] "Black Starliner Must Come" is about Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line. [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
AllMusic wrote that "the rhythms are provided courtesy of a studio band made up of members of both Soul Syndicate (notably the killer bass-and-drums duo of Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar) and Roots Radics, and they are, without exception, as solid and heavy as a bag of boulders." [4]
All tracks composed and arranged by Michael Williams
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