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Snatch It Back (Live 10/4/1987)

X-O-DUS - English Black Boys va and as he’s an artistLTM presents the first CD by Manchester reggae band X O Dus, best known for their Dennis Bovell produced single English Black Boys on Factory Records in February 1980. Formed by Moss Side teenagers Honey and Leddy Ricketts in the late 1970s, X O Dus elected to play a more political progressive style of reggae, free from the religious dogma typical of other reggae bands at the time. Talent spotted by Joy Division New Order manager Rob Gretton, the