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yorkster

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6. Loved his voice. Saw The Harder They Come

Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:52 PM

Nov 2025

at the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge
Mass in 1972. Those songs on the soundtrack album got a lot of airplay...especially loved Many Rivers to Cross. So plaintive...
Thx malaise.

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The second video tape I bought in the 70s. multigraincracker Nov 2025 #2

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I saw him in '84. What a talent. Lochloosa Nov 2025 #4

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Loved his voice. Saw The Harder They Come yorkster Nov 2025 #6

The only movie as watched as often is malaise Nov 2025 #7

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Thanks for the filmic factoid. yorkster Nov 2025 #14

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The only movie as watched as often is malaise Nov 2025 #8

Cross over that last river gently, Mr Cliff. La Coliniere Nov 2025 #9

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Jimmy... Clouds Passing Nov 2025 #19

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We All Are One... pecosbob Nov 2025 #25

An original PJMcK Nov 2025 #26

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Many Rivers to Cross kentuck Nov 2025 #33

Sad. He was my second-favorite reggae performer, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2025 #34

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