{"id":82830,"date":"2025-11-24T18:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lemouching.com\/old\/2025\/11\/jimmy-cliff\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:07:18","slug":"jimmy-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemouching.com\/en\/2025\/11\/jimmy-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! How many hours listening to reggae! At the time in the mid 70&#8217;s Richard Branson had just started Virgin Records and went for a trip to Jamaica to sign local artists and make a deal with Front Line Records. My brother was on board with Branson since they were chilhood friends and he was representing Virgin Records at its early beginin in France. THey came back with a record deal and many vinyls. That&#8217;s how I discovered reggae music in my early teens. Mon fr\u00e8re \u00e9tait du voyage et en avait rapport\u00e9 des dizaines de disques. C&#8217;est comme \u00e7a que j&#8217;ai d\u00e9couvert le reggae et Jimmy Cliff. Early memories and long drives listening to Jimmy Cliff on a tape in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Peace.<\/p>\n<p>Voil\u00e0 pour vos oreilles.<\/p>\n<p>A pur mixtape.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A373152581&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And live, at Ann Arbour, Michigan, November 11th 1975, 50 years ago&#8230;<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player-widget.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=%2Fdubwisegaragecollection%2Fjimmy-cliff-with-joe-higgs-ann-arbour-mi-11111975-sbd-excellent%2F\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To download we use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediahuman.com\/en23\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">MediaHuman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! 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