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"Al Capone" — Prince Buster

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"Al Capone" (1964), Prince Buster's gangster-imagery ska hit whose gun-talk swagger fed the rude-boy aesthetic and later became a touchstone for the UK 2 Tone revival.

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Discogs; Lloyd Bradley, Bass Culture; Rough Guide to Reggae.

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Prince Buster & The All Stars — 'Al Capone' (original)

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Community-archived upload of the original ska recording; discovery-only embed.

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Story · Well supportedRude boys in the dock

A mid-1960s moral panic over Kingston's rudies played out, verse by verse, on record.

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