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Dave and Ansell Collins - Double Barrel

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Double Barrel is a 1970 reggae single by Dave and Ansell Collins (though credited in both the UK and the US to Dave and Ansil Collins). It was the second reggae tune to top the UK charts, two years after Desmond Dekker's #1 ska breakthrough hit Israelites. The record reached #1 in the UK for the first two weeks in May 1971, selling 300,000 copies, after only 33 radio plays. Written and produced by Winston Riley, former vocalist of The Techniques, the single featured the vocals of Dave Barker, who had been recording in Jamaica for around five years, principally for Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd and Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This song marked the first appearance on record by Sly Dunbar, later of Sly & Robbie fame, on drums. He was just 18 at the time. A significant portion of the tune bears a strong resemblance to Ramsey Lewis' 1967 song Party Time (on Chess). From the very beginning of the cold intro, the lyrics are punctuated throughout by the unusual claim "I am the magnificent W-O-O-O" (and variants thereof), but the title never appears. The song has been covered by later ska acts such as The Selecter and The Specials.