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πŸš—πŸ’‹ Grace Jones – Pull Up to the Bumper: How a Jamaican Rebel Rewired the Dancefloor

The Twelve Inch 187 : Pull Up To The Bumper (Grace Jones)

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It was September 27, 1981, and a bunch of us had splashed out on (rather expensive, as I recall) tickets for Grace Jones’ concert in Antwerp. Grace was our hero. Nightclubbing, her fifth album, had dropped just before summer, and by then you couldn’t escape her on the radio. β€œI’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)” had topped the Belgian charts in May …

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