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Prince Buster

One Step Beyond…

1987 · via Madness

Prince Buster’s earliest release of “One Step Beyond…” on file came out in 1987. Prince Buster wrote it. The earliest release on file is Prince Buster's All Stars’, from 1965. Also recorded by Boppin’ B (released 1994), Inspecter 7 (released 1998) and Michael Shelley (released 2002), among 50 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Before Madness ever stepped beyond anything, this was Prince Buster's tune, and his All Stars had it on record well before the band did. Put his own version on first and you'll hear where Madness started.

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Credited writer: Prince Buster.

Earliest release on file: Prince Buster's All Stars, 1965.

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50 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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