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concert series was made but not yet released. He was also filmed on one of his last public appearances at the
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Adored by skinheads and mods in
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label singles. In the 1990s a full album of Stitt deejaying over late 1950s and early '60s recordings, such as Owen Grey's "On the Beach", was released by
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on guitar and Flabba Holt on bass. It was also produced by Bruno Blum and released in 2002 on his
Jamaican label "Human Race" vinyl single. It is featured on the 2011
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He earned the nickname as a boy because of his stuttering and decided to use it as his stage name. Stitt began deejaying on
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