Baker Gurvitz Army: Hearts On Fire
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 12 June 1976
NOW REDUCED to four members as Peter Lemer, the keyboard player, has left, the Baker Gurvitz Army are more economically deployed, and where songs require embellishment they have called upon an orchestra, a string synthesizer operative, a keyboard player and backing vocalists.
Total word count of piece: 452
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