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Big Star: Big Star Live

Robert Gordon, Rykodisc, February 1992

WINDING DOWN a recent set, Alex Chilton asked, "Anything else anyone needs done for them?" That menacing kindness goes a long way toward explaining the difference between trendy pop bands and the phenomenon that Big Star and Chilton have become.

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