Bill Withers: Morale Music For The People In The Ghetto
Ian MacDonald, NME, 2 September 1972
A TELEPHONE CABLE that runs off the edge of Britain, down under the Atlantic, and up again into the heart of North America to St. Louis, is, in theory, one hell of a barrier to simple communication.
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