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Garry Bushell, Sounds, 12 January 1980
FROM WHERE I'm sitting Chris Stein looks like a chubbier version of Paul Foot, his tousled hair spilling over the thick black frames of his thick black glasses, matching the thick black greatcoat the crypt-like cold of Newcastle City Hall has forced him to wear for the soundcheck.
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