Bloodstone: Shining Brightly Six Years On
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, April 1979
WOULD YOU believe that it's six years since Bloodstone hit the world's record charts with their haunting 'Natural High' ballad – probably one of the simplest and best (and certainly most under-rated) R&B records of all time.
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