British Electric Foundation: Music Of Quality And Distinction Volume One (Virgin)
Lynden Barber, Melody Maker, 10 April 1982
BRIEFCASES bulging with credentials, the boardroom men of the BEF decided last year to live up to their status as "production company" within the mighty Virgin conglomerate.
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