Crabby Appleton: Rotten To The Core; The Wackers: Wackering Heights (both Elektra)
Dave Marsh, Creem, February 1972
AT FIRST GLANCE these two don't seem to have much in common, aside from the fact that they're both on the same label. While that's not altogether untrue, it's not completely accurate either.
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