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Crusaders: New Victoria, London

Max Bell, New Musical Express, 17 July 1976

THE HELL WITH it, let's be dogmatic and lay down a truth that was already manifest before their historic visit. When it comes to pumping out jazz-funk, be-bop rock, sliced over solid slabs of R&B and ocean blues, the Crusaders are simply the best, no competition. There's no one to touch them and they know it.

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