Dillinger: Central London Polytechnic, London
Penny Reel, NME, 25 February 1978
ON THIS opening night of his first full-length tour of the UK college circuit, Lester Bullocks better-known as Dillinger maintained an impressive, large and volubly enthusiastic audience "under tight wraps", to quote a phrase made famous by the man himself.
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