Don McLean: Playin' Favourites
Bob Woffinden, NME, 27 October 1973
AN ALBUM of other people's songs from someone who's written a few celebrated ones of his own? Yes, this is Don McLean laying bare his musical roots for all who care to listen, and coming up with an absorbing record in the process.
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