Don McLean: Royal Albert Hall, London
Bob Woffinden, NME, 20 October 1973
AFTER RECEIVING one of the warmest receptions that it's possible for a sepulchral Albert Hall audience to give there can be no doubt about either McLean's enormous popularity in this country, or his abundant talent.
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