Eric Burdon: Welcome Home
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 11 August 1973
THE 'PHONE DOESN'T stop ringing in Eric Burden's room at the Holiday Inn at Swiss Cottage. So many people, explains Katie from Island Records, are just ringing up to say hello because he's back in town.
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