Full of Philly!
Barney Hoskyns, NME, 17 January 1987
Before disco there was Philadelphia International Records, the Soul label of the '70s. Now it's been documented in a boxed set of albums. BARNEY HOSKYNS charts the label's rise and recent resurgence.
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