Gentle Giant: The Missing Piece
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 27 August 1977
GENTLE GIANT crave recognition in their homeland with a longing which at times borders on the pathetic. For all their success in the States and Europe, their feet are still fimly planted on the West Country soil of Portsmouth and Sturminster Newton and it's very sad to care and not to be cared for.
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