Harper's Bizarre: The Best Of Harpers Bizarre
Ian MacDonald, NME, 31 August 1974
THE TRADITION of the American pop/soft-rock interpretative/performing outfit, apparent now in the Pointer Sisters and Three Dog Night, goes back into the '60s (and ultimately melts into old-style vocal "swing") via the Fifth Dimension, Rotary Connection, and this lot: Harper's Bizarre.
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