Kevin Ayers
Dave Schulps, Trouser Press, September 1980
IN A BUSINESS geared more and more towards pushing product, Kevin Ayers is a rare commodity. He's never sold great amounts of records, but has enough of a steady cult following to enable him to release what has amounted to an album per year over the past decade.
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