Kool And The Gang: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Cliff White, NME, 2 October 1976
DO YOU ever feel out of touch? Secure in the calm of your own head while all about you are losing theirs. It's a disquieting experience, as if the world is sharing a secret at your expense, odd-man-out and all that, which tends to produce a distorted opinion. I have to report that Kool & The Gang were a resounding success. Exceptional even.
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