Lindisfarne: A Special Report
Jerry Gilbert, Sounds, 7 October 1972
"FIVE CRATES OF Brown ale and a crate of Guinness please." Twelve quid across the bar to a landlord shaking his head in disbelief, and then back to the gig. "What time do they start?" asked a couple of public bar boozers. "7.30," I replied, observing that it was already 7.45.
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