Lindisfarne: You Can't Carry On Being a Geordie Band Forever
Dave Laing, Let It Rock, October 1972
FINCHLEY CENTRAL, you'll recall, was a hit record for the New Vaudeville Band (I think it was the follow-up to the equally appalling 'Winchester Cathedral').It's also the tube stop nearest to the North London home of bass player, violinist and songwriter Rod Clements, who I went to talk to a couple of weeks after Lindisfarne had finished recording their latest album.
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