Long John Baldry: It Ain't Easy
Jon Tiven, Phonograph Record, August 1971
IT REALLY DOESN'T matter whether you like Long John Baldry or not, if you like Elton John and Rod Stewart that's good enough. The chances are that you will like this album because they each produced a side of this album, and there's probably more of them than of Long John, although I haven't heard Baldry other than on this album.
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