Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear
Davitt Sigerson, Melody Maker, 20 January 1979
EDITOR'S NOTE: A couple of weeks ago, Vivien Goldman trashed Marvin Gaye's new album in these columns. A dissenting voice pleads to be heard – that of DAVITT SIGERSON.
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