Michael Chapman: Michael Chapman Lived Here 1968-72 (CUBE)****
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 23 April 1977
ON THE REAR of the sleeve is a faded brown and sepia pic of Michael Chapman sat on a bed alone, nothing but a guitar to play with, like one of those ancient bluesmen acclaimed as a founding father of rock 20 years after he died of booze/a broken heart/syphilis or a combination of all three.
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