Mink Deville: Return To Magenta
Ben Edmonds, Sounds, 13 May 1978
(Ben Edmonds, a former CREEM editor in Detroit, signed Mink DeVille to Capitol when he worked for that label in 1976. He now resides in London as Director of A&R for Arista, where he watches the band's progress from a seat in the audience.)
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