Ohio Players: Fiery, Freaky and Funky
Bob Fisher, NME, 1 February 1975
CURRENTLY THE HOTTEST item on Billboard's album chart is The Ohio Players Fire (Mercury). Phonogram must have burnt their fingers in the rush get it into the shops over here before Christmas and beat the importers.
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