Racing Cars at Newcastle Polytechnic
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 30 October 1976
A MUSICIAN was telling me the other day that he loved to start a set with an instrumental to prove how good his band was rather than the more obvious tactic of a shouting rock 'n' roller to grab the audience's attention by main force. Racing Cars has got enough pride and confidence to do that and it's all justified.
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