Remember Those Fabulous Seventies? A Musical Stroll From Woodstock To Punk-rock
Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, January 1980
The best characterization of rock'n'roll's third decade is that of 10 years spent revising, refining and recalling the music of the '60s. While '50s bands established the framework, it was during the '60s that the pioneering of relevance to the '70s was accomplished.
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