Roy Harper: On-Off Genius?
Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 18 July 1970
ROY HARPER is a sort of Gerald Scarfe of music. Like the cartoonist, what he does isn't always pretty, it isn't always enjoyable, but by God his work is impossible to ignore.
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