Shakin' Stevens: Legend (EMI)
Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 22 September 1979
ROGER SCOTT, Britain's only disc-jockey (no, that's not a misprint – it's a fact) put this into what they call "heavy rotation" last week. It sounded so great that I had to go right out and buy it – and now I'm wondering why I didn't buy it nine years ago.
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