Sham 69 & The Cimarons: The West Country Invasion Starts Here
Penny Reel, NME, 18 November 1978
IT WOULD appear that someone's got it in for Jimmy Pursey and Sham 69. You see they're planting stories in the press to the effect that our James and his cronies have somehow ho hum betrayed their public in pursuit of activities both hedonistic and irresponsible.
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