Sparks: Hometown Heroes At Last
Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 2 November 1974
IT WAS a typical day in Los Angeles, hot and smoggy. 18-year-old Jeff exclaimed with glee clutching his autographed Sparks album, "They went to my high school. I'm glad they made it over there."
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