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The Band: Islands

Andy Childs, ZigZag, May 1977

EVER SINCE I first heard the magnificent 'Acadian Driftwood' and marvelled in particular at Garth Hudson's tasteful use of synthesiser, it has always been a mystery to me why The Band's last album, Northern Lights, Southern Cross, wasn't universally hailed as an all-time classic.

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