The Chi-Lites at Hammersmith Odeon
Cliff White, NME, 13 September 1975
AFTER AN HOUR or so of the kind of entertainment that tempts freeloading reviewers to demand their non-existent money back, any halfway-decent act is a blessed relief. So it was no great surprise that The Chi-Lites seemed like God's gift to Soul music compared to the shambles that preceded them.
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