The Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Immediate)
John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, 14 June 1969
WHAT MAY HAVE turned potential Nice freaks off last year was the group's decision to precede their ritual cataclysm 'Rondo' with a set that consisted almost in full of boring or tasteless interpretations of the Beatles and Dylan.
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