The Pasadena Roof Orchestra: Up On The Roof
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 4 January 1975
MAYBE it's a sign of the times, as the Seventies increasingly take on the atmosphere of gloom and uncertainty that pervaded the late twenties and thirties, but there's no doubt, the cheerful, silver-lining style music of the past is catching up with us.
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