The Persuasions: Spread The Word (Capitol)
Loraine Alterman, New York Times, 10 December 1972
GHETTO KIDS don't have parents who can spare a few hundred dollars for an electric guitar like their suburban counterparts. But they do possess an instrument far more versatile, and that's their voices.
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