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The Runaways: Waitin' For The Night (Mercury)*****

Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 19 November 1977

NOW THIS is a difficult one. Five stars, yes, but not entirely for the reasons I expected. Kim Fowley has kissed off his associations with The Runaways with what is in some ways their least commercial album, but in others the record that could really break them into the really big time.

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