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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Palladium, London

Miles, New Musical Express, 11 March 1978

How the old wave is coming to terms with post-"77 existence.

Meeting the challenge of '78: Alex Harvey hired an orchestra, a pipe and drum band, Perry Como'ed his way through 'Anarchy In The U.K.' and blew it; Budgie's Burke Shelley maintained mobility, and helped the band to conquer their own diffidence.

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