The Spirit of Jo Jo Gunne
Andrew Tyler, Disc and Music Echo, 27 May 1972
SOME say the stench given off by their first album is just too rank to bear. Others are moved to disagree. Strong stuff, it is said, music with bite, pretty melodies, tight production. But everyone's moved.
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