The Troggs: Love Saves Troggs
Keith Altham, NME, 18 November 1967
HERE COMES the pop phoenix again! Arising from what so many cynics thought were their own ashes, the Troggs now have their sixth smash hit with 'Love Is All Around'. I had lunch last week with the one very good reason why they are still around Reginald Maurice Presley, who wrote and sings their current single.
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