Tom Jans: Dark Blonde
Pete Makowski, Sounds, 4 June 1977
SOMETIMES I feel so good I can feel my body growing... YEAHHH!!! Y'know CBS were really surprised (in fact speechless) when I enquired about this guy. "Sometimes you surprise me." said the label's adorable Elly Smith. "I thought only Zigzag knew about Tom Jans." Well there's a really weird story attached to your humble scribe picking up on this album...
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