Various Artists: Mersey Beat ’62-‘64
Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, December 1974
IN THE LITANY of wondrous 1974 reissues which led off my review of Odds & Sods/Backtrackin' last issue, I neglected to shower proper praises on A&M's Move package, the Velvet Underground live set on Mercury, and the superb English anthology Hard-Up Heroes.
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