Wigwam, Mark 1
Archie Patterson, Eurock, 1976
THE RECORDINGS OF Wigwam are perhaps among the world's unknown musical treasures. In their first incarnation, they produced five of the most imaginative rock albums you're likely to ever hear. And unfortunately they are virtually unobtainable outside Finland.
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