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LES FREAKS — Nile Rodgers fills Blues & Soul's David Nathan in on the birth of disco deities Chic (1978) and NME's Danny Baker meets Rodgers and Bernard Edwards on their first London visit in 1979. Plus Daryl Easlea's definitive retrospective on the 'Good Times' guys (2001)…
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REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL — The bestselling David Hepworth profiles Ian Dury and meets Madness (both Smash Hits, 1979). Plus Dave bigs up a belated CD release of Neil Young's On the Beach (The Word, 2003)…
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