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Black 'Woodstock': A Violent Fiasco

Vernon Gibbs, New Musical Express, 1 September 1973

IT COULD have been the biggest event of the summer. For many of us trapped in the iron heart of the city, it promised to be the biggest Shockwave to assault Harlem since Jimi Hendrix had the streets, running with his praise.

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