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Brand X: City Hall, Sheffield

Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 30 September 1978

DESPITE ALL your Weather Reports, Coreas, Dukes and such, Brand X remain the sum total of British jazz-rock to reach what might reasonably be termed a "wide audience", judging by chart positions. But even they must feel precarious. The City Hall attendance was wretched even after the rumoured handout of 500 freebies at local student unions.

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