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Gil Scott-Heron: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 5 July 1986

NORMALLY, I HATE protest pop, especially the born-again Methodism of the likes of Bragg and Moore with that heavy evangelical tone. So why do I like Gil Scott-Heron? Isn't he just more of the same thing?

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