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Heaven 17 Faces Right

Jon Young, Trouser Press, September 1983

IF DICKENS HADN'T gotten there first, Great Expectations would be the perfect title for the saga of Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. After their bitter departure from the Human League in 1980, these two synthesizer aces / all-around clever guys embarked on a number of projects that made artistic sense but failed to reach an audience worthy of their grand ambitions.

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