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Perspectives on Ralph J. Gleason

j. poet, Rolling Stone, 17 July 1975

ONE OF THE things that inspired me to become a record reviewer was Ralph Gleason's record collection. It completely filled all the walls of his home on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley. I would wander through the miles of titles, drooling drops of foaming greed down my chin.

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