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Steeleye Span: How a Goon Came To Play Ukelele

Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 26 October 1974

IT WAS like the coming of a new Messiah. Everyone sat around nervously awaiting the arrival of HIM, the man who was gonna make this recording session a Very Special Occasion. The sort of stuff to make a rock legend. A
real happening.

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