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The Who is undated in a new age

Wayne Robins, Newsday, 24 June 1979

THE WHO may have won and maintained its devoted and massive following thanks to the flamboyant intensity of its peerless live performances and the surging power of its records. But, beneath the maddening volume and surface ferocity of the shows, there is that sensibility of acute intelligence which has given rock and roll much of its artistic and intellectual credibility.

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