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Thwarted Fans Threaten Equals With Bomb!

Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 27 July 1968

TAKE THREE distinct styles of music — out-and-out Soul, happy-to-be-in-de-sunshine Calypso, and straight commercial Pop — and the chances are you'll find three distinct sets of fans. The reason being that most Soul brothers turn up their noses at the average pop tune. And that most Calypso enthusiasts are somewhere else altogether.

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