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Tom Jones' unusual comeback

Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 19 February 1993

THE SCRUFFY-LOOKING band on stage is churning out a hard, propulsive groove, a sample of Andrew Dice Clay's voice is bellowing out "Oh!" to punctuate the refrain, and some of the kids from the crowd are stomping about the stage.

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