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Elton John: Troubadour, West Hollywood

Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times, 27 August 1970

REJOICE. ROCK MUSIC, which has been going through a rather uneventful period lately, has a new star. He's Elton John, a 23-year-old Englishman whose United States debut Tuesday night at the Troubadour was, in almost every way, magnificent.

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