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James Brown: Wembley Arena, London

Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 3 May 1986

"IT WAS just like watching Gary Glitter," said one voice on the way out, not in the least discontentedly. He wasn't far off, either. You don't go and see James Brown, you go and see the James Brown Show and that means soul cabaret.

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