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Soul (Style): Baggy Trousers Will Not Be Admitted

Bob Fisher, New Musical Express, 11 January 1975

THE STYLISTIC rivalry between soul fans in the North and South of England has been well publicised. But what magazine odes to regional soul tend to forget is just how nationwide the current soul revival is – and more important, that in other areas of the country the music has just as strong a following.

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