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The Hollies: Fairfield Hall, Croydon

Ed Jones, Melody Maker, October 1975

THE HOLLIES COULD EASILY BE DREADFUL. If they were even a quarter-tone out of tune, those three-part harmony choruses, supported by the Sixties pop instrumentation, could slice through your eardrums like a ragged razor.

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