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The Pointer Sisters, Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five: Roseland Ballroom, New York NY

Dan Nooger, The Village Voice, 20 September 1973

THE FALL is upon us at last, and the theme for the season, the dreary, greasy '50s having run their course, is the revival of '40s elegance. Since the present is so grim and there is, indeed, no life on Mars, the only place left to look to is the past. Gray flannel suits, velvet cloche hats, and baggy pants are the newest wave of Paris fashions.

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