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The Troggs: The Missing Links

Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, July 2011

"YEEEEOW," THE GUITAR howled and groaned, the band went dumdum, dumdum, and "Wild thing!" Reg Presley breathed and sighed… and across the table in this Andover pub right now he's breathing and sighing, grinning "You make my heart sing," remembering that day in the studio with ten minutes to make it or blow it. "It was instinct," he says. "It came out raw. You just (slaps his hands together), 'Wild thing!'"

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