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THREE LEGENDS OF DOO WOP
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This edition finds Vintage Rock saddened yet enlivened by a farewell from UK rockers Jack Rabbit Slim, reassured that 50s doo-wop kings The Del-Vikings are getting the plush reissue treatment and impressed that Phil Haley is far more than just a facsimile of you-know-who. Elsewhere, there’s a bumper crop of rockin’ music from across Europe
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