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Fact #169199

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Short story:

The Specials play at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, supported by the Swinging Cats.

Full article:

Mike Gardner (reviewer, Record Mirror) : Terry Hall easily gets the crowd to count them in to a deliriously joyous rendition of Concrete Jungle. The audience has no slouches; the throng skank, bop and sway irresistibly.

Neville Staple is the epitome of frantic recklessness, flinging his mikestand, catapulting his carcass at high velocity through the throbbing movements of Sir Horace on bass, the casual slouch of lead singer terry Hall and the constant sprints of rhythm guitarist Lynval Golding, while avoiding collisions with the kamikaze charges of the loping Roddy Radiation.
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