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Author: D.C. Larson

Waxed - Record Review from Issue #54 Nov-Dec 2004

Robert Gordon – Satisfied Mind

Robert Gordon released his first album 27 years ago, and like all of us, he’s done a lot of living in the interim. That album, 1977’s Robert Gordon With Link Wray, presented him as a raw, upstart talent aimed starward. Satisfied Mind finds him seasoned, confident in his considerable scope, and richer for the life [...]

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