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Was 1971 really the best ever year for music?

The claim has been made for other years — but David Hepworth’s argument in Never a Dull Moment actually seems rather convincing

2 April 2016

9:00 AM

2 April 2016

9:00 AM

Never a Dull Moment: 1971 — Rock’s Golden Year David Hepworth

Bantam, pp.384, £20, ISBN: 9780593074862

According to David Hepworth, the year he turned 21 was also the year when ‘a huge proportion of the most memorable albums ever made were released’. Having been a rock journalist for four decades, he does of course know the theory that everybody thinks music was at its best when they were young.

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