A Touch Of Madness
Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 15 December 1979
DOWN AT Acquarius Records an assistant keeps rushing out to put out more copies of 'One Step Beyond'. He's kept pretty busy. They're being bought like the proverbial hotcakes. On import at that. A geezer in mod suit and pork pie comes in and starts highstepping to 'The Prince'. Something's in the air.
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