Alex Harvey: The Dream Comes True
Ray Fox-Cumming, Disc and Music Echo, 26 October 1974
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM is coming true. At last, after 20 years in and around the business, Alex Harvey has got himself a hit. Don't worry if The Impossible Dream doesn't figure in our charts this week, it will figure soon. Record companies don't roll out good champagne to celebrate nothing.
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