Colin Blunstone: One Year After
John Tobler, Let It Rock, February 1973
Nowadays, degrees and A levels are almost as common rock musicians as they are among aspiring rock critics. But it was headline news back in 1964 when a group of Hertfordshire sixth-formers threw it all over to become full-time pop musicians, when their first record Shes Not There was a hit.
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