David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (RCA)
Nick Kent, Oz, July 1972
DAVID BOWIE, easily the most brilliant young songwriter in this country, seems to have been going through quite a few rapid changes over the last year or so.
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