Gary Glitter: A Raven in Rich Plumage
Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 4 November 1972
"YOU WILL bear in mind that he's got dreadful 'flu, won't you," says Gary Glitter's publicity agent when we fixed up the interview. And sure enough, next day, there is the star himself sniffing and hoarse; so as the agent had had 'flu the week before and me the week before that, we spend a pleasant ten minutes discussing nose-blowing.
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