Larry Wallis: The Importance Of Being Stiff
Dave Thompson, Goldmine, July 2002
IF YOU KNOW anything about Stiff Records, the first great maverick Indy label of the punk-era British 1970s, youll know Larry Wallis. Author of one of the finest singles in that labels entire canon, 1977s Police Car, he also produced a handful of the labels other best-loved acts, the Adverts and Wreckless Eric included.
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