Pete Townshend part1: The True Saga Of Clapton's Rainbow Gig
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 24 February 1973
IF YOU TURN up at the famous Track office in Soho's historic Old Compton Street, you're sure of a big surprise there's a glitzy sign saying "Charisma Records." Anyway, the real address is somewhere else entirely. And once you sort out this mystery and get to the correct place, it's but a short delay before Pete Townshend bustles in, accompanied by a large furry object answering to the name of Towser.
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