Roxy Music
Ian Fortnam, Valentine, April 2000
THE EARLY 1970s were an extraordinary time for popular music. Lank-haired singer songwriters - drably dressed down in denim uniforms - rubbed chart-bound shoulders with foil-wrapped glitter turkeys.
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