Scritti Politti: Natty Design Or Grand Illusion?
Chris Bohn, NME, 4 September 1982
THE WEEKEND before our final confrontation, Scritti Politti's Green went shopping for clothes for his debut Top Of The Pops appearance, its confirmation depending on 'Asylums In Jerusalem' breaking the Top 40 that week.
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