Stormcock in Heat, That's Roy Harper
Jonh Ingham, Rolling Stone, 7 December 1972
ROY HARPER WAS holidaying in Norway when word of the movie reached his management. It was his first holiday in three years, and all they knew was that he was bird watching – a life-long hobby – somewhere in northern Norway. A call to every hotel in the country started.
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