The Rolling Stones: Mick Decides To Play It Cool
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 26 August 1967
"STONES CASH IN on psychedelic craze! Read all about it!" This was the dramatic headline that swam into Mick Jagger's vision as he answered newspaper phone calls on a gloomy, wet afternoon last week.
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