Who The Hell Does Anthony H. Wilson Think He Is?
Tom Hibbert, Q, February 1992
IN THE headquarters of Factory Records, Manchester, I found myself privy to a sight and sound seldom witnessed, I dare say, by any human being or living thing. It was the sight and sound of Anthony H. Wilson Tony Wilson as was until he underwent the mysterious name change that transformed him from rock bloke, celeb and entrepreneur of the Manc streets into something quite else in a suit being actually terribly, terribly polite in conversation.
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