Why Marc Won't Be Giving Up
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 1 September 1973
DESPITE the critical savaging that Marc Bolan regularly receives he ain't gonna do a Jethro Tull and give up. Marc was accused of being "embarrassing" and "monotonous" in a Stateside MM review only last week.
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