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'CROSS THE SEA — Creem's Barbara Charone asks if Rod Stewart can "cut it in America" with his new Atlantic Crossing album, while Rolling Stone's Tom Nolan talks to the soon-to-be-former Face and girlfriend Britt Ekland in Albuquerque (both 1975). Plus Record Mirror's Rosalind Russell hangs out in NYC with Rod and (new) girlfriend Bebe Buell in 1977...
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ISLINGTON'S DREAMING — Jon Savage (snapped in '75) sees the Sex Pistols at the Screen on the Green (Sounds, 1977) and meets My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields on the release of the Tremolo EP (20/20, 1991). Plus Savage speaks to Richard North in 1988 about the imminent publication of his punk classic England's Dreaming…
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MORE THAN A FEELING — Record Mirror's Lon Goddard grabs a quick chat with 'Hooked On A Feeling' hitmaker B.J. Thomas (1942-2021) as the "soft-spoken Texan" climbs the UK charts in 1970 with his version of Bacharach & David's 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'. Plus Let It Rock's Simon Frith listens to B.J.'s 1973 album Songs…
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