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Heaven 17… Or Music For Business And Pleasure

Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 17 September 1981

BACK IN THE middle '70s, when punk snapped out of the woodwork, everyone wanted "complete control". It was a Robin Hood policy — steal from the rich, old record companies and set up your own young, independent label in Sherwood Forest. 

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