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London: Who, Move, Floyd

Nick Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 November 1967

THE MOVE have been in court, over the promotion of their latest release 'Flowers In The Rain'. The group sent out a postcard-sized promo thing which got British Prime Minister Harold Wilson a bit angry. He found it rather libelous and slapped an injunction on the group, their manager Tony Secunda, the artist, the printers and so on, to prevent them from distributing it. The case came up last week and the Move had to step down — which they did most gracefully, smiling inwardly and saying "We're very sorry, won't do it again, didn't realize the card was so scandalous," and all that.

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