Elbow are regularly praised by such chart-bothering outfits as Coldplay, Snow Patrol and Editors so why aren’t they better known? Doug Johnstone talks to singer Guy Garvey about their refusal to compromise, being drooped he by more than one label and the curse of the Frisbee
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