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505:"What Do We Really Know?" (Monitor Mix) (P. McCartney, L. McCartney) β 3:49
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496:"Sea Breezes" (Without Orchestra) (Bryan Ferry) β 4:36
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460:"The Casket" (P. McCartney, L. McCartney,
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547:"Dance The Do Radio Ad 1" β 0:15
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532:"Keep Cool (Version 2)" β 0:45
529:"Keep Cool (Version 1)" β 0:50
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473:"Givin' Grease a Ride" β 5:35
611:β saxophones (on "Leave It")
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517:"Girls On The Avenue" β 3:39
526:"Blowinβ In The Bay" β 2:30
511:"Do Nothing All Day" β 2:23
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634:References
375:Roxy Music
194:"Leave It"
139:chronology
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555:Personnel
420:In 2019,
400:In 1992,
389:In 1991,
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341:Stockport
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687:"McGear"
651:AllMusic
609:Tony Coe
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395:Rykodisc
365:Gulliver
249:AllMusic
125:Producer
59:Recorded
51:Released
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310:History
183:McGear
179:Singles
163:(1974)
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