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1580:Live albums
1473:Renaissance
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1392:John Hawken
1347:Renaissance
1118:19 December
870:Steve Short
850:Louis Clark
805:Renaissance
723:"Midas Man"
330:Renaissance
165:Renaissance
57:Renaissance
1679:Categories
1537:Azure d'Or
1402:Keith Relf
1365:Rave Tesar
1043:References
857:Production
196:Azure d'Or
167:chronology
1553:Time-Line
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1397:Jane Relf
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44:Hipgnosis
1654:Illusion
1624:" (1978)
1617:" (1974)
1489:Prologue
1481:Illusion
1431:Jon Camp
1264:AllMusic
1108:AllMusic
1011:Country
464:Side two
383:Side one
344:Overview
279:AllMusic
153:Producer
84:Advision
72:Recorded
64:Released
54: by
1561:Tuscany
1521:Novella
1217:3 April
963:Single
953:Singles
214:Singles
200:(1979)
191:(1978)
182:(1977)
178:Novella
1664:Nevada
1599:(2002)
1591:(1976)
1572:(2013)
1564:(2001)
1556:(1983)
1548:(1981)
1540:(1979)
1532:(1978)
1524:(1977)
1516:(1975)
1508:(1974)
1500:(1973)
1492:(1972)
1484:(1971)
1476:(1969)
1187:12 May
1020:Sales
995:
966:Chart
941:(USA)
925:RPM100
903:Chart
883:Charts
792:
781:
770:
759:
748:Length
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660:Length
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596:
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568:Length
480:Length
399:Length
273:Rating
270:Source
114:Length
96:London
80:Studio
1607:Songs
1088:(PDF)
1033:1979
1017:Year
974:1978
960:Year
911:1978
900:Year
893:Album
745:Title
657:Title
562:Title
543:10:53
474:Title
393:Title
328:band
216:from
131:Label
103:Genre
1306:2015
1276:2015
1245:2015
1219:2019
1189:2015
1163:2015
1120:2020
529:4:06
511:4:11
494:3:15
455:4:51
452:Camp
441:3:18
427:9:43
413:4:14
143:Sire
139:(UK)
90:and
1029:BPI
1025:UK
989:10
944:58
939:200
930:45
919:35
741:No.
653:No.
629:13.
615:12.
601:11.
587:10.
558:No.
470:No.
389:No.
88:CTS
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