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described Naiff as "a musician of great promise". Naiff and Foster had to write a second album when Hoyle announced that she'd had enough and wanted to quit both the band and the music business. Her last concert with
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van. They then spent the summer of 1968 rehearsing, writing, and generally chilling out at a rented bungalow on the edge of
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300:Scandinavia
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863:Allmusic
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438:Timeline
347:Abednego
274:West End
257:Affinity
186:Brighton
160:were an
158:Affinity
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551:Length
357:singer
351:Toe Fat
318:Vertigo
304:Disco 2
270:Mayfair
204:), and
190:England
176:Origins
171:History
162:English
104:Vertigo
74:England
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392:(2011)
296:Europe
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