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Chickadee",
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Foundations' version was released on the UNI label in the US. Barry Class, the manager of the group was due to meet with Pye chief Louis Benjamin when the article went to press.
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hit and a touch of the Isley Brothers about it. The reviewer also mentioned that "Take Away the Emptiness" had aspects of
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