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magazine: "Some ten thousand people responded to the Squire tune with a standing ovation". To further promote the album, a promotional film of "Hold Out Your Hand" and "You by My Side" was made in a studio; it featured mimed performances, with Bill
Bruford, Patrick Moraz and Andrew Pryce Jackman
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which only saw a US release. "Hold Out Your Hand" was later performed by Yes during their 1976 North
American tour with Squire singing the lead vocal. One critic at the concert wrote for
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mix of the album using the master tapes, but declared the recordings had disappeared from
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486:"Hold Out Your Hand"
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1097:1 September
794:– mastering
783:Phil Carson
689:Mel Collins
226:Mel Collins
77:New Pipers
1458:Categories
1251:. AllMusic
981:References
798:Brian Lane
765:Production
753:Alan White
720:Barry Rose
634:Alan White
410:Everything
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261:Production
159:chronology
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1372:Billboard
1146:29 August
1028:31 August
880:position
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843:UK Albums
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465:Side one
413:(2010).
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346:AllMusic
145:Producer
138:Atlantic
66:Recorded
58:Released
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