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2040:Beatlemania
1933:Freak scene
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1475:Neil Oram
1460:Sue Miles
1330:Tariq Ali
1271:magazine.
1255:Playpower
1123:New Times
1105:March 25,
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1835:Arts Lab
1778:Tomorrow
1728:Hawkwind
1703:Delivery
1596:Gay News
1360:Joe Boyd
1259:Archived
1099:Archived
837:See also
801:Hawkwind
784:The Deep
750:The Fugs
734:New York
718:Iggy Pop
702:Michigan
666:The GTOs
600:crew cut
370:roleplay
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