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645:"What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?"
531:"What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?"
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891:"George Best | The Wedding Present"
848:"George Best – The Wedding Present"
626:"Anyone Can Make a Mistake" – 3:18
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691:"Nobody's Twisting Your Arm"
637:George Best +9 CD re-release
682:"Anyone Can Make a Mistake"
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602:Alan, Evans, Oldroyd, Swift
597:"All This and More" – 2:23
572:"Anyone Can Make a Mistake"
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169:Professional ratings
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654:"All This and More"
540:"All This and More"
370:The Wedding Present
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1263:Discography
1133:Seamonsters
1119:George Best
1097:Simon Smith
1087:Darren Belk
1068:Jon Stewart
1062:David Gedge
989:25 November
857:14 February
781:Simon Smith
769:bass guitar
749:David Gedge
483:George Best
467:George Best
457:George Best
450:Simon Smith
438:The Beatles
426:George Best
415:George Best
389:David Gedge
365:George Best
145:George Best
24:George Best
1298:Categories
1147:Saturnalia
833:References
132:chronology
76:Jangle pop
1168:Valentina
738:Personnel
725:McCartney
670:"Shatner"
604:) – 1:44
397:childhood
393:apartheid
108:Reception
80:indie pop
1273:Cinerama
852:AllMusic
820:engineer
814:producer
764:– guitar
430:Canadian
411:football
188:AllMusic
115:Producer
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1126:Bizarro
903:25 July
558:Shatner
446:drummer
434:singles
413:legend
314:⁄
158:(1988)
149:(1987)
64:England
1161:El Rey
1140:Watusi
938:Sounds
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757:guitar
753:vocals
721:Lennon
611:– 4:14
551:Side B
523:Side A
462:El Rey
326:Sounds
182:Rating
179:Source
86:Length
62:1987,
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824:mixer
775:drums
518:Vinyl
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381:label
154:Tommy
103:Label
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