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in a specially made "Vidi-Trainer". The back cover is the show's game board with eight members of the Tubes each sitting in different squares. The lower right corner square remained unoccupied with the band's name on the front; the eight members crammed into this same square for a photo that was
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16:1979 studio album by the Tubes
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507:Rick Anderson - bass
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481:Mingo Lewis
466:Fee Waybill
449:"Dangerous"
210:Being There
205:Fee Waybill
183:). It is a
1154:Categories
954:David Medd
876:August 29,
844:August 31,
749:Smash Hits
718:Smash Hits
694:089919026X
588:References
455:"Holy War"
372:Prime Time
370:The track
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321:Smash Hits
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