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271:Nick Drake
218:Inside Out
189:chronology
1400:One World
1376:Solid Air
1296:Solid Air
1162:Solid Air
1061:BBC Music
975:20 August
876:John Wood
870:Technical
845:Dave Pegg
819:, organ,
803:saxophone
763:keyboards
752:Personnel
583:Solid Air
577:John Wood
573:BBC Music
569:Solid Air
539:Solid Air
354:Reception
346:-curated
337:Solid Air
302:Solid Air
285:cover of
249:Recording
234:Solid Air
209:Solid Air
177:John Wood
118:folk jazz
113:Folk rock
31:Solid Air
1456:Cooltide
1432:Sapphire
1180:(2007).
1166:AllMusic
996:AllMusic
821:clavinet
813:acoustic
799:Tony Coe
783:autoharp
773:mandolin
759:acoustic
644:Side two
639:) – 6:18
621:Side one
565:AllMusic
383:AllMusic
311:Slowhand
295:Echoplex
166:Producer
96:(London)
90:(London)
73:Recorded
58:Released
48: by
1301:YouTube
1237:26 July
1122:26 July
1100:26 July
1066:2 March
1035:2 March
567:called
222:(1973)
213:(1973)
204:(1971)
65:1973-02
63: (
1575:(2008)
1567:(1977)
1548:(1976)
1499:(2011)
1491:(2004)
1483:(2000)
1475:(1998)
1467:(1996)
1459:(1991)
1451:(1990)
1443:(1986)
1435:(1984)
1427:(1982)
1419:(1981)
1411:(1980)
1403:(1977)
1395:(1975)
1371:(1971)
1363:(1968)
1355:(1967)
1269:
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1002:12 May
941:
864:congas
793:violin
697:Disc 2
689:Disc 1
534:Sounds
377:Rating
374:Source
159:Island
137:Length
88:Island
81:Studio
858:drums
557:blues
154:Label
105:Genre
1267:ISBN
1239:2014
1192:ISBN
1124:2014
1102:2014
1068:2017
1037:2017
1004:2019
977:2016
939:ISBN
918:2016
849:bass
815:and
667:Note
559:and
553:jazz
549:folk
123:folk
1464:And
1299:on
1164:at
964:NME
601:'s
289:' "
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