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| Bobby Bland | Two Steps from the Blues | 1960 |
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| Bob Dylan and The Band | The Basement Tapes | 1975 |
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| The Kinks |
Something Else by the Kinks | 1967 |
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| Mott the Hoople | Mott | 1973 |
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| Randy Newman | Sail Away | 1972 |
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| Prince |
Dirty Mind | 1980 |
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| Simon and Garfunkel | Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme | 1966 |
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| Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 |
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| Rod Stewart |
Every Picture Tells a Story | 1971 |
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| Richard and Linda Thompson | Shoot Out the Lights | 1982 |
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