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POP GOES GREAT BRITAIN!
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MARSHALL CRENSHAW’S TRUE POP WAYS
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Just A Little Off The Top, Please
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ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
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CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
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There is a story circulating about Richard Thompson. The way I heard it, the Eagles approached him, prior to hiring Joe Walsh: they wanted Thompson in the band as lead guitarist. Living in obscurity in England, Thompson allegedly replied: "What? And spend the rest of my life working with a bunch of Southern Californians?"