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01 The Stranglers “Peaches”
02 Mew “Repeater Beater”
03 Abe Vigoda “Wild Heart”
04 Spiral Stairs “Maltese Terrier”
05 The Monks “Pretty Suzanne”
06 Indian Jewelry “Health & Well Being”
07 Robert Wyatt “Kew Rhone”
08 White Denim “I Start to Run”
09 International Waters “Salt & Sea”
10 The Feelies “Dancing Barefoot”
11 Jim Ford “Love On My Brain”
12 Final Fantasy & Ed Droste “Possibly Maybe”
13 Rotary Connection “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun”
14 Public Enemy “Welcome to the Terrordome”
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