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Kevin Ayers

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Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement. [1]

110 relations: ABC Records, Album, Andy Summers, Animals (Kevin Ayers song), Arizona, As Close as You Think, B. J. Cole, Bananamour, BBC, Bill Wells, Brian Eno, Bridget St John, Butterfly Dance, Canterbury scene, Caravan (band), Caribbean Moon, Daevid Allen, David Bedford, Deià, Deià...Vu, Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain, Drummer, Elton John, Euros Childs, Experimental music, Fairground Attraction, Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It), Falling Up (Kevin Ayers album), Federation of Malaya, Fender Jazz Bass, Fnac, France, Gong (band), Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Harvest Records, Herne Bay, Kent, Hugh Hopper, Hyde Park, London, Ibiza, Island Records, Islands (Mike Oldfield album), Jazz, Jimi Hendrix, John Altman (composer), John Cale, John Peel, Joy of a Toy, Joy of a Toy (song), June 1, 1974, Kent, ..., Lady June, Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy, LO-MAX Records, Lol Coxhill, Love Makes Sweet Music, Mallorca, Mike Oldfield, Mojo (magazine), Money Money Money (Kevin Ayers song), Montolieu, Mr Cool, Nick Kent, Nico, Noel Redding, Norman Blake (Scottish musician), Oh! Wot a Dream, Ollie Halsall, Patto, Phil Manzanera, Pink Floyd, Pip Pyle, Pop music, Progressive pop, Psychedelic music, Psychedelic rock, Rainbow Takeaway, Recluse, Robert Wyatt, Rock music, Rowan Ayers, Shooting at the Moon (album), Singing a Song in the Morning, Sire Records, Slow Dazzle (album), Soft Machine, Star (Kevin Ayers song), Still Life with Guitar, Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes, Sweet Deceiver, Syd Barrett, Teenage Fanclub, That's What You Get Babe, The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories, The Go-Betweens, The Guardian, The Ladybug Transistor, The New York Times, The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album), The Trash Can Sinatras, The Unfairground, The Wilde Flowers, The Wire (magazine), The Word (magazine), Tucson, Arizona, UFO Club, Ummagumma, Whatevershebringswesing, Who's Still Crazy, Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today), Zoot Money. Expand index (60 more) »

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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Andy Summers

Andrew James Somers (born 31 December 1942), known professionally as Andy Summers, is an English guitarist who was a member of the rock band The Police.

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Animals (Kevin Ayers song)

"Animals" was a Kevin Ayers Spanish single release.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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As Close as You Think

As Close As You Think is the twelfth studio album by Kevin Ayers, released on Illuminated Records in 1986.

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B. J. Cole

Brian John "B.

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Bananamour

Bananamour is the fourth studio album by Kevin Ayers and it featured some of his most accessible recordings, including "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" and his whimsical tribute to Syd Barrett, "Oh! Wot A Dream".

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bill Wells

Bill Wells (born c. 1963)Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Bill Wells", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, is a Scottish bassist, pianist, guitarist and composer.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, RDI (born Brian Peter George Eno; 15 May 1948) is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist.

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Bridget St John

Bridget St John (born Bridget Anne Hobbs; 4 October 1946 in Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion record label.

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Butterfly Dance

"Butterfly Dance" was the second Kevin Ayers single.

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Canterbury scene

The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury Sound) is a subgenre of, or sibling to, progressive rock.

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Caravan (band)

Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan in 1968.

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Caribbean Moon

"Caribbean Moon" (backed with "Take Me To Tahiti") was a Kevin Ayers single, released shortly before his third LP Bananamour.

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Daevid Allen

Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist.

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David Bedford

David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician.

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Deià

Deià is a small coastal village in the Serra de Tramuntana, which forms the northern ridge of the Spanish island of Mallorca.

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Deià...Vu

Deià...Vu is the eleventh studio album by Kevin Ayers, recorded in December 1980 and released in Spain after a remix in August 1984.

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Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain

Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain is the tenth solo album by Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine.

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Drummer

A drummer is a percussionist who creates and accompanies music using drums.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Euros Childs

Euros Childs (Welsh:; born 16 April 1975) is a Welsh musician and songwriter, perhaps best known as the frontman for the band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.

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Experimental music

Experimental music is a general label for any music that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.

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Fairground Attraction

Fairground Attraction were a British folk and soft rock band.

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Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)

"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" is the English language name for a 1930 German song composed by Friedrich Hollaender as "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (literally: "I am, from head to toe, ready for love").

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Falling Up (Kevin Ayers album)

Falling Up is the thirteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers, released on Virgin Records in 1988.

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Federation of Malaya

The Federation of Malaya (Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو) was a federation of 11 states (nine Malay states and two of the British Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca)See: Cabinet Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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Fender Jazz Bass

The Jazz Bass (or J Bass) is the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender.

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Fnac

Fnac is a large French retail chain selling cultural and electronic products, founded by André Essel and Max Théret in 1954.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Gong (band)

Gong are an international progressive rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style.

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Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were a psychedelic folk and alternative rock band which formed in Carmarthen, Wales in 1991.

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Harvest Records

Harvest Records is a British record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI, active from 1969 to present.

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Herne Bay, Kent

Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 38,563.

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Hugh Hopper

Hugh Colin Hopper (29 April 1945 – 7 June 2009) was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist.

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Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Central London.

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Ibiza

Ibiza (Eivissa) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Spain.

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Island Records

Island Records is a British-Jamaican record label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group (UMG).

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Islands (Mike Oldfield album)

Islands is the 11th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1987 by Virgin.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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John Altman (composer)

John Altman (born 5 December 1949) is an English film composer, music arranger, orchestrator and conductor.

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John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.

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Joy of a Toy

Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine.

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Joy of a Toy (song)

"Joy of a Toy" was the first USA single by the psychedelic rock band Soft Machine.

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June 1, 1974

June 1, 1974 is a live album of songs performed at the Rainbow Theatre in London on the titular date.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Lady June

June Campbell Cramer (3 June 1931 – 7 June 1999), better known as Lady June, was an English painter, poet and musician.

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Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy

Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy is an experimental music/spoken word album by poet Lady June (a.k.a. June Campbell Cramer).

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LO-MAX Records

LO-MAX Records is a west London-based independent record label, founded in 2003 and specialising in rock music.

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Lol Coxhill

George Lowen Coxhill (19 September 1932 – 10 July 2012), generally known as Lol Coxhill, was an English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur.

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Love Makes Sweet Music

"Love Makes Sweet Music" was the first single released by the psychedelic rock group Soft Machine.

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Mallorca

Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.

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Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician and composer.

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Mojo (magazine)

Mojo is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom.

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Money Money Money (Kevin Ayers song)

"Money Money Money" was a Kevin Ayers single issued to promote his 1980 album, That's What You Get Babe.

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Montolieu

Montolieu is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

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Mr Cool

"Mr Cool" was Kevin Ayers' USA promotional single issued to publicize his album, Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today).

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Nick Kent

Nick Kent (born 24 December 1951) is a British rock critic and musician.

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Nico

Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress.

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Noel Redding

David Noel Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was an English rock musician, best known as the bass player and occasional lead singer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress.

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Norman Blake (Scottish musician)

Norman Blake (born 20 October 1965, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter in the Glasgow based band Teenage Fanclub.

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Oh! Wot a Dream

"Oh! Wot a Dream" was a Kevin Ayers single taken from his fourth solo album Bananamour.

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Ollie Halsall

Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall (14 March 1949 – 29 May 1992) was an English guitarist best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Timebox, Patto and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers.

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Patto

Patto were an English progressive rock band, formed in London in 1970.

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Phil Manzanera

Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951) is an English musician and record producer.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Pip Pyle

Phillip "Pip" Pyle (4 April 1950 – 28 August 2006) was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Progressive pop

Progressive pop is a form of pop music which attempts to break with the genre's standard formula.

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Psychedelic music

Psychedelic music (sometimes psychedelia) covers a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline and DMT to experience visual and auditory hallucinations, synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.

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Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a diverse style of rock music inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centred around perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.

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Rainbow Takeaway

Rainbow Takeaway is the eighth studio album by Kevin Ayers.

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Recluse

A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society.

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Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rowan Ayers

Rowan Ayers (16 June 1922 – 5 January 2008) was a television producer and poet.

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Shooting at the Moon (album)

Shooting at the Moon is the second solo album of Kevin Ayers, on Harvest Records.

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Singing a Song in the Morning

"Singing a Song in the Morning" (originally titled "Religious Experience") was the first solo single released by Kevin Ayers, one of the founding members of the band Soft Machine.

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Sire Records

Sire Records is an American record label that is owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.

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Slow Dazzle (album)

Slow Dazzle is the fifth solo studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released in March 1975, his second album for record label Island.

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Soft Machine

Soft Machine are an English rock and jazz band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs.

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Star (Kevin Ayers song)

"Star" was the second Kevin Ayers single issued to promote his 1976 album, Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today).

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Still Life with Guitar

Still Life with Guitar is the fourteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers.

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Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes

"Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" was a Kevin Ayers single release.

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Sweet Deceiver

Sweet Deceiver is the sixth studio album by Kevin Ayers and his last for Island Records.

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Syd Barrett

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill in 1989.

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That's What You Get Babe

That's What You Get Babe is the ninth studio album by Kevin Ayers and his final recording for Harvest.

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The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories

The Confessions of Dr.

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The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1977.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Ladybug Transistor

The Ladybug Transistor is a Brooklyn-based indie pop group associated with The Elephant Six Collective.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)

The Soft Machine (also titled "Volume One" as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968.

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The Trash Can Sinatras

The Trashcan Sinatras are a Scottish band that was formed in Irvine, Scotland in 1986.

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The Unfairground

The Unfairground is a 2007 album by Kevin Ayers, recorded with members of Ladybug Transistor, Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Roxy Music.

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The Wilde Flowers

The Wilde Flowers were the archetypal Canterbury scene music group based in the vicinity of Canterbury, England.

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The Wire (magazine)

The Wire (sometimes stylised as WIRE) is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in May 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray.

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The Word (magazine)

The Word was a monthly music magazine published in London.

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona.

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UFO Club

The UFO Club (pronounced "You-foe") was a famous but short-lived UK underground club in London during the 1960s.

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Ummagumma

Ummagumma is the fourth album by the English rock band Pink Floyd.

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Whatevershebringswesing

Whatevershebringswesing is the third solo album by Kevin Ayers, on Harvest Records.

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Who's Still Crazy

"Who’s Still Crazy" is a Kevin Ayers Spanish single release taken from his 1983 album, Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain.

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Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)

Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) is the seventh studio album by Kevin Ayers, released in June 1976.

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Zoot Money

George Bruno "Zoot" Money (born 17 July 1942 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) is an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ayers

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