A years-long labor of love helps save a key piece of musical, not political, history.

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A lot of the charm of this series’ initial two volumes — which focused first on the 1960s and then the ’70s — was in hearing these two delve back into found sounds from outside their own era. You May Also Like: How the Sweet Finally Came Into Their OwnRead More

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The scope of its musical tastes, despite such a brief lifespan, was in many ways as interesting as the skits were on ‘Fridays.’

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