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September 5
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3 verified music stories published for this date.
Story · Album release
ADRIAN MABEN LOST HIS PASSPORT — THEN FOUND PINK FLOYD’S POMPEII SETTING
Pink Floyd’s 1972 Live at Pompeii is famous for the thing it removed: the audience.
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Story · Album release
ROBERT PALMER HEARD TELEKON BEFORE ITS RELEASE — THEN RECORDED “I DREAM OF WIRES” WITH GARY NUMAN
In 1980, Gary Numan carried an unreleased Telekon to the Bahamas. Robert Palmer heard one track — and recorded his own version while Numan was still …
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Story · Album release
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS MADE JUST 25 MACHINA II SETS—AND TOLD RECIPIENTS TO SHARE THE ALBUM ONLINE FOR FREE
When The Smashing Pumpkins completed Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music in 2000, they had an album—but no ordinary release waiting for …
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