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An extra big thank you to the artists and teams who let me come along and record your shows, and the venue engineers that made these recordings possible:
Day We Ran
Betty Taylor
The Faith Estate
Letters To Lions
Fat Salad
The Social, W1W 7JD
The Grace, N5 1RD
The Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
The Elephant's Head, NW1 8QR
O2 Academy2 Islington, N1 0PS
The Old Dispensary, SE5 0TF
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