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- ↑ Discogs - Mayfair Recording Studios (Manhattan) profile and discography
- ↑ "Chelsea Girls" at AllMusic.
- ↑ Nico quoted in Dave Thompson's liner notes for the 2002 Deluxe re-issue of The Velvet Underground & Nico , which includes all five Velvet collaborations for Chelsea Girl.
- ↑ 1999-10-14: Satyricon, Portland, OR, USA. Last.fm.
- ↑ Nakatani, Miki. "Miki Nakatani - 中谷美紀オフィシャルサイト". www.mikinakatani.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
