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- ↑ "Images for Slik - Forever And Ever". Discogs.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, by Colin Larkin, Guinness Pub., 1995, ISBN 1-56159-176-9, ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3, 4991 pages
- ↑ "Kevin McGinlay - Salvation - the Early Years". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Kevin McGinlay - Salvation: Early Years". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009.
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- ↑ Archived 2009-02-15 at the Wayback Machine In March 1977, the remaining McGinlay brother departed for a career in cabaret and was replaced on bass by Russell Webb, though he had only been in the band for a few months when they split
- ↑ "Jim McGinlay - Salvation: Recent Times". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
