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- ↑ Perfect Sound Forever, May 2007
- 1 2 New York Times, Apr. 15, 1987
- ↑ "Jody Harris".
- ↑ Christgau's Consumer Guide, Jan. 7, 1986
- ↑ Perfect Sound Forever, Nov. 1997
