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- ↑ Stredicke, Victor. "All's good with 'The Osgoode File'", Seattle Times , 1985-12-08, p. 2.
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- ↑ Heckman, Don. "'New Age Goes Mainstream' at Conference Assessing an Array of Sounds and Rhythms", Los Angeles Times , 1991-04-21, p. 88.
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- ↑ Stredicke, Victor. "Instrumental oasis heats the dial", Seattle Times , 1987-04-26, p. L5.
