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Notes: Recorded by Foster & Allen on Powderworks Records
- ↑ Horne, Lena; McKuen, Rod (1982), Stormy Weather: Lena Horne's Greatest Hits, Stanyan Records : Powderworks Records & Tapes, retrieved 24 May 2018
- ↑ Warumpi Band (1985), Big Name, No Blankets, Powderworks Records, retrieved 24 May 2018
