| Set Free | ||||
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| Released | August 4, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1976, 1978 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 17:34 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Iovine, Jack Douglas | |||
| Patti Smith Group EPs chronology | ||||
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Set Free is the EP by Patti Smith Group, released in 1978 on Arista Records. [2]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1978 | Arista Records | LP | 12197 |
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