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- ↑ Sid Smith (December 2016). "Remembering Greg Lake". Prog Magazine. Retrieved 13 August 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Sid Smith (February 2017). "Greg Lake: From the beginning to the end". Prog Magazine. Retrieved 13 August 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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- ↑ Smith, Sid (1 March 2002). In The Court Of King Crimson. Helter Skelter Publishing. ISBN 978-1900924269.
- ↑ Topler, John; Smith, Sid; Phipps, Chris (7 November 2005). Northstars. Newcastle upon Tyne: Zymurgy Publishing. ISBN 9781903506097.
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