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- ↑ "Stealers Wheel, Ferguslie Park". Discogs . 1973. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Stealers Wheel, "Star" Single Release" . Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 292. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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