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{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Discogs Will Crummer – Shoebox Love Songs
- ↑ Elsewhere.co.nz, 28 Mar 2011 Will Crummer: Shoebox Lovesongs (Ode) - Graham Reid
- ↑ Discogs Space Waltz – Space Waltz
- ↑ National Library of Australia 2002, 1974, English, Sound, Recorded music edition, Space waltz (sound recording) / by Alastair Riddell.
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- ↑ WorldCat Waretini
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