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- ↑ Gilgamesh
- ↑ Dave Tidball, saxes & Paul Robinson drums/percussion. Jeff Clyne biography (Royal Academy of Music)
- ↑ "Turning Point | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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