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54:October 1990
44:Van Morrison
39:Studio album
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1733:1990 albums
1682:Discography
1629:T.B. Sheets
1444:Live albums
1308:Back on Top
705:Engineers:
596:Paul Durcan
497:Paul Durcan
479:" from the
470:Composition
74:Wool Hall,
1722:Categories
1336:Magic Time
1203:Common One
1189:Wavelength
1101:Them Again
1007:References
968:2 November
690:Production
682:flugelhorn
669:vibraphone
602:Dave Early
492:Common One
328:MusicHound
145:chronology
76:Real World
1385:Versatile
1140:Moondance
829:Position
813:Billboard
790:Position
776:Billboard
758:Position
573:Musicians
568:Personnel
482:Moondance
438:Recording
98:folk rock
1015:(1997).
995:Hinton,
982:Hinton,
636:trombone
522:" – 4:04
515:" – 3:43
464:Somerset
270:AllMusic
133:Producer
61:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
823:Single
808:Singles
631:, flute
587:soprano
192:Singles
178:(1991)
169:(1990)
160:(1990)
126:Polydor
1687:Albums
1571:Videos
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943:Select
912:
826:Chart
787:Chart
755:Chart
735:Charts
671:(on 8)
377:Select
264:Rating
261:Source
104:Length
94:Celtic
69:Studio
1692:Songs
850:Notes
834:1990
820:Year
795:1990
784:Year
763:1990
752:Year
740:Album
332:3.5/5
194:from
121:Label
89:Genre
1596:DVDs
1085:Them
1021:ISBN
970:2009
910:ISBN
589:and
452:jazz
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906:784
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