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alternative that was never going to present a route for people who wanted to make their music on a wide scale. We never particularly wanted to become a cult group, but the music was very marginal and we were—perhaps rightly—stereotyped as intellectuals.
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and Jimahl amongst others. While considered by many critics to be a return to form, the album was not as commercially successful as their previous output, reaching only No. 33 on the UK Albums Chart.
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covering the latest developments and releases in the independent music scene, particularly records and cassettes that were self-financed recordings and only available by
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814:Chaka Khan
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357:the Damned
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211:Nial Jinks
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