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Type: live radio session
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Date: 16 May 1994
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Programme: Le Top 50
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Station: Europe 1 (Paris)
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Originally by: The Velvet Underground
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Type: live
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Date: 23 December 1992
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Venue: Powerhaus, London
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Originally by: Greg Lake
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Type: studio
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Release: A Tribute to Polnareff
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Release date: 9 July 1999
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Recording date: May 1993
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Label: XIII Bis Records
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Also performed: Black Session, France Inter (15 March 1994)
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Originally by: Michel Polnareff
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Type: live radio session
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Date: 26 November 1995
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Programme: Le Top Live
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Station: Europe 1 (Paris)
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Originally by: The Troggs
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Type: live radio session
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Date: 12 October 1994
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Programme: Le Top Live
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Station: Europe 1 (Paris)
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Originally by: Bonnie Dobson (later rearranged by Tim Rose)
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Type: live
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Date: 24 September 2001
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Venue: John Peel's 40th Anniversary Party, King's College, London
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Originally by: Henry Mancini
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Note: Instrumental
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Type: live radio session
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Date: 17 November 1992
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Programme: Black Session
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Station: France Inter
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Originally by: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
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Type: live radio session
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Date: 30 October 1995
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Programme: Black Session
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Station: France Inter
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Originally by: Thin Lizzy/traditional Irish folk song
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Note: The Black Session recording was released on a French Common People single and in the UK on the 1996 Childline charity album
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Type: live
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Date: 5th December 1998
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Venue: Bournemouth International Centre
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Originally by: Queen
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Note: This cover was sung by Gareth Dickinson who had appeared as Jarvis on Stars in Their Eyes. The real Jarvis played guitar.
In addition to the above, early live performances, around 1980, typically included a few cover versions. Examples: (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (The Monkees), Wild Thing (The Troggs), Leaving Here (Motorhead). Also, in 1984, Peter Mansell apparently sung a cover of Hurry Up Harry by Sham 69.
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Type: Studio recording (demo)
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Release: Astrud EP (US and Japanese versions only) (1997)
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Label: Sealed Fate (USA), Tone Vendor (Japan)
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Note: With Spanish lyrics
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Type: Live acoustic session
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Broadcast: Le Top Live, Europe 1 (Paris) (?)
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Date: 2nd May 1994
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Love Is Blind / Lullaby / Romantic Rights (7" single: limited to 500 copies) (23rd June 2008)
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Label: Sheffield Phonographic Corporation
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Notes: Both the original version and this cover were produced by Alan Smyth. The Bon Bon Club was a collaboration featuring members of The Long Blondes and Slow Down Tallahassee.
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Faceache (single) (1994)
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Label: Domino
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: ?
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Date: ?
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Note: Hungarian band
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Minitel Rock Steady Vol. 1 (various artists EP) (1997)
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Label: Invicta Hi-Fi
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Note: Also appears on Special Skool: The Best of Invicta Hi-Fi (various artists album)
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Type: Live recording (Atomic Cafe, Munich - 11th August 2004)
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Type: Live acoustic session
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Broadcast: Live Lounge, BBC Radio 1
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Date: 6th February 2004
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Wishful Thinking (EP) (October 1993)
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Label: Icerink
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Note: One of the vocalists, Celina Nash, played one of the sisters in the promotional video for Babies in 1992.
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: The Listening Class (album) (2003)
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Label: Easter Records
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Joe's 90s (26th December 2005)
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Label: EMI Ireland
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Island Life: 50 Years of Island Records (various artists compilation album) (1st June 2009)
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Label: Universal
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Also played live: Radio 2 Live in London (IndigO2, Greenwich) on 26th November 2008; Sheffield Arena on 6th February 2009
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Cocktail 2000 (album) (circa 1997)
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Label: Music For Leisure
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: A Closer Communion (album) (1997)
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Label: none
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Note: Adapted version of Common People
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Type: Live (January 2011)
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Note: Adapted version of Common People in Catalan
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Type: Studio recordings
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Recorded: The Town House, London (January or February 2002)
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Label: Universal Island Records
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Produced by: Cameron Craig & Pulp
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Musicians: Richard Hawley (guitar), Andy Cook (drums), Martin Slattery (Fender Rhodes)
Waltz version
Pub Rock version
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Release: Different Class (album: deluxe edition bonus disc) (11th September 2006)
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Bad Cover Version (single) (15th April 2002)
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Label: Universal Island Records
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Produced and recorded by: Fabien Antonio
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Time Flies (album) (2004)
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Label: none
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Type: Studio recording
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Releases: Born to Cry (single) (3rd November 2008); Made In Sheffield (album) (10th November 2008)
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Label: Decca/Autonomy Recordings
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Type: live
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Date: 10th August 2005
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Venue: Sound Advice Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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Type: live
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Date: October 2014
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Venue: Sala Capitol, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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Type: Studio recording
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Release: Has Been (album) (5th October 2004)
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Label: Shout! Factory