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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
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)
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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