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I have met and worked with many good friends, and God saved me from fame.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e['Thee Mighty Caesars – You Make Me Die', 'The Buff Medways – Archive from 1959', 'The Milkshakes – For She', 'The William Loveday Intention – You Gotta Move', 'Thee Headcoats – Fingers in the Sun', 'The Spartan Dreggs – Headlong Fly the Achaens', 'Thee Headcoats – Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot', 'CTMF – Last Punk Standing', 'CTMF – Bob Dylan’s Got a Lot to Answer For', 'The Buff Medways – Troubled Mind', 'Billy Childish and The Singing Loins – I Don’t Like the Man I Am', 'Billy Childish and Holly Golightly – Upside Mine', 'The Guy Hamper Trio feat. 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