• Brief Encounter – Rocking
    • Brief Encounter – Since I Met You Girl
    • Brief Encounter – Now I Know I Love You
    • Brief Encounter – Just For Love
    • Brief Encounter – Always
    • Brief Encounter – We Want to Play
    • Brief Encounter – Sweet Tender Loving
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    • Brief Encounter – If You Want My Love
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    • 2. Since I Met You Girl
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    • 5. Always
    • 6. We Want to Play
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    Reissue of this privately pressed, modern soul grail from 1981 via Athens Of The North! Every tune a winner, featuring the essential cut, 'We Want To Play For You'!

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