• Fruit – If You Feel It, Say Yeah
    • Fruit – Space Lady
    • Fruit – Life Is a Challenge
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    • Fruit – Say It (2 Track Live Demo)
    • Fruit – Fruit of the Universe
    • Fruit – Say It
    • Fruit – What You Gonna Do
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    • Fruit – I Lost the Love I Thought I Had (2 Track Live Demo)
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    • 2. Space Lady
    • 3. Life Is a Challenge
    • 4. I Lost the Love I Thought I Had
    • 5. Say It (2 Track Live Demo)
    • 6. Fruit of the Universe
    • 7. Say It
    • 8. What You Gonna Do
    • 9. Spring
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    Fruit's fleeting existence was only recently revealed by the discovery of a few unsold copies of their sole 1978 single "Say It" - a cult showpiece for savvy DJs and collectors. Athens of the North reach out and reissue their complete album of the group's stylish, dancefloor-smashing funk and deep disco on tape, unreleased for over 30 years. Essential! 

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