• Brand New – Thousand Years
    • 1. Thousand Years
    • 2. Party Time

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          Reissue of this wicked, oddball, mid 80s Brit funk jam via Athens Of The North!
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          • – Mr DJ
          • – Happiness
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          • – More Than Words
          • – Still in Love

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