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I believe that's Sparky providing vocals wearing his then famous long-johns with either Lindsay or Gar on drums. I actually projected this one evening live at Bread Spreads long ago to a "slightly" inebriated crowd. Quite surreal.&#13;
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I utilized the German Leicina (Leica) Special Super 8 camera with the superb optics of the Schnieder 10mm Cinegon Macro.&#13;
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