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REVOLUTION IN HIS HEAD – The late great Ian MacDonald on Faust (NME, 1973) and Robert Wyatt (NME, 1974) – and interviewed in 2001 by Paul Gorman.

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May 17 1999
Moby releases his fifth studio album Play on V2 Records. (1999)

 May 17 2002
Successful 60 US r-n'b vocalist Little Johnny Taylor dies, aged 59. On the same day, it is reported that US rapper Jay-Z has decided against buying a $6.5m New York City penthouse after posters about his criminal record were put up in the building. (2002)
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