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Conrad, Jess (
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Conservative Party (
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Copacabana Beach (
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Cousins, Robin (
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Cream (
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crews (
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Crystal Palace, London (
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Cuba (
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Curdled Milk (
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Dalí, Salvador (
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Daltrey, Roger (
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)
Dean, Roger (
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Deep Throat
(film) (
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Dickens, Frank (
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Disney (
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DJs: ‘non-needle time’ (
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Dresden (
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Duke of York pub (
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Ealing Borough Social Club, London (
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Eastern Bloc (
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Egan, Mike (
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El Globo (
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English Chamber Choir (
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IV
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English Rock Ensemble (
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Entwistle, John (
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Evans, Dr (
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Evening News
(
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Evening Standard
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Falklands crisis (1982) (
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Fernandez, Tony ‘The Greasy Wop’ (
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Flashman, Stan (
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Fluminense Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (
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)
Foot, Michael (
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Fragile
(
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)
Fragile Carriage Company (
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)
France
Rick lives in the south of France (
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)
The Strawbs in (
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waterfall sound in
No Earthly Connection
(
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Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition (
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)
Funky Fat Fred (
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Gerrards Cross, London (
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Gerry and the Pacemakers (
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Goldsmith, Harvey (
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‘Gone But Not Forgotten’ (
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Great Train Robbery (
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Grundy, Bill (
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Guevara, Che (
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Hammersmith Odeon, London (
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)
Harefield Hospital, west London (
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Harley, Steve (
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Harris, ‘Whispering’ Bob (
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Harrison (Cuban government official) (
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Havana, Cuba (
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Hayes, Chris (
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Hayes British Legion, Middlesex (
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Heath, Sir Edward (
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Heathrow Airport (
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)
Heavy Jelly (
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)
Hemmings, David (
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Hendrix, Jimi (
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Hilton Hotel, Tokyo (
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Hodgson, Roger (
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Holden, Ken (
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Holiday on Ice
show (
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Holland, visit to (
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Holt, Ashley (
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), (
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Holy Cross Church, Warsaw (
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Honky Château
(
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Howe, Steve (
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Igor (Russian Head of Security) (
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ITV (
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James, Barney (
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James Royal and the Royal Set (
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Japan, Rick and the English Rock Ensemble in (
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Japanese Airlines (
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), (
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John, Elton (
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‘Journey’ (
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)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
(
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in America (
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)
at Crystal Palace (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
in Brazil (
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)
and the dinosaurs (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)
in Japan (
I
)
Number 1 in the album charts (
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)
recorded as a solo project (
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), (
II
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at the Royal Festival Hall (
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)
Julie’s Restaurant, Notting Hill Gate, London (
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)
K
Karl Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba (
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)
Kaufman, Rachel (
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KGB (
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uniform (
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VII
), (
VIII
), (
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Khan, Chaka (
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King Arthur see The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Koski, Albert (
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Kosygin, Alexei (
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)
L
Lane, Brian ‘Deal-a-Day’ (
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)
and the Brazil trip (
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), (
II
)
and
Journey
(
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)
and
King Arthur
(
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)
a legend in the music business (
I
)
and Rick’s heart attacks (
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), (
II
)
and Yes’s vegetarianism (
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)
‘Last Battle, The’ (
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)
L/ azienki Park, Warsaw (
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), (
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Leander, Alan (
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Led Zeppelin (
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Ledgerwood, Mike (
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), (
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Lennon, John (
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)
Lisbon (
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Little Richard (
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew, Lord (
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)
London Symphony Orchestra (
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Lufthansa (
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Lynch, Kenny (
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)
M
Maida Vale Studios, London (
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)
Manchester City Football Club (
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)
Manchester Free Trade Hall (
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)
Measham, David (
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II
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Melbourne (
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)
Melody Maker
(
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), (
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), (
IV
), (
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)
Mervyn Conn Artists (
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), (
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‘Midnight Hour’ (
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)
Moët & Chandon offices, London (
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)
Moon, Keith (
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), (
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Morgan Studios, Willesden, London (
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)
Moscow (
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), (
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), (
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), (
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Moss, David (
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), (
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), (
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Moss Bros (
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)
music therapy (
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), (
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), (
III
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Musicians’ Union (
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)
‘Mustang Sally’ (
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)
Myers, David (
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), (
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), (
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Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, The
(
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), (
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)
in America (
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), (
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)
in Brazil (
I
)
on ice (
I
), (
II
)
and Radio Solent (
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)
recorded (
I
)
Rick’s 1975 solo epic (
I
)
and
Success Story
(
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)
written in hospital (
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)
N
Nag’s Head pub (
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)
Napoleon Bonaparte (
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Nazis (
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), (
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Neasden, London (
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)
New World Symphony Orchestra (
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), (
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Newcastle City Hall (
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Newell, Roger (
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), (
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News of the World
(
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1984
(
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), (
II
), (
III
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NME
(
New Musical Express
) (
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No Earthly Connection
(
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‘non-needle time’ (
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), (
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), (
III
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Nordoff–Robbins Foundation (
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O
Old Grey Whistle Test, The
(television programme) (
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Olejniczak, Janusz (
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Olympus,
HMS (
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Olympus cameras (
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O’Neil, Terry (
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Packhorse pub, Gerrards Cross, London (
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)
Paraguay (
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), (
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Pat (tour manager) (
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Philadelphia Fury soccer team (
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)
Pickett, Wilson (
I
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Pickford-Hopkins, Gary (
I
)
Pink Floyd (
I
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Plug the Roadie (
I
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Poland (1982) (
I
), (
II
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Polish resistance (
I
)
Portugal (
I
)
1984
promotion (
I
)
problems at 1970s gig (
I
)
Prokofiev, Sergei (
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)
Q
Q
magazine (
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Quarry, Miranda (
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)
R
Radio 1 (BBC) (
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), (
II
)
Radio Luxembourg (
I
)
Radio Solent (
I
)
Red Lion pub, Brentford, Middlesex (
I
), (
II
)
Red Lion pub, Camden, London (
I
)
Redding, Otis (
I
)
rehab clinics (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
Reisner, Lou (
I
)
Rice, Sir Tim (
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), (
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), (
III
)
Rio de Janeiro (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
)
Rivelino (
I
)
Roberto (El Globo employee) (
I
)
Robertson, Willie (
I
)
Robertson Taylor (
I
)
Rolling Stones, The (
I
)
Roof Gardens, Kensington, London (
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)
Royal Albert Hall, London (
I
)
Royal College of Music, London (
I
)
Royal Festival Hall, London (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)
Royal, James (
I
)
RSPCA (
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)
Rupert the Bear incident (
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), (
II
)
Russia
bath towel incident (
I
)
passport and visa problems (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
Rick buys military uniforms (
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), (
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), (
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IV
), (
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Rick in a TV show (
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rwcc.com (Rick’s website) (
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