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          <rev user="Nick Ratcliffe" timestamp="2013-05-16T06:56:19Z" comment="/* The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook */ remove reference to Louis Armstrong boxset being out of stock" />
          <rev user="Nick Ratcliffe" timestamp="2013-05-13T22:33:36Z" comment="/* Elvis Costello on tour */" />
          <rev user="Nick Ratcliffe" timestamp="2013-05-13T22:27:23Z" comment="/* Elvis Costello on tour */ put Austin Texas show into the past.  Update image for future concert series." />
          <rev user="Nick Ratcliffe" timestamp="2013-05-09T07:33:56Z" comment="/* Elvis Costello on tour */ fix link for A Great Night In Harlem" />
          <rev user="Nick Ratcliffe" timestamp="2013-05-08T23:05:45Z" comment="/* Elvis Costello on tour */ update to add extra date to Norwegian tour" />
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