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Otherwise all pounding good!","brand":"The Pretenders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49385405677801,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/8508\/9001\/files\/Classic45s-Generic-Record_3b2fce07-6f7c-4159-8189-ed7b1e9cb516.png?v=1763493779"},{"product_id":"thin-line-between-love-and-hate-time-the-avenger-1","title":"Thin Line Between Love and Hate\/ Time the Avenger","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a nearly new stock copy, in its original picture sleeve. Note: B side is an unreleased live version of the song originally included on the LP Learning to Crawl. 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