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120 Months - May 1987 - The Cure, Erasure and XTC

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This week brings us three heavy-hitters from the UK, all of which were massive successes on college radio and gained a fair amount of airplay on the US Pop charts during their career. Plus, we discover a mystery artist with a fairly mysterious sounding song.

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