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Stewart Copeland and Stanard Ridgway Stewart Copeland Don't Box Me In mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Rock Album: Don't Box Me In Country: US Released: 1983 Style: Alternative Rock MP3 version RAR size: 1601 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1856 mb WMA version RAR size: 1345 mb Rating: 4.9 Votes: 872 Other Formats: AAC WMA APE DMF FLAC MOD VOC Tracklist Hide Credits Don't Box Me In A –Stewart Copeland And Stanard Ridgway* 4:10 Written-By – Stan Ridgway, Stewart Copeland Don't Box Me In B –Stewart Copeland And Stanard Ridgway* 4:10 Written-By – Stan Ridgway, Stewart Copeland Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc. Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc. Published By – Regatta Music Published By – Illegal Songs, Inc. Credits Composed By, Performer – Ridgway*, Copeland* Producer – Stewart Copeland Notes Promo Copy Same Track On Both Sides With X On Label Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout: A&M 02604 A P3 P Matrix / Runout: A&M 02604 A P4 P Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Stewart Copeland Stewart Copeland And A&M AM-2604 And Stanard Stanard Ridgway* - Don't AM-2604 US 1983 Records Ridgway* Box Me In (7", Single) Stewart Copeland / Stewart Copeland / A&M AMS 9751 Stanard Ridgway* - Don't AMS 9751 Italy 1984 Stanard Ridgway* Records Box Me In (7") Stewart Copeland And Stewart Copeland Stanard Ridgway* / And Stanard A&M AM-2604 Stewart Copeland - Don't AM-2604 US 1983 Ridgway* / Records Box Me In / Drama At Stewart Copeland Home (7", Single) Stewart Copeland, Stan Stewart Copeland, A&M AMS 9757 Ridgway - Don't Box Me In AMS 9757 Netherlands 1983 Stan Ridgway Records - Rusty James (7", Single) Stewart Copeland Stewart Copeland And A&M SP-17260 And Stanard Stanard Ridgway* - Don't SP-17260 US 1983 Records Ridgway* Box Me In (12", Promo) Related Music albums to Don't Box Me In by Stewart Copeland Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Music For Mark Ryden's "Blood" Dominic Ridgway - Wallee Needs Therapy / You'll Never Be Mine Stan Ridgway - What Fear Can Make You Do James Earl Jones , Stewart Copeland - Noah's Ark Athana, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Stewart Copeland - Athana Symphonic Experience Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - 2 Songs About Rome Michael Kamen, Stewart Copeland, J. Peter Robinson - Highlander - The Original Scores Stewart Copeland, Thomas Dolby - Guest D.J. Stewart Copeland - Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Stewart Copeland - Talk Radio.
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