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Fact #52034

When:

Short story:

Paul Simon writes to Swindon Folk Singers Club, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, to ask if they can give him any gigs, for his usual fee of

Full article:

Paul Simon (text of letter) : I record for Columbia Records in the States and will cut my first LP for Topic Records over here. I would appreciate any work that you could give me between the first week of August and the first week of September.

Ted Poole (founder of Swindon Folk Singers Club) : When I told him where we were (in the basement of the Swindon Communist Party Branch) he said no because he didn't want to get on the list.