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Lou Reed papers
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Series I: Recordings
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "South America Text" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2000. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a456c26d-b0a5-4248-9d94-b05646b5a429
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "South America Text" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 4, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a456c26d-b0a5-4248-9d94-b05646b5a429
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (2000). South America Text Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a456c26d-b0a5-4248-9d94-b05646b5a429
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