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First Listen: Derek Smalls, 'Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)'

Harry Shearer happily dons the grizzled hair and mustache of Spinal Tap's bassist one more time.
Derek Smalls' <em>Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)</em> comes out April 13 via BMG.

If you believe the press release — and in these credulous times, why wouldn't you? — semi-famous British rock dinosaur Derek Smalls, known for holding down the low end in , has chosen his 75th birthday to release his first ever solo album, . Claiming it as "halfway between 'rage against the dying

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