History Did Linus Pauling Inspire Linus Peanuts?

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Which songs were performed, arranged or produced better in a cover than the original version? Which songs should have been left well alone? Also, I think restricting the covers just to released singles will restrict some interesting stonkers and stinkers so album tracks are allowed.

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Thread 'The Chinese early experiments in Rocketry -- Do we owe them?'

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