In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record.
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These letters never have any term of expiration, so the band remain bound by the deal memo until a contract is signed, no matter how long that takes.
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