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to take the stage name ''Fantastic Plastic Machine.''

Track listing

#"Theme from 'The Fantastic Plastic Machine'" #"Night Flight" #"Green-O" #"Day Groovin'" #"Straight Ahead" #"Rock Slide" #"McTavish" #"Nat's Theme" #"Outta Sight" #"Green Grotto" #"Long Reef" Harry Betts albums 1969 soundtrack albums Epic Records soundtracks Documentary film soundtracks {{1960s-rock-album-stub