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THE HAUNTED GENERATION

“I must have been about six or seven, and I woke up one morning and went downstairs into the family kitchen,” remembers Jim Jupp. “And there was a tiny footprint on the table, about an inch long. That made a huge impression on me. ‘Right, these things they’ve been telling me about, fairies and the tooth fairy… they’re real!’”

Jim, recording as Belbury Poly, is discussing the childhood memories that have partly inspired his new fairy-themed album, . Rather than

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