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Released on RCA International, also I Go Ape (Neil Sedaka), Can U Dig It? (Pop Will Eat Itself) and Clink, Clink, Another Drink (Spike Jones and His City Slickers)
Part of Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques, also Danse Nude, Elegy and Esperansa
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Anthony Phillips wrote 115 songs on fono
Anthony Phillips’s most frequent co-writer is Mike Rutherford (34 songs together)
Anthony Phillips first appears on fono in 1968, 14 years before this song
Credits
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- Written by
- Anthony Phillips
- Released on
- RCA International
- Written by
- Anthony Phillips
- Released on
- RCA International
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Same label: RCA International
Same release: Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques
Same label: RCA International
Same release: Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques
Same label: RCA International
Same release: Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Old Wives Tale was written by Anthony Phillips
Old Wives Tale was written by Anthony Phillips
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Old Wives Tale is part of the release Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques
Old Wives Tale is part of the release Private Parts & Pieces Part III: Antiques
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz RCA International is the label of the song Old Wives Tale
RCA International is the label of the song Old Wives Tale
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Old Wives Tale was released on 1982