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I've fixed the ï¿½ thing. 

About the "comma case", my automated script is -- among many other things -- removing all spaces between tracks numbers in the musicians field. There is no official rule about it, but I like the more compact look of it when it has no space. I feel the musician names and instruments are more important than track numbers! (IMO, of course)

By the way, I don't see what you see: "the number 11 also having a space after the number itself, as well as between the comma and the next track number" ?? I just can't find it! 

I didn't touch the bio. I'm going to sleep now... 

That's funny, David, because in those 3 examples, there are no spaces at all. It's an illusion caused by the font. The "1" character has more void than others on each side. If you want to be sure, just copy and paste the quote above in some notepad-editor, you'll see. 

And, for your info, I don't think Eugene removed any spaces. My script did.

Heres is the right one taken from their Bandcamp ( https://vitralband.bandcamp.com/album/os-loucos) and confirmed by Bruno Moscatiello:

THE OLD MAN & THE SEA - possible replacement biography for consideration.

Formed Horsens, Midtjylland, Denmark in 1967. Disbanded Brund, Midtjylland, Denmark in 1975. Briefly reformed for a single show in 1990, and again in 2003.

THE OLD MAN & THE SEA was a progressive rock band from Denmark which was formed in Horsens, Midtjylland in 1967 by Benny STANLEY (guitar), Knud LINDHARD (bass) and Tommy HANSEEN (organ, keyboards). The band's first line-up was finalised with the addition of Lars "Beske" THYGESEN on drums and Robert HAUSCHILD on vocals. This version of the band toured widely in Denmark and also played some gigs in Norway, but split up when they returned from there in 1969.

They then reformed in 1971 with a new line-up, bringing in John LUNDVIG to replace Lars THYGESEN on drums, and Ole WEDEL to replace Robert HAUSCHILD on vocals. The remaining core of the first incarnation of the band had earlier relocated to Brund, Midtjylland, and the reincarnation of the band was signed to Sonet Records after being introduced to sound engineer Freddy Hansson, who was working for Rosenberg Studios in Copenhagen, and had an agreement with Sonet allowing him to sign artists and do recordings with them. The band went on to record their self-titled 'Old Man and the Sea' debut album at Rosenberg Studios in 1972.

However, according to keyboard player Tommy HANSEN, Sonet didn't have a clue about how to handle the final product, and only managed to press 500 copies - most if not all of which were faulty - with at least two or three skips when played on a normal turntable. As a result the record soon became a collectors item, and was subsequently counterfeited at least twice.

Despite feeling very strong about the future when returning from Copenhagen after finishing the recordings, the band was soon to be badly shaken by bassist Knud LINDHARD's announcement that he was ready to leave the band for good. The line-up was so integrated at that time that it really felt impossible to find a replacement for him. However, live performances went on - with several new band members being drafted in during this period.

Sometime after the release of their first album, the band began composing new material for a second album. By then they were very much influenced by the YES 'Close to the Edge' album, and had a few songs taking off in a similar direction. However, the record companies didn’t seem interested in that style of music, and despite the band approaching CBS Denmark about a possible record deal, nothing came of it, and they split up again in 1975.

Moving on a good few years, the band eventually got together again and played 2 single shows with different member line-ups, firstly in 1990 and finally in 2003. As a result of the second show in 2003, the Danish label Karma Music released a compilation album called simply '1972-75' which consisted of an assembly of studio tracks culled from demos, live recordings and the unreleased second album. The German Shadoks label then produced a high quality vinyl reissue of 'The Old Man and the Sea' debut album in 2013 with two bonus tracks, which was scheduled for release in late January to early February of that year.

Keyboard player Tommy Hansen was also part of the original line-up of symphonic rock band Iron Duke in the mid-1970's. He subsequently became the founder and manager of Toma Studio and Jailhouse Studio in Denmark, being best known for his production work with with the German power metal band Helloween.

THE OLD MAN & THE SEA's sound is heavily organ driven, with some fine guitar work and well delivered vocals, and has been compared to a rough JETHRO TULL (Aqualung period) or ATOMIC ROOSTER style, the music being tightly played on the whole, but also with plenty of space left for instrumental interplay on some of the tracks.

: : : Hugues Chantraine, BELGIUM : : : Expanded by David (yam yam) from various sources, October 2023.

https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=82336

This was supposed to say "LΦVE & EVΦL," but if this is not possible due to unicode restrictions, "LOVE & EVOL" works as well, and the band styles it like that sometimes.

If possible, the tracks "LOVE" and "EVOL" should say "LφVE" and "EVφL," respectively.

^ I see someone already deleted https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=82321

Nice discovery, by the way! Sounds good! 

Are these 2 paragraphs also written by the band or you compiled them from various sources?