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In the Nick of Time (album)

1979 studio album by Nicolette Larson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ6012689 ↗
Source-derived summary

In the Nick of Time is the second album by Nicolette Larson. It features a duet with Michael McDonald, keyboards from Bill Payne, backing vocals from Bobby LaKind and Rosemary Butler, Ronnie Montrose and Eddie Van Halen (uncredited) on guitar and other collaborators. Larson had a minor hit with her McDonald duet, "Let Me Go, Love".

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “In the Nick of Time (album)” is 1979 studio album by Nicolette Larson. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Nick, Time and album, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current 56-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979. For this dossier, Nick, Time and album is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “1979 studio album by Nicolette Larson” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6012689. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “In the Nick of Time (album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.