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>>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4721AD249A87220D6933354C1A453FD19CA4CF482172E4F1BD2B02554DA034CB709FBA78FFDF36AB57FB0FD2EA45F43D7C0EF52F6D96F2D5DF0&sql=77:1922~T1<<

Above is the link to the All Music Guide listing of top vibraphone players. Of the players on that list I would try Roy Ayers, Dave Samuels, Jay Hoggard and Terry Gibbs first. After that it's just trial and error, unless someone else comes up with a better lead.

If you click on the person's name in allmusic.com you'll get to to their overview page and from there you can get to the discography page and then you have to check the various recordings from before 1983 for the one with vibes and chorus until you find the one you're looking for. Hope this helps.

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With the nonsense lyrics and the vibes/marimba element, it sounds as though it could have been Gong -- later incarnations were called Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It also could have been the prog rock band Henry Cow, which used a lot of marimba.

Of course, neither of these groups is even remotely like Mannheim Steamroller, so I could be way off base.

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