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==Legal disputes== Due to legal disputes regarding the ownership of the name "Andrew W.K.", ''Close Calls with Brick Walls'' was initially only released in Japan and Korea. On August 18, 2007 it was given a limited release in America only on vinyl on [[Wikipedia:Load Records|Load Records]] with 5 exclusive bonus tracks, but only became widely available on CD to the rest of the world in March 2010, bundled with a second disc containing a collection of rare and unreleased songs entitled ''Mother of Mankind''. In September 2009, writing in the British newspaper, ''[[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'', Andrew W.K. acknowledged legal disputes around his name: "At the end of 2004, an old friend of mine got in some business trouble and basically decided to take it out on me. To cut a long story short, this person is someone I worked very closely with and had a formal and family business relationship with. Due to various complaints this person had with me, they were able to turn my life and career upside down. I wasn't allowed to use my own name within certain areas of the US entertainment industry and we were in a debate about who owned the rights to my image, and who should get credit for 'inventing' it. This made my life complicated and intense for a few years, but I kept working and doing whatever I could to keep moving forward."<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/sep/16/andrew-wk-55-cadillac |title=Andrew WK: I am finally a free man |location=London |work=[[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]] |date=September 16, 2009 |access-date=September 16, 2009 |last=W.K. |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew W.K.}}</ref>
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