Fans’ favourite record was ELP bizarrely (5-7)

I believe the answer is:

crowd-pleaser

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'fans' favourite' is the definition.
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'record was elp bizarrely' is the wordplay.
'bizarrely' is an anagram indicator.
'record'+'was'+'elp'='recordwaselp'
'recordwaselp' with letters rearranged gives 'CROWD-PLEASER'.

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