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VINTAGE ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
Various Artists
Collections - Miscellaneous Labels, D
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dee-Jay Jamboree 55113 | Teen Scene | $18.98 |
| A collection of 35 tracks featuring teen oriented rock 'n'
roll and doo-wop recorded in the late 50s and early 60s for Long Island's
Golden Crest and Shelley labels. Mostly pretty obscure artists. Has 20 page
booklet with extensive notes, artist photos, label shots and recording
information. ANDY & GINO: Love Is Love (all Around The World)/ TOMMY BIENER WITH WENDY & THE SCHOOL GIRLS: The Top 40/ THE CHESSMEN: Prayer Of Love/ RALPH DE MARCO: Donna/ CHARLES DELL: I'm Here To Tell You (what Ronnie Couldn't Say)/ Let's Tell Him Now/ BIG BOB DOUGHERTY: Bang Bang/ THE DOVERS: A Lonely Heart/ Alice My Love/ GINO: I‘m A Boy In Love/ Baby Don‘t Go Now/ PAUL GRIFFIN: Ragdoll Baby/ DICK HEATHERTON: Hey! Travelin' Man/ CURT JENSEN: Bobbie/ ANGELA MARTIN: Two Pairs Of Shoes/ THE MELLODEERS: The Letter/ THE MELODEERS: Born To Be Mine/ THE MONTELLS: My Prince Will Come (and He Will Be The One)/ DONNY LEE MOORE: You Left Me Standing There/ LEE PARKER: Sand Dance/ RONI POWERS: Any Friend Of Henry‘s/ RICKY AND ROBBY: Purple Pedal Pushers/ Suzzanne/ AUGIE RIOS: Augie Stay Home/ Lullaby/ No One/ There's A Girl Down The Way/ ANDY ROSE: Hey Scooter/ Just For Fun/ THE SEVEN TEENS: Steady Guy/ RICKY SHAW: I Got A Girl/ The Riddle/ JAN TOBER: Just Married/ DANNY WINCHELL: Don‘t Make Small Talk Baby/ Sugar Baby |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dejavue Retro Gold 4017 | The Encyclopedia Of Rock 'n' Roll | $11.98 |
| Interesting two CD set. The first CD is
pretty worthless -
it's a collection of rock 'n' roll hits by artists like Little Richard, Fats
Domino, The Platters, Chuck Berry and others but most of the recordings are
inferior remakes or later live recordings. The second disc is much more
interesting featuring live recordings from Alan Freed radio shows from the
50s featuring performances by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Otis William &
The Charms, The Cadillacs, The Chordettes, Gene Vincent, LaVern Baker, The
Platters, Clyde McPhatter, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley & The Comets and others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Disky 885702 | A Capitol Rockabilly Party, Part 1 | $18.98 |
| First volume in this excellent series
features 30 rockabilly, rock 'n' roll, rockin' country and country boogie
recorded for Capitol in the 50s. LEON CHAPPEL: Slow Down Sweet Mama/ TOMMY COLLINS: Black Cat/ SIMON CRUM: Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth/ DUB DICKERSON: My Gal Gertie/ JOHNNY FALLIN: Party Kiss/ THE FARMER BOYS: Cool Down Mama/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Smokey Mountain Boogie/ RUDY GRAYZELL: There's Gonna Be A Ball/ JIMMY HEAP: Sebbin' Come Elebbin'/ WANDA JACKSON: Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad/ Rock Your Baby/ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Cash On The Barrelhead/ BOB LUMAN: Try Me/ ROSE MADDOX: My Little Baby/ SKEETS MCDONALD: You Better Not Go/ You Oughta See Grandma Rock/ BOBBY NORRIS: I Went Rockin'/ JERRY REED: I've Had Enough/ When I Found You/ DEL REEVES: My Baby Loves To Rock/ TOMMY SANDS: The Worryin' Kind/ JEAN SHEPARD: He's My Baby/ CLIFFIE STONE: Barracuda/ Jump Rope Boogie/ HANK THOMPSON: A Six Pack To Go/ Lost John/ Rockin' In The Congo/ BOBBY LEE TRAMMELL: You Mostest Girl/ GENE VINCENT: Woman Love/ FARON YOUNG: Honey Stop/ When It Rains, It Pours |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Disky 885712 | A Capitol Rockabilly Party, Part 2 | $18.98 |
| 30 fine tracks recorded for Capitol in the
50s - rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and upbeat country. Good sound and
informative notes. THE CHARLIE BOP TRIO: Mr. Big Feet/ SIMON CRUM: Bop Cat Bop/ JOHNNY FALLIN: Party Line/ THE FARMER BOYS: My Baby Done Left Me/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Hey Mr. Cotton Picker/ JIMMY HEAP: Go Ahead On/ FERLIN HUSKY: Draggin' The River/ WANDA JACKSON: Honey Bop/ I Wanna Waltz/ KENNY LORAN: I Chickened Out/ BOBBY LOUIS: Cell Of Love/ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Red Hen Hop/ BOB LUMAN: Everybody's Talkin'/ ROSE MADDOX: Move It On Over/ SKEETS MCDONALD: Don't Push Me Too Far/ Heartbreakin' Mama/ THE MILO TWINS: Baby Buggie Boogie/ GENE O' QUIN: Texas Boogie/ RAY PARKS: You're Gonna Have To Ball, That's All/ JERRY REED: I'm Stuck/ Mister Whizz/ DEL REEVES: Baby I Love You/ THE RIO ROCKERS: Mexicali Baby/ TOMMY SANDS: Playin' The Field/ JEAN SHEPARD: Jeopardy/ HANK THOMPSON: Deep Elm/ GENE VINCENT: You Told A Fib/ FARON YOUNG: Alone With You/ I Can't Dance/ Last Night At A Party |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Disky 885772 | A Capitol Rockabilly Party, Part 3 | $18.98 |
| 30 more fine tracks. LEON CHAPPEL: I'm A Do Right Daddy/ DICK DALE: Deltone Rock/ JIMMIE DOLAN: Juke Box Boogie/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Blackberry Boogie/ Catfish Boogie/ Kissin' Bug Boogie/ The Shot-gun Boogie/ JACK GUTHRIE: I Flipped/ Oakie Boogie/ The Clouds Rained Trouble Down/ WANDA JACKSON: I Gotta Know/ Savin' My Love/ SONNY JAMES: Uh Uh Mm/ You've Got That Boogie/ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Freight Train Boogie/ SKEETS MCDONALD: Blues In My Mind/ You're There/ THE MILO TWINS: Downtown Boogie/ GENE O'QUIN: Boogie Woogie Fever/ I Believe In Lovin' 'em/ Too Hot To Handle/ JERRY REED: Bessie Baby/ Rockin' In Baghdad/ The Great Empty Room/ You Make It, They Take It/ TOMMY SANDS: Maybellene/ MERLE TRAVIS: Louisiana Boogie/ Merle's Boogie Woogie/ GENE VINCENT: Bluejean Bop |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Disky 793762 | The Best Of Skiffle | $19.98 |
| Three CD set at a bargain featuring 75 examples of the
British skiffle sound - except for the tracks by The Chas McDevitt Group and
a few recent groups it's all original 50s recordings including lots of
Lonnie Donegan plus The Vipers, Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys, Les
Hobeaux Skiffle Group, Don Lang Skiffle Group, Jimmy Jackson' Rock 'n'
Skiffle, Lorrae Desmond & Her Rebels, Original Barnstormers Spasm Group and
others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Disky 999862 | As Good As It Gets - Skiffle, Vol. 2 | $17.98 |
| A second entertaining collection of the popular British
musical form in the 50s called skiffle. This set includes all the top names
as well as lots of obscure artists - The Vipers Skiffle Group, Lonnie
Donegan Skiffle Group, Jimmy Miller & The Barbecues, The Levee Breakers,
Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle, Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys, Chas
McDevitt Skiffle Group (like volume one his recordings are recent
re-recordings), Chris Barber's Skiffle Groups, Original Barnstormers Spasm
Band, Don Lang & His Skiffle Group and others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dixie 2222 | Great Dixie Rock And Roll | $16.98 |
| 30 tracks, 69 minutes, recommended This 30 tune CD is the first of a series covering the output of Dixie records out of Madison, Tennessee. Dixie was the custom division of Starday Records pressing dozens (if not hundreds) of hillbilly and rockabilly 45's for hopeful artists. Most were 100-500 pressings to be sent to record companies, radio stations, sold at shows or just given away to family and friends. The quality was often high so it's no wonder these are highly prized by collectors. This series goes way beyond the 7 LP's issued on the Million label in the 80's. So on to the first volume. Piano pounder Groovey Joe Poovey had perhaps the most sought after Dixie recording - Ten Long Fingers , a brilliant performance. It's here along with an earlier one called Move Around . Pat & Dee's Gee Whiz and Howard Mayberry's This Just Can't Be Puppy Love could scare off some by the titles but they really cook and aren't poppy at all. Darrell Felts and the Confederates are represented by a B-side, The Weepers , a slowey. There's a fair amount of amateur sounding stuff here but there should be plenty to please fans of obscure but good (and sometimes great) rockabilly, C&W and instrumentals like Jay Gallegher's Crazy Legs , Ken Lightner's The Corner Of Love , Jessie Floyd's Hangover Blues , etc. ART BUCHANAN: Hi Yo Silver/ DERRELL FELTS: The Weepers/ JESSE FLOYD: Hangover Blues/ JAY GALLEGHER: Crazy Legs/ Steady Flame/ GUY GARDNER: High Society/ GENTRY BROTHERS: Swooney/ THE GENTRY BROTHERS: Swanky/ HOWARD & THE DARTS: Oh My Love/ RAY HUDSON: The Blues Walked Away/ DEE JOHNSON: I'm Your Guy/ CATHY KELLEY: Blues Hanging Round/ JIMMIE LEE: The Little Things You Do/ Three Little Wishes/ KEN LIGHTNER: The Corner Of Love/ HOWARD MAYBERRY: This Just Can't Be Puppy Love/ ARVIL MEERS: The Future I Hold/ WATSON MISHOE: She Told A Lie/ TOMMY NELSON: Dangling On A String/ PAT & DEE: Gee Whiz/ JOE POOVEY: Move Around/ Ten Long Fingers/ EDDIE REYNOLDS: Teen Lover/ EDDIE SKELTON: Curly/ JAKE THOMAS: If You Keep Doing The Way You're Doing Me/ UNKNOWN ARTIST: Good Lovin'/ Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go/ DON WAYNICK: Telephone Boogie/ THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS: Ali-Baba/ BILL WILLIS: Poor Man |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dixie 3333 | Boppin' Country Billies | $16.98 |
| 30 tracks, 71 minutes, recommended As the title suggests this disc gathers up the more country oriented material released on Dixie. The opener is a winner - Danny Brockman singing the heck out of one called Big Big Man , the fiddles and guitar are rousing. Elmer Bryant sings Gertie's Garter Broke , a funny yarn about a dance contest and well done too. The King Brothers with the Virginia Mountaineers were a bluegrass outfit and sound great on A True Loving Woman . Bill & Paul & the Bluegrass Travelers were another bluegrass band and they're not bad either on Doin' My Time and the instrumental Bluegrass Hop . Dang Your Pride by Ronnie Miller sounds like a cross between Buck Owens and Roger Miller. Just Look, Don't Touch by Dee Johnson is another good one, Dee's deep voice sound mighty fine and the guitar pickin' is very nice. And if git-fiddle wrestlin' is your thing then Tom Crook - Weekend Boogie , Jack Hanna - Brady And Dunky and Jake Thomas - Meanest Blues/ Poor Boy Blues should also please. Throw in a few more good ones and a few "flea-bags" and you'll have a taste of Dixie C&W. BECK BROTHERS: Big Rocker/ Just Like You/ BILL & PAUL & BLUEGRASS TRAVELERS: Blue Grass Hop/ Doin' My Time/ DOUG BRAGG: Lovin' On My Mind/ Red Rover/ DANNY BROCKMAN: Big Big Man/ ELMER BRYANT: Gertie's Garter Broke/ TOM CROOK: Weekend Boogie/ LITTLE CHUCK DANIELS: I've Got My Brand On You/ HORACE GOODWIN: The Country Jitterbug/ KEN HAMMOCK: Blue Guitar Jump/ JACK HANNA: Brady And Dunky/ DEE JOHNSON: Just Look, Don't Touch/ KING BROTHERS: A True Loving Woman/ RONNIE MILLER: Dang You Pride/ GENE MILLS: Yodlin' Chime Bells/ ART ONTARIO: It Must Be Me/ Last Goodbye/ PETE PETERS: Red Wing/ EDDIE SKELTON: Feelin' Blue/ DALLAS STAMPER: I'm Going To Heaven When I Die/ JAKE THOMAS: Meanest Blues/ Poor Boy Blues/ UNKNOWN ARTIST: Blue Suede Shoes/ Waitin' For A Train/ LES WALDROOP: Got It Made (in The Shade)/ MISSOURI WALKER: Lonesome Guitar/ HOYT & JO WEBB: Don't Wake Me, I'm Dreaming/ BOB WELLER: Devil's Heart |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dixie 4444 | Boppin' Country Billies, Vol. 2 | $16.98 |
| 30 tracks, 70 minutes, good. 30 more Dixie recordings mostly done in a boppin' hillbilly vein. This isn't as good as the previous collection (Dixie 3333) but there's enough here to recommend it, if only to the hardcore hillbilly fans. Connie Dycus (a guy) is pretty fair on the honky tonker Lying All The Time and the witty I Could Shoot Myself (If I Wasn't Afraid Of A Gun) isn't bad either. Bill & Paul and the Bluegrass Travelers are back for an encore with Change Of Heart and a breakneck instrumental Cumberland Valley Special . Wrangler is a good guitar-led instrumental by Eddie Reynolds. Bill Goodwin & the Western Ramblers sound alright on the jaunty Your Lying Ways . Jimmy Blakley probably comes up with the best one here on Holiday For Love . Mel Price's Until is A-OK and Tommy Nelson contributes a very catchy country pop tune, Like Let's Get Out . Most of the rest are either mediocre or downright amateur night howlers. ( BILL & PAUL & BLUEGRASS TRAVELERS: Change Of Heart/ Cumberland Valley Special/ JIMMY BLAKLEY: Holiday For Love/ JOHNNY CLAYTON: Never Again (will Love Knock On My Door)/ THE DAVIS BROTHERS: More In The Man/ THE DIXIE HARMONAIRS: Hi Ho Silver/ J.P. DUNN: Kentucky Fandango/ Long Time Ago/ CONNIE DYCUS: I Could Shoot Myself/ Lying All The Time/ THE FIVE WILLIAMSON BROTHERS: I've Got A Bead On You Baby/ BILL GOODWIN: Your Lying Ways/ THE HALF BROTHERS: This Little Girl Of Mine/ JACK HANNA: Old Blue/ CHARLOTTE HARDEN: Alone With You/ DEE JOHNSON: You're Number One/ LYLE KEEFER: Hand Full Of Love/ SLEEPY LABEFF: You're So Easy To Love/ ARVIL MEERS: The Way You Want It/ MALCOLM NASH: I Guess I'm Wise/ TOMMY NELSON: Like Let's Get Out/ JIMMIE PEARSON: Nobody Cares/ MEL PRICE: Until/ EDDIE REYNOLDS: Wrangler/ JIM RIDINGS: My Baby Don't Want Me No More/ You're Gonna Pay/ DOTTIE SWAN: Blue News/ UNKNOWN ARTIST: I Walk The Line/ RENAUD VELUZAT: Purty Lit'l/ BILL WILLIS: Going Down To Sal's House |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dixie 5555 | Great Dixie Boppin' Hill Billies | $16.98 |
| RAY ANDERSON: Sputniks And Mutniks/ RONDELL BARKER: Courtin' Under The Moon/ JOE BRYANT: A Man Ain't Nothing But A Woman's Slave/ Pulpwood Blues/ KEN CLARK: Ho! Ho! Love 'em Joe/ Quit Fool (mama's Lookin')/ COUSIN ARNOLD: Be My Baby, Baby Doll/ Sweet Talking Daddy/ BOB & CINDY DEAN: Gone For Another/ I'm Knocking At The Door (of Your Heart)/ LUKE GORDON: Baby's Gone/ Big New Dance/ Goin' Crazy/ Going Down The Road/ What Can You Do?/ LUCKY HILL: I'm Checkin' Out/ I'm Missing You/ BILL JOHNSON: Lonesome Daddy Blues/ THE MUSICAL-AIRES: Wildcat Hop/ AL PETTY: Steeling The Boogie/ TAYLOR PORTER: Sunny Side Of The Mountain/ ROCKING MARTIN: All Because Of You/ HOYT SCOGGINS: The Old Chain Gang/ What's Gonna Happen To This Old World/ What's The Price (to Set Me Free)/ EDDIE SNELL: Head For The Hills/ I'm Going Down (for The 3rd Time)/ BILL STUCKER: I Go On Pretending/ SUTHERLAND: Johnny I'm In Love/ JOHNNY SUTHERLAND: We'll Have A Time, Yes Siree | |||
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dixie 6666 | Great Dixie Boppin' Hill Billies | $16.98 |
| JACK CARDWELL: Hey, Hey Baby/ Once Every Day/ JESSIE COATES: Nobody Can Take My Baby/ You Gotta Be Goo/ EDDIE EDDINGS: Country Favorites/ Country Style Boogie/ Smoochin'/ FRANK EVANS: Pull The Shades Down Ma/ What Is It (that I'm Too Young To Know)/ TONY FARR: There's No Sense In Marrying Me/ HIGH POCKETS: Boy Crazy Jane/ Then We'll Be Happy/ JERRY & THE STRING TRIO: Judgment Day/ Lead Me To The Promise Land/ DON JOHNSON: Briar Hopper/ ERNEST & AGNES JOINES: Brown Eyes And Brown Hair/ Falling In Love Again/ BUDDY LIVINGSTON: Back When She Was Young/ JACK MORRIS: Cooing The Wrong Pigeon/ FRANK OLE'SHAY: Love, Love, Love Me Honey Do/ My Baby's Not Here (in Town Tonight)/ HAL PAYNE: Honky Tonk Stomp/ MELVIN PRICE: The Pace That Kills/ LITTLE JODY RAINWATER: The Man That Wrote Home Sweet Home (never Was A Married Man)/ AL SIMS: Little Red Caboose/ TENNESSEE JIM: Don't Steal Her/ CARVIS TURNEY: Honky Tonk Ways/ HOWARD WESTERN: Sawmill Blues Boogie/ DAVE WOOLUM: Done Gone And Done It/ You're So Nice | |||
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dragon Street 70100 | The Big "D" Jamboree - Live, Vols 1 & 2 | $25.98 |
| Two Cds, 54 tracks, 145 mins, highly recommended Another amazing production from Dragon Street Records - this one features two CDs of live recordings made at Dallas's Big "D" in the 50s drawn from recently discovered transcriptions. Most of the recordings were made between 1956 and 1959 along with a short show from 1950. Disc one is all country and disc two is rockabilly and rock 'n roll. Highlight of the set are five live tracks by the great Carl Perkins with his band including his takes on some recent hits by other artists including a fabulous version of That's All Right based on the Elvis version. Some of the tracks from the rockabilly disc have been out on previous Dragon Street issues (Groovey Joe Poover, Johnny Dollar, Gene Vincent) but we also get to hear Johnny Carroll, the mediocre Belew Twins, local rocker Tommy Mitchell doing a good version of Elvis's Too Much, Warren Smith (great!), Jerry Reed, Sid King & The Five Strings, Werly Fairburn, Orville Couch and Ronnie Dee (Dawson). On the country side we get Johnny Cash doing doing three of his recent recordings, The Texas Stompers (the house band which was basically an augmented version of the Light Crust Doughboys), Cowboy Copas, ferlin Husky, Hank Locklin, The Kentucky Mountain Boys, Sherry Davis, Leon Payne, Wanda Jackson and others. There's lots of interesting between song patter and introductions from announcer Johnny Hicks. Sound quality is superb and the set is beautifully packaged in a fold out digipack and comes with a 32 page booklet with extensive notes by Kevin Coffey and lots of great vintage photos - many of them from the Jamboree itself. A class production all round. (FS) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dragon Street 70101 | The Gals Of The Big "D" Jamboree | $14.98 |
| 29 tracks highly recommended Another entry in the Legends Of The Big D Jamboree Series celebrating the legendary Dallas country music radio show of the 40s & 50s, this time showcasing the female side. Though there's a few ringers here, & some of the most popular Gals couldn't be on here, it's still a wonderful listen. The biggest star here is Charlene Arthur, who's heard here on a couple live Big D tunes including her biggest, Welcome To the Club & What About Tomorrow, as well as a 70s airshot from Justin Tubb's radio show from his daddy's Nashville record store, as well as a couple demos from '57 incl Hello Baby written by Helen Hall. Hall, another Big D star & wonderful honky tonker, is also showcased here on 9 tracks, including her own demo for Hello Baby, some rare 70s recordings including What Else Does She Do Like Me?, & a couple '55 sides done for Coral with backing by Big D regulars, which are my 2 faves of the set, Honky Tonk Husband & Wasted Life. Though not a D regular, Wanda Jackson is heard with a live No Wedding For Joe live from the Jamboree, & ringer Janis Martin is allowed here, though she wasn't on the show, but is heard on a never before heard Cracker Jack from around the same time, live on the radio with her regular backing band. Fine booklet with liner notes & rare pics. (GM) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dressed To Kill DTKBOX 66 | Sun Gods | $17.98 |
| 3 CDs, 57 tracks, 170 mins, highly recommended Behind the goofy title is a splendid collection of 56 great sides from Sun along with 47 minutes of interviews with Elvis from the 50s. No big surprises here but the compilers have done a nice job of including a lot of the more obscure but fine tracks like Rabbitt Action by Jimmy Haggett, Flat Foot Sam by Tommy Blake, Goin' Crazy by Mack Self, Charlie Feathers' Sun demo of Bottle To The Baby, Me & My Rhythm Guitar by Johnny Powers, the demo of Claudette by Roy Orbison, Rock Boppin' Baby by Jack Earls and more from Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Billy Lee Riley, Ray Harris, Hayden Thompson, Gene Simmons, The Miller Sisters, Eddie Bond, Sonny Burgess, Dean Beard, Johnny Carroll and lots more. No notes but sound is excellent (except for some of the interviews) and at this price you can't go wrong. (FS) |
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