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SCIENTISTAt The Controls of Dub: Rare Dub 1979-1980(Jamaican Recordings)cd$ 21.00

Sadly this Scientist release is just okay, which is a disappointment because this is one of those dub albums with one of the more classic album covers -- this one featuring a D.C. comics-esque cover of Scientist and Culture (represented here as a single dred-locked super hero in a green jumper with a big yellow "C" on front) battling it out amongst the skyscrapers. The booklet includes an interview with Lady Souljah from KALX in Berkeley conducted via phone earlier this year.

Greensleeves finally gets off their duffs and reissues their classic Scientist dub LPs that have been floating around in various bootleg editions for ages now. Not only are they decent pressings, but they're pretty competitively priced to boot (the unsavory LP edition of "Wins The World Cup" that we had had in previously retailed for the same price as these.) Plus, you get the original artwork in all its heroic cartoon glory (possibly some of the greatest album cover art to come out of Jamaica - much of the time it seems people will buy them for cover alone.) With these handsome new editions there's really no reason to own the CD version anymore unless you no longer own a turntable (we do have all these Scientist albums available on CD as well for those who lack vinylability) and there's certainly no reason to waste good money on bootlegs. Let's hope that Greensleeves keeps these things in print for a while this time. The albums in this series are composed of tracks recorded by the Roots Radics band at Channel 1 between 1981 and 1982 which were later mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. The dubs on these LPs reside on the very minimal side of the dub spectrum. Not much in the way of additional tracking was done for these records aside from percussion. The rest of the crafting is done by the Scientist behind the mixing board chopping up the tracks, recklessly sliding faders and pouring tons of delay and reverb atop the mix. Cover note: features our hero being devoured (?) by a vicious metal Pac-Man in his control room. Behind the glass in the studio a collection of ghouls looks on gleefully. Will this be the end of Scientist? On the back cover there's an entire multi-panel cartoon precursor to this scene.

RealAudio clip: Prince's Wrath

How can you resist a Scientist record called Heavy Metal Dub? Especially with some of THEE most amazing cover art ever, a musclebound barbarian, in reggae colored loincloth and boots, dreads sticking out from under his Viking helmet, wielding an exploding sword, standing on the wing of his red, green and yellow spaceship, there's also some aliens, some other spaceships, a weird flying reggae lollipop man, and of course 'Heavy Metal Dub' is written in a cool video game font. And oddly enough, the song titles mostly seem to reference Star Trek: "Having Fun With The Klingons", "Conversations With Khan", "Party Time On The Enterprise", "Dread In A Remulacks Dub", among others. You can't resist. So really, why even bother trying? Now here's the rub, there's nothing remotely heavy metal about this record at all outside of the cover. Even opener "Watch The Sound Of The Metal Dub", is just straight up classic Scientist dub, but hell, we're not complaining, cuz as far as dub records go, this one is a doozy, slithery basslines, minimal guitar, simple rhythms, bizarre wordless vocals, everything DUBBED to high heaven, the songs sounding like they started off as classic reggae jams, but the Scientist goes nuts, sending beats spinning into the ether, guitars spiraling into stuttering swirls, the whirring organs following suit, the tracks flitting from groovy laid back reggae to total tripped out psychedelic dub and back again. And while that cover promised so so much, this is probably way better than any actual 'heavy metal dub' record could ever be anyway. At least that's what we keep telling ourselves...

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Greensleeves finally gets off their duffs and reissues their classic Scientist dub LPs that have been floating around in various bootleg editions for ages now. Not only are they decent pressings, but they're pretty competitively priced to boot (the unsavory LP edition of "Wins The World Cup" that we had had in previously retailed for the same price as these.) Plus, you get the original artwork in all its heroic cartoon glory (possibly some of the greatest album cover art to come out of Jamaica, much of the time it seems people will buy them for cover alone.) With these handsome new editions there's really no reason to own the CD version anymore unless you no longer own a turntable (we do have all these Scientist albums available on CD as well for those who lack vinylability) and there's certainly no reason to waste good money on bootlegs. Let's hope that Greensleeves keeps these things in print for a while this time. The albums in this series are composed of tracks recorded by the Roots Radics band at Channel 1 between 1981 and 1982 which were later mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. The dubs on these LPs reside on the very minimal side of the dub spectrum. Not much in the way of additional tracking was done for these records aside from percussion. The rest of the crafting is done by the Scientist behind the mixing board chopping up the tracks, recklessly sliding faders and pouring tons of delay and reverb atop the mix. Cover note: Features a victorious Scientist being carried out of a venue on the shoulders of his admirers to meet the throngs of the press and his green Rolls Royce limo. Track listing: Seconds Away, Straight Left, Upper Cut, Kidney Punch, Saved By The Bell, Right Cross, Jab, One - Two, Below the Belt and, of course KNOCK OUT.

RealAudio clip: Seconds Away

Oh man, is this a match made in heaven or what? Actually, more like a match made in outer space, or in whatever warped sonic reality dub legend Scientist calls home, a dozen killer dubstep jams, worked over by the master, already blissed out and skeletal, dubbed out and droney, bass heavy and skittery, Scientist takes those original jams and sends them careening into the cosmos. Much of the bass is stripped away, but the drums, oh the drums, they get the science like nobody's business, bouncing from speaker to speaker, stuttering, and hiccupping, everything wrapped in clouds of echo and delay, the original melodies pulled apart until they're just barely-there streaks of sound, the dubbiness already in full effect, gets cranked to 11, most of the vocals are buried, but little bits of vocals are doused in effects and spit into the ether, only to have them boomerang right back, dizzying and dazzling, spaced out and psychedelic, even the most minimal stripped down tracks take on new life via Scientist's golden touch, it's hard to explain just what it is he does, but you can hear it, and feel it, the sounds are more out there, or in there, the original tracks just the blueprint for the abstract work of dubbed out sonic art they were meant to become. Totally blissed out and hypnotic, and so so so good. Makes us want to hear EVERYTHING get the Scientist dub treatment, garage rock, black metal, whatever, anything and EVERYthing. As a bonus, included is a second bonus disc, with all the original tracks, a pretty bad ass dubstep comp all on its own. The whole thing comes packaged in an eye popping old school reggae/dub cartoon covered 8 panel digipak, depicting Scientist manning multiple spacecrafts, each with a cadre of dubsteppers as his crew. Awesome!

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SORRY. Vinyl version of the bonus disc that came with the Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space cd, featuring the UNmixed originals, the Scientist name and album title are definitely misleading, but this is a seriously kick ass dubstep comp regardless. If you're after the vinyl version of the Scientist mixes (and you should be), you can find that elsewhere on the aQ website...

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SORRY. NOW ON VINYL!! Oh man, is this a match made in heaven or what? Actually, more like a match made in outer space, or in whatever warped sonic reality dub legend Scientist calls home, a dozen killer dubstep jams, from the likes of Pinch and Kode9 and Shackleton, worked over by the master, already blissed out and skeletal, dubbed out and droney, bass heavy and skittery, Scientist takes those original jams and sends them careening into the cosmos. Much of the bass is stripped away, but the drums, oh the drums, they get the science like nobody's business, bouncing from speaker to speaker, stuttering, and hiccupping, everything wrapped in clouds of echo and delay, the original melodies pulled apart until they're just barely-there streaks of sound, the dubbiness already in full effect, gets cranked to 11, most of the vocals are buried, but little bits of vocals are doused in effects and spit into the ether, only to have them boomerang right back, dizzying and dazzling, spaced out and psychedelic, even the most minimal stripped down tracks take on new life via Scientist's golden touch, it's hard to explain just what it is he does, but you can hear it, and feel it, the sounds are more out there, or in there, the original tracks just the blueprint for the abstract work of dubbed out sonic art they were meant to become. Totally blissed out and hypnotic, and so so so good. Makes us want to hear EVERYTHING get the Scientist dub treatment, garage rock, black metal, whatever, anything and EVERYthing. The whole thing comes packaged in an eye popping old school reggae/dub cartoon covered jacket, depicting Scientist manning multiple spacecrafts, each with a cadre of dubsteppers as his crew. Awesome!

MPEG stream: 2012 Dub
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Yet another installment of Scientist-as-superhero LPs has arrived at Aquarius. Here's the skinny once again: Greensleeves finally gets off their duffs and reissues their classic Scientist dub LPs that have been floating around in various bootleg editions for ages now. Not only are they decent pressings, but they're pretty competitively priced to boot (the unsavory LP edition of "Wins The World Cup" that we had had in previously retailed for the same price as these.) Plus, you get the original artwork in all its heroic cartoon glory (possibly some of the greatest album cover art to come out of Jamaica - much of the time it seems people will buy them for cover alone.) With these handsome new editions there's really no reason to own the CD version anymore unless you no longer own a turntable (we do have all these Scientist albums available on CD as well for those who lack vinylability) and there's certainly no reason to waste good money on bootlegs. Let's hope that Greensleeves keeps these things in print for a while this time. The albums in this series are composed of tracks recorded by the Roots Radics band at Channel 1 between 1981 and 1982 which were later mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. The dubs on these LPs reside on the very minimal side of the dub spectrum. Not much in the way of additional tracking was done for these records aside from percussion. The rest of the crafting is done by the Scientist behind the mixing board chopping up the tracks, recklessly sliding faders and pouring tons of delay and reverb atop the mix. Cover note: The Scientist wields not one, but two laser pistols while simultaneously kicking and shooting those pesky Space Invaders as onlookers run for cover. Meanwhile, a brave female accomplice takes out a big purple invader with a laser rifle. On the back cover is a cute drawing of a stand up video game console cum mixing board with the album's credits displayed on its screen.

RealAudio clip: Beam Down

Greensleeves finally gets off their duffs and reissues their classic Scientist dub LPs that have been floating around in various bootleg editions for ages now. Not only are they decent pressings, but they're pretty competitively priced to boot (the unsavory LP edition of "Wins The World Cup" that we had had in previously retailed for the same price as these.) Plus, you get the original artwork in all its heroic cartoon glory (possibly some of the greatest album cover art to come out of Jamaica, much of the time it seems people will buy them for cover alone.) With these handsome new editions there's really no reason to own the CD version anymore unless you no longer own a turntable (we do have all these Scientist albums available on CD as well for those who lack vinylability) and there's certainly no reason to waste good money on bootlegs. Let's hope that Greensleeves keeps these things in print for a while this time. The albums in this series are composed of tracks recorded by the Roots Radics band at Channel 1 between 1981 and 1982 which were later mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. The dubs on these LPs reside on the very minimal side of the dub spectrum. Not much in the way of additional tracking was done for these records aside from percussion. The rest of the crafting is done by the Scientist behind the mixing board chopping up the tracks, recklessly sliding faders and pouring tons of delay and reverb atop the mix. Possibly the best album in this series, 'Rids the World...' utilizes the most effects and cut up wizardry in the bunch. Along with his usual bag of tricks, Scientist brings out what sound like rhythm boxes and loads them with so much effects as to turn them into proto-synthesizers. It's also the only title in this series that attempts to match the visual theme / title with an audio equivalent: "The Voodoo Curse", which starts the album, is full of ominous effects and several other tracks get vocal intros a la Lee Perry's "Vampire" requesting blood, and other stock horror intros including Mummies, Frankenstein, Werewolves and the living dead. Cover note: features Scientist crashing a midnight monster party on his sound system loaded air boat. All your favorites are there: the mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, the werewolf, and more. In the background is the Munster's house and tombstones cover the woods. Creeeeeepy! Allan informs me to tell all you videogame fans that the reggae music on Grand Theft Auto 3's "Jah 1 Radio" for Playstation 2 is this entire album.

RealAudio clip: Blood On His Lips

Limited edition 10" from the second volume of Select Cuts From Blood & Fire. Features extended dub versions of both Black Star Liner and Dan Donovan of Dub Cartel's mixes for the compilation.

Greensleeves finally gets off their duffs and reissues their classic Scientist dub LPs that have been floating around in various bootleg editions for ages now. Not only are they decent pressings, but they're pretty competitively priced to boot (the unsavory LP edition of "Wins The World Cup" that we had had in previously retailed for the same price as these.) Plus, you get the original artwork in all its heroic cartoon glory (possibly some of the greatest album cover art to come out of Jamaica, much of the time it seems people will buy them for cover alone.) With these handsome new editions there's really no reason to own the CD version anymore unless you no longer own a turntable (we do have all these Scientist albums available on CD as well for those who lack vinylability) and there's certainly no reason to waste good money on bootlegs. Let's hope that Greensleeves keeps these things in print for a while this time. The albums in this series are composed of tracks recorded by the Roots Radics band at Channel 1 between 1981 and 1982 which were later mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. The dubs on these LPs reside on the very minimal side of the dub spectrum. Not much in the way of additional tracking was done for these records aside from percussion. The rest of the crafting is done by the Scientist behind the mixing board chopping up the tracks, recklessly sliding faders and pouring tons of delay and reverb atop the mix. Cover note: features a victorious Scientist knocking in the winning goal against team whitey. And yet there is one brother on whitey's team who's making a failed attempt to block Scientist's kick. Could this be a competing engineer? Former employer? Who knows.

RealAudio clip: Ten Dangerous Matches

Wow. Pretty advanced reissue job on this Scientist -- the engineer for King Tubby who later went on to out Tubby Tubby -- lp from 1982 . If you look at the back cover of this you'll see in the lower left hand corner that now ubiquitous "Compact Disc Digital Audio" logo. But wait, this is an lp. Yep, "Greensleeves" (if they really are the ones behind reissuing their own catalog on

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SORRY. This good album was recorded in 1982 (two years after the "Big Showdown") at Channel One and King Tubby's, with the Roots Radics band supplying the rhythms. Yet another classic album of dub, and made more so by its ridiculous cover art (featured in the Jamaican music cover art book Stir It Up): an amalgam of images from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Battle Star Galactica, and Flash Gordon. Plus the song titles are hard to beat: "C-3PO + R2D2 = The Force", "The Crushing Of The Stormtroopers", "Buck Rogers In The Black Hole" and more. But no, you won't find any science fiction references in the music, just straight up dub. A final word of warning because I know some of you have concerns about dub and vocals, there are a few brief moments of singing on this album, albeit only at the beginnings of songs, so if that rubs your hiney the wrong way, then steer clear of this.

Greensleeves finally gets off their duffs and reissues their classic Scientist dub LPs that have been floating around in various bootleg editions for ages now. Not only are they decent pressings, but they're pretty competitively priced to boot (the unsavory LP edition of "Wins The World Cup" that we had had in previously retailed for the same price as these.) Plus, you get the original artwork in all its heroic cartoon glory (possibly some of the greatest album cover art to come out of Jamaica, much of the time it seems people will buy them for cover alone.) With these handsome new editions there's really no reason to own the CD version anymore unless you no longer own a turntable (we do have all these Scientist albums available on CD as well for those who lack vinylability) and there's certainly no reason to waste good money on bootlegs. Let's hope that Greensleeves keeps these things in print for a while this time. The albums in this series are composed of tracks recorded by the Roots Radics band at Channel 1 between 1981 and 1982 which were later mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. The dubs on these LPs reside on the very minimal side of the dub spectrum. Not much in the way of additional tracking was done for these records aside from percussion. The rest of the crafting is done by the Scientist behind the mixing board chopping up the tracks, recklessly sliding faders and pouring tons of delay and reverb atop the mix. Even though it was just a gimmicky way of doing a split LP by Greensleeves, I still find myself asking who the winner is of this faux boxing match between two of King Tubby's greatest proteges. There is no loser of course, but you can take this home and compare the pair's dubbing stlyles as they go through all ten rounds back to back. Cover art note: features a drawing of the two fighters in a boxing ring loaded with speakers around its sides and sitting at their mixing consoles in each corner. The Scientist even has a bunson burner heating up some green liquid in a beaker atop his mixer.

RealAudio clip: Round 1

Another lost gem from the fine folks at EM records in Japan. How do they do it? We're having trouble even discerning a pattern other than the fact that pretty much everything they release totally rules! This disc is called Ten Dubs That Shook The World and we weren't actually sure it was even a dub record until we threw it on, but it is, and no surprise here, it absolutely rules! Just the fact that one of the tracks is called "Grossly Overweight Dub" pretty much guaranteed that this would be a winner. The interesting thing about Sherriff Lindo & The Hammer is that it is actually the work of Anthony Maher who just so happens to be a member of sound experimentalists the Loop Orchestra. Which makes a bit of sense, when you realize that the Loop Orchestra utilized only analog tape machines and spliced tape to produce their Jeck like dronescapes. Exactly the sort of musical mind and old school approach that would lead someone to be into folks like Lee Perry, King Tubby, Prince Jammy and the like. So when Maher wasn't meticulously plotting out collaged soundscapes with his loop buddies he was holed up in his home studio concocting a vast array of tripped out psychedelic dubs. We're huge proponents of effects, especially in dub, take that snare, hit the delay and let it repeat forever and ever and ever, better still, change the speed and pitch while it's going and create a stuttering wall of dizzying sound. The Bush Chemists are still the champions when it comes to pushing the limits of FX common sense in the quest for the ultimate dub, but Sheriff Lindo comes close. But this isn't gimmicky or anything, this is true dub, but just with an extra helping of delay, so snares stutter and hiccup, huge swaths of melody get buried in sonic murk before drifting higher and higher in the mix, dreamlike dubs floating in a psych swirl of careening rhythms and subtle simple melodies, so awesome. Definitely one of our new favorite dub records (well, new OLD records, as this came out on lp years ago, only 250 copies pressed, but youknow what we mean). Definitely worthy of a place alongside the Perry's and Jammy's and Tubby's in your collection for sure. As with all EM releases, super deluxe liner notes, original album cover art, lots of photos, and this time liner notes in English too!!!

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Collection of rare alternate and otherwise unreleased tracks of Bim Sherman recorded for Adrian Sherwood's ON-U Sound label between 1981 and 1995. Only available on LP.

Seems it's been a while since I've heard anything from Mr Sherwood that's tickled my ear. Though not groundbreaking, the two tasty bits here are as good as any of the dub homages on either of the Select Cuts From Blood & Fire comps and it makes me wonder why

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SORRY. Hip hop remix. Rhythm = "Superwoman" (Lil' Mo).

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SORRY. Hip hop remix. Rhythm = "Wait A Minute" (Ray J).

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SORRY. Hip hop remix. Rhythm = "Who's That Girl" (Eve)

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SORRY. Hip hop remix. Rhythm = "One Minute Man" (Missy Elliott).

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SORRY. Hip hop remix. Rhythm = "Oh Yeah" (Foxy Brown) mixed with Maytals "54-46". B-side says "version" but has Elephant Man on it singing his theme song with "Spiderman" melody.

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SORRY. Hip hop remix. Rhythm = "I'm A Thug" (Trick Daddy).

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SORRY. Rhythm = "We Thuggin'" (Fat Joe).

Excellent collection of dub from some of the best. Recorded in 1975, at the zenith of dub engineering technology by the master of the knobs and faders (and acknowledged inventor of dub) King Tubby. But no dub record would be anything without an excellent set of musicians to boot, and in this incarnation of the Skatalites you have a giant heaping tablespoon of them, including (but not limited to): Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook, Ernest Ranglin, Ras Michael, Augustus Pablo and Jackie Mittoo. Lots of long, no hurry jams, with gobs of spring reverb, a smattering of tape echo, and pounding Nyabhinghi rhythms. So stoney that it's almost guaranteed to make you forget what you were doing if you listen to this disk long enough.

RealAudio clip: Heavens Gate

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23 years after the release in 1982 of Mutabaruka's "Check It!" the dubs can now be heard. The one and only collaboration between Mutabaruka and multi-instrumentalist Earl "Chinna" Smith, "Check It!" became a top seller and a huge hit in Jamaica despite being essentially blacklisted from Jamaican radio for Mutabaruka's "incendiary" lyrics. It was a match made in heaven: rasta poet with no music experience teams up with a young idealist and his musical collective -- The High Times Players -- to create an album completely outside what the roots or dancehall musicians were doing. While a few dubs from this seminal record were issued as b-sides on singles, there's never been -- until now -- a complete collection of those dubs on CD. Recorded at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Studio and with an impressive cast of musicians, including: Carlton Barrett, Augustus Pablo, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Dean Frazier and Bobby Ellis.

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A totally amazing collection of instrumental gems from Studio One's legendary in-house band. Best known for backing up the talented likes of Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Dennis Brown, and lots more, Sound Dimension are responsible for brewing up some of the most funky and warm sounding reggae tracks ever recorded, and in fact, so much of the music they created has been covered and duplicated by so many other artists that they almost sound like reggae standards now. What made Sound Dimension so irresistible was how they were actually fusing so many sounds in creating a new one. You can hear hints of big band, calypso, soul and funk all coming together to create a rocksteady sound that has withstood the test of time. As much as we loved the first collection of Sound Dimension tracks put out by Soul Jazz a couple years ago we are digging Mojo Rocksteady Beat even a little bit more! While so many other in-house studio bands were of course technically amazing players they often lacked creativity and color, something Sound Dimension was totally oozing with. This is music pretty impossible not to fall in love with. So great!

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The legendary in-house-band of Studio One were responsible for laying down totally rich and funky tracks under vocalists like Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis, The Heptones, etc. By merging elements of rock-steady, funk, roots, and jazz, they pretty much invented the foundation of the true reggae sound that would leave it's mark on the world for decades to come. Featuring a who's who of amazing musicians from the island, like Jackie Mittoo, Cedric Brooks, Leroy Sibbles, etc all under the legendary production of Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd. While their primary role was to be the house band at Studio One, they often would mess around in between sessions and work on instrumental tracks together. Jamaica Soul Shake collects those instrumentals, which showcase the essence of the raw and melodic birth of Reggae that they helped give life to. Every track on here hits the spot oh so nicely and once again reminds us of the magical warmth that was buzzing inside Studio One.

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Seems like hip-hop mixes had disappeared for a while there. All those sloppily pressed 7"s just dropped off the face of the earth. But we're fortunate to have locals still devoted to the art of fusing dancehall vocals to hip hop beats. What's refreshing about the four tracks on Sound Killers is that while most of the dancehall vocals are from fairly well known tracks, some of the hip hop rhythms are from older and otherwise less obvious tracks (ie: R.I.P. "One Minute Man" and Get Yr Freak On"). Included on this 12", two tracks to a side is Cutty Ranks "Limb By Limb" vs. Silas "The Jump Off", Capleton "Tour" vs. Baby "What Happened To That Boy", Supercat "Scalp Dem" vs. Eric B. & Rakim "Paid In Full", and Beenie Man "Girls Dem Sugar" vs. Erykah Badu w/Common "Love of My Life".

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