Willie Buck w. Jose Luis Pardo & The Mojo Workers - I Know You Know About The Boogie

Album: I Know You Know About The Boogie
Size: 100,9 MB
Time: 43:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Bird Nest On The Ground (5:06)
2. Boogie For The Young People (And The Old Too) (5:30)
3. Friday Night (5:55)
4. Forty Days And Forty Nights (3:06)
5. Little By Little (4:38)
6. Rock Me Baby (6:22)
7. Streamline Woman (4:07)
8. Sugar Sweet (4:15)
9. Key To The Highway (4:37)

Willie Buck stands in the tradition of classic Chicago blues with a sound shaped by the cotton fields of Mississippi, the clubs, the workingman’s grit, and the emotional truth that defines the genre. His performances carry the feel of blues in its natural form: direct, soulful, and unmistakably real. From the deep roots of Mississippi to the heartbeat of Chicago blues, Willie Buck has carried an authentic sound across generations and across borders. Honored as a Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Master Blues Artist and often recognized for his link to the tradition of Muddy Waters, his career has taken that unmistakable blues voice from South Side clubs to audiences around the world.

Jose Luis Pardo was born in Buenos Aires, March 17, 1981. Altough nobody in his family was a musician, he was always surrounded by music and at the age of 16, he started playing in the pubs and blues clubs of his hometown. This was the beginning of a journey that would later take him to the best blues spots in the world. The talented musician has already toured Memphis, Chicago, New York, Florida, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Portugal, France, Colombia, Mexico and a numoerous other countries. He has several CDs and one DVD pusblished and he is one of the privileged guitar players from South America endorsed by legendary guitar company, Gibson.

Personnel: Wille Buck (vocals); José Luis Pardo (guitar); Edu Della Rossa (guitar); Christian Morana (bass); Adrian Carrera (drums); Fernando Jiménez (harmonica).

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Willie Buck & Bob Corritore - Oh Yeah!

Album: Oh Yeah!
Size: 91,2 MB
Time: 39:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Oh Yeah! (3:42)
2. She's Alright (2:24)
3. That Ain't Enough (4:27)
4. Brand New Cell Phone (3:13)
5. Money Can't Buy Everything (3:09)
6. Went Home This Morning (3:33)
7. She Turned Me Down (4:28)
8. Baby Please Don't Go (3:22)
9. Me And My Baby (2:57)
10. Let Me Find Out Your Name (7:53)

Willie Buck and Bob Corritore are true ambassadors of the classic Chicago blues sound. Their musical relationship began in the late 1970s when Willie invited Bob to join his band. And even though Bob moved to Phoenix, Arizona in the 1980s they’ve remained close friends and have reunited to perform together each year. The album Oh Yeah! on the VizzTone Label Group exemplifies their shared mission statement of delivering old school Chicago blues as it’s meant to be played.

Together with the All-Star backing band on this album Willie and Bob are set up to deliver the goods. One of the unique aspects of this album is the guest appearance of Muddy Waters band alumnus Bob Margolin, whose brilliant guitar work is featured on about 2/3 of the album. This connects all participants to that elusive Muddy Waters sound rarely achieved in today’s blues. If tough, pure Chicago blues is your pleasure, the this album is sure to bring great joy. /Blues Music Magazine

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Secret 4 & Willie Buck - Lab Jam (Live)

Size: 125.4 MB
Time: 53:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Boogie Woogie (Live) (4:45)
02. Don't Seem Like We Get Along (Live) (4:22)
03. How Long Can This Go On (Live) (3:42)
04. I Try So Hard To Please You (Live) (8:22)
05. I'm Watching You (Live) (7:22)
06. Love Me Like I Love You (Live) (4:02)
07. Lump In A / I Like It Like Dat (Live) (5:05)
08. Pump Up The Night (Live) (4:15)
09. Twine Time (Live) (5:17)
10. Rockn' (Live) (6:29)

Collectively speaking Secret 4 has been a part of the rockabilly, blues, rock, urban, and jazz scene in Chicago and Detroit for almost 120 years. Veterans of the music.

The Secret 4 is all instrumental band, all Chicago, deeply rooted in the Chicago Blues, Rockabilly, crossing paths at Country Road, Surf Ct, and Punk Lane.

Blues vocalist Willie Buck was born in 1937 in the small town of Houston, Mississippi. Willie performed on what became known as the “Chittlin Circuit” bouncing between Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, North & South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Shortly after developing his reputation, Willie migrated to Chicago in 1954 where he truly immersed himself in the Chicago Blues scene and became a real force on “Maxwell Street”.
Willie was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in Chicago in the summer of 2004.

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Willie Buck & The Delmark All-Stars - Live At Buddy Guy's Legends

Album: Live At Buddy Guy's Legends
Size: 122,1 MB
Time: 52:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Front

1. Jumping (6:33)
2. Kansas City (4:23)
3. Tried To Work Something Out (5:14)
4. What We Were Talking About (6:03)
5. Let's See If We Can Come Together (4:48)
6. Snow (6:27)
7. Willie Buck Talking (1:04)
8. Rock Me (6:23)
9. Walking And Swimming (5:20)
10. Hoochie Coochie Man (6:30)

First came “The Life I Love”, followed by “Cell Phone Man” and Delmark LLC’s kickoff blues release “Willie Buck Way”. An elder statesman of the Chicago Blues style, who has performed with everybody and knows everyone in the scene, Willie is one of the last standard bearers of the “old school” blues as its best. This album was recorded at Buddy Guy’s Legends, ground zero for this genre in Chicago, blues capital of the world. For the occasion, Willie brought his right-hand man of many years, Thaddeus Krolicki, to join the Delmark All-Stars consisting of some of the most experienced and respected performers of the Chicago tradition.

Personnel: Willie Buck (vocals); Billy Flynn (lead guitar); Thaddeus Krolicki (guitar); Scott Dirks (harmonica); Johnny Iguana (piano); Melvin Smith (bass) Willie "The Touch" Hayes (drums).

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Willie Buck - Cell Phone Man

Album: Cell Phone Man
Size: 137,5 MB
Time: 59:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. Doin' Good And Bad At The Same Time (3:13)
2. Darling I Miss You So (3:02)
3. Strange Woman (5:42)
4. Cell Phone Man (3:40)
5. I Want My Baby (3:14)
6. I Don't Know Why (3:35)
7. Two Women Talking (3:32)
8. Two Trains Running (3:28)
9. The Love We Share (3:36)
10. Going Down Main Street (2:33)
11. Streamline Woman (3:57)
12. What's The Matter With The Mill (2:33)
13. Tow Truck Man (3:17)
14. Tried To Work Something Out With You (2:56)
15. My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble (3:47)
16. I Wanna Talk To My Baby (4:01)
17. Blow Wind Blow (3:14)

This latest Delmark release by vocalist Willie Buck is very much influenced by Muddy Waters and the classic 1950s Chicago sound. Buck is backed by the Rockin’ Johnny Band with Johnny and Rick Kreher on guitar, John Sefner bass, Steve Bass on drums, the excellent Barrelhouse Chuck on piano and Martin Lang and Bharath Rajakumar sharing blues harp duties.

‘Doin’ Good And Bad At The Same Time’ opens the disc; it’s a Buck original employing a very Hubert Sumlin-ish guitar riff from Johnny. ‘Darling I Miss You So’ is here credited to Ted Taylor, but I believe Tiny Topsy and Lillian Offitt cut this song before Taylor. The versions by Topsy, Lillian Offitt, and in fact Taylor himself are credited to M. Babb who is apparently Morgan Babb, aka The Reverend Morgan Babb (thanks Mike!). Whatever, Buck and Co. give it a neat shuffle treatment, harp lays out but Chuck is strong on piano, and Buck’s vocal is impressive.

The Muddy influence is obvious on covers of ‘Strange Woman’, ‘I Don’t Know Why’, ‘Two Trains Running’, ‘Going Down Main Street’, ‘Streamline Woman’, ‘What’s The Matter With The Mill’ (aka ‘Can’t Get No Grinding’), ‘My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble’, and ‘Blow Wind Blow’. ‘Strange Woman’ utilises a ‘Help Me’ bass pattern, on ‘Two Trains Running’ Willie’s vocal is supported by Johnny’s acoustic guitar on a country blues-styled version. ‘Streamline Woman’ features Johnny’s skittering Muddy-style slide and Bharath Rajakumar on harp allied to a tough vocal treatment from Buck. ‘My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble’ pretty much follows the original version, as does ‘Blow Wind Blow’ with Martin Lang playing blues harp and Barrelhouse Chuck solid on piano behind Buck’s in-the-pocket vocal.

The fine original, ‘Cell Phone Man’, features the twin harps of Lang and Rajakumar on a song that owes a debt to the classic late ‘50s Wolf sound. However, Magic Sam is the reference point for the bouncy original, ‘Two Women Talking’. ‘Tow Truck Man’ is also Muddy style, utilising a rhythm pattern similar to ‘I Want To Be Loved’. The Buck original, ‘Tried To Work Something Out With You’, is definitely my pick of the litter, a bouncy shuffle with Rajakumar switching to guitar and Lang on blues harp allied to a sweet vocal from Willie Buck. ‘I Wanna Talk To My Baby’ is another acoustic country blues, with Willie’s vocal backed only by Rockin’ Johnny’s guitar.

By now you may have pegged Willie Buck as just a Muddy Waters imitator, and for sure he is heavily influenced by Muddy, but there is more to him than that. He plays old school ’50s Chicago blues the way it was always played. Nothing slick, no soul-blues posturing, no rock-blues, just the real deal, rough as a bear’s arse blues of the kind we don’t hear too much of these days. /Phil Wight, Blues & Rhythm

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Willie Buck - The Life I Love

Album: The Life I Love
Size: 154,3 MB
Time: 66:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. She's All Right (2:57)
2. How Can I Be Nice To You (5:27)
3. I Live The Life I Love (2:30)
4. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby (4:37)
5. Champagne And Reefer (4:10)
6. There's A Time (3:39)
7. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (3:47)
8. Sweet Sixteen (3:04)
9. Found My Baby Gone (3:48)
10. Nineteen Years Old (4:52)
11. I Want You To Love Me (3:33)
12. Got My Mojo Workin' (3:32)
13. Sugar Sweet (3:57)
14. Don't Go No Further (4:53)
15. Checkin' Up On My Baby (2:36)
16. Just To Be With You (6:29)
17. Blues Had A Baby (2:27)

Over four decades, William Crawford aka Willie Buck has raised a family, worked as an auto mechanic, played a bit part in the film Hoop Dreams, and occasionally stepped on-stage in Chicago as a blues singer. Only his rarest recordings have ever been issued, but Delmark Records has finally seen fit to issue a full-length CD, with studio tracks and five live performances, all from the early to mid-'80s. Directly derived from his mentor and main man Muddy Waters, Buck's singing has that lean and tough, clear as a bell, direct edge so typical of his hero, as he covers Mud's tunes and adds a few of his own to this mix. You also hear traces of Magic Sam, Jimmy Reed, and Little Walter, all acknowledged influences over Buck's career that has languished in obscurity.

While Buck's voice bears the unmistakable stamp of Waters, it is a bit less pronounced, not quite as gritty, and more soulful. The studio tracks feature many famous Muddy Waters numbers like "She's All Right," with a bit of a Howlin' Wolf sound sneaking in, the lecherous "She's Nineteen Years Old," the stompdown "I Want to Be Loved" (incorrectly titled "I Want You to Love Me"), and the evergreen, upbeat "Got My Mojo Workin'." Help from premier bluesmen like guitarists Louis Myers and John Primer, bassist Dave Myers, and keyboardist Big Moose Walker push the music onward.

The five tracks recorded at Robert's 500 Room on 63rd Street in Chi-Town are thin as far as the recording. Buck's voice is in the background as opposed to the instruments, and these tracks are little more than a curiosity, as there must be more well-documented live sessions from Buck somewhere. Overall this is a welcome release, as the world gets to discover a vibrant and talented Willie Buck ostensibly for the first time. /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic

Tracks 1-12 recorded 1982. Tracks 13-17 recorded live 1984.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Shoji Naito - Westmont To Chicago: Tribute To Eddy Clearwater

Size: 131,1 MB
Time: 55:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Sen Sa Shun (Feat. Eddy Clearwater Band) (4:49)
02. I Need You So Bad (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (3:52)
03. Like The Creeper (4:18)
04. Stranded (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (4:37)
05. A Minor Cha-Cha (Feat. Eddy Clearwater Band) (3:46)
06. Reconsider Baby (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (3:31)
07. Eddy's Midnight Dream (Feat. Lee Kanehira) (3:37)
08. Find Yourself (Feat. Win Noll) (3:34)
09. Deep Blue Sea Blues (Feat. Willie Buck) (3:30)
10. Don't Go No Further (Feat. Willie Buck) (3:34)
11. Greyhound Harmonica Jam (2:33)
12. You Don't Have To Go (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (3:23)
13. Women Be Wise (Feat. Ginny Morin) (3:55)
14. Crossover (Feat. Tom Crivellone) (3:05)
15. Ogden Avenue (3:36)

Eddy Clearwater Tribute Album by the artist who was a longtime member of Eddy Clearwater Band. Features not only the artists who were members of Eddy Clearwater band and special musicians whom Eddy supported and inspired but also Eddy Clearwater himself.

Both Muddy Waters and Eddy Clearwater lived in Westmont, Illinois, in the '80s. Ogden Avenue (Historic Route 66) is a street that connects Westmont to Chicago. This album is full of Muddy and Eddy's music. I hope you enjoy the ride from Westmont to Chicago on Ogden Avenue with me. ~Shoji Naito

This collection is a tribute to Eddy Clearwater, our teacher, mentor, music father, and friend. Each of the songs had special meaning for Eddy, and the performers on these tracks include not only Shoji Naito and well-known Chicago Blues greats, but also members of Eddy’s last band and special musicians whom Eddy supported and inspired. ~Tom Crivellone

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Willie Buck - Willie Buck Way

Size: 161,2 MB
Time: 69:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. You Want Me To Trust You (3:58)
02. (All I'm Doin' Is) Thinking Of You (2:41)
03. Bottom Of The Hill (3:53)
04. I Got You (And You Got Me) (3:10)
05. Can't Say Something Good About Me (Feat. Billy Flynn) (4:32)
06. There's A Woman (4:23)
07. My Mind Might Freeze Up (4:09)
08. Crawlin' King Snake (3:38)
09. I Give So Much To You (3:55)
10. Heck Of A Time (Feat. Thaddeus Krolicki) (4:30)
11. The Men Ought To Learn (To Treat The Women Right) (Feat. Thaddeus Krolicki) (5:02)
12. Please Have Mercy (4:32)
13. How Deep Is The Ocean (2:45)
14. Willie Buck Way (3:52)
15. Twenty-Four Seven (3:34)
16. Blues Before Sunrise (Feat. Billy Flynn) (6:05)
17. I'd Rather Leave You (Feat. Billy Flynn) (4:22)

'Honorary Blues Legend Willie Buck Way' is the name of a street in Chicago. 'Cell Phone Man', Buck’s previous album (released October, 2012), debuted on the Living Blues Radio Chart in the #1 position in the December issue along with an eight page feature story and a glowing album review.

"His vocals are sinewy and expressive (he demonstrates a powerful upper range that even a lot of his longtime fans will find surprising)… postwar Chicago blues have long been, and remain, a contemporary music to him, and he delivers them with both urgency and élan." – David White. 'Willie Buck Way' features seventeen songs of which twelve are new Buck originals. Chicago style blues at its best.

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Shoji Naito - New Cool Old School

Size: 134,3 MB
Time: 57:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. I Got To Go (Feat. Willie Buck) (3:38)
02. Honey Bee (Feat. Billy Flynn & Willie Buck) (6:28)
03. Big Boss Man (Feat. Eddy Clearwater & Gerry Hundt) (3:16)
04. I'll Change My Style (Feat. Eddy Clearwater & Ariyo) (2:30)
05. Congo Mombo (Feat. Mark Fornek & Lee Kanehira) (4:18)
06. I Got Myself A Workin' Man (Feat. Katherine Davis & Erwin Helfer) (4:25)
07. Bopp'n And Jumpin' The Blues (Feat. Katherine Davis & Erwin Helfer) (3:41)
08. Sweet Home Chicago (Feat. Milwaukee Slim) (6:02)
09. Last Night (Feat. Eddy Clearwater) (4:17)
10. I'm Ready (Feat. Willie Buck & Gerry Hundt) (4:45)
11. Walking By Myself (Feat. Eddy Clearwater & Ariyo) (2:44)
12. Sad Night Owl (Feat. Lee Kanehira) (3:31)
13. Same Old Scool (Feat. Ariyo) (2:43)
14. Money, Marbles And Chalk (Feat. Gerry Hundt, Grant Kessler & Marty Binder) (4:55)

Shoji Naito probably isn’t a name most blues lovers recognize, but he’s made quite a name for himself behind the scenes since emigrating to the U.S. in 1996 to study guitar and bass at Chicago’s Columbia College.

A gifted harmonica player, too, he started playing the blues professionally at age 16 at home in Toyota, Japan, and quickly started making the rounds of some of the best clubs in the Windy City. Through his college years, he sat in with John Primer, Carey Bell, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Lurrie Bell and others.

His big break came 12 years ago, when guitarist Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater invited him to join his band, a relationship that continues today. In addition, Naito performs regularly with Morry Shocat & The Special 20s. As a duo, he and Sochat won the 2013 Chicago Blues Challenge.

In addition, since 1997, he’s worked with legendary harmonica instructor and builder Joe Filisko at the Old Town School Of Folk Music, laying down most of the practice tracks that Filisko uses in his lessons. And he also markets play-along tracks for harp players through his website.

New Cool Old School is Naito’s debut as a front man after appearing on one of Shocat’s releases and producing albums for him and Clearwater. He’s featured on guitar and harp throughout, but hands over the vocals to others on all but one tune. He’s backed by a who’s who of Chicago blues artists, including Clearwater, Billy Flynn, Gerry Hundt, Harlan Terson, Cicero Adams and Marty Binder on guitar, bass and mandolin; Rie “Lee” Kanehira, Erwin Helfer and Sumito “Ariyo” Ariyoshi on keyboards; Marty Binder, Mark Fornek and Flynn on drums. Willie Buck, Katherine Davis, Milwaukee Slim and Clearwater handle most of the vocals, and Grant Kessler sits in on harp on the final cut.

All but two of the cuts here are covers. Everything you’ll hear here was recorded in one take without overdubs and retains the feel you’d experience in an intimate bar during the time most of the authors’ heyday.

Naito’s on harp with Buck handling the vocals for a rousing version of Little Walter’s “I Got To Go” and a traditional take on Muddy Waters’ “Honey Bee” to start the set before Clearwater takes the mike for versions of the Jimmy Reed standards “Big Boss Man” and “I’ll Change My Style.” His style on the reeds is classic Chicago old-school, active, but never intrusive. He’s no copycat, preferring to add his own touches rather than playing like his predecessors note for note. He picks up the six-string for an instrumental cover of Guitar Gable’s “Congo Mombo.” His guitar stylings are crisp and feature single-note runs. On both instruments, he’s slightly behind the beat, driving the rhythm forward.

Davis steps to the mike for Alberta Hunter’s “I Got Myself a Workin’ Man” and her own “Bopp’n And Jumpin The Blues” with Naito on guitar before Milwaukee Slim and Clearwater take turns covering Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago” and Big Walter’s “Last Night.” Buck’s back to deliver the Willie Dixon/Muddy original “I’m Ready,” and Eddy takes on Jimmy Rogers’ “Walking By Myself” before Shoji’s talents on the strings are on full display for a version of sax player Sonny Thompson’s “Blues For The Night Owl,” retitled “Sad Night Owl.” Naito and Ariyo trade licks on acoustic harp and piano for their original, “Same Old S’cool,” before Shoji abandons his instruments to sing a version of Rogers’ “Money, Marbles And Chalk” to conclude the set.

Although there’s relatively nothing new or groundbreaking here, New Cool Old School is one sensational album if your tastes run to traditional Chicago blues like mine do. Available through most major retailers, it’s going on my short list as one of the best CDs I’ve heard this year. ~by Marty Gunther

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Willie Buck With J.L. Pardo & Quique Gomez - Songs For Muddy: The Madrid Session

Size: 164,5 MB
Time: 71:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. My Eyes Keep In Trouble (6:41)
02. I Want My Baby (5:02)
03. Manish Boy (4:37)
04. Streamline Woman (5:33)
05. I Am A King Bee (7:00)
06. I Won´t Go On (4:15)
07. Baby Please Don´t Go (4:07)
08. 40 Days And 40 Nigths (4:34)
09. Doin´ Good And Bad At The Same Time (5:19)
10. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:21)
11. Kansas City (4:31)
12. Long Distance Call (6:25)
13. Trouble No More (4:09)
14. Walking Through The Park (4:35)

Willie Buck was born in 1937 in the small town of Houston, Mississippi. When he was a boy, Willie spent most of his time working at a local paper mill making $5 during the day and honing his voice by night. He began his craft singing in the most popular form of the day, "Rock & Roll." In spite of his vigor for the newly developing art form, his passions began to lean towards the more traditional sound of the delta... Blues. Believe you me, it didn't take him long to develop his sound. While still in "Da South," Willie performed on what became known as the "Chittlin Circuit" bouncin' between Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, North & South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Shortly after developing a reputation, Willie did like a lot of Southerners during that time by migrating to Chicago in 1954.
Once here, he truly immersed himself in the Chicago Blues scene. He became a real force in the "Maxwell Street" blues Legacy which boasts of the raw blues talent that it has produced. It was also here that he made his first recording titled "The Disco Blues". This also marked the beginning of his overseas travel to Canada, Mexico, France and Amsterdam. Willie was recently inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame among many of his fellow performers here in Chicago in the summer of 2004. Soon after, he released his latest CD, "I Wanna Be Loved" in early 2005. As the blues scene has declined here in the states, Willie has seen a resurgence... more like a movement in blues overseas. His music is profoundly affecting young and old alike in Europe. "I'm glad to see the newfound appreciation of my music in Europe. I'll be heading back there real soon!" he said. His sound is one that only gets better with age. He's hoping you grow to appreciate the blues too.

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