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This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List! Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
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Revised: 07 January, 2024
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
Various Artists - "Flashback: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" -film soundtrack album, LP: WTG Records SN 46042 (USA); CD releases: WTG Records NK 46042 (USA), Epic/WTG Records 466796 2 (Australia); Cassette: WTG Records NT 46042 (USA), 29 Jan 1990:
 WTG Records SN 46042 (USA) - LP front picture from www.discogs.com |
R-0201 People Get Ready
(Curtis Mayfield) |
 WTG Records SN 46042 (USA) - LP rear picture from www.discogs.com |
 WTG Records SN 46042 (USA) - LP Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com (no Dylan - misprinted) |
 WTG Records SN 46042 (USA) - LP Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (no Dylan - correctly printed) |
 WTG Records SN 46042 (USA) - LP Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (includes R-0201) |
 WTG Records NK 46042 (USA) - CD long box front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 WTG Records NK 46042 (USA) - CD long box rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Epic/WTG Records 466796 2 (Australia) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Epic/WTG Records 466796 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Epic/WTG Records 466796 2 (Australia) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Epic/WTG Records 466796 2 (Australia) - detail of CD, scan by Peter Oudejans ("MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY DISCTRONICS LIMITED") |
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The soundtrack also contains Jimi Hendrix performing All Along The Watchtower. For details of releases of Flashback on VHS and DVD, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1.
The LP Side label on the copy shown from Discogs has the right-hand text misaligned. Side 1 of Stuart Moore's copy is printed correctly. he Australian CD was released on the Epic label and was made in Australia by Disctronics Limited.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Stuart Moore and Peter Oudejans for information and scans. Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of his CD which has a longer title. Hans Seegers' copy just has the title "FLASHBACK", while Jack's copy has the title "MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 'FLASHBACK'". Thanks also to Jack for the scans of the cassette release and to Éamonn Ó Catháin for details of the LP release.
Various Artists - "CBS Records Celebrates 30 Years In Pitman" - promo CD, CBS (no catalogue number) (USA), 1990:
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R-0462-2 The Times They Are A-Changin' - 35 second excerpt (the first verse) used in a special Columbia CD for internal circulation only (employees of CBS Records and Columbia House), released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the CBS pressing plant in Pitman, New Jersey, which finally closed on 31 Mar 2011. The CD has 91 different clips of all kinds of music from CBS/Columbia/Sony (and small labels distributed by CBS) since the 1960s including crooners, country and western, jazz rock, folk rock, rock, disco, soul etc. The length is about 62 minutes. The CD comes in a jewel case with no front insert. For the 10th Anniversary record released in 1970, see 1970. For the 20th anniversary record released in 1980, see 1980. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 30 Years In Pitman, CBS Records (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "Jack Elliott Plus Live" - CD releases, Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan), 21 May 1990; Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2523 (Japan), 23 Nov 1994; Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-3006 (Japan), 1998:
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - front with obi, picture found by Wil Gielen (1990 release) |
R-0019-3 Will The Circle
Be Unbroken (traditional)  - Bob appears as
"Tedham Porterhouse" playing harmonica (stereo version), recorded
New York, late 1963/early 1964For the original 1964 mono and stereo Vanguard Jack Elliott albums, see 1964. |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) (my copy, 1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - outside of unfolded front insert booklet (1990 release) |
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 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - detail of rear insert (1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - inside pages of CD front insert with lyrics of R-0019 (1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - inside page of front insert booklet (1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - promo CD with "SAMPLE" sticker in centre (1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - detail of CD with promo sticker (1990 release) |
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 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - detail of CD (1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - outside of unfolded "Vanguard Folk Revival 20" catalogue (1990 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2027 (Japan) - inside of unfolded "Vanguard Folk Revival 20" catalogue (1990 release) |
 Vanguard VSD-89/90 (USA, 1976) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2LP set, source of the ten live tracks) |
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 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2523 (Japan) - front scan by Peter Oudejans (1994 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2523 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans (1994 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2523 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Peter Oudejans (1994 release) |
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-2523 (Japan) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans (1994 release) |
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 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP-3006 (Japan) - CD rear with obi, photo from eBay (1998 release) |
This single CD in the "Vanguard Folk Revival 20" series released by King Record Co in Japan includes 22 of the 23 tracks on the 1976 2LP compilation The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2LP set - 1976, single CD release - 1998), which again includes all twelve tracks of the original 1964 album. The rear insert is dated "90-5-21" (212 May 1990) and has a price of ¥2.300 (¥2,233 plus sales tax). This copy is missing its obi. There is a 20-page booklet in English and Japanese with Japanese sleeve notes by Kats Suzuki plus a four page folded "Vanguard Folk Revival 20" catalogue. The CD is a promo with a small sticker in Japanese on the clear centre, but there is no promo indication on the inserts. Thanks to Wil Gielen for finding a copy with the "Vanguard Folk Revival 20" obi on the Internet. The album was re-released in Japan in 1994. Peter Oudejans' copy is missing its obi.
The only CD release of the 1964 Jack Elliott album in its original twelve track form was again by the King Record Co in Japan in 1998 in the "Vanguard Folkie Sound Collection" series. The release date was 22 May 1998, the withdrawal date was 21 May 2000 and the obi price was ¥2,200 (¥2,095 plus sales tax). More scans required!
R-0019 is also available on CD on the Best Of The Vanguard Years (2000), Vanguard Visionaries: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2007), and also on the various artists compilation Vanguard Sessions: Folk Hits (1998).
Thanks to Wil Gielen and Peter Oudejans for information and pictures.
Various Artists -
"The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vols. 1 & 2"
- CD release,
Vanguard/King Record Co KICP 2039 (Japan), 1990:
This
album released by King Record Co in Japan is a single-CD 25-track compilation of the original stereo Vanguard albums
(Vol. 1 - VSD-79148, Vol. 2 - VSD-79149), see
1964. The CD front insert actually shows the covers of the two mono LPs,
Vanguard VRS-9148 and VRS-9149). It was again released as part of the "Vanguard Folk
Revival 20" series. This material was released again the following year with
both albums in full in a 2CD set, Vanguard/King Record Co KICP 2110/1, see
1991.
 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP 2039 (Japan) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0022-9 Blowin' In The Wind
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 Vanguard/King Record Co KICP 2039 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0023-3
We Shall Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
- Bob performs
with the Freedom Singers and ensemble at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963
R-0607-5 This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) - live with Pete Seeger and ensemble, Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 28 Jul 1963
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Doug Sahm - "The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975", Mercury 846 586-2 (USA/Germany), 1990:
 Mercury 846 586-2 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0090-3 (Is Anybody
Going To) San Antone (Dave Kirby-Glen Martin) |
 Mercury 846 586-2 (Germany) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Mercury 846 586-2 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
 Mercury 846 586-2 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Mercury 846 586-2 (Germany) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
R-0090 was also released on CD as follows:
Doug Sahm & Friends: The
Best Of Doug Sahm (Atlantic Sessions) - see 1992
Promo compilation US 2CD set
Rhino ● Atlantic ● Remasters
(Various Artists), also see 1992
Promo compilation CD Wex On Wax: A Tribute To Jerry Wexler
(Various Artists), see 1999
Jesus' Son - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Various Artists), see
2000
and
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1
Warner Bros Germany 2CD compilation
Are You Ready For The Country?
(Various Artists), see
2001
Rhino Handmade 2CD compilation
The Genuine Texas Groover, see 2003
Nascente Records UK 2CD
compilation
Bar Nashville: Classic & New Country
Flavours (Various Artists), see 2008
Rhino US promo 2CD
compilation Rhino Presents Atlantic And Atco Remasters Series
(Various Artists), also see 2008
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Olav Langum and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles" - CD release, Sequel
NEM CD 607 (UK), 1990, recorded Sep 1972:
On R-0093 Bob appears under the name of "Milkwood
Thomas". For the original album without the bonus track see
1972. Bob appeared there under the
longer name of "Robert Milkwood Thomas"!
 Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0093-8 Somebody's
Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)
R-0111M-3 Election Year
Rag (Steve Goodman)
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 Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - detail of CD (my copy) |
 Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - detail of inside rear page of front insert (my copy - "Milkwood Thomas") |
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 Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - detail of inside rear page of front insert (my copy - "Thanks to Bob Dylan") |
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This album was re-released by Buddha Records in 1999 in a remastered edition with different bonus tracks not including Election Year Rag, so is listed in 1972 with the original album. Confusingly, R-0111 actually appears, this time in stereo, on the Buddha Records 1999 CD reissue of Steve's 1971 album Steve Goodman, see 1999.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Most Of The Time" - promo CD single, Columbia CSK 73326 (USA), Apr 1990:
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CSK 73326 (USA) - front scan by David Plentus |
R-0362 Most Of The Time - radio edit of 1989 Oh Mercy
version (3:55) This is actually different from the audio of the Oh Mercy promo video (5:50), see VHS & DVD 1990-94. For a Sony Music Canada VHS promo video compilation with the full 5:50 version of Most Of The Time, see VHS & DVD 1995-99. |
 CSK 73326 (USA) - rear scan by David Plentus |
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Anders Lindh says that R-0209 uses an edited version of the same instrumental take as the longer promo video with intro and fade-out removed, but has an almost entirely different vocal take with all four verses. For a 1990 Columbia Records Video VHS compilation containing a 4:47 edit of the 5:45 promo video, also see VHS & DVD 1990-94 (Verse 2 is missing from this edited video). This promo single also contained the complete 1989 Oh Mercy version (5:01).
Thanks to Stuart Sonshine for correcting the recording date. Thanks to David Plentus, André Wilbers, T. J. Jenkins, Carsten Bauman and Anders Lindh for information and scans.
The Byrds - "Back Pages" - promo CD, Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA), 1990:
This sampler contains 20 tracks from the 4CD boxed set below.
 Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia Legacy PRO 621 (NL) - front scan from Steve Joyce |
R-0217 Mr. Tambourine Man
- with the Byrds,
recorded at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA,
24 Feb 1990
This performance also appeared on Mr. Tambourine Man, a German Classic
Hits one song compilation CD also including Bob's 1963 demo version from 2010's
The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, see
2012.
Bob and The Byrds also performed He Was A Friend Of Mine (Bob's studio version from 1961 was released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991) and Roy Orbison's Only The Lonely, which were included in a TV broadcast in the USA on the Showtime Network, 30 Oct 1990, but are not officially released.
Sadly, the Dutch promo 7" single Columbia Legacy PRO 621 by The Byrds of Love That Never Dies and Mr. Tambourine Man contains the regular Byrds version of the B-side, not R-0217 - thanks to Tom Willems for information and to Steve Joyce for the scan.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
The Byrds - "The Byrds" - 4CD boxed set, Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA), May 1990:
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - box front with sticker (my copy) |
R-0217-2 Mr. Tambourine Man
The set also includes the Byrds performing their version of Pete Seeger's Turn! Turn! Turn! from this concert as well as many Dylan covers. The 12" x 6" box itself is plain black, with an impressed Byrds logo. The rear of the box has a black sticker with white text. There is a 12" x 6" 56-page booklet, part of which is shown below. The CDs are in standard jewel cases. |
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 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - box front with embossed Byrds logo |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - box rear with sticker |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - booklet front |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - detail of page 11 of booklet with picture of Bob at the 1990 Roy Orbison Tribute |
 There Is A Season - 2006 Sony Music 4CD set that does not contain R-0217, picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
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 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - sticker on front of box |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - detail of page 11 of booklet with two more pictures, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - rear insert of CD4 |
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 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773/CK 46965 (USA) - CD4 scan by Jack from Canada (orange) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773/CK 46965 (USA) - detail of CD4, scan by Jack from Canada |
Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - spine of box
Thanks to Jack from Canada for extra scans. His CD4 is slightly different from mine, both in colour and in the different placing of the text "DIDP 074016" at the bottom. The "DIDP" number (Digital Identification Popular) is a code used by Sony DADC (Digital Audio Disc Corporation) on CDs pressed in Terre Haute, IN, or one of their other CD plants in the USA, from 1983 onwards (Classical CDs had "DIDC").
Thanks to Fred Muller for finding There Is A Season, a 2006 Sony Music 4CD Byrds set that contains a version of Mr. Tambourine Man on CD4. Thanks to Dag Braathen and Bob Stacy for confirming this is a live version from 1973 used in the film "Banjoman", not R-0217.
Various Artists - "The Live Show" - radio station CD, Radio Today/ABC Radio Networks show #108 (USA), broadcast 30 Jul - 5 Aug 1990:
 The Live Show - generic CD front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution was
Mr.
Tambourine Man
- the live 1971 version from
The Concert For Bangladesh.
For the original 1972 Apple 3LP set and the original 1991 Epic 2CD set release, see
1972.
For the remastered CD version with a bonus track, see
2005, (This performance is not in any of the video releases.)
R-0078-3 Mr. Tambourine Man
For other programmes of The Live Show with Dylan album tracks, see 1980s and 1990s pages of International Alum Releases (Various Artists Compilations). Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
 The Live Show #90-108 - cue sheet scan by Kenneth Robson |
 The Live Show #90-108 - CD scan by Kenneth Robson |
Various Artists - "The Live Show" - radio station CD, Radio Today/ABC Radio Networks show #117 (USA), broadcast 1 Oct 1990:
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The Live Show - generic CD front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0209-2 Most Of The Time - not the 1989 Oh Mercy version but the new version recorded for the promo video at the Record Plant, Hollywood, CA, 16 Mar 1990, produced by Don Was This show was broadcast on 1 Oct 1990, duration one hour including commercials. The Live Show was produced by Radio Today Entertainment and was aired on ABC Radio Networks. For a Columbia promo CD with this version, see Apr 1990 above. For other programmes of The Live Show with Dylan album tracks, see 1980s and 1990s pages of International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 The Live Show #90-117 - cue sheet, scan by Hans Seegers |
 The Live Show #90-117 - CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Traveling Wilburys Volume Three" - stereo vinyl releases, cassette releases, CD releases, Wilbury Records/Warner Bros (various catalogue numbers) (Worldwide), 23 Oct 1990:
 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros 9-26324-2 (USA) CD long box - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The Traveling Wilburys on Nobody's Child (R-0206, see Wilburys 1990) and the album Volume Three were Bob Dylan (Boo), George Harrison (Spike), Jeff Lynne (Clayton) and Tom Petty (Muddy) - different pseudonyms from those on the first Traveling Wilburys album, see Wilburys 1988. For full details of all releases of this album, see here. For all other Traveling Wilbury releases in 1990, see Wilburys 1990. For the reissue of this album in The Traveling Wilburys Collection with two bonus tracks, see Wilburys 2007. |
 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros 9 26324-2-DJ (USA) - promo edition, CD scan by John Gaylor |
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 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros W2 26324 (USA) - Columbia House edition, CD front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros D 124817/9 26324-2 (USA) - CD front scan by Marc Kuszel |
 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros CD 26324 (Canada) - CD front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros 7599-26324-2 (Germany for Europe) - CD front (my copy) |
 Wilburys Records/Warner-Pioneer WPCP-4002 (Japan) - CD front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros 7599-26324-1/WX384 (Germany for Europe) - LP front scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros/MMC Records 7599-26324-1/PL MMC 9010 (Hungary) - LP front scan by Alex Ivanov |
 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros/Jugoton 7599-26324-1 (Yugoslavia) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros LPXB-7028 (Mexico) - LP front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Wilbury Records/WEA 1-26324 (Uruguay) - LP front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Warner Bros/MMC Records 7599-26324-4/PK MMC 9010 (Hungary) - cassette front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Warner Bros/Wilbury Records 759926234-4 (Australia) - cassette front scan by Stuart Moore |
 Warner Bros/Wilbury Records 9 26234-4 (Indonesia) - cassette front scan by Tjeerd Timmerman |
R-0338 She's My Baby
R-0339 Inside Out
R-0340 If You Belonged To Me
R-0341 The Devil's Been Busy
R-0342 7 Deadly Sins
R-0343 Poor House
R-0344 Where Were You Last Night?
R-0345 Cool Dry Place
R-0346 New Blue Moon
R-0347 You Took My Breath Away
R-0348 Wilbury Twist
(All songs credited to the Traveling Wilburys.)
Thanks to Hans Seegers, John Gaylor, Jack from Canada, Marc Kuszel, Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Wil Gielen, Manuel García Jara, Gerd Rundel, Alex Ivanov, Patrick Helfrich, Stuart Moore and Tjeerd Timmerman for information and scans.
Promotional/Regular Items for 1990
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Stereo promo items for 1990 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now included with promo releases of regular albums and commercially released singles on the appropriate page in International Stereo Releases. |
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