FUN THINGS - Lipstick 7'' 1985

Two songs by the Fun Things from Brisbane which appeared on their highly acclaimed four track EP ("500 copies were pressed and is one of the most collectable artifacts from Australia's Punkrock era") in 1980, have been re-released by Sonics Records on this 7Inch. The Fun Things were a high school band and formed late Seventies during the heyday period of Punk by Brad (vocals/guitar/piano), Graeme (guitars), John (bass), Murray (drums). The four were a primary group behind Brisbane's second wave punk scene between 1978 and 1980. According to music historian, Ian McFarlane, Brisbane produced "some of the most anarchistic bands of the Australian punk rock era" and that it was a city nationally renowned for its ultra conservatism. After the Fun Things dissolved both Shepherd brothers eventually went on to subsequent bands. Popular guests on numerous essential compilations. Enjoy!

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Punk Territory Vol.5 - The English Speaking Punk From Late 70's To Early 80's [1996]

Volume 5 of the legendary Punk Territory series on Anthology brings us only English combos together with their rare Gassenhauer that surely everyone knows. Very successful mixture in my opinion and only released on CD, on vinyl there are the goodies on other relevant compilations. This brings the long Easter weekend to a worthy conclusion, enjoy the last free hours and turn up the speakers to full volume.

1.Just Head - NERVOUS EATERS

2.N.Y. Ripper - VIOLATORS

3.Hillside Strangler - HOLLYWOOD SQUARES

4.Kill Yourself - THE LEWD

5.Horizontal Action - PSYCHO-SURGEONS

6.Time Enough For Love - FUN THINGS

7.When The Birdman Fly - FUN THINGS

8.Hanging On - ROCKS

9.Tell Me Why - THE NEWS

10.Get Stuffed - NERVOUS EATERS

11.I Only Panic When There's Nothing To Do - THE LEFTOVERS

12.This Generation's On Vacation - SHOCK

13.Damn You - ROCKS

14.Blues - THE CHEIFS

15.51% - DEFNICS

16.N.C.B. - LLYGOD FFYRNIG

17.Kick Her Out - ROCKS

18.Hologram - URINALS

19.Son Of Sam - CHAIN GANG

20.Pseudo Punk - 'O' LEVEL

21.Bummer Bitch - FREESTONE

22.They Saved Hitler's Brain - UNNATURAL AXE

23.Loretta - NERVOUS EATERS

24.Rock With Me - NERVOUS EATERS

- Great Thx to Reinhard -

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V/A - It Happened..But Nobody Noticed (Australian Underground 1976-1981) 1986

A brilliant collection is this unofficial release of some of the 45's released during Australia's most prolific independent era of 1976 to 1981. Over two decades before the White Stripes and the Hives made 'garage-rock' the new buzz-word, numerous Australian bands were cranking out a raw, high-energy music which had all the elements that the kids are hankering for today. So pick this compilation and enjoy this awesome stuff from alotta great bands and alotta great music!

1.Let The Birdman Fly - FUN THINGS

2.Time Enough For Love - FUN THINGS

3.What You Need - THE SUNNYBOYS

4.The Seeker - THE SUNNYBOYS

5.The Stranger - FLAMING HANDS

6.At The Barrier - SHY IMPOSTORS

7.The Sign - SURF SIDE 6

8.Hindu Gods - LIPSTICK KILLERS

9.Burned My Eye - RADIO BIRDMAN

10.Snake - RADIO BIRDMAN

11.Face The New God - NEW CHRISTS

12.Waiting World - NEW CHRISTS

13.Face With No Name - PASSENGERS

14.King Of The Surf - JOHNNY KANNIS

15.Television Addict - VICTIMS

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V/A - Year Of The Rats! 1988

Another damn cool record with massive rare stuff now: England Belongs To Me and Killed By Death and the Bloodstains series, all this compilations stand for rare & raw punkrock from the early glory days and this album as well. Released in a limited edition on black vinyl with green and black labels. Among the earliest entries into the punk reissue game, this comp has some now-standard classics and another of the original group of punk bootlegs compilations this one has become tough to find. Overall a very good LP, some of it (Urinals, Satans Rats) has since been reissued. Llygod Ffyrnig you can also likely find elsewhere. The Matt Gimmick tracks are originally Stooges tracks dating from 1970. Good luck finding a copy of this though. Some of the records comped on here are easier to find than the comp. Enjoy the following pearls:

1.Hot Wire My Heart - CRIME

2.Frustration - CRIME

3.I'm A Bug - URINALS

4.Ack Ack Ack - URINALS

5.Sex - URINALS

6.Time Enough For Love - FUN THINGS

7.When The Birdmen Fly - FUN THINGS

8.Waiting World - NEW CHRISTS

9.Burn My Eye (Live) - RADIO BIRDMAN

10.Year Of The Rats - SATANS RATS

11.In My Love For You - SATANS RATS

12.Pseudo Punk - O-LEVEL

13.N.C.B. - LLYGOD FYRNING

14.Rag - MATT GIMMICK

15.Ya Don't Call My Name - MATT GIMMICK

16.Hologram - URINALS

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V/A - Bloodstains Across Australia 1998

Today I  kick off with rare punk stuff from down under and the Bloodstains comps have become a monster of their own and I think all releases are somewhere in the network available. The reason for this post is again the excellent rip and the complete artwork and finally, of course, the gifted music on it. Everyone's heard the classics by Razar, Victims, Rocks, Leftovers, News and Fun Things....all great bands, but they're on dozens of other compilations so it makes no sense including them here. Instead you'll get a taste of some killer Australian punk (previously uncompiled tracks) you might have missed.

1.Mystery - BODYSNATCHERS

2.Dance With The Führer - SKUNKS

3.Threats - YOUNG IDENTITIES

4.Police - PROLES

5.SS Brigade - PUBLIC EXECUTION

6.Alcoholic - THE PRESS

7.Fun - THOUGHT CRIMINALS

8.Run Amok - WRONG KIND OF STONE AGE

9.MultiNationals - VACANT LOT

10.Second Glance - SPUTNIKS

11.Guns & Guitars - JUST URBAIN

12.Standing By The Window - TACTICS

13.Pyramid Party - QUICK & THE DEAD

14.Is There Someone Out There? - Z-CARS

15.When I Watch TV - SECTION URBANE

16.Who Wants To March? - REJEX

17.Do The Manic - CHOSEN FEW

- Huge Thx to Fredrik -

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WIDOWS - Balls'N'Bollocks 2000

This Bootleg compilation is no longer in my closet, you probably suspect why. Anyway, this record contains the rare Overscrupulous EP, Wall Of Berlin EP (both released 1979), the Were Comin EP and their only full length Fun? from 1980 plus tracks which was recorded live @ Tavastia, Helsinki 25.5.1980. The Widows were formed in early 1970's by brothers T.B. Widow (vocals, bass) and Johnny Widow (guitar), after been influenced by bands like New York Dolls. It wasn't until 1975 that they got a permanent drummer as Rocky joined them. The first one, for Love Records, had been recorded in 1978, but for some reason wasn't released until May 1979. This delay didn't make the band happy, so they switched to Poko Rekords after that. Things didn't work out very well within the band: Rocky had had enough and left, and Jacky announced that if Kelloggs wouldn't be kicked out, he would leave. So Kelloggs was out, and new guitarist J. Blockhead, as well as drummer Archie, was in. This lineup recorded the Fun? album in 1980. However, the lineup changes hadn't improved things that much, and Widows started to fade out. The finishing blow came when Jacky was sentenced to jail. Widows, in essence, was disbanded. Still, they played one more gig in Lepakko, with Pete Malmi on vocals, and even visited studio (T.B., Johnny, Pete Malmi and Affe Forsman on drums), but the recordings were never released. (Info by Mika Saastamoinen). They are represented on numerous compilations. Excellent stuff in every way.

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V/A - Raw Deal! 1977

Still in a good mood this morning I continue with this cute black round nice one early UK punk stuff on Raw Records: "Twelve "Punk" tracks pressed from the Raw Tapes recorded in the last year. All bar one previously unissued. Recorded at Spaceward Studios, except track A4 recorded live. Produced for "Wall of Noise" Productions. Dedicated to all small labels, who are in it for the fun and glory, not just for the money." Fantastic kbd sounds without failure, twelve songs in twenty-eight minutes. Punk77 says: "Barring the first Roxy live album this compilation just reeks of Punk rock snottiness, teen angst dreams and burning bright bands caught in an explosion of rawness and innocence before the business and new trends changed or killed them off. No band here made more than 2 singles; in fact only two of them even made singles!...."

A Must Have!!!

1.I'm In Love With Today - THE USERS

2.I Don't Need You - ACME SEWAGE CO.

3.Millionaire - THE G.T.'S

4.Louie, Louie - THE BLOODCLOTS

5.Bondage Boy - SICK THINGS

6.Soul Train - PSYCHO'S

7.Kids On The Street - SICK THINGS

8.At Night - THE KILLJOYS

9.Young British & White - PSYCHO'S

10.I Can See You - ACME SEWAGE CO.

11.Move On - THE G.T.'S

12.Get Ready - ZHAIN

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Fuck X-Mas Compilation 2014

Finally fuckin' X-Mas is here again and I post this selfmade compilation which I did in 2010 with lot's of beer. Originally I wanted no X-Mas things post but a few records are but worth hearin' and let's see what comes in the next 2 days. Start & listen to rare material from 1978 - till now, a couple of live tracks and I can promise you there's no X-Mas song on it. Again cobbled together from many things that I download sometime & somewhere in the whole wide blog-world. Each song is a cracker, and it comes with a lovely artwork, so you can attached this compilation beneath the christmas tree. Have fun with it and it would be nice if you would leave a positive or negative feedback in the comment section.

1.Hunting A Dream - THE ACROBATS

2.Asocial - HUL

3.Blusen (Live) - EA80

4.Oh No! - TOYBOMB

5.Blaze Of Glory - EXPLODING WHITE MICE

6.Panic - THE COMES

7.Double Face - PARIAPANK

8.Time To Know - THE SHADDOX

9.Jag Tror Jag Blivit Kär - TRÖTT

10.Discoglin - SKAMS

11.One Way Ticket - ALIEN SEX FIEND

12.IQ Nul - ERIK & LASSE BAND

13.Spanden - LOKUM

14.HUL - HUL

15.Drunken Skinhead (Live) - GASSENHAUER

16.New Kids Army - SUICIDE SQUAD

17.Forbruger #666 - INCONTROLLADOS

18.Rats - RAKKETAX

19.Herrlich Feuer - DADDY MEMPHIS & DIE OIBERTS

20.Freedom Through Protest - MUTINY

21.Med Dig - PARAGRAF POP

22.Krieg In Den Gaststätten - R.A.F.GIER

23.Mer Eller Mindre (Live) - FIENDENS MUSIK

24.Keine Gnade - ISOLIERBAND

25.Scientific Death - LOKUM

26.Nie Wieder - TOLLWUT

27.Fuckheads - BREEDERS

28.Guilty - THE BLACKJACKS

29.Rapist In The Park - ANOREXIA

30.2 People - TOYBOMB

31.En Smørmad? Så Gerne! - HUL

32.Richard Ragnwald Er Nazist - HUL

33.The Gypsy Lid - MEN IN BLACK

34.Pretty Face - VOODOO IDOLS

35.1, ½, 1½, Spanden - ERIK & LASSE BAND

36.Röster (Live) - PERFEKT ALIBI

37.What's For Dinner? - RAKKETAX

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FORD'S FUZZ INFERNO - Flog Yourself With Fuzz EP 2022

Bridging the gap between distorted garage-punk and early '80s hardcore, the super explosive second EP by this fuzzed-uit Dutch guitar-and-drums duo is certainly one of the most impressive releases of 2022. "Hans & Patrick are back with hard hitting, hi-energy Punkrock, recorded specially for your hungry ears! This time around all the songs are about super enjoyable things, like the apocalypse, mental health issues and Mr. Hans’ and Mr. Patrick’s favourite pastime, demolishing other people’s property. Have you ever done that? It’s great fun. You should really give it a try! But before you start smashing windows and kicking dents into cars, play these four songs as loud as possible. They will put you in the exact right mood!" And that's right folks; on this record they are more melodic, more playful and more mid-tempo, but still catchy and with the typical fuzz sound. I really like it and I can highly recommend this band to you, Ford's Fuzz Inferno is playing PunkRock and doesn't just talk about it and deniers will be executed. Their third strike will follow in April and a compilation CD with all Fuzzies is also being planned, so keep your eyes, ears and brains wide open. Two reviews: "They have kept the quality, with another collection of fast, catchy, melodic hardcore songs. Just need two things from the guys now, A full length album and some live shows in the UK!" (Issue Punkzine #117)

"A release with short high energy tracks in the Ford’s Fuzz Inferno punk tradition: unpolished DIY noisy punk rock’n’roll. It comes with a good sound quality and again with a simple white and black medieval artwork. Too bad it's over before you know it." (Out Of Step - Fanzine/Blog February 2022)

Your weekend's nice & with this EP it will be even more sweeter, ask your partner!

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OUTRAGEOUS - s/t LP 1984

A Dutch band completely unknown to me, who made three albums in the 80s, everything on their own and the five-piece named Outrageous consisted of Eric (vocals), Ruud & Niall (guitars), Bardo (bass), Frank (drums) and more info is not available. What I found is this: "Eric quit the Nitwitz and joined this Amsterdam band. The band belonged (with the Boegies from 1982) to the pioneers in the field of playing fun punk. Their debut album was especially popular abroad. Jello Biafra hailed the album in the fanzine Maximum RockRoll." And this review: "Not a thrash album, but a good old-fashioned punk LP. Holland’s OUTRAGEOUS displays a fast, heavy, two-guitar punk attack with strong hooks on most of this record, but they also play occasional poppish ditties (like “Beziers”), rockabilly thangs (“British Bikes”), or thrashers (“Say Cheese”) to mix up the stew and keep things interesting. I found myself happily singing along with many of these tunes, which is as good a recommendation as most." (Jeff Bale, MRR #16, August 1984) - I think, they do their job very well and fourteen songs in just under thirty minutes provide relaxation.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Bloodstains Across Canada 2015

I don't know why I always reading, that this compilation has a shit sound and then I wonder, what did you expect, asshole? Be thankful that after many many years a new Bloodstains record is out and again full with damn rarities and awesome artwork to that. You see, there are idiots everywhere who are not satisfied with anything. Fuck them, I think this record is overdue and besides the ingenious Killed By Death #26 and a few more compilations, this is a well-kept overview, besides the well-known bands, what was alive in the second largest state on earth.
Eighteen catchy rare bollox on this record, pressed in red vinyl and limited to 666 copies, includes an insert with liner notes. What more do you want? I hope there will always be people who make these rare pearls accessible to us, you are the best!

1.Screaming Fist - THE VILETONES

2.Now I Ain't Got No Face - NO FUN

3.Transmitter - THE RED SQUARES

4.Rat Race - ACTIVE DOG

5.Fuck You - PRIVATE SCHOOL

6.I, Braineater - BRAINEATERS

7.3rd Homosexual Murder - FORGOTTEN REBELS

8.Grown Up Age - THE BUREAUCRATS

9.Celebrity Crack Up - MODERNETTES

10.Punk Rock Virgins - STURGEONS

11.Invasion Of The Tribbles - THE HOT NASTIES

12.Kids Are People Too - SILICONE INJECTION

13.Disease - THE PRESENCE

14.Some Of The Things That You Do - PINK STEEL

15.Kari Anne - CURTAINS

16.I've Got Your Number - THE RAGE

17.Thought You Were A Friend - CULTURE SHOCK

18.Happy Sad - NJF

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V/A - British Underground 1977-1982 Vol.2

There are days I really like to sit at the computer and postin' some rare stuff, today is such a day, and let's come to the last cream on this coldy Sunday and it's an unoffical compilation from Chaos Wrecords, released in an edition of 700 hand-numbered copies (I think in 1994) and this fourteen British Underground pieces are certainly not the best of UK punk & wave goodies (in my opinion) but it's another piece of countless bootlegs (it's good that they exist) and the song selection is not bad. I cannot say how I came across this series but it was worth and I bought this record via ebay. I love English punk and with the Disco Zombies and Crisis are two of my favorite bands on it, so bring it on. Of course required Volume 1 and a total of three slabs of this mini-serie were released to date and the last one follows then in 2022. Now enjoy the rest weekend with beautiful music, cold beer and other intoxicating means + the sun.

1.Fun In The UK - POP RIVETS

2.Vital Hours - THE OUTSIDERS

3.Time Tunnel - ENGLISH SUBTITLES

4.Active Repetition - PRODUCT OF REASON

5.You're A Disease - THE OUTCASTS

6.Things In General - THE PREFECTS

7.Here Come The Buts - DISCO ZOMBIES

8.Air Raid - DISORDER

9.Poison - PSEUDO EXISTORS

10.Holocaust - CRISIS

11.Sex Machine - CRAWLING CHAOS

12.N.C.B. - LLYGOD FFYRNIG

13.Medium Was Tedium - DESPERATE BICYCLES

14.Heathen - THE PACK

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DIE MIMMI'S - Was'n Hier Los? 1984

Die Mimmi's were founded in 1982 after the dissolution of Dusseldorf punx ZK (Campino, Kuddel, both now Die Toten Hosen, and Isi, Panhandle Alks) by drummer Fabsi (Claus Fabian) in Bremen. Fabsi was the lead singer of the otherwise fully moved frequently from women existing band and the occupation. After Fabsi didn't found a label for the first 7'' "Deutscher Meister Wird Der SVW", he founded the Weser label, where it finally appeared in self-published, as well as all later Mimmi's albums. The debut album "Was'n Hier Los?" was released in 1984 and from that point on they belonged to the core of the German punk scene.

Meanwhile, the cast changed frequently. Professional commitments of the group members required that many concerts take place on weekends and short tours were about regularly put into the Christmas period. In the press because of the ZK's Song "Dosenbier" they were often counted for Fun-punk, a term that they felt themselves to be too superficial. Visit the Mimmi's at home for more info. The sixteen songs handle mostly from the strange thing called love and the little everyday things that happen in life as a Punk. In 1996, the Mimmi's broke up after internal strife and private blows. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Weser label in 2002 Fabsi and drummer Lars decided to revive the band and since then they are ravaging the German cowsheds. Want listen to more Mimmi’s?

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THREATS - Politicians & Ministers 12'' 1982

Classic debut 12" on Rondelet Records by this four piece called Threats with six loud smasher. A short bio from ReverbNation where you can listen to more stuff: "They started of life in 1977 as the Reflectors. Just 4 local lads from Dalkeith in Midlothian Scotland who had a collective interest in Music.. Jim and Gogsy were next door neighbours from when they were born and grew up together. Early memories were a great interest in all things guitar based. The bands that they grew up with were the glam bands of the 1970's. It was all based on Rock'N'Roll with bags of fun thrown in for good measure. (That rings a bell). Slade, T-Rex, Sweet, Mud, you get the picture. Then there was an almighty bang in 1977. The appeal was instant and immediately the need to play music was stronger than ever." So if you like what you hear I recommend a click on bandcamp where you can listen to a fantastic live release from 2019, so check it out!

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V/A - BG Hronika Vol.2 [Tape] 1990

I haven't forgotten, like so many other things, today part two of the very good BG Hronika tape series on U.P.C.. And again interesting bands, this time twelve, from former Yugoslavia. And as on Volume 1, there are rather unknown combos that conjure up decent music, some made it to vinyl releases, others unfortunately only on tape compis like this. Anyone who already likes the first effort and is friendly with Punk from the Balkans will definitely have fun here, varied and edgy, this small, probably only distributed locally, gives us another insight into the very active and innovative scene of this former socialist country, and some records by well-known bands are absolute classics today. The sound quality is acceptable and it goes without saying that I'll be adding part three in a few months. So far so good, later Bundesliga, important match in Berlin today.

1.Violent Age - MARSHAL'S KIDS

2.Jerry Built - MARSHAL'S KIDS

3.Yellow Kids - MARSHAL'S KIDS

4.Victimized - MARSHAL'S KIDS

5.Delirium Tremen - MARSHAL'S KIDS

6.Ja Sam - HOGARI

7.Nesrećan Slučaj - HOGARI

8.Zirodent - HOGARI

9.Božija Greška - ŽIDOVSKA NACIJA

10.Pogreb - ŽIDOVSKA NACIJA

11.Noćni Bravar - BG DOLLS

12.Baj Baj Bejbi - BG DOLLS

13.Na Morskome Plavom Žalu - BG DOLLS

14.Kurva - RIKVERC

15.Opekao Sam Se Na Peglu - RIKVERC

16.Lili Marlen - RIKVERC

17.Skate Or Die - E.H.E.

18.A? - E.H.E.

19.Ich Liebe - E.H.E.

20.Pijani Odred - E.H.E.

21.War - ROTTEN SAUSAGE

22.Rotten Sausage - ROTTEN SAUSAGE

23.Without Alcohol - ROTTEN SAUSAGE

24.Headache - ROTTEN SAUSAGE

25.Nightmare - CHILDREN OF WAR

26.Baba - TRI DEBELA PRASETA

27.T.D.P. - TRI DEBELA PRASETA

28.Straight Edge - TRI DEBELA PRASETA

29.New York - BUZZBOMB

30.Ponekad - BUZZBOMB

31.Ja To Ne Bih Mogao - PROJEKAT N.C.

32.Vojska - CICIBANS

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SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM - s/t LP 1982

From Büren came this Girlie-Pop-Punk band and this is their only record which was released by the well-known swiss label Off Course Records in 1982. The sound is here suported by Buzz, Netz and Pasquale from SOZZ. The band play a simple poppy sound with a few snotty numbers (Beat Girls). I must say that not all songs are burners and partly the whole album is a bit too lame for me but that's with all things I think a matter of taste. Fourteen songs unconcerned, cozy, bubbling with few highlights, fun and love of life (well, there comes better noises from Swiss). About the band so I can't say much but I think they broke up shortly after this release. Check this out for yourselfs!

- Special Thx to K.H.S. -

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DADDY★MEMPHIS & THE OIBERTS - Tu Nicht's Gut EP 1997

From Brühl came Daddy★Memphis and he is around since the end of the Eighties and released one album Total Derb on his own label Ziegenkopf Records. The album is full of songs with sometimes not too serious lyrics about bourgeois small-mindedness and certainly drifting in the direction of Fun-Punk (I hate this category) but musically played decently and keep their sarcastic touch brilliantly. Unfortunately little noticed in the scene and after three more 7Inches he took a short break and came back and founded the Oiberts in ca. 1995 and the line-up consisted of Daddy (vocals/guitars), Reiner (guitars), Chris (bass), Tod (drums) and they made three albums, two 7Inches and since 2003 is silence. Daddy probably passed away in 2022, at least that's what I came across when I searched the net, but I'm not sure. Tu Nicht's Gut is a very good EP which came in different kinds of colored vinyl and has four catchy songs, including a great cover of Devo's 'Mongoloid', one of the best songs ever written in my opinion, plus three more interesting Gassenhauer, and even if the band name seems a bit strange and suggests bumpy music, I can only say positive things about the four and I like their sound, because a Punker life is exhausting enough.

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