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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

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July 4, 2018 - 9:50am

#3061

Vguy72

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There are two sides....

....to every coin. Ain't no time to hate.
July 4, 2018 - 9:10am

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Charlie3

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Some Cheese with Your Whine?

Always fun to check these threads and see someone's hysterical political rant.
July 4, 2018 - 8:52am

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Kjohnduff1

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Oops... I meant DP 27...

Just saw on another thread that Seth Hollander was hoping for 12/12/90.Awesome show... that would be a great choice too!
July 4, 2018 - 8:44am

#3064

Kjohnduff1

Joined:
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Predictions for Dave’s #26 ???

Really looking forward to the announcement... maybe in a couple of weeks?I’m guessing that it’ll be primal Dead. Spring ‘69? Would love June ‘76 though... maybe fall ‘80 (Gainesville?) Maybe the first ‘79 show in the series? Can’t wait.
July 4, 2018 - 8:41am

#3065

icecrmcnkd

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Roger McGuinn opened 6-22-91

http://www.dead.net/show/june-22-1991
July 4, 2018 - 8:18am

#3066

zxtttxz

Joined:
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Byrds?

SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO 50TH ANNIVERSARY featuring Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives Hi everyone - very excited here. I've pasted in above the announcement from my in-box today regarding 50th anniversary of Sweetheart of the Rodeo. I love the Byrds. Seems like they should have shared some bills with the dead, but I'm not aware of any. Particularly at the end of the Byrds' career when they were an excessively hairy jam-band. Grateful Dead, Byrds, Small Faces, Traffic - these are probably the 4 classic rock bands I've listened to and enjoyed more than any others. I've never seen McGuinn live...seeing him at the Ryman is something to look forward to. Monday October 8 is the day. If anyone wants to come to Nashville for the show let me know and we'll make preparations. Happy 4th to all - hoping for quick recovery and good health for all. Rock on!
July 4, 2018 - 7:35am

#3067

JeffSmith

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Hang in there LoveMyGirl

Man, sorry to read about your long bout with the figment of a health care system we suffer under. Glad to know you're home with family & friends and on the mend. Lots of warm, positive vibes radiating to you from west Texas. Onward! Wonder if we can scrape up a box for you?. . .
July 4, 2018 - 5:48am

#3068

Born Cross Eye…

Joined:
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unkle sam

Thank you for your fine patriotic post.And hats-off to Roguedeadguy, too U.S. Blues Grateful Dead Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck. Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain. Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat. Wave that flag, wave it wide and high. Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my. I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band. Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan. Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues? I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife. Wave that flag, wave it wide and high. Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my. Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act. We're all confused, what's to lose? You can call this all the United States Blues. Wave that flag, wave it wide and high. Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my. Songwriters: Jerome J. Garcia / Robert C. Hunter Copyright 1974 Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. (ASCAP) U.S. Blues lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
July 4, 2018 - 5:21am

#3069

Roguedeadguy

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unkle sam

Wave that flag. Wave it wide and high. Democracy has come and gone, my oh my. I picked up a cheap used copy of the Truckin Up to Buffalo DVD recently and watched it last night. 1) Good stuff, although I think Downhill From Here is a little better overall with better video quality -- "Better" being relative since they're both old standard def feeds anyway. I notice there's at least two other video releases from that tour, 7-7 and 7-8, and that seems to be where they mine all the Meet up At the Movies also. 2) Holy hell, that was a ripping All Along the Watchtower. Maybe the best non Jimi version I can remember. Highlight of the show, IMHO. 3) During Drums, Mickey is squeezing something that looks like a giant air filter, and banging on it with something like a crowbar. What is that ?
July 4, 2018 - 4:34am

#3070

unkle sam

Joined:
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Freedom, that's what I want

just out today, the current administration had help from the Russians in winning the 2016 election, concludes the Senate. How do you feel now? This administration has and will continue to erode all and any past accomplishments in the name of progress and freedom to suit it's own greedy maladjusted agenda. If you believe in Freedom, if you believe in Justice, better wake up and vote in November. The times they are a-changing and it looks like we are going back to the 50's. Affirmative action to be stopped in colleges, tariffs against our allies, gestapo type tactics against any and all immigrants, tax cuts for the rich that will never expire, supreme court being loaded with conservatives that will make all of this craziness the law of the land. WAKE UP and remember what our ancestors fought and died for, Freedom from want, Freedom from fear, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, freedom from a government that did not listen to it's own citizens. They fed us the line that democracy was and is the best thing going and we fought and died for it, and now, it is being slowly and deliberately destroyed by greedy, crazy aristocrats who want it all and will take us all down to get it. I love my country, I fought for my country, I was willing to die for it, and now, I don't recognize my home, the idiots are winning and we must fight with all the love that we have to stop what will become the easiest take over of a country by a foreign regime ever. Not one shot being fired, all in the name of greed. Happy 4th of July everyone, I will fly my flag today, upside down, to symbolize a nation in distress and in need of help. I only hope it's not too late. Go ahead, fly your freak flags high, it's just a mater of time before you won't be able to with out fear of retribution from your own government.

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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

Pssst Charlie3

Careful, there's a curmudgeon running around on the loose in here!

Posted this one before,but it's worth it again.

Happy Saturday Night folks... :o)

Anthem 50th

Only reason I bought it was for the 1967-10-22 show. I've already got a really good soundboard of it but I'm listening with nice headphones right now & it's definetly worth it. Sounds fantastic.Get some... a little further in now...massive upgrade. Thanks :o)

re; Jack White....

....White Stripes. Elephant. Circa 2003.

Madness

I can't believe someone objected to Hippychic's posts. It reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer freaks out when Jerry threatens to report his female neighbor for walking around her apartment naked. Madness. I love this space, where every topic under the sun is fair game, but lets face it, it is mostly a sterile, barren, sexless sausage fest. especially since Kate C. no longer posts. Please keep the posts cummin Hippychic.

Gollum

You're a gentleman and a scholar!

Lothar And The Hand People

Getting off the subject of the Grateful Dead, a blast from my past: Lothar And The Hand People. I never really got to see them many years ago at the Roxy Theatre in Northampton, Pennsylvania, but I definitely do remember the name. I used to have their 1st Capitol Records LP, I guess -the one with pictures of the band members photos on the front cover on a tan background. I thought the their facial expressions in these photos were hilarious, and ages ago I bought the album with that being one of the reasons for buying it. Another reason to buy it was to "explore" new music and it was quite low-cost price for the time. ($2.98 or something like that) Anyway, with that being said, here's a sound sample - I think it's the whole album, or at least the opening track on Side 1, "Machines": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpIz8E6wvs&list=PLW1w8neoXejs188MBadMB…

dickey betts

DP27

My first comment here, after lurking for a few months, ha! I personally would love to see 6-4-76 Paramount Theater, Portland, OR. Great setlist, historic show, and does not circulate in SBD. That said, a mini box of both 6-3 and 6-4 might be warranted, so perhaps they'll hold off (provided 6-4 is even in the vault). Just sayin'. Hey everybody!

7/15/88

Fresh transfer with new audio upgrade.

11/6/79 "Evening Magazine"

November 6, 1979 "Evening Magazine" KYW-TV 3 PhiladelphiaJerry & Bob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPRxHU9Zr0g

What do you call a deaf gynecologist?....

....a lip reader.

cosmicdavid, check your PMs

We gotta talk New Riders...

Margo and the Boyz....

https://youtu.be/0RE9whlrfO8....soooooo good.

Full set in case anyone's interested....

https://youtu.be/VjZ-biRvTuc....latest CJ record is out for delivery. Damn, She's beautiful. Even my wife says I have good taste....Sunflowers.

Foo FIGHTers....

https://youtu.be/xsg1RPnwH8g....did I do it right?

No clues from Bolo about Dave's 27th?

I like the build up for the announcement. Just hoping for a good show with great sound. I'll probably be busy and miss the announcement going live, but will be checking for a Listening Party at lunch after Taper's Section in the morning. May all who need to get it a la carte have your dreams come true tomorrow!

I may be late to the party BUT

If you're a fan of Americana and Roots music you might enjoy thisDITTYTV.com or Ditty TV streaming on your AppleTV or Roku. Ive been watching it a lot as its like MTV was when they did videos. Learning a lot of new groups and sounds and the shows are really enjoyable. Check it out and see if it gets you goin Lost on Cedar Key.................

Lost on Cedar Key.........

A little over an hour from Gainesville.

Yes Jim

Thats the placebut its 5000 light years from the mainland I really don't want to leave.........ever check this out...........http://cedarkeybedandbreakfast.com/ this is the place Ive been longing for......... Awaiting tonights soul satisfying sunset

DedCo / BoulderCo

I was there last night. I didn't think it was dub steppy at all. Actually I thought it was fucking awesome!

E.S.P.

No not the guitar company or the mental thing... the Miles Davis album. Miles Davis, E.S.P. Man, is this beautiful music. The last two songs, "Iris, and Mood" are just hypnotic. I was at the Dead & Co. shows in Boulder the last two nights. I was with some buddies Friday and had a great time though I felt the pace dragged a little. So, taking the wife last night, I kept hyping it - that Friday maybe wasn't the most stellar show and being end of tour, last night would kill it. It lagged even more than Friday. When Bob took the band into a languid, "Days Between" right out of a long-ass drums/space, I think half the stadium fell asleep. Still love the band, but, that was exactly the moment to go into "Me And My Uncle, or Truckin'," something to put a little juice in the proceedings. As usual the sound was immaculate; pristine. That band has the cleanest, purest live sound mix I have ever heard and they get it outside. Amazing. Shakedown street there at Folsom Field is a beautiful scene. You can get great food, cool swag and there are several full bars. The cops just hang out behind their sunglasses with their arms folded and watch the girls. A great weekend. Happy Sunday everyone.

Who brought up dubsteppy?....

....oh. I did. A week ago. My son moved on. Thank God. He recently discovered Rush. Like three hours ago. I will groom him. I discovered Rush in 1981. No regerts.https://youtu.be/PHlLk5m0S4o

Never judge a setlist by the show

I thought the Boulder shows looked pretty good on paper. But, I wasn’t there and I didn’t do the stream. I did catch the free stream of Set 1 opening China/Rider and thought it was great. Agree with LedDed that D&C has spectacular concert sound. So does Roger Waters. Worst concert sound I experienced: Van Halen 2007. Horrendous. It was indoors, but I have also seen Roger Waters 3x and D&C 2x at the same place and they sounded great. For RW in 2012 I was one row in front of the same seat I was in for VH 2007, and it sounded great, so can’t blame the arena for the bad VH sound. Saw VH outdoors in 2015 and it sounded way better, but not even close to how D&C sounds outdoors.

Long Strange Trip CD bonus music

Hey now I just came a cross this on ebay, it's probably already been discussed. Are any of these extra tracks on the bonus third CD of Long Strange Trip previously unreleased? EXCLUSIVE Bonus Disc Three TRACK LISTING: 1 Playing in the Band (Beat-Club, Bremen, West Germany, 4/21/1972) 9:48 2 Eyes of the World (Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ, 8/6/1974) 18:35 3 St. Stephen (Cornell 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977) 4:47 4 Not Fade Away (Cornell 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977) 16:20 5 St. Stephen (Cornell 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/1977) 2:04 6 Dark Hollow (Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 10/7/1980) 4:04 7 Stella Blue (Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City, OK, 7/5/1981) 10:14 8 Days Between (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 10/18/1994) 13:56 the only ones I question are the Zoo from 81 and Days Between? Didn't the Eyes come out on a Dicks picks? Help I'm not a schooled archivist. :> Thanks, nitecat

ice cream man and van halen

First I don't really like Van Halen, that said,, I think I caught the same 2007 tour, and yes the sound really sucked. Really, really.

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nitecat

You are right. Only the last two songs of the bonus disc were previously unreleased. Been hoping for a full 7/5/81 release for a while now. Great ‘81 show but also a hometown one for me. Enjoy the CD!

I dunno....

....the last '81 release was met with spittle and brimstone. Not by me tho....

I have to listen to post

I have to listen to post brent. cuz im pretty close to having a crash and burn and chucking the grateful dead out the window.

if you sit and just focus on

if you sit and just focus on the sound mix quality of that '81 dave's picks you're going to have a bad time. its one of those you have to look at the whole overall package

E.S.P-Led Ded

Agreed-a superb album-Herbie Hancocks piano and Tony Williams drumming-exceptional. All those mid 60s Miles Davis album are great-but E.S.P might just be my favourite.I only got into Bitches Brew this year. There is a 3 cd 1 dvd anniversary edition of this out, that doesn't cost so much, and sounds brilliant. Much, much better than earlier editions-to my way of thinking.

'81 TTATS - fire and brimstone??

Vguy - Love ya, but I disagree that the '81 TTATS was met with "fire and brimstone". No one dissed the show itself (as I recall). The general consensus was that it was one of the weaker recordings in the box - merely a statement of fact. '81 is one of the worst-recorded of the Dead's 30 years, so it was to be expected, no? "Fire and brimstone" seems a bit dramatic, but perhaps I'm forgetting some of the comments.

Still waiting on 27 Shirdeep Great Southern

Figured I would spend my Monday morning looking for news on 27th Dave. While waiting I streamed that Dicky Elizabeth Reed video. Wow, that hit the spot. I always thought volume swells could only be done on a Strat. What a glorious intro by Dicky. Thanks for posting

‘81

I think that Vguy was referring to 12-9-81.Other than the AUD splices, I don’t have a problem with that release. T - 103 minutes until the DaP27 announcement

nitecat

I think tracks 6 and 8 are unreleased. Unless perhaps by November download? (Anyone?)

LST Bonus Disc

Thin-I was thinking nitecat was referring only to the last two tracks on the bonus disc from the Amazon-exclusive version. You are correct, there are several unreleased tracks throughout the 3-disc version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Strange_Trip Happy DaP 27 announcement day, everybody!

thx

thx for clarifying. Nevermind my previous comment.... 34 minutes until they announce 5/25/74 as DaP27....

27

So excited for the announcement of 27 my bellybutton has been puckering and un-puckering all day.

9/2/83

6.22.86....

....6.22.86

9/2/83

http://www.dead.net/store/music/new-releases/daves-picks-volume-27

Mr. Jack Straw wins it!

Interesting pick.

That's Boise isn't it?.....

....I recognize that date.

dp27

excellent - looking fwd to this one

FINALLY!!!!

We have a WINNER, keep the early 1980s coming for the next 4-5 picks DL!!

Hope Spacebro approves

Don’t think I have heard that show before.

firsts..

First Wang Dang Doodle and Throwing Stones of the series...and I think only the second H>S>F in the series. Looks awesome - can't wait!

Nice! 9/2/83

Nice - Glad they found a good show and good recording form the 80's. Help Slip Franklin's is one of my favorites, and is one of the songs that no one has enough of. Glad to hear Eyes is NOT one of the super-speedy versions that was the norm in the 80's. BRING IT!

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