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Jazz

A History of America's Music

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...

Narrated by LeVar Burton ...

Abridged

8 hours 59 min

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the
... Read more
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Disgraceland

Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly

by Jake Brennan ...

Narrated by Jake Brennan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious
... Read more
Audiobook

How Music Works

by David Byrne ...

Narrated by David Byrne, Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

$22.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”
... Read more
Audiobook

Guitar: Learn To Play Guitar for Beginners

by John G. Phillips ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

52 min

All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Would You Like to Eliminate Every Struggle That You Are Faced With When Starting to Play Guitar?This audiobook is your "Free Pass" to playing guitar. It is the most direct and to the point complete audio program guitar course.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn.. ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Would You Like to Eliminate Every Struggle That You Are Faced With When Starting to Play Guitar?This audiobook is your "Free Pass" to playing guitar. It is the most direct and to the point complete audio program guitar course.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn..
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Holding the Note

Profiles in Popular Music

by David Remnick ...

Narrated by David Remnick, Matt Godfrey ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time—intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more.The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” or Bob Dylan performing “Blind Willie ... Read more

$22.50 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time—intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more.The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” or Bob Dylan performing “Blind Willie
... Read more
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Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why

by Ged Brockie ...

Narrated by Ged Brockie ...

Unabridged

31 min

Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life.
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Ullas Ki Naav

by Vikas Kumar Jha, Vikas Kumar Jha ...

Narrated by Babita Tripathi ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

आइ बिलीव इन म्यूजि़क, आइ बिलीव इन लव—हमेशा इन दो संगीतमय वाक्यों से अपने रौशनदानो की शुरुआत करनेवाली भारतीय पॉप संगीत की महारानी उषा उथुप रम्भा हो, पाउरिंग रेन, मटिल्डा, कोई यहाँ नाचे-नाचे और दोस्तों से प्यार किया सरीखे झूम-धूम-भरे बेशुमार गानों के संग लोगों के अन्तर्मन के धुँधले क्षितिज को हज़ार वाट की अपनी हँसी से सदैव जगमग करती आई हैं। वे देश-दुनिया की बाईस भाषाओं में गाती हैं। पर दुनिया-भर में ... Read more

$12.99 USD

आइ बिलीव इन म्यूजि़क, आइ बिलीव इन लव—हमेशा इन दो संगीतमय वाक्यों से अपने रौशनदानो की शुरुआत करनेवाली भारतीय पॉप संगीत की महारानी उषा उथुप रम्भा हो, पाउरिंग रेन, मटिल्डा, कोई यहाँ नाचे-नाचे और दोस्तों से प्यार किया सरीखे झूम-धूम-भरे बेशुमार गानों के संग लोगों के अन्तर्मन के धुँधले क्षितिज को हज़ार वाट की अपनी हँसी से सदैव जगमग करती आई हैं। वे देश-दुनिया की बाईस भाषाओं में गाती हैं। पर दुनिया-भर में
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Soundtrack of Leadership, The

What Music Teaches Us About Leadership and Culture

by Karlton Butts ...

Narrated by Karlton Butts ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

The Soundtrack of Leadership: What Music Teaches Us About Leadership and Culture explores our deep connection with music and how music shapes our leadership values and our relationships. It parallels the evolution of a band-from preparing yourself as a leader, to choosing your bandmates, to writing music, to playing stadiums, and to managing stardom-with the leadership and cultural evolution of an ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Soundtrack of Leadership: What Music Teaches Us About Leadership and Culture explores our deep connection with music and how music shapes our leadership values and our relationships. It parallels the evolution of a band-from preparing yourself as a leader, to choosing your bandmates, to writing music, to playing stadiums, and to managing stardom-with the leadership and cultural evolution of an
... Read more
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First Time I Ever Heard..., The

by Michael Pollick ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Eric (11Labs) S ...

Unabridged

1 hour 58 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A teenage protagonist stumbles upon songs like Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" in a record store, instantly captivated by their raw, energetic sound. The experience is described as both terrifying and exhilarating, a gateway to a world of music the protagonist never knew existed. Comparable works include The first time a character discovers a genre of music ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A teenage protagonist stumbles upon songs like Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" in a record store, instantly captivated by their raw, energetic sound. The experience is described as both terrifying and exhilarating, a gateway to a world of music the protagonist never knew existed. Comparable works include The first time a character discovers a genre of music
... Read more
Audiobook

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

by Rob Harvilla ...

Narrated by Rob Harvilla ...

Unabridged

9 hours 6 min

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney.
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Ronaldo Bôscoli

by Denilson Monteiro ...

Narrated by Renato Peres ...

Unabridged

17 hours 37 min

Relato da vida de um dos mais importantes compositores brasileiros e umas das principais figuras da Bossa Nova, o livro revela detalhes da história da MPB e da vida de Bôscoli, também conhecido por sua personalidade extremamente sedutora. Nas mais de 500 páginas de A Bossa do Lobo, Denilson Monteiro conta a vida de Ronaldo com riqueza de detalhes, revelando como nasceram as canções que ele compôs; ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Relato da vida de um dos mais importantes compositores brasileiros e umas das principais figuras da Bossa Nova, o livro revela detalhes da história da MPB e da vida de Bôscoli, também conhecido por sua personalidade extremamente sedutora. Nas mais de 500 páginas de A Bossa do Lobo, Denilson Monteiro conta a vida de Ronaldo com riqueza de detalhes, revelando como nasceram as canções que ele compôs;
... Read more
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Прислушайся к музыке, к звукам, к себе

by М Фейбер ...

Narrated by Лев Ганкин ...

Series series Внесерийное
Unabridged

13 hours 17 min

Книг о музыке — об исполнителях, коллективах, эпохах и жанрах — великое множество. Но мало кто задается вопросом: а что происходит внутри нас, когда мы слушаем музыку? Известный нидерландский писатель, автор романов «Багровый лепесток и белый», «Побудь в моей шкуре» и «Книга странных новых вещей» Мишель Фейбер в своем первом нон-фикшене обращается как к преданным меломанам, так и к тем, для кого ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Книг о музыке — об исполнителях, коллективах, эпохах и жанрах — великое множество. Но мало кто задается вопросом: а что происходит внутри нас, когда мы слушаем музыку? Известный нидерландский писатель, автор романов «Багровый лепесток и белый», «Побудь в моей шкуре» и «Книга странных новых вещей» Мишель Фейбер в своем первом нон-фикшене обращается как к преданным меломанам, так и к тем, для кого
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Magnificat

Der Lobgesang der Maria - Musik und Meditationen

by Anselm Grün, Johann Sebastian Bach ...

Narrated by Anselm Grün ...

Unabridged

57 min

"Meine Seele preist die Größe des Herrn" - so beginnt der Lobgesang der Maria. Johann Sebastian Bach hat mit seinem Magnificat die berühmteste Vertonung dieser Bibelstelle geschrieben. Diese Produktion verbindet die Musik Bachs mit Meditationen und Auslegungen von Anselm Grün. Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig und dem Neuen Bachischen Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Es spricht Pater Anselm Grün. ... Read more

$18.99 USD

"Meine Seele preist die Größe des Herrn" - so beginnt der Lobgesang der Maria. Johann Sebastian Bach hat mit seinem Magnificat die berühmteste Vertonung dieser Bibelstelle geschrieben. Diese Produktion verbindet die Musik Bachs mit Meditationen und Auslegungen von Anselm Grün. Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig und dem Neuen Bachischen Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Es spricht Pater Anselm Grün.
... Read more
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Old City of Marseilles, The

by Aleksandr I. Kuprin ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Liam E ...

Unabridged

13 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Music, much like a languid lion trapped within the confines of a zoo, loses its grandeur when it is restrained—its true essence is best appreciated in its natural habitat. The same melody that invigorates in a shadowy bar or resonates when performed by an enigmatic street musician may feel devoid of life when summoned by a machine in your home.The Old ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Music, much like a languid lion trapped within the confines of a zoo, loses its grandeur when it is restrained—its true essence is best appreciated in its natural habitat. The same melody that invigorates in a shadowy bar or resonates when performed by an enigmatic street musician may feel devoid of life when summoned by a machine in your home.The Old
... Read more
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Radiopiraten - Abenteuer auf hoher See (Ungekürzt)

by Herbert Hoven, Hans Jacobshagen ...

Narrated by Herbert Hoven, Hans Jacobshagen ...

Unabridged

1 hour 48 min

Ende der 60er Jahre, als in Deutschland noch Musikmoderatoren durchs Programm führten, saßen bei Radio Caroline, Radio Veronika, Radio London und Radio Mi Amigo oder bei Nordsee International Discjockeys vor dem Mikrofon und spielten pausenlos die neuesten Titel aus England und Amerika. ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ende der 60er Jahre, als in Deutschland noch Musikmoderatoren durchs Programm führten, saßen bei Radio Caroline, Radio Veronika, Radio London und Radio Mi Amigo oder bei Nordsee International Discjockeys vor dem Mikrofon und spielten pausenlos die neuesten Titel aus England und Amerika.
... Read more
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Vendiendo Inglaterra por una libra. Una historia social del rock progresivo británico

by Norberto Cambiasso, Norberto Cambiasso ...

Narrated by Gabriel Paserino ...

Unabridged

17 hours 7 min

La tendencia a reducir el rock progresivo a su variante sinfónica, que adalides entusiastas y detractores acérrimos comparten por igual, promueve una mirada sesgada, ajena a las sutilezas de la historia y restringida a unos pocos esquemas formales derivados de la tradición clásica de la música culta que no le hacen justicia a la compleja metamorfosis que caracterizó el escenario musical británico ... Read more

$24.99 USD

La tendencia a reducir el rock progresivo a su variante sinfónica, que adalides entusiastas y detractores acérrimos comparten por igual, promueve una mirada sesgada, ajena a las sutilezas de la historia y restringida a unos pocos esquemas formales derivados de la tradición clásica de la música culta que no le hacen justicia a la compleja metamorfosis que caracterizó el escenario musical británico
... Read more
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High and Rising

A Book About De La Soul

by Marcus J. Moore ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever.De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an “anything goes” hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation.Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin “Posdnuos” ... Read more

$23.99 USD

A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever.De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an “anything goes” hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation.Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin “Posdnuos”
... Read more
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Histoires Analogues

by Michel-Olivier Gasse ...

Narrated by Michel-Olivier Gasse, Louis-José Houde, Karyne Lefebvre ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

C’est les histoires d’un gars qui écoute beaucoup de musique et qui achète des disques depuis toujours. Des histoires qui font état de la place qu’un album, une chanson ou une pochette peut occuper dans une vie. Des histoires de musique adorée ou de musique subie. Ce n’est pas un palmarès ni un ramassis de suggestions ; ce sont quarante textes qui prennent chacun leur point de départ dans un album ... Read more

$16.99 USD

C’est les histoires d’un gars qui écoute beaucoup de musique et qui achète des disques depuis toujours. Des histoires qui font état de la place qu’un album, une chanson ou une pochette peut occuper dans une vie. Des histoires de musique adorée ou de musique subie. Ce n’est pas un palmarès ni un ramassis de suggestions ; ce sont quarante textes qui prennent chacun leur point de départ dans un album
... Read more
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The Vintage Guide to Classical Music

An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

by Jan Swafford ...

Narrated by Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

19 hours 37 min

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical
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Anatomy of 55 More Songs

The Oral History of Top Hits That Changed Rock, Pop and Soul

by Marc Myers ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more—iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more—iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate
... Read more
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Why the Beach Boys Matter

by Tom Smucker ...

Narrated by Joe Hempel ...

Series series Music Matters
Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group
... Read more
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Человек дующий. Homo inspirans: История о том, как человек поставил дыхание на службу искусству

by Владимир Зисман ...

Narrated by Игорь Князев ...

Series series Записки музыканта
Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

Из этой книги вы узнаете о том, как, когда, с помощью чего человек научился извлекать звуки из воздуха и вообще зачем ему это всё понадобилось. Но книга, разумеется, не только о духовых музыкальных инструментах. Они всего лишь внешнее проявление непреодолимых потребностей и особенностей, свойственных виду Homo sapiens — любознательности, изобретательности и острого желания перепробовать все ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Из этой книги вы узнаете о том, как, когда, с помощью чего человек научился извлекать звуки из воздуха и вообще зачем ему это всё понадобилось. Но книга, разумеется, не только о духовых музыкальных инструментах. Они всего лишь внешнее проявление непреодолимых потребностей и особенностей, свойственных виду Homo sapiens — любознательности, изобретательности и острого желания перепробовать все
... Read more
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Flyboy in the Buttermilk

Essays on Contemporary America

by Greg Tate ...

Narrated by Dion Graham, Mikel Banks ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove.From one of the most original, creative, and provocative culture critics comes an eye-opening collection of essays and tales about American music and culture.Under the guise of writing about a single subject, Greg Tate’s essays in Flyboy in the Buttermilk ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove.From one of the most original, creative, and provocative culture critics comes an eye-opening collection of essays and tales about American music and culture.Under the guise of writing about a single subject, Greg Tate’s essays in Flyboy in the Buttermilk
... Read more
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Poptastic!

My Days in Radio

by Tony Blackburn ...

Narrated by Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds ...

Abridged

4 hours 12 min

Tony Blackburn is one of Britain's most iconic disc jockeys, a true pioneer of pop radio who has kept the nation entertained for decades. From his rebellious early days as a pirate radio DJ to becoming the golden voice of BBC Radio 1, Tony has seen it all - chart-topping hits, industry rivalries, lifelong friendships, and the ever-changing landscape of music broadcasting.Now, as Radio 1 marks its ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Tony Blackburn is one of Britain's most iconic disc jockeys, a true pioneer of pop radio who has kept the nation entertained for decades. From his rebellious early days as a pirate radio DJ to becoming the golden voice of BBC Radio 1, Tony has seen it all - chart-topping hits, industry rivalries, lifelong friendships, and the ever-changing landscape of music broadcasting.Now, as Radio 1 marks its
... Read more

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