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| Artist | Song Title | Album/CD Title | Other info | 
| Taj Mahal | Oh Mama Don't You Know | Oooh So Good 'N' Blues | not yet on cd | 
| Memphis Minnie | Frankie Jean | Memphis Minnie Vol 2 | 
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| Henry Benson | Jelly Roll Baker | Southside Blues | 
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| Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry | Old Town Blues | Hootin' | 
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| Brownie McGhee | Lonesome Day | Brownie's Blues | 
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| Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry | When It's Love Time | Climbin Up | * | 
| Little Milton | Have Mercy Baby | Little Milton Sings Big Blues | not yet on cd | 
| Little Milton | Blind Man | We're Gonna Make It | not yet on CD | 
| Little Milton | I Can't Quit You Bby | Grits Ain't Groceries 
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| Johnny Morissette | Hell All The Way | 
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| Willie Mabon | Monday Woman | Blues Roots | 
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| Taj Mahal | Sweet Home Chicago | Recycling the blues | 
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| Taj Mahal | Cluck Old Hen | De Ole Folks At Home | 
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| Hammie Nixon | Brownsville Blues | Tapping That Thang | 
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| Jerry McCain | Spoiled Rotten To The Bone | Blues 'N' Stuff | 
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| Jerry McCain | She Tore Me Up | Bad blues Is My Business | 
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| Magic Sam | Everything's Gonna Be Alright | The Magic Sam Legacy | 
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| Taj Mahal | Little Red Hen | Oooh So Good 'N' Blues | 
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| Memphis Minnie | When The Leevee Breaks | Blues Classics | 
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| Memphis Minnie | If You See My Rooster | Memphis Minnie 1934-41 | 
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| Magic Slim & The Teardrops | She Belongs To Me | Grand Slam | 
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| Louis Myers | Give Me A Drink | 
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| Dorothy Moore | He Thinks That I Still Care | Feel The Love | 
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| Tower of Power | You're Still A Young Man | 
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| Otis Redding | I've Been Loving You Too Long | 
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| Cast | Sides 3 & 2 | Ain't Misbehavin' | 
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Today I brought my 4-CD boxed set called "Chess Blues." Unless otherwise noted, the songs came from this set.
| Artist | Song Title | Album/CD Title | Other info | 
| Clarence Samuels | Lollipop Mama | 
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| Little Walter | Juke | 
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| Muddy Waters | My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) | 
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| Buddy Guy | First Time I Met The Blues | 
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| Robert Nighthawk | My Sweet Loving Woman | 
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| Memphis Minnie | Conjur Man | 
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| Paul Gayten & Myrtle Jones | Right To Love You | 
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| Detroit Junior | Too Poor | 
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| Little Johnny Jones | Big Town Playboy | 
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| Howlin' Wolf | Evil | 
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| Albert King | Blues At Sunrise | Blues At Sunrise | * | 
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Ain't Nobody's Business | 
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| Etta James | I'd Rather Go Blind | 
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| Andrew Tibbs | Bilbo Is Dead | 
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| Rocky Fuller | Funeral Hearse At My Door | 
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| Willie Dixon | 29 Ways | 
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| Koko Taylor | Wang Dang Doodle | 
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| Leo Nocentelli | Que Sera Sera | Live In San Francisco | 
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| Johnny Shines | Joliet Blues | 
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| Henry Gray | I Declare That Ain't Right | 
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| Lafayette Leake | Slow Leake | 
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| Little Milton | Satisfied | 
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| St. Louis Jimmy | Florida Hurricane | 
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| Elmore James | Whose Muddy Shoes | 
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| Nina Simone | Marry Me | A Single Woman | 
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| Eddie Boyd | Come On Home | 
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| John Lee Hooker | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer | 
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| Forrest Sykes | Tonky boogie | 
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| Gus Jenkins | Eight Ball | 
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| Sonny Boy Williamson | Fattening Frogs for Snakes | 
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| Lloyd Glenn | The Shakedown | 
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| Memphis Slim | Mother Earth | 
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| John Brim | Ice Cream Man | 
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| Irma Thomas | I Needed Somebody | Live! Simply the Best | 
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| Tina Turner | The Wedding/Please Please Please | Live Performances | 
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| Aretha Franklin | Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning | Unforgettable | 
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| Etta James | Take It To The Limit | Live | 
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| JB Lenoir | She Don't Know | 
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| Walter Horton | Good Moanin' Blues | 
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| Sunnyland Slim | SheAin't Nowhere | 
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| Willie Mabon | Got To Have It | 
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| Otis Rush | so Many Roads, so Many Trans | 
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| The Big Three Trio | Wrinkles | 
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| Baby Face Leroy | My Head Can't Rest Anymore | 
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| Treniers | Poon Tang | 
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| Artist | Song Title | Album/CD Title | Other info | 
| Ike & Tina Turner Revue | I Love the Way You Love | Live | 
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| Donny Hathaway | Young, Gifted, & Black | A Donny Hathaway Collection | 
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| Aretha Franklin | Someday We'll All Be Free | Malcolm X | soundtrack | 
| LaBelle | The Revolution Will Not be Televised | Movin' On Up vol. 2` | 
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| Eric Bibb | I Heard the Angels singing | Painting Signs | 
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| Stevie Wonder | Blowin' In the wind | Movin On Up | 
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| Paul Pena | Terrraplane Blues | Genghis Blues | 
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| Big Bill Bronzy | Black, Brown & White | Trouble In Mind | 
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| Mississippi John Hurt | I Shall Not Be Moved | Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Anthology | 
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| Leadbelly | Jim Crow | Bourgeois Blues | 
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| Sammy Mayfield | Wooh Me Baby | Blues By the Bushel | 
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| Otis Taylor | 500 Roses | When Negroes Walked the Earth | www.otis-taylor.com | 
| Eric Bibb | Delia's Gone | Painting Signs | 
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| Sly & the Family Stone | If You Want Me To Stay | Dead Presidents | soundtrack | 
| Lurie Bell | If I Had A Hammer | Blues Had A Baby | 
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| Nina Simone | Why The King of Love Is Dead | Movin' On Up | 
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| Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson | Winter in America | Movin On Up vol 2 | 
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| James Brown | I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing | Movin On Up | 
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| Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues | What's Going On | 
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| Big Bill Bronzy | I Wonder When I Will Be Called A Man | Trouble In Mind | 
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| Leadbelly | John Henry | Bourgeois Blues | 
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| Otis Taylor | Cold At Midnight | When Negroes Walked the Earth | 
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| Curtis Mayfield | We People Who Are Darker Than Blue | Movin On Up vol 2 | 
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| Pop Staples | Tryin' Times | Stax Blues Brothers | 
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| Otis Redding | Change Is gonna come | Movin On Up | 
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| Take 6 | Mary | Take 6 | 
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| Staple Singers | I'll Take You There | Movin' On Up vol 2 | 
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| Duke Ellington | Arabesque Cookie | Malcolm X | MLK speeches interspersed | 
| Take 6 | Milky White Way | Take 6 | 
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| Willie Johnson | Dark Was The Night, Cold Was the Ground | The Promised Land | 2-cd sountrack | 
| Bill Withers | Gandma's Hands | Best of Bill Withers | 
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| Undisputed Truth | Smiling Faces Sometimes | Dead Presidents vol 2 | soundtrack | 
| Paul Pena | Kargyraa Moan | Genghis Blues | soundtrack | 
| James Brown | Ain't That A Groove | Dead Presidents vol 2 | soundtrack | 
| Take 6 | Spread Love | Take 6 | 
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| Artist | Song Title | Album/CD Title | Other info | 
| Temptations | Run Charlie Run | 
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| Sly & the Family Stone | Thank You For Talking To Me Africa | There's A Riot Going On | 
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| Graham Central Station | Can Ya Handle It | Graham Central Station | 
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| Rufus | Ain't Nothin' But A Maybe | Rags To Rufus | 
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| Rose Royce | Ooh Boy | In Full Bloom | 
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| Bootsy Collins | Bootzilla | Back In the Day: Best of Bootsy Collins | 
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| Barry White | Ecstasy | Barry White's Greatest Hits | 
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| Earth, Wind & Fire | Shining Star | That's The Way of the World | 
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| War | Slipping Into Darkness | War Anthology | 2-cd set | 
| Undisputed Truth | Smiling Faces Sometimes | Method To the Madness | 
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| Graham Central Station | We Be's Getting Down | Graham Central Station | 
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| MFSB | Freddie's Dead | Am I Black Enough For You | compilation | 
| Teena Marie | Yes Indeed | It Must Be Magic | 
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| Tower Of Power | `You're Still A Young Man | Bump City | 
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| Lovage | Pit Stop | Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By | love them | 
| Me'Shell Ndegeocello | Who Is He | Peace Beyond Passion | 
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| Staple Singers | Respect Yourself | Movin' On Up | 
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| Stevie Wonder | i Was Made to Love Her | Dead Presidents vol 2 | soundtrack | 
| Donny Hathaway | Giving Up | Donny Hathaway Collection | 
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| LaBelle | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Movin On Up vol 2 | 
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| Billy Paul | Am I Black Enough For You | Am I Black Enough For You | compilation | 
| Graham Central Station | Ghetto | Graham Central Station | 
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| Pointer Sisters | Yes We Can Can | Pointer Sisters | 
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| Rufus | Swing Down Chariot | Rags To Rufus | 
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| Parliament | P Funk | Greatest Hits | 
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| Ohio Players | Fire | Greatest Hits | 
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| Kool & the Gang | Hollywood Swinging | Greatest Hits | 
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| Al Green | Can't Get Next To You | Greatest Hits | 
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| James Brown | Doin' It To Death | The CD of JB | skipped (waah) | 
| Rose Royce | I Wanna Get Next To You | Car Wash | soundtrack | 
| Free Movement | Found Someone of My Own | Hits of the 70's: Didn't It Blow Your Mind vol 6 | 
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| Bill Withers | Use Me | Best of | 
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| Isaac Hayes | Hyperbollicsyllabicsesquedalymystic | Phat Trax vol 1 | skipped (waaah!) | 
| Kraftwerk | Pocket Calculator | Computer World | 
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| Handsome Boy Modeling School | Modeling Sucks | 
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| Roy Ayers | Don't Stop the Feeling | Phat Trax | request | 
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| Artist | Song Title | Album/CD Title | Other info | 
| Nell Carter | I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling | Ain't Misbehavin' | Passed away Thursday 1/23 | 
| Albert King | Drowning On Dry Land | Stax Blues Brothers | 
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 | She Won't Give Me No Lovin' | The Lost Sessions | 
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 | I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town | San Francisco '83 | 
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 | Lonesome | Funky London | 
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 | Don't Burn Down The Bridge | Blues At Sunrise | 
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 | I'll Play the Blues For You | Blues At sunrise | 
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 | Watermelon Man | Wednesday Night In San Francisco | 
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 | Lovingest Woman In Town | Funky London | 
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 | Personal Manager | Wednesday Night In San Francisco | 
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 | Cold Sweat | Funky London | 
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 | Your Bread Aij't Done | I'm In A Phone Booth Baby | 
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 | If The Wash Don't Get You The Rinsing Will | Years Gone By | 
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 | Going Back To Iuka | Love Joy | 
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 | Ain't It A Good Sign | Albert | 
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 | Sun Gone Down (Take 1) | The Lost Session | 
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 | Heart Fixin' Business | Years Gone by | 
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 | Tupelo | Stax Blues Brothers | 
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 | Bad Luck | Funky London | 
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