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Lush
Live Show Video Collection
This Page Is
Obsolete When
this website was launched in 2007, there were virtually no
Lush videos available online (YouTube was only 2 years old!)
and the only way to obtain videos of live Lush performances
was on VHS tapes and DVDs. This page was created to
facilitate trading live Lush shows on physical media with
other fans. It was a list of the shows I had in my
collection at the time, and shows I was looking to acquire.
Since then, hundreds of Lush live videos have been uploaded
on YouTube, including many complete shows, so this page is
no longer of any use. I am leaving it in place as a reminder
of what life was like for Lush fans before YouTube! |
This page was replaced in 2017 by these two pages which include
over 40 playable videos of live shows:
For the Lush promotional videos, see the Video Clips page
This page is a listing of all the audience-recorded
videos of live Lush shows in circulation that I know of. I'm sure there are
many more such videos that have not been discovered. Personally, I feel these amateur videos--while not great in
technical quality--capture the experience of seeing Lush live better
than any slick professional production.
1990-Mar-03
- Egham - Royal Holloway College
- 36 min |
Thoughtforms Second Sight Bitter Downer Scarlet
Etheriel Breeze De-Luxe Leaves Me Cold Hey Hey
Helen Baby Talk |
Audio: Decent, except
Miki's voice is muffled. Video:
Good, but there is a lot of smoke obscuring everyone except
Miki, and the venue is dark.
Performance: Excellent early performance, with a
short-haired Miki who gets very animated at the end of Baby
Talk. POV: From the back
of the crowd, lots of heads block the bottom of the
screen but the stage is still mostly unobstructed.
Camera work: Fairly steady, but stays zoomed out
way to far for most of the show. Zooms in to a medium shot
of Miki only a few times. Mood:
A lot of energy, but Miki barely speaks a word
throughout the show. The crowd is rowdy, lots of yelling.
Notes: There is some
technical problem after the second song which causes a delay
of several minutes. |
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1990-May-25 -
London - University of London Union |
Second Sight
Thoughtforms
Bitter
Downer
Breeze
Leaves Me Cold
De-Luxe
Sweetness And Light
Scarlet
Baby Talk
Covert
Etheriel
Hey Hey Helen |
Audio: Poor.
Video: Fair to poor, gets
a little better during the encore.
Performance: Excellent, but its hard to tell
because of the poor audio. POV:
From the rear balcony, unobstructed.
Camera work: Fairly stable, but stays zoomed
out to the whole stage most of the time, only briefly zooms
to a medium shot of Miki and Emma.
Mood: Very rowdy crowd, Miki makes a lot of
comments between songs but they're mostly unintelligible due
to poor audio. |
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1990-Jun-25 -
Cambridge, England - Junction -
40 min |
Second Sight
Thoughtforms
Bitter
Downer
Breeze
Leaves Me Cold
Etheriel
Baby Talk
Scarlet
Sweetness And Light
Covert
De-Luxe |
Dated 1990-May-26 on
Neil's website |
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1991-Mar-22
- Providence, RI - Campus Club - 55
min |
Thoughtforms
Breeze
Bitter
Second Sight
Take
Covert
De-Luxe
Etheriel
Ocean
Scarlet
Sweetness And Light
Downer
Baby Talk
Monochrome
Leaves Me Cold |
Audio: Very muddled
Video: Almost useless.
Very blurry, as if there is a layer of grease on the lens.
This must have happened during a tape-to-tape transfer, and
it would be wonderful to locate an earlier-generation
undamaged copy. POV:
Perfect. At the front of the stage, completely unobstructed.
Camerawork: Very good,
but its pointless due to the poor video quality.
Performance: Very good
but not animated, as is typical of their earlier shows.
Mood: Good, Miki talks
to the crowd often and Emma also talks a bit.
Notes: Basically this
should be considered an audio-only show, although the audio
is very bad also.
This was previously listed here incorrectly
as "1992-Mar-24"
A much higher quality version has since been uploaded to
YouTube, and its fantastic. |
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1991-Mar-15
- New Cross, London - The Venue
- 51 min |
Bitter
Breeze
Take
Scarlet
Ocean
Monochrome
Thoughtforms
Tiny Smiles
Downer
Covert
De-Luxe
Baby Talk
Etheriel
Sweetness And Light |
From Neil's website:
Good sound and good shot of the stage. Some annoying long
shots of the ceiling and wall in some places. |
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1991-Jun-30
- Giessen, Germany - Bizarre Festival
- 30 min |
Thoughtforms
Breeze
Bitter
Leaves Me Cold
Covert
De-Luxe
Ocean
Sweetness and Light
Downer
Baby Talk |
From Neil's website: An
outdoor show at the Bizarre Festival, shot close to the
stage but with lots of heads in the way. |
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1991-Oct-11
- London - Queen Mary College -
55 min |
Stray
Bitter
Breeze
Laura
God's Gift
Scarlet
Ocean
Nothing Natural
For Love
Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Monochrome
Leaves Me Cold |
From Neil's website:
Handheld camera from the audience with lots of good shots of
the stage but heads often in the way. Interesting version of
"Nothing Natural" that used a drum track. Originally from
PAL source. |
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1991-Oct-18
- Lille, France - L'Aeronef -
65 min |
Stray
Bitter
Breeze
Laura
Etheriel
Scarlet
Nothing Natural
For Love
Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Baby Talk
Monochrome
Leaves Me Cold |
Camera work:
Shaky at times, but it does move between the band members
rather than staying on Miki. Not much zooming, but it’s
always close enough to see.
POV:
Very good, probably rear balcony, completely unobstructed.
Mood:
Everyone in the band seems to be in a good mood.
There is some chatting between songs, with a few words in
French.
Venue: Way too dark, Miki
jokes about it early on.
Performance: Fair. Miki’s
voice is off and her guitar playing is not very animated.
Video:
Fair, the main problem is the venue is too dark.
Audio:
Fair to good.
This was part of the Les Inrockuptibles
music festival organized by a French music magazine (thanks
to HTH in the Guestbook for correcting the venue name!) |
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1992-Feb-08
- London - Town & Country Club -
50 min |
Nothing Natural
Ocean
For Love
Starlust
Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Superblast!
Monochrome
Baby Talk
Scarlet |
Video: Poor. The stage is extremely dark.
Audio: Good.
POV: Elevated, from the back, unobstructed.
Camerawork: Poor, very
static, never zooms in.
Performance: Very good.
Mood: Excellent, Miki jokes with the crowd a lot
between songs |
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1992-Mar-23
- New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place -
58 Min |
Stray
Bitter
God's Gift
Nothing Natural
Ocean
For Love
Starlust
Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Superblast!
Monochrome
Baby Talk |
POV:
Perfect. Front row center, completely
unobstructed at all times. Video:
Pretty good, better than most Lush shows. Vivid colors, good
lighting.
Audio: Fair. A bit muddled, and Miki’s voice is
almost inaudible at first. Camera
work: Very shaky at times. The first few minutes
are rough but it gets better later on. Lots of beautiful
shots and tight close-ups throughout the show, mostly on
Miki but also on Emma and Chris. There are many tight
close-ups of Miki and Emma’s guitars. The cameraman
sometimes gets lost when he tries to pan back and forth.
Turns to the crowd a couple of times,
which is a nice touch.
Performance: Good. Miki is very animated
throughout, and even Emma sways back and forth a bit.
Mood: All-around fun mood throughout the show.
Miki jokes with the crowd between most songs. At one point
Chris notices the camera is pointed at him and laughs.
Before the encore Miki reaches off-camera (to a fan?) then
starts urging Emma to “touch him Emma, touch him” then
something happens (still off-camera unfortunately) which
causes Miki to mockingly recoil in shock. It’s very funny.
Notes: Currently tied (with Electric Ballroom
'96) as my second-favorite live Lush video overall. If it
weren’t for the early set list, it would have tied for
most-favorite (which is San Francisco Fillmore '96). |
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1992-Apr-15
- San Francisco, CA - Union Square
- 49 min |
- Stray
- Bitter
- Thoughtforms
- Nothing Natural
- For Love
- Starlust
- Scarlet
- De-Luxe
- Sweetness And Light
- Leaves Me Cold
- Monochrome
- Downer
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Performance:
Really excellent performance, Lush at their best. Miki's playing is very animated throughout. Mood:
Everyone seems to be in a great mood. Miki is always smiling
and jokes a lot with the crowd, which is very much into the
band. Venue:
This is an outdoor daytime show on a sunny day in an urban park
setting with flowers all around. The light
is great and Miki is
looking positively radiant and very beautiful.
I have four
different videos of this show:
Camera 1) Shot from the back of the
crowd and to the right, at ground level. The right
half of the stage is obstructed by trees, however Miki (and
Emma, unlike most videos) can be seen throughout the show.
The camera is held above the crowd, although crowd surfers
often obstruct the view briefly. Stays on a two shot of Miki
and Emma most of the time, does not zoom in as tight as
camera 3. The video and audio quality are outstanding,
the best of these 4 videos. Obtained from the cameraman, who digitized
it from a 1st-gen VHS copy of the original Sony HandyCam
CCD-F70 8mm tape. (50 Minutes - the complete show)
Camera 2) This
version is shot from various positions around the stage
resulting in many amazing shots. Miki can be seen
stomping on her pedals and there are close-ups of Miki and
Emma's guitars. The end of Leaves Me Cold is amazing, as if
we're standing right next to Miki while she frantically
pounds on her guitar. After De-Luxe she reaches into the
crowd and lets a fan shake her finger, then she makes a
funny face and announces "You don't know where that finger's
been" and the crowd laughs-very funny. There are some shots
of Union Square, which is positively jammed. Video
quality is good, audio is very muddled. (43 minutes -
Bitter is missing)
Camera 3) Shot from the back like
camera 1, but from the center with the entire stage
visible. The stage is unobstructed, but the bottom of the
screen shows lots of heads. Camera is a bit shaky and
remains zoomed out to the whole stage most of the time,
occasionally zooms in to a medium close-up of Miki. Video
and audio quality is only fair. (48 minutes - Stray is missing)
Camera 4) Shot from a poor angle at
the back and to the left. The bottom left of the screen is
blocked by speakers, Chris is not visible and Emma can be
seen only briefly. However Phil can be seen through most of
the show. Camera is very steady but stays on a wide shot
most of the time. Video and audio quality is almost as
good as camera 1. (52 minutes – the complete show)
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1992-May-14
- Lausanne, Switzerland - Dolce Vita
- 57 min |
Stray
Bitter
Breeze
Nothing Natural
Ocean
For Love
Starlust
|Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Superblast!
Monochrome
Leaves Me Cold |
POV:
From the back, above the crowd. Unobstructed.
Video: Fair. The venue is very dark, hard
to see anything. Audio:
Fair. Slightly muffled. Camera
work: Fair. Zoomed out too far most of the time,
with only brief medium shots.
Performance: Very good, but hard to judge due to the
poor audio and video. Mood: Good.
Audience is very rowdy. Miki makes numerous comments between
songs. |
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1992-May-28
- Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne
Belgique - 60 min |
Stray
Bitter
God's Gift
Nothing Natural
Ocean
For Love
Starlust
Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Superblast!
Monochrome
Leaves Me Cold |
Video: OK,
but stage is very dark. POV:
Poor. Close to the front of the stage, from a very low angle
looking up from the side.
Camerawork: None. The shot is virtually
static throughout the show (must be on a tripod), Medium
shot of Miki, and Emma’s head can be seen in the background
occasionally. Miki often steps out of view and all we see is
the microphone. For the first half there is something
blocking the right edge of the screen.
Performance: Miki puts on an excellent show,
good singing and animated, but much of it is not visible
since she steps away from the mike.
Audio: Generally OK, sometimes muddled.
Crowd:
Very enthusiastic, but very rowdy.
Mood:
Miki doesn’t say a single word for the entire
show, except “Its hot” before the encore.
Notes: This should
almost be considered an audio-only show, the video is
useless. |
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1992-Jun-27
- Pilton, UK - Glastonbury Festival
- 32 min |
Nothing Natural
For Love
Superblast!
Covert
De-Luxe
Downer
Sweetness And Light
Starlust
Leaves Me Cold |
From Neil's website:
Shot at the NME stage at the 1992 Glastonbury Festival,
pretty close to the stage. Very shaky camera and lots of
heads in the way. |
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1994-Jul-24
- Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's -
64 min |
Blackout
Starlust
For Love
Lit Up
Undertow
The Childcatcher
Kiss Chase
Light from a Dead Star
Lovelife
Downer
De-Luxe
Baby Talk
Hypocrite
Desire Lines
Sweetness and Light
Miki signing autographs |
Video:
Fair - purplish tint, overexposed. Digital time is
displayed on-screen through the first half of the show, very
annoying. POV: Near the
front of the stage, but a few heads block big parts of the
screen throughout most of the show (a bit less toward the
end)
Audio:
Distorted, and right channel audio is very
low. Camera work: Long
and very tight close-ups of Miki from head to toe and
everything in between. Pauses on her bra strap at one point!
Many close-ups of her facial expressions while she sings
(amazing to see on Light from a Dead Star) There is a
glimpse of the set list taped to the floor and her effect
pedals. Emma and Phil can also be seen several times briefly
in medium close-up. Performance:
Very rough (Miki actually apologizes for this) but who
cares, its real. Notes: In spite of all the above problems,
this is one of my favorite live videos, because of the
intimate close-ups and the Split-era set list. |
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1994-Jul-27
- Cleveland, OH - Odeon -
64 min |
Blackout
Starlust
Lit Up
For Love
The Childcatcher
Kiss Chase
Light from a Dead Star
Lovelife
Downer
De-Luxe
Hypocrite
Baby Talk
Desire Lines
Sweetness and Light
Leaves Me Cold |
Video:
Excellent. Encoded
directly from the original tape. POV:
From the back of the audience, with the bottom half of the
screen blocked much of the time .
Audio:
Very good, except Miki's voice is slightly
muffled. Camera work:
Very good. Steady. The cameraman does a great job of zooming
in as much as possible (about a third of the time) over the
heads in the crowd to medium close-ups of Miki
and Emma, and Phil briefly a few times. Also some
tight close-ups which sometimes have focusing problems.
Performance:
Very good. Miki's voice is in excellent form, dramatically better
then the Hoboken show a few days earlier (see above). Miki's
playing is animated throughout.
Mood: OK, although Miki
says very few words between songs. A lot of yelling from the
crowd. Notes:
Unfortunately, several times throughout the video there are
a few seconds on tape static with the sound cutting out, but this is made up for
by the very high quality picture. |
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1994-Aug-11
- Houston, TX - The Abyss -
71 min |
Blackout
Starlust
Lit Up
For Love
Childcatcher
Kiss Chase
Light From A Dead Star
Lovelife
Hypocrite
Undertow
De-Luxe
Downer
Baby Talk
Desire Lines
Sweetness And Light
Leaves Me Cold |
Audio: Good. Video:
Excellent, the best of all videos on this page. This
DVD was encoded from a 1st-generation copy of the original
tape made 6 months after the show. POV:
Back of the audience, elevated. Stage is completely
unobstructed, although crowd surfers sometimes block the
view briefly.
Camerawork: Very steady.
Zooms in and out frequently and occasionally pans between
the band members, but stays on a wide shot way to much,
never gets closer than a medium shot.
Chris can be seen behind Miki most of the time which is
nice.
Performance: Excellent, they are in top form.
Miki's playing is very animated. Mood:
Good, Miki talks to the crowd between most songs, make some
jokes. Notes: This is the most widely
circulated live Lush video, and it is one of the best videos
on this list, but personally I think there are several that
are better, such as the Electric
Ballroom '96. |
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1996-Apr-03
- Camden, UK - Electric Ballroom -
64 min |
- Heavenly Nobodies
- Childcatcher
- Lovelife
- 500
- Single Girl
- Kiss Chase
- De-Luxe
- Light From A Dead Star
- Undertow
- Hypocrite
- Runaway
- Sweetness And Light
- Ladykillers
- Last Night
- For Love
- Demystification
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Audio: Very good (there are also two radio broadcasts of
this show which are even better quality).
Video: Good, the stage is well lit.
POV: From the back,
elevated. The view of the stage is completely unobstructed.
Camerawork: Shaky at first
but it gets better. Stays on a medium-wide shot most of the time
and never zooms in tight, but the band members are still clearly
visible in detail because of the good video quality. Stays on a
two-shot of Miki and Chris most of the time which is great, a
rare opportunity to see Chris for more than a moment and to also
see the interaction between him and Miki. Also shows Emma and
Phil occasionally. Performance:
Very good. Great set list with songs from their entire career.
Mood: Very good. Even though
this is toward the end when the band members were clearly
getting worn out from touring, they are in a good mood here,
perhaps because its in their home town. Miki is smiling a lot
and her playing is very animated and she talks to the crowd a
lot.
Notes: This is one of my
favorite shows, and the one I would recommend to anyone who has
never seen Lush live (perhaps combined with one of their early
shows). |
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1996-May-06
- Cleveland, OH - Odeon -
70 min |
Heavenly Nobodies
Childcatcher
Lovelife
500
Single Girl
Kiss Chase
De-Luxe
Light From A Dead Star
Undertow
Hypocrite
Runaway
For Love
Sweetness And Light
Last Night
Ladykillers
Ciao! |
From Neil's website:
Decent show with overall good camerawork (some shaky spots)
and fair audio quality. Thanks to John K for the info. |
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1996-Jun-06
- Providence, RI - Waterplace Park
- 65 min |
Soundcheck
Heavenly Nobodies
The Childcatcher
Lovelife - 500
Single Girl
Kiss Chase
Thoughtforms
Hypocrite
Runaway
For Love
Sweetness And Light
Ladykillers
Last Night
De-Luxe |
WBRU 95.5’s Summer
Concert Series
POV:
At the back of the crowd, there are heads in the
way much of the time. Often someone stands directly in front
of the camera blocking most/all of the stage.
Video: Very good.
Natural light, vivid colors. Audio:
Fair to good, except the base is slightly distorted.
Camera work: Good.
Steady, some zooming and panning but not excessive.
Cameraman does the best he can considering the very
obstructed view. Performance:
Fair. Miki has a cold and sometimes coughs, singing is off.
Mood: Subdued. Miki
talks to the crowd frequently between songs, but the crowd is rather clueless and
apathetic (after all, it’s a free, outdoor, daytime, show).
At least it’s a nice spot, with a water backdrop.
Notes: The first 7 minutes shows the band members
arriving, waiting around, and doing sound checks. Emma does
some vocals alone, and Miki plays parts of several songs
alone. That part makes this show a must-see, regardless of
the poor POV, audio, and overall mood. |
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1996-Jul-20 -
Zeebrugge, Belgium - Axion Beach Rock Festival |
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1996-Sep-06 -
Palo Alto, CA - The Edge - 70
min |
Heavenly Nobodies
Childcatcher
Lovelife
500
Single Girl
Downer
Kiss Chase
De-Luxe
Light From A Dead Star
Last Night
Hypocrite
Runaway
For Love
Ladykillers
Desire Lines
Sweetness And Light
Thoughtforms
Demystification |
From Neil's website:
Whoever put this show together put in freeze frames and
digital effects, and didn't have a very good view of the
stage for most of the show. Annoying to watch in my opinion. |
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1996-Sep-07
- San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
- 72 min |
Heavenly Nobodies
Childcatcher
Lit Up
500
Single Girl
Downer
Kiss Chase
De-Luxe
Light From A Dead Star
Last Night
Hypocrite
Runaway
For Love
Ladykillers
Elvis sings Viva Las Vegas
Elvis sings Happy Birthday
Ciao!
Sweetness And Light
Miki leaving the theater
and signing autographs |
Audio: Excellent.
Video: Excellent, the best of all videos on this
page. This DVD was encoded from a 1st-generation copy of the
original tape made 6 months after the show. Stage is well lit.
POV: From the back,
elevated. The view of the stage is completely unobstructed.
Camerawork: Very good.
Steady, mostly medium-wide shots, occasionally zooms to a
medium close-up. Spends almost as much time on Emma as on
Miki. Performance:
Fair to good. Mood:
OK mood, but the band seems very tired and worn out. Emma keeps turning
her back to the audience. Chris, clearly exhausted, has
numerous false starts, and Miki comes to his defense every
time which is nice to see. Miki does talk to the crowd
between most songs (she mentions Chris' birthday several
times), and her playing
is animated at times. Notes:
In spite of the band's exhaustion, this is my favorite Lush live show
for two reasons. 1) It was on Chris' 30th birthday, and they
brought out an Elvis impersonator to sing him Happy
Birthday. Chris got a kick out of it even though he clearly
didn't like being the center of attention, and everyone had
a good laugh, in spite of the overall tired mood of the show.
2) It is the last known recording of a live Lush show. |
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The origin of this list came directly from
Neil's Lush Video Page, the only other website I know of that
maintains such a list of Lush live videos, however I have added my own
detailed descriptions for many of the shows. Neil has created several
Lush video
Compilation DVDs -- full of interviews, TV appearances,
promotional videos, and much more -- that I would highly
recommend to all Lush fans.
Sam's Lush Site includes
transcripts of the band member's conversations for some of the shows
listed here (click on the hyperlinked show dates on
this page). Take a look, its
very cool to see Miki's amazing between-song banter in print.
Thank you Sam! |
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The audio/picture quality rating is
for my own copy – earlier/later generation
copies probably exist which are better/worse quality than listed here.
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Audio/picture
quality ratings are relative to the other videos on this page --
while a few of these videos are excellent quality low-gen copes, the
audio/picture quality of most of the videos
on this page is poor even compared to a used movie rental tape.
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My show descriptions are not editorial reviews of the performances. Rather,
I simply document the various aspects of each video recording,
and my comments only represent my own observations
which may very well be inaccurate.
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