Carnival Of Souls

Product Description
CARNIVAL OF SOULS is the second contract signed with Brennus Thunder International. This French-speaking Swiss band performs a kind of fusion metal without the use of rap or techno sounds. With this eponymous album, the band could propose a music that will please melodical metal fans as well as those who prefer modern metal or even powerful Nineties fusion.

Carnival Of Souls,Carnival Of Souls

Average customer rating: Great Attempt At Seatle Sound and Great Kiss Album Carnival of Souls = The Elder of the 90s Industrial Grunge Ahoy Black sheep can still shine Very solid effort in a completely new direction

Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions Kiss Manufacturer: Umvd Special Markets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Revenge Creatures of the Night Hot in the Shade Asylum Lick It Up ASIN: B000001EXR Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

1. Hate
2. Rain
3. Master & Slave
4. Childhood's End
5. I Will Be There
6. Jungle
7. In My Head
8. It Never Goes Away
9. Seduction Of The Innocent
10. I Confess
11. In The Mirror
12. I Walk Alone

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Shortly before Kiss embarked on its nostalgic, highly profitable reunion tour of 1996, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley seemed to be planning a more contemporary route to world domination. Their album Carnival of Souls was recorded in 1995, prior to original Kissmen Ace Frehley's and Peter Criss's reentry into the band, and it sounds more like Seattle revisited than "Detroit Rock City." The album's lumbering rhythms, and ex-guitarist Bruce Kulick's quavering string bends, are reminiscent of Badmotorfinger-era Soundgarden, and Stanley's vocals wobble and wail, stopping just short of rocketing into a high-pitch falsetto. As derivative as it is, however, Carnival of Souls is pretty gripping. Sure, the ballads are clunkers, but many of the other tracks are undeniably compelling, alternating between atmospheric verses and bracing, teen-spirited choruses. It's just a shame that Kiss's renewed emphasis on recapturing the box office with 20-year-old material will probably prevent the band from growing and evolving even further. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews:

Great Attempt At Seatle Sound and Great Kiss Album.......2007-07-04

This album is an underated gem. It captures a different side of Kiss that has never been captured before, dark and gritty. I wish they would've continued this course. A lot of the songs on tis album put me in the mindset of Alice In Chains or Sound Garden, which Kiss pulled off this much better in my opinon. If you like Kiss dark and heavy then go ahead and indulge in this treat

Carnival of Souls = The Elder of the 90s.......2007-06-07

I really like this album. The problem is maybe it's too good and too different from classic Kiss. Sound familiar? Yes, just like The Elder. The music isn't bad, just very different for Kiss. And this time, it's very very heavy and it does sound derivitive of Alice in Chains or Soundgarden. My favorite is Paul's "Jungle". And that one received a lot of airplay at least on stations where I lived in PA. Most of Gene's songs are quite good. "Hate" is like a faster "Unholy". But I like "Childhood's End" - that sounds like a distant relative to "Goin Blind". "Rain" and "Master and Slave" are very cool hard rockin songs from Paul. Had the reunion not happened, I'm not sure how this album would have really been received. It's a shame it didn't come out in like 93 or 94 when it could have had a shot. But by 1997, everyone was Kiss Make-up crazy and this record got lost in the shuffle. But I give them kudos for trying something creative and really experimenting.

Industrial Grunge Ahoy.......2007-05-11

This is possibly KISS' most ummm...... "interesting" albums yet. They've decided to try to blend their music for the style that was popular at the time, which was Grunge, Industrial, and Punk. They do manage to get some of their classic sounds in, but not much. This earns them three stars, plus another star for featuring Bruce Kulick on lead vocals on the track "I Walk Alone".

Black sheep can still shine.......2007-03-29

I remember seeing this album in stores when it first came out...I had gotten into Kiss about 5 years prior and actually had the song "Detroit Rock City" stuck in my head all the time. I had not yet heard much from KISS aside from early albums which captivated me. I looked at this album and it was almost scary...the band looked so edgy and had this hint of evil..then I looked at the track list and put the album back on the shelf. I walked home with thoughts of the album but it faded from memory.

about a year or 2 later, my uncle gave me his copy of Revenge and after listening to it I asked myself. "Why are they doing stuff like Psycho Circus right now when there is stuff like THIS out there?!"

fast forward to about 2004 and my friend let me borrow his copy of Carnival of souls following a long discussion about KISS and their music. He said that if I liked Revenge, I would probably like COS. I took it home and after listening to it, I actually got angry with the band. I thought "How could they record something so dark and not promote it?" From the opening screaches of "Hate" to the twisted rhythms of "Childhood's End" to the Premonition of a song known as "I walk alone", This album was a masterpiece. I strongly feel that the direction the last 2 non-makeup albums were taking could have lead to a resurgence that could have been even bigger than the return of the makeup.

Anybody who liked Revenge will almost undoubtably like this album.

Very solid effort in a completely new direction.......2007-01-06

I recently have gotten into Kiss and love their glory days back in the 70s with CD's such as their debut, Destroyer and Rock and Roll Over among others. However, recently I thought I'd give some of their newER stuff a try and lo and behold, I loved REVENGE. It was an album of a definite new, rougher attitude, but then I ran across this album and to be honest with you, when I saw it at the CD store, I got this bad feeling. The cover just seemed more like a extras disc but it looked like new songs, so I was like what the hell? I'll get it anyways.

I was very pleased to see that this album was very solid and how they managed to pull it off without much of their previous sound, as many of you know this is their grunge album. The interesting thing is why they did this since it came out in 1997 when grunge was virtually dead but it is a success nonetheless. Very heavy stuff but also still has the Kiss sound. I reccomend this CD highly to any Kiss fan or any grunge fan for that matter.

Average customer rating: NOX ARCANA - 2 GUYS, A COUPLE OF INSTRUMENTS LYING AROUNG AND A COMPUTER First Time Was The Charmer they just keep gtetting better.... Getting Better All The Time Nox Arcana's best release yet

Carnival Of Lost Souls Nox Arcana Manufacturer: Monolith Graphics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Halloween | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Transylvania Darklore Manor Winter's Knight Necronomicon Blood of the Dragon ASIN: B000FOT9EE Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

1. Ghosts of the Midway
2. After Hours
3. Harlequin's Lament
4. Calliope
5. Madame Endora
6. Nightmare Parade
7. Shadows Fall
8. Hall of Mirrors
9. Spellbound
10. Cries in the Night
11. Soul Stealer
12. Haunted Carousel
13. Theatre of Sorrows
14. Living Dolls
15. Lost in the Darkness
16. Snake Charmer
17. Freaks
18. Circus Diabolique
19. Pandora's Music Box
20. The Devil's Daggers
21. Storm

Product Description

As dusk settles over the carnival, the once-festive midway begins to exude an eerie sense of menace. Pale green lights eminate from somewhere in the distance, where the murmur of voices echo amidst haunting music and other, more unsettling sounds. Dark rumors of missing children and drifters have followed the carnival from town to town, and though you are well aware of the dangers of tresspassing here, you cannot resist the temptation to explore the circus grounds after dark. Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the circus of the strange, the sideshow of the sinister and the theatre of the bizarre... Cast your eyes upon cruel oddities of nature and behold monstrous creatures from the depths of the abyss. Hear the dark wisdom of gypsy soothsayers as they unveil things yet to come. Marvel with awe and dismay at unbelievable death-defying acts that teter on the very brink of doom. Leave the mundane world behind, for those who visit this festival of phantasms, are never the same again. Step this way, there’s no turning back...

Customer Reviews:

NOX ARCANA - 2 GUYS, A COUPLE OF INSTRUMENTS LYING AROUNG AND A COMPUTER.......2007-06-29

CHEESEY SPOKEN INTERLUDES ASIDE, THIS NOX ARCANA (WHATEVER THAT MEANS) IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. HOWEVER, I GET A SENSE THAT MUCH OF THIS IS ALL COMPUTERIZED ORCHESTRATION, IT DOES HALF-HEARTEDLY WHAT IT SETS OUT TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY TO CREATE AN OVERWHELMINGLY PITCH BLACK MOOD. THOUGH THIS TYPE OF THING HAS BEEN DONE MAY A TIME OVER (GLENN DANZIG'S BLACK ARIA & EERIE VON'S UNEASY LISTENING FOR EXAMPLE) IT STILL LEAVES THE LISTENER WANTING MORE IN THE END. I DO HAVE A FEELING THAT IF YOU'VE HEARD ONE N.A. ALBUM, YOU'VE HEARD THEM ALL, THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT AS SOON AS YOU FIND YOURSELF ENGROSSED IN THEIR BLANKET OF HAUNTING DRAMA, THE TUNE IS OVER. I THINK THEY WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF THE TRACKS WERE IN EXCESS OF 6 MINUTES OR MORE RATHER THAN AVERAGING 2 MIN 45 SEC. I'VE READ OTHER REVIEWS WHO CLAIM THE SAME THING (THESE "GAMER" FOLKS). THOUGH I WOULD NOT CONSIDER THIS EXCELLENT, IT'S OVERALL PRETTY SOLID. I THINK I AM CONVINCED AND CURIOUS ENOUGH TO CHECK OUT ANOTHER RELEASE BY THESE GUYS. 3 1/2 STARS.

First Time Was The Charmer.......2007-04-21

This was my first time to explore this "spooky" genre in music, as well as the first exposure to Nox Arcana--and, my, what a darkly seductive experience it was. I'm not quite sure what I expected. Something "Gothic" for sure--but would it be art?

It WAS art, art-full, deeply mesmerizing & very entertaining.

AND "Carnival" is technically brilliant.

One of the things I missed when CDs replaced LPs was the creativity that went into the record jackets. Most pop CDs these days offer very little for the eye--but this is not the case in Carnival of Lost Souls. A beautiful little booklet is enclosed loaded with wonderful drawings & other illustrations, as well as a Goth libretto of sorts & many other strange & curious & wonder-full things.

Obviously Nox Arcana knows how to make the Dark Side fun.

I definitely want more...

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Dagon

they just keep gtetting better...........2007-01-08

just when you think you have heard the personal best from Joseph and William, they come up with another. This concept album, is based on the book by Bradbury "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Read the book, see the movie, and then listen to this haunted soundtrack. There is always something very different at the end of every Nox Arcana album. and this one is no different. I was blown out of my seat, and I was driving down the highway at 60 mph! No more shall be given away, I cannot spoil it for others.

ok, a bit of advice (chuckle), play the cd for the first time somewhere OTHER than a car while driving.

Getting Better All The Time.......2006-11-01

"Carnival.." is a much improvement over "Transylvania" and I though Transylvania was really good.
This is great stuff to play in the background while dishing out the Halloween treats to the kids.
I'll eventually get all the Nox Arcana CDs just to complete the set. Based on what I've heard from the 3 I have, they will all be worth it to have.
Great Work guys!

Nox Arcana's best release yet.......2006-10-25

Joseph Vargo is known for his elegant contributions to gothic art and dark music over the years. Several years ago, he and William Piotrowski formed Nox Arcana and have been extremely prolific. It's a testament to both of these guys that their albums have been top of the line, and "Carnival of Lost Souls" is their best release yet. The beautiful cover art indicates the macabre contents within, both visually and musically. And at the very end of the album comes a hidden track, a rock version of "Spellbound" which has an '80's metal sound. Overall a fine album by the masters of dark, musical storytelling.

Average customer rating: Rip-off Good, that's all I can say Carnival of Souls rip-off CD Perfect Halloween Music!!! Eerie and hanuting, just like the film

Carnival Of Souls (1962 Film) Gene Moore Manufacturer: Birdman ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Carnival of Souls - Criterion Collection ASIN: B00000DCTV Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Departure
3. I Don't Know About That Girl
4. Interlude #1
5. Travel Music
6. First Visitation
7. Second Visitation
8. You Can't Live In Isolation
9. Stirring The Soul
10. First Trip To The Carnival
11. Hot Bath
12. Church Organ #1
13. Third Visitation
14. Storm
15. Church Is Just A Place Of Business
16. Haunted
17. Let's Have No More Nights
18. Interlude #2
19. Dark Entry
20. As If I Didn't Exist
21. Second Trip To The Carnival
22. Dark Footsteps
23. Profane - Sacrilege
24. At The Bar #1
25. At The Bar #2
26. Left Alone
27. Second Departure
28. Eastbound Bus
29. Isolation
30. I Don't Know What's Real Anymore
31. Carnival Of Souls
32. Mary's Theme
33. Herk Harvey Speaks
34. Church Organ #2
35. Church Organ #3
36. Psycho Carnival Organ
37. Carnival Rock

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Gene Moore's soundtrack to this 1962 cult classic begins like a picnic at a monster-truck rally; an engine revs into the red, and a scream is cut off by a limb-rending crash. But this is only the prelude to a festival in purgatory as a church organist is plagued by sinister visions and a stalker in corpse paint. Moore's organ score runs the gamut of carefree filler to a hygiene film ("Travel Music") to gripping, spooky colors and tones. Luckily, this second category makes up most of the disc, combining an unstable innocence--akin to Fats Waller's pipe-organ compositions in Eraserhead--with an unholy fun-house menace. This release also contains dialogue samples and score material that didn't make the final print, including the lo-fi twist of "Carnival Rock." Truly odd. --Michael Woodring

Customer Reviews:

Rip-off.......2005-03-20

This is not a true soundtrack album, but just some music taken directly from the movie put on CD. The producers tried to hide the fact by often fading the tracks out whenever a voice or sound effect is heard. The bonus tracks seem to be played on a completely different organ and I wonder why the producers could locate unused material but not the actual recordings made for the movie. Maybe this material isn't any "unused material" at all, but completely different music. It's a shame Moore's interesting score is so poorly presented here.

Good, that's all I can say.......2004-06-16

"Carnival of Souls" (the 1962 version, not the rip-off 1998 Wes Craven re-make) was a great little movie, considering the budget and the people who made it: Herk Harvey and John Clifford, two nice and friendly filmmakers from an educational and industrial film production company called Centron in Lawrence, Kansas. I don't know if it's the movie or the soundtrack that is better, but this soundtrack certainly is not better in sound quality. Some of the music comes through pretty good, but tracks such as "Hot Bath" and "Second Departure" are very quiet, and fortunately the spooky and eerie organ music is not too bad in sound quality. Some may consider "Travel Music" a good break from the spooky music, and the small jazz combo on the two "At the Bar" numbers sounds pretty good. Then there are the songs not used in the movie at all, which are okay, except for the annoying "Psycho Carnival Organ." And I can see why there just wasn't any place in the film for "Carnival Rock."

Carnival of Souls rip-off CD.......2000-08-20

This CD, supposedly Gene Moore's score from the classic film soundtrack, is actually nothing more than a cheaply produced recording of the mixed film soundtrack, with dialogue, footsteps, noises, etc. along with the music. If you think - as I did - that you'll be able to hear the admirable organ score better on this CD than you can with your own videotape - think again. This is a completely worthless CD, as you can easily make a cassette or CDR recording off your VCR that will be EXACTLY the same, except for some irrelevant organ hymn music that was never in the film in the first place.

Perfect Halloween Music!!!.......1999-06-27

For anyone interested in truly bizarre and disturbing music, this CD is for you! The organ music is so strange and eerie that you feel like you are inviting a haunting of your own. The dialogue tracks add to the surreal quality of the whole experience. A deffinite must for any horror buff or conneiseur of the macabre. AWESOME!!!

Eerie and hanuting, just like the film.......1999-05-31

If you are a fan of the movie, you will like this eerie and sometimes scary soundtrack. Filled with organ music and voice clips from the movie, it conjures up images from the film. A great buy if you like this type of stuff.

Average customer rating: Excellent collection of songs - no flops!

Carnival of Souls Trio Globo Manufacturer: Silver Wave ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music | Ambient | Celtic | Environmental | General | International | Jazz | Meditation Music | Piano | World Dance General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Trio Globo ASIN: B000000PPD Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

1. Yellow Cello
2. Stephanie's Dance
3. Maracaibo
4. Rosanna's Turquoise
5. Spring Winds
6. Our Time Together
7. Samba Trace
8. Carmona
9. Citric Motion
10. East Liberty
11. Street Corner
12. Carnival Of Souls

Customer Reviews:

Excellent collection of songs - no flops!.......2000-06-16

This is one of the cd's I listen to most often, just to relax. I admit, I am a percussion head (I didn't buy this cd just to hear Glen Velez, the BEST frame tambourinist in the WORLD), but the percussive sounds in concert with the harmonica, cello, and piano make a really good sounding combination. It's a little like jazz on those instruments, but spiced up a little bit. In addition, the vocal's (which aren't really words - you have to listen for yourself) add really cool harmonics to many of the tracks. This music makes me happy whenever I listen to it - and it never fails to get me at least tapping my feet or snaping my fingers to the beat.

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Carnival of Souls Wishing Tree Manufacturer: Ziriguiboom Brasil ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DQBU Release Date: 1998-01-01

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Carnival Of Souls ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000648BN Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

1. Awake
2. Kick In My Face
3. Technology Kills
4. Swim
5. What's Behind
6. You'll Never Know
7. Pigface
8. Asylum
9. Scream
10. Prey To Doubts
11. To Be Continued

Album Description

CARNIVAL OF SOULS is the second contract signed with Brennus Thunder International. This French-speaking Swiss band performs a kind of fusion metal without the use of rap or techno sounds. With this eponymous album, the band could propose a music that will please melodical metal fans as well as those who prefer modern metal or even powerful Nineties fusion.

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Carnival of Souls/Final Session ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00092QRMO Release Date: 2005-06-21

Album Description

2005 Japanese pressing of 1997 original release, comes packaged in a standard jewel case. Mercury.

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Carnival of Souls Original Soundtrack Manufacturer: Nightbreed ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000057ZED Release Date: 2000-12-04

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Departure
3. I Don't Know About That Girl
4. Interlude #1
5. Travel Music
6. First Visitation
7. Second Visitation
8. You Can't Live in Isolation
9. Stirring the Soul
10. First Trip to the Carnival
11. Hot Bath
12. Church Organ #1
13. Third Visitation
14. Storm
15. Church Is Just a Place of Business
16. Haunted
17. Let's Have No More Nights
18. Interlude #2
19. Dark Entry
20. As If I Didn't Exist
21. Second Trip to the Carnival
22. Dark Footsteps
23. Profane - Sacrilege
24. At the Bar #1
25. At the Bar #2
26. Left Alone
27. Second Departure
28. Eastbound Bus
29. Isolation
30. I Don't Know What's Real Anymore
31. Carnival of Souls
32. Mary's Theme
33. Herk Harvey Speaks
34. Church Organ #2 [#]
35. Church Organ #3 [#]
36. Psycho Carnival Organ [#]
37. Carnival Rock [#]

Album Details

This Album is an Amazing Journey Through a Myriad of Dark Musical Styles, Truly Leaving the Listener Breathless. This CD is the Epitome of Gothic Fetish, all Wrapped Up in a Quality Gothic Erotic Passage Just Dripping with Atmosphere Generated by this Great Assembly of Bands.

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Carnival of Souls ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000H5TYDW Release Date: 2006-10-24

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Carnival of Souls Rick Morrison Manufacturer: Jam Time Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFNYG Release Date: 2003-07-01

Tracks:

1. Invitation
2. Way of the Flame
3. Journey
4. At the Cornerhouse
5. Doobop
6. Sting of Love
7. Majesty of Flight
8. What an Impression
9. Blues Noir
10. Nature of the Beats
11. Waltz of Passionelle
12. Bazaar Blues
13. Walk in the Rain
14. Bamboo Boogie

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3. Corridors Of Time
4. Dark Days [Limited Edition] [Import]
5. Day and Night
6. Deliverance
7. Die 80er Show [Import]
8. Divinity Angels of Rock [Enhanced]
9. Douglas Fir Ep [Import]
10. Emmanuel [Import]

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