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Tony, welcome. How are you, sir? Hello, Tony.
Hello, hello. Very well, thank you. Very nice
to be here. Thanks for coming on. Right, now
a real accomplished career and not only have
you had a very successful solo career, but you've
been with a few groups as well, working your
way through the years. So let's start at the
beginning. I got you being born in Bushy Hartfordshire.
Tell us a bit about your childhood. Was it a
musical home and who were your influences? Well...
Well, as a kid, I guess, you know, there was
music in the house. We had a record player. There
was a piano in the house. My sister played the
piano, so therefore I used to go and practice
on little tunes that I used to make up. Sort
of something I don't even remember. Maybe it
was D minor, I found, because it was all white
notes. Yeah, I'm showing off now. Whatever it
was, it sounds good. So you were tinkering with
your piano, sort of just the white notes and
that. So what age would you say you were when
you could play the piano properly? I've never
been able to play the piano properly. I'm still
basically a bluffer, you know. I've got my own
kind of style. I just picked up mainly from the
American players that I used to listen to. Ray
Charles, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, they all
played. In fact, my favorite piano player of
all time really is Aretha. And I don't know,
probably a lot of people don't know that she
plays great piano. I mean, it's so, she's so
gospel -y, you know. And Ray Charles played great
and Marvin played piano too. And so I really
started learning from those guys and you know
guy called Richard T who is a huge influence
on me and played with a band called Stuff and
most people don't know who Richard T is you know
the general public but in musical circles he
was a god you know he played with everybody in
fact a lot of the soul records that you hear
and play has probably got Richard T playing the
playing the piano or the electric piano on it
and he died very young actually died he was about
50 and in 1991 or two yeah so he was a great
influence for me as I was you know as I got in
more into music and but early on you see I was
brought up in Harrow, Harrow on the Hill and
unlike you know ports like Liverpool, Liverpool
used to get all the music first because it was
a port all the American stuff you know and And
in how we tend to get the stuff, we just got
Tommy Steele and all the English stuff. And when
I heard it, anyway, I was into the blues. That
was my first kind of... Main influence the Beatles
my brother was into the Beatles. He brought love
me do home and I was You know, I because from
then I got into the Beatles and yeah, it was
great. Actually, it was a revolution musically
speaking How old would you say you were Tony
when you decided? Oh, I want to be like one of
them guys I want to perform live and produce
our albums and that what sort of age would you
say you were when you decided that was for you?
Well, I don't know. I always wanted to play because
it was is the kind of thing to do. I knew I could
do it and I don't really know. I guess once when
I was in my late teens I said... Well, you know,
I'll probably, you know, play for a couple of
years and then sit down and get a job, like,
because that was the thing to do. Although I
didn't want to do that. I just thought that was
maybe what was going to happen. And, you know,
I thought, well, if I can get on top of the pups
one day, you know, then that eventually happened
with Arrival. You know, we did top of the pups.
But, yeah, I can't really say, Nick, when I first
decided that I you know, I'm going to be a musician.
But I like being a musician. You know, I like
that. Yeah, I just wanted to be one, I guess.
because it was, yeah, listening to the Everly
Brothers, Buddy Holly and all those great, great
pop songs, you know, at the time. Tell us about,
please, your first professional gig. Tell us
all about that. Where was it? What did you do?
Professional gig? It was probably with, I mean,
I was gigging ever since I was 12, you know,
but if you're talking about, yeah, because my
brother and my brother Kevin and a guy at the
top of the road, Terry Horn, he played the drums,
and then Julian Harris played the guitar. We
had like a four -piece and my first instrument
was a melodica and we used to play the, you know,
the church socials for kids, you know, and then
we did a few, quite a few gigs. We were called
the Defenders. Yeah. So I was always gigging,
and then went on to an Irish show band, and then
a soul band. And the way, if you say turning
professional, was when the soul band, we got
a residency at the Baggernails in London, which
was a club where most of the pop stars of the
day would go to. you know, to have a good time,
basically. We became the resident band there
at the Bag of Nails, and that's when I turned
professional, and I think I was 18. I mean, I
think you probably undersold yourself when you
said about the keyboards and the piano, because
you are known for playing keyboards as well,
but it's sort of like when it comes to music,
Tony, I believe you're multi -talented, so there's
the songwriting, there's the singing, there's
the instruments, you've been an arranger, composer.
Yeah. It was all in the day's work really. Yeah.
I guess, I don't know, I've been lucky really
to be able to sit down at a piano and do stuff.
But I really don't think what I do is that, you
know, it's special really. It's great to be able
to do stuff, you know, to write songs. But what
I really love to do is just work with other great
musicians and I get off on the musicians playing
really. and I just sit in the background and
do this sort of thing. You definitely are understanding
yourself, Tony, because even Wikipedia, whether
they're right or wrong, they say your active
years is 1968 to present. So obviously you were
a professional before that. But I think the way
you know is a bit more to it than what you've
just told us. And whether you're special or not,
that is purely down, of course, to the people
that come and watch you and the people that buy
your albums and that. And look at the number
of albums you've done. people think especially
what you do yeah definitely oh that's great yeah
um yeah well it's just i don't get to hear about
it that often well if no one had ever heard of
you wouldn't be here there's nothing to talk
about that's true yeah no i am i'm underselling
myself i know uh but um with you know what's
been going on the last 18 months or so it's um
has been much work so uh hardly any You know,
so it's been very difficult, I think, although
I've been lucky because I was streaming and that's
held my sanity together. And because I once a
week I would, you know, well I would prepare
a week actually, prepare the songs and just go
online and you know, I had a small audience and
it kept me sane really. Well, we'll get you to
plug that at the end, you know, make sure the
people know how they can find you and where you
do the streaming and, you know, tell them about
your website. I'm sort of quite interested in
this late 60s bit. Let's see, I was after the
soul band, which was Malcolm McGarran and the
Blues Healers and then which became Ronnie Jones
and the Q -set. It's just the organ play, you
know, you didn't have keyboards like this in
those days. You had maybe, if you were lucky
enough to get, you know, Offender Rhodes, you
know, which you get this sort of sound out of
it. But they didn't really, they existed, but
not so much in England. So I know it's a bit
technical here with keyboards and stuff, but...
Then that was the soul band and I played the
organ, you know, and then I joined Arrival. but
this all happened within a few years. Soul Band
and then Arrival were... Do you know Arrival?
Yes, I know they had the hit with Friends, I
think it was. Something, what was it called?
Friends, yeah. Yeah, Friends, yeah. I'm cheating
now. Number 8 in the UK, so it did pretty well.
Actually, I think it got to number 4 on one of
the charts. In that era, there were so many charts.
Do you remember? There was like record... Enemy,
the loads of them. We were going on with number
four, so a massive hit, yeah. We always say number
four. Then there was a second hit, which is called
I Will Survive, which is not the Gloria Gaynor
tune, it was pre -Gloria Gaynor. It was a song
written by Frank Collins, I Will Survive. 1970
was quite a year because we went all over the
place, you know, Europe, Japan. We played the
Isle of Wight Festival, actually, in 1970. Yeah,
there's quite a story, really. We flew in by
helicopter to the Isle of Wight for our two o
'clock spot on the Friday. I think it was Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday. There were some really
fantastic artists playing in 1970, including
Jimi Hendrix. He didn't go until very late on
Sunday night. Very, very late and apparently
he was booed, you know, because he went on late
and the problems with the sound and stuff like
that. Anyway, we went on at two o 'clock and
it was great. It was a lovely day. There was...
thousands, 250 ,000, I think, there already.
And then we did our spot, went down great, and
then we came off and got the helicopter back
to Battersea heliport. So by 5 .30... Can you
hear that noise? Yeah. It's outside. Yeah. I
thought you were... It sounded like you were
on top of the Northern Line or something. No,
this is just the noisy car going back because
of the road. Just that. Anyway, so I was at South
Kent Station at 5 .30 on the tube, and outside
the tube the sign, Evening Standard, said half
a million expected at the Isle of Wight, and
we just played it. To come back, we couldn't
stay around because we had a gig. I'm pretty
sure it was in Devizes. Very nice experience.
But you know, it was fleeting, a fleeting helicopter
visit. Do a show and come back. We had two hit
records with Arrival and our manager was Tony
Hall, dearly departed. He died a couple of years
ago. But we were being, I think, classed as...
You know, like what ABBA became, the two -girl
singers and two -guy singers, because that's
what Arrival was. I was basically just a piano
player. I didn't sing at that time. So we wanted
to go down a different route, more soul. Rhythm
of Blues, and we were basically, all of us, singers
included, were musicians, we just wanted to play,
you know. And so we left Tony Hall and went over
to CBS, which later became Sony, and they, cut
a long story short, it all fell apart, and me
and... We had a guitar player called Nick Cox
who played with Air Apparent. I think he played
with Van Morrison too. And he'd done a double
album. He'd recorded it. But he hadn't recorded
any singer on it. He'd just done the backing
tracks. He needed a singer. And he asked me if
I would... be the singer on this double album.
So I went in the studio, it's my first ever singing
gig in the studio with Shell Townme. He was quite
a renowned record producer and he's blind actually,
but very, very good and a great producer. And
I enjoyed that, working with Shell, because we
were crafting something. I was singing a song
that already had a backing track. And it was
a revelation to do it. So that was my first singing
gig. And then Mick Cox had a band with Terry
Stanard and Charlie Harrison and himself, Mick
Cox. But when we... got to rehearse. Mick just
wanted to jam it all day, you know, like, you
know, just on one chord. And after a while, it
gets kind of gets a bit boring, you know, you
need to work out the songs and stuff. But so
me and Terry said, hey, man, let's get a band
together. And that was the beginning of Kokomo.
And we got all the musicians, called them all
up, said, you know, do you want to get something
going? And We did, we hired a boys club for about
three or four weeks and just auditioned musicians
and eventually the first gig was at the pheasantry
in the Kings Road and the rest is kind of history,
it just went on from there. I wouldn't say we
took London by storm, but we were always working,
we were playing all around the clubs. It was
a big band, it was quite a big band, it was a
ten -piece band. But we created a huge vibe.
And after CBS letting me go, they now were interested
in signing us. And they offered us a puny amount.
We said, no, you know, this is a 10 -piece band.
We need looking after. If you want to sign us
up and take a huge percentage, you've got to
give us a huge, you know, a decent advance so
that we can live until the next advance. And
they kind of laughed in our face. We asked for
a hundred grand. This was in 1973, I think. And
they laughed, you know, Dick Asher laughed in
our face. He was the managing director. New York
guy, you know. Ha, you want the hundred grand?
You know, that sort of stuff. Who do you think
you are? Well, that sort of thing. Anyway, Steve
O 'Rourke, who was the manager of Pink Floyd.
heard us and he loved us he loved the band and
he financed an album our first album the first
Kokomo album he put the money up we went into
air studios we spent about six months making
an album and then he took that to CBS and he
got a hundred grand so he got them he got the
money probably because he dangled Pete Floyd's
contract which had run out Yeah, if you sign
Pink Floyd, you've got to sign Kokomo as well,
something like that. I don't know the true story.
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to Kokomo and you've got your hundred grand,
you know, between you. What happens next with
Kokomo? Well, what did happen next? They tried
to, they thought we'd, you know, be a huge success.
But the album, we toured, we did a tour called
the Naughty Rhythms tour with Chili Willie and
the Red Hot Peppers and Dr. Feelgood. But in
fact, Dr. Feelgood, they stole... the tour really,
because they went down great. I think we were
a bit too slick, but it was a great tour. And
after that, nothing really happened. Steve O
'Rourke had to go back and work with Pink Floyd.
as they would say, we want you to sort of our
tours out. And we did another album in Miami.
We did it in about two weeks and it was great
to be in Miami. But after that, it just dwindled
and CBS, you know, it was, we were released basically
from the contract and everybody, I don't know.
what happened, a lot of stuff. It was 1976, I
think, around about that time. A lot of that
time, actually, is very cloudy in my brain. Because
it was such a big band, it was difficult to keep
it together, financially speaking. We weren't
getting the work. So eventually, some of the
guys went to work with Brian Ferry, Alvin Lee,
Jim Mullen had left the band. He went to do his
thing with Dick Morrissey and the Morrissey -Mullen
band. And eventually I played with Martha Reeves
and then 10CC, you know, went on the road with
Martha and Vandellas. And yeah, then 10CC. I
got home from the Martha tour and Graham called
me up and said, do you want to join the band?
Because I knew Graham from way back. And I said,
I'll have to think about it. I'll do it. So we
think about what 1977 time maybe that was 77
yeah 1977 and that lasted them for about a year
actually I was we went to Australia Australia
mate that was great I loved Australia it went
back to Japan as well toward Europe yeah we went
all over the place didn't go to America I don't
think 10CC ever made it massive in America for
some reason. But anyway, that fell apart. I got
busted actually in Adelaide, which wasn't very
good for the image of the band. But yeah, so
when I came back, in fact, I was disillusioned
because after playing with Kokomo, all these
great musicians, And 10cc was a fantastic pop
band. It was really great. I really loved the
guys. But musically it wasn't satisfying for
me as it was working with Kokomo. So I wanted
to try and get that back or do something. you
know, of my own. So I went up to the management,
Tennessee Sea Management, where I was staying
in Liverpool with Diane then. And I went up to
Manchester and I was going to say, you know,
Rick Dixon, I'm leaving. But they'd already decided
to sack me anyway. So it was then. I think I
got my resignation in first. That's the best
way. Best way. Definitely. Anyway, it was a mutual
thing. But I'm still friendly with the guy. I
recorded one of Graham's songs, actually, recently.
One that he sent me in the 90s. And I did a demo,
but recently I just re -recorded it. It's called
Same Boat Now. We're all in the same boat now.
And it kind of reflected what we're... doing,
you know, the last 18 months with Covid. Anyway,
so we get you back and you've put in your resignation
with 10cc and what does Tony O'Malley do next?
I started doing my own thing really, just getting
gigs. I don't know, I was a bit of a mess actually
from after that. I think Kokomo made another
album but I was in a bit of a mess, you know,
strung out on loads of stuff and everything up
until about 86 so from 78 onwards i was kind
of you know not in a good place really well i
was i never stopped playing and composing and
stuff like that i was um yeah i just you know
at the blues whatever whatever you want to call
it i was in a bad place until I think 86, 87,
then I came out of that and cleaned up my act
and it's been onwards and upwards really, I think.
Always a struggle, you know, being a solo artist,
trying to get your things done. I didn't do anything
solo, really, you know, nothing really official.
solo until I played Ronnie Scott's in the 90s
and in 94 and they recorded a few shows the week
that in one particular week and they had it because
they had a studio upstairs and that came out
as an album and it was called Naked Flame live
at Ronnie Scott's with some great musicians that's
Neil Hubbard on guitar, Mel Clem's on the sax,
Pino Palladino on the bass and Legend Litty Andy
Newmark on the drums and all kind of... to make
legends in that kind of music. So that was great.
That was my first album, actually, followed by
Sunshine Every Day. So all my albums have really
have been, apart from Live at Ronnie Scott's,
all my albums have been recorded by me, solo
projects that I've financed or got people to
help crowdfunding. In the 90s, I started crowdfunding.
I started crowdfunding. people used to, you know,
contribute and I'd make an album and I've done
about 12, I think, or 10. I've lost count, actually.
I think it's 12 albums that have come out. Yeah,
I don't know of anyone that was crowdfunding
before you, so at this moment in time, you can
take the credit because I really don't. Sir,
have you got anything for Tony at this moment?
Yes, I've got a question for you, Tony. Your
favourite song is Enough is Enough. You've got
a child singing in that. Can I ask who that person
is? That's my son. Joseph, who at the time was
only about one and a half, I think. Wow. And
now he's a strapping 21 year old. We've got two
boys, both 21, they're twins. And on one of the
albums, they're both on one of the albums. Never
give up on your dreams. Yeah, so it's Joseph.
Another quick question regarding that song. Is
there a story behind that song? Enough is enough.
Well, only... I'm just trying to think. I have
to get the lyrics up. There is a story behind
it, basically. We've had enough, you know, it's
a political kind of thing. Let me see if I can
get the lyrics up and then I can give you an
idea, one second, if you don't mind. Okay, anyway,
this is... saving sound free from war and we
listen to what they have to say if we want to
change the rules elect somebody who is nobody's
fool got to stand together and be cool so we
just fell this is our finest tune I'll just do
that. Thank you so much. Yeah, it's just kind
of enough is enough, we've had enough. But, you
know, we've had enough, tired of all the killing,
any time to forgive and forget. You know, we
need love, we need happiness, we need food for
the soul, we need no regrets. Nick and Sue. We're
taking a quick break to talk about the fuel behind
today's episode. If you're like me, coffee isn't
just a morning ritual, it's a necessity. But
let's be honest, the traditional coffee cycle
usually ends up in a mid afternoon crash or those
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to focus. That's why I'm so excited to share
that this show is brought to you in association
with the Strong Coffee Company. Coffee has a
long history as a traditional medicinal tool
and for centuries it's been revered for its ability
to sharpen the mind and provide the metabolic
sparks needed to conquer the day. The Strong
Coffee Company has taken that ancient wisdom
and supercharged it for the modern professional.
They offer premium instant brands that actually
taste like a high -end barista pour but with
a nutritional profile that reads like a wellness
retreat. The Black Instant brand, this is their
flagship, and it's a robust, smooth, fair -trade
roast packed with 15 grams of grass -fed protein
and 5 grams of MCTs. It's not just an energy
boost, it's an actual fuel for your muscles and
brain. They've solved the jitters problem by
enriching their coffee with 250 milligrams of
adaptogens, including ashwagyonda, and L -Thanine
you get the alertness you want with a calming
focused clarity that helps you stay productive
without the edge. The black instant blend is
my thing but if latte is your thing well the
Strong Coffee Company's latte is to die for.
What I love most is that they don't just cut
corners we're talking organic ingredients and
a deep commitment to eco -friendly sustainable
practices. It's coffee you can feel good about
for your body and the planet. Whether you're
looking for a better sleep, mental clarity, or
just a more convenient way to get your protein
in, strong coffee is the healthy alternative
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experience this revolution in your daily routine.
So we've teamed up with the Strong Coffee Company
to get you their highest exclusive discount.
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remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I've forgotten
where we were. Oh yeah, live at Ronnie's. Then
I did an album called Sunshine Every Day, which
most of it, well, a lot of it was recorded in
my tiny little flat in Hackney where I live.
And then we took it in the studio to put the
drums on for it to be mixed. And yes, it used
to take, well, it still takes a long time to
make an album, actually, to get it right, to
get it sounding how you want it to sound. And
that was, yeah, there was a song on that. I know
you need some time to be on your own, just a
thing. Yeah, and it goes on. Et cetera. So that
got a lot of plays on radio too, that one. And
after that, nothing ever happened with it. After
that I made another one called Freedom Road,
with some great players. We used to meet once
a week. By this time I had a little studio in
Kentish Town. Tiny, it was tiny, we were all
squeezed in, you know, there was a small drum
booth, and all the musicians were kind of surrounding
me here, and I recorded it on my... digital system
as I did with them sunshine every day I bought
a digital system in 94 I was one of the first
actually you know recording into the computer
and for runner you know and so freedom road which
is I still think is a really great album and
great players and yeah and but yeah same thing
really nothing happened with that and then we
knew By this time, I'd met Femke, and we were
living together in Hackney, and we started a
family. That's a whole long story as well. So
to have the babies, we went to live in Belgium.
We went to live in Brussels, and we were in Brussels,
well, for four years, and I met some great players.
Marty Townsend was a great songwriter and fantastic
guitar player. We made a couple of albums, and
well... The first one was O. It's called O. O
-H exclamation mark. And then My Foolish Heart,
which is an album of standards, really. And so
I was basically coming backwards and forwards,
playing gigs in London. And we're also playing
with some great players in Belgium. Frank de
Reuter, for instance, and Frederic Jacquemin,
who actually lives in Paris. But some great players.
But then, Femke, she was offered the job in Tbilisi,
which is the capital of the real Georgia, which
is next door to Armenia and Turkey. And we spent
four fantastic years in Georgia. and also made
an album there with a wonderful piano player,
much better than me. I mean, great accompanist.
Accompanist. Accompanist. Pata Andriadze, fantastic.
And just me and him. Solo, you know, vocal and
piano. Lots of friends in Georgia. Georgia is
full of fantastic musicians, really. And that
was wonderful. And we came back from Georgia,
back to Brussels actually, close to Brussels,
and made another album, The Road Will Rise. So
we spent another four years in Belgium and then,
you know, just generally playing around, bringing
up the boys. You know, the boys were 10 and 11.
When we came back to England in 2012, it was
a bit of a gamble because the boys went to the
European school here in close to where we live,
in Cullum. And I've just been, you know, making
albums really and playing gigs, just, you know,
bringing up the boys and... And then I met with
my young guys, the musicians, Sonny, Ali and
Richie. And when they were basically 19, the
two of them were 19 and Ali was about 20 something.
We've been working together ever since. It's
five years, I think, maybe six years, or over
six years, since, you know, they're all grown
men now with their girlfriends and flats of their
own, you know, amazing. And we're still working
together, although it's been, you know, through
lockdown, it's been very difficult. We did make
some lockdown videos, but that was a struggle
really, you know, to get them done. We did it
at first, but then I think everyone got fed up
with lockdown. However, in lockdown you were
pretty amazing because, well, obviously you were
in the same boat in lockdown like everyone was.
You started doing some streams for people. And
I think you did one last Friday where you mentioned
you were coming onto this show. So tell people
about your streams and what you got planned that
way and how they can find you. Well, the streaming,
when lockdown happened, you looked online and
you saw all these guitar players streaming on
their phone. Awful sound, awful. And also, when
you stream on your phone, it mirrors it, so it
doesn't mirror, it turns it around, it switches.
So all these right -handed guitar players became
left -handed guitar players, and the piano players
were going that way, you know. And I thought,
this is pretty bad. So I did quite a lot of research
into the sound and just set up my sound so that,
you know, it would sound like, for instance,
I think it sounds pretty, you know, does it sound
okay? You know, the sounds okay and the vocal,
you know. So once I got the sound right and it's
a technical feat actually, to be quite honest.
It took me, you know, I had loads of glitches
and they're not always my fault, but at the same
time it's a learning process and I, you know,
I've figured out how to do it now in my setup
here, you know, where I am now actually. where
I'm talking to you from. And yeah, so I've done
at least 60 streams. They're all available on
my website and YouTube. My website, tonyomalley
.com. And you can check me out there, basically.
And you're on Facebook as well? Oh, on Facebook,
Tony O'Malley. Instagram, O'Malley Tone. Twitter,
I think that's Tony O'Malley. Yeah, but I'm not
really, I am active on social media. media but
I'm not I should be more you know on Instagram
because everybody's on Instagram but I should
be more active to be quite honest. That's my
ambition for the future. I've got a link to your
website and I see just a couple gigs that you've
got coming up. At the moment it says Saturday
September 18th, Kokomo is to be confirmed, but
what I will do... No, it's confirmed actually.
Now what is next for Tony O'Malley? So we've
got these concerts... Then I have a gig with
my band on the 15th of October. at the 606 club
on the 15th of October. Have you got any plans
to do an autobiography? It's funny you should
say that, Sue. I do. I have started writing and
now I've got a friend of mine, he's an old Kokomo
fan, Mac, and he's great and he's going to help
me basically be my mentor while I write my biography.
I've already written quite a lot. I do like to
write. them. So that's what I'm going to be doing
in France. plus learning the French language
with the help of my wife who speaks French fluently.
I only know about one sentence. What is that?
What's that sentence? Bonjour monsieur, comment
ça va? Something like that. Oh! Bonjour monsieur,
comment ça va? Yeah. Something like ça va, yeah.
Touch wood. I couldn't do it now, but if I'm
in a café in France for about a half hour, I
get pretty good. And I've never balled up on
a menu yet. Yet. At this time. Tony, it's been...
Do just mention your website once more, please,
sir. Okay. My website is tonyomalley .com. That's
www .tonyomalley .com. Perfect. It's been great.
And I'm looking forward to the interview going
out and keep in touch and every success for that
move, Tony. Yeah, and we wish you the best. Thank
you. Thank you, Nick. It's lovely to meet you
here and see you soon. Thanks for chatting with
people on Chatterbox UK. Take care. Bye -bye.
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