 Babe Stovall and Dink Brister source: Back cover of Rounder 2009, photographer: Marina Bokelman |  Babe Stovall Jewell Stovall b. October 4, 1907 in Tylertown, Walthall County, Mississippi d. September 21, 1974 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana buried at Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana discography |  source: Back Woods Blues, p. 51; photographer: Dick Waterman |
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 - Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind # * @ youtube rec. September 15, 1958 in New Orleans, LA by Larry Borenstein; Babe Stovall, voc, g Verve unissued # Flyright FLY 625 (1990) | ||
| - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More # * @ youtube - Big Road Blues # * @ youtube - C C Rider # * @ youtube - Trouble In Mind * @ youtube rec. December 6, 1958 in New Orleans, LA by Larry Borenstein; Babe Stovall, voc, g Verve unissued # Flyright FLY 625 (1990) | ||
| - Careless Love # * @ youtube - I Ain't Gonna Be Here Long * @ youtube rec. May 10, 1961 in New Orleans, LA by Larry Borenstein; Babe Stovall, voc, g; Tom Stovall, mand Verve unissued # Flyright FLY 625 (1990) | ||
| 1 | 1964 | Babe Stovall - I'm Gwine To New Orleans (Candy Man) - Do Lord - Good Morning Blues - Don't You Want To Go - Tell Me Brown Eyes - Time Is Winding Up - Coal Black Mare [] - Careless Love - Salty Dog - Corinne Corinna - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Woman Blues  originally unissued tracks from same session: - Time Is Winding Up (alt tk) [] [Flyright FLY 625] - If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again (alt tk) [Flyright FLY 625] rec. c. June 1964 in New Orleans, LA by Larry Borenstein; Babe Stovall, voc, g; Joseph 'Gosoon' Phillipps [sic], bjo (except []); Sylvester Handy, b (except []) notes by Larry Borenstein (=) 504 Records 42 (2009) |
| 2 | 1968 | Encore For The Chicago Blues Muddy Waters Blues Men - Yes Sir! Boss Harvey Hill - I Feel So Good Koko Taylor - I'm Looking For A Man Memphis Slim - Chicago To Paris Babe Stovall - My Brown Is A Mistraeter # @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Move Your Hand Olive Brown - Woman's Lament J.B. Lenoir - Korea Blues Washboard Sam's Band - Chicago Rock Victoria Spivey - T B Blues Willie Dixon - Brooklyn Going To Be My Home John Hammond, voc, g; Babe Stovall, g; Kazoo Papa [= Len Kunstadt], kazoo; Wayne Johnson, washtub b - Squeeze My Lemon # John Henry Barbee - Six Weel Old Blues Viola Wells - See See Rider Homesick James - Somebody's Been Talkin' Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother Fuyer # rec. Autumn 1965 at Stovall's home in New Orleans
notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey Records discography |
| 3 | 3/1968 | Roosevelt Holts: Presenting The Country Blues @ youtube (full album)- Prison Bound Blues (MBHL 10139) - Maggie Campbell Blues (MBHL 10140) - Feelin' Sad And Blue (MBHL 10141) * - I'm Going To Build Right On That Shore (MBHL 10142) @ youtube - Lead Pencil Blues (MBHL 10143) - Another Mule Kickin' In My Stall (MBHL 10144) - Little Bitty Woman (MBHL 10145) # - The Good Book Teach You (MBHL 10146) [] # - Big Road Blues (MBHL 10147) - Let's Talk It All Over Again (MBHL 10148) - Red River Blues (MBHL 10149) - She Put Me Outdoors (MBHL 10150) # * rec. January 27, 1966 in Franklinton, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; Babe Stovall, g rec. February 3, 1966 in New Orleans, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g # rec. August 28, 1966 in Bogalusa, LA by David Evans; Roosevelt Holts, voc, g; [] L.H. Lane, hca back cover photo by Marina Bokelman
notes by David Evans notes by David Evans notes by David Evans Roosevelt Holts discography |
| 4 | 1968 | Goin' Up The Country Roosevelt Holts - My Phone Keeps Ringing Isaiah Chattman - Found My Baby Gone @ youtube Arzo Youngblood - Bye And Bye Blues @ youtube Cornelius Bright - My Baby's Gone @ youtube Herb Quinn - Casey, You Can't Ride This Train @ youtube Arzo Youngblood - Four Women Blues L.V. Conerly - Bad Luck And Trouble Mager Johnson - Travelling Blues @ youtube O.D. Jones & Babe Stovall - Got The Blues This Morning # Jack Owens - B & O Blues Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb - Dooleyville Blues Roosevelt Holts - Nowhere To Go Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues Cornelius Bright - Devil Got My Woman @ youtube Jack Owens - Devil Got My Woman @ youtube # rec. August 14, 1966 in New Orleans, LA by David Evans
notes (January 1968) by David Evans notes (January 1968) by David Evans new notes (June 1975) by David Evans shortened version of original 1968 notes by David Evans (english & italian) Rounder Records discography |
| - Ship Is At The Landing [Euphonic ESR-1211] - Trouble In Mind [Euphonic ESR-1211] - Decatur Street Blues # - Sittin' To My Window # * - Royal Street Blues (instr) # - Sittin' To My Window # - Train Time (instr) # - Roayal Street (instr) # - Careless Love - Good Morning Blues - Dirty Mistreater - Sittin' To My Window - Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Late in The Evenin' ## rec. prob. late 1960s in New Orleans, LA; Babe Stovall, voc, g; John Bentley, # p, ## g; * Percy Humphrey, hca Euphonic, mostly unissued | ||
| 5 | 1970 | South Mississippi Blues Babe Stovall & Herb Quinn - See See Rider # @ youtube Eli Owens - Rabbit On A Log Roosevelt Holts - Big Fat Mama Blues Herb Quinn - Casey Babe Stovall - Candy Man O. D. Jones & Babe Stovall, Dink Brister - Bye Bye Baby Eli Owens - Old Hen Cackle Esau Weary - You Don't Have To Go Babe Stovall - Do Lord, Remember Me Roosevelt Holts - Matchbox Blues Roosevelt Holts - Mean Conductor Blues Eli Owens - Muleskinner Blues Babe Stovall - Maypole March Myrt Holmes - Run Here, Fairo Isaac Youngblood - Hesitating Blues Esau Weary - Forty-Four Blues Babe Stovall - Boll Weevil Eli Owens - Ida Red - Sally Goodin' Babe Stovall & Herb Quinn - Sweet Bunch Of Daisies (instr) # @ youtube Eli Owens - Ways Like The Devil Roosevelt Holts - Home Town Skiffle rec. between 1965 and 1971 by David Evans # rec. September 10, 1967 in Clifton, LA by David Evans; Babe Stovall, voc, g; Herb Quinn, mand
notes by David Evans notes by D.V. = Rounder C-2009 (cassette) (US 1989) = Music Box International 40478 (Greece 1991) Rounder Records discography |
| 6 | 1972 | The Legacy Of Tommy Johnson Isaac Youngblood & Herb Quinn - Big Road Blues Mager Johnson - Bye And Bye Blues Isaac Youngblood - Maggie Campbell Blues John Henry 'Bubba' Brown - Canned Heat Blues Boogie Bill Webb - Cool Water Blues Isaac Youngblood - Big Fat Mama Blues Houston Stackhouse & Carey 'Ditty' Mason - Pony Blues Arzo Youngblood - I Believe I'll Make Everything Alright Boogie Bill Webb - Show Me What You Got For Sale Arzo Youngblood - Prison Bound Blues Boogie Bill Webb - Maggie Campbell Blues Arzo Youngblood - The Old Folks Doing It And The Little Ones Trying Babe Stovall & O.D. Jones, g, Dink Brister, mand - Big Road Blues Boogie Bill Webb - Take Your Time Roosevelt Holts - Pine Top Boogie Boogie Bill Webb - Don't You Lie To Me
notes by David Evans Matchbox Records discography |
| 7 | 1972 | Folk Festival Of The Smokies, Vol. II Ramona Jones - Wake Up Susan Janette Carter - I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow Jim Cope & Dave Millard - Deportee Jean & Lee Schilling - Old Joe Clark Bergerfolk - This Little Light Of Mine Sonia Malkine - What Are Little Girld Made Of? Frank George - Payday Jean & Lee Schilling - Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane Babe Stovall - C. C. Rider Glenn Ohrlin - Jake And Roaney And The Bald Faced Steer Glenn & Kaye Ohrlin - The Hanging Of Eva Dugan Sparky Rucker - Down The Valley Pinnacle Mountain Boys - Salty Dog Babe Stovall - Time Is Windin' Up Frank George - John Henry - Minstrel Boy Festival prod. by Jean & Lee Schilling
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| 8 | 1976 | Babe Stovall Story - Dirty Mistreater - Snow Fallin' Blues - Baby, Let Me Follow You Down - Gonna Move To Kansas City - Goin' Up The Country Blues - Good Morning Blues - See See Rider - God's Word Shall Never Pass Away - How Long Blues - Coal Black Mare - Maypole Song - Don't Mean Me No Good rec. March/August 1966 in New Orleans, LA by John Bentley photos by Fay Rodgers
notes by Jan Owen Harris |
| 9 | 1975 | Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around A Survey Of Rural Black Religious Music Ephram Carter and his Fife & Drum Band - Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - Do Remember Me Babe Stovall - The Ship Is At The Landing @ youtube Annie Lee & Oscar Crawford - You Don't Know What The Lord Has Done For Me Rev. Rubin Lacey - Talk About A Child That Do Love Jesus Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down Dorothy Lee, Norma Jean & Shirley Marie Johnson - You Got To Give An Account Katie Mae Young - By The Grace Of My Lord, I've Come A Long Way Eddie Lee 'Mustright' Jones - My Sun Don't Never Go Down Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Climbing High Mountains Chester Davis and Congregation; Compton Jones & Group; Furry Lewis - Glory, Glory Hallelujah Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right Pattie Rosemon - I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say Babe Stovall - When The Circle Be Unbroken @ youtube Napoleon Strickland - Motherless Children Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - I Shall Not Be Moved rec. by David Evans "Among my more treasured possessions is a general survey of black rural religious singing, which he produced several years before the disc under consideration. It is called Sorrow Come Pass Me Around, and in terms of superb it is completely off the scale. If nobody has had the foresight to re-issue that LP, and you happen to see it in some expensive second-hand vinyl catalogue, do not pause to worry about how you are going to raise the asking price. Once you have the disc home and on your turntable, all qualms about the bank you so rashly decided to stick up, will be utterly dissipated."
notes (November 1974, 12-pp. brochure) by David Evans
16-pp. booklet by David Evans 32-pp. booklet by David Evans Advent Records discography |
| 10 | 1990 | Babe Stovall - Careless Love * [Verve unissued] - Big Road Blues # [Verve unissued] - C C Rider # [Verve unissued] - Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind [] [Verve unissued] - Don't You Want To Go [Verve VPM 1] - Good Morning Blues [Verve VPM 1] - Salty Dog [Verve VPM 1] - Going To New Orleans [= Candy Man; Verve VPM 1] - Woman Blues [Verve VPM 1] - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More # [Verve unissued] - Time Is Winding Up (alt tk) [Verve unissued] - If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again (alt tk) [Verve unissued] - Corinne Corinna [Verve VPM 1] - Careless Love [Verve VPM 1] [] rec. September 15, 1958 in New Orleans, LA # rec. December 6, 1958 in New Orleans, LA * rec. May 10, 1961 in New Orleans, LA rec. c. June 1964 in New Orleans, LA Verve VPM 1 notes by Klaus Kilian Flyright Records discography |
| 11 | 1993 | Ruff Stuff The Roots of Texas Blues Guitar Nathaniel "Bill" Barnes - Jack Of Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play Lee Mackey - Out And Down - Jay Bird Blues Willie Menifee & Mance Lipscomb - If I Get Lucky, Mama Mance Lipscomb - Angel Child Mance Lipscomb & Teodar Jackson - Reconsider Baby Bill Neely . Matchbox Blues Nathaniel "Bill" Barnes - What's Wrong, Baby Babe Stovall - Worried Blues # @ youtube - Dirty Mistreater [= Big Road Blues] # T.J. Jackson - Out And Down - Corrina Corrina Oscar "Preacher" Nelson & Newton "Hoss" Nelson - Broke And Ain't Got A Dime - Alcohol Blues Jimmy Nelson - West Texas Blues # rec. August 26, 1965 in Austin, TX by Tary Owens notes by Tary Owens & Julie Howell Catfish Records (US) discography |
| 12 | 1999 | John Bentley & His Buddies Volume 11 in Euphonic's Piano Series John Bentley - Trouble In Mind Bentley & Guy "The Bear" Richards - Cocaine Blues Bentley & Dave Gary - Two Fifes John Bentley - Down The Road Babe Stovall - Ship Is At The Landing # Bentley & Guy "The Bear" Richards - Ain't Much Bentley & Guy "The Bear" Richards - Can't Judge A Book John Bentley - How Long Blues - Roll & Tumble Babe Stovall - Trouble In Mind # Bentley & Guy "The Bear" Richards - Fulsom Prison Blues Bentley & Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Fish Fry # rec. prob. late 1960s in New Orleans, LA; Babe Stovall, voc, g cover illustration by M. Scott Affeldt
notes by Paul E. Affeldt |
| 13 | 2003 | Box Of The Blues Babe Stovall, Herb Quinn - See See Rider [Rounder LP 2009]
4 CD set |
| 14 | 2003 | Babe Stovall: The Old Ace Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs - Good Morning Blues - Candy Man - Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind @ youtube - The Ship Is At The Landing - Baby Let Me Follow You Down - Worried Blues @ youtube - Will The Circle Be Unbroken? @ youtube - How Long How Long Blues - Dirty Mistreater - Good Morning Little School Girl - God's Word Shall Never Pass Away - Kansas City Blues - Medley: Big Road Blues and Careless Love - Interview: Family - Interview 2: Playing in New Orleans rec. July 1968 in New Orleans, LA by Bob West; Babe Stovall, voc, g
notes by David Evans
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| 15 | 2004 | I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three CD One: Snooks Eaglin - Yours Truly @ Spotify - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie @ Spotify - My Babe @ Spotify - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey @ Spotify - Careless Love @ Spotify - Rock Island Line @ Spotify - C.C. Rider @ Spotify - I'm Looking For A Woman @ Spotify - Hello Dolly @ Spotify - Lonesome Road @ Spotify Babe Stovall - Good Morning Blues @ Spotify - Candy Man @ Spotify - Fo' Day Blues @ Spotify - Gonna Move To Kansas City @ Spotify Johnny Moment - Keep Our Business To Yourself @ Spotify - You Got To Mind How To Treat Someone Else @ Spotify Will Shade - I Got The Blues So Bad @ youtube @ Spotify - I Can't Stand It @ youtube @ Spotify Furry Lewis - Baby, I Know You Don't Love Me @ Spotify Earl Bell - Travellin' Man @ Spotify - Terraplane Blues @ Spotify Moose Williams - Mother Keep Your Light Burning High In The Window @ Spotify CD Two: Willie Mabon - Somebody's Got To Pay @ Spotify Big Walter Horton - West Side Blues @ Spotify - Tin Pan Alley @ Spotify - This Is It @ Spotify Sunnyland Slim - Prison Bound @ Spotify Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Hot Potatoes @ Spotify - One Room Country Shack @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues @ Spotify Johnny Young - You Got Bad Blood, I Think You Need A Shoot @ Spotify Washboard Sam - Mama Don't Allow @ Spotify Big Joe Williams - Rootin' Groundhog @ Spotify - Southern Blues @ Spotify - King's Highway Blues @ Spotify Champion Jack Dupree - Improvisations and Interview 1 @ Spotify - Drive 'em Down Special @ Spotify - Improvisations and Interview 2 @ Spotify - I Feel Like A Millionaire @ Spotify - Improvisations and Interview 3 @ Spotify - Barrelhouse Woman @ Spotify - Improvisations and Interview 4 @ Spotify Snooks Eaglin tracks rec. June 2, 1964 in New Orleans, LA Babe Stovall tracks rec. June 2, 1964 at the Art Gallery, St. Peter Street, New Orleans, LA Johnny Moment, Will Shade, Furry Lewis, Earl Bell, and Moose Williams rec. May 26, 1964 at Will Shade's apartment, Memphis, TN CD 2 tracks rec. May 1964 at Southerland Lounge, Chicago, IL except Big Joe Williams tracks rec. May 18, 1961 at Willie Dixon's home in Chicago,IL Champion Jack Dupree tracks rec. January 26, 1964 at Sveriges Radio, Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden 2 CD set |
| 16 | 2009 | Babe Stovall 1958-1964 The Larry Borenstein Collection Vol. 13 - Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind # - Do Lord # - Big Road Blues # - CC Rider # - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More # - Trouble In Mind # [previously unissued] - I Ain't Gonna Be Here Long # [previously unissued] - Careless Love [] - I'm G'wine To New Orleans (Candy Man) * - Good Morning Blues * - Don't You Want To Go * - Tell Me Brown Eyes * - Time Is Winding * - Coal Black Mare * - Salty Dog * - Corina Corina * - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again * - Woman Blues * - Careless Love * # Babe Stovall, voc, g [] Babe Stovall, voc, g; Tom Stovall, mand * Babe Stovall, voc, g; Godson Phillip, bj; Sylvester Hand, str b
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| 17 | 2014 | The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3 disc 1: The 1960s Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50) John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19) Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05) Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03) Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01) Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06) Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45) Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27) Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07) Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21) Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11) R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25) Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36) Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42) Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43) Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19) J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25) Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52) Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42) Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30) Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13) Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53) Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56) disc 2: The 1970s Son House - Empire State Express (3:41) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59) Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06) R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45) Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46) Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04) John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15) Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33) Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20) Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33) Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50) Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18) Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53) Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26) Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19) Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44) Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10) Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37) Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58) Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24) Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56) David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56) Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18) front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl |
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| 1 | 1984 | James Sparky Rucker: Drive Back The Night - Babylon Blues *° - Lay My Burden Down *° - M & O Blues - Blues In The Bordertown Jail * - Drive Back The Night *° - A Song For Babe @ Spotify - Satisfied And Tickled Too ° - Kind-Hearted Woman - Break Of Day Blues * - A Beautiful Life *° cover photo: Axel Küstner
Bellaphon CD track sequence:
notes by Inge Gawlitta (March 1984) and Sparky Rucker (December 1983)
L+R Records discography |
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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Bruce Cook: Listen To The Blues.- New York 1973, pp. 93-98 - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 113 - David Evans: Babe Stovall.- Blues Unlimited 29 (Jan. 1966), p. 9-10; 30 (Febr. 1966), p. 9; 31 (March 1966), p. 20 - David Evans: Babe Stovall.- in: Simon A. Napier (ed.): Back Woods Blues.- Bexhill-On-Sea 1968, pp. 50-55 (reprint from Blues Unlimited 29 - 31 (Jan. - March 1966)) - David Evans: Big Road Blues - Tradition & Creativity in the Folk Blues.- New York 1987, p. 303-309 - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 486-487 - Simon A. Napier: Gwine To New Orleans - Meet Babe Stovall.- Blues Unlimited 23 (1965), p. 10 - Bryan Pickup: The Babe Stovall Story.- Talking Blues 4 (1977), p. 2 - 5 (incl. discography by Bryan Pickup and Chris Smith) - http://sundayblues.org/archives/100 - Ebay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Max Hoeffner and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans
David Evans: Babe Stovall.- in: Simon A. Napier (ed.): Back Woods Blues.- Bexhill-On-Sea 1968, pp. 50-55
Bryan Pickup and Chris Smith: The Babe Stovall Story The two articles above are 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, they may contain factual errors only revealed by later research. Be advised that more recent reference works - above all David Evans' liner notes to Arcola ACD 1005 (2003) - should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.
 Percy Randolph, Willie Thomas, and Babe Stovall at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1970 source: Michael P. Smith: New Orleans Jazz Fest, A Pictoral History.- Gretna 1991, p. 31
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