       This song I wrote back in 2000 and it's another one of the first songs Charle and I recorded together. Written during my bachelor mid-life crisis phase when I was in between marriages. Needless to say I was feeling alone and blue during that time but even worse than that, I was bluer than blue!? So that made me Blue Blue! I rocked out on this one a bit in the solos and Charlie sang it very well, I double-tracked his voice, and I think Charlie played some harmonica on this one too! I had my old recorder so please forgive the quality. The video is brand new, I put it together last month and played around with colors and strobes, so be careful if strobing effects bother you. The video will drop on March 1st.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/C8SF28zQGTk

 I like my lyrics here, they are very simple but to the point and I think it sounds ok. It's actually a very fast uplifting song with a kind of anxious lyrics behind it, so whenever you're blue just remember that I used to be Blue Blue! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼  

“BLUE, BLUE"

MAYBE I’M PARANOID OR A LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK,   
CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE,   
IF YOU’RE EVER COMING BACK,

I KNOW IT’S FOOLISH AND IT MAY SEEM IMMATURE,   
BUT THIS FEELIN’ OF EMPTINESS,  
FILLS ME EACH TIME THAT YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR,
         
I’M BLUE, BLUE,          
AS THE SKY IS, 
BLUE, BLUE,             
AS THE OCEAN,         
BLUE, BLUE,         
WHAT I’M FEELIN’ EVERY SECOND I’M WITHOUT YOU,
      
I KNOW I’M CRAZY WITH A THOUGHTLESS JEALOUS HEART,             
AND I TEND TO OVERREACT,   
WHEN YOU DON’T CALL AND TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE,   

MAYBE I’M INSECURE AND IT HURTS ME WHEN YOU’RE GONE,     
BUT ALL I DO KNOW FOR SURE,               
IS THAT WITHOUT YOU THERE’S NO NEED IN GOING ON, 
   
I’M BLUE, BLUE,         
AS THE SKY IS, 
BLUE, BLUE,         
AS THE OCEAN,        
BLUE, BLUE,         
WHAT I’M FEELIN’ EVERY SECOND I’M WITHOUT YOU,
I'M BLUE.
                                          
BY JIM VALDES © 2000

"BLUE, BLUE" (Video - https://youtu.be/C8SF28zQGTk)

      This is a brand new video that's dropping on YouTube later tonight!.  I finished it last week and couldn't wait to see what you guys think about it, so please watch the video after listening because without the video the sound effects make no sense and neither does the song! It's an instrumental piece and was part of the song "She Rescues Me" that I had to edit out of the song due to it being too long, so here are the sections that I edited out. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/70LHA6YNi6Q

     It's one of my space adventures videos and I'll leave it up to the viewer to make sense of it!😂 It's pretty long at over 6 minutes but stay with it because it's pretty cool! I threw a ton of special effects at it, both video and audio, and most of it is in 4K, which absorbed lots of memory and it was very time-consuming to put together! Crank it up and watch it on a big screen TV for a mind-blowing experience. I love astronomy and Sci-Fi films, so periodically I'll post one of my Space Videos along my songs, so climb aboard and let's trip the cosmos together! Thanks for listening & watching and I hope you enjoy it and remember this before lift off: "Turn off your mind, Relax, and Float downstream...." 🙏😎🙃🖖

"SHE RESCUES ME AGAIN" (Video - https://youtu.be/70LHA6YNi6Q)

This song I wrote back in 2010 and it's about failed relationships. I don't remember much about the song, it wasn't personal or anything like that, I think Charlie said something about politicians only giving us "Pretty Words & Empty Promises" and I liked that title so later that week I wrote this song. I wanted it to be bittersweet sounding, I was trying to express in music what a broken heart may sound like if it could sing. Charlie really did a good job on this one. One of my prettiest melodies and saddest lyrics. The video follows the lyrics pretty closely and is fairly new, I think I finished it up in March of this year. This is the audio track from the video so you'll hear noises like a pop and such but you'll have to watch the video to see why! I hope everyone enjoys it! Here's the link:

VIDEO -  https://youtu.be/dLnYFR4oB78

There is never any A.I. ever used in the recording of any of my songs, it's just me and my heart, and Charlie singing it beautifully! Sorry about the clunky piano playing, I'm not a pianist! Thanks for listening and supporting me. It means a lot! Take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES”

YOU BROKE MY HEART WITH THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID,   
IT PAINS ME STILL TO REMEMBER THEM,   
AND EVERY NOW AND AGAIN I DO,
                  
YOU HELD MY WORLD IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,  
THE ENDLESS LOVE THAT YOU OFFERED ME, 
WAS TO FOREVER BE UNTRUE,
  
SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON,      
JUST WHO’S TO BLAME IS HARD TO SAY,      
LOVE CAN BE A CRUEL GAME TO PLAY,

YOUR PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES, 
WILL HAUNT ME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE,  
AND I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD?

SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON,      
JUST WHO’S TO BLAME IS HARD TO SAY,        
LOVE CAN BE A CRUEL GAME TO PLAY,

YOUR PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES,   
WILL HAUNT ME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE, 
AND I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD?   
NO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD?

BY JIM VALDES © 2010

"PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES"

Here's a song and video that's a bit of a change of pace, a crazy gangster story song from my album "Unhinged" that I recorded back in 2019. A totally made up this rock song and it has a nice riff. This is NOT one of my love songs!😂 It follows these insane bank robbers with serious mental problems! I wanted to make like a little action movie for this song. I'm always trying to make my songs into little films!😁. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/o7xeuezg1oQ

    The video is new and took several days to finish since I had so many clips to edit together! I really tried to follow the song as close as I could and I even added a clip from an old Yosemite Sam cartoon of the 40's for comic relief!😂 I had a blast creating the video and I hope everyone enjoys it. It's a bit violent but most action films are! Take a peak if you dare! Thanks for listening and hopefully watching and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“SWEATIN' BULLETS"

I'M DISTURBED, SLIGHTLY TOUCHED, 
MAYBE I THINK A BIT TOO MUCH,
ALWAYS RUN WHEN I SHOULD CRAWL,  
WHEN I'M PUSHED, I CHOKE AND STALL,       
I'M CRACKED, SOMEWHAT ASKEW,
ALL MY LINES A BIT OFF CUE, 
ALWAYS SMILE WHEN I SHOULD CRY, 
WANNA QUIT WHEN I SHOULD TRY,

I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
DON’T SHOOT ME PLEASE, I’M ON MY KNEES,
BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY,  
I'M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
IT AIN’T NO FUN, CRYIN’ INTO YOUR GUN,
NOW I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS AT YOUR FEET,
                  
I'M UNCLEAR, THOUGHTS OBSCURE,
WILL THEY EVER FIND ME A CURE, 
I STOP DEAD WHEN I SHOULD GO, GO, GO,
CAN'T SEEM TO OVERCOME THE FLOW,
DISTURBED, WHO'S TO SAY?
DOCTORS ALWAYS IN THE WAY,       
MEDICATION IN MY BRAIN, 
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT, I WANNA RAIN!           
           
I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
DON’T SHOOT ME PLEASE, I’M ON MY KNEES,
BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY,  
I'M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
IT AIN’T NO FUN, CRYIN’ INTO YOUR GUN,
NOW I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS AT YOUR FEET,
                                          
BY JIM VALDES © 2019

"SWEATIN' BULLETS" (Video - https://youtu.be/o7xeuezg1oQ)

OK, this is a very weird novelty song about literally nothing! No hidden meanings or words of wisdom here. Just a nice little old timey jazzy instrumental that had lyrics at one time but I discarded them and just made a video using the instrumental track. What inspired me to write this song was a silent short film I watched that was made in 1907 called "The Dancing Pig". It's on YouTube so watch it, it's about 5 minutes long and it is very creepy! It's a French film and it's about this woman that dances with this animatronic pig. She humiliates the pig and then he enacts his revenge by eating her offstage?? The pig is a giant puppet, being controlled by several people and is really quite remarkable, to say the least! It's amazing that it was filmed in 1907 and is so eerie and creepy! So I basically just added some of the footage in the video and called the song "Salty Bacon". 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Olkp1xz_VLw

I played the banjo on this one and gave it a very old fashioned jazzy style to it! I did play a mean hard rock lead guitar and some funky keyboards on this song, I tried to mix some rock in with an old style jazzy tune. I think it worked! The video is about nothing, I just edited any random clips together that I came across. The video didn't take too long to make, about a day only, quite different from the "Sweatin' Bullets" video that took about a week! So I hope you all enjoy my novelty song and video but don't partake too much in the Salty Bacon, it's bad for your health!😂 Thanks for watching and take care everyone!✌🏼😎🙏

"SALTY BACON" (Video - https://youtu.be/Olkp1xz_VLw)

This is a very old song written in 2001 and one of the first songs I recorded with Charlie. It's a kind of Disco Jazz Pop song, with a nice wah-wah guitar but not recorded too well on my old TASCAM 8-track tape machine. I was going to record it all over again but I'm way too busy and behind to re-record it. I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to say "Beautiful Blonde" anymore but she was and I ain't changing the lyrics now. It's just a fluffy little nothing song, very light-hearted and innocent like songs used to be! No deep meaning here, just dancing for dancing's sake! So here it is with all the bumps, bruises, flat notes, and my horrid singing! Charlie and I both sang it together in spots (We should have rehearsed it a bit more! We just winged it!😂) and Charlie played a nice Jazzy harmonica on it as well!
     There's a nice story behind it, Mid-life crisis mode again, I was out with a few friends and we stopped by a nice retro club downtown that had a live band playing 60's and 70's music and I guess I had a few too many and nobody was dancing, so I just got up on the floor and started to dance by myself. At the time I was in my 40's and I could still dance pretty good, I'm a very active dancer, funky/disco/latin vibe, I could even moonwalk!😂 Anyway, about the second or third song this very good-looking blonde started dancing with me? Out of nowhere? And we danced all night until my friends wanted to leave. I left with them and never got her name or number or anything, just the memory! She was a very sweet and nice person, well a Beautiful Blonde lady, I do remember that!😂 A few days later I wrote this song from the experience. I know it's pretty rough around the edges and my recording equipment was pretty crappy at the time but the spirit is still in there, somewhere, with some good lyrics too! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/3zv1zGkCte4

I put the video together last year and had a lot of fun doing it! I tried to put in 100 beautiful blonde ladies in ti!😂 It's very true what they say the Blondes have more fun! I hope everyone enjoys my little moonwalking down Memory Lane. And in honor of International World Blonde Day, which was on May 31st, here's to all the beautiful blonde out there!  Cheers! 🥂 Thanks again for listening and take care! 🙏😎✌🏼

“BEAUTIFUL BLONDE”

BEAUTIFUL BLONDE DANCING WITH ME,   
TAKING MY BREATH AWAY, HARD TO BELIEVE,                
MAKING ME FALL RIGHT FROM THE START,    
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE MELTING THIS FOOLISH HEART,      

BEAUTIFUL EYES LOOKING AT ME,   
SOFT AS A SUMMER DAY, BLUE AS THE SEA,   
CHANGING MY LIFE WITH JUST A GLANCE,   
BEAUTIFUL EYES TEMPTING THIS FOOLISH MAN,

LOST IN HER ARMS, WRAPPED IN HER SMILE,        
LIVING A THOUSAND LIFETIMES IN THE BRIEFEST OF WHILES,          
HOLDING HER CLOSE AND KEEPING HER NEAR,         
IS MY HEAVEN ON EARTH,         
IS THE REASON I’M HERE,
     
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE DAZZLING ME,     
GETTING ME HIGH, MAKING ME FLY, SETTING ME FREE,       
MAKING ME WISH THAT I HAD A CHANCE,     
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE IN A BEAUTIFUL DANCE,     

LOST IN HER ARMS, WRAPPED IN HER SMILE,       
LIVING A THOUSAND LIFETIMES IN THE BRIEFEST OF WHILES,          
HOLDING HER CLOSE AND KEEPING HER NEAR,        
IS MY HEAVEN ON EARTH,         
IS THE REASON I’M HERE,

BEAUTIFUL BLONDE DAZZLING ME,    
GETTING ME HIGH, MAKING ME FLY, SETTING ME FREE,     
MAKING ME WISH THAT I HAD A CHANCE,     
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE IN A BEAUTIFUL DANCE,    
IN A BEAUTIFUL DANCE, 
IN A BEAUTIFUL DANCE,   
IN A BEAUTIFUL DANCE, 
IN A BEAUTIFUL DANCE.
      
BY JIM VALDES © 2001

"BEAUTIFUL BLONDE" (Video - https://youtu.be/3zv1zGkCte4)

This is an old song written around 2001 when I was a very unhappy bachelor! It was 3 years before I met the love of my life and I guess I was a victim of love!  I was trying to write a Pop Punk Rock song, similar to The Cars of the 80's & 90's. I think I failed, what else is new!! 😣 This was recorded on an old TASCAM 8-track recorder and it sounds very tinny and not very well mixed. I was going to re-record it now with my new equipment but I'm just too behind in other projects to record everything over again, so what you hear, is what you get! Written and recorded around the same time as "Beautiful Blonde" and "That's Between Me and You", as a matter of fact I found this one while I was doing the video for "Beautiful Blonde". Everything is me on this one, including vocals (please forgive) but in a weird quirky way, I kind of like it, it could be a hit, if it was recorded and sung properly. I edited it down a bit, took off about 1 minute and added some new audio special effects here and there. This song is totally about nothing and made up in the studio. Just a guy telling himself he's NOT a victim of love when in fact he very much IS a victim of love! The irony is delicious!😂 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/pbe_jm38lfw

The video is brand new, I just finished it last month and it's better than the song itself, in my opinion! There are some comic bits in the video since it's a very light hearted song. Thanks for listening & watching and I hope everyone likes it!🙏 Here's a Love Test for you! Just repeat "I'm not a victim of love" 3 times quickly and tap your heels together and if nothing happens you're a victim of love!👍😎✌🏼

“VICTIM OF LOVE”

I WON’T STOP YOU,  
WALK YOUR PRETTY-SELF OUT THAT DOOR,     
IF THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY,   
YOU CAN’T HURT ME ANYMORE,
          
YOUR TEARS WON’T AFFECT ME, 
YOU WON’T BREAK MY HEART AGAIN,     
SO LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO,    
BUT THERE’S NO COMING BACK MY FRIEND,
     
I’LL STAND MY GROUND,        
NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT WEARS ME DOWN,       
YOU WON’T GET THE BEST OF ME, 
B-B-BABY,          
I’LL BE AROUND,        
YOU CAN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A SOUND,      
I’M IMMUNE TO YOUR VELVET GLOVE,        
AND I’M NOT A VICTIM OF LOVE,  

DON’T WASTE MY TIME,   
IF YOU DON’T LOVE ME THEN SAY GOODBYE,   
EITHER WAY, I’M OKAY,    
BUT YOU WON’T FOOL ME WITH YOUR LIES,
                                                           
DON’T EXPECT ME,               
TO BREAKDOWN BECAUSE YOU’RE GONE,   
DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT,     
BUT YOU’LL REGRET IT IF YOU’RE WRONG, 

I’LL STAND MY GROUND,         
NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT WEARS ME DOWN,        
YOU WON’T GET THE BEST OF ME, 
B-B-BABY,        
I’LL BE AROUND,        
YOU CAN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A SOUND,        
I’M IMMUNE TO YOUR VELVET GLOVE,         
AND I’M NOT A VICTIM OF LOVE,         
I'M NOT A VICTIM OF LOVE,        
I'M NOT A VICTIM OF LOVE,        
I'M NOT A VICTIM OF LOVE! 
                           
BY JIM VALDES 
© 2001

"VICTIM OF LOVE" (Video - https://youtu.be/pbe_jm38lfw)

This one is a very nostalgic song that I wrote back in 2008, it has that early 60's vibe to it. My wife I needed some good vibrations since we were dealing with her Breast Cancer treatments and all that. We really needed a feel good song and so I wrote this. I even got her to sing background vocals with me on two songs at that time, this being the first and "Back In Younger Days" being the second, I'll be making a video on that one later on this year. 
    I double-tracked Charlie's vocals and he sang it perfectly! I remember having a real good time at these sessions, lots of laughing and finger snapping and rockin' & rollin' and what not!😂 I always want to relive the good ole days where smiles were plenty and frowns were few, like on "Memory Lane"! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/h5xvwxljOZc

     The video is brand spanking new, I just finished it last week! I worked hard on it for several days and tried to capture that Beach Boys kind of vibe of the early 1960's. I finished the video after hearing the sad news of Brian Wilson's passing on June 11th, 2025. That really made me sad, another of my musical hero's now gone. He was a real musical genius! There are 3 parts to the song, all about guys begging forgiveness from their girlfriends for something stupid that guys always seem to do, I Still Remember that!😂
     I think this is one Miami Jeff's best songs and certainly one of my favorites. It's very catchy and is a perfect summertime song! So I hope everyone is having a great summer and is eager to take another trip down Memory lane with me. This time to the beach! Let your hair down, take your shoes off, put the top down on the convertible and let the good times roll! Ooh, Ooh! Ooh!😎✌🏼

“I STILL REMEMBER”

I CAN STILL RECALL THE DAY I MADE YOU CRY,    
HOW I HURT YOU, YES I HURT YOU,    
I’M SO SORRY I COULD DIE,
               
I WAS YOUNG AND DIDN’T CARE IF YOU WERE SAD,   
NOW I’M OLDER, YES I’M OLDER,   
AND I MISS THE LOVE WE HAD,
                   
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,         
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,        
THE WAY YOU HELD ME TIGHT,           
THE WAY WE KISSED GOODNIGHT,      
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,             
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,         
THOSE SUMMERS ON THE BEACH,      
THEY’RE STILL WITHIN’ OUR REACH,       
SO PLEASE,         
IF THESE WORDS SOMEHOW TOUCH YOU DEEP INSIDE,       
MY WHOLE WORLD STILL IN YOUR EYES,       
SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS FOOLISH HEART OF MINE,

I KNOW I WAS WRONG FOR TREATING YOU THAT WAY,  
PLEASE FORGIVE ME, JUST FORGIVE ME,   
GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE TO SAY,

I WILL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART AS I DID THEN, 
I WILL LOVE YOU, ALWAYS LOVE YOU,  
IF YOU FILL MY ARMS AGAIN,
     
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,        
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,          
THE WAY YOU HELD ME TIGHT,        
THE WAY WE KISSED GOODNIGHT,       
I REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,             
I STILL REMEMBER, OOH, OOH,               
THOSE SUMMERS ON THE BEACH,      
THEY’RE STILL WITHIN’ OUR REACH,       
SO PLEASE,      
IF THESE WORDS SOMEHOW TOUCH YOU DEEP INSIDE,     
MY WHOLE WORLD STILL IN YOUR EYES,         
SO PLEASE FORGIVE THIS FOOLISH HEART OF MINE,

I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER,        
I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER,         
I STILL REMEMBER, DARLING I REMEMBER.

BY JIM VALDES 
© 2008

I STILL REMEMBER (Video - https://youtu.be/h5xvwxljOZc)

This song was written for my beautiful wife Anita shortly after we both met. One of many I've written her, she is after all the love of my life. She put an end to that crazy mid-life crisis I was struggling with for 6 years! I really like this ballad and I re-recorded it this year and wanted Charlie to sing it but he cancelled out on several occasions for personal reasons, so I went ahead and sang it myself, I guess I should have waited!  (please forgive my awful vocals and harms!). It's a very basic and raw song and I didn't record a lot of instruments and I didn't do a lot of overdubs, maybe I should have, maybe a piano or some more strings would have helped it a bit. It's one of my favorite love songs that I have written and it's very personal, both lyrics and medley came to me rather easily and quickly, maybe an hour at most! Those are the best, the ones that come to you without you even having to think about it, they come straight from the heart. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/MpZ8iI_Sme4

The video is brand new and I had a lot of fun putting it together. I worked for several days on it. I hope everyone enjoys it and just in case anybody doesn't already know, my wife is "More Than Wonderful!"😂 I know a lot of people won't appreciate this song but it means the world to me! Thanks for listening and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“MORE THAN WONDERFUL"

YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL MY DARLING,   
AND MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU’LL STAY,   
JUST THE IDEA OF YOU TAKES MY BREATH AWAY,   
EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY,  
YOU’RE LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE,    
A MIRACLE TO FILL THIS BROKEN HEART,  
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,     

YOU’RE SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL MY DARLING,  
AND BEAUTIFUL YOU’LL ALWAYS BE,   
GRACEFUL AS AN ANGEL AND GENTLE AS THE SEA,   
SOOTHING AS A SONGBIRD’S MELODY,   
YOU’RE THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS,   
BACK WHEN I WISHED UPON A STAR,   
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,   
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,
         
IT’S NO SURPRISE,       
HOW YOU HEALED ME IN AN INSTANT,        
CURED ME WITH A SMILE,        
NOW ALL THE WHILE,        
I’M LIKE A CHILD,        
AGAIN,

AND WITHOUT YOU HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS,  
I WOULDN’T GET TOO FAR,   
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,   
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,   
YOU’RE MORE THAN WONDERFUL,   
MORE THAN WONDERFUL YOU ARE,
YOU ARE.             
                            
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2005

MORE THAN WONDERFUL (Video - https://youtu.be/MpZ8iI_Sme4)

Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am a pretty good lyricist.  I play all types of music and have my own recording studio.  I use no A.I. or DAW or any computers to make my songs, all the instruments are played by me live on a multitrack studio recorder and Charlie, my vocalist, sings most of my songs and also plays the Harmonica on several tracks. I'm not a pro or a great musician but I do what I can with the tools that I have! I belong to the "Keep Humans In Music Movement" (KHMM)! Thanks everyone for listening and the world needs more music now, real music made by HUMANS not MACHINES! So let's all sing a song with our own voices, please! If anyone wants to collaborate, I am more than willing to do so and help write music or lyrics with any artists here on SoundCloud! Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

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