"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs: S
| Compiled by Alan Fraser |
Lo And Behold, (Sire SAS 7405), the US version of the 1972 album by Coulson, Dean, McGuinness & Flint containing the only officially released version of Bob Dylan's unreleased song SIGN ON THE CROSS, plus another unreleased Basement Tapes song GET YOUR ROCKS OFF - scan and information thanks to David Plentus and John Halley
Revised:
01 January, 2012 
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For the meanings of the song title colours and the circulation codes used in this directory, please see the header page for this section (click on "Up" below).
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(Indefinite and definite articles at the beginning of song titles are ignored, so A WOMAN LIKE YOU is on the "W" page, and THE KING IS ON THE THRONE is on the "K" page.)
| SATISFY ME | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 or 1979 | N? |
| An otherwise unknown song copyrighted in 1980 listed by Tim Dunn in his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" (AuthorHouse, 2008) - a version may exist with vocals by Helena Springs | ||
| SAY THAT | ???? | ?? |
| No details available on this reported title, I have been contacted by someone who claims to have a recording of it, but has no details of when or where it was recorded. | ||
| SEE YOU LATER, ALLEN GINSBERG | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967 - a skit on SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR by Bobby Charles (Robert Guidry) | ||
| SEEMS LIKE A FREEZE-OUT | 1965 | O |
| See FREEZE OUT | ||
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's 1999 Warner Bros album Looking
Forward, with the Dylan/Stills "co-composition" SEEN ENOUGH
| SEEN ENOUGH | Bob Dylan/Stephen Stills, 1999 | N? |
| This apparent co-composition appears on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young reunion album on Reprise, "Looking Forward", released October 1999. It's reported that Bob didn't play any part in the composition of the song in any conventional sense, he was awarded a credit as co-writer because the delivery of the song is similar to that of SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES! | ||
| SENIOR PROM | Bob Dylan/one or more members of The Band, 1969-71 | N? |
| An otherwise unknown song listed by Tim Dunn in his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" (AuthorHouse, 2008) - no recording or performance is known | ||
| SHAKE | Bob Dylan/Roy Head?, 1985 | R L |
| Reported to be Dylan's lyric to Roy Head’s TREAT HER RIGHT, performed only at rehearsals with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and then with them at Farm Aid, Champagne, IL, 22 Sep 1985 | ||
Willie Nelson's 1973 US Rhino album Shotgun Willie - with his original
performance of SHE'S NOT FOR YOU
| SHE’S NOT FOR YOU | 1980 | N? |
| Played by Bob to Mark Knopfler in a hotel room, Los Angeles, CA, September 1980. In his book "Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008" (Constable, 2010), Clinton Heylin identifies this as a cover of the Willie Nelson song from his 1973 US Rhino album "Shotgun Willie" | ||
| SHIRLEY'S ROOM | 1970 | N? Y |
| Song draft with handwritten lyrics written on an envelope dated 25 Aug 1970, published in "Isis" #45 - information from Clinton Heylin's book "Revolution In The Air - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-73" (Constable, 2009). Shirley was the real first name of Bob's then wife, Sara. | ||
| SHIRLEY TEMPLE DON'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE | Bob Dylan/Don Was/David Was, 1990 | N? |
| Out-take from the Don Was-produced album "Under The Red Sky", which may have been recorded at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, 19-20 Apr 1990. This song was originally intended to be recorded by dance artist Paula Abdul! It was recorded in the early 1990s by Was (Not Was) as MR. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE but not released. They performed it live on radio as part of a Dylan tribute called "Oh Merci", broadcast on KCRW radio, Santa Monica, CA, on 04 Jul 1993. Thanks to Gil Walker for this quote from Don Was: "There's one song that we wrote with Bob Dylan when I was producing "Under the Red Sky." We were sitting around watching "I Dream of Jeannie" in the lounge, and I thought, 'This was kind of a waste. You work all your life to be able to hang out with your hero and then you end up watching "I Dream of Jeannie."' So at the time, my wife [then in A&R for Virgin Records] had signed Paula Abdul so she was about to record her second album. So I said, 'Let's write a song for Paula Abdul.' So Bob shut the TV off and he, David and I wrote "MR. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE." Thanks to Harold Lepidus for news that the song is now included on the Was (Not Was) Rykodisc album "Boo!" (Rykodisc RCD-10943, USA, 2008) and thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan | ||
| SHUT YOUR MOUTH | 1990 | N? |
| Included in a list of songs rehearsed at Montana Studios, New York, July-August 1990, in the section marked "electric B.D." and not in the section marked "electric covers", but no other details are known | ||
Unhalfbricking (Island ILPS 9102, UK, 1969) - Fairport Convention's
album with SI TU DOIS PARTIR (the cover picture
shows Sandy Denny's parents)
| SI TU DOIS PARTIR | 1965 | S L |
| French title of IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW, the then unreleased song finally released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3", performed in French by Fairport Convention on their 1967 Island album "Unhalfbricking" | ||
| SIDEWALKS FENCES AND WALLS | Maurice L. Gimbel/Jerry Williams Jr., 1987 | S |
| Three versions recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, 5 Mar 1987 and listed by Krogsgaard as SIDE WALKS. It's now identified as the above song, which was recorded by Solomon Burke on his 1979 US Infinity album "Sidewalks Fences And Walls" (cover picture required!) | ||
 The UK version of Lo And Behold from Coulson, Dean, McGuinness & Flint (DJM DJLPS 424, 1972), scan by David Plentus - for the US album cover, see the top of this page |
The US version of Lo And Behold, (Sire SAS 7405, 1972), scan by David Plentus |
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 Japanese CD reissue with three bonus tracks (Air Mail Recordings Archive AIRAC-1056, 2004), scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 UK CD reissue (Evangeline ACAM 8412, 200&), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
| SIGN ON THE CROSS | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
July-September 1967 - available officially only as a
cover by Coulson, Dean, McGuinness and Flint on their
"Lo And Behold - Words And Music By Bob Dylan"
album (USA - Sire Records, SAS 7405, 1972). Lyrics on
bobdylan.com
 This album also
contains another unreleased Basement Tapes song GET
YOUR ROCKS OFF. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that this album was
released in Japan in 2004 with three bonus tracks (Air Mail Recordings
Archive AIRAC-1056) and in 2007 in the UK (Evangeline ACAM 8412) |
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| SILENT WEEKEND | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967, short-listed for "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" but still officially unreleased | ||
| SINGING THIS SONG FOR YOU | Bob Dylan?, 1981 | N? |
| Recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at United Western Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 02 Apr 1981 | ||
| SITTING ON THE RAILROAD TRACK | 1962 | O |
| Alternate title of BALLAD FOR A FRIEND, Leeds demo, recorded Leeds Music offices, New York, January 1962 - lyrics are no longer on bobdylan.com. Now officially released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" in Oct 2010 | ||
| SLOW TRY BABY | Bob Dylan?, 1983 | N? |
| Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 13 Apr 1983 | ||
| SNAKESKIN BLUES | ||
| This is one of the titles on a hoax tape called "The Pittsburgh Radio Tape" listed by Paul Cable in his book "Bob Dylan - His Unreleased Recordings" - see DEATH LETTER BLUES | ||
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Non-existent title track
of a spoof Dylan Christmas album, details of which
appeared in a joke article in a 1975 issue of the UK
magazine "New Musical Express" - the reported
track listing was:
For more details, see my "Snow Over Interstate 80" page. Separate entries are included in this list for NIGHTINGALE'S CODE and FREEWHEELIN'. Also mentioned in this article is WOODSTOCK YULE, a later potential Christmas single claimed to have come from the "Self Portrait" sessions, but also a hoax. Bob of course released a genuine Christmas album, Christmas In The Heart, in 2009 |
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| SOLID ROAD | Bob Dylan or Brownie McGhee/Leroy Carr?, 1962 | S L |
| Alternate title of ROCKS AND GRAVEL, song from the withdrawn version of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 01 Nov 1962 (CO76986 - "band" version) | ||
| SOME ENCHANTED EVENING | Bob Dylan?, 1990 | N? |
| Out-take from "Under The Red Sky", recorded at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, March 1990 - could it be the standard from "South Pacific" by Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein? | ||
Louisiana Soul, the GatorTone album by Walter Jr. that contains SOME
KIND OF WAY
| SOME KIND OF WAY | Bob Dylan?, 1986 | S |
| Out-tale from "Hearts Of Fire" OST, recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 27-28 Aug 1986, also known as RIDE THIS TRAIN - thanks to Gil Walker for information. There is a song by this title written and recorded by Walter Jr. (Walter Pousson Jr.) on his album "Louisiana Soul" on GatorTone Records, could this be it? | ||
| SOMEONE ELSE’S ARMS | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1979 | N? |
| Believed to have been recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, October 1979, with vocal by Helena Springs | ||
Michel Montecrossa's 2002 Mira Sound Germany album Fieldmouse From
Nebraska, featuring this song and nine other "co-compositions"
| SOME OTHER KIND OF SONG | Bob Dylan/Michel Montecrossa, 2002 | O |
Like JACK O'
DIAMONDS,
not strictly a Dylan song, but one of the poems
from "Some Other Kind Of Songs..."
from the sleeve notes of "Another Side Of Bob
Dylan", set to music without authorisation by Italian
"Cyber-rocker" Michel Montecrossa on his Mira Sound Germany album "Fieldmouse
From Nebraska" (Germany, 2002), see
- thanks to David Plentus for spotting this item! |
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| SONG TO BONNY | 1961 | N? Y |
| A manuscript page with the lyrics was published in The Telegraph, issue 46, but no performed version is known. The tune is the same as SONG TO WOODY, released on "Bob Dylan", which this song probably precedes (a traditional tune that Woody Guthrie had used for his "1913 Massacre"). The "Bonny" in question was Bonnie Jean Beecher | ||
Brigitte Bardot in "Naughty Girl [Cette Sacrée
Gamine]", 1956
| SONG TO BRIGIT | 1956-57 | N? |
| According to Clinton Heylin's book "Revolution In The Air - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-73" (Constable, 2009), this is the first song written by Bob. He told Izzy Young in 1961 he'd written a song for Brigitte Bardot for piano when he was fifteen. See page 27 of the Heylin book for the full story | ||
| THE SONG WAS LONG | 1963 | O |
| Alternate title of ETERNAL CIRCLE, released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" | ||
| SPANISH LOVER | 1963 | O? |
| Song title mentioned by Bob in an interview with Laurie Henshaw of UK magazine "Disc Weekly" on 12 May 1965 during the "Don't Look Back" tour - he is believed to be have been referring to BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER, released on "The Times They Are A-Changin'" | ||
| SPEEDBALL | 1973 | S |
| Alternate title noted by Paul Cable for BILLY SURRENDERS, instrumental recorded during "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid" sessions, CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973 | ||
| SPURIOUSLY SEVENTEEN WIDOWS | 1966 | O |
| A joke title suggested by Paul Cable in his book "Bob Dylan: His Unreleased Recordings" (taking off OBVIOUSLY FIVE BELIEVERS from "Blonde On Blonde") as his guess as the "real" title of the then-unreleased TELL ME, MOMMA | ||
| SPURIOUSLY SEVENTEEN WINDOWS (THE PAINTING BY VAN GOGH) | 1966 | H |
| The suggested title of a song worked on in a Denver hotel room in March 1966 - a take-off of SPURIOUSLY SEVENTEEN WIDOWS, the joke title for TELL ME, MOMMA made up by Paul Cable (see above). Also known as POSITIVELY VAN GOGH and MOST DEFINITELY NOT VAN GOGH | ||
| STANDING AROUND SHOEING A HORSE | 1967 | N? |
| According to Eric Clapton, Dylan gave him a set of lyrics with this title during his first visit to Woodstock, at the end of Cream's farewell tour of the USA. But Clapton lost the lyrics, either before he returned to England, or because the luggage in which he packed his only copy was lost. The song does not appear to have surfaced again. | ||
| STAND BY FAITH | 1979 | N? |
| Believed to have been rehearsed at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, September 1979, also performed by the band and singers during the 1979 performances before Bob came on stage | ||
| STANDING IN THE LIGHT | 1982 | N? |
| Recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, 01 Jun 1982 | ||
Michel Montecrossa's Bob Dylan & Michel Fest 2002 6CD set (Mira
Sound Germany, 2002), which contains his cover of STANDING
ON THE HIGHWAY
| STANDING ON THE HIGHWAY | 1962 | H D M |
| Recorded as a demo at Leeds Music offices, New York, in January 1962, and performed on the Folksinger’s Choice radio programme with Cynthia Gooding, 11 Mar 1962. Not covered until 2002 by Italian "Cyber-rocker" Michel Montecrossa on his 6CD set Bob Dylan & Michel Fest 2002 (Mira Sound Germany, 2002). Now officially released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" in Oct 2010 | ||
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| Pennies In A Jar (S-Curve, USA, 2011) by Nikki Jean including STEEL AND FEATHERS (DON'T EVER), her version of DON'T EVER TAKE YOURSELF AWAY |
"Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From The Television Series" (CBS Records, USA, 2011) with Bob's version of DON'T EVER TAKE YOURSELF AWAY |
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STEEL AND FEATHERS (DON'T EVER) |
Bob Dylan, 1981/Nikki Jean, 2011 | S |
| Out-take from "Shot Of Love" sessions known as DON’T EVER TAKE YOURSELF AWAY, recorded at Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 23 Apr 1981. Now recorded by Nikki Jean (Nicholle Jean Leary) with revised lyrics as STEEL AND FEATHERS (DON'T EVER) for her S-Curve US album "Pennies In A Jar", released on 12 Jul 2011. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information, also thanks to Harold Lepidus for news that the song can be downloaded free from amazon.com here. Bob's version is now released on Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From The Television Series", CBS Records, USA, 4 Oct 2011 | ||
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| STEEL BARS | Bob Dylan/Michael Bolton, 1990 | N |
| Co-composition performed by Michael Bolton on his album "Time Love & Tenderness" (Columbia CK 46771), no known Dylan version, lyrics no longer on bobdylan.com. Also available on Michael Bolton's "Greatest Hits 1986-1995" (Columbia, 1995), on the 2002 Columbia Australia various artists compilation "Doin' Dylan 2", and on "The Very Best Of Michael Bolton" (Columbia, 2007). A version performed Michael with Mariah Carey can be found on the 1992 Sony Japan promo various artists compilation "Hakuraikun '92 Vol. 1". Thanks to Stuart Moore and Jack from Canada for information and scans | ||
| STEEL CITY [STEEL CITY WOMAN, I'LL BE LONESOME WHEN YOUR (sic) GONE] | Bob Dylan/A. J. Binder, 1979 | O |
| This appears to be a medley of STEEL CITY WOMAN by A. J. Binder and YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LONESOME WHEN YOU GO from "Blood On The Tracks", released in 1979 | ||
Solomon Burke's album "Don't Give Up On Me", the first cover version of STEPCHILD,
Fat Possum Records (USA), 23 Jul 2002 - on left is the sticker from the
shrink-wrap (Jack from Canada's copy dates from after the 2003 Grammy Awards and
has a Japanese-style card obi instead of a sticker)
| STEPCHILD | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs(?), 1978 | L |
| Copyrighted from a live
performance at Oakland, CA, 13 Nov 1978, and performed
several times in late 1978 - no studio version is listed
by Krogsgaard. Also known as AM I NOT YOUR
STEPCHILD? And YOU TREAT ME LIKE A
STEPCHILD. Covered by Solomon Burke on
his album "Don't Give Up On Me" (Fat Possum Records, Jul
2002, see
- this version has amended lyrics mentioning
Bob).
Helena Springs has implied in an interview that she co-wrote this
song, but the copyright records do not list her involvement (thanks to
Tim Dunn and his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007"
(AuthorHouse, 2008) for this information) |
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| STILL A FOOL | McKinley Morganfield [Muddy Waters], 1961 | H L |
| Also known as TWO TRAINS RUNNING, recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment in Minneapolis, MN, in May 1961, and also performed at the Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 Jul 1962. Thanks to Jim O'Neal for correcting this entry and for the information that Muddy Waters recorded this on Chess in 1951 | ||
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| STILL THE SAME | Bob Seger, 1978 | |
| Thanks to Ian Woodward and Tim Dunn for information about Bonnie "Guitar" Buckingham's 1989 US 7" single STILL THE SAME (Playback Records B-75714) which is credited to Bob and copyrighted to Dwarf Music, ASCAP. One country music web-site lists this single in their Bonnie Guitar discography as being with Bob Dylan. In fact the song is by Bob SEGER, from his 1978 Capitol album "Stranger In Town", so Bob Dylan did not write the song and does not appear on Bonnie's performance. Bonnie's cover of STILL THE SAME can also be found on her 1999 K-Tel compilation "Dark Moon And Other Country Favorites" (hopefully correctly credited) | ||
| STONES OF FREEDOM | Bob Dylan/Laurence McGuire, 2000 | |
| This song about the Palestinian uprising
in the Israel-occupied territories is CHIMES OF FREEDOM
from "Another Side Of Bob Dylan" with new unauthorised lyrics. Laurence
McGuire is an American who lives in France, and his performance is
publicised on websites such as this
but does not appear to have
been recorded. Thanks to Gil Walker for information |
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| STOP NOW | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1981 | S |
| Out-take from "Street-Legal", recorded Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, 01 May 1978 - two alternate takes are circulating | ||
| STORMY SEASON | ||
Fake title track first
circulated on the Internet in October 1996 as part of a
hoax about a new album to be called "Stormy
Season" - the phoney list was posted to the DylanChat
section of Karl Erik Andersen's Expecting
Rain web-site by someone
calling themselves "The Masked Tortilla" (this
is the name of the character played by Bobby Neuwirth in
the film "Renaldo and Clara"). The hoax track
list given was:
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The Almanac Singers - Their Complete General Recordings (MCA, USA,
1996) and Songs Of Protest (Prism, USA, 2001) - CDs containing STATE OF
ARKANSAS by Lee Hays
| THE STORY OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY | 1961 | H |
| Monologue from "The Minnesota Hotel Tape", recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis MN, 22 Dec 1961 - reported to be based on the monologue STATE OF ARKANSAS by Lee Hays of the Almanac Singers and the Weavers. | ||
Two Stories the 1987 Warner Bros album by The Williams Brothers
(nephews of Andy) containing Bob's unreleased song STRAIGHT
A'S IN LOVE
| STRAIGHT A’S IN LOVE | 1985 | S |
| Out-take from "Empire Burlesque", recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 14 Feb 1985. Covered by the Williams Brothers on their 1987 Warner Bros album "Two Stories" (WB Records 25547-2) | ||
| STRANGE RAIN | 1961 | N? |
| Reported in Izzy Young's diary "Other Scenes", published 1968, as having been written during a visit to Toronto in December 1961 with Gil Turner, and played to Izzy Young at the Folklore Center in New York on 07 Feb 1962 - evidence points against this being an early version of IT’S A HARD RAIN GONNA FALL, released on "The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan", as that was written in New York in September, 1962 | ||
| STRAW HAT | 1981 | S |
| Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 | ||
| STREETS OF GLORY | 1960 | O |
| Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that Bob has copyrighted his version of this traditional song for his SESAC catalogue in May 2006. It was recorded in Minneapolis, MN, in May 1960 and a brief excerpt is included in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary "No Direction Home" (during the credits) | ||
| STUCK INSIDE THE TWILIGHT ZONE | ||
| This is one of the titles on a hoax tape called "The Pittsburgh Radio Tape" listed by Paul Cable in his book "Bob Dylan - His Unreleased Recordings" - see DEATH LETTER BLUES | ||
| STYLING WITH CONFIDENCE | ? | ? |
| Otherwise unknown song copyrighted by Bob at ASCAP before he left for SESAC in 1997. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information | ||
| SUN TUNNELS | Bob Dylan/Mike Watt/Stephen M. Chapman/Ronald G. Marks/David C. Woody, 1987 | S |
| This 1987 album by the group Texas Instruments (Rabid Cat Records RAB-TI-012) incorporates part of YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE | ||
| SWAN ON THE LAKE/SWAN ON THE RIVER | 1962 | M |
| Alternate titles of BALLAD OF A GLIDING SWAN from BBC TV play "Mad House On Castle Street", recorded at BBC Studios, London, 30 Dec 1962 | ||
| SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR | Bob Dylan/Michel Montecrossa, 2002 | O |
| Like SOME OTHER KIND OF SONG
ABOVE,
not strictly a Dylan song, but one of Bob's poems set to music without authorisation by Italian
"Cyber-rocker" Michel Montecrossa on his Mira Sound Germany album "Fieldmouse
From Nebraska" (Germany, 2002), see
- thanks to Jack from Canada for spotting this item! |
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