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Philips Records is a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips
Philips

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
. It was started as Philips Phonographische Industries (PPI) in 1950
1950 in music

Events*January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.*August - Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival....
. During much of the 1950s, it served to distribute recordings made by the US Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 and Columbia Masterworks Records
Columbia Masterworks Records

Columbia Masterworks Records was a record label started in 1927 in music by Columbia Records.It was intended for releases of classical music and artists, as opposed to popular music, which bore the regular Columbia logo....
 labels in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. In the late 1950s Philips created a subsidiary label, Fontana Records
Fontana Records

Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records and Mercury Records....
. After Columbia formed its own international operations in 1961
1961 in music

Events*January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes*January 20 - Francis Poulenc's Gloria is premiered in Boston*February 12 - The Miracles' "Shop Around" becomes Motown's first million-selling single...
 adopting the name of its then parent CBS, Philips acquired Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
.






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Philips Records is a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips
Philips

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
. It was started as Philips Phonographische Industries (PPI) in 1950
1950 in music

Events*January 3 - Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.*August - Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival....
. During much of the 1950s, it served to distribute recordings made by the US Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 and Columbia Masterworks Records
Columbia Masterworks Records

Columbia Masterworks Records was a record label started in 1927 in music by Columbia Records.It was intended for releases of classical music and artists, as opposed to popular music, which bore the regular Columbia logo....
 labels in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. In the late 1950s Philips created a subsidiary label, Fontana Records
Fontana Records

Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records and Mercury Records....
. After Columbia formed its own international operations in 1961
1961 in music

Events*January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes*January 20 - Francis Poulenc's Gloria is premiered in Boston*February 12 - The Miracles' "Shop Around" becomes Motown's first million-selling single...
 adopting the name of its then parent CBS, Philips acquired Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
. In 1962 Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon is a Germany classical record label, now part of the Universal Music Group. The company has long been known for its high standards of high fidelity....
 were linked into the Phonogram Records
Phonogram Records

Phonogram Records was started in 1962 in music as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. In 1972 in music, Phonogram was merged with Polydor Records into PolyGram....
 joint venture.

In the eighties Philips Classics Records
Philips Classics Records

Philips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists like Andrea Bocelli, Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St....
 was formed to distribute its classics artists, although classical recordings have also been issued on the regular Philips label.

In 1983, Philips became the first record label to issue compact discs, using digital recordings that went as far back as 1978. (The first digital recordings, however, were actually remastered versions of vintage recordings by the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso
Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso was an italians tenor. Caruso was also one of the most significant and renowned singers in any genre in both the 19th and 20th Centuries, and one of the most important pioneers of recorded music....
, using the Soundstream
Soundstream

Soundstream Inc. was founded in 1975 in Salt Lake City, Utah by Thomas Stockham. It was the world?s first audiophile digital audio recording company, providing commercial services for recording and computer-based editing ....
 process developed in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
 in 1975-76. RCA Victor released vinyl versions of these reprocessed, historic recordings. Philips was among the record labels to use the Soundstream process for modern digital recordings.)

Philips Records has been part of Universal Music since 1998. In 1999, Philips Classics was absorbed into the Decca Music Group
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
. Philips Records' pop music
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 catalogue is managed by Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
.

Recently, many of the Philips classical recordings have been reissued on the Eloquence label.

Selected Philips Records artists - with origin

  • Blue Cheer
    Blue Cheer

    Blue Cheer is an American blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has been sporadically active since....
     - San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Teresa Brewer
    Teresa Brewer

    Teresa Brewer was an United States pop and jazz singer who was one of the most popular female singers of the 1950s. Born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio, Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease at her home in New Rochelle at the age of 76....
     - Toledo, Ohio
    Toledo, Ohio

    Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio. Named after Toledo, Spain, it is located on the western end of Lake Erie, on the Michigan border....
    , United States
  • Changin' Times
  • Flame Dream - Lucerne
    Lucerne

    Lucerne is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and seat of the Lucerne with the same name. With a population of 57,890, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland and focal point of the region....
    , Kreins, Weggis
    Weggis

    Weggis is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Lucerne in the Cantons of Switzerland of Lucerne in Switzerland.It forms part of the northern shore of Lake Lucerne....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  • David Whitfield
    David Whitfield

    David Whitfield was a popular United Kingdom male tenor singing. This operatic-style tenor had a formidable and predominately female fan base in the 1950s....
     - Hull recorded his first album in years on Philips in 1975 called Hey There formally on Decca
    Decca Records

    Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
  • Val Doonican
    Val Doonican

    Val Doonican is an Ireland singer and performer. From 1964 to 1986 he was a regular fixture on the BBC's television schedule with The Val Doonican Show, which featured his own singing performances and a variety of guest artists....
     - Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
     (formerly on Decca
    Decca Records

    Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
     till 1967, then on Pye
    Pye Records

    Pye Records is a United Kingdom record label. In its first incarnation, Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , and Brotherhood of Man ....
    )
  • The Four Pennies
    The Four Pennies

    The Four Pennies were an England, 1960s pop music band , most notable for their 1964 United Kingdom chart-topper song, "Juliet ". The group's name came after a meeting above the Blackburn record shop owned by Mary Reidy, the shop being situated on 'Penny Street' where it is still located today as 'Reidy's Home of Music'....
     - various, England
  • The Four Seasons
    The Four Seasons (group)

    The Four Seasons , is an United States popular music and rock music group. They also had a sound somewhat reminiscent of doo-wop, although they were not thought of as a doo wop quartet....
     (also as The Wonder Who?
    The Wonder Who?

    The Wonder Who? was a nom de disc of The Four Seasons for four single records released in 1965 and 1966. It was one of a handful of "names" used by the group at that time, including Frankie Valli and The Valli Boys....
    ) - Newark, New Jersey, United States
  • Johnny Hallyday
    Johnny Hallyday

    Johnny Hallyday is a France singer and actor. An icon in the French language-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he is considered by some to be the French superior of Elvis Presley....
     - Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
    , France
  • Bobby Hebb
    Bobby Hebb

    Bobby Hebb is an United States singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and 1966 sound recording and reproduction of "Sunny "....
     - Nashville, Tennessee
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
    , United States
  • Johnny Horton
    Johnny Horton

    Johnny Horton was an United States country music singer who was most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which launched the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s....
     - (licensed from US Columbia Records
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
    )
  • Brian Hyland
    Brian Hyland

    Brian Hyland is an United States pop music musician who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s....
     - Queens, New York
  • The Kaye Sisters
    The Kaye Sisters

    The Kaye Sisters were a musical trio of United Kingdom traditional popular music singing, who scored several hit record on the UK Singles Chart in the late 1950s and early 1960s....
     - various, England
  • Frankie Laine
    Frankie Laine

    Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio , was a successful United States musician, singer and songwriter whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire " in 2005....
     (licensed from US Columbia Records)
  • Los Paraguayos
    Los Paraguayos

    Los Paraguayos is a music group consisting of musicians from Paraguay. Since its foundation in the 1950's, the group has featured many singers and musicians, playing guitars, bongo drums and a Paraguayan harp, including Luis Alberto del Paran? and Carlos Espinoza....
     - Paraguay
    Paraguay

    Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest....
  • Luv'
    Luv'

    Luv' is a Netherlands pop girl group which scored a string of successful hit records in a large part of Continental Europe and also South Africa and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
     - Netherlands
  • Harvey Mandel
    Harvey Mandel

    Harvey Mandel is an United States guitarist known for his innovative approach to electric guitar playing. A professional at twenty, he has played with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall before starting a solo career....
     - Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • Susan Maughan
    Susan Maughan

    Susan Maughan is an English people singer who released a series of reasonably successful single in the 1960s....
     - Consett, County Durham
  • Paul Mauriat
    Paul Mauriat

    Paul Mauriat was a France conductor , specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his remake of Andr? Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in Hot 100 number-one hits of 1968 ....
     - Marseille
    Marseille

    "Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....
    , France
  • Roger Miller
    Roger Miller

    Roger Dean Miller was an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his mid-1960s country/pop hits such as King of the Road , Dang Me and England Swings....
     - born Fort Worth, Texas; based Nashville
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
    , Tennessee, United States. (Licensed from US Mercury subsidiary Smash
    Smash Records

    Smash Records is an United States record label. It was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach....
    ; 1970 to Mercury
    Mercury Records

    Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
    )
  • Guy Mitchell
    Guy Mitchell

    Guy Mitchell was a List of Croatian Americans popular music singer, was successful in his homeland as well in the United Kingdom and Australia....
     (licensed from US Columbia)
  • Mouth & MacNeal
    I See a Star

    "I See A Star" was the Netherlands entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, performed in English language by Mouth & MacNeal.The song was composed by Hans van Hemert and written by Gerrit den Braber, a duo with several previous entries to their credit....
     - Netherlands
  • Peters and Lee
    Peters and Lee

    Peters and Lee were a successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s, comprising Lennie Peters and Dianne Lee ....
  • Johnnie Ray
    Johnnie Ray

    John Alvin Ray was an United States singer, songwriter, and pianist. Popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor of what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage persona....
     (licensed from US Columbia
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
    )
  • Jim and Jean
    Jim and Jean

    Jim and Jean, composed of Jim Glover and Jean Ray , were a folk music duo who performed and recorded music from the early 1960s to the late 1960s.They were married for a time, and were listed as Jim and Jean Glover in the liner notes of their albums, but eventually went their separate ways....
     - Greenwich Village, New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , United States (1965)
  • Richard and the Young Lions
    Richard and the Young Lions

    Richard and the Young Lions was a garage rock band from Newark, New Jersey....
     - Newark, New Jersey
    Newark, New Jersey

    Newark is the largest City in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it not only List of Municipalities in New Jersey but also the 65th List of United States cities by population Newark is also home to major corporations, such as Prudential Financial....
    , United States
  • Serendipity Singers - Boulder, Colorado
    Boulder, Colorado

    Boulder is a Colorado municipalities#Home_Rule_Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, Colorado, in the United States....
    , United States
  • Nina Simone
    Nina Simone

    Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was a Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist....
     - Tryon, North Carolina
    Tryon, North Carolina

    Tryon is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2000 census.It was named for William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771....
    , United States
  • The Singing Nun
    The Singing Nun

    Jeanine Deckers , better known in English as The Singing Nun, was a Belgium nun, and a member of the Dominican Order Fichermont Convent in Belgium....
     - Fichermont, Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
  • Dusty Springfield
    Dusty Springfield

    Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop music singer and entertainer....
     - West Hampstead, London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • Ray Conniff
    Ray Conniff

    Joseph Raymond Conniff was an United States of America musician. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father....
     (licensed from US Columbia Records
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
    )
  • The Springfields
    The Springfields

    The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio in the early 1960s, who had success in the UK, USA and Ireland, but are now best remembered as the launch pad for singer Dusty Springfield....
     - London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • The Swingle Singers
    The Swingle Singers

    The Swingle Singers are a a cappella formed in 1962 in Paris, France with Ward Swingle, Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont and Jean Cussac. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the lead soprano in the group....
     - Paris, France
  • Frankie Vaughan
    Frankie Vaughan

    Frankie Vaughan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom, who issued more than 80 sound recording and reproduction in his lifetime....
     - Liverpool, England. (Formerly on HMV
    HMV

    His Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up phonograph....
     till 1956, and on Columbia
    Columbia Graphophone Company

    The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom....
     from 1967. The moved to Pye
    Pye

    Pye Ltd. was an electronics company founded in Cambridge, England and is currently wholly owned by Philips....
     in 1973 till 1978 when he recorded for a variety of labels including Ronco
    Ronco

    Ronco is an United States company that manufactures and sells a variety of items and devices, most commonly those used in the kitchen. Ron Popeil founded the company in 1964, and commercials for the company's products soon became pervasive and memorable, in part thanks to Popeil's personal sales pitches....
    , Big V Records.)
  • The Walker Brothers
    The Walker Brothers

    The Walker Brothers were an United States 1960s and 1970s pop music musical ensemble, comprising Scott Engel, John Maus, and Gary Walker . They had a number of top ten albums and singles in the mid-1960s, including #1 chart hits "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine "...
     - Los Angeles, California
    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
    , United States; based in London from Feb. 1965
  • John Walker
    The Walker Brothers

    The Walker Brothers were an United States 1960s and 1970s pop music musical ensemble, comprising Scott Engel, John Maus, and Gary Walker . They had a number of top ten albums and singles in the mid-1960s, including #1 chart hits "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine "...
     - New York, United States
  • Scott Walker
    Scott Walker

    Scott Walker may refer to:*Scott Walker , singer*Scott Walker , county executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin*Scott Walker , boxer*Scott Walker , professional ice hockey player...
     - Hamilton, Ohio
    Hamilton, Ohio

    Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, southwestern Ohio, United States. The population was 60,690 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Butler County, Ohio....
    , United States
  • Marty Wilde
    Marty Wilde

    Marty Wilde is an English people singing and songwriter. He was among the first generation of United Kingdom popular music celebrity to emulate United States Rock and roll and is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde....
     - Greenwich, South London
  • Cluster
    Cluster (band)

    Cluster is a Germany experimental music musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic music and ambient music....
     - Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , Germany
  • KNTīRock Club - Governador Valadares
    Governador Valadares

    Governador Valadares is a Brazil city in the state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, its population was 260,405 inhabitants.It is an economical center of the middle Valley of the Rio Doce, making an significant influence on the east and northeast of Minas Gerais and local authorities of the state of the Esp?rito Santo....
    , Brazil
    Brazil

    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...
  • Universal Music Classics Group
    Universal Music Classics Group

    Universal Music Classics Group is Universal Music Group's classical music holdings. It distributes European classical music under the labels it owns ....


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