RICK WAKEMAN MARATHON FIRST TIME REACTION to Anne Of Cleves/Merlin The Magician/White Rock
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1. Anne Of Cleves
2. Merlin The Magician
3. White Rock
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I wore out my vinyl copy of Six Wives, played it constantly in high school. Thanks, B Mac!
I still do, not constantly, but enough.I absolutely love RW
Dave Wintour plays bass on this song.
He was an ace session man.
The original album was a gatefold album with photo lists his instruments
Rick Wakeman plays (from Wikipedia):
2 Minimoog synthesisers, 2 400-D Mellotrons (one for vocals, sound effects and vibes; the other for brass, strings and flutes), frequency counter, custom mixer, Steinway 9' grand piano, custom-built Hammond C-3 organ, RMI electric piano and harpsichord, ARP synthesiser, Thomas Goff harpsichord, church organ at St Giles-without-Cripplegate, portative organ
Thanks. The base is absolutely phenomenal.
Rick Wakeman arranged and performed the piano parts for Cat Stevens' adaptation of a Christian hymn written by Eleanor Farjeon in 1931, "Morning Has Broken." Stevens overheard Wakeman working on his composition "Catherine Howard" for his planned solo album, "The Six Wives of Henry VIII." Stevens wanted to use it as the basis of his "Morning" adaptation. At first, Wakeman was reluctant but Cat persuaded him to modify it enough to keep "Catherine Howard" different enough to not be heard as a duplicate of the opening and closing sections of "Morning."
David Bowie, too
@@jamesdaniels3699 correct, life on mars probably the most well known of Bowies hits that Wakeman co-wrote
Lex needed to hear this one! Rick Wakeman's solo music is some of the best Prog ever recorded. His LIVE concerts are also great! Many of his albums include very fine vocals. Check out the live one from Cuba! Great stuff!!! Good choices here, by the way. Rick has been involved in over 200 albums.
If you ever want proof of just what a showman and force of nature Rick is live, check out the version of Merlin from the live in cuba performance, it's unbelievable (like the rest of that concert).
You should check out Wakeman's Criminal Record if you want to hear Alan and Chris play wih him more.Also he album THE RED PLANET forom 2020 is amazing.
The Criminal Record, vinyl was produced around ‘Going for the One’ and ‘Tormato’ and is in the Class of ‘Six Wives…’ Absolutely Stunning Chris And Alan! Another Gem to be discovered! NicknLex you will be Amazed!
I saw King Arthur on Ice at Wembley in 75. Skating knights and battles galore. Rock band and orchestra in the middle of an ice rink. Totally mad but wonderful. Seen dozens of Rick's solo shows. He is a superb raconteur as well as a genius musician. Merlin is probably his best solo piece but 6 Wives is all good. I wore out two vinyl copies.
Absolutely love white rock great album 👌
Best. Mini Moog. Solo. Ever! The Caped Crusader at his absolute best!
Rick Wakeman had some great albums. These are all great songs. But my favorite is called "Judas Iscariot" from the "Criminal Record" album.
I'll take your "Judas Iscariot" and raise you "Birdman Of Alcatraz" :D
White Rock was linked to Inssbrook Winter Olympics in 1976
Saw him live a few weeks ago, not only a God of keyboards but a very funny man, there's no other show like it
Sounds great, where did you see him?
Hanley in the UK
Thanks BMac, a great Rick marathon! 'Anne of Cleves' is probably the rockiest track on the album. One of the great musical moments on BBC television ever was Rick playing some of The Six Wives.. live on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' the week it was released. I bought it the next day, as did all my friends. Now Nick, you have to do the original 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth ' album, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in London in January 1974, with choir, orchestra and actor David Hemmings as narrator. He did two performances that night at 6pm and 9pm. I didn't have a ticket but got there at 5pm hoping to find a spare. No joy until about 8.50pm when a lovely lady asked what I was doing there. I told her and she said 'Well I have a spare ticket, do you want it?' What a question? She would only accept the face value ticket price so even better. The greatest joy however was that both shows were recorded for the album. Rick preferred the early show's performance but the recording had been messed up so he had to use the later show. So I am on that album in the audience cheering along with everyone else. What a night. I still have the programme safe and sound in the album sleeve. 49 years old this month! Please do the album Nick, perhaps on Patreon? It's a killer!
Richard, me and the "neighborhood gang" saw him perform Journey with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in Ohio, probably that summer. For the encore they did the last half of Journey again. The album shocked A&M Records naysayers by hitting number 3 in the US charts!
Many congratulations (and thanks!) on this beautiful presentation, I love it! Crazy stuff indeed! Rick Wakeman is definitely one of the greatest geniuses of modern music. "Anne Of Cleves" is simply unbelievable, and a great example of the many facets and resources of his style. So it is also "Merlin The Magician", while "White Rock" is probably the greatest all-Minimoog piece of all time. Not to mention, of course, Wakeman's improvisational skills and his unsurpassed sense of tone colours. In the Prog Blues "White Rock", also note the Latin-American feel, a quality rarely found in Progressive Rock, but not rare in Rick Wakeman, probably the most versatile keyboardist of them all.
Love this. Now you need to do a Keith Emerson Marathon, including his appearance on Oscar Peterson's TV show. That way you get to see Oscar Peterson too.
Hi Nick, Wow ! a Rick Wakeman marathon inc' a track from "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", which was the 1st solo album of his I bought. I saw him do the track " Catherine Howard" live on The Old Grey Whistle Test rock programme and went out and bought the album. It's still my favourite track but this is excellent ! If you get the chance to watch that, it is really spectacular to see Rick surrounded by his Keyboards and playing sometimes opposite each other simultainiously with outstretched arms. This was gobsmacking in the 70's. Byee Jim X
Some of the best drumming from Alan White I've ever heard. Monster stuff 👏👏👏
Ditto
Ahh 70’s excess, you have to love the genius of it - and the absurdity!
You should try Jeff Wayne’s musical version of the “War of the Worlds” (has to be 1978 original pressing mind you). That took what Wakeman was trying to do with his mid-70’s conceptual albums to its logical conclusion
Also, Rick was responsible for many of the greatest solos ever recorded - Close to the Edge etc. but little did I know he was holding back the best till nearly last - For me Tharsis Tholus from The Red Planet is arguably his best solo ever. Once I absorbed the song, the solo blows my mind every time. And yes, as everyone else will say, if you listen to the original Journey, do it in one go, it is a genuine masterpiece.
I had The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth on a Quadrophonic 8 track. I could isolate each of the 4 channels. I remember listening to different sections😃 for hours.
He was attempting to depict Merlin as a bit demented in his lair. This was The ENGLISH ROCK ENSEMBLE which included a brass section, and the studio recording had a full orchestra in that last bit.
Alan White est magistral sur "Anne of Cleves"...
❤ if you ever have a chance to see him live- def go! He’s a Legend! And Funny!
Oh - and with Merlin it was supposed to be like a slapstick Keystone Cops thing. I went to see King Arthur performed on ice (yes - on ice!) and it was performed Charlie Chaplin-like with black and white strobe lighting.
"Six Wives of Henry VIII" is one my favorite albums of all time and Anne of Cleves is my favorite song on this album. Just a FANTASTIC song.
Halfway through Anne of Cleves I heard a small segment that reminded me of some tune played by popular orchestra's, bit Spanish like, Probably there are many eastern eggs in Wakemans music, and yes, the piano after the vocal introduction of Merlin does sound Chopin like. Wakeman knows his classics and more. At the end of Merlin I have to think of the old black and white movies with Charlie Chaplin or Harold Lloyd :-) And saloon doors flapping.
Was fortunate to see Wakeman 3 times in Yes and then also two times without Yes.
Once with his band and then later solo with no one else but him.
My first big show in life, 1975 in Rio, I was 12 years old. Long Live The Wizard !
I still have my original vinyl copies of Six wives & White rock albums .Feeding the Wheel is a Fantastic album !!!
Here too!!!
Definitely, one of the greatest masterpieces by the Keyboard Wizard Rick Wakeman.
16:08 Let me break down the main YES lineups for you guys. Just trying to help you both out : )
Original lineup:
Peter Banks - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Tony Kaye - Keyboards
Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford
The Fab 5 lineup that played for 3 albums:
Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman
The lineup that put out the most music together:
Same as the Fab 5, but Alan White replaced Bruford
The Relayer album: Wakeman left after TftO, and was replaced by Patrick Moraz, who was phenomenal on Relayer. Then Rick came back for the next album, after Jon called him and sent him a cassette. The first piece on the cassette was Wonderous Stories, and that song was the main reason that he returned to the band : )
A very concise and accurate description of Yes lineups up to 1977. I would just like to add that Rick Wakeman joined and left the group and rejoined and left the group a total of 5 times! 😉
If you ever do one Wakeman album in full, there us only one choice. The original version of "Journey to the Centre of the Earth". He has never surpassed this, as a 'solo' work (with band & orchestra)
I beg to differ his 2014 Journey was epic saw it live. On the album he actually did all the stuff he couldn't do originally recording. Not to take away the original album being amazing.
I agree
Must listen, and must hear whole album, --> Patreon. Will bring in $$$ if you do.
My all time favourite Wakeman album is Criminal Record.
@@EessaTube If I could only choose one, that would be it.
You really should check out Rick Wakeman 'Merlin' from his live in Buenos Aires concert. Part of the way through he does a keyboard dual with his son, Adam. Other stuff from that concert is worth looking at too, especially his version of the Yes song, Starship Trooper.
Thanks for doing a Rick Wakeman Marathon....so I've been a YES fan almost from the beginning and a Rick Wakeman fan. He is without a doubt one of the great keyboard wizards. However to me it's a mixed bag. I bought 6 Wives and JTTCOE, and still enjoy those albums to this day. RW is so facile and can play anything... but .... I think that's part of the problem. He has a tendency to play everything, in every song. I've always thought he needed an editor. Someone to say why not do 5 or 6 songs and each explore a fixed theme or style or period, instead of each song having to each explore 5 or 6 or more things. I think sometimes it just ends up sounding like pastiche. Maybe some of his later albums calmed down a bit, idk, I just didn't feel the need to follow his studio endeavors. But that hasn't stopped me from seeing him live, which I've done 3x (separate from YES). The concert stage is where he really shines. His latest tour is amazing and so much fun!
One last thing, the 3rd piece sounded almost like an homage to his friend Keith Emerson
It came out in 1977 as part if a documentary of the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria.
So no, he wasn’t doing a homage to Keith 40 years before he died.
You found a little known jewel in "Merlin the Magician". Roger Newell's Bass work is so good.
Great idea. I love Wakeman's "Six Wifes of Henry the 8th" album. Listened to it for hours at a time. Oh, did Rick ever do his 'Six Wives' on ice skates? (historic reference to a part of his career)
Creative direction disagreements can cause big changes which do not always please the fans. But then many others are delighted.
Rick's solo albums aren't just instrumentals. Journey To The Centre of The Earth and King Arthur have some great songs on for example. Looking forward to going to see him in London in February with his full band and choir doing half Yes music and half King Arthur. Usually, we see him solo and he's very amusing! Met him quite a few times too. Genuinely decent bloke (as are his very talented sons)
I forget which track on White Rock this is related too, but it was the Ice Skating track, but Wakeman wrote, performed and recorded it on the spot in one take, not having seen the footage that it was going to be used until the recording and the freestyle (if i can call it that) concluded absolutely on time with the end of the video clip ... according to Wakeman (I think in his autobiography) he thought that the sessions were finished, and was surprised when he was told .. "no theres one more" ... White Rock of course was the soundtrack album for the music for that year's Winter Olympics
There's a YT video of Rick doing a piano arrangement of Stairway to Heaven which is gorgeous. Do check it out.
I bought this when it first came out in 1973 and I was only 15 or 16 back then,The Six Wives is my favourite.I love the inside cover of the Album nice seeing the Mini Moog’s etc.
What fun! While listening, I researched the genealogy of Henry Tudor and his six wives and found we were all cousins, on both sides, from different grandparents of course. It will sound differently henceforth. His playful side was on display here. With "Oceans" he may have felt inundated. His music was more ambient and background. Certainly not the case here. Great marathon, gentlemen!
White Rock was Go-To reference track, once my guests got high enough.
Fantastic . . .a Keith Emerson Marathon would be great .. so much incredible material to choose from.
Coke or Pepsi ? Beatles or Stones ? Wakeman or Emerson ? Love them both. Thanks Nic
Been following Rick since 1970 and he's simply brilliant. Saw this particular performance the night before this was filmed, and it's simply the most amazing keyboard performance of all time: th-cam.com/video/05k8DgEXZXM/w-d-xo.html. This song, "Trigger the Bounce" is my personal favorite. It's from the "Retro 2" album, where he uses all of his analog equipment, but this is a piano solo that is simply exquisite. th-cam.com/video/kx2OnqtPWPU/w-d-xo.html/. There is so much he has done, and trying to keep up with his catalog is like owning a CD store.; I met him last year, and he just very well might be the nicest man on the planet. BTW: I think "Anne of Cleves" is the weakest song on the "Six Wives" album. "Catherine Parr" and "Catherine of Aragon" are my choices, but he plays "Anne Boleyn" in concert, when it's just him and his piano. Enjoyed watching you, Nick!!
I really like Anne of Cleeves because it’s the closest he ever got to Jazz. This song has a great groove.
I love his other stuff but he’s never been the Jazz type and this is as close as he ever got. Some of Alan’s best drumming too short of what he does on Relayer
Wakeman was a well-regarded session musician for quite a while and he performed as the keyboardist on many albums for others before being asked to join Yes. What I heard at the time that he left Yes was that he owed some obligations another label. So at least part of the reason for Six Wives was to satisfy those demands. Certainly, there was some creative differences with other members of Yes that prompted his departure and going solo, but Wakeman continued on good terms with Squire, White, and Bruford (who played drums for Yes prior to White). And later in the 70s, he rejoined Yes for a time before leaving again. in the mid-70s, he also composed a rock opera based on Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, which was performed and recorded live with an orchestra accompanying the rock band. There are vocals and narration on that one. Wakeman did a rearrangement of Journey in the early 2010s. I've heard it and it interesting, but I think I prefer the original recording.
He didn’t leave YES when he did Six Wives
He was in YES when he did this
Bill Bruford, Chris Squire and Alsn White are on this album but not all the tracks. Excerpts from Six Wives appears on YESSONGS Triple live album
Myths and Legends of Arthur is an amazing album. Saw him live doing "Journey..." and he gave us a hint that that was what he was working on. "Merlin" alternates between Merlin's magic and flights of fancy, and Arthur's Theme from the album. Merlin might be helping Arthur, but Arthur is helping to keep Merlin "grounded".
Great. No marathons needed. One great album per show
When I was a kid, I thought Wakeman had 10 fingers on each hand until I saw the video for "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
Wow I love it! He is a genius!!
You forgot to mention that he also was a member of the ERE
The English Rock Ensemble
I love the bass on Merlin,it carries the whole piece
Thanks for WAKEMAN........MERLIN IN MY RW SONG
I have most of Wakeman’s albums, most of Yes’s ……. but I’d have to say my favorite solo RW studio album is Rhapsodies. It’s such fun, cheerful tunes.
White rock has a bit of a Keith Emerson feel about it and I hope someone sponsors a Keith Marathon for you as there is plenty of amazing stuff that you have not heard yet.
Criminal Record - Judias Escariot!
He's still creating music and touring.
These were excellent choices BMac, and they paired, well, trio'd, together well. But, Drat It, you put a dent in a couple of my ideas for marathons for Nick in the near future. 😉😉 No worries -- I have other ideas and can work around this. Great Job Nick. Hope Lex likes them too.
Saved you some $$ 🤣
@@bmac1205 No you didn't -- just switched to one of my alternates.😀
Happens with you and greybeard. I keep a list of alternates at the ready! 🤣
Ya know Rick Wakeman once said Keith Emerson was the 🐐✌🏼❤️ you need to check out Keith doing a solo. From Montreux jazz festival 1997 medley part 2 💥🔥✌🏼❤️
Please, please listen to his original recording “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in London around 1972 or 1973 with his band The English Rock Ensemble and a full orchestra and choir. It is truely amazing and one of the greatest prog concept albums ever. Listen to the whole thing in one sitting and make sure it’s this original version not the updated one which was released much later.
That would be a good full album review for Patreon
Nick, if you see this hint hint
From the Wik for Six Wives album
Bill Bruford - drums on "Catherine of Aragon" and "Anne Boleyn" (Yes)
Ray Cooper - percussion on "Catherine of Aragon" and "Anne Boleyn" (great session percussionist who played on some Elton John albums)
Dave Cousins - electric banjo on "Catherine Howard" (Strawbs)
Chas Cronk - bass guitar on "Catherine Howard" (Strawbs)
Barry de Souza - drums on "Catherine Howard"
Mike Egan - guitar on "Catherine of Aragon", "Anne of Cleves", "Anne Boleyn", and "Catherine Parr"
Steve Howe - guitar on "Catherine of Aragon" (Yes)
Les Hurdle - bass guitar on "Catherine of Aragon" and "Anne Boleyn"
Dave Lambert - guitar on "Catherine Howard" (Strawbs)
Laura Lee - vocals on "Anne Boleyn"
Sylvia McNeill - vocals on "Anne Boleyn"
Judy Powell - vocals on "Catherine of Aragon"
Frank Ricotti - percussion on "Anne of Cleves", "Catherine Howard", and "Catherine Parr"
Chris Squire - bass guitar on "Catherine of Aragon" (Yes)
Barry St. John - vocals on "Catherine of Aragon"
Liza Strike - vocals on "Catherine of Aragon" and "Anne Boleyn"
Alan White - drums on "Anne of Cleves", "Jane Seymour", and "Catherine Parr" (Yes)
Dave Wintour - bass guitar on "Anne of Cleves" and "Catherine Parr"
Always new the Yes members and Strawbs members and Ray Cooper on precussion.
But I never knew where everybody else came from. Bought this in '74 about a year after it came out. With no internet back then people like Mike Egan and Dave Wintour are not known to me, but I love their playing.
If anybody can shed some light on all these other musicians I'd love to know as I've been wondering since 1974!
Nobody from Yes plays on the other two RW songs.
Rick called "Tales" "Tales from Toby's Go Kart". Rick felt (with some justification) that the Tales was padded out and too long and felt it should have been edited. I think also because it was mostly a project that Jon and Steve worked on and he didn't feel that he didn't have enough input into the music keyboard wise.
White Rock album is the soundtrack to a winter olympics. It is worth listening to the music alongside the visuals.
Rick was under contract to A&M due to his membership of The Strawbs, and there was a lot of business wrangling around his membership of Yes. Basically he *had* to make Six Wives, but (luckily) the album was a big hit.
Footnote; Rick Wakeman was a classically trained pianist. Jim X
When Rick joined YES, he was contractually obliged to make 5 solo albums for A&M records as his terms of switching labels. This was the first one, recorded whilst he was a member of YES
I've met Rick a few times. Great guy. I worked for Cat Stevens [Yusuf Islam] in the 1980s and, I'm sure you know, Rick did the piano arrangement for Yusuf on Morning Has Broken.
Mike Egan ---> guitars
Frank Ricotti ---> percussion
Alan White ---> drums
Dave Wintour ---> bass
Rick Wakeman ---> the rest ;)
Dave Wintour on bass: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Wives_of_Henry_VIII_(album)
Great reactions Nick, thanks.
More from the "Arthur" album please, my favourite whole album of Ricks.
Catherine Parr is the stand out on "Six Wives" for me.
I love « The Six Wives… » album. My favorite song is Catherine Parr. Herés a link to a live 1990. It is particularly well shot, and you can really see his technique. th-cam.com/video/ecQspzFrrCQ/w-d-xo.html
Rick had his own cast of regulars, even the vocalist. The English Rock Ensemble.
Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe are both classically trained.
Alan White was amazingDrummer RIP
His fairly recent album with The English Rock Ensemble: "The Red Planet" is most highly recommended. The opening track "Ascraeus Mons" kicks things off nicely.
Very good album
I keep reading about this album so I guess I better check it out!
DAVE WINTER IS ON BASS on Anne of Cleves
Rick.. and keith the greatest
The Jordan Rudess piece was a nice calming reprieve to the exuberant Rick Wakeman pieces.👍
The Last Battle from King Arthur is very good
Rick liked his beer.
He didn't like the heart attacks after mind !!
Who does?
He used to say that, in those days, he “drank for England”, like it was a competitive sport. I think that he had two heart attacks at the age of 25.
There's Banjo abd Tuba and Tack piano in Merlin too. Banjo is strummed fast (like the Mummers) rather than finger picked.
The orchestra at the end is just crazy like cartoon music for Tom & Jerry.....OMG you said Tom & Jerry as I was typing it!!!!
You must watch his solo from 1989 with ABWH
Rick Wakeman is not a jazz player unlike Keith Emerson and Patrick Moraz.
Wakeman sold more records than Yes as a soloartist, and that is one of the reasons he was invited to rejoin Yes in 1977 for Going For The One.
The six wives was released when Rick was still with yes. All the members of the band released solo albums at that time.
Not entirely correct .
Yes, he was in Yes, but the other members of Yes didn’t release solo albums until after Relayer post 1974.
This album came out 1973 around just after Close to the Edge 1972 and excerpts are featured on the triple live album YesSongs 1972 tour for CTTE released in 1973
Tales was then recorded also in 1973
@@bmac1205 Fair point I thought I might have stuffed that up. I think the keyboard solo album must therefore have been Patrick Moraz The story of I
Prog has been called "the whitest genre in a mostly white genre of rock" and I guess it kind of deserved it for a long time -- as it seemed like only pimply white nerd boys listened to that fairy music ... So Rick makes a BF Joke out of the whole thing with an album about the Winter Olympics in Austria. Austria! White Rock. That is balls. I challenge anyone to walk around with a "White Rock" T-shirt today -- ha!
Anyhow -- Rick has his own great place in the prog pantheon as "The Prog keyboardist", right next to Kieth Emerson I guess. Both British Bad Boys, from way back.
Rick got heavy into Christianity, however, while Kieth was always some kind of mystic denier of organized religion.
Lots of great musicians and spoken word artists have worked with Rick over the years, and Rick has done guest appearances on so many albums it is unreal.
My favorite RW album is out of print and almost impossible to find -- "The Seven Wonders of The World" about the ancient 7 wonders, just great prog/new age instrumentals.
Where do you get this shite?
No politics here please
@@bmac1205 politics? Where?
I'm not a huge solo Rick Wakeman fan but the live RW The Six Wives of Henry VIII at Hampton Court is highly entertaining and recommended.
Am I the only person on the planet that heard the melody of Bus Stop by The Hollies early in the beginning? That song was composed by 10cc’s Graham Gouldman. Wonder if he noticed?
th-cam.com/video/XOI4yAPYmag/w-d-xo.html
Nick, if you and Alexia wanna be entertained, watch the video where YES was inducted into the RRHOF. They performed Roundabout, and Geddy Lee played with them, because Chris had just passed away recently. Afterwards, you'll want to watch their speeches. Well, the only speech you need to watch is Rick Wakeman's. You'll see 🙂
Dave Wintour - bass guitar on "Anne of Cleves
Catherine Parr from the “Six Wives” is a far superior track in my opinion.
I like Anne of Cleeves because out of his entire catalog this is the closest he ever got to jazz and it’s some of Alan’s best drumming just short of what he does on Relayer
Rick quit Yes after touring the world playing Tales From Topographic Oceans. He had heard some of Relayer and decided early on there was nothing he could contribute to the music and that’s the main reason he left. Rick quit Yes 4 times.
Is There someone on planet earth that listen to all albums of Rick?
Yes there’s millions
Dave Wintour is the bassist here.
The beginning sounds suspiciously like Tales Side 3!
Only one Rick
Nick,
FYI
Alan White on Drums on Anne of Cleeves. I think it is some of his best drumming besides what he does on Relayer.
[edit] you read it was Alan White after I typed this.
To be honest these are probably my least favourite of the tracks from six wives and King Arthur. I would have preferred Anne Boleyn and The last battle
Problem with tracks on ricks albums that feature vocals is that the singer usually isn’t all that good.
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