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Charlie Parker - Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve

Label:

Verve Records

Catalog#:

837 141-2

Format:

10 x CD

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Released:

1988

Genre:

Jazz

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Tracklist

		Jazz At The Philharmonic - Monday January 28, 1946 - Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles
1.01	Charlie Parker -	Sweet Georgia Brown	9:32
		Piano - Mel Powell Trumpet - Dizzy Gillespie
1.02		Blues For Norman	8:37
		Piano - Arnold Ross Trumpet - Howard McGhee
1.03		I Can't Get Started	9:15
		Piano - Arnold Ross Trumpet - Howard McGhee
1.04		Oh, Lady Be Good	11:05
		Piano - Arnold Ross Trumpet - Howard McGhee
1.05		After You've Gone	7:33
		Piano - Arnold Ross Trumpet - Howard McGhee
		Jazz At The Philharmonic
		Monday April 22, 1946 - Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles
1.06		I Got Rhythm	12:54
1.07		Introductions By	2:16
		Vocals [Introductions By] - Norman Granz
1.08		JATP Blues	10:56
		Jazz Scene
		December 1947 - Recording Session At Carnegie Hall, New York City
2.01	Charlie Parker Quartet, The -	The Bird	4:44
2.02	Charlie Parker With Neal Hefti Orchestra* -	Repetition	2:57
		Bass - Curly Russell Cello - Joe Benaventi Conductor, Arranged By - Neal Hefti Drums - Shelly Manne French Horn - Vinnie Jacobs Orchestra - Neal Hefti Orchestra* Percussion - Diego Iborra Piano - Tony Aless Saxophone [Alto] - John LaPorta , Murray Williams , Sonny Salad Saxophone [Bass] - Manny Albam Saxophone [Tenor] - Flip Phillips , Pete Mondello Trombone - Bart Varsalona , Bill Harris Trumpet - Al Porcino , Doug Mettome , Ray Wetzel Viola - Fred Ruzilla , Nat Nathanson , Sam Caplan Violin - Harry Katzman , Manny Fidler , Sid Harris , Zelly Smirnoff Violin, Concertmaster - Gene Orloff
		Monday December 20, 1948 - Recording Studio, New York City
2.03	Charlie Parker And Machito And His Orchestra -	No Noise - Parts I & II	5:53
		Saxophone [Tenor], Soloist [On Part I] - Flip Phillips Soloist - Charlie Parker
2.04		No Noise - Part II (Complete Take)	2:55
2.05		Mango Mangue	2:53
		January 1949 - Recording Studio, New York City
2.06	Charlie Parker And Machito And His Orchestra -	Okiedoke	3:02
		Soloist - Charlie Parker
		Circa March 1949 - A Midtown Studio, New York City
2.07	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra -	Cardboard	3:08
2.08		Visa	2:58
		Thursday May 5, 1949 - Recording Studio, New York City
2.09	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra -	Segment - Tune X	3:19
2.10		Diverse - Tune X Alternate	3:16
2.11		Passport - Tune Y (Rare)	2:54
2.12		Passport - Tune Z (Common)	2:59
		Jazz At The Philharmonic
		Late Saturday Night (Midnight Start) Sunday September 18, 1949 - Carnegie Hall, New York City
3.01		The Opener	12:47
3.02		Lester Leaps In	12:14
3.03		Enbraceable You	10:33
3.04		The Closer	10:57
3.05		OW	0:48
		Voice [Introduction By] - Ella Fitzgerald
3.06		Flyin' Home	5:31
		Vocals - Ella Fitzgerald
3.07		How High The Moon	6:24
		Vocals - Ella Fitzgerald
3.08		Perdido	8:34
		Vocals - Ella Fitzgerald
		Wednesday November 30, 1949 - Mercury Studios, New York City
4.01	Charlie Parker With Strings -	Just Friends	3:30
4.02		Everything Happens To Me	3:15
4.03		April In Paris	3:06
4.04		Summertime	2:46
4.05		I Didn't Know What Time It Was	3:12
4.06		If I Should Lose You	2:46
		Late March - Early April 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City
4.07	Charlie Parker Quartet* -	Star Eyes	3:28
4.08		Blues (Fast)	2:45
4.09		I'm In The Mood For Love	2:50
		Tuesday June 6, 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City
4.10	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra - Quintet: Bird & Diz* -	Bloomdido	3:24
4.11		An Oscar For Treadwell (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)	3:20
4.12		An Oscar For Treadwell (Take 4 Master)	3:22
4.13		Mohawk (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)	3:48
4.14		Mohawk (Take 6 [Take 4] Master)	3:34
4.15		My Melancholy Baby (Take 1)	3:16
4.16		My Melancholy Baby - Coda Rehearsal	0:05
4.17		My Melancholy Baby (Take 2 Master)	3:23
4.18		Leap Frog (Take 1 Incomplete)	0:27
4.19		Leap Frog (Take 2 Incomplete)	0:18
4.20		Leap Frog (Take 3 Incomplete)	0:40
4.21		Leap Frog (Take 4 Incomplete)	0:18
4.22		Leap Frog (Take 5 Complete)	2:33
4.23		Leap Frog (Take 6 Incomplete)	0:23
4.24		Leap Frog (Take 7 Incomplete)	0:34
4.25		Leap Frog (Take 8 [Take 4] Alternate)	2:02
4.26		Leap Frog (Take 9 Complete)	2:06
4.27		Leap Frog (Take 10 Incomplete)	0:43
4.28		Leap Frog (Take 11 [Take 6] Master)	2:29
4.29		Relaxing With Lee (Take 1 Incomplete)	0:35
4.30		Relaxing With Lee (Take 2 Incomplete)	1:08
4.31		Relaxing With Lee (Take 3 False Start)	0:08
4.32		Relaxing With Lee (Take 4 [Take 2] Alternate - Lp)	3:56
4.33		Relaxing With Lee (Take 5 Incomplete)	0:25
4.34		Relaxing With Lee (Take 6 [Take 3] Master)	2:46
		Late Summer 1950 - Possibly At Two Different Studios, New York City
5.01	Charlie Parker With Strings -	Dancing In The Dark	3:19
		Chimes, Xylophone - Unknown Artist
5.02		Out Of Nowhere	3:06
5.03		Laura (Take 1 Complete)	2:57
5.04		Laura (Take 2 Master)	2:56
5.05		East Of The Sun	3:38
5.06		They Can't Take That Away From Me	3:17
5.07		Easy To Love	3:29
5.08		I'm In The Mood For Love (Take 2 Master)	3:33
5.09		I'm In The Mood For Love (Take 3 Alternate)	3:27
5.10		I'll Remember April (Take 1 Complete)	3:09
5.11		I'll Remember April (Take 2 False Start)	0:10
5.12		I'll Remember April (Take 3 [Take 2] Master)	3:02
		Live At Carnegie Hall
		Late Saturday Night (Midnight Start) Sunday September 17, 1950 -
5.13	Charlie Parker With Strings -	What Is This Thing Called Love	2:54
5.14		April In Paris	3:12
5.15		Repetition	2:49
5.16		Easy To Love	2:25
5.17		Rocker	3:10
		Jazz At The Philharmonic
		Circa Fall 1950 - Film Short Soundtrack Recordings
5.18	Charlie Parker And Buddy Rich -	Celebrity	1:34
5.19	Charlie Parker And Coleman Hawkins -	Ballade	2:55
		Saxophone [Tenor] - Coleman Hawkins
		Thursday December 21, 1950 - Recording Studio, New York City
5.20	Machito And His Orchestra -	Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite	17:11
		Wednesday January 17, 1951 - Recording Studio, New York City
6.01	Charlie Parcher And His Orchestra (Quintet)* -	Au Private (Take 2 Alternate - Lp)	2:38
6.02		Au Private (Take 3 Master)	2:43
6.03		She Rote (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)	3:09
6.04		She Rote (Take 5 Master)	3:06
6.05		K.C. Blues	3:24
6.06		Star Eyes	3:34
		Monday March 12, 1951 - Recording Studio, New York City
6.07	Charlie Parker's Jazzers (Sextet)* -	My Little Suede Shoes	3:03
6.08		Un Poquito De Tu Amor	2:40
6.09		Tico Tico	2:44
6.10		Fiesta	2:49
6.11		Why Do I Love You? (Take 2 Alternate - Lp)	2:58
6.12		Why Do I Love You? (Take 6 Alternate)	2:58
6.13		Why Do I Love You? (Take 7 Master)	3:05
		Wednesday August 8, 1951 - Possibly RCA 24th Street Studios, New York City
6.14	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra (Quintet)* -	Blues For Alice	2:46
6.15		Si Si	2:38
6.16		Swedish Schnapps (Take 3 Alternate - Lp)	3:13
6.17		Swedish Schnapps (Take 4 Master)	3:10
6.18		Back Home Blues (Take 1 Alternate - Lp)	2:35
6.19		Back Home Blues (Take 2 Master)	2:46
6.20		Loverman	3:21
		January 22 Or 23, 1952 - Recording Studio At First Avenue & East 44th Street, New York City
7.01	Charlie Parker With Strings (Strings & Big Band)* -	Temptation	3:31
7.02		Lover	3:06
7.03		Autumn In New York	3:29
7.04		Stella By Starlight	2:56
		Wednesday January 23, 1952 - Recording Studio, New York City
7.05	Charlie Parker Quintet (Septet & Sextet)* -	Mama Inez	2:50
7.06		La Cucuracha (Take 1 Complete)	3:24
7.07		La Cucuracha (Take 2 Incomplete)	0:49
7.08		La Cucuracha (Take 3 False Start)	0:10
7.09		La Cucuracha (Take 4 [Take 3] Master)	2:43
7.10		Estrellita (Take 2 Incomplete)	1:57
7.11		Estrellita (Take 4 Complete)	2:46
7.12		Estrellita (Take 5 False Start)	0:04
7.13		Estrellita (Take 6 [Take 5] Master)	2:44
7.14		Begin The Beguine	3:12
7.15		La Paloma	2:39
		Tuesday March 25, 1952 - Recording Studio At First Avenue And East 44th Street, New York City
7.16	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra (Big Band)* -	Night And Day	2:50
7.17		Almost Like Being In Love	2:33
7.18		I Can't Get Started	3:08
7.19		What Is This Thing Called Love	2:36
		First Half Of June, 1952 - Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California
		Norman Granz Jam Session
8.01	Norman Granz -	Jam Blues	14:42
8.02		What Is This Thing Called Love	15:51
8.03		Ballad Medley	17:23
8.03a		All The Things You Are
8.03b		Dearly Beloved
8.03c		The Nearness Of You
8.03d		I'll Get By
8.03e		Everything Happens To Me
8.03f		The Man I Love
8.03g		What's New
8.03h		Someone To Watch Over
8.03i		Isn't It Romantic
8.04		Funky Blues	13:27
		End Of December, 1952 - Recording Studio, New York City
9.01	Charlie Parker Quartet* -	The Song Is You	2:56
9.02		Laird Baird	2:44
9.03		Kim (Take 2 Alternate - Lp)	2:58
9.04		Kim (Take 4 Master)	2:58
9.05		Cosmic Rays (Take 2 Master)	3:05
9.06		Cosmic Rays (Take 5 Alternate)	3:16
		Monday May 25, 1953 - Fulton Recording, New York City
9.07	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra (Nonet With Mixed Chorus)* -	In The Still Of The Night (Take 1 False Start)	0:32
		Baritone Vocals - Jerry Parker Bass Vocals - Butch Birdsall Chorus - Dave Lambert Singers Conductor, Arranged By [Instrumental] - Gil Evans Tenor Vocals, Arranged By [Choral] - Dave Lambert (3) Vocals - Annie Ross
9.08		In The Still Of The Night (Take 2 Incomplete)	0:53
9.09		In The Still Of The Night (Take 3 Complete)	3:46
9.10		In The Still Of The Night (Take 4 Complete)	3:21
9.11		In The Still Of The Night (Take 5 False Start)	0:45
9.12		In The Still Of The Night (Take 6 Complete)	3:26
9.13		In The Still Of The Night (Take 7 Master)	3:22
9.14		Old Folks (Take 1 Incomplete)	0:26
9.15		Old Folks (Take 2 False Start)	0:09
9.16		Old Folks (Take 3 Complete)	4:04
9.17		Old Folks (Take 4 Incomplete - Bird Continues Playing Into Take 5 False Start)	0:21
9.18		Old Folks (Take 6 Complete)	3:28
9.19		Old Folks (Take 7 Incomplete)	0:26
9.20		Old Folks (Take 8 Complete)	3:39
9.21		Old Folks (Take 9 Master)	3:34
9.22		If I Love Again	2:31
		Thursday July 30, 1953 - Fulton Recording, New York City
10.01	Charlie Parker Quartet* -	Chi Chi (Take 1 Alternate - Lp)	3:09
10.02		Chi Chi (Take 2 False Start)	0:27
10.03		Chi Chi (Take 3 Alternate)	2:42
10.04		Chi Chi (Take 4 Complete)	2:37
10.05		Chi Chi (Take 5 False Start)	0:17
10.06		Chi Chi (Take 6 Master)	3:02
10.07		I Remember You	3:03
10.08		Now's The Time	3:01
10.09		Confirmation (Take 1 False Start)	0:14
10.10		Confirmation (Take 2 False Start)	0:09
10.11		Confirmation (Take 3 Master)	2:58
		Wednesday March 31, 1954 - Fine Recording, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City
10.12	Charlie Parker Quintet* -	I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 1 Alternate)	4:55
10.13		I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 2 False Start And Rehearsal)	0:32
10.14		I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 3 False Start And Rehearsal)	0:16
10.15		I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 4 Incomplete)	1:05
10.16		I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 5 False Start)	0:17
10.17		I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 6 Incomplete)	1:08
10.18		I Get A Kick Out Of You (Take 7 Master)	3:34
10.19		Just One Of Those Things	2:46
10.20		My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Take 1 False Start And Rehearsal)	0:36
10.21		My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Take 2 Master)	3:18
10.22		I've Got You Under My Skin	3:38
		Friday December 10, 1954 - Fine Recording, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City
10.23	Charlie Parker Quintet* -	Love For Sale (Take 1 False Start)	0:17
10.24		Love For Sale (Take 2 Complete)	5:47
10.25		Love For Sale (Take 3 Incomplete)	1:03
10.26		Love For Sale (Take 4 Alternate)	5:32
10.27		Love For Sale (Take 5 Master)	5:35
10.28		I Love Paris (Take 2 Alternate)	5:07
10.29		I Love Paris (Take 3 Master)	5:07

Credits

Bass - Billy Hadnott (tracks: 1.01 to 1.08) , Bob Haggart (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Charles Mingus (tracks: 9.07 to 9.22) , Curly Russell (tracks: 4.10 to 4.34) , Percy Heath (tracks: 10.01 to 10.11) , Ray Brown (tracks: 2.01, 2.02, 3.01 to 3.08, 4.01 to 4.09, 5.01 to 5.12, 6.14 to 6.20, 7.16 to 7.19, 8.01 to 8.04) , Roberto Rodriguez (2) (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Teddy Kotick (tracks: 6.01 to 6.13, 7.05 to 7.15, 9.01 to 9.06, 10.12 to 10.29) , Thelonious Monk (tracks: 4.10 to 4.34) , Tommy Potter (tracks: 2.19 to 2.12, 5.13 to 5.17)
Bassoon - Manny Thaler (tracks: 9.07 to 9.22)
Bongos - Jose Mangual (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20, 6.07 to 6.13, 7.05 to 7.15)
Cello - Frank Miller (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Maurice Brown (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12)
Clarinet - Hal McKusick (tracks: 9.07 to 9.22)
Conductor, Arranged By - Chico O'Farrill (tracks: 5.20) , Jimmy Carroll (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Joe Lipman (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12, 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19)
Congas - Chino Pozo* (tracks: 5.20) , Luis Miranda (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 6.07 to 6.13, 7.05 to 7.15) , Rafael Miranda (tracks: 5.20)
Drums - Buddy Rich (tracks: 1.06, 1.08, 3.01 to 3.08, 4.01 to 4.34, 5.01 to 5.12, 5.20) , Don Lamond (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19) , J.C. Heard (tracks: 8.01 to 8.04) , Kenny Clarke (tracks: 6.14 to 6.20) , Lee Young (2) (tracks: 1.01 to 1.05) , Max Roach (tracks: 2.19 to 2.12, 6.01 to 6.06, 7.05 to 7.15, 9.01 to 9.22, 10.01 to 10.11) , Roy Haynes (tracks: 5.13 to 5.17, 6.07 to 6.13, 10.12 to 10.29) , Shelly Manne (tracks: 2.01, 2.02)
French Horn - Joseph Singer (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12) , Junior Collins (tracks: 9.07 to 9.22)
Guitar - Art Ryerson (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Barney Kessel (tracks: 8.01 to 8.04) , Freddie Green (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Irving Ashby (tracks: 1.06, 1.08) , Jerome Darr (tracks: 10.12 to 10.29)
Harp - Myor Rosen (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Verley Mills* (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12, 7.01 to 7.04) , Wallace McManus (tracks: 5.13 to 5.17)
Maracas - Machito (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20)
Oboe - Eddie Brown (5) (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12) , Tommy Mace* (tracks: 5.13 to 5.17, 9.07 to 9.22)
Oboe, Cor Anglais - Mitch Miller (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06)
Piano - Al Haig (tracks: 2.19 to 2.12, 5.13 to 5.17, 10.01 to 10.11) , Bernie Leighton (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12) , Hank Jones (tracks: 2.01, 2.02, 3.01 to 3.08, 4.07 to 4.09, 9.01 to 9.06) , John Lewis (2) (tracks: 6.14 to 6.20) , Ken Kersey* (tracks: 1.06, 1.08) , Lou Stein (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Oscar Peterson (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19, 8.01 to 8.04) , Rene Hernandez (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Stan Freeman (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Tony Aless (tracks: 9.07 to 9.22) , Walter Bishop, Jr. (tracks: 6.01 to 6.13, 7.05 to 7.15, 10.12 to 10.29)
Saxophone [Alto] - Benny Carter (tracks: 8.01 to 8.04) , Freddie Skerritt* (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Gene Johnson (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Harry Terrill (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Johnny Hodges (tracks: 8.01 to 8.04) , Murray Williams (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19) , Toots Mondello (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Willie Smith (2) (tracks: 1.01 to 1.08)
Saxophone [Bass] - Danny Bank (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Leslie Johnakins (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Stan Webb (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04)
Saxophone [Tenor] - Ben Webster (tracks: 8.01 to 8.04) , Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 1.06, 1.08) , Flip Phillips (tracks: 3.01 to 3.08, 5.20, 7.16 to 7.19, 8.01 to 8.04) , Hank Ross (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19) , Jose Madera* (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Lester Young (tracks: 1.01 to 1.08, 3.01 to 3.08) , Sol Rabinowitz (tracks: 5.20)
Timbales - Umbaldo Nieto* (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20)
Trombone - Bart Varsalona (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Bill Harris (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19) , Lou McGarity (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Tommy Turk (tracks: 3.01 to 3.08) , Will Bradley (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04)
Trumpet - Al Killian (tracks: 1.01 to 1.05) , Al Porcino (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19) , Al Stewart (3) (tracks: 5.20) , Benny Harris (tracks: 7.05 to 7.13, 7.15) , Bernie Privin (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04, 7.16 to 7.19) , Bobby Woodlen (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Buck Clayton (tracks: 1.06, 1.08) , Carl Poole (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Charlie Shavers (tracks: 8.01 to 8.04) , Chris Griffin (3) (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 4.10 to 4.34) , Sweets Edison* (tracks: 5.20) , Jimmy Maxwell (tracks: 7.16 to 7.19) , Kenny Dorham (tracks: 2.19 to 2.12) , Mario Bauza* (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Miles Davis (tracks: 6.01 to 6.06) , Paquito Davilla (tracks: 2.03 to 2.06, 5.20) , Red Rodney (tracks: 6.14 to 6.20) , Roy Eldridge (tracks: 3.01 to 3.08)
Viola - Dave Uchitel (tracks: 5.13 to 5.17) , Frank Brieff (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Isadore Zit (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12)
Violin - Bronislaw Gimpel (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Harry Melnikoff (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12) , Howard Key (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12) , Jack Zayde (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Max Hollander (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Milt Lomask (tracks: 4.01 to 4.06) , Sam Rand (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12) , Stan Karpenia (tracks: 5.13 to 5.17) , Sylvan Shulman* (tracks: 7.01 to 7.04) , Ted Blume (tracks: 5.13 to 5.17) , Zelly Smirnoff (tracks: 5.01 to 5.12)
Violin, Concertmaster - Sam Caplan (tracks: 5.01 to 5.17, 7.01 to 7.04)

Notes

TAKE NUMBERS listed here are true take numbers determined by actual sequence. If an item became known by an incorrect take number, that number will appear in brackets after the true number.
MASTERS were the takes selected during Charlie Parker's lifetime for the original issue.
ALTERNATE are complete performances of the same tunes issued later. Irregular procedures and sloppy bookeeping resulted in a large number of alternate takes being labelled as master during the LP era. These alternates will be noted in the listings as "LP" takes.
INCOMPLETE take which contains some improvisation by Bird.
MASTER and ALTERNATE denotes previously released material.
FALSE START, INCOMPLETE and COMPLETE denotes previously unreleased or recently discovered material.
Tracks 1.07, 2.04, 4.18 to 4.33, 7.06 to 7.12, 9.08 to 9.20, 10.02, 10.05, 10.13 to 10.18, 10.20, and 10.23 to 10.25 are previously unreleased.
Tracks 3.05 to 3.08 and 4.15 to 4.16 were recently discovered at the time of this release.
Thelonius Monk's credit is incorrectly written as Bass instead of Piano on the release.

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