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P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: VA ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Respect A Century of Women in Music ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Rhino ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Rock ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Mar-21-2003 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: 000-00-1999 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripper......: Just ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: 192 kbps ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ size........: 534,0 MB ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 387:57 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ Catnr.......: n/a ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ URL.........: n/a ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ ░ ░ ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ cd1 - broadway, blues, and truth ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. ada jones - by the light of the silvery 02:20 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ moon ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. sophie tucker - some of these days 04:14 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. alma gluck - carry me back to old virginny 04:44 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. anna chandler - she s good enough to your 03:24 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ baby's mother and she's good enough to vote ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ with you ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. mamie smith and her jazz hounds - crazy 03:23 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ blues ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. marion harris - i m a jazz vampire 03:11 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. fannie brice - my man (mon homme) 03:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. roba stanley - devilish mary 03:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. marian anderson - nobody knows the trouble 02:34 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ i ve seen ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. ma rainey - see see rider blues 03:14 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. alberta hunter - beale street blues 03:16 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. the carter family - single girl married 02:46 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ girl ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. helen kane - i wanna be loved by you 02:53 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. joan crawford & the mgm chorus - gotta 02:40 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ feelin for you ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. ruth etting - love me or leave me 03:21 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. bessie smith - nobody knows you when you 03:02 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ re down and out ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. ethel waters - am i blue 03:19 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. adelyne hood & vernon dalhart - calamity 03:16 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ jane (from the west) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. aunt molly jackson - kentucky miner s wife 05:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (ragged hungry blues) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. the girls of the golden west - bucking 02:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ broncho (my love is a rider) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 21. kate smith - when the moon comes over the 04:19 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mountain ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 22. mae west - i like a guy what takes his time 02:47 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 23. ethel merman - you re the top 02:54 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd2 - torch, twang, and swing ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. patsy montana & prairie ramblers - i wanna 03:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ be a cowboys sweetheart ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. coon creek girls - pretty polly 02:50 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. judy garland - over the rainbow 02:48 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. ella fitzgerald chick webb and his orchestra 03:17 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ - a tisket a tasket - ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. billie holiday - strange fruit 03:13 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. memphis minie - me and my chauffeur blues 02:46 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. andrew sisters - boogie woogie bugle boy 03:05 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. gene krupa & his orchestra with anita o'day 03:03 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ & roy eldridge -let me off uptown ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. lena horne with lou bring & his orchestra - 03:22 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ stormy weather ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. les brown & his orchestra with doris day - 03:44 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sentimental journey ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. mahalia jackson - move on up a little 03:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ higher ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. carmen miranda - cuanto le gusta 02:09 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. dinah shore & her happy valley boys - 02:04 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ buttons and bows ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. the maddox brothers and rose - 03:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ philadelphia lawyer ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. sarah vaughn - black coffee 03:18 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. satisfied - martha carson 02:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. patti page with jack rael & his orchestra - 03:24 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the tennessee waltz ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. rosemary clooney - come on-a my house 02:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. kitty wells - it wasn t god who made honkey 02:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ tonk angels ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. ruth brown - 02:58 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (mama) he treats your daughter mean ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 21. theresa brewer - ricochet (rick o shay) 02:42 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 22. debbie reynolds with orchestra directed by 03:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ joseph gershenson - tammy ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 23. dinah washington - big long slidin thing 02:58 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 24. lavern baker - tweedlee dee 03:10 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 25. etta james & the peaches - the wallflower 02:58 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 26. janis martin - my boy elvis 02:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 27. patsy cline - walkin' after midnight 02:34 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd3 - shoop-shoop, motown, get down, sister ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. the chantels - maybe 02:54 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. peggy lee & jack marshall s music - fever 03:44 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. wanda jackson - funnel of love 02:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. the shirelles - will you love me tomorrow 02:43 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. brenda lee - sweet nothin s 03:15 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. martha & the vandellas - heat wave 02:47 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. barbara lewis - hello stranger 02:42 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. lesley gore - you don t own me 02:30 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. buffy sainte - marie - the universal soldier 02:18 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. mary wells - my guy 02:49 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. the shangri las - remember 02:20 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (walking in the sand) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. the marvelettes - too many fish in the sea 02:29 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. aretha franklin - respect 02:23 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. dusty springfield - son of a preacher man 02:31 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. diana ross & the supremes - love child 03:03 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. jefferson airplane - somebody to love 02:59 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. laura nyro - stoned soul picnic 04:19 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. judy collins - both sides now 03:15 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. nina simone - to be young gifted and black 02:49 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. ike & tina turner - bold soul sister 02:39 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 21. betty wright - clean up woman 02:47 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 22. sylvia - pillow talk 04:55 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 23. the staple singers - i ll take you there 03:17 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 24. carly simon - you re so vain 04:19 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 25. carole king - so far away 04:34 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 26. dolly parton - i will always love you 02:54 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd4 - rock to electric shock ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. janis joplin - move over 03:40 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. linda rondstadt - you are no good 03:42 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. gladys knight & the pips - i ve got to 03:47 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ use my imagination ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. loretta lynn - the pill 02:37 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. emmylou harris 03:26 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (live) - boulder to birmingham ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. joan baez - diamonds and rust 05:15 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. heart - crazy on you 04:17 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. the runaways - i love playin with fire 03:43 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. blondie - x offender 03:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. fleetwood mac - you make loving fun - 03:35 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. cheryl lynn - got to be real - 03:44 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. donna summer - she works hard for the 04:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ money ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. rickie lee jones - we belong together 05:02 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. joan armatrading - show some emotion 03:32 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. the slits - - typical girls 03:44 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. laurie anderson - it tango 03:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. yoko ono - walking on thin ice 06:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. the go go s - our lips are sealed 02:46 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19. x - ray spex (poly styrene) - identity 02:22 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 20. the pretenders (chrissie hynde) - precious 03:36 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cd5 - hip--hop, pop, and passion ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 01. the bangles - hero takes a fall 02:53 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 02. kate bush - running up that hill 05:00 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. cyndi lauper - she bop 03:43 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. roxanne shante - roxanne s revenge 04:21 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (street version) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. salt n pepa - tramp 03:33 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. queen latifah featuring monie love - 04:28 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ladies first ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 07. patti smith - people have the power 05:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 08. bonnie raitt - thing called love 03:49 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 09. lucinda williams - passionate kisses 02:39 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10. sinead o connor - the emperor s new clothes 06:08 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 11. tori amos - silent all these years 04:12 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 12. k d lang - constant craving 04:38 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 13. rosanne cash - the wheel 04:21 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 14. sarah mclachlan - possession 04:39 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 15. pj harvey - legs 04:44 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 16. ani difranco - 32 flavors 06:09 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17. paula cole - where have all the cowboys 04:26 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ gone ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18. liz phair - polyester bride 04:05 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Just what is this latest box set? A themed ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ collection of music, an academic study of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sociology, or a partisan political statement? ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Repeated listenings to Rhino's new five-disc ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "Respect: A Century of Women in Music" do little to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ answer that question. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ That alone is a reflection of the haphazard nature ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of this box set, of the lack of an overarching ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ theme to tie it all together into a larger whole. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ To be sure, there are some truly historic and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ influential recordings included here ù as well as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ some incredible music. Start with blues pioneers Ma ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Rainey's "See See Rider Blues" and Bessie Smith's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." Add in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ early country stars Patsy Montana and Rose Maddox, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and a who's who of '50s and '60s R&B stars, all ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ singing some of their best-known songs, and you can ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ make a good argument for the academic merits of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ this collection. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ However, other artists who were just as iconic are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ represented with tracks that do not accurately ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reflect either their import or impact: Etta James ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ has certainly done far better than "The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Wallflower"; the same goes for Billie Holiday's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "Strange Fruit." ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ And then there is Ella Fitzgerald, who is summed up ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ here with "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" ù given the immense ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ wealth of her later recordings, especially her ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ incomparable songbooks dedicated to songwriters ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ like George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Berlin, why include a silly novelty song? Sure, it ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ was her first hit, but it's hardly anywhere near ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the top of her artistry and makes a mockery of what ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ she accomplished. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Any academic weight attached to this project pretty ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ much evaporates when you include lightweights like ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Teresa Brewer or Donna Summer. Why not throw in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Anne Murray or Karen Carpenter if there is no ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ artistic standard behind the collection? ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ And those aren't the worst of it ù there is some ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ absolute dross here, artists and songs of such ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ insignificant impact that their inclusion can only ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ increase the suspicion that politics more than ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sociology or art drove this collection. When ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Madonna, who has whored female sexuality every bit ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ as much as any gangsta rapper or heavy metal band, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ is passed off as an example of female strength ù ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ well, just what are we celebrating here anyway? ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Yoko Ono? What on earth is she supposed to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ represent other than the fact than in the age of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Warhol, a lack of talent presented few barriers to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ financial success in the arts? ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The point of all this is not to get into a name by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ name argument over who ought to have been included ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ instead of who is here; it's their compilation, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ no two people will ever agree on who should have ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ been included in any compilation. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ It's just that there are so many lightweight tracks ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ here, so many inclusions of questionable importance ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that it has the effect of diminishing the overall ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ value of the collection. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ And did no foreign women record this century? The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ subtitle of this collection is "A Century of Women ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ in Music," not "A Century of American Women in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Music." No Edith Piaf, France's beloved "Little ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Sparrow." None of the great tango singers from ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Argentina, none of Portugal's wondrous fado ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ singers, no flamenco artists from Spain. Where's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Germany's Marlene Dietrich? South Africa's Miriam ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Makeba? Women in these countries were recording ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ nearly as early as those in America, beginning in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the 1920s and before. In many ways, women in these ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ male-dominated societies were making greater ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ breakthroughs than their less-oppressed American ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sisters, yet none of them are included here. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The non-Americans are few and far between. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Britain's Kate Bush and Christine McVie. Canada's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Sarah McLachlan. Brazil's Carmen Miranda. Ireland's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Sinead O'Connor. And all of the non-Americans ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ outside Miranda are from the modern era; all except ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Bush and O'Connor have found their greatest success ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ in the United States. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Nor are there any overtly Christian artists (Amy ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Grant, maybe?), conservatives (Gloria Estefan ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ certainly threw open some doors) or pro-lifers (the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Raspberries' Dolores O'Riordan, say?). What we get ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ instead of variety are the predictably conformist, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ which doesn't do much to capture the truly diverse ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ breadth of opinions and philosophies held by female ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ recording artists. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ There also aren't any classical artists. No ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ baroque, no opera. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ There are, of course, two entire discs devoted to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the last twenty years ù all right off the pop ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ charts, with the final disc sounding as if it were ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ culled from Lilith Fair. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ It all combines to make for a rather narrow ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ listening experience, and undercuts the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ collection's premise of being comprehensive. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ As mentioned, there is some great music here, with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ wonderful recordings by everyone from Joan Baez to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Wanda Jackson, Emmylou Harris to Patti Page. But ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ over the course of the five discs, there is far too ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ much uneven material, far too much filler to make ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ this any more listenable than it is authoritative. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun is releasing different kind of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, ethnic, jazz, french, ▓▌ ░ electro and many more ... We will bring you the music ▓▌ ░ we like and share it with the rest of the under- ▄ ▓▌ ░ ground scene. If you have, like us, a passion for ▄▄█▌ ▓▌ ░ music, don't hesitate to contact us ! ▄████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ █████▀▀▀▀ ▓▌ ░ GREETinGs : Nuhs . Hit2000 . DGN . Ksi . SEQ . CHR ░███ ▓▌ ░ Om . Rh . Fuffens . Remix . FMF . SB ██▌ ▓▌ Kw . LOGOS . iTs . i . ATM . 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