67-408: AHM may refer to: Arts and media [ edit ] Atom Heart Mother , a 1970 album by Pink Floyd "Atom Heart Mother" (suite) , the title song of the album All Hail Megatron , a series of Transformers comics by IDW Publishing; see The Transformers (IDW Publishing) People [ edit ] Ahm (surname) , list of people with
134-401: A Holstein-Friesian cow standing in a pasture with no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. Some later editions have the title and artist name added to the cover. This concept was the group's reaction to the psychedelic space rock imagery associated with Pink Floyd at the time of the album's release; the band wanted to explore all sorts of music without being limited to
201-572: A copy of the Evening Standard , and suggested to Waters that he would find a title in there. The headline of one article, on page 9, was: " ATOM HEART MOTHER NAMED " , a story about a woman being fitted with a Plutonium-238 -powered pacemaker . The piece as presented on the completed album is a progression from Pink Floyd's earlier instrumental pieces such as " A Saucerful of Secrets " and even earlier, " Interstellar Overdrive ". The "Atom Heart Mother" suite takes up all of side one, and
268-635: A few of the hypnotic melodies that made Ummagumma such an admirable record to fall asleep to." The album is ranked number 990 in All-Time Top 1000 Albums . The band were initially enthusiastic about performing the suite. An early performance was taped for the San Francisco television station KQED , featuring just the band, on 28 April 1970. Two major performances were at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music on 27 June and
335-455: A folk-influenced tune, " Fat Old Sun ", which he still cites as a personal favourite. The song was a regular part of the band's live repertoire in 1970–71, and became a staple of Gilmour's solo set in 2006. The final track, " Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast ", is divided into three segments, each with its own descriptive title, joined by dialogue and sound effects of then-roadie Alan Styles preparing, discussing, and eating breakfast. The idea for
402-463: A foreign land." Roger Ebert echoed Canby, writing: "The director who made Monica Vitti seem so incredibly alone is incapable, in Zabriskie Point, of making his young characters seem even slightly together. Their voices are empty; they have no resonance as human beings. They don't play to each other, but to vague narcissistic conceptions of themselves. They wouldn't even meet were it not for
469-414: A gun in his boot, a Los Angeles policeman is seen being fatally shot, although it is unclear by whom. Mark flees the campus and rides a city bus to suburban Hawthorne, California where, after failing to buy a sandwich on credit from a local blue-collar delicatessen, he walks to Hawthorne Municipal Airport , steals a small Cessna 210 aircraft and flies into the desert. Meanwhile, Daria is driving across
536-401: A later DVD release, Zabriskie Point at last garnered some critical praise, mostly for the stark beauty of its cinematography and innovative use of music in the soundtrack, but opinions about the film were still mixed. Director Stéphane Sednaoui referenced the film in his video for " Today " by The Smashing Pumpkins , where an ice-cream salesman steals his employer's ice-cream van, escapes to
603-644: A mansion in Carefree and built a replica of it on the lot of Southwestern Studio in Carefree for the special effect of blowing it up. Location shooting also took place in the Mojave Desert. Early film industry publicity reports said Antonioni would gather 10,000 extras in the desert for the filming of the lovemaking scene, but this never happened. The scene was filmed with dust-covered and highly choreographed actors from The Open Theatre . The United States Department of Justice investigated whether this violated
670-402: A number of instrumental figures the band had composed during these rehearsals, including the chord progression of the main theme, which guitarist David Gilmour had called "Theme from an Imaginary Western", and the earliest documented live performance was on 17 January 1970 at Hull University . The band felt that the live performances developed the piece into a manageable shape. Recording of
737-428: A particular image or style of performance. They thus requested that their new album had "something plain" on the cover, which ended up being the image of a cow. Storm Thorgerson , inspired by Andy Warhol 's famous " cow wallpaper ", has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as "Lulubelle III". More cows appear on
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#1732772733957804-430: A portion of his Dance of Death was used in the film. Antonioni visited The Doors while they were recording their album Morrison Hotel and thought about putting them in the soundtrack. The Doors recorded the song "L'America" for Zabriskie Point , but it was not used. Mark Frechette was living at Mel Lyman 's intentional community at Fort Hill, Boston , at the time he made this film. He and Lyman hoped that
871-445: A preposterous Hollywood coincidence." The counterculture audience MGM hoped to draw largely ignored the film during its brief theatrical run. Production expenses were at least $ 7 million and only $ 900,000 was made in the domestic release. The film was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time . It has been described as "the worst film ever made by a director of genius" but it "is still absolutely watchable because of
938-555: A professional cast, including, notably, Rod Taylor , along with G. D. Spradlin , in one of his early feature film roles, following many appearances on U.S. national television. Paul Fix , a friend and acting coach of John Wayne who had appeared in many of Wayne's films, played the owner of a roadhouse in the Mojave Desert . Kathleen Cleaver , a member of the Black Panthers and wife of Eldridge Cleaver , appeared in
1005-439: A rock outcropping near Phoenix, Arizona, where she sees three affluent women sunning themselves and chatting by the swimming pool. She grieves for Mark by drenching herself in the house's architectural waterfall. Lee is deeply immersed in a business meeting having to do with the complex and financially risky Sunny Dunes development. Taking a break, he spots Daria in the house and happily greets her. She goes downstairs alone and finds
1072-438: A sound effects-dominated musical suite primarily conceived by Mason and credited to the whole group. Waters contributes a folk ballad called " If ", playing acoustic guitar. Pink Floyd rarely played the song live, but Waters often performed it at solo shows in support of his Radio K.A.O.S. album, more than a decade later. This is followed by Wright's " Summer '68 ", which also features prominent use of brass in places. It
1139-546: A year and a half after shooting began, before being generally released on February 9, 1970. Despite the explicit language and sexual content, the film received an R rating rather than an X, in a shift in the MPAA 's policy. The film was panned by most critics and other published commentators of all political stripes, as were the performances of Frechette and Halprin. The New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby called Zabriskie Point "a noble artistic impulse short-circuited in
1206-545: Is a 1970 American drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Mark Frechette , Daria Halprin , and Rod Taylor . It was widely noted at the time for its setting in the counterculture of the United States. Some of the movie's scenes were filmed on location at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley . The movie was an overwhelming commercial failure, and was panned by most critics upon release. It
1273-434: Is arrested. He gives his name as Karl Marx , which a duty officer types as "Carl Marx". After he is released from jail, Mark and another friend buy firearms from a Los Angeles gun shop, saying they need them for "self-defense" to "protect our women." In a downtown Los Angeles office building, successful real estate executive Lee Allen reviews a television commercial for Sunny Dunes, a new resort-like real estate development in
1340-576: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atom Heart Mother Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd . It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the United Kingdom, and on 10 October 1970 in the United States. It was recorded at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios ) in London, and
1407-494: Is listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time and has been described as "the worst film ever made by a director of genius". However, its critical standing has increased in the decades since. It has to some extent achieved cult status and is noted for its cinematography, a soundtrack featuring Pink Floyd and other popular 1960s rock acts, and direction. In a room at a university campus, white and black students argue about an impending student strike. Mark leaves
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#17327727339571474-468: Is looking for some new dimensions, they haven't found them here." In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said the suite was easier to digest than the second side of songs: "Yeah, they do leave the singing to an anonymous semi-classical chorus, and yeah, they probably did get the horns for the fanfares at the same hiring hall. But at least the suite provides
1541-539: Is spied from the air by Mark, who buzzes her car and then flies only 15 feet over her as she lies face down in the sand. He throws a T-shirt out of the window of the aircraft for her to pick up. Daria then goes from upset to curious and smiling during this sequence. They later meet at the desert shack of an old man, where Mark asks her for a lift so he can buy gasoline for the aircraft. The two then wander to Zabriskie Point , where they make love. As they begin, other unidentified young naked people are shown playing sexually on
1608-409: Is split into six parts, individually named. Geesin chose the opening section name, "Father's Shout" after Earl "Fatha" Hines , while other names such as "Breast Milky" and "Funky Dung" were inspired by the album cover artwork. The orchestral arrangements feature a full brass section, a cello and the 16-piece John Alldis choir, which take most of the lead melody lines, while Pink Floyd mainly provide
1675-692: The Mann Act , which forbade the taking of women across state lines for sexual purposes; however, no sex was filmed and no state lines were crossed, given that Death Valley is in California. State officials in Sacramento were also ready to charge Antonioni with "immoral conduct, prostitution or debauchery" if he staged an actual orgy. FBI officials investigated the film because of Antonioni's political views, and officials in Oakland, California, accused
1742-573: The Rolling Stones , and John Fahey . Roy Orbison wrote and sang the theme song, over the credits, called "So Young (Love Theme from Zabriskie Point )". Richard Wright of Pink Floyd wrote a song called "The Violent Sequence" for inclusion in the film. Antonioni rejected the song because it was too subdued and instead synchronized a re-recording of the band's " Careful with That Axe, Eugene ", retitled "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up", with
1809-640: The "Blackhills Garden Party" in Hyde Park , London on 18 July. On both occasions the band were accompanied by the John Alldis Choir and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble . Later, the band took a full brass section and choir on tour just for the purpose of performing this piece. However, this caused the tour to lose money, and the band found problems with the hired musicians, which changed from gig to gig as they simply took who
1876-613: The "collage" sections and closing reprise of the main theme, remained in their live repertoire into 1972. The first live performance of The Dark Side of the Moon suite in Brighton was abandoned partway through; after a break, the band played Atom Heart Mother instead. Pink Floyd's last live performance of the suite took place on 22 May 1972 at the Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam , Netherlands. Stanley Kubrick wanted to use
1943-613: The 1966 premiere of his film Blowup , which had been a surprising box-office hit, Antonioni saw a short newspaper article about a young man who had stolen an aircraft and was killed when he tried to return it in Phoenix, Arizona. Antonioni took this as a thread, with which he could tie together the plot of his next film. After writing many drafts, he hired playwright Sam Shepard to write the script. Shepard, Antonioni, Italian filmmaker Franco Rossetti, Antonioni's frequent collaborator screenwriter Tonino Guerra and Clare Peploe (later to become
2010-543: The Chelsea Festival. Geesin introduced it with a history and slide show. The performances featured the chamber choir Canticum, brass and cellist Caroline Dale, who has worked with Gilmour. The second night saw Gilmour join Geesin on stage for the performance, which was extended to 30 minutes. In 2013, Geesin produced a book, The Flaming Cow , which documented his experience with working with Pink Floyd, including
2077-512: The EMI Pops Orchestra, the session musicians present were unimpressed with his tendency to favour avant-garde music over established classical works, and, combined with the relative difficulty of some of the parts, harassed him during recording. John Alldis , whose choir was also to perform on the track, had experience in dealing with orchestral musicians, and managed to conduct the recorded performance in place of Geesin. The track
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2144-497: The album's title track in A Clockwork Orange . The group refused permission, primarily because Kubrick was unsure of exactly which pieces of music he wanted and what he wished to do with them. In retrospect, Waters said "maybe it's just as well it wasn't used after all". Nevertheless, the album is visible behind the counter in the record store scene of the film. On 14 and 15 June 2008, Geesin performed "Atom Heart Mother" with Italian tribute band Mun Floyd over two nights as part of
2211-533: The back cover, again with no text or titles, and on the inside gatefold . Also, a pink balloon shaped like a cow udder accompanied the album as part of Capitol's marketing strategy campaign to "break" the band in the US. Looking back on the artwork, Thorgerson remembered: "I think the cow represents, in terms of the Pink Floyd, part of their humour, which I think is often underestimated or just unwritten about." In
2278-436: The backing tracks; a reverse of the 1960s pop music practice of using orchestration as the background, and putting the rock band in front. The album's concept is similar to their previous Ummagumma album, in that it features the full band in the first half, and focuses on individual members in the second half. Side two opens with three five-minute songs: one by each of the band's three resident songwriters; then closes with
2345-405: The bass and drums, respectively, for the entire 23-minute piece in one sitting. The other instruments the band played were overdubbed later. Mason recalled the final backing track's lack of precise timekeeping would cause problems later on. Geesin denied Mason's account and said the tapes given to him for arranging the score were a collage of short sections. By March, they had finished recording
2412-471: The cop in Los Angeles. He states that he wanted to, but someone else shot the officer first and that he "never got off a shot". Returning to the stolen aircraft, they paint it with politically charged slogans and psychedelic colors. Daria pleads with Mark to travel with her and leave the aircraft, but Mark is intent on returning and taking the risks that it involves. He flies back to Los Angeles and lands
2479-515: The desert towards Phoenix in a 1950s-era Buick automobile to meet Lee, her boss, who is implied to possibly be her lover. Along the way Daria is searching for a man who works with "emotionally disturbed" children from Los Angeles. She finds the young boys near a roadhouse in the Mojave Desert, but they tease, taunt, and grab at her, boldly asking for "a piece of ass,” to which she asks in reply, "Are you sure you'd know what to do with it?" Daria flees in her car. While filling its radiator with water, she
2546-415: The desert. Instead of actors or models, the slickly produced commercial features casually dressed, smiling mannequins. In the next scene Allen talks with his associate about the greater Los Angeles area's very rapid growth as the two drive through crowded streets. Mark goes to a bloody campus confrontation between students and police. Some students are tear-gassed and at least one is shot. As Mark reaches for
2613-438: The director of staging a real riot for a scene early in the film. During filming, Antonioni was quoted as criticizing the U.S. film industry for financially wasteful production practices, which he found "almost immoral" compared to the more thrifty approach of Italian studios. The soundtrack to Zabriskie Point includes music from Pink Floyd , The Youngbloods , Kaleidoscope , Jerry Garcia , Patti Page , Grateful Dead ,
2680-771: The documentary-like student meeting scene at the opening of the film. Shooting began in July 1968 in Los Angeles, much of it on location in the wider southern downtown area. Exteriors of the art deco Richfield Tower were shown in a few scenes shot shortly before its demolition in November of that year. Various college campus scenes, excluding the scene of the student meeting, were filmed on location at Contra Costa Community College in San Pablo, California . The production then moved to location shooting at Carefree, Arizona , near Phoenix and from there to Death Valley. The production rented
2747-477: The film's violent ending scene. Roger Waters states in Classic Albums – Pink Floyd – Making The Dark Side of the Moon that while he loved the song, Antonioni said it was "too sad" and that it reminded him of church. Eventually it was reworked into a new song known as " Us and Them ", which was released on their album The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. "The Violent Sequence" remained unreleased until it
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2814-408: The ground, their wild games sending up thick clouds of white dust from the desert floor. Later, a California highway patrolman suspiciously questions Daria. Hidden behind a portable toilet meant for tourists, Mark takes aim at the policeman, but Daria stands between the two of them to block this, apparently saving the policeman's life before he drives away. Daria asks Mark if he was the one who killed
2881-413: The guest room that has been set aside for her, but after briefly opening the door, she shuts it again. Seeing a young Native American housekeeper in the hallway, Daria leaves silently. She drives off, but stops to get out of the car and look back at the house, her own imagination seeing it repeatedly blown apart in billows of orange flame and household items. Cast notes While in the United States for
2948-554: The magic of Antonioni's eye". Over 20 years after the film's release, Rolling Stone editor David Fricke wrote that " Zabriskie Point was one of the most extraordinary disasters in modern cinematic history." It was the only film Antonioni directed in the United States, where in 1994 he was given the Honorary Academy Award "in recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists." With early 21st-century screenings of pristine wide-screen prints and
3015-503: The making of this album from his point of view. Taken from sleeve notes. Track numbers noted in parentheses below are based on CD track numbering. Pink Floyd Additional musicians Production Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Footnotes Citations Sources Zabriskie Point (film) Zabriskie Point / z ə ˈ b r ɪ s k i /
3082-407: The meeting after saying he is "willing to die, but not of boredom" for the cause, which draws criticism from the young white radicals. Following a mass arrest at the campus protest, Mark visits a police station hoping to bail his roommate out of jail. He is told to wait but goes to the lock-up area, asks further about bail for his roommate, is rebuffed, calls out to the arrested students and faculty and
3149-516: The mid-1980s, a bootleg containing rare singles and B-sides entitled The Dark Side of the Moo appeared, with a similar cover. Like Atom Heart Mother , the cover had no writing on it, although in this case it was to protect the bootlegger's anonymity rather than any artistic statement. The album cover for the KLF 's concept album Chill Out was also inspired by Atom Heart Mother . Atom Heart Mother
3216-416: The piece came about by Waters experimenting with the rhythm of a dripping tap, which combined sound effects and dialogue recorded by Mason in his kitchen with musical pieces recorded at EMI. A slightly re-worked version was performed on stage on 22 December 1970 at Sheffield City Hall , Sheffield, England with the band members pausing between pieces to eat and drink their breakfast. The original LP ends with
3283-459: The plane at the airport in Hawthorne. The police (along with some radio and television reporters) are waiting for him, and patrol cars chase the aircraft down the runway. Instead of stopping, Mark tries to turn the taxiing aircraft around across the grass and is shot dead by one of the policemen. Daria learns about Mark's death on the car radio. She drives to Lee's lavish desert home, set high on
3350-457: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AHM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AHM&oldid=1243240745 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
3417-411: The same year. A remastered edition was released in 2011. It was reissued again in 2016 on the band's Pink Floyd Records label. Critical reaction to the suite has always been mixed, and all band members have expressed negativity toward it. Gilmour has said the album was "a load of rubbish. We were at a real down point ... I think we were scraping the barrel a bit at that period" and "a good idea but it
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#17327727339573484-402: The sound of the tap which continues into the inner groove, and thus plays on indefinitely. Original Floyd frontman Syd Barrett recorded his album Barrett around the same time as Atom Heart Mother , with assistance from Gilmour and Wright. He occasionally visited his old band's sessions to see what they were doing. The original album cover, designed by art collective Hipgnosis , shows
3551-484: The soundtrack for the film Zabriskie Point in Rome, which had ended somewhat acrimoniously. They headed back to London in early 1970 for rehearsals. A number of out-takes from the Rome sessions were used to assemble new material during these rehearsals, though some of it, such as "The Violent Sequence", later to become " Us and Them ", would not be used for some time. The title track of Atom Heart Mother resulted from
3618-960: The soundtrack would include some of the Americana type music Lyman had recorded with Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band. Frechette left copies of Lyman's newspaper Avatar around the studio and took time to play tapes of the band for the director and explain Lyman's work. When Antonioni seemed oblivious to the perceived importance of Lyman's music, Frechette quit the film, but returned six days later. Following prolonged publicity and controversy in North America throughout its production, Zabriskie Point had its premiere at Walter Reade 's Coronet Theatre in New York City on February 5, 1970, almost four years after Antonioni began pre-production and over
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3752-458: The top of it while the band went on tour to the US. Geesin described the composing and arranging as "a hell of a lot of work. Nobody knew what was wanted, they couldn't read music …" According to him, Gilmour came up with some of the melodic lines, while the pair of them along with keyboardist Richard Wright worked on the middle section with the choir. During the recording of his work in June with
3819-467: The track commenced at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios ) in London, and was somewhat cumbersome, as it was the first recording to use a new eight-track one-inch tape and EMI TG12345 transistorised mixing console (8-track, 24-microphone inputs) in the studio. As a result, EMI insisted the band were not allowed to do any splicing of the tape to edit pieces together. Consequently, band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason had little choice but to play
3886-399: The track, but felt that it was rather unfocused and needed something else. The band had been introduced to Ron Geesin via the Rolling Stones tour manager, Sam Cutler , and were impressed with his composition and tape-editing capabilities, particularly Waters and Mason. Geesin was handed the completed backing tracks the band had recorded, and asked to compose an orchestral arrangement over
3953-431: The wife of Bernardo Bertolucci ), worked on the screenplay. The lead roles went to two non-professional actors, Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin . Halprin was cast based on her appearance in the documentary Revolution , and Frechette was offered the role when a casting director overheard him having a heated argument in a bus station. Neither actor performed a screen test. Most of the supporting roles were played by
4020-576: Was available, which, combined with lack of rehearsal and problems miking up the whole ensemble, made a full live performance more problematic. Reflecting on this, Gilmour said "some of the brass players have been really hopeless". According to Mason, the band arrived at one gig in Aachen , Germany, only to discover they had left the sheet music behind, forcing tour manager Tony Howard to go back to London and get it. A later arrangement without brass or choir, and pared down from 25 minutes to fifteen by omitting
4087-474: Was commercially successful on release, the band – particularly Roger Waters and David Gilmour – have expressed negative opinions of the album. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the US, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin , who had influenced and collaborated with Waters, co-composed the title track. Pink Floyd started work on the album after completing their contributions to
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#17327727339574154-474: Was dreadful... Atom Heart Mother sounds like we didn't have any idea between us, but we became much more prolific after it." Similarly, in a 1984 interview on BBC Radio 1 , Waters said "If somebody said to me now – right – here's a million pounds, go out and play Atom Heart Mother , I'd say you must be fucking joking." In a 1970 review, Alec Dubro of Rolling Stone appraised Atom Heart Mother negatively, stating "if Pink Floyd
4221-442: Was included on a 2011 boxed set of Dark Side of the Moon , where it was named "Us and them (Richard Wright Demo)". Other discarded pieces recorded for the film by Pink Floyd were released on a bonus disc with the 1997 CD re-release of the soundtrack album , along with pieces by Jerry Garcia . John Fahey was flown to Rome to record some music for the film, but it was not used. The accounts of Fahey and others differ. However,
4288-471: Was issued as a Japanese single in 1971, and was the only track on the album never to be played live in concert. The song was reportedly about Wright and a groupie on tour, and had the working title of "One Night Stand". According to Mason, Gilmour, having had little songwriting experience at that point, was ordered to remain in EMI until he had composed a song suitable for inclusion on the album. He came up with
4355-440: Was originally called "The Amazing Pudding", although Geesin's original score referred to it as "Untitled Epic". A refined and improved version (with Geesin's written parts) was played at Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music on 27 June. Its name was changed after the band were due to play an "in concert" broadcast for BBC Radio 1 on 16 July 1970, and had needed a title for John Peel to announce it. Geesin pointed to
4422-403: Was released on 2 October 1970 in the UK and 10 October in the US. It reached number 1 and number 55, respectively in those countries' charts. It was released in the quadraphonic format in the UK, Germany and Australia. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the US. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released a 24KT gold CD in the US in 1994, while an LP version was released in the US in
4489-415: Was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, while it reached number 55 in the US, eventually going gold there. The cover was designed by Hipgnosis , and was the band's first not to feature their name, or have photographs of them on any part of it. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s. The cover shows a Holstein cow on a meadow landscape. Although it
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