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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Faces  I Know I'm Losing You   Favoriting Four Guys Walk Into a Bar  Mercury  1971  CD  0:01:27 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dynamics  Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cotillion  1968  45  0:08:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Benny Gordon  I'm Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Wand  1968  45  0:10:57 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Soulful Strings  I Wish It Would Rain   Favoriting In Concert  Cadet  1969  LP  0:13:59 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Harvey Averne Band  Runaway Child, Running Wild   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fania  1969  45  0:16:53 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Woody Herman  I Can't Get Next To You   Favoriting Herd at Montreaux  Fantasy  1974  LP  0:20:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Marvelettes  Too Many Fish in the Sea   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Tamla  1964  45  0:28:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Temptations  Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1964  45  0:31:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Velvelettes  Lonely Lonely Girl Am I   Favoriting 45RPM Single  VIP  1965  45  0:33:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Velvelettes  He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'   Favoriting 45RPM Single  VIP  1964  45  0:35:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Velvelettes  Needle In a Haystack   Favoriting 45RPM Single  VIP  1964  45  0:37:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Gladys Knight and the Pips  I Heard It Through The Grapevine   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Soul  1967  45  0:40:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Gladys Knight & the Pips  You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Soul  1970  45  0:43:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Undisputed Truth  You Got the Love   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1971  45  0:46:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Undisputed Truth  Smiling Faces (Sometimes)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1971  45  0:55:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Temptations  Papa Was A Rolling Stone   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1972  45  0:58:46 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Temptations  Psychedelic Shack   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1969  45  1:10:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Temptations  Message From a Black Man   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1969  45  1:17:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Temptations  Slave   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gordy  1969  45  1:23:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Temptations  Masterpiece   Favoriting Masterpiece  Gordy  1973  LP  1:30:31 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Norman Whitfield  Sunrise   Favoriting Car Wash OST  MCA  1976  LP  1:44:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:56:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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bradford:

Hey there Larry & fellow Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:00
Hi bradford!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there, larry, and all other jazz heads!
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StringOFperils:

Hey there, Larry! Folkzes!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:01
Hey Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @3:02
Hi String!
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Michael C St Lou:

Hi Larry, Hi everybody!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael C St Lou @3:02
Hi Michael!
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Yvang:

Hey Larry! Hey testify ears!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:04
Yvang!
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Michael 98145:

Howdy
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northguineahills:

here, and in and out!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Michael 98145 @3:04
Hey Michael!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ northguineahills @3:05
Hi NGH!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Yvang @3:04
Hi again, Yvang!
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Funky16Corners:

Kenny Jones!
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Mollywog:

Happy Thursday all!
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Erica:

Hey Larry.
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Mollywog:

Hi Erica!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:08
Hi Mollywog!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:09
Hi Erica!
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doctorjazz:

Hello Larry, assembled honorable listeners!
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StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" by "Dynamics"
<3
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:11
Hey Doc!
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Mollywog:

Hiya Doc
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Yvang:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:06
Re Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @3:11
Hi again, doc!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:10
Who`s better than, Norman Whitfield?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:14
Nobody at Motown, at least in my book...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:14
Hey Andrew!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Mollywog @3:12
Hi Mollywog!
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Yvang:

This first set makes me happy! Much needed!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:19
I'm glad you're digging it!
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Yvang:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:20
I am sure I am not alone digging!
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Mollywog:

↳ Yvang @3:21
No, you are not alone digging!
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Yvang:

↳ Mollywog @3:22
🌟
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "I Can't Get Next To You" by "Woody Herman"
Woody was in his 30th year in the biz when the Herd recorded this. Nobody from that era stayed hipper.
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Too Many Fish in the Sea" by "Marvelettes"
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:24
Herman was always adjusting to new musical developments throughout his career.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:30
And he did it with style and class. A lot of the big band guys tried to keep up, but few of them were as hip as Woody.
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Erica:

Digging the soulful grooves.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Yvang @3:21
You`re darn sure not!
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doctorjazz:

Lots's small records with big holes today!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:37
You know it!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)" by "Gladys K...
This record is BRILLIANT
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Mollywog:

I always thought this group was underrated.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:48
Indeed. They have lots of great records.
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by "Gladys Knig...
How does the Slits' version rate?
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Michael 98145:

love them 45s
  3:56pm
wenzo:

Waddupdoe from Motown
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:54
I am not familiar with that version. I'll look it up when I'm done.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ wenzo @3:56
Hi wenzo!
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PAULS:

Hello Larry and gathered druminati!
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Erica:

Hi Pauls.
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PAULS:

↳ Erica @3:59
hello Erica!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ PAULS @3:58
Hi PAULS!
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Funky16Corners:

Here's something I wrote about this record almost 20 years ago: funky16corners.wordpress.com...
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" by "Temptations"
The intro to this one got played on the Weather Channel back in the 2000s. That's how I discovered it.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by "Gladys Knig...
Like the Credence Clearwater version, but it's almost a different animal...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:01
It really is.
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listener 126464:

Hi Larry, everyone. Checking in from the drone zone.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ listener 126464 @4:03
Hey listener 125464!
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Funky16Corners:

My neighbor claimed to have seen several drones while walking her dog the other night.
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listener 126464:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:04
Reliable source?
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Mollywog:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:00
Good blog post Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ listener 126464 @4:05
Well, she's not a nut, if that's when you're asking. Very sober, intelligent woman, but no better at ID-ing drones than the average bear. Occam's drone tells me that most of this is hype/hysteria
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @4:06
Thanks Mollywog!
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:07
Did you see the cover of today's Asbury Park Press?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:11
I did not. What was it?
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listener 126464:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:07
Good neighbor to have. Yeah, I’m filing under entertainment. These 45 versions are sweet!
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wenzo:

Idk small drones are pretty inexpensive these days, lots of people have them
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Funky16Corners:

↳ wenzo @4:14
That's not what people are describing, though. Most of these reports involve drones as big as cars.
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:11
Something about the drone spottings in Toms River.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:15
I'm in Brick. I think my sons might go out to look at the meteor shower tonight. I'll tell them to keep there eyes peeled for drones.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:16
THEIR
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wenzo:

Ah
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Funky16Corners:

↳ wenzo @4:18
The weird thing is, a month or so ago, down in the northern end of Toms River, in broad daylight, I witnessed a large drone (maybe 6-8 feet across) flying east from Hooper Ave. I assumed it was mapping or something like that. It was wild to see, though. Predates all of the current mess.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:19
It was only a couple of hundred feet up (if even that high)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Slave" by "Temptations"
There's a great Jamaican version of this on one of the Trojan box sets, and I can't remember who did it.
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Mike Sin:

That "psych soul" period LPs of the Temptations are fantastic aural experiences... "Could Nine" Puzzle People" "Psych Shack" So wild loud and in stereo.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:24
Found it, Derrick Harriott
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mike Sin @4:25
Hey Mike! Yes indeed, and there are a couple of excellent two-disc comps of that era
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Mike Sin:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:26
There's a "Motor City" Trojan records box set -- Excellent!
  4:27pm
Fred R:

Greetings Larry and all! Enjoying the funky 45’s
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Fred R @4:27
Hey Fred!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mike Sin @4:27
That's where I heard it. I have a bunch of those little boxes. I have to dig them out.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Mike Sin @4:27
I have a few of those boxes, they're great! (you must have most, you used to do that Sunday Ska show, which I miss...)
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coelacanth∅:

greetings Larry -
been listening from the start but drifting in & out of sleep
...some of my favorite motown stuff here, especially this set. (and none of the horrible motown stuff!)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:35
I remember years ago Vintage Vinyl in Fords had a bunch of the for less than 20 bucks apiece. I grabbed several.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:35
Hey C!
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Funky16Corners:

I think I may have to do a Part 2 of this show composed entirely of covers. There are so many.
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:37
There needs to be a show dedicated to the Temptations, including covers of their songs.
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PAULS:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:37
I second that emotion.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:38
That's a possibility as well.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Masterpiece" by "Temptations"
Probably an outlier here, but this goes on a bit too long (for my ears...)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:42
I dig it,but I can see your point.
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doctorjazz:

Gotta run (actually gotta work), thanks for the great tunes Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:47
Bye Doc!
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Song: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by "Gladys Knig...
by the way i almost agree about Gladys vs. Aretha...only i put Gladys MUCH higher than Aretha, who i consider grossly overrated!
- still i could never rank favorites about grapevine: the pips, Marvin Gaye or c.c.r.
...the slits version you will not like upon hearing it! probably even if you like the slits, as i did when i bought that record back in the day. but it grows on you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
Discotech Underground:

Hey Larry! Great show! I've been listening but otherwise occupied. Stay tuned for Discotech Underground next on Da Drumma Stream!

wfmu.org...
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coelacanth∅:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:50
...those 3 versions being almost like 3 entirely different songs, each great for different moods.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:51
Hey Kip! Thanks!
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bradford:

Thanks as always, Larry. Great stuff!
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PAULS:

Fun show thank you, Larry!
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Andrew in Toronto:

What an inspired show!
Thanks, larry!
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listener 126464:

Thanks, as always, Larry.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ Song: "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" by "Temptations"
the temps themselves hated 'rolling stone, and every other Whitfield production that focused on the instrumental aspect over the vocals!
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Erica:

This was a funky good show Larry.
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Yvang:

Thanks Larry for the funkyness at its best!
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Erica:

Thanks Larry!
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coelacanth∅:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:56
(although they probably liked them when the money started rolling in in greater sized boulders)
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StringOFperils:

Thank you, Larry!
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Discotech Underground:

Rex sounds kinda funky....
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening everyone!
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Discotech Underground:

Like equipment problem funky...
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Funky16Corners:

Yeah, might fade out early. Get ready, Kip!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry!
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bradford:

Poor Rex...
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Funky16Corners:

Time for that software change!
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