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Black is Black Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/3/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT located at the above posted coordinates. You'll have to solve the puzzle first.

blackisblack

From Wikipedia -- The band Los Bravos was an amalgamation of two pop groups, Los Sonor and The Runaways. Los Bravos' lead singer Mike Kogel, aka Mike Kennedy, was from Germany. His vocal styling was sometimes likened to Gene Pitney's. Their single "Black Is Black" reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1966 and #4 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, the first Spanish group to achieve this. The song sold over one million copies worldwide. The track was written by Tony Hayes and Steve Wadey, in their recording studio for cutting demo discs in Hoo St Werburgh, near Rochester, Kent, England. The song was later covered by Johnny Hallyday and the French-based outfit Belle Epoque, and in 1977 their disco version of the song coincidentally also reached #2 in the UK.

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Click on this link (Black is Black - 1967) to see Los Bravos performing their signature song in a 1967 music video. For a real eye-opener, click on this link (Black is Black - 1993) to see the same band performing in 1993 (26 years later!) I think the same audio track may have been dubbed in -- but it's obviously Mike Kogel holding the mike, looking just a little older. You be the judge. No matter what your tastes are in music, they don't write songs like this anymore -- this is a classic.

Both videos can be viewed using the QuickTime Player.

You are looking for a camo'd coffee container hidden in a familiar manner. Free parking. Short walk. Be sure to bring a writing instrument to sign the logbook.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] Nf n ehyr bs guhzo, V fbzrgvzrf purpx gur pnpur cntr fbhepr pbqr gb ybbx sbe uvagf be nafjref. Pbafvqre zrgubqf lbh xabj. [cache] gra sebz na raq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)