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    The unexpected return of the masters of the Grateful Dead's triumphant show at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, November 17, 1971, yields great rewards. The Dead came in HOT for their first New Mexico show. Aided by clarity and precision and abetted by confidence and focus, they finessed old standards with definitive takes. With Keith now blending in seamlessly on keys, the first set offered up a triple shot of electric Blues, an exceptional "You Win Again," and a stellar "One More Saturday Night" to wrap things up. And the second set, well, it might just be unlike any you've ever heard. Archivist David Lemieux urges you to turn it up and do it loudly. We won't dare spoil all the surprises, but pay special attention to the rippin' "Sugar Magnolia," the aggressively monstrous "The Other One," and the highly-danceable "Not Fade>GDTRFB>Not Fade." Rounding out the 3CDs, you'll find selections from Pigpen's return tour at Ann Arbor, MI, 12/14/71. Subscribers will get nearly all of the complete show as this year's bonus disc.

    As always, Dave's Picks Volume 26 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the original analog tapes by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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    Yaaaassss, ah remeber the barely listenable, 20th gen, low quality tape, that everyother person did or didn’t use Dolby, of poorly recorded shows that often had talking, stand thumping, or some poor batters that sudden realized that the fat man was actually an Aztec alien sungod! JJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEERRRRRYYYY!,,,They’d usually be all chopped up since you couldn’t get set up until at least the lights went down. Then you’d have to drop it down every time security came by? Yep, that P 20 sure did suck ; )
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    GSTL Jack Straw
    How come nobody complains that the GSTL ‘5-8-77’ Jack Straw isn’t actually from 5-8-77?Recall that the beginning is cut on the master reel. A bumbled Jack Straw discredits 12-9-81? Oh yeah, some people were pissed about 8-25-72 being released because Bertha wasn’t just exactly perfect. Whiners. See my post below about going back to the days of hissy cassettes.
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    12-9-81,etc - hatin’ on the releases
    Seems like some people here need to borrow Jim’s John Deere and go back to the days of hissy cassettes. Then they wouldn’t need to complain about what Dave or Dick chose to release, or that 5-8-77 is available on vinyl for less than scalper prices.Ungrateful for the blessings that have been bestowed upon us.
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    12.9.81 sizzle crisp
    That show is smoking hot. 1981 is one of the best years for the band pound for pound they are firing from the top of the mountain with heavy doses of skull splitters I'm pretty sure this is one of the few Dave's Picks with "Bird Song" maybe 3 total out of 26 ,, 11.17.72 , 11.30.80 and the Boulder release. Estimated Prophet -> He's Gone !!!! I was just checking out another show with this combo
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    come to think of it...
    I still have ALL of my tapes. 400+ hours. I remember being proud when I got to 300 and a friend told me that was a good start. Oh, the good ol' days.
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    Though I am not a big fan of '87 *It sounds like the Dead becoming the Rolling Stones in size...you can feel the absence of connection with the fans* '88 REALLY gets me going. Not that the sets are all that different but the execution is unreal for a lot of those shows...7.29.88 Laguna Seca, 7.2.88 Oxford Plains Speedway, 3.27.88 Hampton Coliseum... GEMS...each and every one of them. Oxford plains is just spectacular. I have a 3rd gen audience tape and Phil is just BOOMING throughout the whole show...Great round belled out tone... 12/9/81? They spend the rest of the show making up for the trainwreck that was Jack Straw and boy do they ever make up for it. Not my favorite 81 show but it is definitely a ratty gnarled bone as one poster described. Fucking love it. Dirty as hell and menacing. That LLR is an all time favorite and I love LLR more than most people should.
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    here is the writeup on Jerry before, in case it has not been posted. https://www.jambase.com/article/days-dennis-mcnally-brian-miksis-discus…
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    GD's sets were weak. oy, they were weak. set with Dylan was great. the ride home was a lot of fun :))) In 2018, 87 = "meh" in my book.
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    Speaking of 87
    Perfect example of what I’ve been trying to say.; personally, the 7-4-87 Dylan/Dead show was one of the least enjoyable we attended. In general, I used to write 87 off. But over the years giving 87 more listens, I have come to find many tight and enjoyable shows....just gotta poke around....
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    saw deep purple last summer with alice cooper.
    they weren't as great as they were on the "made in japan" album, but it was still a fun show. ----
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The unexpected return of the masters of the Grateful Dead's triumphant show at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, November 17, 1971, yields great rewards. The Dead came in HOT for their first New Mexico show. Aided by clarity and precision and abetted by confidence and focus, they finessed old standards with definitive takes. With Keith now blending in seamlessly on keys, the first set offered up a triple shot of electric Blues, an exceptional "You Win Again," and a stellar "One More Saturday Night" to wrap things up. And the second set, well, it might just be unlike any you've ever heard. Archivist David Lemieux urges you to turn it up and do it loudly. We won't dare spoil all the surprises, but pay special attention to the rippin' "Sugar Magnolia," the aggressively monstrous "The Other One," and the highly-danceable "Not Fade>GDTRFB>Not Fade." Rounding out the 3CDs, you'll find selections from Pigpen's return tour at Ann Arbor, MI, 12/14/71. Subscribers will get nearly all of the complete show as this year's bonus disc.

As always, Dave's Picks Volume 26 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the original analog tapes by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:04

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Here it is let the fun begin
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Submitted by Lightfoot510 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:07

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Thanks Dave! Cant wait to hear this show in all its glory
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Submitted by nappyrags on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:11

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I have a subscription but I was able to get a copy for a birthday gift for a close friend...no problems with the purchase....
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Submitted by iGrateful on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:16

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Can't wait to hear these two 71 shows straight through in great quality!
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Submitted by deadegad on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:20

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I am an annual subscriber from the first year so I never miss a release.Anytime a Dave's arrives is a very, very good day(s). Thank you Sir!
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:40

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I believe this one is Doc approved. I get a little giddy when non-circulating, high quality reels get the Full Norman and release treatment. VGuy says, "Are those balloons.... full of nitrous?" Classic.. cracked me up.
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Submitted by nirktwin2 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:34

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Can't wait to hear these 2 shows for the price of one. Thank god I subscribed to get the bonus disk to get most of the 12/14/71 show. I wonder what was left out from that 12/14 show and if they just don't have the rest of the songs in their archive or decided to leave some songs off because it can't fit on 2 CDs? Either way Keith and Pigpen both in the mix is a great thing.
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Submitted by mustin321 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:40

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I'm ready for some more 71. ------------------------------------------ Bonus disc and no covers? 2013 Dave's Picks Bonus disc had two covers. Smokestack Lightning & Good Lovin...must've caused some problems. ------------------------------------------ I'm off to check out 5/21/74 and the 46 minute Playin in the Band
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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:42

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We got a thing, and a thing, another thing, #27 #28 coming up in 2018. Looks like we got Anthem 50th and two boxes still to come.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:46

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I'll bet the Bonus Disc / Covers "rule" does not apply when the song is in "public domain" (public domain means the artist and / or their legal entity has been dead / dissolved for x number of years). Maybe Good Lovin' and Smokestack Lightning are public domain tunes.
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Submitted by Thin on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:46

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jim wrote "Excited For This One", well I'm excited for the Other One. ar ar So three "other projects" going on the year... one of which is probably MUATM, but perhaps 2 boxes? And sounds like they'll be doing something that they've never done before.... I wonder if that could be a collection of early GD show fragments w/ Pig....
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Submitted by TOM-TOM on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:50

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UNBELIEVABLE !I was on the Phone for over 45 minutes trying to put in my order for the New Dave's Picks...What a Freakin' Nightmare !..I had to read my C C Number to the Guy 4 God Damn 4 times !!!!...He Hardly spoke OR Understood a word of English.!..What Happened to the good 'ol days when some Hippie Chick or Stoned Dude would answer the phone, take your Order and you'd be on your Merry Way ????....Not anymore Folks....If you speak Asian Indian or some other Language from across the Globe, MAYBE you can get an Order in,...How FRUSTRATING !...I had to repeat My e-mail, phone number, Shipping address, Billing address, zip code etc. over 6 times !..I'm beginning to think this isn't worth it anymore....I've been a ''Dead Head'' since 1967 and this is just TOO FREAKIN' MUCH !...WHY CAN'T I ORDER IN PLAIN ENGLISH !!!!!!!
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Submitted by Mytime on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:50

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or a smart phone to order. it's faster. also, better to have a guy that makes sure he has the correct info than a fast stoner
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Submitted by mustin321 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:54

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I'm no copyright law expert by any means, but I was under the assumption that the public domain songs are listed as "Traditional, arranged by..."? The 1st Dave's Picks bonus disc has Nobody's Fault But Mine...and that one is listed as such.
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Submitted by Lightfoot510 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:57

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Is this guy joking? You went to the trouble of posting this rant on the actual website thats offering the pre order... Why not try actually going through the ordering process on here? if it crashes, sure, call em up and try that route. Yeesh
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Submitted by gdesilet on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:55

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maybe it's you. have you ever considered that possibility Richard, or is it Dick?
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 10:57

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...to play out the release hand this year? Just drafted my 2018 third and fourth quarter budget for "things".... "This is going to be a really good year. We've got a thing and then we've got a Dave's Pick 27 and 28; we've got another thing aaaaaand this other thing."
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Submitted by Sydney Prentice on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:07

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have just checked, and order page says sold out, WOW, only on sale for half an hour,
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Submitted by mixpro on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:09

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Oh no! All gone? Here's hoping a kind soul will bring a miracle & help out with filling a flash once physical delivery has happened. Cheers all.
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Submitted by elrusso617 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:11

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Fake news! Russian troll
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:19

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In under 2 hours
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Submitted by KARPE DIEM on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:21

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@davidadavisThanks for hipping me to this fantastic website. Bless you for passing it on.
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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:23

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...this coming Saturday is RSD: 2-27-69 Fillmore West full complete show on vinyl
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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:30

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Appeared to be available as I logged in, but now says unavailable. Subscribed, so am all set. Too early for Vol. 27 predictions? They may have to up the number for 2019 and make it an even 20,000. Glad to see the returns aren't quite yet diminishing. For those who missed out, I'm sure plenty of people have bought multiple subscriptions and the ala carte maximum number, so these will be popping up on Ebay, which I'm sure already have. Now onto watching the Seaside Chat....which I see now is actually from the basement.
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Submitted by guit30 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:33

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I was on computer, waiting for it to come up, got e-mail at 1:10 pm ,logged in, was available, by the time I got order put in, it was sold out. And they had 18,500 copies to sell this year, last year, they had 16,500 copies to sell, and I was able to get one 2 hours after notice came in. What cha gonna do,Jim
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Submitted by zxtttxz on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:37

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Interesting video. It sounds like Dave is working on 3 things, in addition to Dave's Picks. Wow! 3 things! I'm going to guess that a mono version of Anthem of the Sun with a white cover on 200 gram vinyl is one of them. My second guess for Dave's thing is a Europe '90 box set. And #3, the thing they've never done anything like it before? It has to be a box of every note played on The Quick and The Dead tour. That is, all the Dead and all the QMS. Oh man....I can't wait!
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:37

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....I want that Orpheum poster Dave. How much?
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Submitted by bolo24 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:40

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Which group do you prefer - The Doors or The Who?
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Submitted by Terrapin Moon on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:44

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sounds waaay better than the archive copy. but damn they did kind of made it out to be we'd be getting two complete shows. well, anyways.....I am a real a-mer-ic-an~~~ fight for the rights of ever-y man~~~~...
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Submitted by zxtttxz on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:46

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MUATM? MUATM? MUATM....thinking, thinking, thinking....MUATM... Wow...I'm sure it's really obvious, but I can't figure it out. Thin? Help please?
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Submitted by unkle sam on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:48

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12-14-71 what's missing here is... after Loser in the first set is Jack Straw, not there, after Next Time you See Me should be a Tennessee Jed, not there, then after Run Run Rudolph should be Black Peter, Playin in the Band and Casey Jones which ends the first set, not there. The second set is all chopped up. We don't get the opening Ramble on Rose or the Mexicali, starts off second set with Big Boss Man, then the entire jam from the second set is missing, Cryptical, Drums, TOO>me and my unkle jam>TOO, Wharf Rat and Sugar Magnolia, all missing. It does have the ending of the second set You Win Again,NFA>GDTRFB>NFA all included. So What's on that bonus disc? Not listed here. let's hope we get the Jack Straw and Tennessee Jed and the big jam from the second set. Gonna take some work to get this disc back in order. Russian Troll? Fake News? Really? Ever try calling in an order? It really is that difficult so not fake news and as far as trolls, Russian or otherwise, right. Fastest sell out to date? Could be a record. Glad I got a copy of this one.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:51

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a la carte is dead. it is no more. it has ceased to be. you gotta buy 'em all or risk getting skunked. I used to do a la carte, but cannot do it anymore.
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Submitted by mcgrupp216 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 11:53

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Any one want to trade? I'd be interested in trading Vol. 26 (Brand New) for one of the other Vols. 1-24. PM if interested.
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Submitted by danc on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:05

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You were obviously targeted for special call center treatment, all in good hell fun. Tell it to the fake President, he'll be all ears. I assume you'll be calling him too, speak English-only when you get his very limited attention. Primary a la carte availabity is pretty sketchy now, wow, but it's alive via secondary sources. This release might struggle to hold $40 on eBay at times in months ahead. Be patient.
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Submitted by eyes43 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:01

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Meet Up At The Movies!
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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:21

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Interesting tidbit of info in the video. It can be surmised that the bonus disc will mostly consist of... Tennessee Jed Black Peter Playin' Casey Jones Ramble On rose Mexicali Cryptical Drums Other One MAMU Jam Other One Wharf Rat Sugar Magnolia In the video, Dave says one song is excluded, but the big jam is complete and uninterupted, so it would appears that either Tennessee jed, Black Peter or Casey Jones will be left off. Either no "cocaine", "shackles, ball and chain" or "Sweet Susan" for you....until whenever they decide to officially release the other Ann Arbor show. I can't imagine that one NOT being released at some point, whether as a Dave's Pick or other project. I would consider 12/15/71 an essential show from that year. If you haven't heard it, check it out... https://archive.org/details/gd1971-12-15.sbd.miller.97718.sbeok.flac16 edit - I agree with the following comment, in regards to the Dave's Picks series. The cost of being a consumer of the later era's is considerally higher than the bulk of these smaller one full show releases.
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Submitted by morrison_ml on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:15

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The 70's are great, but it would be nice to see something from another era . . . just for a change.
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Submitted by mcgrupp216 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:23

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To be clear, I have Vol. 26 (BRAND NEW). Looking to trade for one of the other Vols. 1-24 (preferably sealed). PM if interested.
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Submitted by MinasMorgul on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:31

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in regards to your post: ***SERIOUSLY***SOLD OUT THAT FAST???? UNBELIEVABLE Uh, yeah, they pretty much said everywhere that there was a very limited quantity that would surely sell out in hours.
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Submitted by Mr. Ones on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:42

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I'm not trying to start a rumor here, but why break up the 2 sets so dramatically? I know Dave likes to keep the jam segment intact, but wasn't there an easier way? Perhaps we will get a surprise on disc 2? Maybe......Dark Star from Ann Arbor? Here's hoping.
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Submitted by bob t on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:50

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Bolo we are still going through stage 1 of getting shut out, I think the Doors versus the who is closer to stage 10!! It did crack me up to see your question!! bob t
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Submitted by drdogg on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:55

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I was on the website to order at 12.02 Iowa time (CST) this was 10.02 PCT. 2 minutes in and could not complete the order for some unknown reason; I am bummed!
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