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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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    There's fire on the mountain and I've been under non-mandatory evac orders for 7 days now. Our "go bags", select sentimentals, external HDs, important papers, meds and, of course, my GD collection have been duly loaded into the 4WDs for hasty retreat all week. The fire crested ridges less than a mile away and was eerily visible for several days/nights. The Diablos and other hot-shot crews, dozers, S.E.A.T.s & helicopters from across the country have now achieved nearly 40% containment, so guess I'll bring everything back in, but leave it all stacked in the studio until the monsoons end wildfire season hopefully in July. . . Have you tried to pack up your Dead lately? I'm glad I saved the packing boxes from Boxilla and Europe '72. For the DPs, RTs, Dave's, smaller boxes, other CD's and LPs I fortunately had a bundle of corrugated boxes just the right size for CD's or vinyl ready and waiting (12-1/2" x 12-1/2" x 6" work great). Might be worth thinking about. . . Am I having second thoughts about physical product vs digital music? Nope, not really. Spent too much of my youth devouring new music while propped up against big speakers, sharing some smoke and gazing at tripped out album art. I'll leave the digital transition to the more sensible younger gens. Going back out now to flag a contingency fire break for a USFS D6N dozer that's rumbling up toward our house.
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    I would have to put the 69/70 release at the very top of the list, as that was a major addition to the available canon of GD music. Otherwise I would agree with Mister Jack Straw’s list.
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    Also, Miller recently remastered his previous shnid=26437 SBD transfer:https://archive.org/details/gd1986-03-27.121600.sbd.miller.flac16
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    https://archive.org/details/gd86-03-27.sbd.miller.26347.sbeok.shnf/gd86…
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    Oroborous, great to see reference to that 1953 Theodore Sturgeon classic, which won major Sci-Fi/Fantasy awards. Meant to note earlier Carl Jung as the source, he evolved the term, western theory and wrote on synchronicity, also Koestler's Roots of Coincidence which gets further out there. Like giving a good close listen, being open or becoming ready to be open to this experience.
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    Thanks for the shout out Jim! Ever changing and always subjective, the following picks have received universal praise and are considered the top of the series: DaP 5: 11/17/73 DaP 11: 11/17/72 DaP 13: 2/24/74 DaP 18: 7/17/76 DaP 21: 4/2/73 DaP 23: 1/22/78 Whereas the following seem to be near the bottom of the barrel (which still makes them good shows!) DaP 7: 4/24/78 DaP 20: 12/9/81 DaP 22: 12/7/71 The rest depends on your taste. As for me, I also really enjoy 7/31/74, 2/2/70, 11/4/77, 3/28/73, 7/19/74, 8/25/72, and the latest: 11/17/71. Maybe I'll post an updated personal ranking soon. Edit: I suppose Space is technically right when he calls the Thirty Trips Around The Sun set "Mostly 80's and 90's shows". But, he's still a misleading little instigator because we're talking 30 shows here, with 14/30 from the 60's and 70's and 16/30 from the 80's and 90's. That's a 47% to 53% ratio. Also, and there's no way to assess this, I would guess that most people who bought the box did so out of general love for the Dead, need for complete collections, or love for the early shows, rather than the fact that it was "mostly" 80s/90s shows. Judging by the secondary market pricing, the most popular shows on the set are from prior to 1980. Rhino even chose to release the 1967 and 1977 shows later as individual vinyl offerings. They didn't do that for most popular 80s shows (9/18/87 and 10/26/89). When I saw the box on sale, my first thought was: "WOW. 30 shows! A lot of them amazing! I NEED THIS!". My second thought was: "11/10/67...2/22/69...4/15/70...11/14/73...9/18/74...9/28/75...10/27/79....droool".
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    Oroborous, I have missed your comments. All ways liked your posts, I too, like the way you think. JiminMD, like the way you think too, you are Mr. Positive Vibes around here. Vguy, so sorry for your loss, I have been there, it is tough but you will get by, you will survive. I have found that it takes years to get over some losses, it's a hard and heavy road for most and only you can take that trip. It's like going down the road feeling bad, at first, it's a sad, unhappy place, "don't wanna be treated that way", then, as you go down that road, it gets better, more upbeat, happy, bad now means "bad, as in badass". "Going down the road, feeling BAD". Your sadness will lessen and only fond memories of friends and family that have shown you the light and helped you get down that road, now gone, but remembered with love will endure. Your set list sounded wonderful, you sent his soul off with a very colurful trail. There is so much to comment on here, gee, you go away for a couple of days and you miss so much. Too much to verify and comment on, but great posts by all of you. Thanks, I needed that. All I can say about this new pick is, thank you Dave, thank you.
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    How about Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues? It may not be the best, but its probably the rarest. In fact, its so rare, I haven't actually heard it. Whoops-double post.
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    Thanks for posting the video addresses Dennis.
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    How about Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues? It may not be the best, but its probably the rarest. In fact, its so rare, I haven't actually heard it.
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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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Very sorry to hear this. Wishing you the best and a complete, speedy recovery.
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Glad you lived to tell the tale and got such good care. Tunes and healing to you.
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good to hear you made it through this Doc, blood clots are nothing to laugh about. You are very lucky sir, stroke took my dad, was playing golf in the morning, felt fine, went to bed and never woke up. You are right, cherish life, it can all change in a New York minute. Got to agree, this bonus disc is just awesome.
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You were meant to survive so you can savor DaP 26, and continue preaching the gospel of ‘71. Music heals the brain, and nothing does that better than GOGD.
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It is a risky business. Problem is that this sort of thing can happen to anyone, irrespective of lifestyle. Doc, you were obviously very lucky. You were at work, you could have been on a freeway and it wasn't catastrophic. Clots - you don't see them coming - they're sneaky little bastards. Just hope your "residual deficit" doesn't make you talk like Daffy Duck. Take good care of yourself and I hope normal service can be resumed a.s.a.p. It has changed you, though - I see you're talking about 1973 instead of 1971.
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Healing Vibrations, Holy Spirit and a prayer for you to fully heal.
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One of the good guys-I hope you have a speedy recovery with as little after effects as possible. Makes me realise how every day is precious.
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Stay well. One of the things you said reminded me of some advice from a wise one that still sticks with me. My Dad's good friend was always laughing and joking around, but as he got older he got a little more reflective. He was 92 the last time I saw him and in failing health. He decided it was time to impart some wisdom on me while he could. He said - Life is short (that struck me coming from a 92 year old). The time you have left is going to go a lot faster than you think. So spend as much time as possible doing what you like to do best. I'd add to that practice kindness when you can, and it's a pretty good formula for the remaining years. Take care.
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So sorry that you have not been well, best wishes for a speedy recovery, I have really appreciated your postings on this site and your generous offers of assistance in all GD things '71, cheers Jon
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blood clots do suck. I had 3 mini blood clots in my calf area. and for some reason when I got to get to pee and it made my leg feel like it was going to explode, like someone was choking the shit out of it. I had to spend 3 days in the hospital cuz of it due to complications of of having foot surgery and sitting around and having my leg bent all the time I'm sure.
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Glad you're back a postin! I have been hoping for your return to the board since you informed me of your ailments a couple weeks back. BEYOND GLAD to hear you are still improving and doing very well, good sir!
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Putting them up here for a couple days before I poke around elsewhere. 2 extra tickets *friends can't go and they bought me my ticket so I am trying to help them find homes for the other two* 7/13/18 Folsom Field Boulder Colorado. 120 a piece. They are willing to eat the surcharges and all that fun stuff. PM me and give me a shout on the page letting me know of the PM. Either way, Hope to see you all there. Acrosstherio and Denverman, you guys going?
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Sending my regards and may you have a speedy recovery.
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P.S. I was at that 73 Santa Barbara show. One of my favorite Dead shows all time. New Riders opened. Dead came out at 2 PM and played til 8 PM. Two long breaks. Wonderful day.
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Yeah Jerry goes almost Heavy Metal in his Fast & Furious playing! What a "Muscular" performance of Jack Straw on that Go to Nassau release. It is just exactly perfect.
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Looks like it’s going to be the Vguy Knights and TB in the Finals, unless Ovechkin pulls off a miracle. I knew the Thrashers would choke. They always do.
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Same mild stroke/clot thing happened recently to a close acquaintance of mine. He's still dealing with it, but we're still in touch as a matter of fact even today. Glad Scott's still here. Good man. So glad you made it through...if even mildly scathed. Those near death experience/health scares help reinforce how as you said fragile life really is...Be Kind! Recent Spins 10-2-77 Full Show 9-2-80 Full Show DaP 25 Full Show Dick's 33 Disc 4 Playing Sandwich
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Congrats and Happy Birthday. The Stanley Cup playoffs sure went south in a hurry.
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The cone kid gives some good advice. Do it. If you have crappy insurance, I can send you the home colonoscopy kit I got from Aetna (well, Aunt Aetna).
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hot 4/6/71 potent new Dave's beautiful
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Acid Month :)))
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Glad to hear you're OK! Judging from your post, the residual effect you speak of is invisible to others, and anyway you're still way smarter than most of us (yeah I know, I speak only for myself) ;) Going to listen to 12/5/71 Felt Forum tonight, as you were the one who turned me onto it... Heal up, and all the best! Edit: changed it to 12/5/71, think that's the one...anyway, gonna be listening to a lot of '71 'til I get it right. 12/5 has "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Waters" so gonna go for that one first :)
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Where does April = Acid Month come from? I like it. Decades ago, when owners of professional sports teams seemingly took municipalities hostage for fear of them moving their teams to other cities to extract large sums of taxpayer funded money to pay for mega sports complexes.. I lost my love for professional sports. To me, it's just bad economics and forcefully funnels money from the average to the uber-wealthy. ..but college sports, hockey and amateur sports still seem fun. Lacrosse is a cool sport. I cut my teeth on music that many here love but I have all but lost interest... The pre-fab stuff can't sustain my attention even if it's good where each show sounds exactly like the last. To me it's good for one listen, sort of a cocaine high then I get distracted and into something else. What captivates me with the GD, besides the raw talent are the songs and the continually evolving arrangements, the reinvention and improvisation, the effort. It evolves and breathes. Every show, song, every moment is different. Doesn't hold true with most metal, country, RAP and anything that is pre-packaged commercialized crap. For the most part country bores me the most with the exception of.. well.. you guys know, real country, roots, the folks that were actually musicians and not cheap business models that reeked of pre-packaged crap. So Willie came on some standard cable channel tonight (who I always had a bit of a soft spot for and have some space on my shelf for his CDs) and I found myself enjoying it immensely. Really took the edge off the work I was doing. In in the banter in-between songs the harp player commented Willie's the guy in the middle and he picks the songs an starts the songs, plays lead and there is no song list for the shows.. so the trick is just to listen to the music and complement what the band is doing. Does that not sound GD like to you? There is a rumor out there that Willie got dosed at one of the infamous 4th of July stadium gigs he sponsored... July 78 anyone?
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I kinda hear what you're saying, I haven't really been a sports fan since I was a kid and Billy Martin was managing the Yankees. Thurman Munson was team captain. Lou Piniella, Mickey Rivers, Roy White, Bucky Dent, Willie Randolph, Greg Nettles, Ron Guidry, Catfish Hunter, Goose Gossage, Ed Figuroa, and of course Reggie Jackson, now that was a team! I remember paying a whopping $1.50 for bleacher seats. Me and my cousin (later on this was the same cousin who was my Dead mentor and touring buddy when we were older) would go out to Yankee stadium with our mitts, hoping to catch a fly ball. I remember when on "Bat Day" you actually got a freakin' real bat! The one I got back then was a "Mickey Mantle" bat. Not like today, when you get a little novelty bat. But after that, I grew out of it, and never had the same excitement and affinity for sports again. All the guys I work with are all sports, all the time. And I couldn't care less, and have no idea about the players they are talking about. Just give me my Grateful Dead, and other music I love, and I'm a happy camper... Not to take away from the sports lovers, we all enjoy different things, just not my thing anymore...
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it is from a long-ago Relix magazine article something to the effect of "April 1971, also known as 'Acid Month', as the GD play 8 shows in NYC" one of those things that stay with you over the course of time
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Sad ass day. Dantian and Jim. Both of you. But you know what? I am with you. My sport was just ruined today. Ruined. Sorry Vguy, but it was. Glad for your victory, but I just totally lost interest in the finals. Vegas vs. Tampa? That ain't hockey. We used to drive hours north every Saturday just to catch a game on CBC. You could barely see the TV screen, the reception was so bad. Snow storms so fierce, we often had to stay for the night. We did it for the love of the sport. The games were great. I miss it. And those days are never coming back. Now they play in the desert.
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My pop used to take us to see the Orioles in the 70's regularly.. bleacher seats were $1.50 then too. Then $2.00.. then $2.50 and he quit taking us. ..but then again, I bet gas was something like 35 cents a gallon. Funny though.. it was more fun then than now. I think we did game 7 in the 1979 World Series and the goddamn Penguins (I mean Pirates) beat us. I have no idea what those tickets cost, but it was the last game my pop ever took us to. I am at a loss how to tie this into the GD.. I will do better tomorrow. Vegas vs. Tampa Hockey. Ironic and quite funny.. I'm happy to share in the enthusiasm though.. just not likely to buy a ticket or support TV commercial revenue. It's all good though, if it makes people happy, then it can't be bad. Enthusiasm is a good thing.
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Funny you mention that Jim. I was thinking the same. We all seem to have youthful passions. Baseball, hockey, etc. Yet, they somehow fade. This band is something I discovered later in life, yet the obsession seems to grow.
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I listen to more GD now then I ever have. Yet.. socially, I don't think it comes off as obsessive. I am perhaps seen as more 'normal' now than ever but inside my head the music never stops. Weird yet normal. Special thanks to Latvala, Lemieux, Norman and Miller et. al. oh.. and all of you kind folks that keep it all interesting and fresh. Tomorrow's listens are mostly fed by today's banter.
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Used to live a few blocks from Baltimore's old Memorial Stadium. Fond memories of walking in a group to see the O's play, then stumbling home somewhat drunk and stoned after the game. My best friend at the time (and still) took me to my first Dead show. I never looked back. That's my tie in.
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My tie in. I've seen the boys at the Boston Garden, Foxboro Stadium, Hartford Civic Center, etc.
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the obsession seems to grow even more now. It's kind of a strange thing. Like Jim said, outwardly I am much more "normal" appearing than ever before, but inside I am pretty much thinking Dead all the time. Like when I happen to come across some random dates during the day, I'm always relating that to a certain Dead show from that date. I know I can't be the only one doing this either, I know most of you guys do the same thing, dammit! Let's face it, guys and gals, we are a special kind of crazy. But our brand of crazy consists of amazing music from the greatest band the world has ever known, good vibes, friendship, kindness to "strangers," and wishes for the best attributes of humankind to spread, so that ain't so crazy really now, is it :)
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My first appearance at the famed Fenway Park was to see the boys. I'd do it again.
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That's the one. Only on Big Boss Man so far, and already bought the deed... Thanks, Doc! Edit: Oh yeah, and the only "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" ever. Simply divine...
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You have twisted my arm, Dantian, and "Drinkin TNT" is due to be delivered to daverock towers tomorrow. I notice that the copy I have bought also has a dvd enclosed. Its hard to make out the details, but it seems to be a Muddy Waters concert from the same run of shows, featuring Buddy Guy and Junior Wells in the band. Its not mentioned in the reviews, either, so it will be interesting to see what turns up. I was pleased to see the post from mhammond12, too, that he-you-had enjoyed Larkin Poe, and that your son had been to see them in L.A. I often criticize the online world -but this is surely a great use of it-turning each other on to great music that might otherwise have slipped beneath the radar. Its sinfully easy to buy stuff, though. Also a heads up for R.L Burnside-a real barnstormer if ever I heard one. The live Burnside on Burnside is one the most powerful, rocking, live blues albums I have ever heard. Apparently from the Hill Country in Mississippi, this traditional form of blues seems excellently preserved and delivered by The North Mississippi Allstars. I saw them last year-a great, trance inducing set - even the walls of the bar seemed to be throbbing in time to the music.
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I also listen to more Dead now than I did, which may be a consequence of being retired. When I was at work I used to make lots of short car journeys, which weren't really conducive to settling into a show. I was always rushing about in the old days-life is more laid back for me now. Before, I would listen to The Dead at the weekend. Now I can listen when I like, without having to charge off somewhere. But the reason The Dead have remained interesting to me all these years, is partly I think due to the depth of the music. It seems to have deep roots into the history American music-through covers like the aforementioned "I Washed My Hands..", and the ones in regular rotation that we are all familiar with. They seemed to remold this history into something new, without losing sight of the history. They were never a "blues" band or a "country" band, but the spirit of these-and other-traditional forms seemed to inform their own music. I have been listening to a lot of blues over the weekend-and this complements and fits in easily with listening to The Dead. I would also say I seem to be perceived as a lot less outwardly normal since I retired. Good!
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Well Daverock, if you were wearing a blue jumpsuit and 6-inch stack heels what else would they call you?
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While I will say that my comment below regarding Daverock as Ziggy appears to be nonsense at this time, I won't edit it out because it was based on a vivid hallucination and...well, I want to share the image of Daverock walking down the street in blue jumpsuit and 6-inch stack heels. Sounds perfect. If he reveals to us that he has a lightning-bolt painted down his face?
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"10 Mins - Before the film, movie-goers will get an exclusive inside look at the shows in the 2018 Limited Edition Boxed Set" This is an asterisk on the 2018 MUATM info, as mentioned in a previous post. THOUGHTS?!?! Is the BOX SET a new set of 1989-1990 multi-track shows (hopefully), or will DL stick with his constant theme of 1970s era only releases and it will be a 1973 BOX SET. I'd like to see SPRING 1981 Box Set, he certainly speaks very highly of this tour & has it featured often in the "Taper's Section"....BRING IT!!!!
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Doc: Be well and take care. VGuy - Happy Five-O! Sixtus
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