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    During the mid-1970s, the Grateful Dead saga was unfolding like a Greek classic. The Sisyphean Wall Of Sound had nearly broken the band. From it spawned a Medusa head of countless side projects, all deliciously fruitful but woefully not the same as the whole. The chorus lay in wait, pondering the reemergence of their heroes, and wondering if "THE LAST ONE" had really been it...

    But in early 1976, Apollonian light and healing would shine upon our intrepid wanderers once again. No more epic battles for the people with cops and lines and tightness, the Dead would return triumphant in smallness, playing intimate theaters and renting equipment along the way. No more ticket scams and greedy promoters, they'd give back with first ever mail-order ticket program, one that had a few kinks to work out but eventually served the fans well.

    Musically, June 1976 signaled a Golden Age of harmony and prosperity for the Dead. It marked an Odysseusian-like return for Mickey Hart. Donna Jean was in lock-step with the sirens' call. Jerry and Bob delivered orphic delight with solo musings like "Mission In The Rain" (the only tour they ever played it on), "The Wheel," and "Cassidy," emboldened by group effort. There was fresh repertoire from Blues For Allah, breathing new life to the Dead's continually morphing sound - as Weir once said of the '76 tour, they wanted to play "a little bit of all of it." Old favorites were re-envisioned with cascading tempos and unique sequencing, making the crowd question if they'd ever heard these songs before. And there was comfort and joy in the familiarity of watching the band make it up as they went along. By all means, it was clear that the bacchanalia of live Dead would reign on.

    And now the revelry from this epoch, evidenced by the near-studio quality sound captured on two-track live recordings by Betty Cantor-Jackson, lives on, bolstered by Jeffrey Norman's HDCD mastering. It's housed for posterity in a handsome box featuring original art work by Justin Helton. It’s documented in liners by Jesse Jarnow and photos by Grant Gouldon. And it’s ready for a spot on your shelf. 

    As part of our pre-order for this Dead.net exclusive boxed set, we'll be delivering downloads of each listening party - one for each show included in JUNE 1976 - to purchasers from now until the March 20th release. Order at any time before release and you'll receive all the listening parties to date.

    Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 12,000

    What's Inside:

    • 5 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 15 Discs
    • Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/10/76
    • Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/11/76
    • Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76
    • Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/15/76
    • Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 6/19/76
    • Sourced from Two-Track Master Tapes, Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
    • Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
    • Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

     

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    https://shop.realgonemusic.com/products/grateful-dead-dicks-picks-33?_p…

    Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 33
    ...”Fresh from a year-and-a-half touring hiatus, and back to full, two-drummer strength, the Dead opened for The Who as part of Bill Graham’s historic Day on the Green concerts in 1976. This 4-disc set—which is among the cleanest soundboard recordings in the entire series—captures both dates in their entirety, and features one of the most monumental medleys (and that’s sayin’ something!) in band history with a 60-minute, 10-song journey through St. Stephen/Not Fade Away/St. Stephen/Help on the Way/Slipknot!/Drums/Samson and Delilah/Slipknot!/ Franklin’s Tower/One More Saturday Night on the first day. Day two offers excellent takes on two solo Garcia favorites, Might as Well and The Wheel, that were new to the concert repertoire and a particularly fine Ramble on Rose. Bill Graham had honored the Dead by selecting them to close the year’s stellar series of Day on the Green concerts, and that—perhaps coupled with the presence of formidable co-headliners The Who—sparked some of the band’s finest performances of the period.”

    Songs: DISC ONE 10/9/76 (Set One): Promised Land; Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo; Cassidy; Tennessee Jed; Looks Like Rain; They Love Each Other; New Minglewood Blues; Scarlet Begonias; Lazy Lightnin’/Supplication; Sugaree DISC TWO 10/9/76 (Set Two): St. Stephen/Not Fade Away/St. Stephen/Help on the Way/Slipknot!/Drums/Samson and Delilah/Slipknot!/Franklin’s Tower/One More Saturday Night; U.S. Blues DISC THREE 10/10/76 (Set One): Might as Well; Mama Tried; Ramble on Rose; Cassidy; Deal; El Paso; Loser; Promised Land; Friend of the Devil; Dancing in the Streets/Wharf Rat/Dancing in the Streets DISC FOUR 10/10/76 (Set Two): Samson and Delilah; Brown-Eyed Woman; Playing in the Band/Drums/The Wheel/Space/The Other One/Stella Blue/Playing in the Band/Sugar Magnolia; Johnny B. Goode

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    Grand Funk RR

    On the Wikipedia page there is a photo from Flint where the wording on a Grand Trunk RR bridge was changed to Funk.

    This was commented on by Michael Moore, who is from Flint, in the movie “Roger and Me” (I believe that is the movie where he mentions the Grand Funk graffiti).

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    Unnecessary jamming

    Generally frowned upon by the music industry and the majority of music ‘fans’.

    What a sad life to not enjoy extended jamming.

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    I guess Homer is in fact unhip.

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    Time to upgrade that old ford Pinto for a 1976 lime green AMC Pacer. Fortunately, I finally found my dream car audio system, the rest will fall into place nicely.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-IN-BOX-KRACO-KS-699-8-TRACK-…

    Partay on folks.

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    Funny to see them come up. They could certainly jam back in the day.

    I saw them awhile back, probably circa 2005 or so, at a local festival. They still put on a good show and this being Michigan, they drew quite a crowd. If you've ever wanted to see several thousand UAW members simultaneously rocking out in a park, that was your best shot :)

    Fun fact: There is an actual rail system called the Grand Trunk Railway, which starts in Montreal and winds through Ontario and into Detroit. That's where they got there name presumably.

    Like with many bands, they were best before they got big. The red album "Grand Funk" is a banger.

    Here's a funny bit of commentary I found on AllMusic.com

    Built on fuzzed-out blues riffs, simple lyrics, and at times *seemingly unnecessary jamming*, Grand Funk's songs are mild in nature.

    There is no such thing as unnecessary jamming. Unnecessary singing, maybe.

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    On that day almost 50 years ago, Grand Funk Railroad made their much-hyped British debut by headlining a free concert in Hyde Park, London. Naturally I felt obliged to attend. Being an open air job in England in rained of course. Not like at Bickershaw the following year, but rain never improved a day out. Opening act was Heads, Hands and Feet with Albert Lee on guitar. A bit of a supergroup, sadly I remember nothing of their set whatsoever. Maybe it was something I consumed. Second up was Humble Pie with Peter Frampton on guitar and the irrepressible Stevie Marriot. It was quickly apparent that Grand Funk Railroad were going to have to be a bit special to better Humble Pie's excellent set. Grand Funk Railroad had been widely hyped up as the loudest band in the world and beyond that us Brits knew nothing about them at all. What was instantly obvious was that Humble Pie had been louder than the loudest band in the world. Grand Funk Railroad's set lasted about an hour and was just a collection of uninspired heavy riffs, a bit like a poor man's Black Sabbath. High point was the drummer attempting a snare drum solo with his head. That that was the high point says it all. Nobody in the crowd had much in the way of expectations and so it turned out. But it was free. Rock on Humble Pie.

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    2nd 2020 box

    Will be a retrospective of the first five years of grateful dead it will be 10 to 15 shows.
    Every five years a similar box will be released celebrating all six eras of grateful dead.

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    Wow, flashback. These 3 guys were so big back in the late 60's early 70's. I was a big fan and did finally catch their live show back in 76, we're an american band tour. Mark Farner was a good guitarist and the power trio had the world by the balls back then. The first exposure to them for me was the Live 2 record set, which had smoking versions of paranoid, inside looking out, t.n.u.c. and into the sun. All very loud and rockin'. After that, I had to hear their first lp, the red one and on time, but their big hit was I'm your Captain>Closer to Home from the Closer to Home lp. Survival was the follow up lp to that and it had a couple of great tunes on it, I can feel him in the morning, feeling all right (traffic cover) and Gimme Shelter (rolling stones cover). My old roommate was from Michigan and had grown up with them, he knew them when they were Terry Knight and the pack. Terry Knight had somehow convinced the band that they should sign over the rights to all of their music to him and they were in court for years trying to get their music back. I hear Mark Farner got religion and was into gospel and religious music for a while. I guess all those drugs and groupies took their toll on Mark. But back in the day, they could fill up stadiums and pack any venue they played at and they held the record for a while as the loudest band ever, until the Who broke that record. Haven't had a flashback in a while, nice colours.

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    Nice clip of Homer Simpson on Grand Funk Railroad - I've never seen that before. I never heard Grand Funk in the 70s, but they were often compared to Black Sabbath in the British music press, and were always mocked. I liked Black Sabbath ( and still do), but I never got round to Grand Funk. I used to see their album covers when I was flipping through to see what Dead was on offer, too.
    In 1976, The Ramones first album came out and that was a complete game changer. Overnight almost all of the classic rock bands suddenly seemed dated . Any late 60s or early 70s band I hadn't already heard would have to wait 15 years or so for discovery.
    Not many bands escaped this purge, and the ones that did were the less successful ones in the time frame-1968-72. It was a case of....say goodbye to Crosby Stills Nash and Young...say hello to Iggy and the Stooges and the MC5.

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During the mid-1970s, the Grateful Dead saga was unfolding like a Greek classic. The Sisyphean Wall Of Sound had nearly broken the band. From it spawned a Medusa head of countless side projects, all deliciously fruitful but woefully not the same as the whole. The chorus lay in wait, pondering the reemergence of their heroes, and wondering if "THE LAST ONE" had really been it...

But in early 1976, Apollonian light and healing would shine upon our intrepid wanderers once again. No more epic battles for the people with cops and lines and tightness, the Dead would return triumphant in smallness, playing intimate theaters and renting equipment along the way. No more ticket scams and greedy promoters, they'd give back with first ever mail-order ticket program, one that had a few kinks to work out but eventually served the fans well.

Musically, June 1976 signaled a Golden Age of harmony and prosperity for the Dead. It marked an Odysseusian-like return for Mickey Hart. Donna Jean was in lock-step with the sirens' call. Jerry and Bob delivered orphic delight with solo musings like "Mission In The Rain" (the only tour they ever played it on), "The Wheel," and "Cassidy," emboldened by group effort. There was fresh repertoire from Blues For Allah, breathing new life to the Dead's continually morphing sound - as Weir once said of the '76 tour, they wanted to play "a little bit of all of it." Old favorites were re-envisioned with cascading tempos and unique sequencing, making the crowd question if they'd ever heard these songs before. And there was comfort and joy in the familiarity of watching the band make it up as they went along. By all means, it was clear that the bacchanalia of live Dead would reign on.

And now the revelry from this epoch, evidenced by the near-studio quality sound captured on two-track live recordings by Betty Cantor-Jackson, lives on, bolstered by Jeffrey Norman's HDCD mastering. It's housed for posterity in a handsome box featuring original art work by Justin Helton. It’s documented in liners by Jesse Jarnow and photos by Grant Gouldon. And it’s ready for a spot on your shelf. 

As part of our pre-order for this Dead.net exclusive boxed set, we'll be delivering downloads of each listening party - one for each show included in JUNE 1976 - to purchasers from now until the March 20th release. Order at any time before release and you'll receive all the listening parties to date.

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 12,000

What's Inside:

  • 5 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 15 Discs
  • Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/10/76
  • Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/11/76
  • Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76
  • Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/15/76
  • Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 6/19/76
  • Sourced from Two-Track Master Tapes, Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
  • Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
  • Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

 

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The Book is spineless by design; the music is anything but, though!

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Hey, Cousins, thanks for your confirmation.

And yes, the playing is all it’s supposed to be.

Peace.

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Sorry about this folks...my parcel arrived from Stanford Le Hope this morning, and its The Speciality Sessions by Little Richard. I'd forgotten about that one. After his sad passing last weekend, I played my various cds and albums, and decided it was time for an update. For a box, in fact. After consultation on the Steve Hoffman Forum, I realised the 3 or 6 disc Speciality Sessions was the way to go, and set about scouring the world for a copy. Having done this I settled on the 3cd version from a guy in Italy.
But nobody grieves for ever, and I forgot all about it. The reminder of my folly arrived this morning-unopened and propped up in the next room where it will hopefully defumigate itself before I slit it open and examine what's inside. I am sure it will be suitably volcanic...and I now know where Stanford Le Hope is.

Ok, you made me look up those two box sets. I wondered how much of price jump they had after he died. But used cd sets are 200 bucks on Amazon. Odd thing is 3 or 6 cd is the same price?

My wife came up to work with coffee in her hand while I had Amazon opened. You would have thought it was a pornhub video of me and her sister I closed it so fast :-)

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I'm looking to fill some gaps in my collection. I have a few of the official downloads/CDs that they released way back when but they are no longer available.

Anyone out there looking to trade some shows? I have a pretty deep collection of Dead/Phish/Panic/Mule/Cheese/Etc.

Google Drive works great!

DM me.

Dennis - the 6cd set was at least twice the price of the 3cd set wherever I looked - which didn't include America. I have been told the sound quality is the same on both, the accompanying book is the same, and that the 3cd set is more satisfying to listen to. The other one has numerous versions of the same song, one bang after another. Which might be a bit much - maybe, maybe not.

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especially post-Drums

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Country Joe and the Fish

Electric Music for the Mind and Body

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Hey Stoltzfus, if you collect vinyl, I recommend "The Wave of Electrical Sound"; has the first 2 LPs, each in mono and stereo version, a dvd, poster, the Fish game, calendar and a coupla' cool booklets. Heavy vinyl, thick cardboard covers and great sound.

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Finally a box in Scandinavia. Today a Norwegian, maybe tomorrow Swedes then finally Turnips.

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I checked yesterday and at that time there was no message at Postnord. The box is still on it's way from Brussels.

My DP34 left Los Angeles on May 1st and eventually arrived in Denver. It left Denver and arrived in Chicago on May 18th. It didn't say how it got over the Rockies. Maybe by stagecoach on some old forgotten trail? ;-)

Well, these are difficult times. Hopefully I'll get both of them before the end of June. :-)

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My eagle has just landed, a few feathers bent after its long flight,
Deadmicke, my tracking never worked for Post nord but it did work for Postnord moms payment, try there.
The parcel was just stuffed into my postbox today, didnt have to collect it from my normal place, bit bent but now past caring, first cd sounds fine.

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Simonrob, no turnips but it has been languishing in Brussels (buried under the sprouts?)since april 29.

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sounds very familiar. Another hero!!!
Dogon, good to hear, your box made it.
Deadmike, I won't say anything bad about Belgium.
We had an office there and I traveled frequently to Brussels and Antwerp.
Made a lot of experience!!! Things go at a different pace.
But I'm still positive, you'll get your copy.
G.

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Anyone waiting on the '73-'74 Pacific Northwest box for price reasons: Rhino has a sale on it.

After more than 50 years Im off the bus, sick of all the snafus associated with ordering, not all the fault of Dead Net/Rhino, but enough is enough.
My 1976 dissapeared into the Brussels Bermuda triangle for 3 weeks, arriving in less than pristine condition, now see that my Dave subs, which again arrived in Brussels on 19 May, is out for delivery......in Richmond Texas!!!!

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Dave, it might be that there is a glitch in the tracking, had another look just now,The reference to Texas has gone but it seems that my Daves has also touched down in Shenzen(?) and Frankfurt since leaving Brussels....Around the world in 80 daves?

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That would be Shenzen, Westfalia of course.

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Gerd, are you getting paid per post?

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sorry, I don't know what I did.
No beer yet (Biergarten is scheduled for tomorrow).
Maybe some Shenzen Virus.
Do You know if I can delete my double doubles myself?

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I don't think it is possible to delete double or multiple posts. Many have tried, but without success.

Beer tomorrow sounds good to me.

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My copy left Chicago on May 22nd and I don't know where it is now.

I've got a letter from Postnord about paying the taxes for the box set and I have done so last Wednesday. The package isn't searchable since then but hopefully it will get to me this week. Hopefully in a state I can accept because I do not wish to send it back.

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Micke, tracking has reverted to sent from Brussels, all references to Texas, Shenzen and Frankfurt are now expunged, so wait and see.
Postnord were never able to track the 76 box, so you will be OK sometime this week I guess.
Incidently just got a package of cds from Japan, sent by Yamato cos the Japan post is not sending to Europe nor anywhere else for that matter, door to door, may 20 till today, fully trackable the whole way, delivered to my door by UPS , Quicker and cheaper than the normal Nippon/post/Nord axis....

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consulting the high authority of dead heads you are sentence either for drinking a beer for each post, either doing the crane (one foot) with all the boxsets in your arms while listening the europe 72 complete shows...

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if you want I can remove the duplicates. Just lemme know. In the old days this happened ALL THE TIME. No worries.
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Please remove if you can. Don't know what went wrong. Definetly no beer involved when I posted.
Had my Biergarten fun today.
Sorry for whatever it caused,
Thanks
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Hey Man,
no beer, no French wine either. Just happened.
I'm sure I did something wrong but I don't know what.
Just listened to a couple of my favoured Scarlet....incredible!!!!!
Good luck, stay safe!
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Gerd, how was your trip to the biergarten? Compulsory facemasks? That could seriously affect performance. If you are unable to remember what happened we will understand.

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it was a bit strange. All the facemasks around, except at the tables. Max. 4 to be allowed sitting together, with a distance of 1,5 m and only every other table can be occupied. A bit of a hospital atmosphere. But luckily steins were big enough not to see most of it. Beer was good as ever!
Alles Gute, Gerd

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That is all we really need to know. It does sound a bit strange, though and lacking in atmosphere. Everything is a bit strange in these strange times. The small town where I live has an annual Stadsfeest by the harbour on the first weekend in October. That has already been cancelled. A bit premature, maybe, but that is how it is these days.

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Duplicate posts removed, back to the biergarten...
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I have to look for this biertgarten; I recently drank a berliner with sirup of melon, to hide bitterness, here we have Leffe, Jeanlin, but the best comes from Belgium, Nederland & Germany. Iam going on with the june boxset and disc13 is at the top of it, each nine tracks are played at high level, and then it goes on with the best PITB of the box...
for Scarlet I always have fond memory of Dicks picks from 81 and these terrible hidden tracks...

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The "eagle" has landed and the package is in my care since yesterday May 28th. Apart from some minor marks in the corners of the box, everything seemed to be in order. But I must say it was a "funny" spine of the "book".

Well, I'm happy with not having to send it all back ... ;-)

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Was this the last missing in action box?

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Jpkamari in Finland may still be waiting.

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.. I’m happy to read a lot more Orders of the 1976’ Boxsets have been arriving to their final Destination; in the hands of the owner!
I hope it makes everyone “smile smile smile” & provide a ‘grateful’ soundtrack during these difficult times we are all experiencing in one way or another it. Seems to be making a huge impact all over the globe 🌎 . Take care, be kind, & be grateful everyone! have a grateful day! 🙏❤️💀🌹

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My box set, apparently posted 24 March has not landed in Manchester UK. I did ask Customer service if they could try and find out where it might be as the tracker doesn’t seem to work. I got a standard reply, but no more news. Has anybody in the UK received their delivery? Mary E can you help?

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sooooo good

thank you PTB

To all you who are "still waiting (I-I-I'm stiiill waiting...)": may your delivery happen tomorrow

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Simon1, my tracking on the box and DaP 34 from UPS were very unhelpful, I too questioned UPS as to the whereabouts of my box set with their online robot chat, in the box hidden behind that useless pop-up screen there is another tracking number that is not recognised by Royal Mail, or Parcel Force but it is indeed a confirmation that it should be in the UK.
All I can suggest is that you log into Royal Mail tracking and "pay a customs fee site "to see if they are awaiting payment from you, they usually send a card with a demand for monies, UPS just fob you off with contact the seller, it's a sellers issue and not our problem.
Good luck, I hope it is with you soon.

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Good morning Heads! What do YOU think of the June 76 box? I’ve been on the fence to order or not to order since it was announced. I’ve gotten through quarantine In a beautiful way relistening to April 72 and May 72/77. It was fun to go back through and geek over all those truly incredible May 77 shows again. Now I’m on to June 77 Winterland. Anyhow, I always appreciate when you all mention a show I’ve not listened to in a long time and remind me to revisit them. I wholeheartedly recommend Revisiting any any and all May 77 and May 72 shows. Thank you for your thoughts on June 76. Have a grateful day!

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Immaculate. Essential. Get it.

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I woofed up the 72 and 77 boxes that you mention, but decided not to go for this one. I am hoping that a single show from the box will come out on vinyl at some point. Its happened with recent boxes -May 74, Saint of Circumstance, 5/8/77 with 5/9/77 to follow-so it seems likely. Although I haven't seen anything official to say this will happen.
Maybe I should say that living in Britain, there are additional problems regarding delivery and paying customs that put me off a bit. The single shows on vinyl listed above have all been distributed from within Europe.

Yes, those April/May 72 and May/June 77 shows are amazing. Plenty of great shows in Mays 1970 and 1974, too.

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...But, then again which box doesn't have a lot of repeats? :-P The caliber of performance is top form '76 vintage dead, probably not best of versions of anything (maybe Mission In The Rain because it was rarely played), but all well rehearsed and tight in the deadest sense of the word. I'd say if you can handle bicentennial dead and you have the scratch, get it and if later you find you no longer need it, pass it on to a friend (BEFORE disc rot sets in LOL :-)

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