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    WHAT'S INSIDE:
    Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (4/5/69) – Cassette
    Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/5/69)
    Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/7/69)
    Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/8/69)
    Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/24/71)
    Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/20/71)
    Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/25/71)
    Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/27/71)
    Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/15/72)
    Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/16/72)
    Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3/16/73)
    Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3/20/77)
    Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5/13/78)
    Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8/12/79)
    Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8/23/80)
    Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (7/11/81)
    Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3/14/81)
    Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81)
    Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8/20/83)
    Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7/13/84)
    Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85)
    Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/22/85)
    Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (9/16/87)
    Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (7/15/89)
    Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89)
    Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91)
    Capital Centre, Landover MD (3/17/93)
    Capital Centre, Landover MD (9/15/82)
    Boston Garden, Boston, MA (10/3/94)

    Originally Recorded By Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, & John Cutler
    Mastered By David Glasser & Jeffrey Norman
    Plangent Processes Tape Restoration And Speed Correction
    Custom Keepsake Box w/ A Guide Book By Jesse Jarnow, Producer's Note By David Lemieux, & Essay By The Stanley Owlsey Foundation
    Design By Once Upon A Time

    Limited To 6,000 Individually Numbered Copies
    Dead.net Exclusive

    When the ride begins in '65 at a pizza parlor in the South Bay under another moniker, who would have imagined? When "Who Are You? Where Are You? How Are You?" became "Won't you come with me?" and, ultimately, "Where does the time go?," who would have thought? 60 years on, we're celebrating the Grateful Dead's Diamond Era. Here we go back to the beginning, to the original "Follow," and uncover the wonders of getting on the bus all over again.

    ENJOYING THE RIDE is a sweeping 60-CD collection that maps an epic cross-country road trip along the “Heady Highway” with stops at storied venues where the music, the moment, and the magic of the Dead reliably converged. Spanning 25 years of legendary live performances, this expansive compendium spotlights defining shows from 1969 to 1994 at 20 venues that consistently inspired the band to new heights. 

    With the exception of a few tracks from earlier releases, virtually all of the music on ENJOYING THE RIDE is previously unreleased, with more than 450 tracks and over 60 hours of music. Of the 20 shows in the collection, 17 are presented in full, with some featuring additional material from the same venue. The remaining three — Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall — are curated from multiple performances at each venue, capturing key moments on those legendary stages.

    These performances were originally recorded by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, and John Cutler. David Glasser and Jeffrey Norman restored and mastered the performances, with select ones using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction for optimal sound quality.

    It's all housed in a custom keepsake box inspired by the experience of traveling from city to city to see the Dead at legendary venues across America. Inside, a beautifully detailed tour guide features liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast) and a producer’s note from Lemieux, an essay by the Owsley Stanley Foundation, and more. The set is richly illustrated with photos, including many taken at the shows featured in the collection.

    Due May 30th, this one is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and exclusive to Dead.net. We invite you to take this not-so-little piece of the road home.

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  • Gary Farseer
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    Kindness

    The first test of a deadhead is "Are you kind?"

    I am not one to give tests but I said that to another poster on here last week and he said absolutely. Me not knowing some of the recent meltdown here.

    Grahame Lesh the next great light bearer. Last Friday (I think) GD Sirius XM played the whole show (I think) of Grahame Lesh and Friends from the first show at Pier 48. It was way way better than I expected. His influences are deep. His technique on bass was amazing. Has Phil/GD influence but his tone on bass was punchier/more defined, like maybe some Geddy Lee and Chris Squire influence.

    Recently ordered TTB - Mad dogs and Englishmen Revisited CD. Ships next month. Can't wait!

  • hb672
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    Glad the Golden Gate Park events happened. Appropriate venue for such a celebration. Perhaps I missed it but I did not see any mention of Bill being there. Nor Bruce or TC. Seems strange to me to have those important individuals not participating in any way. Maybe health related issues.

    However, it looks like Grahame Lesh will be the flag bearer for the future generation and that is great!

  • proudfoot
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    Grateful Dead night at Mariners tonight

    Great tribute band Deal
    Nice giveaway jersey with Mariners logo and dancing bears with SYF on sleeves and 13 on back
    And the Mariners won

    🫠🫠🫠

  • Vguy72
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    Four score reminder to....

    ....rotate your Spring '77 box show art so it faces the front.
    Going with the 5.13 Chicago one. Circles and triangles. The reddish side.
    That cool die-cut ain't gonna change itself!
    Edit. If there are any King Of The Hill fans here, BMFS did the outro music for the upcoming season.

  • JackstrawJay
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    Lovin' DeadVikes '79 Box plea

    These would fit in nicely here:

    October 28
    November 1
    December 1

  • daverock
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    R.I.P. Terry Reid

    I was sorry to see that Terry Reid died earlier this week. He was one of the great unsung British rock and soul singers. He mainly seems to be remembered for refusing to join Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin - but for recommending Robert Plant. And John Bonham, for that matter.
    He did a similar thing with Deep Purple, refusing to join them after Rod Evans left, before the mic was offered to Ian Gillan.
    I only saw him once, about 20 years ago - excellent in every respect. Currently listening to one called "Bang Bang You're Terry Reid" from 1968. Well worth a listen.

  • Deadheadbrewer
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    Well, I met #10,600 accidentally, in Saint Paul, Minnesota

    I intentionally ignored the messages about DaP55, and stayed away from Dead.net, just so that opening the white box would be a complete surprise. I had no idea what the release would be, and covered the date with my fingers while unboxing so that I could try to figure out which show it was, based on the cover art. The clothing on the skeletons gave me half my clue, then the Eiffel Tower gave me the other half!

    It arrived a week ago, but I just now had time to unbox it.

    Oh, oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

  • rasta5ziggy
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    Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I expected much more from the 3-day money grab last weekend. No surprises, same old songs that they've played for the past 10 years. Why no Cosmic Charlie, Pride of Cucamonga, Sing Me Back Home, or at least ONE song that they haven't performed? If I had paid those big bucks, I would have been bored, and some of the crowd shots looked like a lot of bored people. I saw stuff on utoob and it did not resonate with me. I'm not a fan of any Dead cover bands though. I do look at the setlists when they play, and it's the SOS. I'm happy for the fans that were not in the mix from 1966-1995 and they get to enjoy their experiences now, but it was painful to watch.

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    PBS

    Disgusting to defund it. We're living in dark times.

  • PT Barnum
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    when Jerry and the Dead said...

    that everyone was welcome, they did not expect or even dream that a psyco felon sexual predator would EVER be president. So to any and all that think the current traitor in chief or any of his twisted followers are welcome here, guess what, you're not. So eff off.

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Please note that due to its size and weight, this item incurs higher shipping fees than the standard Dead.net store ship rates. 

WHAT'S INSIDE:
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (4/5/69) – Cassette
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/5/69)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/7/69)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/8/69)
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/24/71)
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/20/71)
Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/25/71)
Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/27/71)
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/15/72)
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/16/72)
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3/16/73)
Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3/20/77)
Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5/13/78)
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8/12/79)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8/23/80)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (7/11/81)
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3/14/81)
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81)
Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8/20/83)
Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7/13/84)
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85)
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/22/85)
Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (9/16/87)
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (7/15/89)
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91)
Capital Centre, Landover MD (3/17/93)
Capital Centre, Landover MD (9/15/82)
Boston Garden, Boston, MA (10/3/94)

Originally Recorded By Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, & John Cutler
Mastered By David Glasser & Jeffrey Norman
Plangent Processes Tape Restoration And Speed Correction
Custom Keepsake Box w/ A Guide Book By Jesse Jarnow, Producer's Note By David Lemieux, & Essay By The Stanley Owlsey Foundation
Design By Once Upon A Time

Limited To 6,000 Individually Numbered Copies
Dead.net Exclusive

When the ride begins in '65 at a pizza parlor in the South Bay under another moniker, who would have imagined? When "Who Are You? Where Are You? How Are You?" became "Won't you come with me?" and, ultimately, "Where does the time go?," who would have thought? 60 years on, we're celebrating the Grateful Dead's Diamond Era. Here we go back to the beginning, to the original "Follow," and uncover the wonders of getting on the bus all over again.

ENJOYING THE RIDE is a sweeping 60-CD collection that maps an epic cross-country road trip along the “Heady Highway” with stops at storied venues where the music, the moment, and the magic of the Dead reliably converged. Spanning 25 years of legendary live performances, this expansive compendium spotlights defining shows from 1969 to 1994 at 20 venues that consistently inspired the band to new heights. 

With the exception of a few tracks from earlier releases, virtually all of the music on ENJOYING THE RIDE is previously unreleased, with more than 450 tracks and over 60 hours of music. Of the 20 shows in the collection, 17 are presented in full, with some featuring additional material from the same venue. The remaining three — Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall — are curated from multiple performances at each venue, capturing key moments on those legendary stages.

These performances were originally recorded by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, and John Cutler. David Glasser and Jeffrey Norman restored and mastered the performances, with select ones using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction for optimal sound quality.

It's all housed in a custom keepsake box inspired by the experience of traveling from city to city to see the Dead at legendary venues across America. Inside, a beautifully detailed tour guide features liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast) and a producer’s note from Lemieux, an essay by the Owsley Stanley Foundation, and more. The set is richly illustrated with photos, including many taken at the shows featured in the collection.

Due May 30th, this one is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and exclusive to Dead.net. We invite you to take this not-so-little piece of the road home.

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Oh, to have a whole lotta expendable cash.

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GD

To be responsible or not to be responsible

That is the question

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You got it!
How fast will 6000 copies sell out?
Cheers
And it has 8-12-79 for Hendrixfreak!
(and all the rest of us who were there)

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That's a big gulp!

Like forbidden fruit I bit,,,, ok two bites, records and cds!

Now to tell she who must be obeyed.

IBM middle management axion - Easier to seek forgiveness than to ask permission.

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for 600 bucks, how about some pictures of the damn thing :-)

Already started building that special shelf for this baby!

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.... than Europe 72? That was 22 shows on 73 cd's.

This is only 20 shows.

Pictures be nice!

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I just bought the 78 box and, after a long debate, the MSG box. So I was going to pass on this. And just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in. This box contains my first show 5/13/78 at Spectrum. And another one I attended, Hampton 81. Oh well. It's only money.

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Can't play money, sure you could leave it to your kids. But hey, fuckem. THIS is an investment.

Delhead, go for it. Your worth it. If not you, who?

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I was afraid of something like this.

Do we think this is the only box of the year then?

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a joint venture, lol. Go together with others to divide and conquer to get only the shows you want. He says (over on the 3-CD page) he is most interested in the early stuff and our R.R. show from 8-12-79. An interesting and brilliant proposal but would require going in with someone of different era tastes. A meeting of the minds between the different generations of Deadheads.
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"do you think this will be the only box this year?"

IT BETTER BE!!!! :-) My wife ain't made of money!

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next to the first offering 4-5-69 Avalon?
Is it from a cassette?
Or on a cassette?
Can't imagine them producing cassettes but I'm OK with that if they do.
EDIT: Yes, from Dave's Office Hours chat, the first show is on a cassette! Wow.
Cheers
Sure sign of Spring: The deer ate my daffodils. Dang! They only bloomed yesterday.

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This one came out of nowhere, it looks pretty stacked I must say.
But but but where's the GREASE, pre-69???

Not complaining, just asking for a friend.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

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I'm in and can't wait!

First time a show I was at being released 3/17/93. Capital Centre was dozed to the gills and the band knew it!!

Alright!

This is big!

Expensive.

Dennis are you in?

Any codes out there?

This is clocking in at $681

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....I was at that one.
That's a lot of cheddar. I just got probed a couple days ago!
Draghollow. I use PayPal credit. No interest if paid in off in 6 months. Thats what I'll probably use for this.

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Why are there no no set lists under "track list" ? Looking forward to this baby - soo many great shows.. BW from a very happy Danehead..

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I went to 5 of these shows. Fun times! I wish there was something from 1970, but other then that it looks great!

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Indeed!

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Things are too tight for this right now - Spouse lady would freak, badly.

I need more remastered early-years shows though ...

Will have to see if it sticks around long enough -
or perhaps will be able to split it with someone ??
(i.e. that's not usually preferred, as I enjoy having the full physical package on hand)

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I thought it meant from cassette master (which threw me), but to give a cassette to us now!?!?

This falls in the trinket realm. They better offer a digital copy of it (by itself, free).

I don't have a cassette player anymore. I think I tossed almost all my cassette after ripping in or replacing with a current digital copy.

Whining here, but I'm sure SOMEONE on these boards will get us a digital copy.

Dave says "3 cds per venue" so that sounds to me like a lot of these are not complete shows, I'm kinda confused about this...

edit: ok SOME of them maybe not complete, looks like the important ones remain intact.

edit again: I stand by my original statement, confused

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I really want to get this, but a bit steep and money is tight. Lots of shows I've been clamouring for too.

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Anybody found a Discount Code for this Boxtrosity?

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I really wish you guys released these as individual shows. The Europe 72 boxed set made sense because that was a full tour, but like the 50 trips around the sun release I want only some of these shows. That forces me to eBay to get them from people who buy the set and sell off the individual shows just to make a profit

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Well, on the plus side, there's a bunch of '69, and '71 plus some shows I actually went to during the '80s, a thing that almost never seems to happen. Including one at the Greek, which finally breaks the ice on that strangely ignored venue.

On the other hand: $600.

Also, this thing has got to be humongous. Especially given the warning about higher shipping rates. A potential problem for those of us whose unlimited desire to collect all of this music stands in conflict with the limited amount of space available.

But who am I kidding? I don't see how I can not get this. I'll just have find the money and space somehow.

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Wow, what a surprise! I ordered one. I always order one...

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How the hell do you create this box set and skip over spring and summer 1990, arguably their strongest period since ‘77?

I know you can argue that a lot of spring ‘90 has already been released, but good god man, May through July 1990 had some epic goddamn shows

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That installment option is available as per the email announcement.
Cheers
I like HF's divide and conquer idea. Go in with someone who wants different shows than you.

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I haven't owned a home audio cassette player in 35 years. How are we supposed to rip the 4/5/69 show so we can actually listen to it? For $600?

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in the Seaside (office actually) the cassette is only one and got him that 21st venue in a 20 venue box. I got a fully restored cassette deck (killer 1982 high end Teac) recently for $175+shipping and love hearing all my collection again. If anybody needs it PM me for vendors that do 100% of the required resto, not an "I tested it and it works" guy. I follow two vendors (techs actually) that always seem to have a fully restored decent deck for between $100 and $300 that will get you back there. Obviously you can spend a lot more if you want a Nak Dragon but I'm not THAT into it, lol.
Cheers

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Huge thanks and love to Dave Lemieux! Remember - no good deed goes unpunished. What a great way to celebrate GD60. Ignore the comments that include anything other than appreciation and LOVE.
NFA

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Would order, I can't, captcha error of all things, years of releases riddled with IT issues, going back at least as far as E72

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Every morning after breakfast, the first thing I do is check to see what's happening in Grateful Deadland.
As cousin Eddie once said, "Clark, this IS a surprise".
No way did I see this coming.
Needless to say, I'm in, and like many of you, I will need to do some shelf rearranging.
I was at 5/1/81 Hampton, and Jerry was PUMPED!

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Ordered! Yes, expensive.

I just had tell myself it will be more expensive when it is sold out.

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I have now remitted $680 USD legal tender. Please notify Mr. Jerome Garcia and his esteemed colleagues, Mr. Ron McKernan; Mr. Keith Godchaux; Mr. Brent Mydland; Mr. Vince Welnick; and Mr. Philip Lesh, that an old friend says, "They said that they would play tonight!" This fellow then laughed hysterically and could not seem to finish his thought. However, I am sure that they will understand.

As well, kindly share with the good Doctor Lemieux that I did not wait to finish reading the list all of the included shows before I purchased this box. I don't know where I will store it, but I cannot look a gift horse in the mouth.

I have the honour to remain,
Your humble obt. servant,
-Obeah, a longtime fan of 3/20/77

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30 Trips was 6500, plus a few 100s All Music editions.
Grabbed this one mainly for the early stuff, but will stick around for the late shows.

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Some folks can AFFORD it
Honestly Dave ……since the downloads are available…..lets us pick and choose from it…..
I see only one 90’s show
Guess after the 90’s box …..there were slim pickings…….or after Brett was gone…..why bother…… being retired and on a fixed income…all I can afford is the Daves picks and thats with the $5 dollar birthday bonus……
If I live to be 100 maybe I’ll be able to actually listen to all of the collection…..at this stage of life $600 dollars can go to traveling somewhere on this planet

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The deer creek show first time there I caught the tour Sullivan stadium thru Greek. What a summer. Psyched for all the 69 Fillmore east and west. Bring it! Use my taper relic TCD5M Awesome!

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Amazingly, there’s 5 shows I attended in the ser, including my first show 3/14/81 and my first Cali show 8/20/83, and my first Greek show 7/13/84.

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Nak Dragon's still at a premium? Will have to poke around. Would appreciate a DM on your techs, cassette or otherwise. Still perplexed about a cassette? Maybe a trinket, maybe bad recording but want to get it out. Havent had time for office chat yet...

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I would have loved it if this box was broken up in section but I know it’s probably not practical. I would love to see 30 trips shows all broken out on nugs.net I think enough time has passed peace. ✌️

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