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This tour was not professionally recorded.  In fact, my guess is that the tape we have was not supposed to happen either.  If I'm not mistaken, and I'm sure there are experts who can elaborate, INC was barred from any recording at all during the lawsuit, studio or otherwise.  This was a mono recording that a sound engineer made off the board, and stuffed in his shoebox for 40 years.  We're lucky to have it.  They have a handful of shows now from '77 (5 total, I believe), and I think they are all from the same source.  I wasn't crazy about it either, at first.  And I really doubt I'll return to it to listen to it very often.  But it's an important part of his history, and for $10, sure, I bought the mp3s.   With 25 shows in the queue, I'm sure there will be one or two we all scratch our heads at. People are complaining about the beautiful Joad show just released, as we speak.