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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Cream - BBC Sessions 1966-1968 {Remastered & Complete} [A Prof. Stoned Comp] (UPDATE: 01-2024 New discoveries!)

 















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183 comments:

  1. thank you prof stoned. it is great to be reminded of this vital music

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  2. Wow, this sounds fantastic, thank you so much! You mentioned a JWB comp. Does he have a blog like you? Where can I find his works?

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  3. Lovely to have these in as best quality as possible Prof ...... great work as always !

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  4. Thanks very much!! Its great to hear these in such great quality.

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  5. Cream, Led Zep and Jimi. This is fantastic. Thank you so much.

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  6. Thank you very much! All your BBC efforts thus far have exceeded expectations.

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  7. Already updated just now.

    v1.0: 01-08-2021
    v1.1: 01-08-2021 (sessions 1966-12-21 & 1967-11-26 added)

    Fantastic version of We're Going Wrong added and a few rare lofi bits. Thanks to Eugene.

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  8. > You mentioned a JWB comp. Does he have a blog like you? Where can I find his works?

    JWB does not have a blog, despite my repeated urging. But he uploads his stuff here:

    https://www.guitars101.com/search/735511/

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  10. Thank you very much for your efforts!
    Hopefully the very first BBC session "Band Beat" surfaces one day

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  13. Thank you very much for sharing your hard work!

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  14. Thank you. All these BBC recordings offer another version of Cream as a unit instead of three individuals. Thank you.

    dr blues

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  15. THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM

    Thanks, again, Professor.

    Prof. Stoned has ordered his playlist by sound quality (best to worst) for each session.

    For those interested in a chronological playlist:

    01) 'the new fave rave trio'
    02) Sweet Wine
    03) 'Eric Clapton interview'
    04) Wrapping Paper
    08) Rollin' And Tumblin' (incomplete)
    10) Rollin' And Tumblin' (complete but poor sound)
    07) Sleepy Time Time
    05) 'We're into our finale'
    06) Steppin' Out
    09) I'm So Glad

    01) Crossroads
    02) Steppin' Out

    01) I Feel Free

    01) 'Tops with British blues fans'
    02) Cat's Squirrel
    03) 'More music the TOTP way'
    04) Traintime
    07) I'm So Glad
    05) 'Last one comin' up'
    06) Hey Lawdy Mama

    01) 'Eric Clapton interview'
    02) I Feel Free
    04) N.S.U.
    03) Four Until Late
    06) Traintime
    05) Toad

    01) Take It Back

    01) 'Groovy tuned-in turned-on'
    02) Strange Brew
    03) 'Eric Clapton interview' 1
    04) Tales Of Brave Ulysses
    05) We're Going Wrong

    01) Strange Brew
    02) 'Eric Clapton interview'

    01) Tales of Brave Ulysses

    01) 'Eric Clapton interview' 1
    02) Born Under A Bad Sign
    04) Outside Woman
    03) Take It Back
    05) Sunshine Of Your Love (incomplete)

    02) N.S.U. (incomplete)
    01) We're Going Wrong (incomplete)
    03) We're Going Wrong (poor)

    01) Politician
    02) 'Sock it to em Harry'
    03) SWLABR
    08) SWLABR (alt take)
    04) 'Fantastic wailing blues'
    05) Steppin' Out
    07) We're Going Wrong
    06) Blue Condition

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  16. Thanks Eugene, wherever you are!

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  17. Cheers for the shout-out Prof! Looking forward to giving your version of the Cream sessions a spin :)

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  18. The material you put out is of great historical importance. Much appreciated.

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  19. Hey JWB, nice to hear from you! I'm still at the usual place. Get Back!

    Eugene

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  20. Thanks a lot for this treasure !

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  21. TY again for another great post-great work as always.Jack Bruce vocals are so clear.

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  22. Well Professor .... What can I say ?!
    Once again you managed to shine what was once a turd into a Diamond !..Cheers .

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  23. It always makes my day to see a new upload from you, Professor! Thanks as always. Looking forward to this.

    - Joaquin

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  24. Wow! Thanks also from my end to you Proffo for all your labour of love! Great work, MUCH appreciated! Gotta compare with my hitherto compiling efforts. :-)
    Cream ahoy!
    Th:-)mas

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  25. Dear Professor,
    I'm floored again. As usual the sound is fantastic. I really like the flow with the sound quality order. I shall come back many times to this compilation.
    Thank your very very much.
    Kees

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  26. Big thanks for this labour of love! Yours Causinger

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  27. Thanks so much for the time and energy you put into your efforts! I really enjoy them!

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  28. Thanks so much for the time and energy you put into your efforts! I really enjoy them!

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  29. Really appreciated, thank you, Professor.

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  30. Much appreciated, as always, Prof.

    Dubley

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  31. Prof. - STELLAR work here, as always! Best I've ever heard this material, and yet there is some material I've never heard as well!
    Your remastering is a wonderful alternative to the overly-noise reduction travesty that could have been/should have been mastered with more care.
    Thank you so very much, sir!

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  32. Hi Prof. It took some time to extract all the folders and convert to mp3 but worth it. Thanks!

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  33. Thank you mate! Great to see you back. I will challenge you to do a comprehensive Pink Floyd BBC sessions, That would be a huge task.

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  34. Thanks so much. Big improvement over the version I had. Great work.

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  35. Once again, great work!
    Thank you VERY much.

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  36. Pink Floyd wouldn't be worth doing (yet) because there are perfect pre-fm's of the Syd sessions in private hands that haven't yet surfaced. So it would just be more of the same.

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  37. Late to the party but many thanks.

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  38. Thanks for another great collection - this one desperately needed doing.

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  39. Thank You very much!

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  40. Listening now. Another A+++ effort, Prof Stoned. Thank you very much for this great sounding collection, as well as an important historical document of the band, the Cream. ;-)

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  41. Thank you very much. Sound is great, really natural.

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  42. Tack så mycket! This one is so much easier on the ears compared to the offical brickwalled 2003 CD.

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  43. Brilliant! Thank you.

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  44. v1.2: 27-12-2022 (session #12, Tr 3 replaced with a better source that has no voiceover on intro and outro; 'Completist Stuff' folder added)

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    1. Thanks for that, Proffo.
      Seems the Beeb really issued this number and same version *twice* on two different Transcription Discs, #170 and #213. (both in 1968) - once with and once without the voiceover. Hence the stunning audio quality. GOOD! :-)

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  45. Thanks Prof. for coming back to this project. I think that it's great when you come back to improve your own work ... shows your constant strive to do the best for what all of us think is pretty amazing to begin with .

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  46. Thank you Prof and Happy christmas and happy new year

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  47. Cheers for the update, Prof! Always look forward to another of your uploads!

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  48. Your work is always fantastic and greatly appreciated.

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  49. This was better than I imagined. Thanks so much for doing this, you're a mensch.

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  50. Prof - - Your notes are cut off on the right margin. Please fix.

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    1. There is a slider at the bottom. Just move it to the right to see the rest of the text.

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  51. Which tracks are different or inproved?

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    1. "SWLABR" is better source without annoying voice-over.

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  52. Thank you for another great collection!

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  53. Thanks Prof. I love your work on these projects

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  54. Wow, Prof. thanks for the upgrade. SWABLR without DJ voiceover is a highlight now! That and, of course, the "I'm so Glad" with the 1812 overture in the guitar solo. Great work, thanks again for the share.

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  55. Well done! Thank you
    -no time-

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  56. Marvellous work, as ever, many thanks Prof.
    Dubley

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  57. Most appreciated Prof. Happy New Year !

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  58. Thank you so much. I saw Cream in 1967, this gives back great memories of those golden days.

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  59. Happy New Year Prof. Thanks for the update!

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  60. Hey, Proffo!
    Thanks a kazillion AGAIN for your expert efforts. Looking forward to hear how this compares with my/our previous Complete Cream Collection.
    Thanks also for mentioning me in your acknowledgements. ;-)
    Cheers!
    Th:-)mas (AKA DocDondy)

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  61. Hello, Professor. Many thanks for this Cream post. Really appreciated. Keep the good work.

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  62. Thank you Prof! Happy New Year.

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  64. Thanks for the update!

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  65. Thank you, thank you, Thank You

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  66. Wonderful reminder of fantastic music!

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  67. Thank you more times than I can count.... mahavishnu floyd

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  68. Thank you Prof. Great job!!

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  69. I've had so much of this stuff on random and inconsistent boots; THANK YOU for bringing it all together, and at maximum quality!

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  70. A folder containing covers I've made for the two discs of this amazing set along with some other Prof masterpieces!
    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11ndGNQXKiaI8IXcyeEviALVO0BdilIyN?usp=share_link

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    1. These are awesome! Perhaps you'll be able to tweak them at some point in the future to reflect the changes Prof has made since you created them?

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  71. Top shelf release Prof. One of you're best.

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  72. Thanks so much - wonderful and evocative.

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  73. Many thanks, cheers!

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  74. v1.3: 27-06-2023 (session #10, Tr 6 added; previously uncirculated and kindly provided by The Johnny Kidd Fan Club)

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  75. Thank you for the new update. Looks like one track added. I agree with you on your assessment of cream's sound, both live and studio.
    dr blues

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  76. Added a very rare track. After all the years this is great. Thanks to you and The Johnny Kidd Fan Club.
    -no time-

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  77. Wonderful! Thank you!

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  78. Professor, another great remaster. As always I appreciate your hard work and willing to share. And yes, I agree with your assessment of EC's career over the past 30+ years. The only exception for me is when he's playing the blues. Pure magic. :)

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  79. thanks for the update, always appreciated!

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  80. Thank you, Professor!

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  81. Thank you again!

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  82. Great upgrade! Thank you!!

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  83. amazing, thanks for doing what you do!

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  84. Insanely great, but the "new" version of "Ulysses" from 10-24-67 is running a half-step below pitch.

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    1. Arrrgh, that'll teach me to 'multitask'. How on earth did I miss that.

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  85. v1.4: 06-07-2023 (session #10, Tr 6 speed corrected and newly mastered because of pitch difference)

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  86. Thanks for the latest tweak and all the other stuff you do.

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  87. Thank you for the new upgrade.
    dr blues

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  88. Thanks for providing a superb collection and continuing to update it!

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  89. Thank you once again for providing great quality recordings.

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  90. Thank you so much! A wonderful compilation.

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  91. v1.5: 13-07-2023 (session #11, Tr. 2-3 replaced with superior newly discovered source)

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  92. Thanks a lot for all your shares!

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  93. Another outstanding share from you; very appreciative of your skills. Thank you! -M

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  94. very anxious to hear it. Thank you!

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  95. Yet again, many thanks.

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  96. Prof. Stoned, your updated zipfile is entitled "Cream - BBC Sessions 1966-1968 [Prof. Stoned 2021] FLAC", whereas the previous file stated 2023.

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  97. Thanks again - a wonderful archive, curated with lots of care and attention.

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  98. thank you very VERY much Prof, lovely work x

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  99. Thank you for constantly monitoring and updating files with better sounding material. Very much appreciated.
    dr blues

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  100. Many thanks for the update.

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  101. Session #3 has recorded date Wednesday 21 December 1966 for "I Feel Free" in Info.txt but track is stored in folder 1967-01-25. Which date is correct?

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  102. Thanks Prof. Great stuff.

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  103. They don't seem to be there now, but it seems some other Cream BBC recordings not included in this set have recently been uploaded to YouTube; see the 4th paragraph of this post:

    https://missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/14333/august-2023-discoveries-long-post?page=1&scrollTo=173770

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    1. Oh, ignore my last comment - I think recordings are on the set and I was mixing up UK/US date formats. I wonder if that quality was any better though?

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  104. awesome collection....many thanks, PS!

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  105. thanks for the music

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  106. God Bless ProfStoned! A blog for the connoisseur only!

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  107. v1.6: 11-01-2024 (session 1967-06-15 newly discovered and kindly provided by The Johnny Kidd Fan Club; also session #1, Tr. 9, session #5, Tr. 5-6, session #6, Tr. 1 & session #9, Tr. 1-2 replaced with superior newly discovered sources)

    Worth getting folks!!

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  108. These BBC recordings are turning into "works as progress". Can't thank you enough, Prof. !

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  109. Way cool! Thank you.

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  110. Fantastic, many thanks to Prof. Stoned, The Johnny Kidd Fan Club and all the contributors.

    -no time-

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  111. Thanks very much for this updated version.

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  112. Thank you for the improvements-sounds great as you always seem to do-just magic!

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  113. Thank you once again!

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  114. Thank you for great job Prf.

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  115. Many thanks. Your work is appreciated.

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  116. Thank you. Funny enough I just burned the previous version to CD-R.

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  117. Many thanks for the update Prof - lovely stuff

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  118. Happy New Year! Thank you again.

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  119. Thank you for the update Prof Stoned !

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  120. awesome, thank you for the update! appreciate the hard work

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  121. Thanks for the update. I, too, have worked with JK Fan Club on Mac stuff and he has an amazing collection.

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    1. Can you provide a list of what the JK Fan Club has please?

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  122. Much appreciated!!

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  123. Thank you for another great file. Your efforts are appreciated. Happy 2024

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  124. Thank you for the upgrade Prof. Stoned!

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  125. Thank you Prof - I appreciate your work and your love of music.

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  126. Many thanks good Professor.

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  127. hey, boys 'n girls! this is how the internet used to work - no patreon, no pay pal, no like my video and don't forget to hit that Subscribe button! My hat's off to the good professor! ¡Muchísimas gracias! (still used lots of exclamation points, however)
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  128. Thanks so much, Prof Stoned!

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  129. Kickass material as usual PS! So much appreciation. Peace, rock on and God bless.

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