June 1976

"After a couple of test shows in Portland, Ore., they headed east, where many of the band's most devoted fans had patiently awaited their return. June 1976 zooms in on those five shows-Boston, New York and New Jersey-throughout 15 CDs, in one of the most visually attractive packages (only 12,000 made) ever created to distribute GD music. For those familiar with the `75 shows at the Great American Music Hall and Golden Gate Park, the band's overall approach during this period will be fairly familiar. They were, to be sure, a somewhat more disciplined outfit, having shed most of the vestiges of the here-goes-nothin' psychedelia and experimentation that marked their earliest years. More structured now, they nonetheless reached for, and often touched, the stars in their second set jams ...".

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