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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 07:18 am |
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beejmi THE BIG KAHUNA 
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Started in the AWA ~ right? Wondering if he was "mid card", a total nobody or if he got something resembling a push pretty early on.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 12:29 pm |
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srossi HALL OF FAMER
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Complete curtain-jerker. Won some, lost a lot more, mainly against the other trainees from his class, but never got close to mid-card in the AWA.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 01:55 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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12/10/72 Rice Lake Ric Flair drew George Gadaski 12/13/72 Fargo, ND @ Civic Auditorium Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig dq Lani Kealoha beat Dick Murdoch Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair 12/17/72 Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veteran’s Memorial Arena Superstar Billy Graham won a 15 man battle royal for $10,000.00 by eliminating Billy Robinson Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff 13:04 Superstar Billy Graham beat George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) 11:35 Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet via pin in 8:05 Bob Bruggers (sub George Scott) beat Dusty Rhodes dq when Rhodes tried to attack the referee Dick Murdoch drew Reggie Parks 15:00 Big K drew Ric Flair 10:00 att: Record Crowd 6,337 Note: Also in the Battle Royal were Nick Bockwinkel & Larry Hennig 12/29/72 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre Wilbur Snyder won a 15 man battle royal when Andre Rousimoff, Blackjack Mulligan, Blackjack Lanza and Dusty Rhodes were simultaneously eliminated order of elimination: Ric Flair, Dale Lewis, Jack Pesek, Johnny Kace, Billy Red Cloud, Reggie Parks, Sailor Art Thomas, Larry Hennig, George Scott, Dick Murdoch, Andre Rousimoff (the giant) took the Blackjacks and Dusty Rhodes with him Dusty Rhodes beat Wilbur Snyder Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig dq Blackjack Lanza beat Jack Pesek Sailor Art Thomas beat Johnny Kace Blackjack Mulligan drew George Scott Dick Murdoch beat Billy Red Cloud 12/30/72 Minneapolis, MN Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens to win the AWA Tag Team Title Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig Dusty Rhodes beat Bull Bullinski Bob Bruggers beat Blackjack Daniels Ric Flair drew George Gadaski att: 7,091
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:03 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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1/6/73 St Paul, MN @ Civic Center Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson 2/3 to regain the AWA tag team title 1. Bockwinkel beat Robinson 2. Robinson pinned Stevens 3. Stevens pinned Gagne The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes dq Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel Ivan Koloff beat Reggie Parks Bob Bruggers beat Big K dq Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman via pin Jim Brunzell drew Tinker Todd att: 10,003 1/11/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham COR Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Gordienko & Reggie Parks Rene Goulet drew George Scott (sub Lani Kealoha) Dawn Lemke beat Kay Noble Bob Bruggers beat Bobby Jones (sub George Scott) Ric Flair beat Johnny Heidman Jim Brunzell beat Tinker Todd 1/23/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes Jim Brunzell (sub Ric Flair) beat Johnny Heidman George Scott beat Rene Goulet (sub Jim Brunzell) Note: Flair's first career no show 2/11/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Wahoo McDaniel & Bill Watts 2/3 The Crusher ddq Dusty Rhodes Handicap Match Ken Patera beat Jose Quintero & Johnny Heidman via pin Larry Hennig beat Lord Blears via pin Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet Note: Another listing has an additional result Big K drew Ed Francis 2/13/73 Minot, ND Wahoo McDaniel beat Billy Graham Big K & Larry Hennig beat Reggie Parks & George Scott Jim Brunzell beat John Heidman Ric Flair drew Rene Goulet 2/14/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco dq Ken Patera beat Rene Goulet Larry Hennig beat George Scott Ric Flair beat Lord Blears 2/18/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff (sub Dusty Rhodes) beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera 2/3 1. Wahoo was dq'ed for accidentally hitting the referee 2. Patera beat Koloff with a bear hug 3. Rhodes pinned Patera Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet 20:00 Ric Flair beat Jose Quintero Kenny Jay beat Bill Crouch (sub Jack Daniels) att: 2,703 2/19/73 Moline, IL AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff Superstar Billy Graham beat Lord Blears Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet Big K beat Ric Flair 2/21/73 Peoria, IL @ Richwoods High School The Crusher beat Nick Bockwinkel via pin at 11:25 Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff on a 3rd fall dq 1. Koloff won 1st fall 2. Wahoo pinned Koloff 3. Koloff was dq'ed for jumping off the top rope Superstar Billy Graham beat Lord Blears Ric Flair (sub George Scott) drew Big K att: 2,800+ 3/3/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel Nick Bockwinkel beat Ken Patera dq Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes dq Rene Goulet drew Reggie Parks Vic Rossitani beat Ric Flair att: 6,112 3/4/73 St Paul, MN @ Auditorium The Crusher & Billy Robinson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall dq when Nick & Ray jumped off the top rope Ivan Koloff beat Bill Watts via pin Ric Flair beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri beat Kenny Jay Jim Brunzell beat Bill Crouch
____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:09 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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3/7/73 Grand Forks, ND @ Armory Auditorium Superstar Billy Graham won a battle royal Superstar Billy Graham vs Reggie Parks Ivan Koloff vs Vic Rossitani Nick Bockwinkel vs Rene Goulet Ric Flair beat Larry Hennig dq Big K vs Khosrow Vaziri 3/15/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Superstar Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco COR Dusty Rhodes beat Ken Patera dq Dick Murdoch beat Vic Rossitani Reggie Parks beat Jim Brunzell Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair Att: 6,000 3/18/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera Don Muraco beat Ivan Koloff dq Ric Flair beat Big K Khosrow Vaziri drew George Gadaski 3/21/73 Detroit Lakes, MN @ Detroit Lakes High School Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff Don Muraco vs Superstar Billy Graham Big K vs Ric Flair 3/24/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre No dq Match Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch Bill Watts beat Blackjack Lanza Superstar Billy Graham beat Sailor Art Thomas Ernie Ladd beat Reggie Parks Jimmy Valiant beat Ric Flair Bobby Heenan beat Jim Brunzell Note: Graham and Thomas were also scheduled to arm wrestle 3/25/73 Minneapolis, MN @ Auditorium Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham 11:20 Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat The Crusher & Bull Bullinski 2/3 Bill Watts beat Ivan Koloff dq Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch via pin at 9:23 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin at 11:12 Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay 3/28/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Koloff's manager the Big K barred from Arena The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff 2/3 in 26:25 Dick the Bruiser dcor Dusty Rhodes Horst Hoffman beat Larry Hennig via pin in 9:25 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair via pin in 15:50 Rene Goulet beat Khosrow Vaziri via pin in 12:15 att: 9,881 4/5/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Gene Kiniski & Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch 2/3 in 27:00 1. McDaniel pinned Murdoch 2. Murdoch pinned McDaniel 3. Robinson pinned Koloff Horst Hoffman beat Nick Bockwinkel dq Rene Goulet beat Vic Rossitani 12:00 Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair 17:00 Geoff Portz beat Bobby Jones 6:30 Att: 5,500 4/14/73 Davenport TV George Gadaski & Kenny Jay beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch dq Horst Hoffman beat Joe Guzman Billy Robinson beat Chuck Edwards Geoff Portz beat Angel Rivera Ric Flair beat Tom Demarco 4/14/73 Omaha, NE @ Civic Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco & Reggie Parks (sub Billy Robinson) in 20:46 when Stevens pinned Muraco Joe Scarpello (sub Parks) beat Lars Anderson Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet via pin Khosrow Vaziri beat Ric Flair dq att: 1,286
____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:15 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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4/21/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Auditorium AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens ddq Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch in 3rd fall Superstar Billy Graham beat Billy Robinson via pin European Rules Horst Hoffman beat Geoff Portz TKO Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani by submission Ric Flair beat Jim Brunzell via pin att: 6,112 sellout 4/26/73 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena Referee: Hard Boiled Haggerty AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch on a 3rd fall dq 1. Murdoch won the first fall in 22:00 2. Bockwinkel won the 2nd fall at the 37:00 mark 3. Rhodes smashed Stevens' head into the ring post and Murdoch tossed Bockwinkel over the top rope earning a dq from referee Hard Boiled Haggerty Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in 4:00 Superstar Billy Graham beat Angelo Mosca in an arm wrestling match refereed by Nick Bockwinkel Horst Hoffman drew Geoff Portz after five 4 minute rounds Rene Goulet beat Bill Crouch (sub Jim Brunzell) 9:00 Moose Morowski beat Dave Muir 4:30 Att: 5,243 Note: An advertisement for this card listed Ric Flair against Khosrow Vaziri as the opening bout 5/5/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jimmy Valiant 2/3 Superstar Billy Graham & Ernie Ladd beat Bill Watts & Wahoo McDaniel 2/3 Bob Ellis no contest Baron Von Raschke Billy Robinson drew Wilbur Snyder Rene Goulet beat Bull Bullinski Ric Flair beat Kenny Dillinger 5/9/73 Rockford, IL @ Boylan High School Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 5/12/73 Milwaukee WI @ Arena Indian Strap Match Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2/3 European Rules Billy Robinson beat Horst Hoffman Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Reggie Parks beat Ric Flair Greg Gagne beat Kenny Jay att: 11,418 5/14/73 Moline, IL @ Wharton Field House Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham Horst Hoffman drew Ric Flair Geoff Portz beat Greg Gagne Lord Littlebrook beat Wee Willie Wilson 5/18/73 Sheboygan, WI @ Municipal Armory Billy Robinson beat Superstar Billy Graham dq at the 14:07 mark when Graham tossed Robinson over the top rope Nick Bockwinkel beat Horst Hoffman via pin in 14:37 Lord Littlebrook & Wee Willie Wilson beat Frenchy LaMonte & Little Tokyo 2/3 1. Tokyo pinned Littlebrook in 11:40 2. Wilson pinned Lamont in 16:00 3. Littlebrook used a cradle to pin Tokyo at the 22:48 mark Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00 att: 2,514 5/19/73 Peoria, IL Dusty Rhodes won a 10 man battle royal by eliminating The Crusher The Crusher beat Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Dick Murdoch dq Ken Patera beat Vic Rossitani Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne 20:00 Jim Brunzell beat Khosrow Vaziri
____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:17 pm |
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HBF
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Geez, look at the names on that roster! I really believe that the early 70's AWA had the greatest collection of talent of any territory in the kayfabe era.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:19 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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5/27/73 Duluth, MN @ Arena Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff & Buddy Wolff Ken Patera beat Buddy Wolff (sub Lars Anderson) Geoff Portz beat Rene Goulet Ric Flair drew Jim Brunzell Billy Graham was a no show att: 1,050 6/2/73 Milwaukee, WI @ Arena Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens dq Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackjack Lanza Bob Bruggers beat Jim Brunzell Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne att: 8,222 6/2/73 Davenport TV The Crusher beat Armando Rodriguez Billy Graham beat Caesar Pablon Nick Bockwinkel beat George Gadaski Wahoo McDaniel beat Kenny Jay Ric Flair beat Ivan Koloff dq 6/9/73 Chicago, IL @ International Amphitheatre AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch Moose Cholak drew Dusty Rhodes Reggie Parks beat Ken Dillinger Jim Brunzell beat Ric Flair Rene Goulet beat Prince Pullins
____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:21 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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More later including Flair's first tour of Japan and a few results from Texas. Thanks to Ron Witmer for his research and to Joyce Paustian (clawdia on KM) for her Davenport TV results.
____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:29 pm |
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srossi HALL OF FAMER
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How were Larry Hennig and Lord James Blears being used at the time? They're the only veterans I saw on the list that Flair beat. Hennig was by DQ so I assume that it was a case of Hennig just beating him down so badly he got DQ'ed.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 02:54 pm |
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thunderbolt HALL OF FAMER 
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I am pretty sure he used only his given name of Richard Fliehr went he first started out. I'll look to others more certain than I am that he never used tha name 'Ric Flair' until after he left the AWA.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 04:15 pm |
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BigJ
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I dunno...believe he's credited as Ric Flair in The Wrestler (Rick actually)
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 04:52 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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Ron (quasi) has the clippings. He can post them if he wants. Most of the time it was Rick Flair. Blears was just in once in a while. Verne had a bought into the Hawaiian promotion run by Ed Francis. Blears was a regular there. Flair's first match in Hawaii was against the veteran Hard Boiled Haggerty. I'll post that later. Flair's TV record was 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. He wasn't a TV jobber. He was just a young undercard performer.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 04:57 pm |
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beejmi THE BIG KAHUNA
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When did THE NATURE BOY schtick start?
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26th, 2007 06:03 pm |
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clawmaster HALL OF FAMER
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The Nature Boy stuff started in JCP. Have patience Beej. I'll get there. There is one Crockett clipping that refers to Ric as Ramblin Ric Flair. Here's The Japanese tour. 6/18/73 Ichihara Ric Flair beat Katsuzo Matsumoto 6/19/73 Kasama Rusher Kimura beat Ric Flair 6/20/73 Chichibu Great Kusatsu beat Ric Flair 6/21/73 Joetsu Mighty Inoue and Rusher Kimura beat Dick Murdoch and Ric Flair 6/22/73 Sakata Ric Flair beat Animal Hamaguchi 6/23/73 Yonezawa Great Kusatsu beat Ric Flair 6/26/73 Ohdate Rusher Kimura beat Ric Flair wire-cage 6/27/73 Hanyu Isamu Teranishi beat Ric Flair 6/28/73 Karasuyama Animal Hamaguchi beat Ric Flair 6/29/73 Handa Mighty Inoue beat Ric Flair 6/30/73 Gifu Mighty Inoue beat Ric Flair 7/1/73 Toyota Animal Hamaguchi beat Ric Flair 7/2/73 Kohshoku Animal Hamaguchi beat Ric Flair 7/4/73 Toyama Great Kusatsu beat Ric Flair 7/7/73 Nanao Ric Flair beat Katsuzo Matsumoto 7/9/73 Osaka Katsuzo Matsumoto beat Ric Flair 7/10/73 Okayama Isamu Teranishi beat Ric Flair 7/12/73 Takada Strong Kobayashi beat Ric Flair 7/14/73 Hagi Rusher Kimura & Great Kusatsu & Tadaharu Tanaka beat Ric Flair & Dick Murdoch & Buddy Wolff 7/15/73 Shobara Isamu Teranishi beat Ric Flair Flair was shaved bald on that tour. There's a fairly famous picture of Flair, Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch on the net from that tour. Anybody got it saved?
____________________ "We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx Our great computers Fill the hollowed halls We are the priests Of the temples of syrinx All the gifts of life Are held within our walls" 2112 By Rush!! |
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