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Vintage Report 3: 1976
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Vintage Report 2: 1975
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Vintage Report 5: August 1977
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Vintage Report 16: December 1978
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Vintage Report 15: November 1978
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Vintage Report 13: September 1978
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Vintage Report 6: September 1977
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