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They're beginning to call this the Post Street campgrounds for the last 24 hours, this group of hardy outdoors types have staked out a piece of sidewalk in front of the Rolling Stones concert in the hopes of getting a choice seat inside. If they had to do it

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all over again, would they buy a Stones record instead? No, this is the roots of America. It's our type of society right here, Rolling Stones. They typify the whole thing. They got the whole thing put together. It's what keeps our generation going. If you hadta do it all over again, would you buy

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a record? No, I wouldn't. It's, uh, I don't know, we had a little party last night and it's a lot more than just a record listening to the music. It's a lot more to it. When did you first stand in line? Uh, about one o'clock yesterday.

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What have you done over the last 24 hours, try to sleep, try to pass the time, get dirty fingernails. No, I wouldn't. I'd much rather see the Stones. I already have the record anyway. How long have you been here and what you've been doing over the past

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24 hours? Been here since 8 o'clock, just partying, sleeping. That's about all. Yeah, yeah, I'd buy a record. Instead of staying in line? Why, has it been a pretty bad experience? Uh, I dig the stones and all that, but, uh, you know, standing in line gets to be a

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drag after a while. Bill Graham, are you surprised that so many people who already have tickets would stand in line so long just for a better seat? No, no, uh, it's a general admission, and, uh, the first ones in get the best spots so where they

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would want to be relative to the stage, and they're coming to see the Rolling Stones. They all want to get there as close as possible and, uh. The way they're behaving is it's just marvelous. I wish my kids grew up and were as nice as these kids.

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Who are you? I'm throwing some money. Yeah. The group is being cooperative and uh the police and fire department, uh, we've never had such cooperation. They've been nice enough to cooperate with us in the streets, blocked off the front of the building, and, uh, we

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don't expect any problems at all. Everybody's, this is, I'm not doing a commercial. It's, it's, it's very nice. The first day we did. There are 4 concerts all told, and presumably after each performance, a new group of eager fans will replace the

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previous lines waiting to get first crack at the best non-reserved seats. With the prospect of a Stones concert in front of them, most of them like the long hours in the fresh air. The Rolling Stones will be in San Francisco through next Thursday. Presumably the Post

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Street campgrounds will be abandoned at that time. Ed Arnow for Eyewitness News at San Francisco's Winterland.