Eileen Law, a long time friend of the band, was put in charge of the mailing list and maintained the "Dead Heads" newsletter. It is estimated that by the end of 1971, the band had received about 350 letters, but this number swelled greatly over the next few years to as many as 40,000. In total, 25 mailings/newsletters reached Dead Heads between October 1971 and February 1980. After this time, the Grateful Dead Almanac would succeed it, with this eventually being abandoned for Dead.net. Those who did receive the newsletter in the 1970s often found pleasant surprises sent along. One example is from May 1974 when Heads received a sample EP of Robert Hunter's upcoming album "Tales of the Great Rum Runners" as well as selections from Jerry Garcia's second album, "Compliments of Garcia", and some cuts that were from bandmembers Keith and Donna Godchaux's eponymous solo album, "Keith & Donna", both on Round Records. This sample was titled "Anton Round", which was an alias used by Ron Rakow.