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"We left with our minds sufficiently blown and still peaking..."
We're headed back to that peak with the newly returned tapes from Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, 11/6/77. The Grateful Dead's last touring show of 1977 finds them going for broke, taking chances on fan favorites like "Jack Straw," "Friend Of The Devil," and "The Music Never Stopped," carving out righteous grooves on a one-of-kind "Scarlet>Fire" and a tremendous "Truckin'." An ultra high energy show, with a first set that rivals the second? Not unheard of, but definitely rare. Hear for yourself...
DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 25 features liner notes by Rob Bleetstein, photos by Bob Minkin, and original art by our 2018 Dave's Picks Artist-In-Residence Tim McDonagh. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually numbered copies*.
*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.
Get one before they are gone, gone, gone.
Colors
Still digging the color palate used for the cover art. Also like the detail of how in step each of the dancers are, they don't seem to be twirlers, I picture more of a style like the cowboy character in the GD Movie getting down in the cowboy boots.
And they somehow managed to work the scheduled system maintenance around this release time.
Bring it on.. (wouldn't hold my breath for filler material, but fingers crossed).
How many times
did they play Binghamton, anyone know? I have a R-to-R of a Binghamton concert, don't know if it's this one or not. Also, yes, a set list would be nice.
Also Like the Art
Cool colors, cool background. The pathways in the background, and the fish skeletons, and the rooster forming out of the flowers make me think Roger Dean (and who doesn't love a good old fashioned Yes album cover). Glad people are purchasing without issue. I wonder if it will take longer to sell out at 2 per order (or is it 2 per customer?) I have this vision of eBay people logging in repeatedly to order two at a time until they have 20. But I guess the shipping cost would not make it worth their while at that point. Well in any case I have my trusty subscription.
Binghamton
They played four shows there over the years:05/02/70- Harpur College - Binghamton, NY (amen,.. Dicks Picks 8)
11/06/77- Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY
05/09/79- Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY
04/12/83- Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY
1977....again?
Can we move on from 1977 now? The band toured for 30 years and there are many great years and great shows. Anybody check out Gainesville 1980? Saratoga '83? Landover '88? Dave, let's hit some Brent shows for a change. Thanks for listening.
@Poindexter Re Binghamton Shows
Three shows??
5-2-70
11-6-77
4-12-83
Edit: Jim has better intel
First Dave's Picks Ever!!
So psyched to a have a subscription for the first time this year. This first one is an epic one too. I've been checking out dead.net every day to see if it was out yet. I got the email that it would be released today & I couldn't wait to hear Dave talk about it. Love the artwork too. I am one happy Deadhead!!
Subs
Have the subscription but decided to buy a copy for a friend (he's notoriously late on these sort of things) and ordered with zero issue. Glad to see the site is running like some smooth butter!
Artwork is cool IMO, love the colors and the imagery. Currently listening to the 'listening party' for the first time, sound is awesome!
no point in bitching about the same release twice...
so instead i'll share my list: "top 50 original grateful dead songs".
01. Terrapin Station
02. Ship Of Fools
03. Loser
04. The Other One
05. Brown Eyed Women
06. Bertha
07. Jack Straw
08. Wharf Rat
09. Weather Report Suite
10. Playing In The Band
11. Mountains Of The Moon
12. Althea
13. Black Throated Wind
14. Estimated Prophet
15. To Lay Me Down
16. Fire On The Mountain
17. Franklin's Tower
18. Deal
19. Sugar Magnolia
20. Dark Star
21. China Cat Sunflower
22. Blow Away
23. Candyman
24. Friend Of The Devil
25. Black Peter
26. Feel Like A Stranger
27. Shakedown Street
28. Stagger Lee
29. Doin' That Rag
30. Brokedown Palace
31. St. Stephen
32. Sugaree
33. High Time
34. Touch Of Grey
35. New Speedway Boogie
36. Box Of Rain
37. Cassidy
38. Eyes Of The World
39. Truckin'
40. Built To Last
41. Mr. Charlie
42. He's Gone
43. Here Comes Sunshine
44. Standing On The Moon
45. Throwing Stones
46. Crazy Fingers
47. Row Jimmy
48. Bird Song
49. Scarlet Begonias
50. The Music Never Stopped
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The Internet Archive is your friend.
https://archive.org/details/gd1977-11-06.mtx.seamons.92273.sbeok.flac16
They played Binghampton in 1970, 1977, 1979 and 1983 (though there have always been rumors of other shows in the late 60/early 70s that have evaded confirmation).
Set List*: 1)Mississippi Half Step, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues-> Me & My Uncle, Friend Of The Devil, Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Passenger, Dire Wolf, The Music Never Stopped; 2)Samson & Delilah, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Good Lovin'-> Saint Stephen-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Wharf Rat-> Saint Stephen-> Truckin', E: Johnny B. Goode
* Possibly other tunes on the Official Release.
Albuquerque?
Dave drops this so casually... did we already know about it?? I’m a subscriber, but I must have missed that announcement — the good news just keeps coming around!
Candace?
Having attended Toronto and Binghamton (I could not make it to Colgate :(and owning R to Rs of both shows until recent downsizing, I always LOVED the Toronto show (small venue, great list and great "little versions" of BIG tunes)
and felt (at the time) that the band was a little tired in Binghamton (Slow tempos if I recall)
And I believe that this was the show where Billy needed "a light" as well as nice (one off?) of Mexicali > Me and My Uncle
Having recently been a little "scalped " on being a late purchaser of the Eugene show,I am opting in....looking forward to "attending" this show again
What is street date for Dave's #25????
don't see it on announcement or splash page for orders
Really fast
The email arrived 10:12 but I was working in the kitchen. Got here 5 minutes ago and they're sold out.
Sure glad I subscribed. First year I've done it.
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Set I
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Jack Straw
Tennessee Jed
Mexicali Blues
Me and My Uncle
Friend of the Devil
Minglewood Blues
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Passenger
Play Video
Dire Wolf
Play Video
The Music Never Stopped
Set II
Samson and Delilah
Sunrise
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Good Lovin'
St. Stephen
Drums
Not Fade Away
Wharf Rat
St. Stephen
Truckin'
Encore:
Johnny B. Goode
An Exciting Year Ahead
....based on Dave's seaside chat it seems it will be a good year to follow - including what should be a cool & exciting box set of some kind...
Not at all surprised this sold out so quickly - people were warned! Hopefully the copies made it into actual Heads' Hands as opposed to Bot Hands...
Sixtus
Patagonian Fox, I am jealous....
....clearly your education is not complete. Your list is missing The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light, Ripple and others. Yes, I know you said "original" and Love Light was not written by the Dead, but they took it to places it to places in '69 and '70 that none did before or since. Epic. Sadly they stopped playing The Eleven in 1970.
Now get on with your studies!
ripple
i've never been a big fan of "ripple". IMO it's a lot like bob dylan's "blowin' in the wind". great poem, lackluster song.
i've considered creating another list of the best GD covers. if i added covers to this list "morning dew" would be #1, knocking "terrapin station" down a spot.
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Sold OUT-my ass!
I find it next to impossible to believe they processed that many orders since 10:00am...What the f&ck?!
Oh well I have a sbd copy of this show anyways
Gratefuldan5
With the amount of Subscriptions sold, there was probably >600 copies out of the original 18k available for a la cart orders
I willlllll subscribe
I willlllll subscribe
please subscribe in December (or November)
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A LA CARTE IS DEAD (pun intended and not intended.)
Fastest sell out ever?
Maybe it is because they warned us 4 days ago with the email that for the first time told us exactly what day and time this went on sale. Has Dave already hinted at which Albuquerque show is next, '71 or '77?
2018 box set
I'd suggest the decision must encompass the recent pattern:
The next box either represents newly returned tapes, and clearly that means lots of '77 and '78 reels in hand from the couple ID'd as the ABCD Corp in liner notes. But recall as well that Dave is holding the Mtn Grrrl returned tapes, a transaction now a couple years old, which I believe I recall had a previously unknown '70 or '71 concert in its entirety.
Or, the next box covers a so-far under-represented era for box treatment or even gaps in DaPs. He has spoken of the wealth of material for fall '72 and that such a box is due at some point. We know there's a bias for a) good tapes and b) what sells, while retaining enough of each year to power DaPs for another decade or more.
With a '77 DaP for #25 and a '71 for #26 already announced, and believing that 1969 and 1970 inventory is limited (thus only single-show or, perhaps, double-show releases likely), I'd have to place my bet on Summer '73 or Summer '74.
With WoS vocals issues, I'm going with a Summer '73 box. (4) shows, (12) discs. That'd fix a hole in the release continuum and take a break from the most-recently-returned-tapes approach.
There you have it. Unassailable logic. I mean, I've never been wrong before...
Here's some insight into this
Here's some insight into this show It was my 8th and last 1977 show The Dead have now released my last 7 in a row
http://gratefulseconds.blogspot.com/2015/11/jerry-channels-jimmy-page-3…
Agree hendrixfreak
I think you're right, the logic is unassailable. It will be 72 73 or 74 for this year's box set, if we're lucky. But I wouldn't complain about a rabbit out of the Hat with 1970, the fall is under-represented, because of the whole Bear jail situation, but you just never know what this return of goods May bear.
Incredible that they sold 18000 so quickly. I think the dead and Company touring has really helped Dave's Picks sales. And if you still didn't get a copy, it may be time to put your bong down in tune in to the message boards a little more often.
Seaside chat
I couldn't disagree more with Dave's comments about '77-'78 Dead. He says they were really taking chances in '78, moreso than in '77. No way. '78 was the beginning of the era predictably formatted shows. This is the beginning of the end of the era where the Dead would routinely take chances.
Summer of '76 through Spring of '77 was the peak in terms of unpredictability. During that time, songs moved around, jams moved around, and the format was flexible. There were still lots of long jams. That all started going away in Spring of '78.
Please no more '72 for
Please no more '72 for awhile. There's been far more '72 than any other year, and the Fall sounds mostly like the Spring except for the absence of Pigpen and the addition of a small number of songs.
Please no more '72 for
Please no more '72 for awhile. There's been far more '72 than any other year, and the Fall sounds mostly like the Spring except for the absence of Pigpen and the addition of a small number of songs.
Not really
Latter half 72 sounds much different than spring. It is probably the one calender year from the 1970s whose set list has changed so much, it's like a different year just about. And the jams evolved enormously in Dark Star, Playing in the Band, China Cat, and The Other One. New songs like Bird Song, Stella, Mississippi Half Step, and so on. Need way more. We've had 2 in like 15 years, maybe more.
Broome County Arena...
a sweaty sea of Heads! Would be great to add filler from the 5/9/79 (particularly if a SB is in the vault), especially the Truckin' from this show as a comparison. The '79 Broome Truckin' is, I think, one of the most intense of this period, with a cadenza that goes on for ever!
Enough...
Enough 72 already, all shows sound the same. And please no more 77 either, and forget about '71, too many of these released recently. No 80's and 90's, bad sounding tapes and declining Jerry, respectively. 66 & 67 are rough, so none of these two. 68 and 69 have been well covered and set lists are boring. 76 is too slow, 78 is too sloppy, 79 is too inconsistent, 70 has incomplete shows, 75 is non existent, , 74 has bad vocals mix, 73 is too close to 72, which we have too many of anyway.
Yes to WL '74!!
Icecreamconekid, I would enjoy that box very much. If I had to choose between that and 1971 Port Chester oh boy. The battle of the multi-tracks. I would definitely like to see a remastering of the winterland stuff. There's something a little bit off about that one with the drums. I think a few people have mentioned that before, no offense to mr. Norman I love man, just would be cool for something more refined. Then I can't decide which one I'd rather have more. I guess since half of the winterland Run came out on the movie soundtrack, I would have to go with Port Chester.
Haha cousins, you have me there for a sentence or two! Let's just do it with message boards and that will solve the whole issue
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