Grateful Dead

Hey guys & gals, New to this community but have loved the dead since introduced in the early 90's. I was only a youngster then and unfortunately I never made it to any of the Jerry shows.....but like a few others on this site have commented, my interest has grown greatly over time! Recently, I would say, that interest has blossomed into an obsession with this band that is unshakeable!! Quite frankly....I have a hard time listening to anything else????!!! Anyways, I don't ever comment, but was laughing out loud reading tonight so felt rude to not chime in.....So why I'm at it here goes my takes, as I listen to DaP22 Felt Forum for the first time: Thats_Otis.......thanks for the Cow Palace suggestion.....I've been so busy listening to Dicks Picks on Spotify and Dave's that I can get my hands on, that I didn't pay attention to some of the easier to get releases....I purchased Cow Palace tonight along with a lighting bolt ball cap to grace my ugly head and make it look beautiful! Can't wait to listen! Sixtus.....(Re to "When dead heads took over): Sound's like heaven man.....I bought the 3 day live webcast and was able to suffer through the first night.....I saw everything but it was interrupted.....Nugs sent a recording of the first night the next morning and that was good...of course the rest was cancelled......I have already spoke with the wife, and if they do it again next year, WE ARE THERE! Here's hoping we can toast to that in person! JimInMD....sounds like you are one lucky dude, taking the wife's place and all in Mexico?....good for you my friend. I enjoy reading your comments almost daily. Thank you for contributing all that you do to this site.....sounds like you guys had a great time in Mexico! The Era Wars......the fact that we can even argue this, ends the argument. It's a beautiful thing, and if I have to explain, you wouldn't understand! Dick's Picks Vinyl 8......listening party at my house on Saturday! The next box set........who cares?.....smile, smile, smile....can't wait!

Sixtus, Jim: Is this you guys? https://www.gq.com/story/dead-and-company-grateful-dead-style-mexico-mi… Man, this looks like about the most fun thing ever. I am now officially quite jealous :)

Fascinating, looking at those pictures from the recent festival in Mexico. It all looks great. But it made me think about the difference between listening to the Dead a long way from the action-like here in England-and listening in the States, where such events are more accessible. The photos underlined the difference between listening to a cd, compared to be immersed in the culture. It made me think that for a lot of people, listening to The Dead is far more than listening to the music. Its about joining in with a particular lifestyle, community and philosophy. I would say that the further away you are form the action, the less likely it is that you do this. Maybe the philosophy, as indicated in certain lyrics, travels well-but the lifestyle doesn't. You cant have a community of one! I guess that is why forums like this are so important, providing a touchstone for people like me, with people like you, who share similar tastes and attitudes. Everybody is the same here-with infinite variety. ( A quote I read somewhere once about something else.)

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While Im sure it was a hoot and ill have to wait to hear the music before I form a real opinion, that GQ article makes the whole thing seem pretty lame! Writer said it was mostly well-financed doctors, lawyers and their trustafarian kids. From the photos it looks like everyones fashion (save a few of the grey heads) is dime a dozen india/china-made chotchies from the sticker wall at the college head shop. Cue sad trombone and I'll be waiting for the states side freak fest. Now 1971 Dead shows thats for me, lately it is the Boston Music Hall run 4/7 & 4/8. But oddly enougj that Porchester run has been poping up too. Just wow on the playing, archive has some very tasty SBDs of these shows too. There is even away to download off archive.org again, but MP3 only, unfortunately can't get them FLACS again yet. PM me if dont know the new magic key!

Morning Dew give it a listen you'll be glad you did

Thanks for the shout-out! As far as Cow Palace, yer gonna LOVE it! Play it somewhere that you can appreciate Phil - he sounds great on this release! Plus, an EPIC Playin' (as Dave mentions in the booklet, its more 74 than 76/77,) a GREAT Scarlet that gets to some really groovy places, a fast Eyes that has Jerry ripping every solo,... and then there's the entire third disc. The show does start out a little slow, like many shows, but the sound quality is so strong that I didn't really mind. Peace

Nope..we somehow escaped being immortalized in print. The whole thing was a lot more fun than I expected.. something about the dead playing in the lawlessness of old Mexico and having what seemed like the whole resort to ourselves made for a unique mix. I also thought they played exceptionally well and the band seemed to be having a good time themselves..

The "Dark Star>Mind Left Body Jam>Morning Dew" triptych from this show is really sweet. Love how it all rolls into one...

Dead of the Day: February 22, 1969http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-22-1969 Dream Bowl Vallejo, California Out of a welter of concerts on this date, our Dead of the Day is February 22, 1969 at the Dream Bowl in Vallejo, California. There really are no bad 1969 Grateful Dead shows, and this one is better than most. Every single tune this night has something really special going on, from the sweet noodling at the end of Mountains of the Moon that, unbeknownst, suddenly arrives at Dark Star to the building, eventually roaring Doin' That Rag with its sharp drums, prominent organ, and awesome guitar riffs. You don't want to miss any of this show, but the Stephen> Eleven is an absolute masterpiece. And the Lovelight shines as Pig puts in another funky, bluesy rap...

February 22, 1973http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-22-1973 Assembly Hall Champaign-Urbana, Illinois What you have here is a phenomenal show from the campus of the University of Illinois. The whole thing sparkles, but the Dark Star is truly transcendent.

February 22, 1974http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-22-1974 Winterland Arena San Francisco, California This is a gnarly, epic three-set show from Winterland that is definitely worth the listen. We get the first Ship of Fools, Must Have Been the Roses, and U.S. Blues. It was the first of a three-night run at Winterland and the first show of 1974.

2/18/71: Yes2/19/71: Yes 2/20/71: except for "Ripple" and a first set "TIFTOO > Wharf Rat", meh. 2/21/71: OK 2/23/71: Yes 2/24/71: OK Yes = 10 points OK = 5 points except, meh = 2 points 30 + 10 + 2 = 42/60 = .700 batting average. pretty, pretty good.

David, you are right about this show. It has been one of my most listened to shows in Boxzilla!

Ive been on a 4 month self imposed blackout from the WWW.I wandered around Florida for 8 weeks, living in a tent, only getting food from Farmers Markets (for the most part), cooking with camp stoves and alcohol stoves, using my phone only to call the wife, and staying in far removed natural settings when possible. I used solar panels to power my iPhone and iPod. Listened to jazz primarily, no rock, mostly nothing released after 1970. I purged my mind of lots of bullshit and needless worry. Met a lot of weird wild people all escaping the modern situation. Learned how to exist without many modern toys. And in a nutshelll found out that if you want it, the pre web world can still be found and enjoyed. I wrote a ton of songs and ramblings in a notebook, and ignored the news and tv. The wife handled the day to day stuff back home and dealt with all the shit for me. Now being plugged back in, Im finding that an hour a day is all that feels right. Gonna play a show tonight, the first in a long time, and indulge in some ice cream!!!! Hope y’all have been well and enjoying your days…………….

Congrats on your walkabout. I am trying to plan one myself.. but on a smaller scale. I am very curious how you charged your IPod using solar technology.. my retirement gift to myself will involve a multi-week sea kayak trip and I want a few hours of music per day.. so how to do that, where there are no plugs?

They used to call it, the FLA, back in the TWA days. I'm sure you remember. What a cool, interesting thing for you to do. It should be required for everyone. I respect you being able to do this, doing it, and relaying it here. It sounds like, "guerilla camping" to me. In other news, I found a - gasp! - commercially available recording of 6/21/84 Kingswood Music Theatre, Maple, Ontario. Radio broadcast. Tinny high end but good enough sound, decent really, and a great performance. Best I have ever heard Brent. He's on, playing his ass off and singing equally well. Delightful shout out to Pig and rap from Wavy Gravy, on the summer solstice. Obviously archive.org also has it. Recommended. I'm done being an era snob. Also been blasting the shit out of Nightfall of Diamonds and Crimson, White & Indigo of late. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Grateful Dead, God's house band. \m/

That show does get some play around here. I see it's not on the bookshelf now which means it's floating around the house somewhere (I'm pretty sloppy about such things).One thing I've always been fuzzy about... Was this show recorded by Cutler? Post Healey I'm never sure who gets credit.

Great sound.. definitely post Healy. It was recorded in multi-track, but without looking at the liner notes and flying by memory.. that doesn't necessarily mean they mixed it from the multi-track recordings. Cutler had a stereo dat copy that was 'pretty good.' I also recall this release coming out of the blue as more or less marketing support for the first Spring 90 box. So who knows if they did their due diligence or pulled from Cutlers stash. My guess is this was pulled from the multi-tracks.. lets see what the diligent and obsessive compulsive amongst us come up with. Right on Led.. embracing some later era magic. Erik.. great to know enthusiasm lives on..

http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Nightfall_Of_Diamonds.htm Initial release : 2001 Recording engineer - John Cutler Mixing - Jeffrey Norman Tape archivist - David Lemieux Album Coordination - Cassidy Law Archival research - Eileen Law / Grateful Dead Archives Assistant engineer - Rudson Shurtliff Cover design - Randy Tuten Mixed from original 24-track analog reels Recorded live at the Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey, October 16, 1989

Perfect David. But my dates don't line up. Released in 2001, clearly this doesn't line up with a marketing effort for the first Spring 90 box. I might have this confused with To Terrapin, but the dates don't magically line up for that either. One of these two was pulled out of the can to support a box set, but my memory is fuzzy.. I have concluded it was To Terrapin. Good job.. thanks so much for keeping me honest.

....Dark Star Orchestra is hitting the stage here in Vegas within the hour. Bought a ticket a couple of weeks ago. Woke up to a head cold the size of the wall of sound this morning. If anyone wants it, I'll give it to you for free. I am sad....

....see? I am not well....

good health to all

I personally LOVE this release; such big, full sound and the 24 track certainly doesn't suck. I also always enjoyed the prior night's show, 10/15/89. On paper it looks fairly standard, but it is a good show overall. The highlights for me are the Crazy Fingers and that Estimated > Eyes...at one point Jerry is playing what sounds like a freakin' xylophone in the Estimated jam. Milt Jackson, anyone? Worth a listen if you haven't before methinks: https://archive.org/details/gd1989-10-15.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.8329… Happy Friday, Deadland. Sixtus

February 23, 1968http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-23-1968 King's Beach Bowl Lake Tahoe, California Sadly, this show is not available on Archive. However, the band released portions of this night together with material from the 24th as Dick's Picks Volume 22. That release is just kick ass from top to bottom.

February 23, 1970http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-23-1970 Austin Municipal Auditorium Austin, Texas

February 23, 1971http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-23-1971 Capitol Theater Port Chester, New York This is the penultimate night of the epic run at the Capitol Theater. And the Dead put in another incredible performance. It would have been absolutely mind blowing to have been there for all six nights of the run. At least the rest of us can still listen to it now.

February 23, 1974http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/02-23-1974 Winterland Arena San Francisco, California This is just such a phenomenal show. It kicks off with a rocking Around and Around and never loses steam, just changes tempo. The Sugaree is stupendous and the Here Comes Sunshine will just send shivers up your spine on the chorus, not to mention the jamming. The Row Jimmy and Weather Report Suite start off the second set in unbelievable fashion. And, dare I say it, the night really just keeps getting better from there.

box me Ark 69 box me Greek box me

...I couldn't hold it in any longer, One of my top Ten Grateful Dead Dicks Picks! :)

"2/23/71 would be a reeeeeeeally good release (+ the whole run)" Three From The Vault Limited Super Deluxe box set Bring it on!

one thing about 2/18/71: how would they fix that unfortunate splice in St. Stephen? I reeeeeeally wish I could hear that St. Stephen in its entirety.

who among ye spend lots and lots of your time waiting for people to "get ready" to leave the house? aaarrrrgggghhhh........... Mr. Optimist sez: it does provide time to experience more GD. "always look on the bright side of life", my friends.

gotta hear that again soon

Herding cats I tell you. With 2 under Four, with a third on the way...one must 'calculate every possible destination along their last known trajectory' in advance to make any reasonable headway. Allot extra time prior to your departure. As They Say. Sixtus P.S. lunchtime IPA on a work from home day suits me well

What is the best sounding Grateful Dead show that includes “Green, Green Grass Of Home”?

With only nine performances, this almost sounds like a challenge.Admittedly, I am not familiar with this tune. Sad! Stats: Green, Green Grass of Home Grateful Dead Debut: 5/31/69, McArthur Court, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR Number of Times Played: 9 It almost seems that the song title is enticing me into said challenge... Sixtus P.S. I am clearly lacking in my Tom Jones catalog.

Best known in England as a massive hit for Tom Jones round about 1967.

Here are the 9 times it was played.. 05/31/69- McArthur Court, University Of Oregon - Eugene, OR 06/06/69- Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA 06/11/69- California Hall - San Francisco, CA 06/21/69- Fillmore East - New York City, NY 06/27/69- Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA 07/08/69- Rock Pile - Toronto, Canada 07/12/69- NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park - Queens, NY 02/07/70- Pacific High Recording - San Francisco, CA 02/07/70- Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA Only four are on the archive (6/6/69, 6/27/69, 7/12/69 and 2/7/70). 7/12 has some sound issues.. so it's out. 6/27/69 is by far the longest, but the sweet spot to me seems to be 6/6/69, Fillmore West.

Grateful Dead Live at Veterans Auditorium on 1969-06-27https://archive.org/details/gd69-06-27.sbd.samaritano.20547.sbeok.shnf/… Resource DeadLists Project Slewfoot, Mama Tried-> High Time, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Me & My Uncle, Jam-> Casey Jones, Dire Wolf, Sitting On Top Of The World-> Big Boss Man, Dark Star-> Saint Stephen-> The Eleven-> Green Green Grass Of Home, It's All Over Now Baby Blue Notes 1. Known low generation lineage and transfer info. 2. Splice in Baby Blue about 4 minutes in, then clipped at the end. 3. Garcia on Pedal Steel for Slewfoot, Dire Wolf, and Green Grass. Peter Grant on Banjo for Slewfoot. Weir on vocals for Dire Wolf.

Prime example of what I don't like about 1971 ... a show with a bunch of short songs and no serious jams ... the 12 6 disc 3 part of that release redeems it somewhat, but then the bonus disc ain't exactly 7 29 74 or 12 11 69 ... just more 1st set stuff for completion purposes, rather than primo stuff. To me, Dave's 22 (12 7 71) and Dave's 24 (8 25 72) are in the same disappointing category: final shows of a run with significantly better stuff in the shows immediately preceding them. The Dave's 24 Truckin'/Other One is superb but the rest of the release, again IMO, is nuthin' special. To have 8 21 72 and 8 24 72 (and 8 22 for that matter) Normanized would leave 8 25 in the dust. Lest I be perceived as overly negative and critical, I think Dave's 25 (11 6 77) does qualify as a great show, I'm happy with it, think the Scarlet-Fire is unique in a good and interesting way ... surprised it's being taken to task the way it has on this board. Peace.

I had the pleasure of hearing Bob perform this with Ratdog. Bob opened up the second set with this gem on an acoustic git. I believe it was a tribute to Porter Wagoner who had passed that week.

is one sweet 69.

As someone who has very few shows, and nothing to compare DaP 22 and 24 to, I can tell you without reservation that these two CD sets SMOKE. I think by your comments the issue you're having with them is that you're taking them out of single release context. You're comparing them to other shows and adding context unnecessarily, and it's killing your ability to enjoy them. I guarantee if you force yourself not to listen to the dead for 6 months and you put on Dave's Picks Volume 22, you're going to be ranting and raving about smokestack lightning and the other one and Jack straw and Uncle John's Band.

I also agree that after now almost exclusively listening to this show in the car over the past couple weeks that I think the scarlet>fire is really different and cool. I don't care about flubbed lyrics (otherwise I wouldn't have lasted long with this little hobby of ours). There are moments (especially during fire) that blow the roof off the place. I'm a fan... Funny that you mention disc 3 of daves 22-that's a disc I go back to quite often while usually ignoring the rest of the release. It's not that I don't think it's a good show-I just can't seem to get into it. I do however really enjoy all the other 71 releases (especially daves 3) and I'm also looking forward to 26.

is available at the midnight cafe https://themidnightcafe.org/2015/07/01/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu… Grateful Dead 6/27/69 Veterans Auditorium Santa Rosa, CA. Download: FLAC, MP3 Lineage: Soundboard->Master Reel->Cassette->DAT->DAT Transfer: DAT->ZA2->Soundforge->.wav->mkw->SHN DAT seed provided by Michael P. Weitzman Transfer and SHN by Joe Samaritano

and away we go, through all kinds of awesome GD. :)))

please give that a listen. tasty 85.