Grateful Dead

I think from the way it's been described by Dave in the various videos for releases, that ABCD may be a 4 party partnership, between all the buyers of the tapes from the storage unit. Particularly of note is the fact that he mentioned getting over 100 shows, which exceeded the estimates of what was in there. So unless the couple got really lucky in their part of the haul, I think the chemistry teacher is involved, too, and the other two buyers, hence the name ABCD (partners A, B, C, and D). (Phish phans predicted their comeback from break up after someone noticed the formation of a company called JEMP, which stood for the first letter of the first name of each member. It turned out to have been 100% correct, and they later formed JEMP Records.) I would love a Fall '72 box, or '73 or the Wall of Sound box. But if they do a box of single disc shows from '68, I'll be happy, too. Or Capitol '71... Edited to add: smart move on the copyright of Betty Boards, sucks Betty didn't think of it first.

It appears that ABCD Enterprises, LLC, has trademarked the term "Betty Boards." https://trademarks.justia.com/860/76/betty-86076910.html Still looks to me like the couple with part of Betty's storage unit stash, located and connected with the GD via Rob Eaton, created ABCD as their business entity for dealing with releases. And that accounts for the 2016 '78 Red Rocks box, the 2017 '77 box and the last five DaPs, releases from '71, '72, '73, '77 and '78. That means (11) 77-78 shows have been released in ~18 months, thus unlikely that this year's box will continue that streak. Dave has spoken of the inevitability of a fall '72 box (including my first show?) but fall '72 has already seen ~(5) official releases. I notice that there's a big gap in '73 releases, between 4-2-73 (DaP 21) and 10-19-73 (DiP 19) -- that six-month gap is due to be filled. Perhaps that also could rely on the ABCD tape stash, if it includes '73 shows other than 4-2-73. In contrast, '74 releases hit Feb, March, May, June, July, August, Sept, Oct -- virtually no gaps. Releases from '71 hit Feb, March, April, July, August, Oct, Nov, Dec. Release-able 1969-70 tapes must be relatively scarce; thus hold-outs for individual show release. 1968 will see one show released this year w/re-release of Anthem. Going with '79 seems too close to '77-'78. So, based on the "gap theory" aligning with what year is well-represented in the vault (I'm guessing) but not on releases, I'm going with the 1973 box hypothesis for this summer, its 45th anniversary. The 50th anniversary of 1973 is too long to wait. 45 offers some hype-ability. The question is whether Dave deems the most iconic shows of that summer (RFK,6-10-73 and Watkins Glen, 7-28-73) to be better off in a box or as a stand-alone. And, of course, whether 7-28-73's noon-time performance is worthy of release at all. I will say that the ABB's 6-9-73 show (they closed that day's concert) was a goodie. But I hear that two ABB sets with the original band (i.e., Duane and Berry) from the Fillmore West 1971 may be in the works for release, but I digress. So ... back to GD box speculation: summer '73. A big year for me, for the band and for me and the band (if six shows in five months counts).

I just listened to some the 11/29/80 Gainsvile show with a critical ear. It is staggering how good a recording it is, despite being an AUD. I was kinda thinking for a moment "it doesn't need any matrix - it sounds great as is", but maybe adding some SBD matrix in there WOULD help add a little compression to the bass and clarify the cymbals. But heck, I really enjoy having stellar AUD's like 8/6/71, 9/19/90, 5/3/69 and other stellar examples.... It allows me to feel like I'm there.... healthy to have a few AUD's for that reason - you rarely get that flavor anymore. I appreciate the link that was attached to someone's post with the list of primo AUD's. If anyone has any others they know of worth tracking down, please speak and be heard. Dilly dilly.... On a related note, I'm a guitarist and one of my fav AUD' recordings is by an early Western Swing band "Jimmie Rivers and the Cherokees". I never listened to western swing, but saw this written up in the back pages of a guitar magazine about 15 years ago. Recorded by a little shoebox-style tape recorder someone plopped on the stage in like 1962~. The result is remarkably clear, and the guitar interplay between Jimmie Rivers (guitar) and Vance Terry on pedal steel guitar is staggering - includes a lot of dual-guitar-harmony runs. The liner notes on the CD describing the scene are hilarious. As they announce at the end of this track, "on Saturday night the music starts at 9:00 and the fights start at 10:00!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeMoea4kO7Q

....is flippin fantastic. Not much cleaning up needed here. Make it happen!! Double sploosh.

....last I heard, he sold insurance for VW buses with pop tops. He was very selective.edit. I noticed Peabody and Sherman's WAYBAK machine is dialed to Binghamton. Very nice....

Who is this Gainesville guy everyone keeps talking about?

....I haven't listened to Gainesville in a long time. Checking it out now. The Minglewood is hot, hot, hot. Sploosh....

I was wondering if anyone had heard the DP's on vinyl releases. I saw David Lemieux say on twitter about the upcoming DP8 release and that Jeffery Norman worked with the original analogs for this release. I was wondering if they sound better then the originals and were worth it for the sonic upgrades?

Headliners at Lockn for two nights.

Easily the best AUD I've ever heard. This show is top notch. I see what all the hype is about.