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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.

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  • #621
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    So, according to that article from Jambase, "Pinkus...confirmed a collection of 80 soundboard tapes recorded by the famed Betty Cantor-Jackson have been added to the vault." Also according to that article, "the Grateful Dead recently unveiled a 50th anniversary edition of their 1967 studio album [and] Pinkus confirms a similar set for Anthem Of The Sun is coming [in 2018]." That means a couple of things: 1) The upcoming releases will be Betty Boards, which range in date from 1971-1980 at the latest. That means there is no need to come on any thread on the Grateful Dead website and start bitching and moaning about the lack of representation of latter era Dead. You all already know that, for the foreseeable future, the embarrassment of riches known as the Betty Boards will largely be mined for releases. 2) There will be no '68 box in 2018. From a basic marketing standpoint, it makes absolutely no sense to re-release a '68 album with (most likely) '68 live material and THEN turn around and release a '68 box separately. Not going to happen. Whatever box they do release this year will be from some other year, and it's a pretty safe bet it's a year between 1971 and 1979. I say all this as someone who rarely posts but often reads the Dave's Picks threads, and who is often dismayed to see the same old complaints from the same tiny vocal minority. I"m not part of some mythical "70s mafia," I'm just telling it like it is. Please don't come on here and bum everyone out by bitching and moaning about not getting what you want. The Dead are just about the only classic rock act cranking out release after release of archival material like clockwork. We're lucky to have so much material to choose from, and in such frequent quantity. And there's always the archive site to satisfy the remainder of your listening desires.
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    listen up at dead of the dayhttp://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-31-1968 load down at the midnight cafe Lossless Bootleg Bonanza: Grateful Dead – San Francisco, CA (03/31/68) 19_300a_lg Grateful Dead 68-03-31 Carousel Ballroom San Francisco, CA Download: FLAC/MP3 https://themidnightcafe.org/2017/03/21/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu… Recording Info: SBD -> (4 Track) Master Reels -> Dat (44.1k) This is a tagged version of shnid: 108995 Transfer Info: Dat (Sony R500) -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC (1 Disc Audio / 1 Disc FLAC) All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net June 13, 2010 Set 1: d1t01 – Turn On Your Lovelight d1t02 – Beat It On Down The Line d1t03 – Dancing In The Street d1t04 – Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) -> d1t05 – Feedback -> d1t06 – And We Bid You Good Night Notes: — There is a lot of audience mixed in with this soundboard — Date and song order are uncertain (I’m going with Dick’s notes on DAT) — This is the same Caution>Feedback>AWBYGN as I put on 1/22/68 (Per Dick’s notes) — Cut in the beginning of Turn On Your Lovelight — Severe mix changes during Dancing In The Street — Beginning of Caution is missing — Thanks to Rob Eaton for lending me his Dats — Thanks To Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
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    listen at dead of the day March 31, 1973 http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-31-1973 Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York The night is tremendous from top to bottom, including everything from a perfectly rendered Box to a raging Playin’. However, the boys turn it up a notch further still in the latter portion of the second set. The He’s Gone leads the way, as the boys strut through, throwing all their emotion and verve into the playing and vocal vamping, before heading right into a boundless Truckin’. A plucky little jam after the Truckin’ - with some hints of Nobody’s Fault - provides a little change of pace. But then Billy takes us in a different direction altogether, thundering forward and powering through a segue into a monster Other One. TOO blisters out of the gate and then finds some slower, less traveled territory, summoning the bullfighters, paisanos, and flamenco of a Spanish Jam that they meld with the Other One theme for a while. Finally, TOO is left behind completely and they strike out into an extraterrestrial space, exploring distant galaxies before gathering into a bluesy country ramble that leads right to, quite unexpectedly, Rider. The Rider surges and soars, but holds on to a real bluegrassy feel throughout. After a pause, the band fires away with a full-bore Sugar Mags to put a rocking cap on the set.
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    someone decided to huck a beer bottle at Bill's drum set that night during Comes A Time.
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    ....always look on the bright side of life. Never tried fentanyl. Not a fan, thanks to recent news. How was it?
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    In a way, the old threads are more interesting and more like an acid test than new ones regarding recently announced product, where there is a bit more continuity to the posts. My last 72 hours have been surreal. Took the family up to Keystone Wednesday night for a Thursday day of tubing/skiing. Good times. Rocked Michael Schenker later that night at Cervante's Masterpiece Ballroom, a notable Dead-themed venue. Seeing Michael in there was a bit weird but not unpleasant. Went back to work Friday, and unexpectedly became ill and barfed into the wastebasket next to my desk. No one was around, fortunately I was able to change the bag and get it outside before grossing anyone out (except you, sorry). Took the rest of the day off, went home and was basically couch-bound until it was time for Davy Knowles, which I made it through. Was just a 24-hour stomach bug, I guess, my oldest son got it about 10 hours after I did. Davy Knowles is a young guitarist/singer from the Isle of Man over yonder 'cross the pond. He is amazing; just a mind-blowing talent. See him live if you get a chance. This morning, just after breakfast I experienced a massive attack of unbearable pain in my side and abdomen. Finally the wife drove me to hospital. Kidney stone. It took three shots of Fentanyl to take the edge off along with some other drugs. Eventually, they gave in and pumped me full of Dilaudid and sent me home. Couple of hours later, I passed it rather uneventfully. And now the Doc sent me home with a couple dozen more Dilaudid. I'm one of those people who can do just about anything without becoming dependent, so I think I'll save them for later, or, God forbid another kidney stone so I can ride the storm out without the trip to the E.R. Back in the saddle, just in time for an Easter gathering tomorrow here at the casa. Feel like I just came out the other side of the rabbit hole.
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    Well, damn muleskinner....
    ....I felt pressured just reading that!
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    Buddy Cage on BOTT, from A Simple Twist of Fate by Andy Gill & Kevin Odegard (Odegard played on the Minneapolis sessions for the album): --- Which is how, one night late in September 1974, Buddy Cage found himself alone in the vastness of A&R’s Studio A, perched over his pedal steel guitar, listening to Bob Dylan’s amazing new songs. If working with Dylan wasn’t a daunting enough prospect on its own, Buddy was further impressed to find Phil Ramone, probably the hottest producer in the country at that time, working as the engineer. “The Blood on the Tracks session was the first time I met Bob, “says Cage. “We went in there, just the three of us, and Bob says, “Where are the tunes for him, Phil?” Phil just pops it into gear and, like, sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen, somewhere in that region, masterpieces come out! I was, like, What the f***!? Dylan says, ‘Well, can you do anything? Would you like to start with one?’ I said, ‘Bob, the best thing I can do to help you is to pack up my guitar and go home.’ He said, ‘Well, thanks, man, but don’t you think you could play on one?’ then turns to Phil and says, ‘Phil, roll ‘em again.’ “Phil played ‘em over, and more in exasperation than anything, I said, ‘Maybe this one, or that one.’ I guess I did about three or four of them – but in any case, ‘Meet Me in the Morning’ was the one he kept for Blood on the Tracks. I was way out in this huge studio that could hold a full orchestra, a really large room, and I’m in the middle of it – just me, my steel, and my amp. I’d been doing sessions as long as I can remember, and the way I saw it was that Phil was going to run this thing, ‘Meet Me in the Morning’, for me and I was going to do a few takes - I usually get the best hits in the first two or three times through. An old Grateful Dead thing is never to stop recording it, and try to record more than you erase; so that was my approach: Let me do it two or three times, and you’ll have it – I’m that quick – and he can plug them in wherever he wants, the choices would be up to him and Bob. But that’s not what Dylan wanted, apparently: He ended up flashing the light time after time after time, and I found myself having to do six or seven takes.” Worse still, there was little guidance as to what was wrong with the interrupted takes. “Not only was my wrist getting tired, but there was no conversation, no instructions, no nothing,” Cage recalls, “just ‘Do it again, do it again.’ I was getting really uncomfortable. Then finally the door to the control room opened, and Dylan comes striding out, walks straight up to my steel, and sticks the toes of his cowboy boots under my pedal bar. I don’t know why he did that – maybe for emphasis. Anyway, he does that and says, ‘The first five verses is singin’ – you don’t play; the last verse is playin’ – you play!” plunks his toes out from under my pedal bar, turns, and strides back into the control room.” During the evening, the control room had begun to fill up with well-wishers and hangers-on, and as the shock over Dylan’s rudeness turned into anger at the singer’s disrespectful treatment of his instrument, the public humiliation spurred Cage to the brink of rage. “At that point, in the control room, there was him and Phil Ramone, Mick Jagger, my road manager, my crew chief, my limo driver and bodyguard, and John Hammond Sr., had come in to hear what I was doing,” says Cage, “and at that very instance, for about ten seconds, I was embarrassed to the bone marrow. But as I mentioned before, I was a punk-ass, and that just kicks in; that’s always the way it’s been with me, and I thought, ‘Well, you little f***, I’m taller than you, and you’re not gonna get away with that!’ Phil came on the phones then – he was clearly uncomfortable too – and he said, ‘You wanna practice one?’ and I said, ‘No – print it!’ “So the red light came on and I just did one take. I played lightly over the five verses, but the one where he wanted me to get major was on the verse with ‘Look at that sun, sinking like a ship.’” And get major he did. Fired up with fury, Cage peeled off a searing break that uncoiled through the song’s closing stages like an angry snake, providing a piquant counterpoint to the number’s relaxed, bluesy tone. Buddy knew he’d nailed it, and without waiting for any further intervention or possible humiliation, he stood up from his instrument with an air of brusque finality. “I had the picks and the bar off my hands and I was walking away from the guitar before the track was finished, striding into the control room,” he recalls. “When I busted into the control room, he was laughin’ his ass off! I looked at Ramone, and he was shakin’ his head, sayin’, ‘That was beautiful!’ John Hammond said, ‘Man that was unbelievable!’ I just looked at Dylan and said ‘F*** you!’ and he just laughed – he said, ‘Well, we got it!’ ---
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    Thanks for posting the Glendale Train, LMG. I've been on a mini NRPS kick here, mostly listening to their Veneta set in the car. Felt like it was a necessary piece of history to accompany the Sunshine Daydream release. Here's a full concert from just a few months earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZWw87UgrwI I didn't realize Garcia was actually on their first album, I knew he started it but didn't know that made it to record. I do like Buddy Cage, there was a great story of how Dylan pissed him off to get that mean pedal solo on Meet Me In The Morning on Blood on the Tracks. It worked.
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    Extra greasy 7 CD release.Wait. 7 CD’s only constitutes a mini-Box. We’re due a full-size Box. Extra greasy 7 show Box. Oh yeah, that’s the stuff. PTB, please have a 1 Box order limit for the first 72 hours, and give us a (Dead) Heads up in advance of the on sale time. Please give everyone a chance to score a Box of thick-cut, smokey, extra greasy bacon.
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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.

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Ha! Ha! Ha! from a "self-professed Grateful Dead 70's mafia" type *guy.* http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-01-1991 The music is so good, we just have to return again to 1991 at the Greensboro Coliseum for our Dead of the Day, finishing off the two-night run that we started yesterday. The sound is just as light and airy as the day before, but with more purpose. Bobby sounds more involved and, at times, he keeps a bit of a faster rhythm, which seems to have an effect on everyone else. The Jack Straw opener is solid, but the boys really get going with the Peggy-O, with Jerry leading the way on vocals and guitar. Candyman and Bird Song - an epic one - are also first set highlights. However, as you might have guessed looking at the setlist, the real fireworks come out in the second half. The set-opening China> Rider is fabulous, just unbelievable, particularly the Rider. The jam in the Rider is so solid, but on top of that you have Jerry using some sort of strings section MIDI for part of it. That softer sound allows Bruce to be heard more clearly, opening a space for him to jam alongside Jerry, which, as you might expect, ends fantastically. In the LLRain that follows, Jerry continues playing profoundly. The version also has a little bit of Bobby vocal cheese, including an incredible echo effect at one point that was probably caused by Healy, in one of his better interventions. Then, after teasing it the night before, the Dark Star finally comes out. Given that they start off noodling on the theme, though, it would be several minutes before anyone could be absolutely certain the band was going fully into the tune. Even once they get into the first verse, the boys are still playing in a desultory fashion, warming to the music and drawing in the crowd. Slowly, the jam takes on more and more form, building an intricate lattice of splendor and glory. By the time they leave the stage to the drummers, things have entered into a seriously weird realm somewhere in the outer reaches of the galaxy. Drums and Space takes things out even further into worlds unknown before briefly returning to the lusciousness of Dark Star. Then, the boys finish off some more business from the night before, almost stumbling into a short Playing reprise. The rest of the set is good too, though the Lovelight is far too short. The Dead played seven shows at the Greensboro Coliseum over the years, and this, sadly, was the last one. They certainly went out on a high note though, with this sweet little two-show run that is a real highlight of spring 1991. The coliseum itself opened in 1959. Its original seating capacity of 23,000 made it one of the largest indoor venues in the South. The Monkees headlined the first major concert at the venue, and Richard Nixon visited during his failed 1960 presidential campaign. Along with one of my favorite shows: 1 April 1988 (and a portion of 31/03/88) which escaped from the GD Vault disguised as "Road Trips, Vol. 4., No. 2 APRIL FOOLS 88" on 1 February 2011. A 3 disc set. http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-01-1988 As for the 70's, especially 1970 thru '75, the television series, "The Wonder Years" come to mind. My own personal "wonder years" were '68 thru '75. They were cool!
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Please tell us ordering this box has been fixed! No more endleessly filling a shopping cart with no option for shipping, wondering if I ordered the box 30 times or not a all, no more making my wife witness a grown man gothrough the seven stages of grief repeatedly at lightning speed as a website keeps crashing. I don't even care what the box is I just want one. When is Dave gonna offer a preffered customer Dead.net only pre-sale?...just make sure im on the list.
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...to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Brought to you by a "self-professed member of the Grateful Dead Sixties Syndicate" April 1, 1967 http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-01-1967 KMPX Radio San Francisco, California This is one of the coolest thing out there in that it is a free form radio program with Jerry and Phil as the guests. It is all part of Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue's progressive radio program on KMPX, which was the birthplace of underground radio back in the 60s. Jerry, Phil, and Tom spend about two hours playing their favorite tunes and talking, both earnestly and humorously, about music and all sorts of other things. Not only are Phil and Jerry hysterical, but you also get such an incredible insight into both the time period and Phil and Jerry's sense of music. It is also so neat to hear the two of them get so pumped because they had a gig out in New York City. But, really, there are dozens of other nuggets like that in the recording. This is absolutely not to be missed! This was aired sometime in April 1967, but not necessarily on this date.
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https://archive.org/details/gd80-04-01.sbd.miller.12386.sbeok.shnf https://archive.org/details/gd1984-04-01.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.1058… 1988-04-01 Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 2: April Fool's '88 The Omni, Atlanta, GA, April 1, 1990. Spring 1990 (The Other One) https://archive.org/details/gd1991-04-01.137439.sbd.miller.flac24 Only April Fools Dark Star.
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Sorta... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grateful-Dead-Anthem-Anniversary-Deluxe/dp/B07… Release date was listed as 7/13/18 before being edited. Sounds like the timeline for 2018 will be: 1. Mid-April: DaP26 goes on sale. 2. End of May: Anthem of the Sun preorder. 3. June: Box announcement for a Fall Release. I think this for several reasons. First, we had two small boxes last year, so it’s more like ly to be a year end release, in order to space out the sets. Second, it’s probably going to be a larger than usual set. They’ve gone small for the last 3 sets, and these are usually announced earlier in the year. We’re due for a large box. The 30 Trips, Spring 90, and Europe 72 sets have all been Fall Releases with Summer announcements. 4. July: DaP 27 announced
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From purchase acknowledgement 1 $115.92 (Pre-order - released on: 1/26/2018) (Pre-order - releases on: 4/27/2018) (Pre-order - releases on: 7/27/2018) (Pre-order - releases on: 10/26/2018)
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MARIJUANA and CHRISTIANShttp://www.aggressivechristianity.net/articles/maryjane.htm Cure or Curse? THROUGH THE INNOCENTLY APPEARING GUISE OF THE "NATURAL HERBAL HIGH" CALLED MARIJUANA, SATAN HAS FOUND AN OPEN DOORWAY FOR INVASION INTO THE MINDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. MANY A DECEIVED CHRISTIAN HAS LOST THEIR SALVATION IN CHRIST THROUGH THIS DECEPTIVE DEVICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. THE DECEPTIVE REASONING THAT SATAN USES IS THIS: "GOD MADE PLANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MAN, MARIJUANA IS A PLANT, THEREFORE GOD MADE IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF MAN. IT OPENS UP A PERSON'S MIND SO THAT THEY CAN FLOW IN THE SPIRIT." THE TRUTH IS THAT THE SPIRIT WHICH THIS PLANT OPENS ONE UP TO IS THE SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL. THIS "INNOCENT NATURAL HIGH" IS REALLY JUST THE BAIT THAT THE DEVIL USES TO CAPTIVATE THE SOUL (MIND, WILL AND EMOTIONS). THE DEVIL IS THE MASTER OF DECEPTION!!! READ SOME CASE HISTORIES OF THOSE IN MENTAL WARDS, MOST OF THEM STARTED OUT SO "INNOCENTLY" ON MARIJUANA. MARIJUANA HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE A DRUG THAT RENDERS IT'S USERS PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEPENDENT TO A SEVERE DEGREE. MANY M.J. USERS BECOME TRAPPED IN A DEAD END LIFESTYLE OF POVERTY, DEPENDENCE AND PARANOIA. OF WHOSE SPIRIT ARE THESE FRUITS?? DID YOU KNOW THAT THE DEVIL USES NO NEW THING TO BEGUILE PEOPLE? SORCERERS, SATANISTS, AND WITCHES HAVE KNOWN FOR CENTURIES THAT MARIJUANA IS A MEANS OF OPENING UP TO THE SPIRIT WORLD OF SATAN AND HIS DEMON FORCES. CHRISTIANS DON'T NEED THE DEVIL'S TOOLS! WHO CONTROLS YOU? The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I (Jesus) am come that they may have life and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10 THE DEVIL WILL USE ANYTHING OR ANYONE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSES. HIS NUMBER ONE TARGET IS CHRISTIANS!! IF HE CAN USE MARIJUANA TO CON THEM INTO BEING WEAK AND INEFFECTUAL, HE WILL. WHEN WE COME TO JESUS CHRIST, HE FORGIVES US FOR OUR SINS AND PUTS HIS LIFE INSIDE OF OUR HEARTS. THEN WE CAN WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. WE DO NOT NEED THE CRUTCHES OF THE FORMER LIFESTYLE LIKE MARIJUANA. THE CHRISTIAN WHO TRIES TO WITNESS FOR CHRIST WHILE HIGH ON MARIJUANA IS REALLY NOT A WITNESS FOR CHRIST AT ALL. THE ONLY WITNESS THAT SUCH A ONE GIVES IS THAT SATAN STILL HAS AUTHORITY IN HIS LIFE. DEAR CHRISTIAN, YOU DO NOT NEED MARIJUANA (OR ANY OTHER DRUG, INCLUDING ALCOHOL), FOR THROUGH JESUS CHRIST YOU CAN HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. YOU MUST LEARN TO NO LONGER LOOK TO THE RUDIMENTS OF THE WORLD, SUCH AS MARIJUANA, FOR HELP. YOU MUST LEARN TO LOOK TO GOD! YOU MUST LEARN TO KNOW HIM, FOR HE IS ALL YOU WILL EVER NEED. LOVE JESUS, WALK IN HIS HOLY SPIRIT, AND DON'T LET SATAN CONNIVE YOU INTO FOLLOWING ANOTHER SPIRIT -THE SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST. "But I fear, lest by any means as the serpent beguiled eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit (demons) which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him." 2 Cor. 11:3-4 THE WITCHCRAFT - DRUG CONNECTION! Let's not lose sight of the fact that all drugs are more correctly identified by their proper name of pharmaceuticals, which in the Bible is always translated as witchcraft or sorcery. Yet many people mistakenly believe that using drugs to gain access to spiritual forces is a modern fad and that the Bible is silent in this regard. This is simply not true. As a matter of fact, mind altering drugs have been employed by the devil and his agents since the earliest times to achieve his ends and are specifically condemned in both the Old and New Testaments. Of course a distinction must be made between drugs that have a proven medical value and are used accordingly and those drugs that are misused and abused by people seeking to escape reality. It is this latter category that definately relates to witchcraft and sorcery and ultimately ends in the total demonic enslavement of the user. It has been shown in other research works that the Greek words pharmakeia, pharmakeus and pharmakos, which are translated witchcraft, sorceries and sorcerers in the New Testament are connected with the use of mind altering drugs. The three words are derived from the Greek word pharmakon, which means drugs or magic potions. In the Greek version of the Old Testament the words pharmakeia, pharmakeuo, pharmekon, and pharmekos are used twenty two times to translate several different Hebrew words. The Hebrew words in question are kashaph, lehatim and chartummim. All three words are connected with sorcery, witchcraft and enchantments. It is obvious that the Greek word pharmakon has to do with drugs; a more relevant and contemporary application could hardly be found. The denunciations against sorcery contained in Revelation 9:21; 18:23; 21:8 ; and 22:15 apply to those who use drugs to bring on trances during which they claim to have supernatural knowledge or power. (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers) SORCERY A. Nouns. 1. pharmakia (or-- eia) ^5331^ (Eng., "pharmacy," etc.) primarily signified "the use of medicine, drugs, spells"; then, "poisoning"; then, "sorcery,"
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 08:32

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i would expound, but why bother. it is possible to follow with humility the path of a certain divine offspring, while still enjoying the plants of creation. i done now.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 08:38

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I guess I am a Witch.. or wait, a Warlock. Yes.. has a nice ring to it.
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for something completely different
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Good morning rockers, rollers, and assorted bipeds!!!!! Yes, I know, I'm on sabbatical, but I couldn't resist............. For those of you who wish to take a trip through the monolith, consider this offer: To commemorate acid month, celebrating the 47th anniversary of that fine and crazy time, for the entire month I will send anybody who asks nicely, copies of any & all of my April 1971 holdings. Here’s the catch---just checking to see who reads the entire post or not----you must send your request on the anniversary date of the show you’d like to get. Simple, oh so simple…………………. It was an amazing month. Starting with the way oversold Manhattan Center shows, where the Dead blew off any signs of rust, through the pinball-like bouncing through Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and North Carolina, culminating in the sublime final Fillmore East shows. This was lean, bare bones, hard rocking Dead, a period which faded rapidly after Pigpen became ill, a time when the Dead made high art out of a “low” musical form……………….. So feel free to check out what all the fuss is about!! You know where to find me.............. Disclaimer: this is NOT an April Fool’s joke or prank………………..lol…………..snicker snicker…………. So lets’ roll out the rock, crank it up, play it loud and proud!!! Just keepin’ it real, Doc P.S. Taste of coming attractions: https://archive.org/details/gd71-04-22.sbd.clugston.2176.sbeok.shnf Short and sweet, rockin’, touch of humor (“Don’t turn Garcia up, he sings horrible……..”)……….
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Personally I hope they stick with a couple of smaller boxes per year rather than one huge box. More manageable on the pocketbook and more variety. I imagine that they will want to spread the newly returned Betty Boards around, especially the popular favorites. I could see some people here though who would be willing to spent any amount, like for an 80 show Betty board box. Other than the documentary, they haven't released a video since 8/27/72 Sunshine Daydream, and that was 5 years ago now. Overdue for a CD/DVD set release of some type.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 14:48

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....does Hot Fuzz count? 'Cause that's pretty classic.
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Submitted by cosmicdavid on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 16:24

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as in Sebastion Bach?The 6th Cello Suite? Prelude? and the 2nd Cello Suite Prelude? WRS prelude? '73? Whether I am onto anything or not Thanks for the Bach!
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 16:29

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The complete recordings. Wake of the Flood, Laughing Water, 49.
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Submitted by cosmicdavid on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 16:44

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We have been calling this one for a second now. VERY stoked.
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Submitted by muleskinner_blues on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 17:04

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship in 1796. Per Wikipedia: 'The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society.' You heard right, Tower Society. I-Ching hexagram 6: Conflict hexagram 2: Receptive/Yield Conflict > Receptive/Yield, sounds like Box of Rain. Franklin's.. Box of Rain... ..Combined with The Other One for the previous hint (Pepto-Bismol, nausea, " I came across an empty space, it trembled and exploded") 3/28/88 Hampton, VA or 6/25/88 Hebron, OH Q.E.D.
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Submitted by Lost Dantian on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 20:14

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I didn't read the whole thing, but that is very disturbing... To think that when I retire, and return to the kind bud, that I will be inadvertently doing the devil's work, is very disconcerting. But in the interim, I am getting drunk on wine every night and am still in Jesus' good graces, which is an immense comfort to me, so thank you for that! Happy Easter, brother!
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Submitted by Lost Dantian on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 20:29

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Heartfelt accolades on your mentioning of Danny Gatton here, one of the most underrated, overlooked guitarists of our times... PM me if you want a copy of The Birchmere, Alexandria VA, 6/10/88, sitting in my collection. Damn! Never seen Danny Gatton mentioned on these here pages before, good on you ;)
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Submitted by Lost Dantian on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 20:40

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I-Ching now? I am with you brother! Let me throw me coins, and I'll see what changes I'm going through...
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Submitted by Lost Dantian on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 20:42

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My brother from another mother...miss you, man. That's the way it's been in town, Ever since they tore the jukebox down Two bit piece don't buy no more Not so much as it done before I say row Jimmy row, gonna get there I don't know Seems a common way to go, get out and row, row, row, row, row
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 21:47

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....any card. My card for today is Vegas 5.29.92. Sounds even better than I "remember" it. Healy on top of his game....the only thing hotter than the weather was the band. Thank God....
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Submitted by David Duryea on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 00:24

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Dead of the Day: April 2, 1973http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-02-1973 Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts When you get up around three dozens songs in a show and the Dead are this on, you cannot pass it up. The recording – and perhaps the sound at the show – starts off with some difficulties, as you can barely hear Bobby during Promised Land. But from then on out, the sound is immaculate, and the band keeps firing. Things turn up a notch with the Box of Rain. Then, a song later, the Dead deliver one of the best China> Riders; neither tune – like most of the rest of the show – is stretched out all that far, but the whole suite is exquisite. On China Cat, Jerry’s guitar is piercingly beautiful, creating tremendously powerful moments of emotion and pure joy. The playing carries over and transforms perfectly in the Rider, striking a deep vein of Dead hope, strength, and passion. Unfortunately, Donna’s vocals in You Ain’t Woman Enough are a bit painful; it was still fairly early in her tenure with the band, and she was working without being able to hear herself in the mix. The band does not skip a beat, however, and closes out the set with a phenomenal Playin’. The second half has much of the same splendor as the earlier set, at least until the band rolls out Here Come Sunshine, which vaults them to a different level altogether. They roll through that tune, building intensity in the shared vocals of each chorus while Phil and the drummers driving everyone on. The song devolves into a crazy, spacey jam that eventually morphs into a perfectly rendered Me and Bobby McGee. After a half second of hesitation, the boys launch into the prelude to Weather Report Suite, only to think better of it and smoothly transition into an epic Eyes> China Doll that does not look back. This night’s show was the Dead’s first trip to the legendary Boston Garden. They would end up playing twenty-four shows at the venue over the years. However, the band already had a six-show run scheduled for September 1995 at the time of Garcia’s death. There was a ten-year period through the eighties where the Dead did not play the venue, reportedly because the Garden’s manager caught them grilling lobsters on a fire escape before the show. After he tossed all their lobsters in the trash, the boys vowed never to return. But somehow they made their way back in 1991 for a lengthy six-show stop. At this 1973 show, the floor must have been open for general admission. After the Row Jimmy, in an attempt to get people to move back from the stage, Bobby gets on the mike and, in his deadpan style, tells everyone that they “just let loose a bushel of spiders, big fat tarantulas” up front.
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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 04:47

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First of a three niter at the Centrum. https://archive.org/details/gd1987-04-02.140289.sbd.miller.flac2496 Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart... Set 2 was great. Shakedown was best I saw live. Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 9 - 4/2 Set 1 Iko Iko, Little Red Rooster, Dire Wolf, It's All Over Now, We Can Run, Brown Eyed Women, Queen Jane Approximately, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped Set 2 Shakedown Street, Women Are Smarter-> Foolish Heart, Drums-> Jam-> The Wheel-> Dear Mr. Fantasy-> Hey Jude Reprise-> Around & Around, Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: It's All Over Now Baby Blue The Omni, Atlanta, GA, April 2, 1990(Spring 90 Box)
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Submitted by Old Chief Smokem on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 06:29

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Dave's 23 for the pick today. Love this show- one of my favorite from the series. Bring on the '73 Box, Dave and Co. No pepto needed. And tonight- Let's Go Nova!!! Bring it home! Hope everyone had a great Easter. Stay Grateful
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Submitted by Mr. Pete on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 08:31

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Since I am computer "illiterate" how does one go about posting a photo on this site? Thanks for your help. Mr. Pete----------------> aging hippie
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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 08:56

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... Europe 72 individual performances are all sold out...it took a long time but it worked magic. ;)
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 12:26

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Deadegad.. there is no announcement yet.. just rhetoric and hype with a Bolo clue or two sprinkled on top. I will say.. a Summer '73 makes perfect sense. They have the newly returned Betty Boards, many are purported to be from 1973. They likely was some sort of settlement/finders fee/consulting fee, etc., which means somebody had to drop some coin and will be looking for a return sometime this century and most importantly.. many of these fabled shows, especially from the summer simply do not fit on three discs which means they fall outside the current Dave's Picks model. Vegas odds favor Summer 1973 The Complete Recordings box set. Then there are the subtle, easy to grasp Bolo hints. :D ...so the drum roll continues. Mr. Pete, I have only figured out how to post pictures if they exist as images on the net somewhere. My trick only works if there is an https:// address associated with the image. I am self taught though, shirdeep seems to be step above my paygrade in regards to this.. If they can be found on the web, I bet I can help you get them to appear here, just send me a PM. To all that PM'd me, I am in the process of making good on 6/28. Happy Monday folks and a belated happy Easter if that's your thing. ..and a belated welcome back Dantian.. hope you survived a cold March and that all is well in the NE.
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Submitted by RV3 on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 09:17

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BUT, your wrong it's DP#27 that is from 1973....the BOX SET will be every 1977 show that has not been released, which totals about 7-8- so it should be a nice lil' package : ) NAUSEATING!!
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 09:38

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Pepto-up, my friend. Regarding the Summer of 73, none have been released.. so I don't see release fatigue as being a factor. Many here would consider this Christmas in July... (Christmas Eve In July).
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Submitted by deadegad on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 10:04

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Thanks due to a very, very long weekend of work, the April fools thing slid right past me. That False Summer 73 would really have helped me cope with seeing all that snow falling this morning here in the northwest Bronx (near Gaelic Park where the GD played some shows 71/72). Along with my dreamed-for September 1979 MSG NYC min-inbox another 73 would be nice. I, likewise, dream of The Radio City 1980 tapes being rediscovered, pieced together, and seeing a complete box release. Happy Monday Friends!
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 10:24

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Sorry about the long weekend.. None of this was meant as an April Fools spoof.. it all resulting from frustration that there was no announcement mixed with speculation of what the box might be.. Someone guessed it would not be a small box for a host of reasons and Summer '73 seemed to just fill the negative space. Hope all is well and you have a chance to rest up and regroup.
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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 11:07

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I'll raise my hand as author of "it's gotta be Summer '73" for the as-yet non-existent 2018 box announcement. As JimInMD stated, here's the logic: - Anthem reissue with '68 show negates a box of '68 (as does the rarity of '68 tapes in vault - DaP 26 is four discs of 1971, so '71 is an unlikely focus - the last two year's boxes and several DaPs have come from '77 and '78 and a change is probable - Summer '73 is the single longest period, like May to November, with no official releases And the final, admittedly idiosyncratic (okay, crass) reasoning is that I caught a lot of shows that summer and I'm ready for a Summer '73 box. Infallible logic! But with DaP 26 nearly upon us and an Anthem announcement floating around, I'm tempted to speculate that any box announcement may be delayed til June or later. (Trying the old, reverse logic trick to get an announcement this week...) In short, complete, total speculation from start to finish. And, why not? After all, the idea of a Summer '73 box seems to have caught the collective imagination. I'm thinking that it wouldn't be a "Complete Summer '73" because the GD didn't play a ton of shows that summer and Dave might want to hold back a few things. Three consecutive shows would work and not bust the bank. BUT, if we're talking Complete Summer, that's (12) shows: 6-9-73, 6-10-73, RFK (could be left out, as they're pre-Solstice) 6-22-73, PNE 6-24-73, Portland 6-26-73, Seattle 6-29, 6-30, 7-1-73, LA 7-27, 7-28-73, Watkins Glen 7-31, 8-1-73, Jersey City Say half squeeze onto (3) discs and half require (4) discs, that's freakin' (42) discs. With a price tag of $400-$500. What's the over/under on such a monster? Or take out (2) RFK shows, that's "only" (37) discs. Killing all this speculation, of course, is Bolo's clue/non-clue about grease, which would imply a box with our man Pigpen at the helm. Where does speculation lead if that's the case? A box of '69? That wouldn't necessarily jibe with returned tapes that range 1971 to 1980. So, we're back where we started after this marathon of speculation. We got nothing!
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Submitted by David Duryea on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 11:24

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I linked an aggressive christianity post for an April Fools/Easter spoof and it appears Jim was the only one who got the Warlocks connection.
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Submitted by simonrob on Mon, 04/02/2018 - 11:34

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It may have been a spoof, but it was nice to know where we are all headed.
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