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Been a bit of a lurker the past few weeks as work is in a fast frenzy at the moment, kids and wifey have been a little ill, and took a long weekend getaway to Portland Maine last weekend (we had never been - I definitely ate and drank my way across the realm) but have been keeping tabs on all things related to this little corner of the universe in the meantime. Noting that The Who and The Doors discussion appears to be "not quite dead yet", my offering is thus: back in the day, say prolly around 7th or 8th grade, a confluence of events began to shape my current musical appreciation in the basic elements and building blocks of classic rock. This included friends' older brothers who passed along musical ideas in our presence, it included girlfriends who started to make me my very fist "mix tapes", and it included me beginning to tune into radio stations within the classic rock format (even though back then I don't believe it was actually referred to that). My parents didn't really listen to much music so I was left to go seeking out those sounds which enticed my ears. First among them were The Who, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, and of course The Dead. This all sort of fell into my lap at more or less the same point in time so I was left to distill, prioritize, and learn. I thoroughly enjoyed everything i was hearing, but of course at some point The GD sort of took over front and center. But I will say, ALL of these bands formulated a general opinion of "I like this kind of music" but the real juice was unleashed once I got my hands on Live Dead, Shakedown Street and Europe '72. The rest is history, My Friends. As I have been on a bit of a '71 kick lately, DaP 26 should be a welcome listen as I've never heard it before. Echoing others' enthusiasm for a purported similarity to the Austin Road Trips show and hope I am as pleasantly surprised. Today in Boston: Cold Rain and Snow. WTF. Sixtus

You can get Deadbase 50 on Amazon, that might help with shipping, duties, tariffs, etc. DB50 contains a copy of DBX (or whatever the last version was) plus everything since. It’s a lot thicker than DBX.

Seems close to perfect in my opinion. No disruptions from the wind or birds or other things. This is one of Dave's favorite shows, and he got his wish and is sharing this show via dead.net.

The only copy of Deadbase that I got was number 10, which came out just after Jerry died. I would like to get the 50th edition, but the shipping to England would be astronomical. I look at those three "Tapers Compendium" books more than my copy of Deadbase. In fact, they are the books on the Dead that I have looked at most over the years-I have probably looked at one of them every couple of days or so since they first came out. I used to read everything I could find on the band. The first book I read was that terrible one by Hank Harrison, the first one he wrote, which I got back in 1975. Far better was "The Music Never Stopped" by Blair Jackson, which I got in the early 1980s. It has a great opening, describing a Dead show at Ventura, in, I think, 1982. The book chronicles the history of the band, which was quite new to me at the time-but the other great thing about it is the review of tapes of shows at the end of the book. I can remember reading these, and wondering how on earth I could ever find them for myself. Incredible, how things have progressed in terms of the accessibility of the bands music since those days. In fact, the bands music is more accessible to me now, and, thanks to this website, more easily discussed, than it was when they were actually still functioning.

I really like the late 80's and 90's. Wish we saw more from that era. Can't get enough of it! Please and thank you.

The nice thing about the edition that came out for the 50th in 2015 is that in addition to the Grateful Deads updated setlists are lists for Jerry solo, Bob solo, Phil solo, The other Ones, The dead, Furthur all the way up to the 50th anniversary shows. Dead & Company started after the book came out. There's a ton of statistical information and even select show reviews. Between 1988 and 1993 they released the yearly supplimental editions with full analysis and reviews for every show in those years (the '94 and '95 supplimental editions were included with Deadbase IX and Deadbase X). Deadbase XI was updated through the first "The Other Ones" tour in '98, including reviews of those shows. For hardcore tape collectors, they came in handy, though now much of the info can be found online. Still well worth having a hardcopy (supplimental hardcopies for those who want to explore/study '88-'95 in depth). I always liked the "Dark Star" maps that would do deeper analysis of the popular versions. Of course the three "Tapers Compendium" books are useful.

Deadbase is not a book you read from front cover to back cover, although you could. It’s for reference, you open it and read the page that has the info you need at that moment.And it has a lot of info...... And you can usually access that info faster than going to the internets.

....one could call it that. Every team had to release a player prior to the start of this season. That's thirty players. You almost have a team right there. I put full credit on the front office and coaching. It trickles down from there. Our mishmash team had a point to prove. Castaways. Vegas Golden Knights gelled into a powerhouse before my eyes, and it is addicting. Funny that looking back when our team was first named, the internet blew up with Golden Shower jokes. Where are you now? Vegasborn I am. I've always loved this city and am enamored by the Knights. Oh. I also like They Love Each Other a lot. My wedding song....

In the desert? What has the world come to?

Now seems like a Galaxy far, far away with the bonus disc/no cover songs news. If it happens, it will prolly be a 4CD one off retail box set like the 10/74 Grateful Dead Movie box set. I'm sure there are legal and/or estate and/or song publishing issues to iron out first.