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....my step-daughter picked that one Gary. And I cranked it.

Nice pick.

I would put DaP somewhere in the top 7 or so. Not sure where.... Here are my totally subjective rankings of the series. There's no real science. I would probably rank Academy higher but i have E72 which I go to very often, so this one just gets way less play. The Berkeley show would be higher but the added effect on Phil's bass is too much for me, and something else was too much for Jerry in set 2. Boulder is considerably worse than Horton. Just cant understand why this show was released. Without further ado: # Date Place 11 11/17/1972 Wichita 5 11/17/1973 Pauley Pavilion 13 2/24/1974 Winterland 21 4/2/1973 Boston Garden 16 3/28/1973 Springfield 9 5/14/1974 Missoula 15 4/22/1978 Nashville 23 1/22/1978 Eugene 8 11/30/1980 Fox Atlanta 24 8/25/1972 Berkeley 22 12/7/1971 Felt Forum 18 7/17/1976 Orpheum 17 7/19/1974 Selland 10 12/12/1969 Thelma 12 11/4/1977 Colgate 14 3/26/1972 Academy of Music 25 11/6/1977 Broome Co 6 12/20/1969 Fillmore + Fox Theater 19 1/23/1970 Hawaii 7 4/24/1978 Horton Fieldhouse 20 12/9/1981 Boulder

....slow dog noodles list is eerily close to mine, but I'm too spent to debate. BTW, the Vegas Golden Knights are one win away from reaching the conference finals. On the drive up to Idaho, listened to a lot of the XM bluegrass channel. Good stuff...ever drive by the sugar beet factory in the Gem State? Believe me. You don't want to. Idaho is actually pretty beautiful. Gotta love green fields. Gonna stop by a roadside potato stand to bring back the real deal on the way back home.

Great mountains and lots of good whitewater there.. mental note to self.. skip the sugar beet factory and the neo Nazi communes. Still.. a great state.. Wow.. this Althea is completely kicking ass.. I forgot how good it is.

Top 3 Dead songs with the word blues 1. Big Railroad Blues 2. U.S. Blues 3. Mexicali Blues

Viola Lee BluesDeep Elem Blues Cumberland Blues Big RR Blues Minglewood?? Cocaine Habit Blues Tell It To Me (Cocaine Blues) I need to think.. I know we are forgetting a ton.

....didn't make it up to the panhandle. I know where they set up camp. And yes. The upper Snake has some good whitewater. Did it once back in the late 90's....#1 Grateful Dead song with the word Blues in the title? I'm not even gonna answer that obvious smokescreen....

it's a freebie.. rhymes with Slumberland.

? Flip the b/d and it comes more into focus. Lol. That was kinda lame. Sleep deprivation does that. Found a good looking pita wrap place down the street from our motel. Gonna check it out.

Thank You

I forgot Cumberland. Thats got to be in the top 3. But where? Blues for Allah? Walking Blues? Let me Sing Your Blues Away?

I think I understand now. The zero on your keyboard must be sticking. Great topic. The top 30 GD songs with the word Blues or was it The top 30 GD Blues songs? ___________ We seem to be missing David Duryeau.

Great list Slow Dog...did you forget Volumes 1-4? I think Hartford CT 7/31/74 Volume 2 is one of my favorites.

...from the Phil Zone. He sold out Red Rocks tonight. Phil opened with Cumberland Blues. He offered a stellar Viola Lee Blues. They covered, "Like A Rolling Stone." Which sounded a lot more like the Rolling Stones than Bob Dylan. Overall the vibe was awesome and my crowd interactions were insane. Crazy good people everywhere and of course being one, we were all on the same wavelength. Phil's thing is not half as close to actual Grateful Dead as Dead & Co. is. As far as paying homage to the style and the vibe... Phil had 9 musicians onstage (including him), incorporating a fiddle. Brought back memories of seeing the Dixie Dregs last month. I eagerly look forward to these Dead & Co. shows once again. And, God bless Phil Lesh.

How about Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues? It may not be the best, but its probably the rarest. In fact, its so rare, I haven't actually heard it. Whoops-double post.

How about Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues? It may not be the best, but its probably the rarest. In fact, its so rare, I haven't actually heard it.

Thanks for posting the video addresses Dennis.

Oroborous, I have missed your comments. All ways liked your posts, I too, like the way you think. JiminMD, like the way you think too, you are Mr. Positive Vibes around here. Vguy, so sorry for your loss, I have been there, it is tough but you will get by, you will survive. I have found that it takes years to get over some losses, it's a hard and heavy road for most and only you can take that trip. It's like going down the road feeling bad, at first, it's a sad, unhappy place, "don't wanna be treated that way", then, as you go down that road, it gets better, more upbeat, happy, bad now means "bad, as in badass". "Going down the road, feeling BAD". Your sadness will lessen and only fond memories of friends and family that have shown you the light and helped you get down that road, now gone, but remembered with love will endure. Your set list sounded wonderful, you sent his soul off with a very colurful trail. There is so much to comment on here, gee, you go away for a couple of days and you miss so much. Too much to verify and comment on, but great posts by all of you. Thanks, I needed that. All I can say about this new pick is, thank you Dave, thank you.

Thanks for the shout out Jim! Ever changing and always subjective, the following picks have received universal praise and are considered the top of the series: DaP 5: 11/17/73 DaP 11: 11/17/72 DaP 13: 2/24/74 DaP 18: 7/17/76 DaP 21: 4/2/73 DaP 23: 1/22/78 Whereas the following seem to be near the bottom of the barrel (which still makes them good shows!) DaP 7: 4/24/78 DaP 20: 12/9/81 DaP 22: 12/7/71 The rest depends on your taste. As for me, I also really enjoy 7/31/74, 2/2/70, 11/4/77, 3/28/73, 7/19/74, 8/25/72, and the latest: 11/17/71. Maybe I'll post an updated personal ranking soon. Edit: I suppose Space is technically right when he calls the Thirty Trips Around The Sun set "Mostly 80's and 90's shows". But, he's still a misleading little instigator because we're talking 30 shows here, with 14/30 from the 60's and 70's and 16/30 from the 80's and 90's. That's a 47% to 53% ratio. Also, and there's no way to assess this, I would guess that most people who bought the box did so out of general love for the Dead, need for complete collections, or love for the early shows, rather than the fact that it was "mostly" 80s/90s shows. Judging by the secondary market pricing, the most popular shows on the set are from prior to 1980. Rhino even chose to release the 1967 and 1977 shows later as individual vinyl offerings. They didn't do that for most popular 80s shows (9/18/87 and 10/26/89). When I saw the box on sale, my first thought was: "WOW. 30 shows! A lot of them amazing! I NEED THIS!". My second thought was: "11/10/67...2/22/69...4/15/70...11/14/73...9/18/74...9/28/75...10/27/79....droool".

Oroborous, great to see reference to that 1953 Theodore Sturgeon classic, which won major Sci-Fi/Fantasy awards. Meant to note earlier Carl Jung as the source, he evolved the term, western theory and wrote on synchronicity, also Koestler's Roots of Coincidence which gets further out there. Like giving a good close listen, being open or becoming ready to be open to this experience.

I would have to put the 69/70 release at the very top of the list, as that was a major addition to the available canon of GD music. Otherwise I would agree with Mister Jack Straw’s list.

Also, Miller recently remastered his previous shnid=26437 SBD transfer:https://archive.org/details/gd1986-03-27.121600.sbd.miller.flac16

DaP5 11/17/73DaP26 11/17/71 DaP11 11/17/72 DaP9 5/14/74 DaP23 1/22/78 DaP 23 has been the biggest surprise of the entire series for me as I am not really a fan of that year. DaP20 12/9/81 is so far below everything else, it is not even worth mentioning others. Kinda like space, who also seems to be universally despised.

There's fire on the mountain and I've been under non-mandatory evac orders for 7 days now. Our "go bags", select sentimentals, external HDs, important papers, meds and, of course, my GD collection have been duly loaded into the 4WDs for hasty retreat all week. The fire crested ridges less than a mile away and was eerily visible for several days/nights. The Diablos and other hot-shot crews, dozers, S.E.A.T.s & helicopters from across the country have now achieved nearly 40% containment, so guess I'll bring everything back in, but leave it all stacked in the studio until the monsoons end wildfire season hopefully in July. . . Have you tried to pack up your Dead lately? I'm glad I saved the packing boxes from Boxilla and Europe '72. For the DPs, RTs, Dave's, smaller boxes, other CD's and LPs I fortunately had a bundle of corrugated boxes just the right size for CD's or vinyl ready and waiting (12-1/2" x 12-1/2" x 6" work great). Might be worth thinking about. . . Am I having second thoughts about physical product vs digital music? Nope, not really. Spent too much of my youth devouring new music while propped up against big speakers, sharing some smoke and gazing at tripped out album art. I'll leave the digital transition to the more sensible younger gens. Going back out now to flag a contingency fire break for a USFS D6N dozer that's rumbling up toward our house.

Whoops.

....best of luck Jeff. Hoping it Looks Like Rain soon in your neck of the woods. And yes. Pauley is still the top cock of the roost....hitting the road back to Vegas. 5.4.72 should get us to Jackpot, NV.

Thanks, Dennis and Jeff for posting the song. On first listen it sounds pleasant enough-pretty similar, on first listen, to the songs that ended up on the last two studio albums. I was expecting Phil to have sung it solo-but it sounds more like Brent taking the lead. Regarding 30 Trips, I hate to say it, but if it had been split into two boxes-the first 15 years being in one box, and the second 15 years in the other, I don't know that I would have bought the second one. Good luck with the fire Jeff. I am with you in terms of favouring physical albums over digital, too.

Holy crap, Jeff.. that's a scary situation to be in. I really hope things end well and the four winds blow it safely out (or in the other direction). It really puts things in perspective.. ensuring safety, then prioritizing your possessions. Wow.. I think that's a good way to rank your releases though, but the order they went into your assault vehicle. 1 FW Box 2 E72 Box 3 ??? etc. I can see it causing some confusion too.. what do you mean Winterland 73 before my grandmothers family heirlooms? Anyway.. I shouldn't make light, that is some serious shit to have to contend with.

Hey Terrapin, what daya mean back when : )I believe both tie-dye and the classic pocket t are trending.....Hell some of us never stopped with the trusty pocket tee!

Yo Jeff, We feel your pain. That’s some scary shit. We live in Colorado and luckily fire has usually only been sort of peripheral, back of your mind thing. But once it was close enough that we could see it from our kitchen table. Whole different trip.....it was far enough etc, but you never know how the winds going to blow etc, and it is a surreal process to even just superficially think what to pack etc. Trully hard for most to fathom especially if you’ve never actually seen the fire close like that. Be safe! It’s funny you mention packing up the collection, because that’s what I’ve been doing this weekend...going to move, but need to store for several months, so going through that whole process; what goes with what, what needs to be handy etc...

Seeing Chris tonight at a GA show. Going to go get a Big Gulp and fill it halfway with soda and ice and the rest of the way with something else to help ease the time standing out in the sun in line. We want to be at least somewhere near the front of the stage, if not crushing it. This should be a hell of a good time: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chris-robinson-on-reviving-… I also can't wait to see the Magpie Salute as the guitar interplay between Rich Robinson and Marc Ford is up there with the all-time duos like Richards/Taylor and Felder/Walsh. As far as box sets, I always feel pained in any indulgence over $300, but with the Dead it's hard to turn stuff down. Amazingly pleased with Rhino and the selection and quality of all these releases, the packaging, etc. I've never gotten anything from them and went, "well, this sucks!"

My list is pretty similar to many here...11/17/73, 11/17/72, 2/24/74, 5/14/74 but also in my top five is a possibly underrated release (if such a thing exists)...4/22/78 (daves 15 I believe). I love every note of that show. From beginning to end it gets me out of my seat. If memory serves, I think it actually didn't even sell out for several days for whatever reason (impossible to imagine now). Anyway, I love this show... Hope everyone is having a peaceful Sunday evening...

11 30 807 17 76 12 12 69 4 22 78 12 9 81 12 7 71

I still wear tie-dye too.And recently bought more dyes from Dharma Trading so that I could make more tie-dye T-shirts and bed sheets.

I recently did a long distance move. I have saved all the original packaging for the Box Sets. I put those in large Sterlite plastic crates with snap handles. Worked great. For the individual DP’s and DaP’s I happened to have boxes from 98/99 when I bought several hundred CD-R’s in jewel cases. Those came in boxes of 100. I placed all the DP’s and DaP’s, and other single show releases in those boxes, and then put those boxes in Sterlite crates. I’m going to just leave the collection in those crates since I have already made CD-R copies for daily use.

A very cool show the Playin is unusual to say the least

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winnerwinnerwinnerwinnerwinner heard 11/17/71 on my way to my destination in Oregon heard 12/14/71 on the way back home sweeeeeeet stuff. Thank you, Dave and friends. also heard disc three of 8/7/82. excellent. very excellent. a good bunch of The Who Live at Leeds a good bunch of Zappa you cant do that on stage anymore vol 2 disc 1 MoI Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Weasels Ripped My Bong?) and a bunch of disc one of 11/19/72 very nice.

as a stand-alone show, I think it's fine. as a DaP, merely OK. If anyone has one that they just can't stand to have around, I'll take your copy.

rightly released as a DiP. I have an "unofficial" version. one of the top three of 82.

i'm not seeing anyone here still rocking hane's pocket tee's. now a few tie dyes yeah but its always like promoting a restaurant or school event and I can just tell by looking at them they are not into the Dead at all.

An earlier commenter was right in stating that the feeling isn't as close to GD as Dead n CO but he ROCKED none the less. Great, great night. Link to the archive for those that want it. Only Jack O Rose I have EVER gotten live from any configuration *I have never seen Hunter* and the Mountains of the Moon were top notch. Worth the price of admission alone. https://archive.org/details/PhilLesh2018-05-05.RedRocks.TelefunkenM60.S…

We all wear 'Haynes' [sic] Pocket T's.. nothing but. Even both of the woman that post here. Sort of goes without saying.. oh, on a separate note - thanks Unkle for the kind words.. I think most here have superhuman karma and a feisty passion for great music and good times. As for Phil.. I have a deep admiration for what he has done post GD. He has broken in more artists, brought more talent into the fold then all the others put together. Perhaps it comes off a little less Grateful Dead like, but it's got just as much GD pixie dust mixed in as the other configurations. I got hooked the year he brought Jorma in and put out that album Love Will See You Through. But the stuff with Scofield is impressive, Warren Haynes, Campbell and Jackie Greene, his kids, Kimock, Stanley Jordan, I think he was the first to play with Mayer (could be wrong on this), Chris Robinson, Rob Barraco, Ryan Adams, Barry Sless, Jimmy Herring.. I can exceed the characters allowed if I included everyone. It's beyond amazing what he has done post GD and I applaud his stamina and enthusiasm. My favorite recent (November) experience peaked with a version of Viola Lee Blues backed up by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Sinfully incredible. Wowie stuff. Still no sign of DD. Perhaps he's having a hot week at a casino in Vegas or something..

Only instead of the Del McCoury Band.. it's Phil and instead of a bluegrass number, it's a tripped out ragtime jug band tune on acid. Paints the visual.. I think.

Back home after a trip now and was able to listen to Albuquerque discs 1 and 2 so far.Of course, I like it a lot, given that it's smack dab within my favored era, and the other reviews here that I read before listening to it seemed to confirm that it turns up the afterburners. It re-exemplifies for me what I hear more often in the sounds of '70-'71, the reckless ferocity vs. the more controlled precision of the immediately following years. Lots of moments of emotional culmination, and lots of unfettered Garcia, the way it moves me best. Trying to put my finger on it, but it seems like at that time his playing had a raspier sound over a wider range of tones, and used the lower register notes more often. Some notes on particular tunes: PITB - Yeah, this is the way I like it. Burning, and minimal meandering. El Paso - Being attuned to the romance of the old West, I've always liked the song. Usually it's about the story, and belongs to Bobby, and Jerry brings some simple country riffs to fill in. Maybe Garcia's just higher in the mix on this, but I found his solo to be pretty different and more riveting on this version than usual. You win Again - Seems Jerry went lower with his notes than usual, and I noticed that brought a different feel than the '72's where the solos are usually higher and spikier to my ears. The Other One suite - Wow, kick ass, creative, has its own unique aura. Will take me awhile to get a handle on this more fully. NFA/GDTRFB - Started out pretty typical for a '71, but then Garcia seems to go rather bananas starting with the transition, then lets up, then returns with more intensity going down the road. Really liked this version. Will have to give it several more listens overall to dig in deeper and revisit my first impressions, and also get to Ann Arbor next. As for t-shirts, the pocket versions are long gone from my stash, but since my ode to style is to pretty much ignore it, lots of 'em are still up on the shelves for daily wear. Solid colors mostly, many in various stages of becoming ripped (the shirts, not me so much).

re You Win Again. I noticed this song seemed looser than usual, and on investigation it was the newest song at the time having only played it a few shows. Jerry clearly and abruptly (for Jerry) calls out "Keith!" for a solo on 12/15/71, and Keith CLEARLY wasn't ready. Obviously not as rehearsed, but it still delivers.

....we beached the Sharks. Bring on whoever. I've never owned a pocket tee. Is there something wrong with me?