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    The unexpected return of the masters of the Grateful Dead's triumphant show at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, November 17, 1971, yields great rewards. The Dead came in HOT for their first New Mexico show. Aided by clarity and precision and abetted by confidence and focus, they finessed old standards with definitive takes. With Keith now blending in seamlessly on keys, the first set offered up a triple shot of electric Blues, an exceptional "You Win Again," and a stellar "One More Saturday Night" to wrap things up. And the second set, well, it might just be unlike any you've ever heard. Archivist David Lemieux urges you to turn it up and do it loudly. We won't dare spoil all the surprises, but pay special attention to the rippin' "Sugar Magnolia," the aggressively monstrous "The Other One," and the highly-danceable "Not Fade>GDTRFB>Not Fade." Rounding out the 3CDs, you'll find selections from Pigpen's return tour at Ann Arbor, MI, 12/14/71. Subscribers will get nearly all of the complete show as this year's bonus disc.

    As always, Dave's Picks Volume 26 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the original analog tapes by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • Lovemygirl
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    Can’t forget the Summer of 1987 tour
    ...Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour...The Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour was a concert tour by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead taking place in the summer of 1987 and consisting of six concerts. Each concert began with one or two lengthy sets by the Grateful Dead of their own material (sometime broken into a first and second set, per the Dead's usual practice), followed by a roughly 90 minute set of the Dead acting as Dylan's backup band. :) ...bring on the complete recordings boxset ! ;)
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    I should say also, that both the last two 77 shows I have listened to have gone to places I wasn't expecting. The Uncle Johns I mentioned, on the 11th, and also Not Fade Away and Comes a Time on 12th. The playing, after the song parts have been completed is mesmeric on both tracks. I also found myself listening to, and enjoying, Keith's playing more than I was expecting. And now I see that Cornell is being re-released on vinyl. Incidentally, 8th May 1911 was the date Robert Johnson was born.
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    I know what you guys mean. 1969 is wild and wooly whereas 1977 is the awesome power of a fully operational mothership. But the dead were never smooth and professional. Case in point: I listened to 5/7/77 last night. Between the first 4 or 5 songs there is the sound of hammers repeatedly hammering nails into the drum platform. And you know the breaks between songs were much longer than on the releases. The Stones are smooth and professional. Can you picture carpenters building a drum stage during a Stones concert? But that's part of the charm of the Dead and is much preferable to a pre-planned scripted concert and is why we seek out every show.
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    LMG, spring 87....went to the Hampton through Rectum shows, actually had tix for the Wuuuster shows, but we sold em because we were burnt and honestly we were starting to get a bit disenfranchised with the scene (already beyond that nice peak I was trying to describe before...) and as you start to get older, sometimes your priorities shift. Unfortunately don’t recall many specifics from this tour.....it all rolls into one, and melts into a dream.... I do remeber thinking there was something missing musically? It was awesome that Jerry was back and looked good, and man that TOG the second night was powerful, but it was like he was out of sync or something. In fact, we occasionally noticed this phenomenon ever after the 86 coma. Luckily, as time went on, it was less often and more subtle. So our perception was that everything had kinda turned into white bread. This feeling actually progressed during summer tour, to the point that, combined with the venues chosen, led us to completely skip the fall tour! Blasphemy I know. Luckily that 3-27-88 show snapped us outta that funk a bit, and by summer 88 we were back on the bus. See this is kinda what I’ve been trying to get at with my recent posts, PERCEPTION! All the shows we get are precious, but they all contain something that someone could point out is flawed. Jerry’s voice, Brent, Donna etc etc., So although we all have favorites, we should not fall in ruts, or overgeneralize, or whatever to the point where people just don’t listen to whole eras of shows! I don’t care what year, there is always at least some hot shows, so why close your mind off and not even give these a chance? Remember, sometimes you get shone the light etc.. Here’s a funny example. For a long time (years ago), I wasn’t that into the 72 stuff. I was missinformed and not musically mature enough to get the big psychedelic jams and so forth. So I thought hell im not going to pay for more E72 cause hell I already have E72! Also, the few tapes we got back then from 72 were not usually very good (same with 73 and 74). Mostly fed 76-78s as a wee lad.... So I copped a misinformed attitude and didn’t check it out for a long time. Eventually after studying Jazz and improv and deveping my ears so to speak, I finally got it. So much so that I now can informatively argue that the E72 improve Dark Stars etc are some of the BEST music the band ever made and why! Bob speaks of post 75 about “we had songs we wanted to get out there” and the jams took too much time etc....well my argument is yes the songs ARE great, but a lot of bands have great songs.... But NOBODY! has ever played that kind of far out improv jazz like music (in rock) like the Dead. Yeah, yeah I love fusion and the rest, but it’s not the same. The ability to completely let it dismantle, but somehow stay together and interesting. Nobody else could do that, that I’ve ever heard so far... No offense, but most of the “Jam” bands and music since is often nothing more than individuals ceaselessly noodling. Yes there is a difference, number one being group improve versus individual.... That’s the main reason 77 is not my favorite. (I love it, but it’s not my favorite!) IMHO, 76-78 often just drones on in modes, with one person soloing over the top, where say E72 and 69 etc there is much more group improv going down...Again, we’re talking degrees here, not black or white! So my point of all this, and the last couple days is, if you overgenralize and cant overlook certain flaws or variables or what not, it is truly a shame, because we’re so blessed to have access to SO much amazing unique music! Even mid-nineties late era shows always have something. Sure there may not be a lot of hot entire “shows”, but there always are at least moments, and for this old duffer those moments are still worth the time and effort to try and someday check as much of the music from ALL eras as possible!!! Ok, thanks for letting me get this out, it’s been festering for awhile and why i started to post again after many years. It just bums me out to no end when I see folks here being nasty and judgmental based on closed mindedness. Remeber, be GRATEFUL!!! Ok, Smithers, release the hounds....I can already here it, “yeah but....”
  • Cousins Of The…
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    That same song also has the line: "I'd rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log, than being here in Atlanta treated like a dirty dog" which the Dead used in early renditions of I Know You Rider, changing Atlanta to Frisco.
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    first "Water into Wine" reference, first Playin jams...
    The Bible was written 1500+ years ago, so I'd say the first musical "water into wine" reference is likely about that old, but the bootleg is probably a bit hissy.... First Playin' jams were in '69, then just called "The Main Ten jam" before Bob had fully written the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP6jAWEqRhU
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    ...the number one best seller book in the world, The Bible. the second being ‘The Joy of Sex / Karma Sutra :) Ha ha lol ....Make love not war! Have a grateful day everyone :)
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    I'm going to have to go ahead and
    "merge" the Dark Star track with the Mind Left Body track on Dick's Picks 19. I'm kind of feeling like this should have been done at the outset. The Dark Star from Dick's Picks 36 contains mind left body, and I think there may be a couple of other Dark Stars that contain it as well (10/25/73 is ringing a bell). so should this one. That will be tonight's project. May the never be separated again.
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    Does anybody else notice the massive amount of low-end / bass on this Buffalo box set recording? It makes me wonder if Jeff Norman also did some bass enhancement on this show. I can't turn the equalizer down low enough to make it bearable on my car stereo system.
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    I was thinking of May 1977 shows when I made that comment. And the fact that I had been listening to the Shrine 1967 show, Fillmore West 1969 and the Binghamton and Fillmore East 1970 shows immediately prior to dropping in on May 1977. 1967-1970 sounds a lot rougher round the edges than the May 77 shows-11th and 12th are the ones I played. I like them- the Uncle Johns on the 11th with Jerry's solo at the end are top draw-but the shows generally seem a bit gentler somehow than the earlier ones. Bob used to joke on stage in 1977 about getting things just exactly perfect.. Maybe the medium should also be taken into account-some of the 67-70 shows I listened to were on vinyl whereas the 77 shows I have got are all on cd. That also applies to seeing them live. It can't help affect your perceptions of the music if you actually went on tour with them. To me,1985 is purely represented on disc. I never saw them in 1985. In fact, there was so little information about them in England round about that time, that I assumed they must have split up!
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The unexpected return of the masters of the Grateful Dead's triumphant show at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, November 17, 1971, yields great rewards. The Dead came in HOT for their first New Mexico show. Aided by clarity and precision and abetted by confidence and focus, they finessed old standards with definitive takes. With Keith now blending in seamlessly on keys, the first set offered up a triple shot of electric Blues, an exceptional "You Win Again," and a stellar "One More Saturday Night" to wrap things up. And the second set, well, it might just be unlike any you've ever heard. Archivist David Lemieux urges you to turn it up and do it loudly. We won't dare spoil all the surprises, but pay special attention to the rippin' "Sugar Magnolia," the aggressively monstrous "The Other One," and the highly-danceable "Not Fade>GDTRFB>Not Fade." Rounding out the 3CDs, you'll find selections from Pigpen's return tour at Ann Arbor, MI, 12/14/71. Subscribers will get nearly all of the complete show as this year's bonus disc.

As always, Dave's Picks Volume 26 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the original analog tapes by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Wasn’t a huge fan of that stuff, but again, by today’s standards they still rock!Like Ozzy cause he cracks me up; road trip show with Jack, his books etc But if you’ve seen the farewell concert/documentary The End, I think on showtime, they were awesome. It’s a shame touring sucks so much because a lot of these old goats still have it, like Phil!
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In fact, there have been a bunch of great docs and concert vids on the Telly the last few years...Sabbath, Clapton; life in 12 bars, Hendrix, Stones rellesead a few, Rush, know I still have a few others on DVR but forget?....and of course the F.T.W. shows, The Dead, and Weirs excellent T.O.O....
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There was a good one on telly here on Jeff Beck last week. Lots of clips from The Yardbirds up to recent concerts. He is as vital now as he ever was. I haven't bought his latest studio cd, Loud Hailer, but the blu ray Live At The Hollywood Bowl summer 2016 is superb. He is joined by various people on different tracks. All great, but the music played with Jan Hammer is dazzling. High hopes for London next month!
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-Grateful Dead Live at Madison Square Garden on 1988-09-18 Feel Like A Stranger-> Franklin's Tower, Good Time Blues, Big Railroad Blues, Memphis Blues, Stagger Lee, Promised Land Not Fade Away-> Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Women Are Smarter-> Drums-> Space-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat-> Throwin' Stones, E: Black Muddy River ...I always dig listening to this show, being from the garden and all, and it’s well know acoustics..., ...or how about these three shows in April 7,8 & 9th. :) https://www.discogs.com/Grateful-Dead-The-Centrum-Worcester-Massachuset…
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winner winner chicken dinner! oh, thats the song, not a movie....
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get another quarter outdrop in the meter mama try me on for size the guitar solo in that track is cool
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Two Oro's how can that be. From now on I will be known as Sir Garret Farseer... Dang lovin the conversation. Don Airey, seems I remember a documentary explaining a battle with him and Sharon Osbourne. I know Bob Daisley is credited now with helping write Diary of a Madman, but it seems like he Randy Rhodes and Don Airey wrote all the music to Diary. Seem to recall there was a dispute about royalties and such so Airey and Daisley and Kerslake the drummer were released. I know Sharon helped some with helping Ozzy deal, but I put her in the same category as Gail Zappa. The theme of this story is purely fictional and should not be confused with actual people places and events, real or fictional. Or something like that...
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Sweats be bangin.
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Yeah Gary, now we’re talking.Where’s my milk?
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No meet up at the movies this year?
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I have had the tape FOREVER and I, of course, bought the official release....I am going to have to go back and listen. That Jack Straw when I was in High School would get me so revved up because Jer just takes it, and takes it, and takes it. Higher, Higher, Higher, then BANG! Jack Straw from Wichita! Why would they swap them? and for which show is the Jack from GSTL 5/8/77 ACTUALLY swapped with?
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AcrosstheRio Definitely want to meet up for the ABQ Dead n Co show. I sent you a PM seeing if you wanted to meet up for Phil but you might not have read it. Get a hold of me! PM me and I will shoot you my number. Also, any other Colorado deadheads trolling around on here...PM me. I love an excuse for a meet up and why wait till show time? Strangers stopping strangers...
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Keep asking.. eventually someone will say yes. Gets harder and harder each year for me too. ...I'm bet they will crank out a meet up at the movies again. So what's it gonna be this year? There are some prime 89's yet to be plucked and I, for one, would be happy with a repeat of the Beat, 72. or how's this? 4/17 Amsterdam and the Beat. Or how about 71 Chateau d'Herouville? Wouldn't it be grand to announce the Box Set the same day? And what about Gainesville? Is Dave still feeling a bit under the weather?
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I always liked 5/9 the most of the three.. simply for the Help/Slip/Franks and the second set Other One, NFA, Comes a Time jam. In fact, on my drive home tonight I was listening to the Playing, NFA, Comes a Time Playing from 5/12/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago. It could be my favorite sequence from the Spring 77 Box v. 1. I honestly don't listen to that much 77 GD these days, primarily because I have listened to it to death decades ago.. but that doesn't mean I don't really like it. So many tapes, so little time. Edit: oh.. VGuy, I had 35 mm film of all the 77 shows, but my last gf tossed them at the same time she tossed all my ticket stubs. Ain't that a shame...
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That's not what she told me.
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Give them to me.. my ticket stubs and my 35 mm tapes of GD shows. I knew you had them all along.
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I sold them all to buy a Steal Your Face barstool from dead.net.
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When have you ever seen or heard a show opener like this H>S>F? Oh yeah. We forgot to play this last night at Cornell, so here you go. Unreal. I maintain that 5/7 has the best Bertha, Peggy-O and 1/2 Step ever played, but Buffalo is my favorite of the three.
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.... apparently Jimbo overdosed on Spring '77 awhile back. Sucks to be him. I was thoroughly in an Estimated vibe when a Spanish lady came by with a rose and took my hand out of nowhere. The rest is 5.9.18 history....
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I know Cornell gets all the hype, but Buffalo is my favorite show out of the sacred three. Gets regular play, especially on those scenic drives along the coast or out to the desert.
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...yeah but what’s gonna happen if ol Jimhas one of those flashbacks they warned about... Carful vguy, I’ve heard some things about her!
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Hey icecrmcnkd: Can you (or somebody), explain the story behind your comment that "the GSTL ‘5-8-77’ Jack Straw isn’t actually from 5-8-77."? I couldn't find an answer and can't stop wondering. . . Thanks!
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Good choices, and what about Hampton 89, that still kinda frosts my ass.We all know they had vid from all those tours. For the box price, you think they could of tossed in some vid. I still like how they did crimson, white and indigo; discs and vid in relatively simple package at reasonable price...... Like I was saying the other day; why don’t they have us pre-pay before they run production, that way they don’t lose money, and we don’t get shut out?
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Yeah, I’d like to hear that also Jeff! Your back, we were worried, last time you said things were starting to be contained etc, but weren’t outta the proverbial woods yet. Hope things have worked out?
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Wham bam thank you man, down on me in Amsterdam! Hey I'm listening to Bertha and I don't hear Keith. Did he sit songs out? Or is he playing the organ and Pigpen is sitting out?
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Whoooosh, always liked this one the best, but I’m no 77 expert, listed through Ship o last night, man what a solid first set,that H-S-F is definitely one for the ages. Like that the Franks doesn’t drone on too long, sometimes happens IMHO....
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Hey Oroborous....a Franklin's that DRONES ON???? I actually don't think that's possible. The licks are bouncy and happy and upbeat from start to finish! Add-in some pianer-tinkling and bass bombs and it only adds to nuance and happiness all the way to the final coda. I challenge you to rethink this borderline blasphemous statement. :D Sixtus
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Release the hounds.:D Is it the weekend yet? Aren't they going to announce the box set soon? Has Dave been replaced by a cyborg or vampire? Feels like Funky Thursday.
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Good morning Sir! First, I did qualify my premise with “ IMHO” which that and a dollar miiight get ya a cup of coffee. Second, I can certainly time some of the looooooooongish end choruses of Franks that never seem to end to make my point, not so much the song body proper...but why bother, the main thing is YOU Dig It, and enough so to call me out, so like someone (sorry, not much memory left ; ) so wonderfully said the other day, that’s what’s trully important, that makes YOU happy. Who gives a rats ass what I think! I’m just an old dog who misses shootin’ the breeze about the boys and the “good ol days” and perhaps, occasionally one of you nice folks will scratch my ears or rub my prodigious belly Wooof!
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Yeah, Jim’s right (again), what’s the new box, or Dave’s even, we need something new to wrestle with ; )
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It's always great to scratch that itch my friend. I'm just razzin' you anyway. I completely concur this is all just opinions and likes being shared, which gives wonderful insight across the ether into each kind soul on here who wishes to participate. And now that you are getting a little more precise, I can understand your point of view on the outros in there from time to time. It is perhaps in the same vein as 'Deal' from, say, '78, where they go on and on and on with the vocal coda - sometimes to the point where Donna's attempts to hit a higher vocal pitch ends up sounding like a banshee at midnight - but again just an opinion! I say, let the music play. And kick it off with a fine Help > Slip > Franklin's. Happy day to All. Sixtus
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It's all part of the delicate negotiations to free the North Korean "detainees." OK, hostages. Now that our citizens are joyously back on U.S. soil, other critical international business can soon follow. I ask you, what can be more critical than unleashing more transcendent GD music to soothe the pervasive bitterness, anger and anxieties currently floating around the globe? As Joseph Campbell once said, "the Grateful Dead are the best answer today to the atom bomb." And perhaps lots of other bad stuff. Carry on.
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...Great post!... :) ...pigpen 12/14/71 , ‘Mr. Charlie’ —- Love it! Then the, ‘Loser’ > ‘Next Time You See Me’ ... ;) ...sweet Suzy ;). ....
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By George old man I think you might be on to something there.....Perhaps when the revolution starts, they should lock all the power elite in a room with some high powered speakers, air-dose em, and not let em out until they listen to 30 trips, or E72, Spring 77 or ???.... Hell, they can bring em nothing but kind veggie burritos, falafel, PBJ and other usual tour chow.... Who needs the U.N. we got Bolo and the gang on it!!!
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5/9 was always my favorite of the three as well, mostly due to the H>S>F. However, I firmly believe this is the greatest version of Peggy-O of all time. Back in the day, I used to rewind my tape repeatedly just to hear that song.
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Ok, you almost have it, a little down to the, aaaaaaaaaa, that’s the spotHowwwwwrrrrrrrllllllluuuuuufffffff, pant, pant, Ok, time for a nap....
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Get the rope.. I love it. Nothing like a good old fashioned lynching to steer / keep the discourse on point. Burning and a Looting Tonight... _______________________________________________ Makes perfect sense. The North Korea connection to Dave and this Box Set. That explains the basement Release Video, Dave being in exile and Dave's strange change in appearance of late. It also helps explain some of the delivery times.. They are using Kim Jong Un's (Uni for short) 30 mph max, heavily armored train to deliver these things. My question is.. who has the master reels, or at least what country are they in?
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Complete 1980 September/October Warfield Theatre run. There were 15, three set shows, at the Warfield. If memory serves, much of the run was lost (or rather taped over) The box will consist of shows that fully remain intact. Probably a bad guess; just going with the 1980 Iran "hostages" clue or not clue from Bolo. Sam T
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Taking bolo's comment to mean that box set order date announcement is imminent. Avoiding political quagmire discussion, the proverbial olive branch... is dead.net ready to send Kim Jong-un a promo copy of DaP27? He could use more than a few miracles. Back to music. Let's warm up Jim's mower, shall we? Put in some high test, go back a ways? Thanks, Jim! A Korean War vet (connecting some dots here) rocked the world with his guitar, gets cred for surf music influence, moves to San Fran in the early 70s, jams out with John Cipollina of Quicksilver, he had to have been at some early Dead shows... It might get loud: Jimmy P chortles and plays air guitar to that vet's music. Pete Townsend said this guy was responsible for him taking up guitar. thanks for that sweet little sister Elvis clip (note James Burton there with his then rad red paisley telecaster!) brought to mind a Shawnee genius, so geezer or not, dial that mower back to '59... intro by Dick Clark, seemingly a cowboy tune with a 31 fret bizarre cutaway Danelectro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn5hl2IA7_s
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Thanks dmcvt. Link Wray! When you mentioned surf music (I know- I'll never hear surf music again) I immediately thought Dick Dale, forgetting about Link. So thanks for the Link. I'm a huge surf guitar fan....we recently (March 2018) lost Nokie Edwards, the Ventures guitarist. (But maybe the Ventures considered themselves an instrumental rock band more than a surf band...) Regarding the Elvis clip - I assume that's Ron Tutt playing drums for Elvis? I never saw Jerry with Ron, but I wish I had. Ron Tutt...backed up Elvis, then Garcia, then Neil Diamond. Wow. That's a lot of talented entertainers.
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Old man??? I resemble that remark!!!!
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Jerry plays some nice pedal steel on his "Guitar Preacher" album (All cried out, Tuscon, Riverbend)
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