Grateful Dead

Possible BOXES/Dave’s/SHOWS First, glad the main consensus seems to be a unified hell yeah for DaP 26... Great shows, if perhaps too much alike....if one were to nit pick.... Funny only one person has commented on the ABQ show sounding like Kieth is playing an upright, somewhat out of tune piano....a story there to be had I’m sure, Dave? Ok sports fans, after reading all the pontificating about what should/shouldn’t be released for what feels like forever ad nauseam, I finally feel compelled enough to speak up for those of us with perhaps a more opened minded, comprehensive view on the subject....oh boy I can see half your heads turning bright red, spinning around, and/or exploding as we speak hee-hee ; ) DISCLAMER; these are just some loose ideas, not the cure for cancer.... The one give in all this though, and kinda my point here, is there is soooooo much more great GD music, and that not everyone is a taper or approaches the music as such, just saying.... We are so fortunate that we have even received what we have, so bottom line is be grateful, and “let there be songs, to fill the air” Ok, gentleman (and ladies) start your engines.... FALL 89 BOX; (supplements previously released shows. We all know the multi-tracks are available...NOTE; I have not had the pleasure to hear all these, (heard and/or been to 8 of the 17, so somewhat going off of set lists for balanced lbox set. Still can’t believe I sold my Miami tix even after all these years, “Rat Farts!”) ————————————- 9-29-89; 1st DEATH DON’T, sugar mag (end)/Quinn the Eskimo (e) 10-14-89; 1st set Help/Slip/Franks, China Doll-1 Mo Saturday (end)/ Black Muddy (e) 10-19-89; Help/Slip/Franks, DEATH DON’T-Lovelight (end)/ Baby Blue (e) 10-20-89; 1st CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE , Hey Pocky way, Scar-Fire, Trucking, TOO Jam, Sugar mag (end)/ Brokedown (e) 10-23-89; Cali Earthquake, Crazy Fingers, GDTRFB-SOTM-Lovelight (end)/ ATTICS (e) 10-26-89; DARK STAR, Stella-NFA (end)/ WE BID YOU GOODNIGHT (e) FALL 73 BOX; (Let Me Sing, W.R.S., Let it Grow etc with horns) —————————- 9-11-73; Dark Star-Dew- Sugar Mag (end) 9-15-73; 9-17 or 18-73 ?? 9-21-73 9-26-73 WINTER 73 BOX; supplements previously released ———————- 12-01-73 12-06-73 12-08-73 12-18-73 SUMMER 85 BOX ————————- 6-14-85 (possible)1st Keep on Growing, Stagger Lee, Smokestack-Comes a Time-Sug Mag (end) 6-16-85 (possible) 1st Cryptical, Warf-Lovelight (end)/ Brokedown (e) 6-22-85 (possible) 6-25-85 or 1st set only as a bonus?? Day Tripper 6-27-85 * (definitely!) 6-28-85 * (definitely!) 6-30-85 * (definitely!) 7-01-85 * (definitely!) 7-13-85 * (definitely!) Smoking first set!!; mix with Cryptical through Around from second set BONUS DISC? OTHER Possible Boxes and/or Dave’s etc —————————— 1-10+20-79; Dark Stars and a St. Stephen 12-5+15-71; Dark Stars etc, BONUS DISC 3-17-70! 69?: need more of those psychedelic suites etc!!!!! 8-21+24-72; Dark Stars etc 7-27+28-73 6-24-84+7-13-84 9-26-91+6-9-91; 1st set, + Bonus 2nd set 7-31+8-1-94 3-20+21-92 (C eh, N eh, D eh!!!) 6-21-84+6-30-87 (C eh, N eh, D eh!!!!) 7-7+8-87 or something similar from venues/Places rarely played???? 9-26-81 6-10-73 12-31-81 4-12-83 FALL 83 BOX?; 10-11,15,17,22-83; St. Stephens etc, supplements DP 6 ——————— SPRING 89 BOX; these are only what I’m familiar with....supplements 4-2+3 ———————— 4-5,6,8,9-89 And FALL 85 BOX? These are what I’m familiar with, obviously could be others.... ———————- 10-31-85 11-2-85 11-5-85 11-7-85 11-8-85 11-10-85 11-21-85 How bout themes like best of venues or cities like.... Rochester Aud. Hampton Coliseum Greek Theater Syracuse TOGA Spectrum Cal Expo Alpine etc., Or???????????? Pick best 5 or 6 unreleased shows from ??????? How about some more videos? Yes, yes I know they didn’t sell etc, but if there is stuff that is already complete and the production costs have already been spent I.e., 7-2-89, why not release small batches like Dave’s? The point is, no matter how great the late 70s, Beatty Boards etc are, and they certainly are (usually, ahem)there is a whole lot more great, and some would argue comparable shows/tours/eras etc out there.... “just gotta poke around”, “free your mind, the rest will follow!”......or “Don’t dominate the rap Jack if you’ve got nothing new to say” yes perhaps the tapes aren’t always top notch, so what, market them at some kind of discount, just get more out before we croak! ; ) Hell, how about announcing possible shows, but having us pay before production so Rhino/GD etc does not lose money, and we don’t get shut out? The ole supply and demand symbiotic thingy.....nudge, nudge, wink, wink know what I mean. Ok, that being said, let the games begin. Oh, and you cant hurt my feelings cause I’ve seen shows in three decades (5 if you add post JG), and have listened to soooo much magnificent music for over 50 years now! So go ahead haters, make my day, “you cannot block my stoyyyllle!”

....and song ideas. I used a few. You're all friends to me, and I mean that sincerely. My songlist made people smile and cry. When I found out the Snake River ran along the cemetery, I switched it up to Brokedown Palace. A couple of people even asked who that was. When I said The Grateful Dead, eyebrows raised and they said "really?" Really. Thanks again. Mission accomplished....

I think you will get rumbled, Dennis, if you play the Robert Johnson within your wife's earshot. Incidentally, I don't know if you have ever heard of Larkin Poe. They are two young women who have done some amazing covers on youtube. It looks like they are recording at home, just for fun. One of these is a cover of Come On In My Kitchen. It is quite simply the best cover of a Robert Johnson song I have ever heard. I still can't figure how to put videos on here-but that one definitely deserves to be seen. Other great covers they do are One Way Out, Black Betty, Johnny B. Goode, Preaching Blues-Whole Lotta Love, War Pigs! Their own songs don't seem quite as good to me-but those cover versions are the real deal.

Used to have a pair. They looked great, but everything sounded the same. Then one fateful day they broke. It was an ear opening experience.

Thanks for the heads up on this Dave. I have the original release from the 90's and have always LOVED it. Your review of the re-release/re-master made me check amazon. Most reviewers agreed this was a HUGE upgrade to original. It was certainly cheap enough. It's on the way. And yet again this site has cost my wife money she doesn't know I spent!

#8433 + Bonus arrived here in sunny Holland this afternoon, just in time. Now the big question is: Will I get the chance to listen to it this evening before flying off to enjoy the tavernas of Kreta tomorrow morning for a week's well earned (IMHO) rest 'n' relaxation. At least I know it has arrived safely. Latvala! Metaxa!

Summer Tour ‘95, pressed on gold CD’s.Limited edition to 25 units. Early subscriber bonus: Boreal ‘85 on 200g vinyl.

Jim, thanks for the Beck alert, just checked the tour schedule, might find something somewhere on the east coast, the closest to me, Boston can be tough. His take on Goodby Pork Pie Hat is a favorite, phenomenal technical prowess. My first and last Beck was at the Alexandria (VA) Roller Rink in October '68, Nicky Hopkins piano, Ronnie Wood on bass and Hot Rod Stewart on vocals, they opened for Janis and Big Brother. No chairs, sit on the floor, stand or dance. Wish the Dead had come to DC/Baltimore before 1972. Streamed 6.27.69 Veterans this morning to hear Green Green Grass of Home, great show with "country" & a nice DS, Jerry on pedal steel... happy to have juice after super high winds and tornado alert yesterday afternoon, 65,000 people without power up here. Vermont tornados very rare, heck the last snow on the north side of things just melted off a few days ago. Firing up Airplane's Fillmore East 11/28-29/1969, Sweeping up the Spotlight, saw them at the Baltimore CC soon after. Recalling Shady Grove Music Fair, Gaithersburg, great early shows there, including pop psych Iron Butterfly & JA, Rod Stewart (when he still rocked) & Savoy Brown Blues Band, etc. Theater in the round venue, stage rotated, Yes, Steely Dan, the Allman Brothers, James Brown all played there. It's an office building complex now. And then there was MPP in Columbia... a real treat to get back there for Dear Jerry.

Yes. An open mind is wonderful. So, after having attended a number of shows in 93, I can assure you that the playing was subpar compared to earlier years. When approaching the Grateful Dead, try to remember these two axioms: Don't listen to the music through rose colored speakers. The scene was always better before you got there. And I use the term "you" in the general sense.

JiminMD How about all of them, Went searching and wound up listening to the 12-12-70 Santa Rosa Fairgrounds. After a two week hiatus they were ready to play that day. Also loved the really sweet trans from GDTRFB to the Darkness jam. Something about a show with the Darkness jam that makes me want to give it a listen