Dave's Picks Volume 25: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY 11/6/77

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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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April 9, 2018 - 5:09pm

#321

wissinomingdeadhead

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4/16

1979 a very cool jam session. Also it's preorder day for volume 26 let the fun begin Deadland.
April 9, 2018 - 5:07pm

#322

Terrapin Moon

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April 9, 2018

Looking forward to 26. the

Looking forward to 26. the only sbd on the archive is of poor quality.
April 9, 2018 - 4:51pm

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Anatexis22

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The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

The cover of Dave's Pick's 26 surely does reference the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta but the mountains shown in the background do not resemble the Sandia Mountains, which have a very distinctive profile.
April 9, 2018 - 4:39pm

#324

LedDed

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The Morrison Inn

I always think of Jim when we hit the Morrison Inn in tiny, picturesque Morrison, CO (home of Red Rocks). Great margaritas and good Mexican food. Just want to clarify, regarding the anecdote I shared, I am not shoveling shit on the guy. It was related to me by a person I trust, but, hey, you're right - it was his experience, not mine. I've heard enough stories about Axl Rose, including from his former personal assistant (as well as Scott Weiland) that these guys are all many different people under the hat. As are most of us I suspect. Love the Doors. Can't think of a more charismatic front man. For a while there, he was indeed the shaman. Doors fans, dig this... it's Krieger, Densmore and Manzarek with Flea on bass. They got John Lee Hooker to weave a vocal around Jim's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20fx3SiMIjI \m/
April 9, 2018 - 4:17pm

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dmcvt

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Muddy

love The Who/Doors dialog as we gear up for 26, we are SO lucky spoiled by having such a deep river of GOGD... Muddy said it (now the blues did birth jazz, right?) "The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll" All you people, you know the blues got a soul Well this is a story, a story never been told Well you know the blues got pregnant And they named the baby Rock & Roll Muddy Waters said it, you know the blues got a soul James Brown said it, you know the blues got a soul Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll Ray Charles said it, you know the blues got a soul John Lee Hooker said it, you know the blues got a soul Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby rock & roll Otis Redding said it, you know the blues got a soul Queen Victoria said it, you know the blues got a soul Well the blues had a baby and they named the baby Rock & Roll
April 9, 2018 - 3:29pm

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hbob1995

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Doors, Who set lists

I saw The Doors at my high school (!) in the fall of '67. Yes, you read that right. I have the download as proof. They were very good although no talking between tunes but this was pretty early in rock shows. Plus you can hear an announcement before the show by a teacher, saying that if you got up from your seat you would be tossed out! Shows have come quite aways. I love The Who but was always pissed off that most of the shows were the same every tour. They have so much great music to draw from, why would they do that? Pete always said he did not want to be a "greatest hits" kind of band but then he did it!. I saw Roger solo a few years ago and he commented on this, saying it was Pete who did not want to mix it up. Roger did play some deep tracks. The Stones were like this also but they have mixed it up some more as they got older. Look at a Springsteen set list. He will mix up 3 or 4 numbers each night but always in the same song slots and 90% of the show is the same. I guess the GOGD has us spoiled! The only other band who mixes it up consistently as well is Pearl Jam. Saw them two nights in a row. Roughly 65 songs with only 2 repeats, and those were off of the current album of that time. These guys can match the dead for giving you a different show each night. Rock on
April 9, 2018 - 3:26pm

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Charlie3

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13th Floor Elevators

Definitely worth a listen if you're in the mood for something psychedelic. Easter Everywhere and Psychedelic Sounds of ... are the ones that I end up playing most frequently.
April 9, 2018 - 2:43pm

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Vguy72

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Albuquerque cover art....

....is just exactly perfect. I've been to the balloon festival there and was blown away.(pun intended). edit. Just realized the date. 11.17.71. Third Dave's from 11.17. The other two are a couple of the best of the Picks so far imo....
April 9, 2018 - 2:02pm

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daverock

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Sign of the Three Eyed Men

I see a couple of images of The 13th Floor Elevators on here. A truly amazing band, who burned all too briefly-but Psychedelic Sounds of.., Easter Everywhere and the few existing live tapes from 1966 show what an incredible band they were. Their first album pre dated Revolver, and stands as one of the first, if not the first, psychedelic rock album.
April 9, 2018 - 1:42pm

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reijo29

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Thin Jim?

I have not visited here in quite a while. Outside of dealing with this never ending winter I have done my best to revisit Spring 90 shows on their anniversary dates. I have now shifted to attempt to listen to every Europe 72 show on their respective anniversary dates. 4/7 is a great start to the tour but 4/8 is just ridiculous. That Dark Star.... Tracking back on the Doors comments. Thin? They were not exactly a jam band with only 3 members plus a vocalist. Perhaps today they kind of simply blend in cause we have 50 years of Rock to draw from. But they were truly revolutionary. The many live videos I have seen are incredible. They were Rock, avant garde, poetry, whatever you want to call it. I particularly like the sometimes eerie keyboard tones as well as the very jazz like drumming. Perhaps they could have used a rhythm guitarist or bass player but I think they provided the perfect backdrop for Morrison to blow away minds with some of the most clever rock lyrics ever sung or recited as poetry. I guess it's an acquired taste like the Velvet Underground or what not. All I know is my friends and I all discovered the Door's back in the early 80's when we were young teenagers. They seemed radical a good 10 years after Jim died. And we loved it to no end. As far as Morrison possibly being an a-hole, who cares?

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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.

Amazing insight

Thanks for this post space! Great insight to a critical time in Dead history. Grateful as always...

90's shows

Feel very lucky and blessed to have seen the Boys @ Autzen Stadium 8/22/93 and again in '94. But like spacebro mentioned, the dip from '93 to '94 was tangible. Had the opportunity to see a '95 Portland show, but decided to pass. TBH, i wasn't nearly the rabid fan then i am now. So much amazing music happening in the mid-90's. I was much more into warehouse raves and disco biscuits at the time. Heh.

Jam of the Week -URGENT

If you have not already heard, leave here at once, it's 4/23/77 ROLL AWAY THE DEW! I think it vanishes in a few hours!! FEATURES>JAM OF THE WEEK at least an hour of one of the top ten all time shows

Dave's Picks vol. 25 - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

My Dave's Picks vol. 25 has finally arrived here (original order was MIA, thanks to Brazil's awful customs/mail services), and I'm totally amazed with the "Mississippi..." version here! Can someone recommend another version as fantastic as this one, please??

Marcello

That half-step is possibly the best one. Glad you finally got your DaP25. Hope 26 didn’t go missing.

hi Marcello , here is a few

download series volume 1 - April 30 1977 with a few highlights from previous night, maybe available on itunes ? hopefully you can access these from Brasil. I remember traveling through the nordeste of Brasil and this was one I enjoyed a bunch. Especially Peggy-O" "Looks Like Rain" "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" all 3 in a row. "Brave the Storm to come" Others were "Friend Of The Devil" St. Stephen -> Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > St. Stephen !!!! "I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel" ~ One of the best https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead_Download_Series_Volume_1 its a great download. May 1977 has quite a few of the other top tier performances 5.7.77 5.12.77 5.17.77 9.3.77 11.5.77 , all of these dates have been released, the only one that maybe easy to find and purchase is 9.3.77 aka Dicks Picks 15 a couple from other years are 8.5.74 aka Dicks Picks 31 and 7.12.89 RFK Summer 1989 Box set. I was just commenting on Daves Picks 26 page about this one and the Half-Step you mention and then I saw your post. what part of brasil are you at ?

Half-Step April 1977 Tapers section

check this one out, i have been the last couple of weeks. its a good one too http://www.dead.net/sites/all/themes/dead2013/jplayer/?url=https://sos2….

Finally, DaP 25 arrives

Finally after much delay...15039 is on the player as I type. On 1st listen, Set 1 is great, I now 'ave a deeper appreciation for 1/2 Step - killer!

BCE

Is that a replacement, or was it ‘lost in the mail’?If replacement, does it have a number?

just a guess

BCE got it off of Amazon from recently discovered overstock...

'Cats under the stars' & 'The Wheel' mirror

At first, thanks to all who have been visited my mirrors, mostly XL 'Cats under the stars' mirror listed in cat shop. The mirror is ready for shipping worldwide, you can find it here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/595957100/cats-under-the-stars-mirror-jerr… I'm working currently on another mirror dedicated to Jerry. It's 'The Wheel' mirror, with the lyrics applied on the back side of the mirror. Hasn't been listed yet, but for Jerrys's birthday I listed psychedelic Jerry's hand made as a wall mirror: https://www.etsy.com/listing/632494283/psychedelic-jerry-garcia-hand-de…

Lost in the mail

It was lost in the United States Postal Service system.Much frustration with the delay, now turned to joy. The only date I think I see on the label is in the lower section under the 2nd bar code and above the description, which reads: 01/2018. There is also the 3rd of 4 bar codes on the label in that box.

Fortune comes a-callin'...

While it's not surprising that tix to the P&F Headcount Benefit Friday at the Apollo tumbled down several echelons of the firm's socioeconomic caste without claim, I still consider their availability a great fortune. Having never visited, attending any performance at that historically significant venue for the (my) first time would have been cause for a bucketlist deduction, but this was clearly special. Though tired, I returned home to discover that 2018's stellar - and costly - box set run would continue with the wish-list-topping (now that Szell is out) release of BOTT material for Dylan's 14th Bootleg installment. Because the amazon.uk page appears to address a Japanese import edition, I shouldn't imagine that the price quoted for this (purportedly) 6-disc release will be as exorbitant for the conventional Euro & US versions./K https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Blood-Tracks-Bob-Dylan/dp/B07GVXL5DQ/ref=…

Shout out to the old Eleven - I miss you guys! :)

Gold Key

Rather wondering when someone was going to mention it; I thought it was just ephemera that bore some metaphysical correlation to page 5 of the accompanying text.

Friday Eve

Technology fosters a certain audiologic pedantry that discounts the practical difficulties of archival transfers. Still, while a bit of the 2-track blues is understandable, Plangent alchemy has affected significant sonic upgrades to existing sources. Portland 74 is a well-known quantity to most, but the Truckin' Jam is a luminescent passage that defies contempt for even acute familiarity. While my favourite GDTRFBs tend to grind like roughly upshifted semi gears in transition from the preceding track, this strong rendition ascends from NFA with deliberate fluidity; also, Keith's bubbly, assertive, sometimes catalystic play makes many first-set standards remarkable. The daughter of the woman who cleans house for me**, age 10, was so entranced by the PNW outer & small wood boxes - suggesting it would make for good jewelry storage - that I gifted it immediately; heck, I was only going to shelve it for the next 50 years (according to actuarial tables), but it's become the center of focus for child - if only for a short bit - who exhibits more enthusiasm than I'll ever muster after unboxing. Still, it's easily the most aesthetically pleasing musical release from top-to-bottom that I've ever seen. Couple disks heading back, but that's been par for the course since the beginning, and I've never had a problem with speedy replacement. **This really isn't saying much in-and-of-itself: in Appalachia, if you've got something then it's implied that you will try to help others, and the most dignified way to do is offering work that you might otherwise undertake yourself. You'd be surprised the difference even a little makes here at altitude. :)

"Billy Sue"...

...she's what's yer life's been missing. Caution: the related video library is quite nearly addictive as the ETOH in Billy's 64 oz., genetically attached megathermos.

Fall Tour!

Phish tix in the po'box this p.m.; unlike Lockn where I at least feign roughing it in rolling 4 **** accommodations, I've decided my Outback and bricknmortar lodgings will do just fine on what should be an adventurous run from Hampton to Vegas between 10/19 and Halloween Night in Sin City. I'm only taking one show in Rosemont to facilitate a leisurely slog west, to include a one-night cabin rental in Grand Teton before spending another night in SLC (never visited either!). Near-universal wifi and a mobile workstation have revolutionized my quality of life more than quilted toilet paper, hot water heaters, and Trader Joe's Cookie Butter (though none are indispensable at this point). I've got trail running routes mapped along the way in addition to having identified a couple Y's where I can day pass into lap swimming. Happy.

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If anyone is looking for this or any of this year's Dave's Picks, shoot me a PM. $25 plus shipping. The bonus disk is an additional $25.

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