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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March 23, 2018 - 11:41am

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David Duryea

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Academy of Music (3 of 7)

As stunning as 7 of 9, possibly the best show of the run. March 23, 1972 http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-23-1972 Academy of Music New York, New York DVD audio from the archive https://archive.org/details/gd1972-03-23.sbd.miller.bertha.100298.dvda/… Set One China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; Black Throated Wind ; Chinatown Shuffle ; Brown Eyed Women ; Beat It On Down The Line ; Cumberland Blues ; Looks Like Rain ; Mr. Charlie ; Tennessee Jed ; El Paso ; You Win Again ; Jack Straw ; Next Time You See Me ; Playing In The Band ; Comes A Time ; Me And Bobby McGee ; Casey Jones Set Two Truckin' ; Ramble On Rose ; Two Souls In Communion ; Mexicali Blues ; Dark Star ; Big Boss Man ; Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away Encore Sugar Magnolia Notes: Digitally Remastered using the Bertha Digital Audio Workstation and its proprietary audio and restoration processes. Completed 6/21/2009 by jashley@deadacated.com. Multi harmonic line noise comes in and out throughout this show making the cleanup process more difficult than usual. Trying to remove multi harmonic line noise is nearly impossible and is best left as-is, which is what I did. Unfortunately, the keyboard and Organ are very low in the mix throughout much of the show.
March 23, 2018 - 11:18am

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David Duryea

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Cow Palace Dick's Picks 24

Dead of the Day: March 23, 1974http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-23-1974 Cow Palace Daly City, California One look at the setlist, and you know the Dead were up to something. But they were not just playing a massive group of tunes on this day; they also debuted the complete Wall of Sound and brought out the first Cassidy and Scarlet Begonias. What's more, the music itself is phenomenal, particularly once the band settles in. By Black Throated Wind the boys are firing, pulling out a luscious jam halfway through and making it clear the crowd was witnessing something special. As the rest of the show unfolds, magic pulses forth at regular intervals. Billy and Phil are just amazingly on throughout the night, and Jerry adds his usual, which is to say nothing less than amazing, stratospheric guitar riffs throughout. While the scorching beauty that is the Playin> UJB> Morning Dew> UJB> Playin is surely the highlight of the night, there are moments that will glisten your eyeballs, tingle your extremities, and make you downright spacey. The China> Rider, for example, is quintessential Dead perfection with Phil bombing away through the transition and Jerry going all-out on the jams. There is also something quite wonderful about the Weather Report Suite, as it comes as a kind of unexpected treat after the Rider, extending the first set even longer and reinforcing the sense of possibility that is the essence of that tune. But enough; just give it a listen and take in the magnificence of it all.
March 23, 2018 - 11:14am

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David Duryea

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Kezar 3/23/75

March 23, 1975http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-23-1975 Kezar Stadium San Francisco, California In the midst of their hiatus, the Dead took to the stage for the first time since the "last" Dead show on October 20, 1974. Despite their farewell, the band had been spending a lot of time in the studio in early 1975, working on Blues for Allah. In fact, they had been working on some of the jams they break out here just a few days prior. The event that got the Dead to return to the stage was a SNACK - Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks - benefit. The Doobie Brothers, Graham Central Station, Mimi Farina, Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez, Santana, the Tower of Power, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young all played at the benefit. The Dead were joined by Merl Saunders and Ned Lagin during their set, and Donna did not play with the band. As you can see from the setlist, the show was one long, intense, sparkle-encrusted jam, which reached out into the netherworld. The Dead debuted both Blues for Allah and Stronger than Dirt in the most epic way imaginable. And then the Johnny B. Goode encore completely eviscerates the song in four minutes of pure splendor. Most of this show was released on the Beyond Description (1973-1989) Box Set Bonus Disc.
March 23, 2018 - 11:03am

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David Duryea

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gateway

Jim, they definitely sent you that email by mistake. This 2cd set is called "your gateway to live dead". They meant to send you the several hundred show "out on the mainline live dead box" email.
March 23, 2018 - 11:03am

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Vguy72

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I already have about 164 CD's.....

....of "The Very Best Of The Grateful Dead Live". I also have around 52 CD's of "The Very, Very Best of The Grateful Dead Live" while we're at it....
March 23, 2018 - 10:29am

#916

JimInMD

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...but it's "The Very Best Of," not "The Best Of"

It goes to 11. Or to put it another way, One More Bite.. It's Wafer Thin. I can't help but feel a little offended I got that email.
March 23, 2018 - 9:53am

#917

Vguy72

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Biding my time....

....I think i'll pass on the Best of The Grateful Dead Live release. I've already got like 300 cd's of that....
March 23, 2018 - 9:36am

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mbarilla

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"The sun will shine in my back door someday" ~ 5.26.73 ~

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March 23, 2018 - 9:34am

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JimInMD

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Re: Good Point

Good point, mdboucher. Happy 44th Birthday Wall of Sound! Right on.. September 1970. Those Capitol Theatre runs, although excellent and the audience recordings by Ken and Judy Lee are quite good.. they are still 48 year old audience recordings and to the best of my knowledge, soundboards for most of those shows do not exist (at least for now).
March 23, 2018 - 8:47am

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Angry Jack Straw

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1970

Hendrixfreak. Funny that you were listening to February 1970. How about a September Fillmore run from 1970? Now that is some good stuff. 9/19 NFA with the Darkness jam.

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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.

If anyone is looking for…

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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