Grateful Dead

I mentioned this before but I would like to see them start up the Road Trips series again in addition to Dave's Picks. Dave can continue to cull shows from the 70's with his picks and the Road Trips series can be used for shows that are incomplete for whatever reason, taping quality, destroyed/damaged tapes, missing tapes/sets, etc. Hell the Road Trips series could even be used to release complete shows from the 80's and 90's that might not have the best recording quality. Set it up as a subscription, start it at 10,000 units or whatever they think demand would be and start releasing parts of shows or shows. The Dave's Picks series would be reserved for the cream of the crop full shows and the Road Trips series could provide a degree of flexibility. Everyone wins! Fans of all eras get some shows or parts of shows and The Dead and Rhino get our money.

think of them as "mosaics"

How do we get our hands on a complete show if the music never stopped?

When I first got into the Dead, I didn't mind if shows were incomplete. In those days I would FFWD=> through cowboy songs and ballads anyway. What I began to realize, however, is that there was a method to the Dead's set lists, that created and ebb and flow to the music. The first method was to alternate singers: Jerry, Bobby, Pigpen; and then within that alternating pattern, they frequently set one song up for another (like a ballad would act as a coda after a rocker; or within a jam like Dark Star, the tension that was brought on by five minutes of atonal cacophony would be relieved by the melodic Mind Left Body, Tighten Up, or Feeling Groovy jams). I also prefer complete shows, because any song can have one of those hot moments that immortalize a song version...take Me and My Uncle from DaP 11 - Jerry's solo jumps right out of the speaker cabinet at you.

That DiP 12 is one of the greatest offerings of GD that has been...offered. Despite it's chopped nature, it is a doozy. That Opening Chinacat jammy happiness into I Know You Rider sets the mighty tone and it never lets up. I Love All GD, partial, whole, bits, pieces, even just the opening note to Viola Lee....BRING IT ALL PLEASE. Sixtus

No Pigpen songs! Sacrilege. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0794SPYLK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid… Disc: 1 1. St. Stephen (Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 2/27/69) [Remastered] 2. Bertha (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY 4/27/71) [Remastered] 3. Wharf Rat (Live at The Fillmore East, New York, NY 4/26/71) [Remastered] 4. Sugar Magnolia (Live at The Olympia Theatre, Paris France 5/4/72) [Remastered] 5. Jack Straw (Live at The Olympia Theatre, Paris France 5/3/72) [Remastered] 6. Truckin' (Live at Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72) [Remastered] 7. Morning Dew (Live at Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72) [Remastered] 8. Brown-Eyed Women (Live at The Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark 4/14/72) [Remastered] 9. The Music Never Stopped (Live at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 8/13/75) [Remaster 10. Estimated Prophet (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77) [Remastered] Disc: 2 1. Friend Of The Devil (Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY 10/27/80) [Remastered] 2. Feel Like A Stranger (Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA 10/4/80) [Remastered] 3. Fire On The Mountain (Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY 10/31/80) [Remastered] 4. Bird Song (Live 1980) [Remastered] 5. Ripple (Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA 10/4/80) [Remastered] 6. Eyes Of The World (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/29/90) [Remastered] 7. Touch Of Grey (Live at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY 7/4/89) [Remastered] 8. Blow Away (Live at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89) [Remastered] 9. So Many Roads (Live at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL 7/9/95) [Remastered]

Oh, look! We've found something else to debate that ultimately boils down to personal preference. Where's Peachy when you need him?

Score me another vote for compilations. Another downside of subscriptions -- Everything has to fit in the 3 discs 4 times a year formula. Which in turn kinda kills 80s shows, and maybe a lot of partial 60s shows in the vault. As-is, I think there'll continue to be mostly 70s releases. they fit the formula best.

Few things: I don’t mind the compilations. Nice compliments to the rest of our collections. Dicks 7, 12, and 31 (all 1974) more than stand the test of time. I gotta think that there are early gems in the vault that feature chunks of shows that they can combine to get the good stuff out there…thinking 1967, 1968, 1970, etc. I’d be more than happy to get whatever is available rather than let them sit in the dark forever. Finally…Go Eagles! I know there are a few fellow Philly fans on the board…this is our year!

Dicks's Picks 12 is indeed some of the most creative and free GD music there is. But there are some unreleased shows that have some of that same magic. The first that come to mind are:10/18/72 6/22/73 5/19/74 I suspect these will all see the light of day at some point. Dave has mentioned a St Louis Fox '72 box set from time to time, with 10/17-19/72. It's a very fine run.