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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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  • RadnipJerry
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    Muppet box is a reference for
    Muppet box is a reference for Manhattan. Who knows what year they chose. Would love to see the Manhattan Center shows! I'm A Hog For Ya Baby!
  • bob t
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    I'm terrible at these but here goes. I think the Seven movie reference was just there because we were all clamoring for what the next box was going to be hence a good ribbing from Bolo. I think the bacon reference was code for the Beacon Theatre. The 6 is for June, the 2 is for two shows June 14, 15... The Johann I have no idea. At the end of the day i will buy whatever it is and then start wondering what the next box is going to be!!! Please no more snow in the Northeast.. be good bob t
  • hendrixfreak
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    To badly invert and paraphrase Hank Williams... Bolo writes: "HF: The presence of bacon in the Muppet box would indicate that the "donor" of said bacon had, shall we say, moved beyond this earthly realm." That's either the biggest head fake since March Madness or Bolo is saying "not Summer '73," but "think Pigpen." I'm suspicious of Bolo's obviousness. BUT, if instead of Summer '73 we get a Pigpen-centric box, then that's even better. What would such a box look like? If truly Pig-centric, they'd have to put together one entire CD of Pig's home tapes and any studio outtakes they may have. Then a few complete shows that really feature Pig. And there's the returned tapes angle. If Bolo means grease = Pigpen, then I'd have to place my bets on a series of 1971 shows, some from returned tapes. Perhaps this is the box that should have been released for the 50th to honor the GD's first frontman? But released in the back half of the year to avoid too much redundancy with DaP 26? And what is the commercial potential for a Pig-centric box? Unless it's just a holy @#$%!^&* slice of primal GD to rouse the faithful. (It's all about ME again...) Ah, Bolo, when you toss a pebble into the pond, many concentric circles result. You obviously enjoy your "work." If my musings hold any truth, then Bolo's role is to get speculation redirected to the actual planned box. Perhaps an announcement is closer than we think. Mr. Hype-ster Numero Uno, that's me. Never would've thunk it.
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    Hey Dantian.. Saw your post, gave you a shout-out at the end of my reply yesterday... I'm still alive and kicking. Shoot me a PM the next time you're around. Good to see you..
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    Enjoy :)
    ... for all my brother and sisters!!! http://youtu.be/x1YuCc9qJDk
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    https://archive.org/details/gd1985-04-03.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.1062… https://archive.org/details/gd86-04-03.sbd.samaritano.18509.sbeok.shnf Here's night 2 at the Centrum '87. https://archive.org/details/gd1987-04-03.140292.sbd.miller.flac2496 This was my second show and only Easter Sunday show. Jerry was sick so the show was OK. If you can get past the vocals Black Peter was good. Walking around the back of the civic center before the show I was almost hit by the gold van that was dropping off Jerry for sound check. https://archive.org/details/gd1988-04-03.sbd.miller.91161.sbeok.flac16 Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 9 - 4/3/89 Not as much energy as the night before but a very good show. Set 1 Greatest Story Ever Told, Bertha, Walkin' Blues, Jack A Roe, El Paso, Built To Last, Victim Or The Crime, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Don't Ease Me In Set 2 Blow Away, Estimated Prophet-> Crazy Fingers-> Uncle John's Band-> Drums-> Jam-> Gimme Some Lovin'-> I Need A Miracle-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Johnny B. Goode, E: Black Muddy River The last Spring 90 4/3/1990.
  • Roguedeadguy
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    We've got Pig . . . We've got "Departed this earthly realm" . . . And we've got a grassroots populist movement for summer 73 . . . So maybe its a run from 73 shortly after Pig departed this earthly realm?
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    April 3, 1968http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-03-1968 Winterland Arena San Francisco, California This show does not seem to exist in recorded format. There is even some questions about whether the Dead even played on this night. What is known is that this was a benefit fo the employees of KMPX, a San Francisco free form radio station, who had gone out on strike. There were a number of concerts in support of the strikers, including a street show as soon as news broke that the workers went out on strike that some also put the Dead at. On April 3rd, it seems very likely that the Dead played with The Youngbloods, Moby, Electric Flag, and a few other San Francisco-based bands in support of the KMPX employees. Reports have the setlist as Cryptical> Other One> Cryptical> New Potato Caboose> Born Cross-Eyed, Alligator>Drums> Alligator> Caution. 4/3/68 Poster http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1960s/19680403c.html
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    Dead of the Day: April 3, 1970http://www.gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-03-1970 University of Cincinnati Field House Cincinnati, Ohio The show gets off to a solid start with a clipped entry into Casey Jones. From there we get a standard, but oh so good China>Rider. Then Pigpen makes his first appearance and throws down on the Hard to Handle; it will not be his only highlight on this night. Bobby then calls for a “drummer’s choice,” which elicits a rocking Dancing in the Streets that devolves into a smoking jam, dominated by Mickey, Billy, and Jerry. The second set is acoustic and all Jerry tunes, save Pig on Katie Mae. The early Friend of the Devil includes some alternate lyrics. Deep Elem, Candyman, and Uncle John’s are all tasty and clean little nuggets of Dead sweetness. Jerry’s voice is so resonant and touching throughout all of them. Then Pig gives us a solid Katie Mae to cap off the middle period. The third set opens with a fine Good Lovin’. With Pig on vocals, the boys enter into a straight-up blues-rock jam in the middle of the tune that has the whole band playing as a single writing beast, culminating in some awesome vocal vamping to end the song. Next up is an Other One Suite that is the standout of the entire evening, especially the second Cryptical which arches outward and then thrashes about before heading off soaring again; it is a thing of beauty. A great Cosmic Charlie follows only to lead to a short, hard jammed Not Fade Away that sort of breaks into Lovelight. While Pig does not get into a full-on rap at the end of it, he still takes out all the stops and delivers a monumental effort. Unfortunately, the We Bid You Goodnight encore is not on the recording. On this night, the Dead highlighted a bill that included the Lemon Pipers and Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. The Lemon Pipers were a psychedelic bubblegum pop band that had a number one hit that year with Green Tambourine. One can imagine that they played a fairly standard musical set. However, it is entirely unclear what the Merry Pranksters would have been doing for their act, short of handing out LSD. Lossless Bootleg Bonanza: Grateful Dead – Cincinnati, OH (04/03/70) grateful dead - cincinnati - 1970-04-03-Cincin-Field-House Grateful Dead 4/3/70 Field House, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH gd70-04-03.sbd.cotsman.sbefail.flac16 Download: FLAC/MP3 https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/03/05/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu… SBD from bootleg “Cincinnati 1970″ This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 4283 –Setlist– –Electric– 101-d1t01 – //Casey Jones 102-d1t02 – China Cat Sunflower -> 103-d1t03 – I Know You Rider 104-d1t04 – Hard to Handle 105-d1t05 – Dancing in the Streets 106-d1t06 – Me & My Uncle –Acoustic– 107-d1t07 – Friend of the Devil 108-d1t08 – Deep Elem Blues 109-d1t09 – Candyman 110-d1t10 – Wake Up Little Susie -> 111-d1t11 – Black Peter 112-d2t01 – Uncle John’s Band 113-d2t02 – Katie Mae –Electric– 114-d2t03 – //Good Lovin’ 115-d2t04 – Cryptical Envelopment -> 116-d2t05 – Drums -> 117-d2t06 – The Other One -> 118-d2t07 – Cryptical Envelopment -> 119-d2t08 – Cosmic Charlie 120-d2t09 – Not Fade Away -> 121-d2t10 – Turn on Your Lovelight% notes: -missing encore (We Bid You Goodnight). -Casey Jones fades in at…at trouble junction.” -Good Lovin’ fades in about 30 seconds before the drum solo, during the chorus. -There is a minor splice in Lovelight during Pigpen’s rap. -This is the first known Candyman. From the original uploader: As this show is from a bootleg, no source info was given, though the sound indicates that at least one, and probably two analog generations occurred before being transferred to digital. The pitch was corrected using Sound Forge as the original recording was flat. Retracking was done with CDWave. There are occasional, very faint pops in the recording as well as occasional oversaturation. Lastly, and significantly, an intermittent buzz occurs throughout the show from a bad connection somewhere. It is most evident during the acoustic set. 4/3/70 Poster http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1970s/19700403a.html
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    Jim, was hoping to touch base with you, maybe next time... Peace, all. (This user name is now deleted.)
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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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Thanks for this post space! Great insight to a critical time in Dead history. Grateful as always...
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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.
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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
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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??
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That half-step is possibly the best one. Glad you finally got your DaP25. Hope 26 didn’t go missing.
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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 ?
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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!
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Is that a replacement, or was it ‘lost in the mail’?If replacement, does it have a number?
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BCE got it off of Amazon from recently discovered overstock...
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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…
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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.
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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! :)
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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.
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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. :)
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...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.
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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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