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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

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July 21, 2018 - 1:23pm

#2351

bob t

Joined:
November 21, 2007

7/21/90 28 year anniversary

The mail order gods were never as good as these three shows at the World Amphitheater!! I am not a braggy person but we lucked out and had 7 row 3 row and 10th row for these three shows. My office at my house has a bunch of pictures i took with my Pentax camera!! Not a big fan of the venue and the parking lot scene was ok... maybe we were in wrong spot.. Take a listen to this show if you never have especially the Birdsong Scarlet>Fire, Playing> He's Gone, because you get about an hour and 5 minutes of awesome jams... 16 and a half minute Birdsong is so fun to get lost in.... The He's Gone doesn't have a long jam at the end like it did At Cardinal Stadium.. 21 rst was my favorite of the 3 shows!!! be good sorry to be over posting lately... never saw them in august!!! bob t
July 21, 2018 - 11:16am

#2352

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

Hair of the Dog

Now, that could be the Nazareth gem also expertly covered by Guns N' Roses, but it's more like my advice to Hippy Chic. Tie one on! Have a morning drink, a screwdriver or a bloody and go get a big, greasy breakfast at some all-day brunch joint. Then keep it going. Tomorrow, Sunday, is the day to spend on the couch licking your wounds. Oh and please airbrush that disgusting pit hair out. You won't get many likes with that. An old friend talked me into going to Def Leppard tonight. The family is way, way out of town and, what the hell I had nothing better to do. We got $39.50 seats just to get into Coors Field but we'll run straight for the Rooftop Bar, grab some rail space and watch the spectacle from there. The On Through The Night and High N' Dry albums are classic hard rock, before they exploded in popularity and became the watered-down, commercial enterprise they remain to this day. I guess I'd have done the same thing for castles and Bentleys. After all, it's only rock n' roll. Most people don't know what a great covers band they are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DYxzfBW1uo&start_radio=1&list=RD1DYxzf… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKizNo4Ojik&list=RD1DYxzfBW1uo&index=4 \m/
July 21, 2018 - 8:14am

#2353

Gratefulhan

Joined:
June 6, 2007

Track labeling

Yeah I too get very particular about track labeling. Good to see that others feel that way too, strength in numbers! Since every thing I acquire gets uploaded to my work computer I am stuck with what programs the IT department allows it to have. It uses an older version of Windows Media player. Because of this the program identifies the tracks differently from show to show. Part of this is due to the way some releases are produced and tracked. A great example is the AOTS release that just came out. The last track on CD 2 is labeled That's It For The Other One. I know that is the name of whole suite for the most part. Still I changed it to Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment. Other release might label it that way or even split that into 3 separate tracks. That is how I labeled it back in the tape trading days so I kind of stick with that. Now even though I still follow the old labeling from the tape trading days, there are some things I have dropped. For example I dont use BIODTL for Beat It On Down The Line. Yet I still use NFA for Not Fade Away. Its weird but I have some mix of old and newer label systems. The other unintentionally, yet sinister thing that the Media Player does to me is when I am uploading and ripping the the CDs to the music library. The Media Player will retrieve info differently, mainly album titles. So the first CD of the release might read Dave's Picks Vol 27. Then inexplicably for the 2nd CD the Media Player will read it as Dave's Picks 27. Of course I miss the detail that the Vol label is missing. Then once the CDs are ripped into my media library they are not listed in the correct order because the titles are slightly different. Sometimes the titles are completely different. Anyway I find myself tantruming at my computer because it looks like I didn't rip one CD from a set. I try to go back and change them to make the all uniform once I figure it out. Of course I also make playlists for each show , but still I have so much on that computer that the library is massive. Lots to look through. Good times!
July 21, 2018 - 5:32am

#2354

Hippychic

Joined:
April 27, 2018

Yawn

I woke up 20 minutes late for work and realized silly I don't work today its Saturday! Went on a real bender last night. My young looks ain't going to hold up long like this. Somebody called me a uber and the dude was so creepy looking I was sure I would get ravaged in a dark alley before I made it home, but I wasn't that lucky. Last thing I remember was a bong hit on the sofa with my roommate and putting on Dicks Picks Vol. 20. Now there's one with a good PeggyO. I'm not usually one for coffee if there's tea in the house but a morning like this is driving me to the coffee pot. The effort is discouraging. maybe I will jUst go back to sleep!
July 21, 2018 - 5:27am

#2355

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

PNW '73 - '74 Upgrades

This is the best we have available. 6/22/73 - MSR > PCM > PCM (14-bit) 6/24/73 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD 6/26/73 - SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN 5/17/74 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD 5/19/74 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat 5/21/74 - MSR>C>Dats>CD>EAC>SHN This is whats were getting, all shows mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes. All shows will be huge upgrades to what is available.
July 20, 2018 - 11:54pm

#2356

rambly

Joined:
June 22, 2007

Seaside chat and 6/22/73

As a Vancouver Islander I love seeing the familiar beach area for chats. Thanks for the local content Dave! And thanks for rhapsodizing about 6/22/73. The listening party tunes are sublime. Any thoughts on why 6/22/73 seems to take things a bit further? Was it freeing for the band to be in an unfamiliar yet familiar place with enthusiastic support to stretch out a bit and get in some smooth grooves? Do those wowowowow keys on Bird Song show up in other shows around the same time period? Can't wait for the box!
July 20, 2018 - 8:45pm

#2357

hbob1995

Joined:
June 26, 2007

AOTS t-shirt

Holy shit! I just received my Anthem Of The Sun t-shirt and it has THE most phenomenal colors I have ever seen (sober) in a tee! And I live in tees, 90% of which are the GOGD Rock on
July 20, 2018 - 8:02pm

#2358

Rob Mixon

Joined:
December 25, 2017

P.N.C.- 73'/74' Box

I'm a little surprised (to say the least) this hasn't sold out yet! I've heard 7500 sold, 7800 sold so I'm guessing somewhere around the 1/2 way mark. Just wondering what people holding out for, I mean if $'s tight that's one thing! But otherwise what's the hold up? It's already selling on ebay for $300 and I really don't think waiting around is the way to go! Remember fellow heads, once they're gone you'll be kicking yourselves (like so many do with Dave's Picks and all the other Box Sets we might have missed out on!!!)Solid advice- Strike while the iron's HOT folks!-end of rant-
July 20, 2018 - 5:44pm

#2359

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

EST/Eyes, Vguy, Keithfan, Dark Star

Estimated Eyes; thanks for sharing.....especially about getting your cherry popped (hey, settle down now hippy chic!). Nice perspective. Can understand new enthusiasm, being bummed about no fire combo...while personally at that point I liked how they broke it up. Hee-hee, some times you feel like a nut, sometime you don’t... Vguy; I’m tellin ya folks this kid hasn’t even hit his stride yet. In fact I here he’s totally a second set peaker! See folks how he can do the one liners, aaaaand the more complicated stuff also. I’m tellin ya this kids got talent! Keithfan; what he said! Dark Star; aaah, dear old DS....”ah, boobala, let me pinch those cheeks” the meatier the better, the longer, weirder, farout, the better! Those nice lil 60s ones are tight and spirited and great for when I don’t have the time to FULLY invest in a biggin’ Favorite? What, are you fuggin’ kiddin me? Exercise in futility, imho....like Jim says “ I never met a DS I didn’t like” WORD! Of course using poker logic, I believe any DS your at, trumps most others...Vguy, can we get a house ruling here? In which case I’d have to say 1/20/79......My first show, first DS out of 4,5?? have to look? Yes, folks you always remeber your fist(s) ; ) in my deaddreams to another land that ended up being mucho grande? Mucho Garcia’s to the RR gods por favor! Listening to that now jam>TOO>drums>jam>TOO>Daaaaaawwwwwkkkk Starrrrrr Jaaaaarrrrrryyyyyyy Obviously not in the big leagues with the pre-Hiatus stuff, but I wouldn’t kick er outta bed for eatin’ crackers! Ironically, it’s SORTA tight and sweet like those above mentioned DS’s.... Ok, nuff bla, blah, blah, I go listen now.....”seeeeaaarrcch light casting.....” Edit; there’s almost a Serengeti like out of the drums.....short but SWEET!
July 20, 2018 - 3:56pm

#2360

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Vguy GVF

I got that email a few days ago and listened to it. Watch it on YouTube for some video effects. I meant to notify you the other day but forgot.

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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

Nice

Yessssss....got my order in first with no troubles, finally the pre-order Gods have smiled on me! Luckily without having to go through PayPal, I've also managed to secure myself some time saving up after the charges drop-off. And I scored a ticket for the Dead and Co. show in Hartford tomorrow, what a fantastic lunch break!

Oh Yeah

Well that was an easy buy and no issues ordering can't wait to get this one 5/19/74 is a long time favorite

Can's sign up fast enough

for this gem.

Thanks Direwulf

Saw your comment on the other thread and ordered!!

What about 72'...

Very excited to see these getting the treatment. Wondering why the crucial 72' Seattle and Portland shows are not in this. Those 3 years(72', 73', 74') tell such a story and are the most coveted recordings in general. I am however very grateful...

Well that was easy

As much trouble as this has been the last few years--great work deadnet on this one going through smoothly

WoW

Well now this sorta came up out of the clear blue sky. Very nice. Sixtus

Very smooth

Yes, great job on this dead.net. Very excited for this release (19 CD's!!!!) Thank you Dave and team. Makes up for Dead and Co. not stopping near me this summer.

Spent $200 on my lunch break

Better get back to work! Haha

Love the art work for this

Love the art work for this box, to bad the above image was not the computer wall paper to download on check out.

Yay...ouch...

I had a feeling that I ought to check dead.net - and I ordered without hassle or second-guessing. Although the shipping to Canada made me cringe... (almost $70 CAD for shipping)...

amazing

absolutely amazing THANK YOU, PTB. :)))

Wow is right

Love love love this. We got our Summer '73 box! Summer dead always makes me smile, and 2 summers worth is a real treat. And the option of multi year boxes opens up the possibility of a multi year MSG, or Boston, Berkeley, Alpine, Shoreline,(enter any city here) boxes. Dizzying.... the possibilities.

Even I'm looking forward to this!

I'm always excited when a new release will be a great improvement over what I have. This looks like it will be that. I ordered both cd and vinyl. (don't tell the wife) On the ordering front,,, maybe it was so easy because it seemed to be on the downlow. I didn't (or at least haven't gotten one yet) an email announcement. Maybe they thought less splash would help "fans" get theirs before "ebayers". So, in the next 3 months, a new 45, Aoxomoxoa, DaP 27 and a box set! Wow, that large sucking sound is coming from your wallet!

Whoo Hoo

Wish I was a headlight.. on a North(west) bound train. Well, the next best thing, Providing the shipping gnomes treat me well, I will be transported there come September. Whoo Hoo. This looks to be a spectacular box. I decide to have some desert and scored the t-shirt too. The sun gonna shine in my back door someday (in September). ah yes, that sucking sound from the wallet. It hurts, but it should heal by September. Peace all.. Thanks Dave.

Fantastic !

Ordered. Now the waiting is the hardest part. Love this era of the Dead.

sweeeet!

Very cool! Ordered without hassle too! This is epic - thank you Dave and dead.net!

Jim in Md's T-Shirt

I feel like Hawkeye in MASH when he ordered from "Adams Ribs". The food got to Korea and a supply sergeant asked about the coleslaw and chided Hawk for going thru all the hassle to get ribs and NOT ordering the slaw. I didn't order the shirt! Back to the order page. Suck, suck, suck, suck, suck,,,, my credit card is bleeding from the spanking I'm giving it!

Sad but true dept.

$53.99 for shipping to Europe. It may be an oversize item, but for that sort of shipping price I would expect it to be delivered by private jet, not standard shipping. However, this is a not-to-be-missed item for sure.

Now the email has hit

I hope the ordering is going to continue being smooth for everyone.....

yum

sweet, indeed!

Raining box set

I just got the joke in the 3-CD "Believe it if you need it" condensed version: Box (set) of rain(y northwest)

NOT

"available exclusively from dead.net." We know that's BS. These will be on ebay for $1000 or more.

sweet

Is this the box set that was TBA at MUATM or is there another announcement coming?

Very nice!

Wow this looks like an amazing set! Can't wait. And yes very smooth checkout this time! Also good to see this being released as a download as well as the box (which I'm sure will be very well done).

Can never get enough

Just ordered the big box set as well as the 6LP show. Can't wait!

Saw the email and immediately ordered

The order went through quick and smooth even with using PayPal. Good job, dead.net! I’m going to need to carve out a serious chunk of time to get through 19 CDs.

"Can never get enough" Indeed!

WOW! Great News! Yes -- one just can not get enough of these live releases. I can not wait to have it my hands.

Order in....

check. Now I can leisurely listen to Dave's announcement.

ordered

:))) :))) :))) The OMNIPOTENT Grateful Dead

Allman

Now that would be something! Imagine conflating two box sets together just to confuse the hell out of us. That would be treat, showing up at MUATM and getting a reveal of not this box but ANOTHER release! Shipping says oversize item, I've got this one to be the best packaging presentation yet, going for another box set packaging Grammy I presume, eh Dead?

Shipping to Europe

My hands were just a blur on the keyboard when I realised this was available, so it didn't really register how much the shipping was. Its a lot..but its worth it! I'm wondering now whether to buy the vinyl for 19th May 1974, seeings as how it can be ordered on Amazon.

Store in now open..

Come on in take off your skin and rattle around in your bones.

Why? Why? Why?

Did they pick the most boring show of the bunch to press to wax?!

$54 for shipping to the Netherlands, snif...

The box must be Spring 1990 sized. Although I think that was still cheaper in shipping. Oh well, what's not to like with 6 amazing pre-hiatus shows. Now, complete a terrific year with a 60's DaP and a 90's DaP, I say!

Pre

Ordered HAPPY HAPPY Tuesdday DEADLAND

Sweet

This one is going to be a real treat. Honestly, I was going to be excited about any new box. Thank you Dave & Co!

Totally worth the wait...

So... I'd been patiently waiting for the box set announcement, and this DID NOT DISAPPOINT! These shows are all really good. The Vancouver show from 6/22/73 (my 3rd Birthday, I might add) is absolutely top-notch. To me, it's in the same conversation w/ Veneta, Cornell, Englishtown, Bickershaw and acoustic/electric shows at the Fillmore East. I cannot wait for this gem to show up on my porch! Peace, brothers and sisters. 10 days until Alpine Valley!

Cool

Awesome do we get a discount?

Dave’s Next Pick

Now that we know the release of the box and many of us have ordered, let’s start taking about a what the next Pick Dave will give us. I am thinking 09/26/91. Time for a Bruce and Vince show.

Preordered 19 CD Box.

Finally the beautiful PNW gets some belated official retail Plangent/Full Norman love. So freaking stoked!

Justify my purchase

Looks like an awesome box & it was easy to pull the trigger since I won a couple of hundred bucks on Justify in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Great horse & great timing for a great box set. Honestly, I would have bought the box anyway, but having that extra cash made it much easier

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