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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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September 9, 2018 - 10:00am

#1291

Mind-Left-Body

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@Lovemygirl

Check PM:)
September 9, 2018 - 9:55am

#1292

Mind-Left-Body

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Oborious

I had similar issues with skips on the last Trax of several CDs from all different bands. What I found was the only last tracks that were skipping were the ones where the full 80 minutes of Music had been utilized on the CD. The problem didn't happen on a CD with 45 or 50 minutes. I found that if I slowed the CD rip speed down to 1x, the problem would usually go away. Then out of curiosity, I tried ripping at normal speeds on my work laptop, which was much newer then my home desktop Tower which I had had for many years. In my mind it was a combination of the age of the CD burner and the fully packed 80-minute CDs. Also still waiting. How's the sound everybody? I'd really be interested in kayak guys assessment in particular, because he was very excited about plangent.
September 9, 2018 - 9:54am

#1293

snafu

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Numbers sold

If the old put it in the cart and see what is left works it looks like they've sold around 5000 copies this week. If true very wierd. Not sure why so many would wait. Not too important it will sell out maybe by the end of the year. Good news for all who want the shows to keep coming. One thing I know little about is downloads. I hope they get that fixed on a 1st run basis eventually for those that want it. As for the OCD while the short leg is certainly functional. Would you be satisfied with a new car someone at the dealer backed into but was still useable? I seriously doubt it
September 9, 2018 - 9:49am

#1294

Dennis

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They?

They come from Theyville. A small hamlet in Iowa where they have opinions about EVERYTHING!
September 9, 2018 - 9:35am

#1295

nitecat

Joined:
November 1, 2010

Photo Book About the Closing of Winterland

I think many here would be interested in this new book soon to be published. Full disclosure: Jarid, the author, is a good buddy. Hello Scott, I am excited to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for THIS OLD BUILDING: The Closing of Winterland, a photo documentary book of my rare images punctuated with tails of adventure from those who experienced this amazing event. This limited edition 8.5x11, hardbound, B&W art book celebrates the final show at Bill Graham's legendary music venue in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1978 with the Grateful Dead, the Blues Brothers, the New Riders of the Purple Sage and thousands of fellow Deadheads. I invite you to reserve your copy for a pledge of $35. Throw down a bit more for additional rewards like gift giver packages or your choice of an enlargement from the book. You'll find all the pledge details on my Kickstarter page where you can view my campaign video, see photos, and hear the story of how this book came to fruition. With the 40th Anniversary of that final night nearly upon us, THIS OLD BUILDING: The Closing of Winterland will bring forth deep recollections and reignite your excitement for this historic event. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/433001477/this-old-building-the-cl… Thank you and stay in touch. Cheers- Jarid
September 9, 2018 - 9:30am

#1296

MDJim

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March 16, 2017

Re: cwcalle/pdf booklet

I am not sure how or if they plan to address this. I did notice in prior offerings, the digital files were the same price as the physical product. This time they are cheaper. It's quite possible the digital downloads are just the music this time around. Good luck and happy listening to all.
September 9, 2018 - 9:19am

#1297

LedDed

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Let the music play...

I got the same 30 Trips, and they were all clean and burned in easily the first time. Sometimes I use compressed air to blow fuzz and dust out of the disc burner, that doesn't hurt. I also have to say I love the 30 Trips. I'd heard a bunch before but didn't have it all in my possession. The patches don't bother me. As far as furniture with a short leg, well, that's a functional disability. That's like a guitar with a broken neck - unplayable. As far as the scratches, those are just cosmetic, and each of us can decide how uptight we want to be about such things.
September 9, 2018 - 8:52am

#1298

Oroborous

Joined:
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Boxilla Question

Sorry, off topic...no box here YET! Thanks to the heads up from good folks here, was able to finally get the 30 Trips music edition recently. Had a hell of a time ripping many of the discs. Many read and sync errors. Especially problematic were many disc 2 last track (drums) or last couple of tracks. I believe the 94 Terrapin took forever. In fact, if I wasn’t using Exact Audio Copy on my custom server, I don’t think I would of been successful! Everything so far seems to play fine.... So, did anyone else have any of these problems? I know some have speculated that perhaps some of these rereleased sets were RMA or B stock etc? Just wondering if anyone else had, or has recently experienced any of this phenomena? FYI, don’t think it’s my machine as other things have been fine.....
September 9, 2018 - 8:48am

#1299

cwcalle

Joined:
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PDF Booklet for Digital Download Purchasers

Hey now! I bought the FLAC version of this box set and am loving it! However, I assumed a pdf of the booklet included in the physical box set would be included in the digital version. That has been the case with other digital versions I have purchased. Is there a download link for the book that I missed? Thanks! -Carter
September 9, 2018 - 8:40am

#1300

JeffSmith

Joined:
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"Good News" emails

I received my "Good news, Jeff! Your order is on the way." email last night at 9:03 PM. When I searched on UPS just now, the tracking number is not recognized by UPS Tracking ("regular" or My Choice). I suspect what this means is that the shipping folks at dead/wmg/Rhino have generated a shipping label with my tracking number and placed it on my package. Until the UPS system updates with Dead/WMG/Rhino's shipping label info (Monday?), my tracking number will continue to be unrecognized when searched for on UPS. Maybe this won't happen until UPA actually takes physical possession of my package and scans its tracking number into their system (again, on Monday?). My guess is that the packages prepared this weekend will be reflected on UPS tracking when UPS resumes normal business Monday morning and/or picks up the package. Then tracking info and updates should become available(?) Wish I'd ponied up for "Delivery by Drone". . . Whatever – looks like it's going to have been well worth the wait once my PNW '73-'74 catches up with me. Onward.

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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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