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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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  • stoltzfus
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    there's smoke, and then there's SMOKE. man, this month's "NW month of SMOKE" is insane. fires all over the west and BC. it's been weeks since the air was clear around Puget Sound and farther afield. _weeks_. raaaai, aaaai, aaaaai aaaaaaiiiiiiiin, I won't mind.
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    If I don't read at least every other day, I find I can get quite behind the current topic(s).So......consider this a rambling: I took the time now (before the box set arrival), to get one last listen to GSTL box, in order & complete. It may be a while before I get my next opportunity. Favorite song (tie)-Terrapin Station, Comes A Time Favorite set-Set 2, Cornell Favorite show (I'm now wearing protective gear)......New Haven Of course, as JiminMd always says, this will change next time I listen. Also, should we ASSUME, that MDJim is JiminMd?? Not 100% sure Lastly--I consider myself extremely fortunate to have seen XTC 3 times, 2in DC, 1 in MD. What a fantastic live band. As was pointed out, they stopped touring in 1982 due to Andy Partridge's crippling anxiety (stage fright). This band is HUGELY underrated, and while not a flawless catalog by any means, I consider Drums and Wires, Black Sea and everything post The Big Express to be of substantial quality. Just a thought in case you didn't have enough music choices! Music is the BEST--FZ
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    ifn youse outta here, JiminMD, it's been swell. Y'all be cool. thanks again for the 6/28/85 CDs!!! I hope you win the lottery, bro.
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    4/17/83 Meadowlands, NJ -Steven Stills!10/20/84 Syracuse, NY -angry Jack Straw 11/7/85 Rochester, NY 11/8/85 Rochester, NY -She belongs to me! 7/4/86 Buffalo, NY Damn, I can't wait for the PNW box!
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    where mere words fail...Marimba & Bickershaw:
    I've this nagging feeling I ought to smell worse or look the disheveled-boho-festy-aesthete at Lockn, but my inclination for 'roughing it', outside of trail running, is a nothing short of a 3-star hotel room on wheels. Fine late-night set by Lettuce with a tributary theme flavoured to local cuisinary preferences (lovely renditions of Cats & TLEO w/ Mayer to close). Incidentally, Lettuce is one of those rare discoveries made via Sirius, of which I rec'd a complimentary scrip with my new car (first one!). Otherwise, I've christened the satellite service with a new corporate slogan: "All the music you don't want to hear, but can't get away from" OR "The last 5-seconds of a song you're dying to hear ... proceed to slogan 1". I've also discovered that I have no faculty for appreciating the Dead one-song-from-one-era-at-a-time; and I don't seem to be driving when they play shows. Now, back to the Cultured Frontier (and KW's Grateful Gospel circa noon)!.
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    That 4/19/82 show from Baltimore is sweet. What a great 1st show!I got a really nice copy of it from JiminMD awhile back ;) Saw Gov't Mule down in "Detroit" last night. (40 miles north of Detroit = close enough). They did a set of almost all Floyd. Most of Wish You Here, Dark Side, also Comfortably Numb, The Nile Song (that's an obscure one). Warren Haynes is just amazing. He was a spot on David Gilmour last night. I've also seen him be a spot on Jerry back in 09 with The Dead. I've seen him be a spot on Tommy Iomi. And of course he was largely responsible for reviving The Allman Brothers in the 90s. Anyone catch D&C last night? I'm going to make it a point to see or listen tonight.
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    At Bickershaw, Dr. John liberally dispensed handfuls of gris gris from the stage. A bit pointless at a festival in the wind and rain but who knows, maybe it had some beneficial effect. I also recall that he was wearing some form of headgear that appeared to consist of a large number of snakes. Unfortunately I was not close enough to see exactly what it was. The "Most bizarre headgear" prize, had it existed, would not have gone to the Doctor but to Ed Marimba, Beefheart's drummer who wore "a pair of ladies panties on his head, his hair swept up through the crotch holes on either side in a pair of lewd pigtails."
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    They were responsible for bringing in the Mouse tees to the UK before the Rik Griffin show. I went as a guest of John Platt so I met Rik Griffin at the opening, he was very into religion (man) at the time...however, I received a phone call as they were dismounting the exhibition and was offered the chance to buy the exhibits at a fiver apiece, all signed and stamped, I rushed from work-I was in High Holburn-and was able to score 4 or 5, one, the Powwow, Gathering of the tribes still hangs on my kitchen wall, the others are long gone.I saw Dr John at the Sundown with the same girlfriend who came with me to Wembley, so it might have been the same tour? I dont know, I do know that he had Alan Tousaint, the Meters and the Dirty Dozen brass band with him, and they paraded down Edmonton High Street, just like Bourbon St in New Orleans! Said girlfriend who died of cancer a few years after, collected loads of Gris Gris that the good doctor threw to the (sparse)audience.
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    I still have a set of four Rick Griffin posters from Alcock & Dicks. Then and now I am still uncertain as to whether Alcock & Dicks was a serious name or were they just taking the piss? I have seen Dr. John several times over the years and he has never failed to disappoint. I cannot remember very much detail about the Ally Pally '74 show due to the consequences of a surfeit of spacecake.
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    Simonrob is correct, Beefheart was amazing at the swamplike Bickershaw, I dont remember Dr Johns set(?) But did see him at the Sundown, Edmonton, not sure it was the same tour.First and last: I was at Hollywood, Newcastle under Lyme, where the TV crew were dosed by the Deads crew, the tape of their performance became the soundtrack to Alcock and Dicks Rik Griffin exhibition at the Roundhouse. Alcock and Dick being, the afforementioned TV crew I believe. Hollywood is more known in the UK as being the breakthrough for Mungo Jerry, I kid thee not. God we were sick of their In the summer time within weeks.... Last was the Alley Pally run, which I thought was under par at the time, remember we really dug Seastones and hoped that it heralded a return to the freewheeling psychedelic monster of yesteryear after the very lacklustre (IMHO) Mars Hotel with the, again in IMHO, worst Dead songs to date Juicy Lucy and US Blues. In between saw me as many of the Europe 72 shows as possible, Wembly, Bickershaw and Lyceum, where the tickets were two pounds. Two pounds! twice the price of the Wembly shows a few weeks before.
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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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I am not sure on this one, but I bought the spring 1990 box digitally and it did not come with anything but the music.
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I wonder if the master has Bertha with the balance being set (vocals going on and out, etc). I always kinda liked that weird aspect of this tape...
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We all know what's in this box? (Thanks to those for putting together the song list stats.) And what's in it looks amazing, I grabbed a copy. Hah, but just for kicks, what's missing? No Dew! Next night, 6/29/73, got it: He's Gone->Truckin->Other One->AM Dew. What else?
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Fell in love with baseball when i was around 7 years old and played in little league. Caught my first Yankees game at Shea stadium cause Yankee stadium was being remodeled. A twi-night double header. Sparky Lyle, Craig Nettles, Munson, Guidry, etc. they got really good for several years and at the time I knew every player’s batting average by heart. Smoked weed in 82 and completely fell in love with Rock and Roll music (mostly of the 60’s, 70’s varieties). Completely stopped following baseball from that moment on. Always loved NHL hockey. Nothing like live hockey and playoff hockey wether you are there or not. Been a Rangers season ticket holder since the day I was born/ current MSG building opened. Got to thank Dad for that obsession and my Mom for being a music freak. Happy Father’s Day everyone!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fHMt2v4Jw Oops that didn't embed, I guess I still haven't figure that out. Baseball, hockey, lacrosse, I'll take just about anything with a piece of wood or full contact, more fun to play than watch though for sure. Football is great with friends but I could care less about the NFL. But seriously some one had a great point...Earth needs fewer people just yucking some one elses yum, if we were all the same that would be boring as hell. And with a friendly reminder that the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park are the ONLY baseball team and stadium that matter, that is all.
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I agree about the Red Sox, but if any baseball fans are interested, I still have a Nolan Ryan Topps (what else was there back then) rookie card as well as a Johnny Bench rookie card, a 1968 Mickey Mantle card, a 1967 Carl Yastrzemski, and many more Hall of Famers, plus some other pretty cool memorabilia from back then. I even have a 1968 (he was age 25 then) Joe Namath card - wow, I can’t believe I still have this stuff! - I might be interested in swapping some of these for the 1977 Winterland box and the first May 1977 box. These aren’t graded since they’re cards my mom thankfully never threw away and my sister meticulously put into a binder album with the plastic sleeves. . Most of these look like they’re in really nice shape. Please PM me if interested in a swap or two. PS - My favorite player back then was Tony Conigliaro, by the way!
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The weekend begins with. Foosball and Liz Phair!!!!!!!! Disturbed Yet?
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I was sitting here listening to Mississippi half-step from the Grateful Dead movie soundtrack, trying to figure out where the annoying offbeat tambourine was coming from. I can't remember Donna ever picking up a tambourine, and of course pigpen was long gone at that point. Then it struck me, oh yeah this song came off a disc 5. Mickey played on all disc 5. Enough said. No I'll say a little bit more. This band was only big enough for one drummer after 1970.
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I can't believe how good this The Other One is on DaP 24. Haven't listened to it since the first 20 times right after it came out. After a break it's even better than before. Mcgrupp, what's missing - Uncle John's Band. That one never gets old for me.
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....Dead & Co dusted off some Coltrane to start the 2nd set at CitiField. I'm a bit jealous.
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Kyle.. might I recommend a fathers day gift for yourself? The GD always seemed to struggle on the edges with singing, why would we expect 2018 to be any different? On a related note.. I am pretty sure my cat got eaten last night by a creature of some sort. She was a sweetie.. not an angry kitty. Well, let's give her a week or so before I give up hope.
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Yep, missing UJB. That and the Dew are sort of the only songs not played here that surprises me. But for whatever reason UJB wasn't played from 2/15/73 to 10/25/73 and then not from 3/23/74 to 6/23/74. As for AM Dew, it was played only 6x in 74, so not too surprising and then, as I mentioned, these shows just miss the one played the next show on 6/29. Other songs in rotation - though clearly rarities - during this period that are missing include: Candyman (only played 4x in 73, once 74), Cold Rain (3x 73, once 74), Cumberland Blues (7x 73, 7x 74), and Don't Ease (24x 73, 2x74). Anyway, gonna be one hell of a box! So...what's on deck for Dave's 27?
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Not a bad title, eh? Use it for your next album, I won't sue. Just got back from a two-week Exile In Wisconsin. Complete with waterpark fun, brats, cases of beer and rabid boating. Jesus, those people are crazy, if Simple. Presently grooving on the recent Clapton release, "Life In 12 Bars." Imagine he spent time in about 12,000 bars counting hotels, airports and such, but given the blues based theme it's an apt title. Most of the great ones (Clapton, Keith Richards, SRV, etc.) were even better drinkers than musicians, but the respite from touring life and inspiration had to come from somewhere. Ladies and Gentlemen, tip your bartenders and waitstaff generously. Either that, or go straight to hell - do not pass, "Go," do not collect $200. Recommended. Also, for three cents it's about goddamn time Lemieux and the powers that be opted to offer up some primo-year shit to the mucho. Gracias! Looking forward to blasting the hell out of this release right out of the box at our next Garden Party. Eat your heart out, Rick Nelson. \m/
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well I have no children lol. I struggled with mayer singing back in what 2000? whenever that song came out about wanting to run through the halls of high school. people can like dead and company that's fine. I cant deal with it lol its like someone making me eat a low grade hot dog that's not Oscar meyer all beef- I just cant do it, I don't know what we would do with all the vomit after the first bite alone lol I listened to the Dead when mayer was writing all these songs and the Dead was my sanctuary from it. I was like whew! thank god for grateful dead...and substance(substance meaning a song that has substance). so this like a personal hell/living nightmare for me lol
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.... feeling lucky. Going with a Santa Fe show. I will not be ignored....
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I recommend especially the concerts of 8 and 9 October 1989, released in The Warlocks Box in 2010. These two concerts given in Hampton are the bests of the year 1989 in my opinion.
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Have any of yinz gotten on board with the HD audio versions? What are your thoughts? I'm conflicted here, not IF I'm going to buy this, but how? The warning about the "ornate" and "oversized" box gives me hesitation. I have a binding non-proliferation agreement with Mrs. Deadguy regarding the house not getting completely overrun with records and CD boxsets. I don't have any Apple devices, although surely there are players out there that can support both ALAC and FLAC. Apple lossless might be the sensible pragmatic option. That HD FLAC though. It is calling to me. But, then I would definitely need a major upgrade to my digital player. And then I would probably need a whole new system to get the most out of it. And then I would probably need to build an addition to my house to really crank it. And then I would have the extra room to store the new box set anyway. Alright its settled, I'm getting the box, and the HD downloads, and a brand new HD sound system, and I'm calling a contractor on Monday, and I'm sending a bill for all of it to Lemieux.
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Less than a hand full performed with the Wall of Sound Traveling back from Hartford one of the few discs I attempted to play that was not be rejected by car Stereo CD player included one of these rarities. *+*+* July 1974 Chicago *+*+* UJB -> U.S. Blues and top notch Encore "Ship of Fools" A few months back I had Dicks Picks 31 spinning non-stop for a couple weeks, that UJB is smoking hot !! from August 1974. France in September 1974 may have the most laid back cool UJB performance with Wall of Sound
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Agreed about the big box design. Prefer the ones that fit on a shelf. Oh well, ordered it immediately. Hopefully the discs will be individually packaged in a shelf friendly way. July 78 is the Ideal. Great post about missing songs. I love all versions of Cold Rain and Snow. And when it's an opener watch out.
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After getting a chuckle out of Roguedeadguy's funny post about the choice of box or HD FLAC purchase, I read the bulk of it to my wife. Her immediate response was "I think I need Mrs. Deadguy's email". I suspect she wants to find out about this non-proliferation treaty Mr. and Mrs. Deadguy have in an attempt to negotiate her own non-proliferation treaty. Uh-oh. All I'm thinking is that I replaced my stereo and speakers last year, but if I get the HD FLAC version as well as the box I now know that can justify further upgrades.
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Me and the Ms. are at the age where we're thinking about downsizing within 10 years. We're trying to reduce the load by parting with much of our stuff. Downloads don't take up any more room so that's the route I'm taking. At least when downloads are available. Can I really tell the difference between CD quality and high-res? Probably not. The ears are a bit fried. I hear my tinnitus in high-res though!
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...a '79, '80, '81, '82, '83 or '84 show. I'm fairly easy to please. And i'm out.
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Me too.. and with the money I get from the class action lawsuit against Phil for blowing all my speakers, I can finally add on the addition to the house I have always wanted.
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8/31/81 Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada.Because it's the "Thank a Fan" time at Rhino. It's *all* about a dead Head named Vguy ("Vince") and a then young lady (another Head) named Valerie here. They get their names published in the credits in the booklet and if they're subscribers to the Dave's Picks 2018 series, they get their $30 refunded. The show: Grateful Dead Aladdin Hotel Theatre Las Vegas, NV 31 August 1981 https://archive.org/details/gd1981-08-31.aud.unknown.91893.sbeok.flac16…
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I'm sure Dave mentioned somewhere on the video clip that he displays or will proudly display a Grateful Dead Box Set somewhere in his abode for all to see, this is an example for all of us to follow, get rid of those wedding photos on the coffee table/mantlepiece, or any other clutter, detritus etc, we do have room for more boxsets. Gotta go ere indoors is, well indoors.
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today driving ubereatsI see a sign in front of a building that reads "CAUTION" I am stopped on tracks behind a trolley I smiled Most of you can figure that one out
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....if a gypsy woman was in the crosswalk, that would be the icing. That Aladdin gig is pretty nifty. Back in the day, it was considered the best sounding venue west of the Mississippi. Been there several times. No argument here. Best Phish show I witnessed occurred there. https://youtu.be/uASrrpyIa40 .... despite the fungi I ingested, I recall it very well. Best Simple ever. Burned into my grey matter forever. Top shelf. Sadly, the Aladdin is now rubble. Motley Crue was the final act. What a venue. Let's see. I saw Iron Maiden, Allman Bros, Counting Crows, Phish, Dylan twice, Rusted Root, Widespread Panic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Alice Cooper there. I might have forgotten a couple....thanks for the memory recall.
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Did I miss this? Has this boxset been shown to us? If not, then this is a spoiler alert....checking out GD cds on ebay today, I found this listing. The second photo shows both the front and back angles of this new boxset. Again, if I missed an official unveiling, then this is moot. If I didn’t, then do not do this, if you do not want to see what this boxset looks like. Here is the link: https://m.ebay.com/itm/Grateful-Dead-Pacific-Northwest-1973-1974-Comple… Looks very cool!
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Ok, I missed this. So this has already circulated, and is this the actual design? Does look very cool! And indeed, that guy is an idiot!
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Weird speaking of Phish in Vegas. I have watched the Phish Live in Vegas 3 times in the last few weeks. Forgot how good that one is as well. Will watch that simple, nice. G
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Hey Now Alain, good to see you back. Hope all is well over yonder. Icecream: taking your advice and watching the VFtV. I remember that one is west coast laid back. Set two Jer just settles in for a long slow meltdown. Just wrapping up watching Eric Clapton's 2007 CrossRoads DVD, great sound.
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Just fired up the DVD.First thing I noticed - Mickey was drumming with drum sticks rather than the paint brushes he uses now, which don’t seem to make any sound.
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we used to have a half an acre back yard and we used to let our cats Tippy and Baby out. and mom told me the story about Tippy was sittin and chillin at dusk on the deck. and a coyote saw her all the way from the edge of our property on the deck and started boundin after her, mom opened the door and said you better come in here and she did. coyote came up onto the porch. if I had known that coyotes did that I would have NEVER let Tippy and Baby out. especially Baby cuz she always wanted out at nite. Tippy lived to 15 years and Baby lived to 20 years.
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Icecream, Im into truckin. If memory serves, I think Jer stays onstage for the entire 2nd set. He gave the East Coast such an energetic fall 89 tour. Here he shows his other side. Gooey Noodles.
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I’m in the middle of OMSN.Jerry has been smiling a lot. :) He’s really smiling at the end of OMSN.
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It seems larger than I thought, similar to 30 Trips Around the Sun and the Europe 72 Steamer TrunkThank you icecrmcnkd & eyes43 for finding these images.
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My kids are dragging me to a Jon Butler Trio concert tonight. What should I expect?
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After seeing these images of the box design, it makes all kinds of sense as to what Dave says about this box in his seaside chat. He says he normally does not display much GD stuff in his home. And then says that the design of this box is so amazing he has decided to display it on a certain end table. It would be cool to know if those images are the actual final design. Didn’t Dave mention something about seeing design elements, but not the finished product? Perhaps these images where just a mock-up. Maybe this isn’t what it actually looks like!!!After some research, I do think it will be for sure this shape, as that is a common shape of a One Nation Bentwood Box. Here is an example: https://www.canadianindianart.com/gallery/bent-box-design/ Also, in doing some reading about Roy Henry Vickers, I came across this video attached to an article by the CBC. Check it out, and then checkout the comments below it...this is awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol-QhNvk2bw#action=share
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