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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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    convert a jpg or pdf for posting here? You can PM me or make it public. I've got two pics from Playin', end of first set, 28 July 1973, and a pdf of a front page newspaper that will show the extent of the crowd and reveal how close I was. Stories in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
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    Great story and great pics. Monarda it is. Lear something new. We are having the weirdest summer ever. Lows in the mid 60's. Raining like crazy. What I save on the utility bill for a/c I spend in gas to mow the lawn.
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    hendrixfreak, i can't wait any longer, looking forward to your stuff Wordy feels-like travelogue ahead, “bear” with me. Promise not to do it again. Editing this to 11.10.73 PITB> At the appointed hour… 45 years ago, right about now, about 200 miles west of here, near a racetrack, this music. (most interested to read others accounts… how much did I forget or make up…) Three of us took off from central Maine Thursday July 26 mid-day, old Volvo, scenic route across New Hampshire and Vermont.. It would be a ten hour plus run, never mind whatever we ran into on site, so we decided to split it in two, take time to stop and smell the roses, CKR. Anyone exploring central New Hampshire should enjoy the east-west Kancamagus Highway through the central White Mountains, long as your brakes are good. Figured to get there early Friday as we had an inkling things would get crazy, though we had purchased tickets. Two of us college boys ran the campus radio station, we had news off the AP wire and from friends it would likely bust out. Fan of The Dead for five years by then, but first my show came just four months earlier in Baltimore. Not old enough (parents forbid) Woodstock, largest event before Summer Jam was Concert For Bangladesh at MSG summer 1971. This would be big. We listened to cassettes on the way, especially various ABB and the original Europe 72. CDs would not appear for almost ten years. Don’t recall exactly where we camped out Thursday night, somewhere north of Saratoga Springs in the Adirondacks. Besides camping gear, we had a big cooler packed with home-made gazpacho, sandwiches & beer. As noted previously, the dark ages of beer, or maybe the age of dark beer… already snotty snobs about Bud Miller Coors, Ballantine IPA was barely drinkable, about the most exotic thing we could find being Carlsburg Elephant or Spaten Oktoberfest. Next morning we broke camp quickly, provisioned around Saratoga, made the run to the track asap. We were on schedule, goal was to be situated on site for lunch with enhancements. Like the antique cigarette tin box loaded with fine Columbian fatties (nickname of CKR/seeker). No trouble getting close late Friday morning, parked maybe a third mile away from entrance, spot selected for quick egress. Lots of people around, short lines getting in, plenty of room mid field, excitement and anticipation. Quite the scene walking in from parking to gate, many people just hanging out, vendors for about whatever you might want, setting up shop, free floating. Very relaxed, sunny and getting hot. No hustling to get inside. They were taking tickets at the gate, not yet declared free, things were organized. We strolled down towards the stage, past long rows of porta-potties and pallets stacked with gallon water jugs which early on defined the edges of what space they thought they needed. Hah! Most all the way down in front of the stage, we realized it was up in the air some 10-12 feet, we could not see half way back into mid stage. Eased our way back towards and just short of the sound tent on stilts… set our spot just right of dead center forward. Spent the rest of afternoon blissfully hanging out, wandering around, checking the scene, where you from, folks from all over, more and more people all the time. We had space for our small tent and room around it, we spread out a bit. Slowly but surely everything filled up around us, what that would mean later on. Many rumors circulated early afternoon as to some kind of music that night. Heard stories about the soundcheck being planned, or decided when they realized how many people were there, can’t tell other than there was a very high level of expectation, something would happen. They knew it too. Roadies messed around with stage stuff a lot, re- positioning and finishing touches on equipment, mikes tested, then they would vanish for a break back stage… amps were left on. Someone would play, at least a local/regional band. Time out for images… have seen a bunch of different stuff but found a collection on flikr by Grant Gouldon many of which were taken from very close to where we landed Friday. Like if he had turned a slightly different way, there we were. Thanks Grant. Will publish a link here because simple search will open it up anyway, hope this is OK https://www.flickr.com/photos/grantdabassman/sets/72157603224730871/ Somewhere along into early evening there was a flurry of activity… The Band came out and Robbie Robertson leaned into a mike, “do you mind if we tune up a little”. Roar approval, he seemed a bit goofy/tipsy. Started off with The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down. There was a confederate flag unfurled behind them, iirc. A slightly different world back then. They played for maybe 30 minutes, left the stage. People were breaking out their goodies, chowing down, biggest picnic I ever seen. Flow of inbound people looking for spots had just about stopped, didn’t seem to be much room anymore and moving around was a bit chaotic, a few clear paths. Little more time passed then ABB came out, they looked a little tenuous and played briefly, just a couple few songs iirc. If you don’t know iirc, it means I could be making all this up, but don’t think so. Didn’t seem to me that they played long, not for more than 25-30 minutes.They took off and then things went quiet for a while, people got up and moved around though we saw activity on stage, fingers crossed, they were dead roadies. Still plenty daylight, just starting to fade, almost 8 pm or so. The Dead came out to whistles and cheers, they began fiddling with their stuff. IIRC, vivid memory, Jerry walked right out to the front edge of the stage (precarious) and looked around for what seemed like several minutes scanning/surfing the crowd. Folks called out to him of course. He made eye contact with dozens and dozens of people, nodding his head, picking up the scene. Shook his head as he moved back as if to say, woah, just look at all these people out there. They launched into Promised Land, horrible thin audio. Took first part of that tune to dial it in, no Phil in the mix for a minute. By the time they hit Bird Song, everyone was up and dancing. To date, one of my all time favorite Bird Songs even if you had to be there. A great jazzy feel. My recollection was more better music as it got darker and darker. Two solid sets, they finished around 11 pm. The jam was clearly a special departure. We knew they were deep into it, Phil said a couple times, “remember this is just a soundcheck”. Or maybe there was an echo. We were in an afterglow somewhere way north of midnight. The aftermusic scene down front was wild enough to keep going for a while. About as perfect a day as imaginable for this music punk. Saturday was a let down for me after such a day… hate to say, you’ll see. By late morning our position was being overrun with a crush of humanity, we kept shrinking the footprint to no avail. Getting around anywhere about impossible, first time I ever felt a little claustrophobic… no fear, just no room to breathe… you about had to walk over or on top of many many people, relaxed but way crowded. Maybe the bourbon from the day before had gotten to me… We stuck around for the first dead set, however it became more obvious serious storms were headed that way. Great music, maybe not quite the equal to the previous night, we did not want to leave, but…. Plus it was hot, sun seriously beating down, dark roast, powering up the incoming front. Not like we would ever find another decent spot walking out of the sea of humanity. We could not believe the number of people. We had considered how much more we might endure, our provisions were ok to marginal, we just decided to get the heck out of there. Hard to believe perhaps but elbow to elbow going into bad weather and once it hit, felt we would be stuck among potentially tens of thousands seeking shelter, trying to leave or get back to their cars at the same time… spelling chaos. We headed out reluctantly and made it back to the car just as the first big fat raindrops fell… then held back briefly enough to think we were crazy to leave, before the total downpour. We sailed out easily, wipers on high. So grateful to have been there Friday. Sincere thanks to dead.net and archive.org for providing us with all this wonderful music and a place to discuss it.
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    so this time of year... Monarda? hummers here love Monarda ceptin' deer got much of it first... so very fragrant when leaves crushed, like a minty basil aromatic some of those cute fauna eat way too many things intended for food or visual pleasures i offer a free, all expenses paid trip via a havahart trap for chipmunks to the local state park
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    do they force 'em to listen to Justin Bieber! Okay, I'm making a liquor store run, then gonna do some ramblin' here. Back in a few.
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    I sit in my fun room looking out the window. Yes yes when the family migrated from Europe to found this country they cleared and blasted their way through the wilderness, practically hunting the pests into extinction. Now the pendulum has swung the other way with the environmentalists. As I stare out the window, wheels spinning in my head, I look out on this rejuvenated nature. Last year, a young red tailed hawk matured in the trees in my back yard. Now I am looking out at what looks like 10-12 youngins. Just 10 feet away, there is a baby rabbit gnawing on some clover. Little does the rabbit realize that in just a few months he will be lunch for one of these red tails. Precious! Also, have a few hummingbirds feasting on the nectar of some red budded plant. They are literally just 5 feet from me, if they only knew...
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    When the warmth of my medicine kicks in. Mmmmm
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    I remember reading once that Bill K had listened to the 9/14/74 Munich show and being excited how well it sounded... around the time of the Winterland October 74 shows...
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    Wasn't suppose to arrive until Monday!!!
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    Hendrixfreak - guilty as charged. Sentence: 120 hours of continuous forced listening to Justin Bieber and Rick Astley. But seriously, I (and many others) wanna hear your stories.
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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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Boy that box looks big. Is there something in there that we are not being told? A big thank you to Cosmic Charlie for turning me on to Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA (2/26/77). A terrapin opener. Hunter's Trix Vol 80.
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Maybe empty and will be a nice case for some existing releases. I am going to assume closed in like 30 trips and a lot of unused space. I am also assume like 30 trip it will be wood.
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I made the comment a few months back about my "downward spiral of metal." To which you responded, "I get you now." Paraphrasing both. I got to see Iron Maiden on the Killers tour. I was was in my peak of metal in 1981, and yes I occasionally will put on a grinder just to shake things up. It was Maiden as the original group (adding Adrian Smith)and they blew us away. Hard, loud, powerful, and sounding great. They played almost all of Killers and most of their first album as well. Aha, Murders in the Roe Morgue! From the first album I can remember Running Free, Charlotte the harlot and Iron Maiden. Of course, then Priest came out and destroyed what was left of the Fox in Atlanta. Less than 6 months later I was turned on to these guys and slowly started the Golden Road. That road has continued since always cleaning and purifying to the point where Grateful Dead is almost 100% what I listen to. Cheers! g Edit:Sux caused I missed the dead there in 80, of course too young. But then got shut out to 1 of the 1985 shows at the Fox. It was hard to find heads when all of your buddies are full on metal gods.
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Don't forget Dick's Picks 19. 10/19/73 Oklahoma. Complete concert. Very good sound quality. Killer show.
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Thanks Shirdeep! Saw them many times during their short-lived existence, Jerry was on fire every for single show, arguably his best playing of that year was with Reconstruction. An official release would be welcome.
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Agree. Amazing show and still one of my favorite releases.
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DP19 is my favorite release to date. Perfect from start to finish. I wonder if anything will be released to change that.
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Speaking of DiP19, it is a great release. Every so often it comes up and I am amazed at how many think it is the best so far. I guess I need to try again. Dont get me wrong I love it. I just need that extra persuasion that it is a love supreme. I think I have two copies should someone need it. I will double check. g
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I found this cassette while trading with a guying Texas about 20 years ago. I was floored when I heard the 2nd set.... couldn't stop listening to it - like no other show I'd ever heard, and still amazes me every time I hear it. If you don't have this show, you are missing out!
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I felt the center of the universe shift just a little to the left...., I think a Sixtus may have been born... I can't BELIEVE we haven't gotten any updates. Where are his priorities?
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Back when I was raiding the Archives, the shows from this release just didn't have the recording quality I was looking for. So I'm really looking forward to this one. I did grab the UW Hec Ed show just for the novelty of the long PITB. An LP version would fill both sides of an entire album. Maybe it's just me, but in a 'Beavis and Butthead' kinda way I find it hilarious that in the main graphic the 8 figures arrayed around the skull are so, uh, anatomically correct.
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Are they gonna keep our $$ this many months in advance, or are they gonna refund it to us for now, and re-charge shortly before shipping?
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Good eye, drifter's. I totally missed that.
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Great catch indeed. Helen Lovejoy - will somebody think of the children.
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Look at the top large picture and focus on the 8 figures (male and female) that circle the center skull image.
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I hope its better quality than the 30 trips box. My 30 trips box was cracked on arrival. Music is great, so the box is not that important.
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Thin....you're on to something here... it certainly left a smokin crater in my mind I'd like to blown away! Our guy arrived just after 8'AM this morning....Tigran Victor Abrahamsen. That's Armenian, after Ingrid. She's doing excellent, we're all a little tired. BUT... Back to priorities; I'm still planning to stream tonight! Ha ha Ha from our hospital room. Long live Alpine Valley! Be well out there people. Sixtus
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While not likely I'd like to see an all music edition get released after the E72 crate & the 30TATS box I've run out of room to store these mega packaged releases call this one MiniZilla. It's Friday DeadLand did you kind folks PLAY DEAD today, here is a good selection for today 6/22/91.
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Congratulations man. All the best to you and your crew.
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The "mother-of-all-1973-shows"?Hardly likely. Just one of my all-time favorite shows, as with the big Dick Latvala himself. I am under the impression that Dave Lemieux was reading Latvala's notes, so in my minute, twisted, perverse, acid-soaked, pea-brain, Dick was still calling the shots (from the great beyond) Mentally, I still can see those two AudioMagnetics C-90 Type-I cassettes with poor muddy and hissy sound in my cheap boom-box cranking out this show.
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Sixtus so happy for you and yours. You and Jim and a couple of others may be the most energetic people I have ever seen. How you can keep us posted, be a married man, a father, an employee, wow! Wish some of that energy would rub off on me. Congrats to yall. Dang my short term memory, the Mrs' name escapes me, maybe Ingrid??? Let her know we are all pulling for you all! g Edit: d'oh, didnt see you said her name. I am proud of myself for remembering something more than 2 hours old.
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Hardly likely at this point. Only if this box sold out within the first four days or a very short time, much quicker than expected, would Rhino/Warner Music Group think of quickly creating an AME.
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So you named her after Jerry's "Tiger" guitar... (or perhaps the Tiger jam?) I predict you get a Row Jimmy tonight for Tigran: "Rock your baby to and fro, Not too fast and not too slow."
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The recording has always sounds papery and thin, at least throughout most of the first disc. There's just not a lot of depth to it. And too much hiss. Things improve somewhat as the show progresses, but not by much. Then again, most of Kidd's recordings sound that way, at least to my ear. Dave's 21 (love this one) is a Rex recording, and the difference is like proverbial night and day. It's not without its own flaws (name a recording that doesn't have them) but there's much more resonance. Again, not saying I don't appreciate Dave's 16. It's become a repeat play. But my ear sockets need to adjust each time I listen to it before I settle in for the ride.
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....that would be cool as shit. I'm gonna root for one! What's Become Of The Baby would be even more awesome!
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This looks freaking awesome!! It's boxes like this and 30 Trips that make me hate the fact I lock them up in the shipping box and put the discs in slim cases. Easy money for me Dave keep them coming.
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This looks freaking awesome!! It's boxes like this and 30 Trips that make me hate the fact I lock them up in the shipping box and put the discs in slim cases. Easy money for me Dave keep them coming.
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Sixtus :-) Skull - I agree with your opinion on DaP 16 & 21. I would have said 16 was "airier"? I gave all of a 5 minute listen to Stella's, both were amazing clear. That one on 16 thinnest sound great at volume. A hollow hall, standing on the edge of the pit, glowing before you, the way a stella should be, right? Anyway, how do account for the difference in recording techniques. Feeds used? Mixes made on fly? Mike placement? All of the above? Opinions on sound at both venues? Jim - when I went back I saw you had the voiced on the 16/21 recordings/shows. But what I went back for was you very fine quote - "flawlessly flawed". :-) You probably stole it. That was Twain, right? In the time since I've started this, I've got thru both recording of Stella. I think 21 is a little closer, warmer and intimate. Where the jam in 16 is "larger/spacious", 21's is bluer, more controlled, was it played on a Sunday? Sounds like a Sunday. Crazy huh? In any event Stella is a great across the eras tune. It may sound different but it's one you can get lost in your own thoughts while listening to and still snap out for the return to lyrics. But all the while you weren't really thinking about the era, but floating on the sound, right? Just hit the 3 from the spring 90 collection. The one from 1990-03-16 - Capital Centre - Landover, MD, was stella. That recording was very dimensional (in my book). Also the later Stella's soared, Phoenix from ashes shit (imho). I'm always impressed(?);-) with the width and depth of arcane knowledge. I'm excited about this box, because comparisons will be nice, but yeah, the box. I do like then cluttering the shelfs. As I look around, what other band has this many "box things", that aren't just repackage stuff already available. Now where am I going to put it,,, the books must go! Yes dear I gave them to charity, I knew you were never going to read War & Peace again. You said Infinite Jest twice was enough. (she still looking up footnotes) Speaking of box sets, is Pink Floyd going to release another box set? The Later Years?
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E72 has all music only edition
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Listening to 3-28-73 now and I don’t hear any hiss or other sound problems.In fact, sounds pretty damn good compared to the cassette tape collection I once had.
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6-22-91I bought an obstructed view seat at the box office the day of the show. The view was obstructed by the soundboard! The ticket was in the taping section. The view definitely was obstructed, so I stood off to the side in the aisle. Also found an upper level ticket on the ground before the show.
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It's poker night here in South Jersey. I'm playing Hold'em with the same four guys I've been playing Hold'em with for at least since Rockin' The Rhein came out. That is in fact the show that made me feel the magnetic pull and infectious delight of the Grateful Dead (Sugar Magnolia in particular). Not long after, my Uncle sent me Ladies and Gentlemen, where the best core version of Uncle John's Band resides, in my humble opinion. I just informed them of who you are and that you have a baby Sixtus in the world with you tonight. My buddy Dominic, who is hosting tonight, breaks out a bottle of 21 year old Redbreast Irish whiskey. My buddy Jimmy the Fish packed up the bong. I put Sugar Magnolia and Uncle John's Band on the stereo, and we toasted baby Tigran, Son of Sixtus. My only regret in this whole escapade, is that I flashed the picture of your dead net avatar, and there's a serious discussion going on about locating and tearing down a Dead End street sign for Dominic's bar.
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Like taffy1969 wrote, this has been a favorite for more than 30 years now, can't wait for the official release. We first had this show missing 6 songs; later on the six songs were added to make the show complete. The reason that six songs were initially left out was the fact that the vocals were too low in the mix. Portland '74 is a two-track tape, isn't it? So it will be re-mastered but no re-mix is possible? That's fine with me, always interested in complete shows as long as the mix isn't terrible...and the mix is superb apart from the six songs with low vocals. Glad to see these six shows available as a boxed set!
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I almost added the animal reference of "Hell in a Bucket" earlier related to my Tiger song ideas... it mentions "your chair and your whip and your pets" and the tiger snarl at the end... Apparently someone called Bobby about Tigran and he's pointing out the Hell in a Bucket connection in addition to my thoughts.
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Oh man, so many wonderful, thoughtful, kind, even creative remarks and well wishes - We are truly touched. I've shown Ingrid All of The Love that's being offered for Tigran and our family. She is similarly warmed in her heart. Thin, he caught that Bucket Opener too - I think he was so excited he pooped! I am an expert poop changer and swaddler, for the record. Two burps in a row meant he was PSYCHED for second set. Truly Feeling The Love. Thank you All for offering such a kind Family Welcome to our newest Deadhead and lifetime clan member. Another generation destined to know Jerry and The Grateful Dead. With Fond and Sincere Regards Sixtus
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I would like to congratulate you both on the birth of your masculine child. -- Luca Brasi
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great show never heard the first set until now have had the 2nd set on cassette for a long time it would a nice part of a Greek box set, Dave
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Who is the guy with dark hair and headband that is in the front row of every D&C show?
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My guess is Warren Buffet or Bill Gates.. perhaps Mark Cuban? Lucky bastard.. I hit a string of NY area shows about a decade or so ago. I was working that way and it was easy for me to get there and they were playing a lot.. I guess if was P&F / Further. Anyway.. there was this one guy, thin, kinda wiry.. he was front and center at every NY area show I caught.. and he was a jumper, up and down, up and down.. like straight up and straight down. So we aptly called him Tigger (as in Winnie the Poo Tigger). Perhaps it's Tigger.
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Tigran Mansurian. Highly acclaimed Armenian composer. His "Four Serious Songs for Violin and Orchestra" are really easy on the ears.
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