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....is nothing holds a candle to Two From The Vault or Spring 1990 Too. Now with THOSE releases, I can definitely tell the difference.

the Dave's you chose for comparison was one of the Kidd Candelario reels, not one of the returned Betty's. if it's good enough for the boxes, and it must be listen to Dave on the NW box video, that use the Betty's. why not create a series that is just the Betty's and charge more with less units to cover the added expense of the Plangent processing? as long as Dave sticks to Kidd and Rex Jackson tapes for his picks that's okay, i guess. at this rate if there is 100 Betty Boards it'll take 20 years to do them in just box sets. we need a new subscription series with a digital option so it never really sells out.

With regard to kayak guys plangent process wish list. How much better would a show sound? If none of the Dave's Picks have had plangent done to them, and all the 30 trips shows except for the DATs and the cassettes had it done, then a good comparison would be November 17th 1973, which is Dave's Picks 5, compared to November 14th 1973, which is 30 Trips Around the Sun. I think they sound about the same

... so, my wife and I were two of the roughly 40,000 people bummed out about the cancellation of CurveBall. Really sucks, and of course, we understand that there is nothing that can be done, but man... really sucks. Not only for us fans of the band and the band themselves, but also for all of the people who worked their butts off to put it all together, and the local community that was banking on that income surge - some estimates I saw on the news says that the Finger Lake region lost on out over $1 millon in tax revenue. That's tough... Anyway, we decided that since we had already taken the time off, we would make a Finger Lakes vacation out of the weekend. We got a hotel, did a wine tour, ate an amazing steak dinner, and... I dragged her to Cornell to see Barton Hall. She is an incredible sport, and a fan of the GD, but she did think my pilgrimage to be a little odd. (For those of you who are wondering was it worth it... YES! Really cool, even if it is just an old gym.) There are some folks on this board, (KFan, Stolzfus, I think...) that occasionally share strange coincidences concerning the Dead that happen every once in a while. Well, we had been listening to GD Sirius radio for the entire trip... at that point, we had a good 9-10 hours of driving behind us between the drive up to NY and tooling around the lakes, etc. Anyway, throughout that entire time, we heard a lot of great Dead, (and a surprising amount of solo Bobby...) but nary a single tune from 5/8/77; that is, until I literally parked the car in front of Barton Hall and on came Lazy Lightning>Supplication. I mean, nearly down to the second I put the car in park, it comes on. I nearly pissed myself, took a 1,000 pictures of the radio display, and smacked my head in disbelief. My wife just smiled and asked if I was planning on getting out of the car anytime soon. I eventually did... but not until I heard that crucial breakdown in Supplication :) Didn't hear anymore from that show afterwards either... God Bless the Good Ol' Grateful Dead! Peace

For a '91 show, I'd take any of the shows from Sacramento but its a toss up between the 3rd and 4th, though the Crazy Fingers from the 4th would be great in high quality audio.

I don't think there would be much uproar if the next release was from 91. Its fairly recognized as one of their good years and tapes usually sound pretty good. I'd say bring it on! That said, I think we're getting a June 76 show. Nothing like speculating on a future release when the current dave's is still warm!

DaP28 = 1979

Agree 76, but also 70 and 79 are due in the rotation. 91 etc too, but there would probably be a lynch mob if 2 in a row not from the seventies was released.I’ve predicted already.... 28 = 70 or 76 (something big to reel back in the subscription fence sitters) 29 = 76 “mellow dead” for winter doldrums, or 70 30 = 1/20/79 and/or 1/10/79 (regular plus bonus release) scratches the 79 itch with 2 DS, and a St. Steve’s 31 = 68 or 69/ or 91-92 32 = 68 or 69/ or 91-92 Wild card; some 73 not worth full plangent/Norman, but otherwise good show...that might depend on how the new Box sells. Think it will go fast if it’s as good as we all think it will be, and once we start raving about it...

More than likely it will be from 1976, I'd go with about a 75% chance of 1976 show....it's time for a show from this year in the rotation of the ever repetitive 1971-1978 DP series. My "out of the box" long shot call...1991.

Hot indeed, stotzfus! My favorite from the run is definitely 8/19. Excellent music and neat song placement. But don't pass on 8/20 and 8/21, y'all. 8/20 has an early first set (second song) Loser. I also like the Railroad Blues and the Let it Grow->Deal closer. Definitely check out the short and surprisingly funky NFA that suegues into a rare '80 Dew. 8/21 is also great. Better than 8/20, not as good as 8/19. I dig the Shakedown->Promised Land set closer, and the first set features the first High Time in 19 shows. Set two is shorter than usual, but really neat. It's one long, tasty jam. Set opens with drums, then it's a giant uncle john's sandwich with truckin->other one->(another) drums->the wheel in between. Yum.