Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead and friends are the epitome of the gift that keeps on giving. The full shows complimenting the 50th anniversary releases of the Grateful Dead album and Anthem were from 66' and 67' respectively, so thinking a 68' show will compliment the 50th anniversary release of Aoxomoxoa. Would love to see 69' Arc or Boston Tea released. Are either stand of shows in the vault? If so, depending on if and how many, would probably be a box release? Wonder if the 69' Mcfarlin show is in the vault? That would make a doozy of a show to compliment workingman or American Beauty! The Betty Boards have rendered a treasure trove of goodies. A good number of the reportedly, 50 shows returned, have been released. We still await the 71' capitol run. (A box for 2019!!!!) and 4/5-4/8 71'. (Awesome future Dave's!). There is 5/26/73 Kezar and 2/26/77 swing. Either or both could be future Dave's or maybe even mass production stand alone's (such as 8/27/72) Speaking of stand alone's, is 6/10/73 RFK in the vault? The 76' Boston and Beacon shows have returned. Could be a future box release? Of course, I am assuming all of Betty's returned reels are in "acceptable' release condition. Also, what still remains from the 69' and 70' returned stash? If I had one show to ever see the light of day, it would be 9/20/70. Based on my research, most of the September 70' Filmore run is not in the vault (as apparently much else from the second half of 70'), but 9/20/70 never seems to say missing reels (like the previous nights Filmore shows) Probably wishful thinking, but I can dream. Love to hear from people more knowledgable on the topic than me on my thoughts. Sam T

I gave up guessing a long time ago.. Mr. Jack Straw lays out a straightforward and pragmatic assessment. I can't help but agree. I wouldn't be surprised if it was Fall of 72. Spring of 91 has been overlooked too. Some of the shows are quite good and they seemed to be decently recorded for the most part. Old Jer's voice is perhaps the weakest link in some of the strong shows from that period. I'm sure we will get some gems mixed in with the last release of this season and the four to some in 2019. Wow.. it's almost 2020, where does the time go.

The timeline for any pick is 1968-1991. Given that the last pick was from the 1980s, we can assume it won't be from that decade. In fact, I'd bet that we can exclude 1979 and pre-Bruce 1990, as they've never done two Brent picks in a row since DP5 and DP6. We've already had a 1971, 1973, 1974, and a 1977 this year. This leaves: 1968-1970, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1990-1991. 1978 is probable the most well-mined year, with very few of the Top Shows from that era left to be released. 1972 has plenty of top shows left, but it was only one year ago that we got a 1972. But they've been known to go back to 1972 pretty quickly (see DaP 11 and then DaP 14 shortly after). 7/18, 7/26, 8/21, 8/24, 10/18, and 10/28, 11/19, 12/31 are all worthy,. We're really overdue for a 1969, I'm just not sure if the impeding Aoxomoxoa reissue takes something off the table. 2/15, 4/5, 4/21-23, 11/2 and 11/7 have to come out eventually. There's nothing in the Vault after June 1970, but there's plenty of good stuff from January/Feb left. I think they'll probably do some the June Fillmore shows eventually too. 1976 is the safe choice, especially with the returned Betty boards. I think the Boston shows will eventually be a box. 6/29/76 does have to come out eventually, and I don't think any of the surrounding shows are box worthy, so this would be a prime choice. 7/18/76 is another option.

hopefully the 3 April 69 Ark shows will be a Plangent processed box, throw in the NYE 69 run at the Boston Tea Party, same building different name, they are too good for a Dave's Pick. i'd like to say public THANKS to Mike Wren and the server teams (Tol) at etree that seems to be offline after 20 years. the database seems to no longer be usable in a "cloud" based infrastructure and after about a month of attempts at upgrading it is now offline. after the original tape tracking site went online about 1997 called Phishhook, Etree became the go to place for archivist and tapers to standardize what circulates on the internet today and was a key requirement of new additions to Archive.org. many trading sites and later BT sites used etree as the central repository of the documentation to verify if that CM fileset you downloaded is the same as CM seeded. without etree to gather and document the filesets, there would be no Archive.org LMA. for a nice history of Etree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etree

How does everyone feel about this year’s picks? I am happy. I probably will only go back to the 71 show regularly. I did like the Boise show but don’t think I will listen to it very often. I don’t think I have listened to the 77 show other than the half step and jack straw since my first listen. Will I subscribe again? You bet! 100 dollars for 4 shows is an incredable deal. Can’t wait to hear what everybody thinks 28 will be. Still sticking with the Ark last night of the run.

Owsley distributed a powerful concoction, resulting in Garcia sitting out the second set, with Elvin Bishop and Wayne Ceballos standing in. Garcia returns for The Other One suite. source: On This Date in Deadhead History on The WELL.

Give us a prime Brent or Hornsby/Vince show! Where is Roanoke 87? Any non released 88-90 Brent shows would be welcomed!

I kind of settled on 1976 as well only because of what has recently been released. I also think 1991 will see the light of day at some point. I listened to the Soldier Field show from 91 during my walk last night and it is a good one. I have been really happy with all three picks this year and feel like I am playing with house money at this point. I feel so fortunate to be able to get a new show every 3 months and already told my wife that I will be subscribing again. She was cool about it she knows how happy it makes me. Anyways my guess for 28 - 4-23-69 the Ark Boston Mass. it would make a great box for sure but I am guessing they come out one at a time. Something from 69 would really make this a banner year for the Dave’s Picks series. Just my opinion.

I kind of settled on 1976 as well only because of what has recently been released. I also think 1991 will see the light of day at some point. I listened to the Soldier Field show from 91 during my walk last night and it is a good one. I have been really happy with all three picks this year and feel like I am playing with house money at this point. I feel so fortunate to be able to get a new show every 3 months and already told my wife that I will be subscribing again. She was cool about it she knows how happy it makes me. Anyways my guess for 28 - 4-23-69 the Ark Boston Mass. it would make a great box for sure but I am guessing they come out one at a time. Something from 69 would really make this a banner year for the Dave’s Picks series. Just my opinion.

This one's wide open. ..but I enjoy the enthusiasm and speculation. So the drum roll of 28 begins. I won't even try to guess and I don't think Dave is talking.