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    "We left with our minds sufficiently blown and still peaking..."

    We're headed back to that peak with the newly returned tapes from Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, 11/6/77. The Grateful Dead's last touring show of 1977 finds them going for broke, taking chances on fan favorites like "Jack Straw," "Friend Of The Devil," and "The Music Never Stopped," carving out righteous grooves on a one-of-kind "Scarlet>Fire" and a tremendous "Truckin'." An ultra high energy show, with a first set that rivals the second? Not unheard of, but definitely rare. Hear for yourself...

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 25 features liner notes by Rob Bleetstein, photos by Bob Minkin, and original art by our 2018 Dave's Picks Artist-In-Residence Tim McDonagh. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

    Get one before they are gone, gone, gone.

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  • #2871
    KeithFan2112
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    Dark Star - all greatBird Song - 1972 Uncle John's Band - Ladies & Gentlemen / DaP 10 Sugar Magnolia - Rockin' The Rhein Turn On Your Lovelight - Rockin' The Rhein Help on the Way=> Slipknot!=> Franklin's Tower - 2/26/77 Estimated Prophet=> Eyes of the World - DP 18 for Estimated / '73 - '74 for EOTW Scarlet Begonias=> Fire On The Mountain - 1977 (really like 5-17) also 7/7/89 Promised Land - Sunshine Daydream or any 1972 Cold Rain & Snow - E72 Touch of Grey - studio Brokedown Palace - all great Bertha - 1972 + DP 18 The Other One - DP 18 / 30 Trips 1970 The Eleven - Two From The Vault The Music Never Stopped - DaP 7 / RT October '77 / DP 18 / any 1977 for Donna vocals It's A Man's World - 30 Trips 1970 St. Stephen - Ladies & Gentlemen / FW 1969 for William Tell version Truckin' E72 all Hard To Handle - 8/7/71 Loose Lucy - Winterland 1973 Complete Are You Lonely For Me Baby - DP 30 Closing of Winterland - Stagger Lee, I Need A Miracle Feel Like A Stranger - DaP 8 Throwing Stones - studio + DP 27, DP 17, and In The Dark bonus track Foolish Heart - studio Blues for Allah - Beyond Description Bonus Disc Jack Straw Brown-Eyed Women - DP 29, DaP 12, DaP 1 Mississippi Half Step - DaP 1 Comes A Time - DaP 18 Here Comes Sunshine The Race is On Weather Report Suite I started doing a top 10, but it's impossible, so I just started rattling off songs and dates.
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    Your "top 10" list is like my "top 5 desert island shows" - more than just 5 or 10 - it's a slippery slope. I noticed all your fav songs are Hunter/Garcia. For me as well. But I do love a lot of Bobby songs, and Jerry makes those songs REALLY sing.... Other One of course, Black Throated Wind, Music Never Stopped is an all-time fav. Estimated was one of my fav songs live, but I have trouble grooving on it anymore - they all seem the same to me. Top 10: Help>Slip>Franklin's, Crazy Fingers (a rare case where studio version stands up to live versions), Eyes, HC Sunshine, Dark Star, Morning Dew, Scarlet>Fire, St Stephen, Shakedown, Chinacat, Birdsong, Stranger ("Let's get on with the show!") - massive respect for the Bob-man. That's 10, right? Bottom 10: I gotta agree with what I've seen in general (except for Cassidy, which I love), but would add "Must Have Been the Roses" - one of the rare Garcia/Hunter songs that's like nails on a chalkboard for me. Hearing that opening riff curdles my blood for some reason.... And Throwing Stones is the rare Dead tune that started as one of my favorites, then plummeted (after seeing it what seemed like EVERY FREAKIN' SHOW for 12 years... Throw>Away.... I can barely bring myself to listen to it anymore.) And I have to defend Foolish Heart. If you have this in your bottom 10, you haven't heard 6/8/90. Late-era awesomeness. Blow Away: NOT in my bottom 10, though far from top. Another rare instance of the studio version exceeding any live version. Studio version has power and Jerry's gritty tone and flourishes are perfect. Kind of a cheesy pop song that works, like Bobby and the Midnites' "Haze" which I LOVED for about a month.... and still kinda like in a guilty-pleasure way.
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    Regular mail instead of UPS this time. Hmmmm. Cannot wait to crank these thru my Line Magnetic LM215 CDP>1967 refurbed and upgraded Dynaco MKIII monoblocks/PAS3>Klipsch Cornwall II's/Klipsch RSW 15 powered subwoofer! These masterfully produced Dave's Picks always stun with a tangible soundstage and amazing 3D imaging. I walk around my Deadicated listening room and get different angles on the music. But i tend to end up in the center sweet spot. It's gonna be another GoGD time capsule Saturday.
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    #12322 beat the Kessel run record!!....
    ....take that Han Solo!!
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    Senior Duryea? Now you make me really feel old. In 2016 I received a beautifully packaged five-volume sixteen-cd set titled "S.Y.F. remixes". Blurb on the back: The recordings herein are an attempt to present alternate remixes of the October 1974 performances at Winterland in San Francisco, nominally the Grateful Dead's 'last' performances. With one version represented by Owsley Stanley & Phil Lesh' mixes for the 1976 release "Steal Your Face", and later digital remixes prepared for the re-release of the 'Grateful Dead Movie", this series is a group of alternate -- in some cases multi-source -- matrix remixes of each night of the five-night run. If GDM produced and released a box like this I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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    Curious about the remastering. I wonder if it sounds anything like the GD Movie Soundtrack release now. I have often said that they should mix down the whole run with sound like the soundtrack release - which I happen to like very much - and call it "Replace Your Face". That would be the decent thing to do after the shortchange act of the original "Steal Your Money" release!
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    Mr. Pete
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    Dave's Picks 25...wonderful! Future box sets?
    Got my box set today. Popped it on my system. It is...wonderful!My "aging" ears have loved every note. Can't wait to hear these cd's on a pair of Focal Clear headphones. Looking forward to see what will be coming out in box sets this year. Mr. Pete------------> aging hippie
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    Toss up between "Victim or the Crime" and "Blow Away".
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    Wasn't it Phil who at one point in the past referred to 'Steal Your Face' as 'Steal Your Money', expressing that it contained just the dregs of those Winterland '74 shows in a last effort to appease the record company with a final contractual offering? To now realize the vast sonic wealth of the entirety of that runs' contents is a little mind blowing considering what SYF contained. If nothing else, it gave us all the best one-of-a-kind GD emblem which has of course has gone on to become an inseparable visual icon. Sixtus
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"We left with our minds sufficiently blown and still peaking..."

We're headed back to that peak with the newly returned tapes from Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, 11/6/77. The Grateful Dead's last touring show of 1977 finds them going for broke, taking chances on fan favorites like "Jack Straw," "Friend Of The Devil," and "The Music Never Stopped," carving out righteous grooves on a one-of-kind "Scarlet>Fire" and a tremendous "Truckin'." An ultra high energy show, with a first set that rivals the second? Not unheard of, but definitely rare. Hear for yourself...

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 25 features liner notes by Rob Bleetstein, photos by Bob Minkin, and original art by our 2018 Dave's Picks Artist-In-Residence Tim McDonagh. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Get one before they are gone, gone, gone.

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Submitted by Dusty.rambler@… on Thu, 04/26/2018 - 21:32

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Thanks for this post space! Great insight to a critical time in Dead history. Grateful as always...
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Submitted by libertycaps97211 on Mon, 05/14/2018 - 13:10

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Feel very lucky and blessed to have seen the Boys @ Autzen Stadium 8/22/93 and again in '94. But like spacebro mentioned, the dip from '93 to '94 was tangible. Had the opportunity to see a '95 Portland show, but decided to pass. TBH, i wasn't nearly the rabid fan then i am now. So much amazing music happening in the mid-90's. I was much more into warehouse raves and disco biscuits at the time. Heh.
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Submitted by Mytime on Thu, 05/17/2018 - 16:24

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If you have not already heard, leave here at once, it's 4/23/77 ROLL AWAY THE DEW! I think it vanishes in a few hours!! FEATURES>JAM OF THE WEEK at least an hour of one of the top ten all time shows
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Submitted by MarcelloZappellini on Thu, 05/24/2018 - 11:42

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My Dave's Picks vol. 25 has finally arrived here (original order was MIA, thanks to Brazil's awful customs/mail services), and I'm totally amazed with the "Mississippi..." version here! Can someone recommend another version as fantastic as this one, please??
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 05/24/2018 - 15:58

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That half-step is possibly the best one. Glad you finally got your DaP25. Hope 26 didn’t go missing.
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Submitted by mbarilla on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 11:27

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download series volume 1 - April 30 1977 with a few highlights from previous night, maybe available on itunes ? hopefully you can access these from Brasil. I remember traveling through the nordeste of Brasil and this was one I enjoyed a bunch. Especially Peggy-O" "Looks Like Rain" "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" all 3 in a row. "Brave the Storm to come" Others were "Friend Of The Devil" St. Stephen -> Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > St. Stephen !!!! "I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel" ~ One of the best https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead_Download_Series_Volume_1 its a great download. May 1977 has quite a few of the other top tier performances 5.7.77 5.12.77 5.17.77 9.3.77 11.5.77 , all of these dates have been released, the only one that maybe easy to find and purchase is 9.3.77 aka Dicks Picks 15 a couple from other years are 8.5.74 aka Dicks Picks 31 and 7.12.89 RFK Summer 1989 Box set. I was just commenting on Daves Picks 26 page about this one and the Half-Step you mention and then I saw your post. what part of brasil are you at ?
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 12:18

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Finally after much delay...15039 is on the player as I type. On 1st listen, Set 1 is great, I now 'ave a deeper appreciation for 1/2 Step - killer!
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 17:33

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Is that a replacement, or was it ‘lost in the mail’?If replacement, does it have a number?
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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 18:17

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BCE got it off of Amazon from recently discovered overstock...
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Submitted by boki on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 08:45

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At first, thanks to all who have been visited my mirrors, mostly XL 'Cats under the stars' mirror listed in cat shop. The mirror is ready for shipping worldwide, you can find it here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/595957100/cats-under-the-stars-mirror-jerr… I'm working currently on another mirror dedicated to Jerry. It's 'The Wheel' mirror, with the lyrics applied on the back side of the mirror. Hasn't been listed yet, but for Jerrys's birthday I listed psychedelic Jerry's hand made as a wall mirror: https://www.etsy.com/listing/632494283/psychedelic-jerry-garcia-hand-de…
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 17:29

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It was lost in the United States Postal Service system.Much frustration with the delay, now turned to joy. The only date I think I see on the label is in the lower section under the 2nd bar code and above the description, which reads: 01/2018. There is also the 3rd of 4 bar codes on the label in that box.
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Sun, 09/09/2018 - 19:15

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While it's not surprising that tix to the P&F Headcount Benefit Friday at the Apollo tumbled down several echelons of the firm's socioeconomic caste without claim, I still consider their availability a great fortune. Having never visited, attending any performance at that historically significant venue for the (my) first time would have been cause for a bucketlist deduction, but this was clearly special. Though tired, I returned home to discover that 2018's stellar - and costly - box set run would continue with the wish-list-topping (now that Szell is out) release of BOTT material for Dylan's 14th Bootleg installment. Because the amazon.uk page appears to address a Japanese import edition, I shouldn't imagine that the price quoted for this (purportedly) 6-disc release will be as exorbitant for the conventional Euro & US versions./K https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Blood-Tracks-Bob-Dylan/dp/B07GVXL5DQ/ref=… Shout out to the old Eleven - I miss you guys! :)
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Mon, 09/17/2018 - 17:26

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Rather wondering when someone was going to mention it; I thought it was just ephemera that bore some metaphysical correlation to page 5 of the accompanying text.
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 17:02

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Technology fosters a certain audiologic pedantry that discounts the practical difficulties of archival transfers. Still, while a bit of the 2-track blues is understandable, Plangent alchemy has affected significant sonic upgrades to existing sources. Portland 74 is a well-known quantity to most, but the Truckin' Jam is a luminescent passage that defies contempt for even acute familiarity. While my favourite GDTRFBs tend to grind like roughly upshifted semi gears in transition from the preceding track, this strong rendition ascends from NFA with deliberate fluidity; also, Keith's bubbly, assertive, sometimes catalystic play makes many first-set standards remarkable. The daughter of the woman who cleans house for me**, age 10, was so entranced by the PNW outer & small wood boxes - suggesting it would make for good jewelry storage - that I gifted it immediately; heck, I was only going to shelve it for the next 50 years (according to actuarial tables), but it's become the center of focus for child - if only for a short bit - who exhibits more enthusiasm than I'll ever muster after unboxing. Still, it's easily the most aesthetically pleasing musical release from top-to-bottom that I've ever seen. Couple disks heading back, but that's been par for the course since the beginning, and I've never had a problem with speedy replacement. **This really isn't saying much in-and-of-itself: in Appalachia, if you've got something then it's implied that you will try to help others, and the most dignified way to do is offering work that you might otherwise undertake yourself. You'd be surprised the difference even a little makes here at altitude. :)
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Sat, 09/22/2018 - 13:28

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...she's what's yer life's been missing. Caution: the related video library is quite nearly addictive as the ETOH in Billy's 64 oz., genetically attached megathermos.
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Tue, 10/09/2018 - 19:16

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Phish tix in the po'box this p.m.; unlike Lockn where I at least feign roughing it in rolling 4 **** accommodations, I've decided my Outback and bricknmortar lodgings will do just fine on what should be an adventurous run from Hampton to Vegas between 10/19 and Halloween Night in Sin City. I'm only taking one show in Rosemont to facilitate a leisurely slog west, to include a one-night cabin rental in Grand Teton before spending another night in SLC (never visited either!). Near-universal wifi and a mobile workstation have revolutionized my quality of life more than quilted toilet paper, hot water heaters, and Trader Joe's Cookie Butter (though none are indispensable at this point). I've got trail running routes mapped along the way in addition to having identified a couple Y's where I can day pass into lap swimming. Happy.
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Submitted by Diggey on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 12:41

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If anyone is looking for this or any of this year's Dave's Picks, shoot me a PM. $25 plus shipping. The bonus disk is an additional $25.

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