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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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  • icecrmcnkd
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    Well said right-nutted Evilyn
    And everyone watch out for Keithfan on the turnpike. Not only does he text while driving, he watches YouTube too.
  • Sixtus_
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    KF, this reminded me....
    KeithFan, this comment you made had me chuckling out loud: "Plus the occasional time I drop one amuses everyone in the house, as I contort my body every which way trying to catch it before it hits a hard surface." Then immediately I made a mental link to Rick and Morty. Is this you? https://78.media.tumblr.com/d948046f55ec58d262b9dd301c843798/tumblr_my8… Sixtus
  • hendrixfreak
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    well said
    Evil Yn, Your testimony reminds me of the moment in the GD movie when the cameraman caught some regular Deadheads in the lobby and one really spelled out his love for the band and its courageous adventures in jam-land. The vitality of your testimony leaps off the 'page' here. Grate way to start the weekend. Deinitely going to spin an under-appreciated show tonight, one loaded with ole' Ron's righteous bellowing. Bacon GREASE, folks. P.S. Yes, JimInMD -- I AM Pavlov's dog -- one whistle that sounds like M-c-K-e-r-n-a-n and I begin to salivate, then ... unlurk.
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    NOTHING after 5/26/72 ?!?!?!?!
    I'd love to meet your friend, Thin, as I couldn't even imagine listening to that classic final show of the Europe '72 Tour at the Lyceum Theatre on 5/26/72 and thinking, "well, that's that." Just the thought of 7/18/72 at Roosevelt Stadium-Jersey City, 7/26 at the Paramount in Portland, OR, the absolute insanity of 8/12 in Sacramento (one of my dream shows for an official release), the four gigs at Berkeley Community Theatre between 8/21-8/25, of course Veneta, OR on 8/27, the WHOLE freaking month of September '72 and the scattering of jaw dropping brilliance throughout the rest of the year leading to what would be THE greatest New Year's Eve gig ever performed by ANY band (if 12/31/78 did not exist). My God, to stop at the end of Europe '72???? WHY?????????? I can understand (to an extent) those who just can't get into the post-'74 "break-up" Dead as there IS a distinctly different tone (with the re-addition of Mickey Hart, the more luded out, smackified re-tooling of some older numbers, etc., though just the idea of NOT listening to ANY single show from the Dead circa the 1970's makes me sweat). But to take a year as front to back solid as '72 and just stop at the end of the Europe Tour befuddles me...unless the absence of Pigpen is completely untenable, and I WILL admit, I'd give my right nut for another 25 versions of "The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)" alone. But man, even the tragic loss of Ron McKernan did nothing to extinguish the audacious confidence of the band throughout the WHOLE year of 1972....and on.
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    LOL wadeocu
    I just clicked on your link I'm in the car on the way to work, pulling up to the toll booth. The video started right as I rolled my window down and I just lost it laughing. My grandfather listened to a lot of Johnny Cash LPs in the house growing up. Thanks for that. Grateful day everyone. Dave's Picks 24 now has me listening to all of this summer and fall shows that came out. Garcia has a smoking solo on Cumberland Blues on 30 Trips 1972 from Waterbury. Edit - icrmcnekd, I just saw your question about burning the originals to backup CDs. I do that too (and to redundant hard drives in WAV and 320Kbps mp3). I use the backups occasionally. I don't know, it's a mental thing. I guess I like looking at them and reviewing the track list before I play them. Plus the occasional time I drop one amuses everyone in the house, as I contort my body every which way trying to catch it before it hits a hard surface.
  • icecrmcnkd
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    LedDed
    Buying from this site is not honorable?You don’t buy from Amazon, iTunes, Dead-net? The person in question bought the product in question from this site and then resold it for more money. That’s exactly what resellers on eBay do, but you think that it is more honorable because it was done from a record store and not on the internet? Amazon has many small retailers selling stuff on its site. In fact there is one right now called CD Rareities selling GSTL Boxes for $300 each, only 8 left. A few days ago there were 10 left, can’t believe they sold 2 that fast at that price. I have an extra GSTL Box that I want to sell, not because I’m a reseller but because I got 2 during the ordering snafu (as I posted before). I’m trying to sell it at cost just so I can break even. Maybe I should do the honorable thing and price it at $300. As for the old argument about having to pay a mortgage or support a family, people who buy stuff also have those expenses and it makes sense to buy stuff at the lowest price possible.
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    Re: Cover Art Kvetch
    Sigh. The melting lawn. Those were the days...
  • LedDed
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    Eat A Peach For Peace
    Funny, but I'll tell you what reading that post stream-of-consciousness it makes perfect sense. Awesome summer tour announcement. Looking forward to both Boulder shows (again and again and...) Can't say I've ever seen the last date of a Dead tour. No opening band to pelt them with eggs and flour, guess they'll just have to yuk it up themselves. Man I am totally in defense of record store guy and his post on every level... people have to eat, this guy is selling records not bombs. It seems more honorable to me to support the little brick and mortar store than buy everything off amazon, itunes, and this place. And seventies Dead rules. \m/
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    Peachy's Rant
    Could this be him? I think he just needs some weed and it will all sound perfectly coherent. Yes.. points for most creative post of the thread. Love it.
  • Guss West
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    We put the Bing in Binghamton
    BU Class of 99. Checking in. This is going to be fuggin fantastic. Dave and Crew making hay while the sun shines. All your tapes are belong to us.
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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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Thanks for this post space! Great insight to a critical time in Dead history. Grateful as always...
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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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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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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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That half-step is possibly the best one. Glad you finally got your DaP25. Hope 26 didn’t go missing.
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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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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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Is that a replacement, or was it ‘lost in the mail’?If replacement, does it have a number?
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BCE got it off of Amazon from recently discovered overstock...
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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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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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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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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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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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...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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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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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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