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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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    re: 2/21/91...yep
    totally agree kyle - I stumbled upon 2/21/91 a little while back looking for "more Bruce", not realizing at the moment that he hadn't started playing with the boys steadfastly until March... Even so, it's a great setlist and the playing is pretty sweet too. I truly fell for the little Space segment that then ushers in 'Eyes of the World'; I have NEVER seen an 'Eyes' come out of a later-era 'Space' like that and what a treat it is. It's a very solid version too. Rest of the show is no slouch either - at all; a Help > Slip! > Franklin's opener (and the Slipknot is totally cool); the Playin' second set opener goes way, way out there in an exquisitely jammy way; there's an AWESOME Terrapin too, with a delicious groove that comes out of the jam at the end as well. Vince had to attempt his solo liftoff somewhere... https://archive.org/details/gd91-02-21.sbd.miller.22308.sbeok.shnf Sixtus
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    Touch heads and geeks with spreadsheets
    I’m a Touch head and don’t take offense to the term.I listen to 1965-95 and am happy for all the great releases we are getting. My point about releases is that some of the older folks prefer the earlier years and are only going to buy those releases, so it’s best to sell to them now while they are still around. Us Touch heads will still be around (hopefully) down the road and will continue to buy releases which will be weighted towards the 80/90’s. I also qualify as a geek because I work in the sciences, although I suck at math. Kyle is right, schools need to focus more on math and science, and music and art, and less on sports. So what does one do with an empty 30 Trips Box and book after selling off the individual shows? Probably sell them to someone who is trying to piece together a 30 Trips Box...... Didn’t keithfan or someone a few months ago buy an empty steamer box?
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    wilfredtjones
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    When will this monster start to hit mailboxes? I'm looking forward to this show like all y'all. Of course, I had the tapes and I have a digital version now, but this will be a fantastic sound upgrade. Reminds me more of '78 Dead than '77, but that's not always a bad thing in my book. Re: 11/2 filler, if they did squeeze it on there wouldn't there be 3 song repeats? I suppose that'd be fine...
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    D&C tour announced
    Just got the email.
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    What kind of person lays out that kind of money? Someone who owns a record store. That is who. He clearly states that in the first sentence.
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    think it’s when fans were mostly there but agree Jerry 77/89-90
    No doubt all shows are amazing brut 77 87-90 but 89/9 for my money sees Jerry the most elevated in wisdom of his playing .. that’s just when he was still mostly clean but post Brent moments were rarer n 91-94 shows -eg. in Orlando 91 - seeeung boys was hard for me - as I begged fior some divinty - Morning Dew hit me hard at end but often bands energy sagged after we lost Brent .. alas diff folks diff strokes but new fan -old fan —-all—Dead Heads- fanily —to me— —— so long as you get IT- as in baptized by the X factor or whatever it is that raised my kundalini at Radio Ciry or your crown chakras on this DvP25 on Miss half step - it’s you it’s the band it’s a stew baby! So that cookings going on in the pot in —every show- even now 50 years later Dead & C cooking some fine gumbo baby -which Mayer- has brought in some needed alchemy of his own to add to Bobs usual brew tho less shaman yells lately still got magic coarsuhg thru his veins —and the rhythm devils are crazy voodoo masters! lol can’t see my iphone glaucoma need someone to send good weed! lol ❤️—( my soap box? imho too many technophiles not enough musicians are dead heads in I am no Jerry Garcia’s- obviously.. he’s a once. no a millenium guy!in my humble opinion- . but i can stew up some sounds on my horn & sometimes I think the folks who only listen and never play get too caught up in the pure nerdiness of what year is best like drunks st. bar but it’s all in fun til it’s a brawl lol We are all in the band too so it’s subjectively objective
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    30 Trips
    Even at $750 bucks a pop, it still sold out in a matter of weeks. What kind of a person would throw down $7,500 bucks for ten of them and destroy each set by breaking them up. Craziness. After six years, this was the first time that the subscription almost sold out. That's great news and reassuring that the rate of releases won't be slowing down anytime soon. part of that may be because of the 50th 3 years back (the year the awesome Boxilla came out-mine's staying intact thank you), and part may be because of Dead and Company helping to bring in new fans. ....speaking of which, if "TouchHeads" are a lower class of Deadhead, the original "Deader than thou" label, what does that say to new fans who have come onboard over the last 23 years since the Dead stopped touring? I wonder how many 15,000 units of July 1978 box sets are left? That one is from the seventies, came from returned Betty boards and has been available for close to a couple of years now. The RFK box sold the first 10,000 some-odd units within a matter of weeks, and seemd to have level off. Does that mean the band was "superior" in one year or the other, because they're both still available? Deadheads are a peculiar bunch when it comes to era envy. Myself, I'd like to see the love spread out a little more, but it's all good. Brent was great, keith was great. Why is that even an issue?
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    On Mayer's Instagram today....
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BeEsWIbHpb0/....when Bertha pops up, it can only mean tour announcement!!
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    3/23/91 The Knick
    3 Dylan covers in one show. the most I seen in one show. and I'm not counting the Dylan & The Dead tour.
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    3 Dylan covers in one show. the most I seen in one show. and I'm not counting the Dylan & The Dead tour.
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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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