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    Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

    WHAT'S INSIDE:
    6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
    • 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
    • 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    • 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
    • 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
    • 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    • 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
    Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
    Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
    Photos by Richie Pechner
    Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

    Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

    "We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

    Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

    The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

    For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

    Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

    Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

    Get it while you can.

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  • #3521
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    I would guess by the time the box comes out, and deadheads comment on how nice the box looks, that will "seal the deal" for a lot of people.I am not familiar with the NW shows so I am very much looking forward to sitting down, pouring a cold beverage, lighting up one of my dead meerschaum pipes, and enjoying each show. I am sure the quality of the sound will be...excellent! A lot of us forget how bad cassettes were in the day. Not all...but most! Have a great day! Mr. Pete-----------------> aging hippie
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    Total run time for 6/1 @ Camden was 2 hrs, 54 minutes (18 songs including encore) per my Nugs download. For 6/2, it was 1 hr, 46 minutes (10 songs). I don't have the specific Set 1 vs. Set 2 breakdown at the moment. In listening, I felt like the 6/2 first set seemed longer than usual. On a related note, hoping to catch the boys at Blossom tomorrow if time permits!
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    Not sure why you feel entitled to a refund. You don't get a refund if a baseball game gets called early due to rain. You don't get a refund if you buy a ski pass for the season and it does not snow. Our plow guy certainly does not offer a refund if it does not snow. The same thing happened in Canandaigua a few years back. Sucks, but that is how life works.
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    ....Dead & Co busted out The Eleven on the eleventh show of the tour. I don't believe in coincidences....Haha. Poop. Congrats Sixtus.
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    Lucky you, daverock and Jim. Have only seen him live once, back in 1979 or 80 (edit: oops, not that anybody cares, but I remember now that it was in 1976. 42 years ago? Ouch) not long after Wired came out, so that and Blow by Blow made up a good portion of the show. How could anyone not like that? Seems he'll be in southern Cal this tour but I'm up north, so will miss him again. In the age of youtube, though, it's easy to see parts of these tours that I cannot attend. He's still among the pinnacle of my rock guitar favorites, with that rare blend of technique, emotion, and inventiveness. I can listen to Garcia endlessly, but when I'm in the right mood, JB has that different sort of mojo that's a cut above. Guys like Clapton, Santana, Robbie Robertson, and name 20 others always had lots of talent, but Beck continued to evolve and innovate, and damn does he ever age? I think his adventurous spirit, constant playing with new and talented sidemen, and restraint on overexposing himself has helped him maintain his longevity and freshness. Just re-read your post daverock, and somehow I missed the Imelda May reference as the warm up act on my first read. Wow, would I have liked to have been at that show! Jim, you'll be lucky if she comes along on his US tour too.
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    Thx Jimbo. And I did some quick math on your numbers below - they are eerily similar in terms of % unique songs played; FW 69 is 35.4839% 'unique songs' vs. PNW 73/74 being 36.5854% unique songs. Moral of the story seems to be that repeats have long been A Thing across runs. I ain't complainin'! Fun w/#'s Sixtus P.S. and it was the China > Rider transition from 5/19/74, while listening on my Walkman strolling to my French class that had me repeatedly rewinding that Feelin Groovy jam which has since had me 1000% hooked on that little snippet whenever and wherever it pops up.
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    Re: Sixtus III, I'm Shocked, Songs..
    First.. congrats and best of luck Sixtus. Seond.. I got a nice chuckle out of thin being "shocked!" Chortled my coffee a bit.. I suspect the frequent visitors of these threads are mostly all-in on this one with some that are interested but passing for various reasons. I think it's worth it for a cleaned up, pristine PNE 73 alone, add in Seattle 74 and the rest is bonus material. I cannot get enough WRS's either, Truckin' had legs back then, China Riders were going through a pivotal evolution, there are some first set novelties like The Race is On, early Peggy-O's and others and you have the makings for a great box set. ..and that's before the extra time and effort mastering, Plangent, etc. As for songs. Just for kicks and giggles I compared to FW 69. I know there is no comparison, FW was an explosive early high water mark. ..but this is how they match up: FW 69 Shows 4 Songs 62 Avg. Songs per Show 15.5 Unique Songs 22 PNW 73/74 Shows 6 Songs 164 Avg. Songs per Show 27.3 Unique Songs 60
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    On a different note, I decided I wanted to know where it said in my ticket agreement that the BB&T Pavilion can cancel a show at some point through it without offering a refund. They are offering some free streaming stuff, but to be frank, I was treated rather belligerently by the woman I spoke to. She actually interrupted me, and said the words, "you're not getting a refund" after cutting me off several times in an impatient tone. I was very cordial in my questions and demeanor, so, clearly no respect for the customer (not because I wasn't given a refund right), but because I was talked down to and interrupted. This woman, after not knowing the answers, told me to Google it. I guess I can't be too surprised at poor customer service, but I can't remember the last time congeniality was reciprocated by condescension. I asked for her manager and was forwarded to his voice mail, so I left him a message. I don't know about you guys, but this sort of thing sticks in my craw, and frankly the discussion on Hell Freezes Over and increased ticket sales prices is what really got me to thinking I'm not happy with this outcome, and that I was going to call about it. I believe that the cost to either BB&T Pavilion and or Dead and Company to redo the show is going to hurt their pocketbooks a lot less than a great number of fans who attended, once you break it down to percentages and household income, etc. If it says in my ticket or anywhere in my purchase agreement that they have a right to do this, then it is what it is and I'm fine with it. If anyone out there has statistics on the number of minutes played at any Dead & Co shows, I would be grateful for them (like, if you have a show loaded up on your iPod, and the total runtime for both sets and Encore equals x number of minutes, that would be great thanks). The June 1st and 2nd Camden shows especially.
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    Hey Now Just checking in after a bit of a hiatus - life's curveballs, you know? Busy times and not so busy times but busy times will indeed REIGN when Sixtus III arrives this Friday AM so long as all goes as scheduled. Then, crazy train. Good to catch up from the last several days, here. Psyched for this Big Box. Just looking forward to the smooth sound upgrade and some monster shows, just gimme it All. Dead & Co have been a lot of fun lately - that Billy Tell > Eleven rolled me over (sounds like VGuy too). Also coming out of Space into Eyes? My cup O' Tea. Be well people! revel in the summertime - I will certainly try and will do my best to check in and offer some candid updates. That may or may not involve poop. Sixtus
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    It's almost impossible to compare sales performance of any one Grateful Dead box set to another. Some we don't know how many they produced (Winterland 1973 & 1977); some are from extremely famous runs (Cornell, Europe '72); some are relatively expensive; some are relatively inexpensive; and some are available for download, so we can't even measure their sales. In hindsight, it seems clear why Cornell, Europe 72, Fillmore West 1969, and 30 Trips Around the Sun sold out quickly. It is interesting that Winterland June 1977 and Winterland 1973 took about five years to sell out, while the May 1977 box set took less than a year. Judging by eBay prices, the Winterland '77 Box is in much higher demand. This has me thinking they either manufactured an assload of Winterland June 1977 boxes, or the "Limited Edition" marketing scheme is hugely effective. I can't see Pacific Northwest box being on the shelves for more than 6 months after the September 7th release date for the following reasons: * The time of their career it encompasses, '73 / '74 * The 15K Limited Edition production run (a number we know doesn't last too too long) * The fact that it's in the medium to low price range * Its availability for the holiday season * The "word of mouth" advertising this box is sure to get (I believe it's a foregone conclusion that it's going to sound great and contain outstanding performances - we are going to be raving about it after it hits our doorsteps, and if it didn't sell out by then, they will start selling like hotcakes as the holiday season approaches) * The Grateful Dead's back catalogue is arguably in higher demand than ever. Dead & Co's impact, I believe, has contributed greatly to this. Even if one doesn't think there is any relevance there, the fact remains the back catalog is in higher demand than ever based on the increased production numbers of Dave's Picks. So yeah, good times good times. I'm not surprised that this didn't sell out overnight. It's not Europe 72. I think it's most akin to the Dave's Picks yearly subscription sales. We all know the boxes are out there in comparatively high numbers, and we all know the rate at which they're selling. Some of us are taking our time because we have time to take. But the window will shorten once the product hits the street and the holidays are upon us. You can't keep half a dozen brand new releases from one of the Grateful Dead's most cherished eras out of the hands of Deadheads for long. This is not Cornell or Europe 72, but it is also no July 1978 or RFK '89. I think after all is said and done, the Pacific Northwest box may reflect the sales pattern of 30 Trips Around the Sun.
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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:00

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You gotta' check 10-18-78! Set closer, and ends in a complete meltdown...
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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:13

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That observation caught my attention-and it seems to have been true. The Dead seemed to take their audience with them through all their stylistic changes. It surprised me, when I first started listening to them. The difference between "Live Dead" and "Working Mans Dead " is massive-even allowing for the fact that the former is obviously live. But "Skull and Roses" is also completely different from "Live Dead", and I used to wonder if they lost and gained fans during these transformations. They probably attracted a lot of new, less radical fans after 1970, with their more country flavoured/traditional music-maybe a lot of their original fans faded away at that point-but this isn't reflected in anything I have ever read. Going on into the 70s, "Blues For Allah" again seems to have no connection to anything they released earlier. The only other person I know of who radically changed their sound and approach to such an extent in the 70s was David Bowie. Phil head-I'd pull the trigger... this second! I don't know how many are left, but this looks like one of the all time not to be missed releases.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 15:29

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....a man sees an attractive woman sitting alone at the next table. Suddenly, she sneezes, and a glass eye comes flying out of her eye socket. It hurls by the man, and he snatches it from the air and hands it back to her. "This is so embarrassing," the woman says, and she pops her eye back in place. "I'm sorry to have disturbed you. Let me buy dinner to make it up to you. May I join you?" He nods. The woman is a stimulating conversationalist, stunningly pretty, and the man finds they have a lot in common. He gets her phone number and asks, "You are the most charming woman I've ever encountered. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?" "No," she replies. "You just happened to catch my eye."
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Submitted by Hippychic on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 17:43

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Nice meeting all you. I am headed out next week to make it big overseas. I was not expecting to go so soon, but opportunity is knocking. This really puts a left hand monkey wrench into receiving my box set on time :(I read the forums here for a long time before I joined the discussions and will try to keep up. I will hopefully have a moment now and then to say hello in the not too distant future. But it is goodbye for now there's much to do! Be nice to each other boys. Au revoir! Edit I tried making this my pic but it would not take https://britelitetribe.com/products/be-nice
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Submitted by nitecat on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 20:53

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...until shipment. I'm ready right now! hippychick, fare thee well, you will be missed. Please check in and tell your tales from England. What fun!
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Submitted by alvarhanso on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 20:54

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And best of luck in the UK! Your treasure chest will await your return. For those who loved the Other One> Me & My Uncle> Other One with M&MU Jam in the second half on DaP 26, I was listening to the 2015 bonus disc that came from the Academy of Music shows, and while I love the main Pick's insanely timed M&MU> Other One segue, I hadn't listened to the bonus disc version in a long while. I did so this evening and was pleasantly surprised to hear a M&MU Jam in that Other One, it lasts about a minute from around 7:45 in or so, and instead of taking it into full cowboy territory it peters out after a bit, and Jerry starts the Other One riff on single notes, with Phil picking it up after a bar. I know there must be other Other Ones like that, I failed to notice is 3 years ago (which may be when I last listened), but that one will be added to my regular Other Ones. Not too dissonant and out there. After enjoying the ensuing Wharf Rat, I switched over to the Thelma bonus disc. That Dark Star is very nice. It gets dissonant and into feedback territory, but still very cool. Which reminds me, did we ever get confirmation from Dave that that was the Dark Star with "very unusual Phil activity" mentioned in the Dave's 6 booklet as a recently returned show?
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Submitted by NCDead on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 07:35

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Jeff those were much better quality then what I had, thanks.
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Submitted by Thin on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 11:36

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Dark Star - re: Vedder, You wrote: "The worst part is he's another douche who doesn't bother to present an equal representation of each side". You really expect a rock star who sometimes gets political to present equal representation??? "Let me invite an audience member who disagrees with me and is giving me the finger to come up and debate this with me... 'Have a seat on the couch! Where ya from???'". While I agree Eddie Vedder should focus on the music, I believe we should as well. Hippychic - you're in luck! I heard the internet FINALLY made it Europe last month, so you can likely still check in and join the fray to enjoy snarky posts like this one. ;) Seriously, good luck in Europe and thanks for adding a feminine touch to this board.
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Submitted by simonrob on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 10:45

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The internet has NOT made it to Europe yet. We still communicate with the "Albanian telephone", you know, the one where the two cans are connected by a thin rope and the trick is to keep it taut. Easier said than done on International calls. Success in the UK, Hippychic.
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Submitted by Oroborous on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 20:31

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Good luck Hippy Chick. We'll miss you and it won’t be the same without ya. I hear they have sat net, but you would need sum-a-dat der eeeelectrizzzity ; )
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 22:01

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....thought you were going to Mars Hotel.
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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 06:38

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Good luck in the U.K. Plenty of great gigs coming up here in Autumn! If they've still got tickets King Crimson at the London Palladium should be a corker.
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Submitted by Dark-Star on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 07:29

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Yes I like my satire to cover all bases like Family Guy. It's not such an unheard-of craft. Otherwise it's not really sad Tire it's just celebrity assholeism. And Eddie Vedder seemed surprised in the 20 documentary that people were offended by his actions. I guess that's what happens when you Adle your brain with wine and let the hate flow. I'm glad he's so mixed up that he can't write a good song anymore. Couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Now for you Thin. You're always so good at taking the 3rd party commentary from posters on dead.net. and levying your disapproval about the content of their remarks to the dead.net posters themselves. By 3rd party I mean, the celebrities of popular culture, the people that none of us know in person (musicians, artists, movies, actors etc). When you disagree with somebody's opinion regarding those 3rd party elements, you get personal, and you apply your disdain of the poster's opinion toward the poster themselves. You're just always lurking in the background ready to jump on somebody whose opinion you don't agree with so you can knock us down a few rungs. You make the conversation pivot from criticism of celebrities you don't know to obnoxious negative bullying of real people you do know here on dead.net. You should try more constructive criticism of the words being spoken by people and not the people themselves. You're part of the bullying problem. The laughable part is that you would never say this to me in person after getting to know me for an hour. You wouldn't have the balls after seeing me, I guarantee it. Try focusing on the topic points not the people here on dead net. Technically you're in violation of the rules and regulations, and you do it all the time, not just with me and this incident. Have a Grateful day.
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Didn't see that one coming. Necessary?
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Double post. Doh!
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Submitted by Thin on Fri, 08/10/2018 - 08:38

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Yup - I can be blunt and I apologize if I offend. But I DO have a pet-peeve about this board veering into silly political rhetoric. Skulltrip - you add a LOT of great insights here regiularly for which we all thank you. This is a kick ass board. But you have to admit that ya more than jumped the shark re: "Eddie Vedder oughta allow equal-time for opposing political arguments", no? When I read preachy, indignant political posts on a music board, my skin crawls. When it gets absurd, I call BS. But the irony in your comments is revealing: - You rip on Eddie Vedder for his "hate", then cheer the idea of him being brain damaged from a drinking problem to the point where he can't write anymore... And you call HIM a "hater?" Reveling in other peoples' physical/cognitive decline? Not sexy... I truly hope karma doesn't catch up with you on that one. - You ask I focus on words instead of making personal attacks. I DID focus only on your words. - You say I'm bullying, then say "You wouldn't have the balls [to say any of this to my face] after seeing me, I guarantee it." OK, NOW I see bullying...... - I'm lost re: "3rd party" comments... haven't been to a 3rd party since college. - Finally you say I'm in "violation of the rules and regulations" If so, I apologize. But... regulations??? Please clarify. Mary, if I'm out of line in any way or have broken any rules, please tell us all. I will apologize and retract appropriately. We respect your authority and any clarifications here might be helpful. Skulltrip, if you get this upset when people respond, political commentary on the internet may not be your thing. I promise to try to be more positive and not offend, and encourage you to do the same! Have a good one.
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Submitted by loudmouth on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 08:56

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I'm confused. Why is Eddie Vedder a jerk (or whatever he was called)? Because he has an opinion and a venue to express it? If so, I would be curious to hear what you think of Henry Rollin, Jello Biafra, or Ted Nugent. The political jibber-jabber between songs at concerts I have experienced of these three artist was much more expressive relative to a Pearl Jam show I've seen.
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Submitted by Thin on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 12:37

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vGuy - agreed! So my brother came to visit the last 2 days, and last night I put on 6/22/73 Birdsong (after we, er...., prepared heavily). He'd never heard it - big former Head (first show: Englishtown) but only has about 10 shows including Englishtown, and rarely listens. Anyway, after a few minutes he looked at me and marveled "This is amazing! What IS this?" I said "1973, baby! I've been telling you about this show for years and you kept saying 'whatever'". He's a Bobby fan and Bobby looms large on that one. He was floored. It's always so fun to blow people's minds with an amazing show and recording, seeing it through their eyes/ears. Similar to the joy of being a parent: passing something wonderful along and seeing them experience it for the first time.
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 15:47

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I haven't bought Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream in a long while, actually I have stopped eating ice cream about 7 or 8 years ago, and don't even look for it in my food stores.After all, it is a special time of the year. In the last few days of July, I went out shopping for some Cherry Garcia ice cream, One of my grocery stores which I normally do my food shopping, Giant, did not have that flavor, nor my 2nd most popular, Valley Farm Market, an independent 2 location establishment, did not have that flavor either. A third chain, Weis didn't have that Cherry Garcia, either. A regional chain convience store, Wawa DID have the Cherry Garcia flavor. Plus, they have a promotion going - buy 2 and get a 3rd one free. Problem solved, and I got my Cherry Garcia fix AND my ice cream scream, too. Now playing: Playing In The Band 5/21/74 (NOT the official release) https://archive.org/details/gd1974-05-21.sonyecm18n.lee.miller.98822.sb…
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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 17:05

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Love good Deadhead stories like that, in which an off-hand fan gets re-infected via a great tune and certainly Bird Song can do that. It has a lightly bouncing, floating quality that reflect's the song name perfectly. BTW, Thin's been on these boards forever and I dig his style.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 17:16

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Mmmmm......Think I’ll rub some on my forehead. You won’t believe the clairvoyance that can be obtained by freezing your frontal lobe.....
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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 17:17

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So I found the 3rd pic I took of the Playing in the Band performance from 7-28-73 and the progression shows the guitarists facing forward after Weir's vocals, then turning toward each other, then in a tight jamming circle. Not great resolution, but I'm pretty close to the stage, audience left. An aerial shot of the crowd would reveal how damn close we were, especially for a few 15-year-olds with, um, drugs... I have 2 of 3 scanned and will get the third scanned as well. The purpose is to get these shots re-sized for posting, as 45th anniversaries don't come around very often (thank the gods). I had instructions on imgur's website re-sizing, but that site no longer offers the same features. And I looked at a couple others, but couldn't make sense of them. So... can anyone point me to a user-friendly website on re-sizing so I can post these pics here? I'd like to share them with everyone.
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Submitted by FloridaBobalooToo on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 17:37

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Regarding your Restaurant jokeWe have had a vote here in Bobalonia. AND We have selected yours as "The Joke of The Year". for 2018!!!!! Bravo my Good Man................
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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 17:50

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What's the internet? Is it useful? I am having a hard time finding out exactly what it is and what it's good for. ..wait. Found something on this documentary called Family Guy that talks about it.
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Submitted by LedDed on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 18:55

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Saw my first Pearl Jam show at the Glenn Miller Ballroom at CU Boulder on the Ten tour. Tribe After Tribe opened; never heard from them again. I was packed near the front of the floor; after the show, I distinctly remember taking off my Doors T-shirt and wringing the sweat out of it like a disgusting sponge... it wasn't just my sweat! The Glenn Miller is very intimate and that place was a sauna. I got a rash all up my left arm for a couple days after that... ick. Saw them on Lollapalooza II, Vedder climbed all up the stage rigging quite high at least 30 feet. It was certainly very dangerous, impulsive, and crowd pleasing. He was young then. Another time at CU Vedder was drunk and accused of inciting a riot; they played two nights in the old basketball arena I forget the name. Balch Fieldhouse, maybe. I was at the first night, Urge Overkill opened (still love "Sister Havana.") The 2nd night was either cut short or canceled. A big stink about it in Boulder at the time. Then there was the infamous Red Rocks show where they sat down in a semi-circle for an acoustic set. I thought it cool, kind of Zeppelin-like in notion if not musically, but they felt it bombed and never did that again. Vs. is my favorite album of theirs. I don't really listen to much PJ any more but they earned their place in rock history and Letterman's HOF induction was hysterical. This is the group that, at the peak of their popularity, took on Ticketbastard. They did an album with Neil Young, Mirrorball that wasn't so well received commercially. They had a conscience as a band and decided to champion causes, like U2. And they kind of started to meander a bit musically, playing a lot of strummy-type shit and seemingly becoming indifferent to the audience that made them huge. That's a thing, you know, artists looking out at an ocean of drunken frat boys who've glommed onto their band for all the wrong reasons (Nirvana, The Grateful Dead, etc.) and just feeling disgusted. "Is this OUR audience? Is this who we are?" I don't have that problem but I wouldn't want it. Being a mega-millionaire, feeling guilty, wanting to try and change the world. It has to be a weight and it has dragged many good souls down unfortunately. Pearl Jam seem to have adjusted well to a middling level of popularity. They can do whatever they want and still have a pretty good audience for touring. I think Eddie Vedder went through his thing and has come out of it quite well. So what if he's a drunk? Bob Weir had a long battle with the bottle and not just that. Shit, these people are human. They're going to stumble now and then. I give them props for trying, for caring, for trying however feebly to use their platform to get young people to vote, to pay attention. It does matter. Jerry Garcia was genius at handling it all. Except for playing some benefits and championing the rainforest, he largely kept his hat out of the political ring. He saw the bigger picture. He numbed himself into oblivion. But he never seemed to be an asshole about it.
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Submitted by bolo24 on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 21:44

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It's Jerry Garcia Tribute Night at the SF Giants game this evening. Can't believe this was 25 years ago: Now THAT'S how you do it!
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Submitted by Alain on Fri, 08/10/2018 - 00:53

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Bolo24, Thank you for posting this. Very moving.
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Fri, 08/10/2018 - 02:49

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Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, & Vince Welnick singing The Star Spangled Banner - the US National Anthem, on April 12, 1993 for the San Francisco Giants home opener, is my favorite rendition by a popular music group or individual singer. It surpasses Whitney Houston's 1991 performance in my opinion. Thank you very much for posting this, Bolo24. Thank you. Yep, we ALL miss Jerry.
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Submitted by Roguedeadguy on Fri, 08/10/2018 - 20:55

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I recently acquired a DVD of set 2 of this night. Bought some swag off Ebay and the seller threw it in. Its vintage 80s Magnavox VCR recording of a public access channel broadcast quality, but its a nice set. I would be remiss if i didn't offer to share it. PM me if you'd like a burned copy, or an electronic copy, or if its already on Youtube and hey 2002 called and your DVD player isn't under warranty anymore.
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Submitted by nappyrags on Sat, 08/11/2018 - 12:40

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...is the nearly 47 minute Playing In The Band from 5-21-74 just Jerry's way of keeping Donna offstage for the coda?
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Submitted by highthyme on Sat, 08/11/2018 - 20:57

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delaying gratification while methodically building the tension for release... Climax! OH, YEAH!
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Submitted by Oroborous on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 10:17

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Yee-doggy, That was our fifth of five on that tour. Home base in those days. My cousin used to have the whole show on VHS. Everyone probably knows that much of the second set was on Farm Aid, so it’s multi-camera. Probably taken from the Screen feeds? I believe most of second is on YouTube? But the first set was just one mostly static camera if my memory’s to be trusted, that was positioned on the right side of the SB platform. Well we pretty much always hung out in front of the sound board once we stopped going up front. So with the camera being where it was etc, you can totally see me and my buddy Phinster bopping around, turning to look at the camera and ahem, other nefarious activities.....all throughout that first set. We also get a bit of “air time” in the second set too. That tour is kinda a blur, Hell all of 86, 3 Hampton, and 3 Philly also, is one big blur.. Remeber there was some kind of fungus umungus that was disrupting the flux capacitor, leading to extreme cosmic distortions......for a long time I thought the 6/30/86 show was one of the best I ever saw? Of course the experiential elements are surely a factor; like for once getting great inside seats. That syncrynistic stuff with the boats and the music was intense! I do have a meh sounding tape, it is a good show, but alas it’s another example of the magic not shining through the medium.... But that 7/4 show was good too. I believe it was starting to get nasty out; swirling winds, clouding up, like we were going to get a nice little Lake Erie summer special, can’t remeber if it was raining? Any way, clearly rember at some appropriate lyric in Fire on the Mountain, or perhaps it was when JG’s solo was peaking? All of a sudden this tiny little shaft of sunlight burst through the weather and fell right on him especially his guitar, like as if it was all part of Candice’s light show. Whooooaaaaaa, that kinda stuff seemed to happen quite often......throw in the cosmic distortions and a yeah.......I still get shivers just thinking about some of that. One of the best or most intense of those moments, was perhaps the 6/30/95 Pittsburgh show with the “Rain” set. But I remember many. Of course who will forget the Santa Clara rainbow......
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Submitted by mhammond12 on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 13:55

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Brand New Cadillac-The Clash.
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Submitted by firstnamerichard on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 14:26

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Rush - Red BarchettaQueen - I'm in Love with my car Prince - Little Red Corvette Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz War - Low Rider Been lurkin' on this site about a year now, finally registered, lol. Hi Everybody!
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Submitted by mhammond12 on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 16:40

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Cheap Thrills-The MOI
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Submitted by deadtony on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 17:49

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One piece at a time - Johnny Cash
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 18:11

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I kinda prefer trains. Wish I was a headlight.... Thinking of the great railroads of the Pacific NW; The Northern Pacific, The Spokane, Portland and Seattle, the Union Pacific Railroad and of course.. The Great Northern (out of Cheyenne? or is that last part a stretch) (no offense to cars, great reference Dennis)
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Submitted by Gollum on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 02:42

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I also love trains. Two of my favorite train songs are by Hank Williams: "Pan American" and "California Zephyr".
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Submitted by Roguedeadguy on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 04:02

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Hey good call on the 7-4-86 video. It is from Farm Aid -- there's a short title page right at the beginning that I missed the first time. It does have different camera angles, probably the same video you're thinking of. Seems like it might have been a TV broadcast ? It doesn't seem like its raining in the video, but it does look windy, like a squall was brewin'. If you or anyone else wants a copy for auld lang syne, let me know.
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Submitted by daverock on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 04:10

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If we are still doing cars, how about-(I Live For) Cars and Girls by The Dictators- a great track off "Go Girl Crazy".
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 10:28

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For car songs, I'm partial to Rush's Red Barchetta. As for train songs.. I am a sucker for City of New Orleans
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