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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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  • #2181
    bakerflippd
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    Some pretty good deals on Dead related products from Warner Market on Amazon. -Dave's 14, 20, 24, 25, 26 -Hampton Warlocks Box -30 Trips Box
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    icecrmcnkd
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    Damn hbob
    That’s worth missing the Glen
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    "Psychedelics are to Psychiatry what the microscope is to biology and the telescope to astronomy." ~Stanislav Grov Love the stories and ethos, HF. "God Bless the Freaks!"
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    Funny, I still remember key details like the pink shirt with white polka dots I wore at the show. The afternoon ABB show was killer. Then the afternoon thunderstorm that drenched everyone while The Band played, stopped and finished their set with the lights on. Our idyllic little encampment from the Friday night soundcheck was a sordid pit of mud and abandoned blankets. A day and a half of boogeying on our feet, tripping massively, awash in loud rock 'n roll... Is it any wonder that I was done with festivals for the rest of my life? Even Englishtown's 100,000 was a bit too much at the time. Still, great show! There is no question that the event and other GD shows that summer and fall altered my trajectory. I began backpacking solo in the Adirondacks in NY state (black bear country), did the Green Mtns in Vermont, White Mtns in New Hampshire (almost killed in bad weather on Mt. Washington, where little crosses on the mountain say, "Joe Blow last seen near this area"; not "Joe Blow died here," but "last seen near this area" and the date would be years earlier, so obviously no one was waiting for Joe to show back up again). Then the big trip, thumbing from East Coast to West Coast and back in '74, turning 17 on the road -- of course, I thought I was a big boy by then. My poor folks, no cell phones and I was gone for months. Missed the GD that summer and ended up in San Franciso, walking past the Mars Hotel (LP had been out in July/Aug) trying to sell a cheap watch for food (succeeded). Heard about the October shows, but had nothing, no money, no friends in the area, nothing to do but hitch home and ... go to freakin' high school(!). That didn't go well. I got stories. And now, about to turn 61, and still doing the solo backcountry for the past 32 years in the high desert of NW Colo / NE Utah. Pretty alienated at times from ordinary life but still catching shows -- last night at Red Rocks: Tedeschi-Trucks band (back tonight, yea!). And the boomers remain my medicine a handful of times per year. Keeps me on track and has for 46 years. Puts me closer to rock and sky, though I've lowered the dose as I aged. Just don't require as much to get the inner synch going with the universe. Cheers! Maybe tonight Susan will sing Sugaree.............
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    LET ME SING YOUR BLUES AWAY
    Lyrics By: Robert Hunter Music By: Keith Godchaux Well hop in the hack, turn on the key Pop in the clutch let the wheel roll free Not a cloud in the sky, such a sunny day Push in the button let the top ten play Come on honey, let me sing 'em away Come on honey, let me sing 'em away Oh, honey, let me sing your blues away. Give me a little of that old time love 'Cause I ain't never had near enough Honey, walk that walk With style and grace This ain't no knock-down, drag-out race. It doesn't matter much, pick any gear Grind you a pound and drop the rear Baby, baby, what can I say I'm here to drive those blues away. I sent a letter to a man I know Said one for the money and two for the show I wait all summer for his reply Said three to get ready and four to fly. Only two things in this world I love That's rock and roll and my turtle dove. When I was a young man, I needed good luck But I'm a little bit older now and I know my stuff. Come on honey let me sing 'em away Come on honey let me sing 'em away Oh honey let me sing your blues away
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    Unfortunately I could not attend the Glen since I was at MSG in NYC to see Led Zeppelin that night! This was the 2nd night of a 3 night run that was filmed and became the movie The Song Remains The Same. This was the famous n8ght that the hotel safe was burglarized and the band "claimed" to have lost $150K. (In today's dollars that is more like one million). Mystery still surrounds that whole thing. Never trust Peter Grant! His only allegiance was to LZ. All week leading up to the show we were worried about rumors that LZ was going to blow off the Garden and go to the Glen. Thank goodness that did not happen! LZ was loud and phenomenal. I will never forget Page prancing around the stage in his black outfit with the embroidered dragons and such. Plus, we had just seen the ABB at the Garden on the Sat. night before the Glen! Talk about a wealth of musical riches. I had seen my first Dead show in Buffalo, 4 months earlier. 3/31 to be exact. A show that is sandwiched nicely between DaP16, 3/28 in Springfield, and DaP21, 4/2 Boston Garden. (I just finished up listening DaP16 and am now listening to DaP21) I am always hoping for its release but I doubt that will come to pass. I finished up the first disc of DaP27 and it cranks. Jerry is getting it done there for sure! Rock on
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    And... now... for something... completely different: If you like a high energy, well played later 80's show that was broadcast on the FM way back, here's March 31st, 1987 Grateful Dead at The Spectrum in Philadelphia Pa., on the area's leading rock broadcaster at the time, WMMR, 93.3 FM, here is a recording of that broadcast: https://archive.org/details/gd1987-03-31.fm.braverman.7357.shnf/gd87-03… In my opinion, it would be a good addition to the current Dave's Picks Series
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    Hendrixfreak,Thank you very much for your great stories of RFK & Watkins Glen! You're not going to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for them, perhaps only just the "Golden Bong Prize" from High Times. A+ My 1st rock concert and 1st GD show was 6/10/73, I was a sweet 16 going on 17. I don't remember too much other than it was very hot and humid. We were in the lowest part of the stands and and looking right we could see the stage. Looking directly straight we saw the soundboard/PA and lighting control "island." Just smoking some grass was involved in that event. We were unable to go to Watkins Glen later that July. Again, I deeply appreciate your stories of RFK & Watkins Glen.
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    I was eleven in '73 and at sleepaway camp in the Catskills. I knew of the Dead through the bootleg tapes (TDK SA-90) our counselors played nonstop. Those two classic B&W posters of the band in front of Mickeys barn and the one of Garcia in his skeleton jacket was in almost every bunk. It provided the roots to an education, adventure, life philosophy that continues today. I recall hearing the words "Watkins Glen" so often that summer from the counselors that went to the show and knew something great had gone down and lived on those stories all summer. Hendrixfreak & DMCVT's posts bring me right back to those amazing days. The photos are excellent, from the dedhed fashions to the flip top beers, the cars, the lack of merchandise.... I loved looking at every detail in the photos, makes the listening experience even greater. Now 56 sitting in my dedhed themed cabana on the Jersey shore, Im grateful for your posts as all my listening today will consist of only those three bands.
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    ....I doubt it will be Watkins Glen quality, but I will try. Live music is my pulse. My wife is going too. That's big news in my little circle.
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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 Gollum on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 10:45

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Of course! almost forgot that one. Willie Nelson also does a killer version. I guess we should give "Wabash Cannonball" an honorable mention, although I don't think its quite as great as the tunes mentioned so far. Definitely, the Dead/Jerry's "Smokestack Lightning" and "It takes a lot to Laugh.." are top shelf. I'm not sure what to make of "Click Clack" but need to give it a few more listens. Well, yeah its Beefheart, so you know....
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 10:56

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Unbelievably powerful riff + Neil Peart's insane drumming and Geddy Lee's voice in its prime. I'd be remiss not to mention Terry Brown's mad production skills. I can't beat this for car songs Jimbo. Is anyone else wrestling the urge to listen to the Listening Party tracks? KeithFan! Stay on target....stay on target.... When this baby hits 88, we're going to see some serious shit. "CHINACAT SUNFLOWER>I KNOW YOU RIDER" "SUGAR MAGNOLIA" "PLAYING IN THE BAND" "HERE COMES SUNSHINE" "LOOKS LIKE RAIN" "STELLA BLUE" "BIRD SONG" "HE'S GONE" "TRUCKIN'>JAM>NOT FADE"
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Submitted by daverock on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 11:31

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I am not sure about either the Dead or Jerry being granted ownership of "Smokestack Lightning" and "It Takes a Lot To Laugh". The original versions of both songs, by Wolf and Dylan are great, though.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 13:01

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Anyone know if this show is in the Vault? I have the archive.org version. Would love to know if there is release potential for this one.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 14:40

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I think they forgot to press Record for this one.
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 15:37

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A *missing* Fillmore East tape!I contend this show was recorded by Bob Matthews (my guess) and somewhere along the line, the GDP master tape went missing - early on.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 17:18

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“Play A Train Song”Covered by Hard Working Americans. I never heard the original. Also, “Driving that train.....”
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 18:02

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Are those fisher price, plinky plonk keyboard effects I hear? (Couldn't resist..) :D
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 18:23

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Jim, Born X-Eyed, thanks for the feedback on this show. I have an AUD copy. The Dark Star is a 3 parter that has an Attics and Sugar Magnolia. Top shelf. They play around with the Sugar Mag riff a bit in the beginning, and it's just fantastic.
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Submitted by Oroborous on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 19:11

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Maybe not the best, buts it’s good and it’s definetly different....Pat Metheny: Last Train Home Edit: oh yeah, wasn’t Caution written by Bill and Phil emulating the freaqent passing of trains at some early regular gig they had?
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 19:21

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....well Phish has this little dittie called, wait for it, Train Song. "and we drank a little wine". They have another one called Get Back On The Train."When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts When I first jumped off, I held that bucket in my hand Ideas that would take me all around the world I stood and watched the smoke behind the mountain curl It took me a long time to get back on the train Now I'm gone and I'll never look back again I'm gone and I'll never look back at all You know I'll never look back again I turn my face into the howlin' wind It took me a long time to get back on the train See my face in the town that's flashing by See me standing at the station in the rain See me running there beside the car I left it all behind, again I'll travel far It took me a long time to get back on the train." Yeah. They have some songs with silly lyrics. This is not one of them.
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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 19:43

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Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin’ boy she could destroy A real suicide case, but there was nothin’ I could do to stop it I don’t care about economy I don’t care about astronomy But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets There’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend
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Submitted by Oroborous on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 20:35

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Jimi’s: Hear My Train a Coming, and Steps Ahead: Trains
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Submitted by Gollum on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 20:42

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Yep - definitely "Slow Train Coming"! Add "Mystery Train", and "Orange Blossom Special"(the Johnny Cash one with lyrics!)
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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 02:50

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"All Down The Line" by The Stones is a great train song.
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Submitted by shirdeep on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 05:25

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Parapliers the willow dippedRolled roots gnarled like rakers This hollow hole don’t hold no jokers or fakers Don’t fall by no jokers or fakers Puller down to the stirrin’ hay acres Parapliers pinches uh levy ‘n pulled way thru the toe Foothills, locomotives walked ‘n sugar beets rolled Down the tracks Sunburn bounce soot off the black smokestacks Parapliers pinched up slow down the sky Blue ‘o’ poured the engineer’s voice Whstlin’ down low ‘n piped like clacks By the ol’ scarecrow ‘n pots ‘n pans burn the fireman’s hands till the Kettle leaped fire round the belly ‘o’ The bayou boy bums with sunken gums ‘n pits his strength to the 7th sons down Parapliers rumbled like uh straight iron gun Like uh red hot iron thru the egg white ‘o’ Sunnyland drum, horn blow Sun like uh bubble pop yellow, down she go Mah cowcatcher whistled like uh steel flash scream Hose sucked out for water ‘n the wheeldriver Sparkled like an Indian flint ‘n the fireman ‘n the brakeman bent ‘n waved his long red underwear arm All aboard The lantern flared ‘n the caboose waved uh green gone on
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Submitted by simonrob on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 05:16

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There are plenty of people on here who profess to be fans of The Who, but nobody has mentioned "5:15" from their "Quadrophenia" album: "Where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train"
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Submitted by unkle sam on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 06:27

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Locomotive Breath - Jethro TullTrain left here this morning - Eagles Train Song - Back Street Crawler Milk Train - Jefferson Airplane Gone Dead Train - Crazyhorse Two Trains - Little Feat Lonesome Train - JJ Cale just a few
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 07:12

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Simonrob don't be ridiculous, that song is about a ferry not a train. Feeling "merry" was drug-speak for getting high on Leapers in 60s Mod London. Inside outside, leave me alone. Inside outside, nowhere is home. Inside outside, where have I been? Out feeling merry on the 5:15. Out feeling merry on the ferry... Speaking of 5/15, I've made an important discovery. Dark Star 5/15/70 at 15:15, Jerry goes divine for a few minutes. I wonder if that's still the Gibson SG he used on Live Dead. I love that guitar.
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Submitted by simonrob on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:26

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Why should I care?Why should I care? Girls of fifteen Sexually knowing The ushers are sniffing Eau-de-cologning The seats are seductive Celibate sitting Pretty girls digging Prettier women Magically bored On a quiet street corner Free frustration In our minds and our toes Quiet storm water M-m-my generation Uppers and downers Either way blood flows Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train A raft in the quarry Slowly sinking Back of a lorry Holy hitching Dreadfully sorry Apple scrumping Born in a war Birthday punching He man drag In the glittering ballroom Gravely outrageous In my high heel shoes Tightly undone Know what they're showing Sadly ecstatic That their heroes are news Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15 Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train, on the train I'm out of my brain Out of my brain on the train Here it comes Out of my brain, on the train, on the train Out of my brain on the train Why should I care? Why should I care? @ KeithFan, possibly the lyrics lost something in the translation from English to American. Never seen a reference to merry or ferry in the song. Where did you find those lyrics? Indeed leapers was slang for amphetamines, but not a word I have ever heard used in that context, but mods (who loved amphetamines - and scooters) were a bit before my time.
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Submitted by andoverdeadhead on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:45

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Agree with daverock, this is a great vintage Stones tune. I first heard it on the “Garden State 78” double bootleg album. Another great train track from the Stones is Love in Vain, which I believe has already been mentioned.
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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 10:24

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Love in Vain is a Robert Johnson tuneTrain Leaves here This Morning is from Gene Clark & Bernie Leadon A few more random rootsy train songs: The Train Kept A Rollin' Tiny Bradshaw Mistery Train Junior Parker Streamlined Cannonball Roy Acuff Last Train Arlo Guthrie El Tren Lechero Felix Perez Cardozo Hey Porter Johnny Cash Southbound Line Tracy Pendarvis Night Train to Memphis Roy Acuff Blue Railroad Train Delmore Brothers
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Submitted by Roguedeadguy on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 11:10

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By Guns N Roses Crazy Train - Ozzy w/ Randy Rhodes I think these "trains" are metaphorical but they still count. Blue Train - Coltrane Take the A Train - Ellington Downtown Train - Tom Waits There's some old timey song about hitching a ride in a box car that I can't remember.
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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 11:26

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Not metaphorical, real The title refers to the then-new A subway service that runs through New York City, going at that time from eastern Brooklyn, on the Fulton Street Line opened in 1936, up into Harlem and northern Manhattan, using the Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan opened in 1932.
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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 11:30

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Having listened to as much MC5 (hi Zally) as I can recently, I think I should reappear to plug their excellent "Thunder Express". Its about a car, not a train. But it moves like a train.
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Submitted by Roguedeadguy on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 11:41

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Night Train and Crazy Train were the ones I meant as metaphorical. I probably put that sentence in the wrong spot, after the things it was referring to. Should have led with that. Tom Waits Downtown Train is really about stalking someone at a subway stop too. King of the Road is the old timey song I was trying to think of. Lots of train references.
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Submitted by Gollum on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 12:06

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We can't leave out Jimmie. "Waiting on a Train" "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" among others. Dang, there's lots of great songs about trains.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 12:22

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..can't forget Flatt & Scruggs when it comes to train songs. I'm sure I forgot a few.. Big Black Train Last Train to Clarksville Bummin' an Old Freight Train Petticoat Junction Mule Train ?? The Train that Carried My Girl From Town Train Number 1262 East Bound Train Train 45 Train of Love Blue Train Night Train to Memphis Adding New Potato Caboose to the list too.
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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 14:27

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Moving on to books, "Train Dreams" by Denis Johnson is worth reading. As is the same author's "Jesus' Son". A great writer.
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Submitted by RadnipJerry on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 14:59

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.... From Poor Valley. A rarely played gem from the JGB.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 16:19

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It was an awful awful joke. Vguy I am not. I am, however, familiar with Pete, The Who, and protagonist Jimmy's story, and I did get quite a chuckle out of it once I'd read what I'd written. I guess that either makes me a narcissist or the funniest guy in the room. fourwinds - I will give you the Magic Bus (turned train) for the low low price of - you guessed it, 100 English pounds! But wait.... Isn't it the Magic Ferry?
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 16:20

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Didn't the Monkeys have a song about a train?
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 17:08

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Festival Express!!!!!! Janis: “next time you throw a train, invite me!”
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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 18:21

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Ha.. classic. I became exactly that happy the day my number quit appearing in the phone book. Now it appears only the really poor volunteer fire departments, cancer charities, disabled cops & vets (apparently without insurance) and credit card companies with much better rates than I currently have can access my phone records. Joy. Edit: A preemptive comment on disabled civil servants, hats off.. you have my support. I just don't trust telemarketers that somehow get my phone number can call me fifteen times a year. Most times very little money trickles down to the folks that need it and executives and shell companies gobble what they can first. No attempt on my part to be unkind.. I feel my $50 to archive.org each year is well spent.
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Submitted by unkle sam on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 06:11

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Hellbound Train - Savoy Brown
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Submitted by sheik yerbones on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 06:14

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funny game...downtown train -T waits marrakesh express -Crosby steals the cash big railroad blues Spike Driver Blues Last train to Hicksville -Dan Hicks Monkey & the engineer Hear my train a comin -Jimi Hendrix would it be easier with car Baby you can drive...
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Submitted by loudmouth on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 06:59

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Have these been mentioned? Texas eagle - Steve Earle Another journey by train - The Cure Train Song - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Whistlin' past the graveyard - Tom Waits From Mrs. loudmouth: Peace Train - Cat Stevens Isn't John Henry about building train tracks?
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Submitted by country fresh on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 08:09

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Savoy Brown- Hellbound TrainWarren Zevon- Nightime in the switching Yard Chris Stapleton- Midnight Train To Memphis Saxon- Princess of the Night
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