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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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  • #2201
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    Hold on hendrixfreak....
    ....I need to make some more popcorn and mescaline.
  • #2202
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    Noon-ish is not the best time to catch a full-blown show.....
    My memory has clearly telescoped events, because I almost think I remember rolling over in my sleeping bag and, for breakfast, snorting a pile of 'chocolate' mescaline off one of those mini-cereal boxes. I definitely took some blotter. But even if we'd 'slept in,' it must of been 10-ish or something. Surely we'd had some water and a snack, probably provided by a merciful neighbor. We were still 15 and we looked like what we were: goddamm-near children! Ah, so I was saying, we dropped acid and snorted mescaline and fired up the pipe with Numero Uno and, hey, is that freakin' Jerry on stage? Wait, Bobby. Phil. Bill. The piano guy. Jer kept dipping his cigarette into a brass ashtray and, when he re-lit it, it flared up. I didn't hit the blow til '75 but later, I thought, freebase. I hope someone can clarify this, but I think I recall the band starting just a bit after NOON(!). As far as I was concerned at the time, they fucking rocked the place for hours. I do recall, as I often feel, feeling goofy about a camera while tripping. But I managed to snap off three shots, of which two survive, which catch the three guitarists blasting away on Playing in the Band, then turning towards each other to converse more intimately, finally arriving in a tight circle and sending tides of sound across the crowd. I think this was the time I experienced Phil's bass as physical, purple pulses in my chest and the realization that vibrations, rather than corporeal reality, were at the heart of existence. I clearly remember the gospel treatment at the end of He's Gone and at the end of Sugar Mag, Weir thrust his arm skyward for stop time, ran back to his amps, downed the rest of a Heineken and raced back to the mic for the coda. Still, I was 15, down front at one of the biggest gatherings of humans in history. I did look back over the crowd, but, as usual, there wasn't much profit in looking back. Not with the Grateful Dead killing it in front of me.
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    The Allmans rocked big time. They'd slayed us at RFK after the Dead when, exhausted and dehydrated, we had retreated to the shaded overhang of RFK and been simply psychedelically rolled over by the ABB. They smoked the Dead that day. Back to the Soundcheck. I got up and hiked around the scene while it was still afternoon. A very loose scene with lots of elbow room, cool air, breathing. I returned to our space, easily located, for The Band. It was nearly sunset when the Grateful Dead took the stage. We had all the room we needed. I started the soundcheck boogie-ing upright, shakin it to the rock 'n roll. I had snorted some mescaline and taken maybe a half tab of the blotter. Everyone knew this was unprecedented in GD history. Here we were, groovin' on a cool pine forest evening, high but not pressed and our favorite band was blasting away on the finest sound system we'd ever heard. I do not recall individual songs, just the transition between comprehensible songs and jams that had us smiling for reasons we knew not. [Beautiful Jam from So Many Roads is blasting in the background as I write these words.] I do clearly recall the feeling of complete ease as I nestled down into my sleeping bag, head on cool gallon jug, looking up at the band just jamming away. We rode it out after the band departed and the next thing we knew, it was morning and the crowd was bustling, hustling, and by noon it was show time all over again.
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    Hendrixfreak
    I hope you are writing these in a word processing program and saving them.You probably should combine your memories and pictures and put it out on the internets where it will hopefully be forever preserved. Maybe upload the final version to the archive someday.
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    Any headphone listeners out there? Or maybe you don't need them. I find the bass on this GSTL recording overwhelming. Bertha and Help On the Way are good places to start. I don't get the same thing with the SB I have if this show. I think Jeff Norman boosted it somehow. Anyone else notice it? Garyfarseer - what kind of medicine?
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    The greatest missed show on Earth
    Long story shrunk to size... We had to get home on 10 June 1973 because we were exhausted, dehydrated, broke, without tickets, food, water, anything, so we thumbed back and tried to blend into humanity. I was 15. I lived with my parents, of course, and they needed to see some evidence that I was alive. They never even said a word about my setting out for a multi=day excursion in jeans and a t-shirt. We just did it. We heard the 10 June show was smokin' and we were pissed. We were NOT going to be caught short like that again. No effin' way. So when the news broke of a show with all three of the greatest rock bands of that time -- the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and The Band -- we were on it like white on rice. Tickets cost $10.50? We had 'em. And we'd just seen the Allmans at Madison Square Garden in, May? I smuggled in a bong. A young cop caught me. An older cop said, "Let him go. It's a bong. Don't worry about it." Jesus, this whole law enforcement thing was confusing! But my view was broadening... Late July 1973. The older brother of a hot schoolmate of ours was driving to Watkins Glen. We signed on. Me, Mark L, David W, and a few others. We brought our backpacks. We had a little food. A shit-ton of Numero Uno. No alcohol. I had a sheet of blotter. Someone's adept use of the map enabled us to skirt around the worst of the traffic and we actually accessed the grounds in fine fashion, probably 12 hrs ahead of the hoo-ska-boo that eventually developed. The van's inhabitants split into units and we never saw our driver-host again, until a week later, just before the 31 July - 1 August shows back at Roosevelt Stadium. (Biggies, waiting for release...) So we hike over to the "gate," passing food trucks that specialized in big scoops of weed. We snickered, fully equipped. We were still 15. We entered the gates around midday and for some reason no one took my ticket, so I immediately doubled back to the chain link fence and passed my whole ticket to a have-not. Instinct, communal instinct. Later, my parents said that friends of theirs in Europe had seen footage that included my entrance into the concert site. The stage was perhaps 2/3 of a mile away. As we walked down the gently sloping hill towards the stage it was obvious we were a bit early. In earlier shows we were leery of getting too close because of the physical crush, the volume and the collective high that sometimes ... got a bit hairy. But fresh off missing 10 June, we marched down and claimed a beautiful space about 20 yards from the stage, just a bit left of center. On our way, we'd grabbed a few one-gallon water jugs that were set out free by Bill Graham in response to the scene at RFK in DC 6 weeks earlier. I found myself high on mescaline, laying on my sleeping bag with my head resting on a cool one-gallon jug of potable water and passing a doobie when the crowd sputtered and roared. It was late afternoon and the Allman Brothers had just taken the stage.
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    Throughout the fall of 1972 and through the winter-spring of 1973 I had ingested numerous psychedelics, including the wonderful agent known as mescaline and naturally a few substantial doses of the Lady Herself. At one point, with my buddy Moose, we were sitting atop a van-sized boulder in a 2,000 acre wooded preserve near home and we focused on the visual margin between the rock beneath us and the ground in the background and felt that we had lifted the boulder upon which we sat perhaps several inches into the air, then lowered it again to its natural resting place. But I digress... June 1973 and me and David W are hitching to RFK in DC about 200 miles away for the 9-10 June 1973 shows. It's summer. So obviously we go in t-shirts, jeans, sneakers, with a ticket and few single dollars/dead presidents in my pocket. Next to the sheet of oval 4-way blotter. A little smokum in the sock, in case we got stopped. Look, we're 15, okay? 16 was months away. We were just up for adventure, loud rock 'n roll and, um, a closer look at the scene. I remember that some of the serious traveling hippies with LSD-dead eyes were there selling pipes, but also passing them around. We had long hair but we were little kids! These folks looked 50 but were probably 20, i.e., impossibly old, grizzled and of unknown origin. But no one actually bothered us, nor was there any attention. Everyone treated us as adults. So we slept on the ground on the grassy parts outside the stadium that night. No water, no food, no equipment. The next day, temperatures climbed towards 100. We were smoking a joint by the grate that blocked one entrance and a black cop motioned us over. We approached cautiously. "Hand me some of that, will you?" he asked. "WHAAAT???" was our initial reaction, having already experienced the pleasure of being cuffed and harassed by the cops for having a beer in the park. Turned out, cops can be cool, too. We burned two with the cat and we bid each other a good day. He was clearly amused by the scene, but in a groovy way. This was 1973 and racism and violence over the Vietnam War made longhairs outcasts, just like minorities of every stripe, then and now. Short story long, me and David split a 4-way and the Dead played that afternoon, opening for the ABB that night. The lines for water were long. We survived on The Lady, a little water and some "Numero Uno" substance we thought was hash but turned out to be opium. Worked for us that day, though, the heat was excruciating and I'm sure a lot of folks needed help in the heat. I got up close for Chinacat at the end of the first set. I was mesmerized. Bobby played a Gibson SG, which in my mind meant "bass guitar." Phil was playing a big possibly semi-hollowbody bass that said to my untutored eyes, "rhythm guitar." But I was already a huge Phil fan (being a Jer fan was too obvious) and this had me confused. At some point some idiot hurled a lit M-80 onto the stage (June 9, right? obviously in close proximity to July 4??) and it rolled up to Jer. In that day, he had a stage mannerism of sort of shuffling in place and I saw him move his right foot forward in perfect time and using the tip of his cowboy boot sent the live M-80 back out over the crowd. I don't even recall hearing it explode. The music was pretty loud.
  • #2208
    icecrmcnkd
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    Nice warmup HF
    Patiently waiting for the grand finale....
  • #2209
    hendrixfreak
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    Backstory and launch....
    The briefest of backstories: Six years old in 1964, persuaded my mom to buy me a Beatles LP at the checkout counter of the local discount store. Played it on monaural phonograph with one 12" speaker output. Rocked as child. 13 years old in 1970, convince mom to drive me and a friend to a Chambers Bros concert. We dug the music but were too young for 'action.' 15 years old, summer of '72, catch The Byrds and New York Rock 'n Roll Ensemble at college outside Saugerties NY where The Band rec'd Big Pink five years earlier. We drove by Big Pink. (Still Pink.) We were 15. (An older brother was actually driving...) Since 1971, been spinning American Beauty and Skull & Roses LPs on the same phonograph as in 1964, only now it's in the basement where our ping-pong table and hang-out couch are located. 19 Sept 1972, I jump in a car full of older heads with an ounce of hash in my pocket, 33 days after my 15th birthday, and we proceed to the Roosevelt Stadium in lovely Jersey City, New Jersey, and catch my first Grateful Dead show. I had already been 'experienced,' but did not drop at this show; too chaotic, large crowd, determined to survive and catch my ride home. I listened for familiar songs, jams, anything -- nothing! Everything was different. Records, shme-cords. This scene was crazy. Maybe 10,000 people screamin' high groovin', freakin', dancin', gyratin', handing you things you knew best to pass along... I was alone in the giant crowd with the music louder but sweeter than anything I'd ever heard before. The music rocked, I just couldn't grab onto a big Jerry jabbin' guitar riff that would remind me of Skull & Roses. Obviously, this was no American Beauty. As Jer once said, recording in a studio is like building a ship in a bottle. Playing live is like being on the ocean in an open rowboat. And that's kinda how I felt -- out there, surfin', knew I'd have to get home ... 3 hours into the show, I do remember saying to myself, "Well, all righty then, damn good show, YOU CAN STOP PLAYING ANYTIME, I'M GOOD. GOTTA GET SOME REST... MUST SNAG RIDE HOME..." Part II, coming ...
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    icecrmcnkd
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    The photos of the stage show how high it was. Need safety railings to keep the musicians from falling off.
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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 dreading on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 07:21

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As always, great perspective on the Dead. Referring to your last post. I too am super excited for this box set. I guess I'm more excited then Winterland 73 as well, because there's twice as many shows. I don't know about you guys but I've been listening to a ton of 73 and 74. There is a great stand alone Not Fade Away on Dick's Picks Volume 7. When I say great, I am now challenged to find a better one from 73 74. Has anyone else begun to notice that they no longer release bonus discs with box sets? 30 Trips, GSTL, July 1978, PNW. Not cool. I know they like to release entire shows now, but there must be some incomplete shows they could throw in there. What about leftover tracks from the 2012 Dave picks bonus disc show from July 29th 1974.
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Submitted by Mr. Ones on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 11:03

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I'm gonna go with daverock and state my favorite 5 studio AND favorite 5 live albums from ages 8-15......So Studio 1-The Beatles 2-Abbey Road 3-Revolver 4-Sgt. Pepper 5-Closer To Home (those 1st 4 change at least once a year) Live 1-James Gang In Concert 2-Live Steppenwolf 3-Three Dog Night Captured Live At The Forum 4-Iron Butterfly Live 5-Grand Funk Live Album These 5 albums taught me how great and exciting live recordings could be, and I am forever Grateful!!
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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 11:57

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Man, we're suckers for lists aren't we? Its kind of like standing in line. If we see a line, we get in it. Top 5 Studio Zepplin 4 Bob Dylan - Desire Derek & the Dominoes - Layla Yes - Close to the Edge Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Top 5 Live The Allman Brothers - Fillmore East The Who - Live at Leeds Bela Fleck - Live Art Hendrix - Band of Gypsies Gratful Dead - one From the Vault
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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 12:42

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Top 5 Studio The Band Music- From Big Pink Beatles - Rubber Soul Everly Brothers - Roots Beach Boys - Holland Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Top 5 Live: James Brown Live at the Apollo (either vol.1 or 2) Live Dead Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club DiP vol. 33 Stones - Get yer Ya Ya's out
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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 13:18

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...Jerry Lee Lewis Live at The Star Club. One of the best live albums I have ever heard, that's for sure. Two other albums I have played today, which deservedly feature on some of these "best of" lists, are One From The Vaults, and Kind of Blue. I bought Kind of Blue on vinyl recently, and every day, without planning to, I have reached for it as my album of choice to start the day. A great way to ease into things.
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 13:22

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My current ever-changing list of top five albums: Studio: Good Rats - Tasty Grateful Dead - American Beauty The Who - Who's Next The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead Live: Grateful Dead - 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, U. Washington, Seattle, WA The Good Rats - Live At Last (7/4/79 My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY) The Who - Live At Leeds (2CD Deluxe Edition) Grateful Dead - 5/4/72 Olympia Theater, Paris, France Renaissance - Live At Carnegie Hall
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Submitted by Tony_is_dead on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 14:41

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if this gets released on the 7th and i ordered express when will i have this?? i have all the dicks picks all the "road" all the Dave's...all the box sets...but i have nothing to listen to right now so i'm antsy for this release...i will go ape if this is an echoey stadium recording which i know it's not...remember that bomb it followed up another box from the same period...the only flaw in the dead canon...otherwise it's all been great...far as other live albums from other groups who has time for other groups when there's the grateful dead.
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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 14:51

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Top 5 albums - Grateful Dead - workingmans dead - Beatles - white album - bob Dylan - highway 61 - the Doors - the soft parade - Rolling Stones - let it bleed Top 5 Live albums - Grateful Dead - Europe 72’ - Otis Redding’s - live at Montreal - the Doors - absolutely live - jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the star club - Elvis - 1968 comeback performance ...and I’d say ‘David peel & the lower east side live have a marijuana, for laughs ;) ..,this is really hard folks but this is off the top of my head. :)
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ok, i'll play (even if it is an impossible task). top 5 albums: television - marquee moon pink floyd - animals a tribe called quest - the low end theory scott walker - scott 4 interpol - turn on the bright lights top 5 live albums: waylon jennings - waylon live frank zappa - hammersmith odeon townes van zandt - live at the old quarter, houston, texas bob dylan - the bootleg series vol. 4, the "royal albert hall" concert van morrison - it's too late to stop now ask me tomorrow, and i'll give you 10 completely different albums. ----
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Submitted by Morning Stu on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 15:22

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I’ll bite, STUDIO (by year of release): Africa-Brass/ John Coltrane Magical Mystery Tour/ The Beatles Liege and Lief/ Fairport Convention Ziggy Stardust/ David Bowie Court and Spark/ Joni Mitchell LIVE (by year of performance): The Other Village Vanguard Tapes/ John Coltrane Live Dead/ Those Guys Europe ‘72/ Them Again Natural Wonder/ Stevie Wonder Live in Tokyo/ Brad Mehldau The first list is missing 300 more tied for one of those five spots, (including some I haven’t seen listed yet, like Happy Sad, Let It Bleed, Graceland, Marquee Moon, The Harder They Come, Ladies of the Canyon, Unforgettable Fire, The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter...). Also, I realize Eu ‘72 is a bit of a cheat, (due to overdubs, slight editing, and speed manipulation) but each cut would have been just as beautiful without help, and the Truckin’>Dew suite is what brought me here 20 years ago. (Forever a newbie.)
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 16:28

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I won’t attempt to create a list of ‘best’ albums, but I’ll mention a few non-GD that I have on CD that I think are good. Live: Rush - All the worlds a stage; Exit Stage Left Kinks - One For The Road Cheap Trick - Budokan David Bowie - Santa Monica ‘72 (good companion to the Ziggy DVD) LZ - Song Remains the Same (love the No Quarter) Who - Leeds That list is mostly cassettes I had in the 80/90’s and then got on CD. More recent releases of live stuff that I have, Hendrix, Who, ABB, Bowie, etc., aren’t included since I didn’t have them on cassette when younger and haven’t yet permanently burned them into my brain. Compilation cassettes: Stones - Hot Rocks vol 1 (played that a lot while in high school) Yes - Classic Yes (a go to for the drive home from concerts before I had live GD on cassette). Lynrd Skynrd - Gold and Platinum
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Hammersmith Odeon is one of my all-time favorites! One of the best Zappa concerts... Love the intro/rap with audience at the beginning of I Have Been in You. "Alright, it's romance time ladies and gentlemen." I make it s point to listen to this monster of a recording once per year. Usually while working overtime night shifts at work.
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Studio: Quadrophenia The Who Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd The Who Sell Out The Band The Band or The Brown Album Bob Marley and the Wailers Catch a Fire Deluxe Edition (includes original Jamaican version and the version released to the world with overdubs that made them a crossover hit) Bonus: Superunknown Soundgarden Live: The Who Live at Leeds (I have it on vinyl, 1994 cd expanded remaster, Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe with Hull, and have a bootleg that is from Pridden's master SBD without the overdubbed vocals and some music that was snipped out) Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East (again, have vinyl, Fillmore Concerts, Live at Fillmore East Deluxe Edition, and Complete Fillmore Concerts, the horns the first 2 nights sucked) Grateful Dead Europe '72 Complete (it's not cheating to count this if you're willing to shell out the cash for a $450 batch of live shows) Grateful Dead 30 Trips Around the Sun (see above) Grateful Dead Get Shown the Light May '77 Bonus 6th: Phish A Live One (except for the version Tweezer I absolutely hate, this is a perfect live album)
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BREAKiNG NEWS: Expedited Shipping Pays Off No-email notice sentThis order looked so good it was the 1st time I paid for expedited-shipping Then today I checked on my order for the 1st-time. The web site sez: Not-Shipped, domestic/expedited, due tomorrow Friday 09.07.18. Huh? So I called the customer service number on the site 1-800-440-8025. Dead@wmgcustomerservice.com I was told that Not-Shipped doesn't mean that it won't ship overnight. But what they tell you on the phone or email is accurate. So if you get confused listen to the music play... Favorite 5 (excluding ALL GD) 1 Best Of The Band 2 Emerson Lake and Palmer 3 Genesis - Seconds Out 4 Little Feat Live Waiting For Columbus 5 The Who - QUADROPHENiA
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Submitted by MDJim on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 19:43

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What a coincidence, my new totems are due to arrive and be installed on Friday as well.. It would be great if we got the box the same day. I bought some house paint too, in case the placement of the new box creates funk in the feng shui of the living room. I hope none of my neighbors complain, I'm not 100% sure how all this complies with my HOA guidelines.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 19:36

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Studio Quadrophenia Physical Graffiti Back In Black Moving Pictures Going For The One Exile On Main St. Foxtrot Abbey Road Toys In The Attic No Code Stickey Fingers Live Exit...Stage Left Ladies & Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 Yessongs Rock 'n' Roll Animal Welcome Back My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends KISS Alive!
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 19:42

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GD Dicks Picks 36Yessongs Yes Keys to Ascension Vol. I Gentle Giant Playing the Fool GD E72 4/8/72
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 19:47

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....been pondering these lists all day. Still not any closer to deciding. Gimme a minute.
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Submitted by MDJim on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 20:23

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Cracked me up a little, I couldn't resist... it's going in the back yard. He has put on a few pounds and sits instead of stands on poles, but otherwise looks pretty good. He still looks dosed.
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Submitted by Gollum on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 20:07

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Nice work on the lists, but I think we still need to add "Astral Weeks" to the best studio album list(s) and the original "Woodstock" album to the live album list(s).
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Submitted by novembereleven on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 20:31

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I picked the single best, numero uno, top of the heap...35 studio albums of my liking..... 1. Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams 2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – Beatles 3. Trace – Son Volt 4. Exile On Main Street – Rolling Stones 5. Let It Be – The Replacements 6. Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim – Pixies 7. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan 8. Great Days – John Prine 9. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Velvet Underground 10. No Depression – Uncle Tupelo 11. Chronicle Vol. 1 – Creedence Clearwater Revival 12. IV – Led Zeppelin 13. Gilded Palace Of Sin – Flying Burrito Brothers 14. Southeastern – Jason Isbell 15. Who’s Next – The Who 16. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys 17. Radio City – Big Star 18. Nothing’s Shocking – Jane’s Addiction 19. White Album – Beatles 20. Harvest – Neil Young 21. Zen Arcade – Husker Du 22. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd 23. Back In Black - AC/DC 24. Are You Experienced? – Jimi Hendrix Experience 25. This Year’s Model – Elvis Costello 26. Sweethearts Of The Rodeo – Byrds 27. Tim – The Replacements 28. Nevermind – Nirvana 29. Murmur – REM 30. Anodyne – Uncle Tupelo 31. Forever Changes – Love 32. Raw Power – Stooges 33. Guitar Town – Steve Earle 34. Paul’s Boutique – Beastie Boys 35. Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 21:39

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2/2/70 & 12/20/69 2/2/70 is freakin' awesome 12/20/69 is good, BUT has a truly crashing bore and icky Lovelight Lovelight can be ok, but tries my patience sometimes
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Submitted by Alain on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 00:33

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I enjoyed reading in your list of the best Live the concert of the Dead of May 4, 1972 at the Olympia Theater in Paris. This is the first concert of the Dead that I attended, and, if it is not the "best" concert, it is the one that moves me the most.
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Submitted by daverock on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 03:45

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I have just splashed out on the record store release of Dark Star from this show, and it arrived yesterday. Sounds superb, and although it is spread out over the two sides of the album, there is a natural break provided by the brief drum solo. Looking forward to reading the reviews of this 1974 show on vinyl.
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Submitted by daverock on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 04:06

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Five bone crushing albums that helped lead me off the straight and narrow were-NeverNeverland Pink Fairies Split The Groundhogs Very 'eavy Very 'Umble Uriah Heep Never Turn Your Back On A Friend Budgie Camembert Electrique Gong. Bit of a cheat this one, as they were multi cultural. Everything by Hawkwind, Black Sabbath and the Ian Gillan fronted Deep Purple. There's a great 3 cd box set out called "I'm A Freak Baby" which features a host of great British heavy/underground bands from 1968-1972. Guaranteed to offend loved ones and neighbours alike. I didn't hear as many American Bands in the early 1970s-but 4 great ones that I did like were MC5 Back in the USA Iggy and The Stooges All three-Funhouse and Raw Power especially Alice Cooper Love It To Death Flamin' Groovies Flamingo
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Submitted by matchewy on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 07:30

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I received a shipping confirmation for the wax, yesterday. Looks like it will arrive Friday. I have not received anything for the box set, yet.
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Submitted by Chris killer on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 11:21

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I guess we will get shipping notices on September when he does it it’s actually released , which is supposed to be on September 7, I’m not worried they’ve never let me down yet. Just letting everyone know ,hoping to hear from anyone that gets a shipping notice. Good luck to my brothers and sisters . Keep Smiling ,☮️,❤️Chris K
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 13:07

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Makes a totally valid point. Had the band not returned after the self imposed hiatus, I doubt that a lot of us here would have discovered their music. I purchased Europe 72, but was too young to appreciate or understand the music at the time. As an early teen, I was drawn more to bands like Boston or Van Halen. Music that seemed cool at the time, but had a very short shelf life. Sure, Pink Floyd filled the void, but that was only a temporary fix. It wasn't until the circulation of the 77 bootlegs that I really got into the band. Granted I was a bit older and could now appreciate the music, but without the return of the band and those high quality boards, it never would have happened. Music life would have indeed sucked. Not sure I could handle The Cars or Aerosmith for my music fix these days.
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Submitted by 80sfan on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 13:45

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Hope everyone is well - can't wait for this box set. Can't believe it's coming soon... I love the lists below. Good reminder to step out of the Dead world sometimes and re-explore some of the albums I loved in the past. My only contribution is this. The best studio album of all time is Blood on the Tracks. Every track moves me in different ways. I could listen to that album front to back until the end of time and never be sick of it.
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Submitted by the420bandito on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 14:53

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Greetings from the Hulmeville I've been giving the night before Dick's #1 a lot of ear lately. There are some real gems in this show. Keith's keys are on, Phil's bass thumps you. An extremely clear recording. The standouts for me are: Peggy-O, China > Rider and Eyes. There is so much to munch on I'm sure I'll find more. I believe, even with the patches, it is worthy of a release. Dave?
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Submitted by SkullTrip on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 15:28

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My experience was similar to yours, AJS. I had Europe '72, American Beauty, and Workingman's, but rarely (if ever) listened to them. And when I did, it was for an occasional song but never the entire album. Instead I was hooked on the "breaking" music of the day, most of which did have a short shelf life save for a few exceptions. But then came the Swing 2/26/77 bootleg. A friend in college played it while we were hanging out. Once I heard that, I never looked back.
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Submitted by BertDert on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 15:41

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Anyone know around how many of these are left? I keep hoping my next paycheck is the one with a little wiggle room...
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Submitted by jimmyjack on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 17:29

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I received shipping notification for the 3xCD sampler (bought while I was still dragging my feet about the box and never canceled it after I gave in and ordered it) but not the big 'un. Strange. So, has *anyone* received shipping notification for the box yet? Gettin' down to the wire here!
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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 19:03

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Looking forward to all 19 of these Compact Discs. Some, I have never heard. Some, have defined my enthusiasm forever. Some, have surprised me to ends never suspected. Nineteen. Discs of Joy. Be Well, People. Sixtus P.S. Roland of Gilead knows too
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Submitted by MDJim on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 20:00

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No news on shipping notices on the Box. I bet logistics are a bit crazy for this one because of the size of the box and the 15k run size, hence no shipping notices.. it will take a day or two for these to come out after the giant trucks filled to the brim w/ mega boxes leave the warehouse. On the chance they are still being hand delivered by bicycles and carrier pigeons.. it's anyone guess. Fingers crossed for a Friday delivery date. As for it selling out / how many are left.. I have zero faith that we can figure out how many are left by adding them to the cart until you no longer can and that's the number. But we do have other box sets to use as a precedent. Spring 90 TOO had a run of 9k. I think it took a year and a half or two years to sell out. May 1977 (the first box) had a run size of 15k and took less than a year to sell out (I think) but was available through Christmas and New Years. July 78 had a run size of 15k and is still for sale (it's quite good). I think this best compares to May 77 v1. I could be wrong, but I bet this goes through the holidays and into next year, but does sell out. I also suspect once people get their first listen interest will spike a bit. I guess this will ultimately be every bit as sought after as May 77 v1, perhaps more. That's my take, I reserve the right to be very, very wrong. Nineteen. Right on Sixtus. Nineteen discs of pure gold. I'm already planning my weekend so I can rip and listen as soon as possible. I might even take a little walkabout so I can get away from dodge and listen properly mood enhanced with limited disruptions. Hey Nineteen That's 'Retha Franklin
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Submitted by kevinbrandon on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 20:06

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Hey it's 10:57 PM on the east cost and I just received my shipping Notice.....Yes it is today Wednesday WAHOOO!!! I still can't believe this has not sold out.
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Submitted by MDJim on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 20:15

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Well, that's the best news I have heard all day. That's the first I have heard of this. May your box # be #1, happy day.. Friday might just prove to be a very happy day after all.
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Submitted by musicnow on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 20:17

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It's just impossible to pick a top 5. Just too much great music on this planet. Here are just SOME that I continue to play a lot over the years. Dead not included (another impossible task). In no particular order - Quah - Jorma Kaukonen John Hartford - Aereo Plain Xavier Rudd - Koonyum Sun Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner Chris Smither - Live as I'll ever be now, where's that PNW box?
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Submitted by UTAH_Caveman_777 on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 20:22

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I received a UPS ground tracking number this evening, scheduled delivery is 9/12. Enjoy!!
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 20:51

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....was busy booking a quick trip to Bryce Canyon in Utah next month with the family when my email was "touched". Looking forward to this monster for sure. Also looking forward to some nature. Vegas is cool, but I need to stretch my wings. Road Trip!! Estimated driving time from my house to Bryce? 4hrs 20min. How's that for a "trip"?
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Submitted by mhammond12 on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 22:40

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I love that stretch of road. You plunge through the Virgin River Gorge and come out in Utah. So beautiful.
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Submitted by Tony_is_dead on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 23:52

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i hope for a friday delivery...i haven't received anything from the dead yet via electronic transmission...all the box sets were good except for the 2nd 1990 box and that had good moments...i'm glad it's going to arrive soon as i paid for expediated delivery...i've been feeling lost lately and that's one of the reasons for listening to a defunct band who's no longer around in it's best format with jerry garcia is that it brings you home again...while your listening your home and it feels good to feel that way even if it's for moments or hours as it's 19 discs promising to be at least 24 hours or so of coming back home to 1973-1974 northwet usa...i'll love every moment.
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Submitted by qwerty on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 00:51

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I also paid for expedited shipping haven't received shipping notice yet
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Submitted by libertycaps97211 on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 01:06

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It's finally gonna come true. Official PDX shows of the GoGD. Only been waiting for this for...oh, i dunno 33 years or so. My shipping email came tonight and should arrive middle of next week 9/12. Smack dab in the middle of some well deserved vacation. Cheers to Dave and the rest of the good people who make it all happen for us fans!!
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Submitted by Mr. Pete on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 03:44

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Of all the "stuff" I have ordered from the dead site I cannot ever remember getting a shipping notice....ever!Usually the box just shows up in my P.O. box...unannounced! Glad to hear some of you are receiving notices. I will give the rest of us something to look forward too. Mr. Pete--------------> aging hippie
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