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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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July 19, 2018 - 7:54am

#2401

Vguy72

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A man was walking along the beach....

....when he heard a booming voice from the heavens. "DIG!" says the voice. The man looks around, a little confused. "DIG!" Booms the voice again. The man thinks what the fuck and starts digging at the sand in front of him. Suddenly he hits a wooden box. He picks it up and the voice shouts "OPEN!" He opens it to see hundreds of gold coins. He's a little taken aback when the voice shouts again "CASINO!" Fuck it, thinks the guy, so off he walks. He enters the casino door when he hears the voice shout "ROULETTE!" He walks over to the roulette table and awaits more instructions. "16 BLACK!" the voice says So the man puts the whole chest on 16 black, the wheel is spun and it lands on 5 red. "FUCK!" booms the voice.... . Ask, and ye shall receive....
July 19, 2018 - 7:16am

#2402

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Pacific Pandemic

That's what's going to happen in early September when we all get our Pacific Northwest box sets. Nobody's going to work that week. I really can't think of a box set that would have made me happier, except for one with more shows. I suppose I would be as happy for a 1972 box set. Next year. Nick Merriweather picked two of these shows in an article from 2012: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/nic…
July 19, 2018 - 6:48am

#2403

Oroborous

Joined:
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Cross eyed, Oxford, and Daverock

Born Cross Eyed; I don’t envision Vguy quite that successful yet. More like in a dimly lit room so smoky you can barely see....perhaps some old disinterested strippers off In the corner. A drummer who literally does nothing but rim shots...Dressed in a thin, too small suite with a thin tie half done ala Rodney Dangerfield... He’s got the one liners down. In fact he seems to be getting better with time, but he needs a couple longer jokes to help fill his slot.....heeyyyy-oooooo! Keep em coming boy, your starting to get a following; ) Oxford 88; I laughed and groaned....used to play gigs till three am then have to be at the country club by 6:00 AM for “player services”....besides running your ass off, the hardest part was having to be nice to everyone, no matter what.”My that’s a fine looking sweater your wearing today Mr Johnson”... Day in and day out it’s harder then many think! Man we were so whupped after Oxford, that’s was a looong drive back to WNY. Luckily I didn’t have to drive and being the fourth had the day off....but what a fun scene that was... Daverock; you should not feel so bad since you probably had way less opportunity, and I suspect you were trying to have a somewhat normal life too? I think I was actually more like 7 over 17, but I did alright under my circumstances.... Bolshy Girlfriend. That just sounds bad. I love some of the English sayings. Have had a couple English buddies, they always crack me up. One guy, Steve O, half the time we can’t tell WTF he’s saying, but when you do, your still LYAO because he was so dam funny.... Perhaps you should of pulled a Bobby/John Phillips and “left her dead ass there by the side of the stage” figuratively of course ; )
July 19, 2018 - 5:42am

#2404

Born Cross Eye…

Joined:
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Vguy's dog joke one liner

On July 18, 2018 - 7:23pm, Vguy72 posted: (subject box) So, I rescued a dog from a blacksmith.... (body box) ....as soon as I got him home, he made a bolt for the door. Very funny Vguy, I can imagine you doing stand-up comic on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and/or The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but that's all in the past. In the present here and now, I can imagine you standing along Freemont Street and 4th Street, in front of the "Western Village" pan-handling with these one-liners.
July 19, 2018 - 3:50am

#2405

Oxford 88

Joined:
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My grandparents' 50th Wedding Anniversary...

I never had to call in sick as my bosses were generally pretty cool with me hitting the road as long as I came back. This included commuter shows-two hour drive to Hartford, catch the show, drive home and work the breakfast shift the next morning. Do it all over again for the next two days. After Oxford, I had to be back on 7/4 at 8:00 AM to work the grill for all the country club kiddies by the pool. After the wild traffic getting out of Maine (I was the dosed last driver-everyone else had collapsed) we pulled in at 6:30 AM. I took a shower, ate what we had in the house and went to work. I was the grumpiest grill guy ever. The bigger challenge was how to miss a stretch of time each semester while at UMaine. The death in the family just didn't feel right and could not be presented ahead of time (in order to reschedule exams, get papers in, etc). For three years, my grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, in the fall and in the spring. My professors always wished them well with heartfelt congratulations.
July 19, 2018 - 3:25am

#2406

daverock

Joined:
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Shows missed and shows seen-Oroborous

I wouldn't feel too bad about missing all those shows if I was you. 7.5 shows over 17 years sounds very impressive to me. I saw 5. And one of those I left half way though-as I have said before-because of my bolshy girlfriend.
July 18, 2018 - 10:10pm

#2407

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Should have gone.....

7/23/90...yeah, I bet you still kick yourself for missing that one......Calling in well....from pay phones, hotel lobbies hee-hee. No cell phones back then kids. icecrmcnkd knows what I’m talkin bout. Generally I did pretty well as far as shows go, considering I never went full in. I usually had to have a job, but never much money. Usually trying to play music somehow. Trying to have a balanced? Life. I think I averaged 7.5 per year over 17 years. So not too many regrets, but some.... - Some fall 78 shows...”too young”, too broke, no car etc, but perhaps that was preordained—if you dig that sort of thinking—because of what my first show FINALLY turned out to be 1/20/79! - 9/1/79 people I could have gone with were “too much older” and “it’s too far” grrrrrrr! - 6/18/83: 2/3rds of the booze brothers went, why I did not I still don’t know, I mean I do, but it makes no sense... - couple of early 80s, lake placid, glens falls...? Not quite as solid opportunitys for these, but could have... - 6/25/85: had so much fun at toga for 2 days in 84, figured we wanted to go early.in 85 also.....idiots. We did have fun, but..... - 7/2/85; it was basically on the way home for fucks sake.... - 86 fall tour..... - 4/2,3,4/87; sold the tickets because we had had enough after 8 shows.....wusses.... - 87 fall tour; was burnt on the whole scene, the choice of venues etc......idiot, I should of gone to at least one city. No real reason not too... - 3/26/88; only show I ever was shut out... -6/28/88; sold tickets because I had to go to hospital for tests etc. long story, big bummer! Should have pushed back, but I was scared shitless..... -10/18/88; stayed in Fla and played golf and hung out at beach in Naples.....tough choice? - More 89; new job, broke etc....IDIOT!!!. including 4/9/89 went to 4/8, so it was close by and it would of been sunday night, so I probably could of made it home for work Monday...7/19/89 (see earlier post), and 10/25&26/89 Doooooaaaa! Sold tix because I serendipitously went to 10/8&9/89 and Philly, so couldn’t afford Miami then. These 2 really hurt, still.....ouch! ??? probably a coupla few more. By 91-92 didn’t really care so much. Would go if convenient.... Sorry, didn’t realize there were so many. Shit now I’m kinda bummed : ( Oh well, shoulda, woulda, coulda....it’s funny now to look back at the “jobs” and things that seemed sooooo important......IDIOT!!!
July 18, 2018 - 9:46pm

#2408

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Margo went the silver route lately apparently....

https://youtu.be/ROyiZZOY00ABowie cover. Very, very nice. ....song, band, voice and hair.
July 18, 2018 - 9:21pm

#2409

jrf68@hotmail.com

Joined:
August 6, 2013

Bird Song flu...

is still better than a case of Black Muddy River. Talk about not being able to work. Can take an entire tour to rid yourself of that bug.;O) ...anyone remember people with 'chingers' on tour? (they made payphones free)
July 18, 2018 - 8:30pm

#2410

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

So, about that new Cowboy Junkies record....

....Sing Me A Song is a current favorite....Sing me a song about life in America Sing me a song of love Sing me a song about life in your neighbourhood Sing me a song of love I know a man who dropped to his knees Clasping his hands in prayer Beside him, she said: "It looks more like grief" But mostly she just didn't care Tell me a tale about the one you keep near Sing me a song of joy Tell me a tale about those that are dear Sing me a song of joy She veiled her days in pale hues of gray The brightness of her children an undoing She spent all her days in a cold burning rage The brightness of her children was galling Unburden your hearts, let loose your fear Sing me a song of forgiveness Make a fresh start, face all your fears Sing me a song of forgiveness He came to that moment in every man's life He confronted the path before him Betrayed by the emptiness days without light He turned and he made a decision Sing me a song of love Sing me a song of joy Beside him, she said: "It looked more like regret" But mostly she would like to forget Sing me a song of love Sing me a song of joy https://youtu.be/k19OCwNrHMc .... worth five years of waiting. A musical treasure. Try it! I value your opinions Deadland. And yes, they gave Margo an echo effect on this track. Wonderful!

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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.

Nice

Yessssss....got my order in first with no troubles, finally the pre-order Gods have smiled on me! Luckily without having to go through PayPal, I've also managed to secure myself some time saving up after the charges drop-off. And I scored a ticket for the Dead and Co. show in Hartford tomorrow, what a fantastic lunch break!

Oh Yeah

Well that was an easy buy and no issues ordering can't wait to get this one 5/19/74 is a long time favorite

Can's sign up fast enough

for this gem.

Thanks Direwulf

Saw your comment on the other thread and ordered!!

What about 72'...

Very excited to see these getting the treatment. Wondering why the crucial 72' Seattle and Portland shows are not in this. Those 3 years(72', 73', 74') tell such a story and are the most coveted recordings in general. I am however very grateful...

Well that was easy

As much trouble as this has been the last few years--great work deadnet on this one going through smoothly

WoW

Well now this sorta came up out of the clear blue sky. Very nice. Sixtus

Very smooth

Yes, great job on this dead.net. Very excited for this release (19 CD's!!!!) Thank you Dave and team. Makes up for Dead and Co. not stopping near me this summer.

Spent $200 on my lunch break

Better get back to work! Haha

Love the art work for this

Love the art work for this box, to bad the above image was not the computer wall paper to download on check out.

Yay...ouch...

I had a feeling that I ought to check dead.net - and I ordered without hassle or second-guessing. Although the shipping to Canada made me cringe... (almost $70 CAD for shipping)...

amazing

absolutely amazing THANK YOU, PTB. :)))

Wow is right

Love love love this. We got our Summer '73 box! Summer dead always makes me smile, and 2 summers worth is a real treat. And the option of multi year boxes opens up the possibility of a multi year MSG, or Boston, Berkeley, Alpine, Shoreline,(enter any city here) boxes. Dizzying.... the possibilities.

Even I'm looking forward to this!

I'm always excited when a new release will be a great improvement over what I have. This looks like it will be that. I ordered both cd and vinyl. (don't tell the wife) On the ordering front,,, maybe it was so easy because it seemed to be on the downlow. I didn't (or at least haven't gotten one yet) an email announcement. Maybe they thought less splash would help "fans" get theirs before "ebayers". So, in the next 3 months, a new 45, Aoxomoxoa, DaP 27 and a box set! Wow, that large sucking sound is coming from your wallet!

Whoo Hoo

Wish I was a headlight.. on a North(west) bound train. Well, the next best thing, Providing the shipping gnomes treat me well, I will be transported there come September. Whoo Hoo. This looks to be a spectacular box. I decide to have some desert and scored the t-shirt too. The sun gonna shine in my back door someday (in September). ah yes, that sucking sound from the wallet. It hurts, but it should heal by September. Peace all.. Thanks Dave.

Fantastic !

Ordered. Now the waiting is the hardest part. Love this era of the Dead.

sweeeet!

Very cool! Ordered without hassle too! This is epic - thank you Dave and dead.net!

Jim in Md's T-Shirt

I feel like Hawkeye in MASH when he ordered from "Adams Ribs". The food got to Korea and a supply sergeant asked about the coleslaw and chided Hawk for going thru all the hassle to get ribs and NOT ordering the slaw. I didn't order the shirt! Back to the order page. Suck, suck, suck, suck, suck,,,, my credit card is bleeding from the spanking I'm giving it!

Sad but true dept.

$53.99 for shipping to Europe. It may be an oversize item, but for that sort of shipping price I would expect it to be delivered by private jet, not standard shipping. However, this is a not-to-be-missed item for sure.

Now the email has hit

I hope the ordering is going to continue being smooth for everyone.....

yum

sweet, indeed!

Raining box set

I just got the joke in the 3-CD "Believe it if you need it" condensed version: Box (set) of rain(y northwest)

NOT

"available exclusively from dead.net." We know that's BS. These will be on ebay for $1000 or more.

sweet

Is this the box set that was TBA at MUATM or is there another announcement coming?

Very nice!

Wow this looks like an amazing set! Can't wait. And yes very smooth checkout this time! Also good to see this being released as a download as well as the box (which I'm sure will be very well done).

Can never get enough

Just ordered the big box set as well as the 6LP show. Can't wait!

Saw the email and immediately ordered

The order went through quick and smooth even with using PayPal. Good job, dead.net! I’m going to need to carve out a serious chunk of time to get through 19 CDs.

"Can never get enough" Indeed!

WOW! Great News! Yes -- one just can not get enough of these live releases. I can not wait to have it my hands.

Order in....

check. Now I can leisurely listen to Dave's announcement.

ordered

:))) :))) :))) The OMNIPOTENT Grateful Dead

Allman

Now that would be something! Imagine conflating two box sets together just to confuse the hell out of us. That would be treat, showing up at MUATM and getting a reveal of not this box but ANOTHER release! Shipping says oversize item, I've got this one to be the best packaging presentation yet, going for another box set packaging Grammy I presume, eh Dead?

Shipping to Europe

My hands were just a blur on the keyboard when I realised this was available, so it didn't really register how much the shipping was. Its a lot..but its worth it! I'm wondering now whether to buy the vinyl for 19th May 1974, seeings as how it can be ordered on Amazon.

Store in now open..

Come on in take off your skin and rattle around in your bones.

Why? Why? Why?

Did they pick the most boring show of the bunch to press to wax?!

$54 for shipping to the Netherlands, snif...

The box must be Spring 1990 sized. Although I think that was still cheaper in shipping. Oh well, what's not to like with 6 amazing pre-hiatus shows. Now, complete a terrific year with a 60's DaP and a 90's DaP, I say!

Pre

Ordered HAPPY HAPPY Tuesdday DEADLAND

Sweet

This one is going to be a real treat. Honestly, I was going to be excited about any new box. Thank you Dave & Co!

Totally worth the wait...

So... I'd been patiently waiting for the box set announcement, and this DID NOT DISAPPOINT! These shows are all really good. The Vancouver show from 6/22/73 (my 3rd Birthday, I might add) is absolutely top-notch. To me, it's in the same conversation w/ Veneta, Cornell, Englishtown, Bickershaw and acoustic/electric shows at the Fillmore East. I cannot wait for this gem to show up on my porch! Peace, brothers and sisters. 10 days until Alpine Valley!

Cool

Awesome do we get a discount?

Dave’s Next Pick

Now that we know the release of the box and many of us have ordered, let’s start taking about a what the next Pick Dave will give us. I am thinking 09/26/91. Time for a Bruce and Vince show.

Preordered 19 CD Box.

Finally the beautiful PNW gets some belated official retail Plangent/Full Norman love. So freaking stoked!

Justify my purchase

Looks like an awesome box & it was easy to pull the trigger since I won a couple of hundred bucks on Justify in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Great horse & great timing for a great box set. Honestly, I would have bought the box anyway, but having that extra cash made it much easier

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