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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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  • Vguy72
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    I already told you....
    ....I was listening to Arrowhead, however, I brought two of my granddaughters here from Elko for a couple of weeks. They wanted to watch The Incredibles. I thought they meant watching a Grateful Dead live concert, but I digress. We're going to The Incredibles 2 this weekend. Needed a refresher course. A grandpa's work is never done. I quote Buddy. "But, after all, I'm your biggest fan!"
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    Everybody has a malevolent twin. ..and even if you don't you should make one up so if you really screw something up you have someone to blame the mess you made on. Yes.. welcome back Ouroboros. I have heard that take before, but it never gets old. Very envious. Edit: Not that Oroborous has any mal intent.. well, we're all pranksters at heart - birds of a feather. No ill will intended.
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    Just cued up Arrowhead 7/1/78 after all the talk. Sounding sweet. Earlier today listened to some early Randy Newman albums for the first time. Dang, Randy was gooood. Who knew? Another case of a great artist who most people know only by his most annoying song? ("Short People").
  • icecrmcnkd
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    What am I listening to?
    In the car this week11-17-71, then on to 12-14-71, should wrap that up tomorrow.
  • JimInMD
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    Is it August 1st yet?
    I will settle for the next Dave's Picks reveal. I got a hilarious email from a buddy today. Something along the lines, best part of my day, picking out the music for drive home from work.. that he sometimes sits in the parking lot for periods of time struggling to get the exact show that matches his mojo for the day. I had to laugh.. happens to the best of us. I was somehow inspired to pick 07/05/78 Omaha Auditorium - Omaha, NE for my bike ride at dusk.. specifically the Ship of Fools through Eyes of the World. It was magnificent, sliding down the mountain just as the sun set and music was settling into a forceful, jazzy groove. A wonderful sequence and one of my favorite eyes from that period. It was a mood changer and now all is good with the world. So what are you all listening to?
  • icecrmcnkd
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    Hey Oroboros, welcome back
    (Not to be confused with Oroborous, who has been hanging around recently)
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    Is it October yet ... ?
    Sorry no, RobbZ, but the CFL football season opened tonight, with Edmonton @ Winnipeg to get the season under way. And Johnny Football has come north of the border to bring more excitement to a league that already has enough excitement. Can't wait! GO RIDERS GO! PS - the NHL draft is only 1 week away!!!!
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    claney thank you for Arrowhead images
    definitely gotta hear dat box agin
  • Vguy72
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    Yup, Arrowhead is the shit....
    ....Good Lovin' just ended. Thanks for the reminder guys!!....and to robbz. If these accolades aren't enough, buy the damn thing anyway. If you don't like it, the rest of us will pool our $$ together and reimburse you. Right?
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    Robbz- if you need a push (comes to shove) to make the purchase
    of the remaining box sets of the Dead's 1978 summer excursion, I will offer my Red Rocks tale to convince you with eye/ear witness account, with apologies to those who have heard this twice told tale (maybe more like the sixth time on this forum) AND since I didn't get to write the liner notes, here is a repeat account for Robbz and those few that haven't heard it. That summer of 1978, we caught them in Minneapolis but missed Willie's picnic (we were already vacationing in Minnesota and the Dead did actually did circle back to Nebraska (that relates to a back story from a trip to Winterland NYE show 1977, but back to this run). They played the Omaha Civic Auditorium, where the Dead played once before in 1973.. We got there and the venue was half full (about 4,000) but everyone was chomping at the bit in anticipation to hear them live. I took my Nak 550 into the venue and there was no hassle getting the deck in this time, but remember these were the days before ‘tapers sections’. And each venue or even staff may present a different challenge. But not here, thank goodness. Out in the hallway, the Hell’s Angels wandered about sporting full colors and big grins. They may have been transporting ‘party favors’ and decided to take in a show. Or maybe the Angels were just road tripping with the band (although I didn't see them at the next few shows). My buddy even brought his 68 year old mother to the show. She sat up in the stands “It is just too loud down there!” Anyway, I headed down to the floor with my Nak 550 to set up in front of the soundboard. When I started to get my gear set up and saw this guy beside me with a great rig. Luckily this kind stranger (I have since discovered he was famous taper Bob Wagner) then let me patch out of the back of his deck, which was wonderful as he had a great 8 ft. tall mike stand set-up. He had a Sony deck and mics, but with that high stand his mic’s were well above the crowd noise. We were about 15 to 20 feet in FOB. So Garcia treated us to a blistering Sugaree opener, the kind that drove the crowd wild. His leads mounted into a wave that crests, recedes, regroups, and comes back rolling in with such power and delight that adds a synergistic effect to our frenzied response as his rolling/soaring guitar work lift and subside with the band. Then Beat In on Down the Line, TLEO and now it was Bob’s turn in the spotlight with a Look’s like Rain. About halfway through the song, I suddenly noticed something shimmering in the air between the band and me. I thought “what a fantastic light show! Or have I have shifted into fifth gear just a little early that I scheduled?” I staggered towards that disturbance in front of me to investigate. People were dancing wildly in the middle of the floor as a waterfall played over them. It was about 25 feet in circumference. I put my hand in, water…hand out, no rain..I am standing in front of an indoor waterfall. what to do? I jumped into pouring rain that was INSIDE the middle of the auditorium! Then I stepped back and was out of it. I shook my head and then lunged back into the deluge and danced through Looks Like Rain & then during Direwolf as well and a delightful All Over now. (Complete with Donna in perfect pitch!) Then Candyman and Lazy>Supplication before Bobby informed us “We’re going to take a short break”. I staggered back to reload a new tape and then I did look for some validation of my experience. And I asked my friends if I was not in fact ‘soaking wet’ as I patted my soaked shirt. They grinned knowingly and affirmed that, yes, in fact I was “all wet”. And then this unique show continued, (nice indoor water-feature, boys !) with a killer second set complete with a transportive Estimated> Eyes> drums> Wharf Rat> Truckin> Iko Iko> Around. And then after a lengthy absence from the stage the boys returned to play us ‘Promised Land” as an encore. As I left the auditorium I noticed the water standing on the ground outside, a summer storm? Was this a case of a leaky roof or didn't the Dead just conjure up the forces of nature as they were so prone to do? But back to the important stuff, what were the Dead going to do next? Would Phil rev up his reverse gravity machine and pummel us with Phil-bombs at the next show? Would they levitate the crowd, and have us all dance while floating in the 'cool Colorado range'? I HAD to follow them to those Red Rocks shows in 1978. So a road-trip to Colorado it was. This was the Dead’s first Red Rocks jaunt (and my first as well, although my girlfriend (now wife) had seen Joni Mitchell there previously and raved about the venue) so my anticipation was so ‘high’. (In many ways.) So I packed my taping and camping gear and off we went. When we walked up to the Rocks entrance, the Feyline security crew (or were they the John Scher guys?) were stopping people and inspecting any 'carry in' bags. A security behemoth that I will call “BigBoy’ stopped me at the entrance to look through my Boy Scout backpack. He hefted my NAK 550 out of the pack and held it aloft with one beefy paw, exclaiming “Hey, you can’t take this in!” I gave him my best perplexed look and said “What? It’s just a tape player.” (first lie) Then the giant BigBoy instructs me to “take that back to your car”. I retorted “I can’t, I hitchhiked to the show” (second lie). Beefy Bruiser BigBoy points to my ticket and says “the ticket says no recorders on it, you can't take it in” and I tell him “look, I don’t have any microphones” (third lie) and hold up my arms to be searched (of course my comrades had the mics with them). Then I sighed loudly and popped open the back of the Nak deck and let eight D cell batteries drop onto the ground. “Look, I dumped out the batteries, it can't record”. (lie number four) BigBoy stood there with his arms crossed in front of me, but I could see a small crack in his resolve. So I pulled that thread “Look, I hitchhiked all the way here from Nebraska to see this show, would you hold onto this deck for me? It cost me $600 (which in ’78 was a lot of dough) but if you just hold it for me, and then I will find you after the show. You look like an honest guy.” (fifth lie, this guy didn't look trustworthy). I push the Nak towards him, and this deck is huge and weighs a ton, (a goddamn boat anchor). I really played my trump card here and was trying to hold my ‘gameface’, Suddenly all the heads waiting in line behind (and all my friends) erupt with yells at the BigBoy to 'hurry up' and started chanting “let us in”. BigBoy gives his mullet a shake and then he points into the venue and looks at me and exclaims “Go on, get out of here” and I dive headlong into my first Red Rocks show with a grin a mile wide(high)! Followed by Mary with my mics and my buddies with my fresh batteries (re: lie number four) and my blank tapes. The batteries that I dumped out for BigBoy were already ‘dead’ (pun intended). I again ran into that ‘kind stranger’ (Dr. Bob Wagner, FOB right side)) to plug out of his Sony again. Those two shows were stupefying, and the band obviously enjoyed playing there. Bobby's deer joke, and I remember Phil leading the boys through “Cold Rain & Snow” with his bass punching that tune into a triumphant ‘strut’ that evening.I recall Jerry broke a string during the Scarlet>Fire, which really didn't slow the pace of that perfect evening. On into Dancin' >NFA > Black Peter > Around & Around and then a dual encore of US Blues & Johnny B Goode. The next night was much the same. Each night we would watch the clouds chase each other in the sky as the band serenaded us. Until it became dark and then we looked out ‘over’ the Dead to see the distant lights of Denver sparking in the background. Second night second half, we were treated to a tremendous Estimated > Other One> Eyes of the World > drums> Wharf Rat > Franklin's Tower > Sugar Mag. The crowd was especially raucous as Wharf Rat wound to that tender quiet point and my memory is that Phil leaned in to admonish us with a "shhhhh" to quiet us in preparation for the wonderful 'launching' platform/crescendo prior to "I'll get up and fly away". One of my buddies swears it was Bobby that shushed us, but given the volume of chemicals aboard us that magical evening, I will leave accuracy of the tale to the story teller, yours truly. Those evenings the Dead's aural wonders were matched with the Red Rocks astounding visuals as we were perched in between those massive stony slabs of stone jutting into the sky. And the Dead had an astounding view as well looking back at this dancing wild throng from the stage, with the sky and stone cliffs framing us. As the Dead those two evenings took us all on an astounding journey of Americana, myth, rock and roll, country, space, jam, fable, fun, roller coaster, and turn on a dime delights, it all 'rolled into one'. And then as the Dead finished us all off with “Werewolves of London” we were all crooning back to the dead with our own howl of “Aoooooo”. And Garcia was grinning ear to ear as he bid us all a “good night”. I do agree with the accolades of these shows and the complaints (mainly Bobby subjecting us to his practicing slide guitar interrupting other wise exquisite Garcia led excursions into the stratosphere. But here you have it, those shows from 1978, the Dead at full throttle for your edification. Purchase it Robbz. You can thank me later. Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
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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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Weird, that's exactly where I have a skip; Box of Rain Portland 73.
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06/25/85- Blossom 06/27/85- Saratoga 06/28/85- Hershey 06/30/85- Merriweather 07/01/85- Merriweather - Birthday show. A 12 disc box all music edition would nice.
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All great shows.. was at a few and listened to all of these many, many times.. both back in the day on cassette and in modern times, I pulled down what I think is the best version from the archive. We will have to wait and see.. I am enjoying the enthusiasm very much.. they stepped up their game that year for their 20th anniversary and I prefer it for the most part to '83. Be good folks.. Happy Friday. I am finished with my first deep listen to PNE from the box.. on to Portland.
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I've been listening to this box pretty much non stop for the past couple weeks. This is peak dead. And this box is the cherry on top of 25+ years of vault releases. I feel completely content. Whatever comes after this is all gravy. In fact, if nothing came after this I'd be ok too. (that said, how about Gainesville?)
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I received my box and it seems that only one disc is defective. That would be Disc # 5 (disc 1 of the Portland ‘73) BIODTL and China > Rider skips all over the place, and there’s a clearly visible scuff on the disc. So I emailed Dr. Rhino and I got a response saying that a replacement disc would be sent to me “as soon as possible”....... this response feels kinda vague. I’m wondering if as soon as possible means I may be in for a lengthy wait......or does it mean that a new disc # 5 will be sent more or less right away? I guess I’ll find out one way or another.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45600372 Octopuses on ecstasy drug 'become more social' "Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who led the study, designed an experiment with three connected water chambers. One of them contained a trapped octopus, and the other a plastic toy. Four other octopuses were placed inside the tank to test their response. Researchers measured how long they spent with the other animal, and how long with the action figure. Then, they were exposed to a liquefied version of MDMA, which they absorbed through their gills, and placed in the chambers again. The study found that all four spent more time in the area with the other octopus than they had before the drugs. "They tended to hug the cage and put their mouth parts on the cage," said Prof Dölen. "This is very similar to how humans react to MDMA; they touch each other frequently," she said."
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For anyone interested in additional 1974 shows Amazon has The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack (5 CDs/Compilation) priced at $18.00.
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I ordered 2 of these sets, one for me and a friend and both the Box of Rain on CD 5 have a skip or flub during the first verse. Reading all about this particular error on this disc makes me wonder if this is a cd mastering error or just a small batch of bad discs. Anybody not have this problem on the CD version? is this error present on the HDFlac version as well? Many Thanks!
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Hi! It’s interesting on my Disc 5, Box of Rain plays fine, but BIODTL and China > Rider (the last 3 tracks on the disc), skip all over the place. It’s unlistenable
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More '69-'70 - their best years by far. Please no '80's - their worst years by far!I stopped going to Dead concerts in the '80's because I couldn't bear how bad they got after seeing them in the '70's. Frankly I wish they had quit after 1977. Then Jerry would have been able to do simpler solo stuff and would not have died so early. 1985? No thanks. 1970 YES PLEASE! More like Dick's Pick's #8, the best Dead concert EVER! Jerry was never better, before or after.
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I stopped seeing Dead shows in 84. I just didn't think they were pulling it off anymore (first show was in 76). At the time, they were just another rock show. I was no "Dead Head" though I loved their music. They came around every year so I was lucky enough to see a bunch of shows. Fast forward, now I'm getting on in years. First off, I love listening to mid-80s shows. It's definately a different band. Frankly I'd welcome a box set from any era. Finally got through the (digital flac) NW 73-74 set. This set alone is going to keep this old soul going for a while. I just hope any future box set has a download option. CDs are dead in my dwelling (Except for Dave's because that's the only option). Loads of babble with no direction, I realize.
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i went off the bus in 83 and got back on after the coma in spring 87.i had been trading tapes and keeping up but they didn't come to Boston anymore. meanwhile the Butthole Surfers where wild when pie eyed and as close to an acid test as i ever got and they played Boston in the mid 80s. here's what i remember about the mid 80s, Gracie & Zarkov and their "academic style" papers on their experiments in chemical expansion. i got a copy of this stuffed in tape trade box and loved it. i got back on the bus to find some of this stuff in Shakedown and do some experiments of my own. thanks to the internet it's now a PDF. no Grateful Dead content, but a nice friday night read. https://erowid.org/library/books_online/notes_from_underground.pdf
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Don't let your head explode I don't think that would happen and if it did it wouldn't be the annual box it would have to be a side project. I like the sixties and the eighties I don't care if they weren't playing that well. I don't listen to The Dead just for it's good music. https://archive.org/details/gd1985-06-25.142391.sbd.dalton.miller.clugs… https://archive.org/details/gd1985-06-27.sbd.gmb.79382.flac16 https://archive.org/details/gd1985-06-28.sbd.miller.107066.flac16 https://archive.org/details/gd1985-06-30.sbd.miller.89192.sbeok.flac16 https://archive.org/details/gd1985-07-01.139047.sbd.gastwirt.miller.sir…
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You don't listen for good music? Really? That stopped my mind. Don't know what to say. LOL! When I hear Jerry and/or the Dead playing lousy, it makes me sad.
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next Friday on the late night talk show ,coast to coast with George noory they will be talking about the history of the greatest band ever the grateful dead , very cool check it out I will
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It’s missing 7-2. Anyway, next Box should contain 6-10-76 6-11-76 6-14-76 6-15-76 6-29-76 and maybe some in between. Still spinning the current Box in the living room. In the car been playing the ‘78 Box in chronological order, started 7-8 on the commute home today. Need more Boxes. I like Kayak Guy’s idea of Plangent Boxes every few months.
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My skipping disk has a visible gauge. I will address customer service after I've gotten through the entire box to insure that is the only defect.------------------------ fyi I am not a robot-----------
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....has so many awesome Greatest Stories Ever Told's that I almost can't even handle it.
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At 10:30 this morning 80's Fan gave us an update as to where his head is at right now. Mine too, word for word.
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The Dead never took themselves as series musicians and they were more about transportation than music. Plus it's not about what there playing but more about what there not playing. I find that the sixties and eighties have more color. Come on get happy.
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I'm with you Ice cream kid. That June of '76 box would be just exactly perfect in my book. This box hits my sweet spot but even though I've had this week off work I've only listened to half of it so far. Started with an all time favorite, 5-19 and gave it two deep listens. Followed with the next show in the box, 5-21. Sounds better, much better than i remember from the old tapes. Then on to 6-22-73, two deep listens to one of the all time greats. This music is not to be trifled with--I'm taking my time and giving the music my undivided attention. I've got a date Sunday night with 6-24-73.
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I could get into a '76 box set if the audio quality is good. The 1976 show that they released for 30 Trips Around the Sun didn't sound so hot to me. Flat and muddled. I wasn't too keen on Dave's Picks for either. Throwing some shows with some good song variety and at least three Help / Slip / Franklin's and I'm in. Well, I'm in no matter what. Vguy, I'm with you on the GSETs. Cool clear water well you can't always tell. I put all 5 Greatest Stories in a playlist, this is going to be so cool. I will find the greatest Greatest Story.
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Has to include 08-04-1976, Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City NJ. This show is killer. Funky grooves throughout. I love this show. A 1969 Box or a 1976 Box! I would enthusiastically take either one.
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way too early to be talking about this, but it gives you time to check out some stuff on LMA to sample whats in the vault. you have time to make your own. from the june 76 come back tour, aka the "4 sneakers in a tumble dryer period", the FMs are probably the nicest and most likely. 2 Mission in the Rain, 2 Help>Slip>Franklins, the return of Comes a Time... 4 shows 12 CDs. 6/12/76 Boston 6/19/76 Passaic 6/24/76 Philly 6/29/76 Chicago want another one 7/18/76 San Francisco. because they are FMs they should have a better mix than the SBDs that all have high vocals and drums and low guitars and bass because of the small venues played. 1976 SBDs from the small venues all suffer from the enhanced drum sound from the PA mix. the guitars are pushed to the background and only during the jams do Jerry and Bob become easier to hear. sorry no links without etree to paste them from :(
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I got my box from UPS on Sept. 13. I picked it up from their depot which is not far from my home. They tried to deliver it the day before but required me to pay the exact amount of tax etc. in cash at my front door without telling me in advance how much it would cost. Fail, naturally. When I picked it up from their depot I could pay electronically using my bank card. The machine was even good enough to spew out a receipt. Today I received an invoice from UPS for exactly the same amount. This came as something of a surprise, naturally. I guess I will have to call them on Monday and try to get an explanation. If they know I have paid, why send me this invoice and if they don't know that I have paid then they are surely beyond redemption. Just finished listening to the fourth show from the box. So far it has played through the few small scuffs, scratches and fingerprints without skips. The clarity of the sound is indeed amazing as others have said. That the mix is a bit weird in places makes it more interesting, but it can be frustrating when someone disappears completely for a while. The music itself is stellar - no complaints there whatsoever. The mixing 'anomalies' at the very beginning of shows is extreme until they get the mix properly adjusted, but the mix to the 2-track recorder was probably not the most important thing to get right. Next box? Ark please!
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I contacted them last Monday about the disparity in tax and shipping charges across the UK, and they told me they would get back to me-but that they were experiencing more than the average amount of enquiries at the moment. On Friday I contacted them again to see if there was any progress, and they repeated about how busy they are, and asked for information I had already given them. I can understand that they must be busy-especially the complaints department! I am on my last show in the box. I have noticed that, due to the mixes, I have been more aware of different musicians than Jerry to a far higher degree than I normally am. Bob and Phil were well up front during the 1973 shows, and Keith seems to shine on every 1974 show. This separation of instruments seems quite jazz like, to me. When I am listening to a jazz album-"Kind of Blue" was the last one-each instrument is clearly audible-much more so than on rock n' roll records. With a kick ass rock album-something like "Kick Out The Jams" by the MC5, the impact is wholesale, and can't be divided up like it can with jazz. In this box, the 1974 mix seems a bit more rock n' roll to me. They also seem much better shows to me than the 1973 ones-but I have only listened to them all once so far. For the next box-the Ark sounds good. I don't think I would bother with anything after 1974 now.
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For a 50th Anniversary. Well overdue. 3 Apr shows with 3 Dec shows would be a just exactly perfect way to show the progression of the band and set lists during that hallowed 'n heavy year. Please Please Please.
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Exact same thing happened to me today. Called UPS and asked about this. Very strange to receive an invoice knowing that I had to pay (‘cash on delivery’) to be handed over the package in the first place. Lady on the phone was helpful, said that their financial department must’ve send an invoice instead of a confirmation of payment. She had heard the same complaint several times lately. I will get called back on Monday. I’m sure that will be the end of this nonsense.
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Fourwindsblow....too much acid? LOL!More about that they are not playing? Really? Not serious musicians? Really? Garcia was about the most serious musician on the planet.
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Would be awesome. A Cal Expo box would be sweet too.
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....lol at heads looking forward to the next box. Demand trumps supply. I would like a Vegas Box, but a plethora of guest star sit in's makes me think that will never happen. 1969 or 1976 would be welcome. Winter '79 would as well.
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Those aren't my words they came right from Jerry himself.
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As anyone with a passing knowledge of Philip K. Dick might know- no one can be 100% sure whether they are a robot or not.
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Prolly the best bang for buck retail set still widely avail. Pull the trigger! Steal one! Never enough '74 GoGD in the collection. A stand alone 10-18-74 Dave's Pick with Phil & Ned Set 1.5 would be massive. May need to be a 4CD bonus CD set to get it all. What a show.
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A robot does not know they're a robot, therefore if you do not know if you are a robot, you are a robot. QED
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Hey- I'm not sure if this has already been addressed but I'm just getting to the 5/19/74 show and the vocals for Maybe it Was the Roses and El Paso were so low as to be almost inaudible. Loose Lucy seems to be much better once again. Is this just inherent in the recordings or could I have a bad CD? I can't imagine that the CD would be bad, but the booklet doesn't mention any shortcoming in the recording...a few in vocal recollection, but nothing with the audio. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Drop outs on the master reel. Warts and all. If you get confused let the music play.
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That stretch has been referred to as karaoke Dead. The audience hears the vocals fine, you can hear them roar at the vocal crescendos and climaxes. When it goes into Loose Lucy then Money Money the funk is irresistible. The sound quality on these 74 concerts is crazy good.
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We should film it. A prime contender for this years Mystery Science Theater 3000??
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I thought it was you but wasn't sure. Great line.
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....I recall getting kinda high and laughing my ass off to those. I also recall getting really high and laughing even more. Great show.
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There is a reboot on Netflix that is just as good...AND ROBOTS!
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He was a VERY serious musician and the quality of his music mattered a GREAT DEAL to him.He was super bummed when they played bad. Maybe your attitude explains something I never totally understood: why the Dead became MORE popular as their music became worse and worse. The masses don't have the ear to hear what's good or bad. They just liked the "scene" and the music was unimportant.
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Not so sure about that.. I saw a ton of live music during this period.. not just the GD. Seeing a better live act in the 80's than the boys was an elusive task, comparatively they still delivered night after night. If I accept the premise that they had declined (I'd prefer to sidestep that controversy altogether).. Bands that performed better in this era were few and far between. Might I say.. they were still kick ass and if care and attention went into recording shows, I bet opinions would shift too. Their numbers grew gradually, over the years. The term 'on the bus' is exactly correct.. As for the parking lot/zoo scene, I think that's a separate issue than the music.. but I still believe the whole scene was 90%+ about the music. I wouldn't bang on fourwinds for what is clearly word choice and semantics. I think there's a quote from Jerry in Long Strange Trip where he admits he used to sabotage their success. I see this issue as one where there is truth on both sides and reality meets somewhere in the middle. Jerry was a serious musician, Mountain Girl is quick to point out how much he practices and what a professional musician he was, especially in the early years.. up very early every day practicing scales and working out problems. Anyway.. If I had the crystal ball of truth, I bet you two aren't as far apart as it appears and from afar, you both have points..
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