Dave's Picks Volume 27: Boise State University Pavilion, Boise ID 9/02/83

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"The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press

And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!

Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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August 1, 2018 - 5:00pm

#1031

bolo24

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Happy Birthday, Jerry

Thanks for leaving us with such a rich and wonderful musical legacy. Garcia - IMO, THE pre-eminent musician of the 20th century, hands down. Another by-product of the Dead's popularity and legacy that I love is when I "google" a date and the first entry that pops up is a Grateful Dead show for that date. Happens way more often than one would expect. How cool is that?!
August 1, 2018 - 4:43pm

#1032

Vguy72

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Doing my job on coke....

....I did my job just fine back in the day on the nose candy, thank you very much. I was a counter at a bank vault. Money, Money....it was pretty easy to find a Ben Franklin to roll up.
August 1, 2018 - 4:36pm

#1033

annalee10

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Oops and pure Jerry series for sale

Oops, I meant my first show was 10-15-83, not 14.Hey I probably paid close to $600 for the nine pure Jerry CDs. I'm trying to fund some new speakers and would sell the the whole series for$450, pm me if interested If Someone at the meet up at the movies could post how big the new box set is going to be, that would be great. A humid night in central Massachusetts, I see a Sip of Sunshine, some Budhas Sister and some primal dead in my very near future. Peace
August 1, 2018 - 4:14pm

#1034

annalee10

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I did get lucky, but

The best show I saw I the 80s was Alpine 7-17-89., which might be the best show I ever saw, except when I think of 3-24-90.....however I would trade all the shows I saw to see one from each of the years from 67 to 74. It took Buffalo 77 and a whole bunch of Pigpen to clean my palate after listening to the Boise show.
August 1, 2018 - 4:07pm

#1035

Strider 808808

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GD/2D

Ya tah hey now. Going to see the Grateful Dead tonight in 2D. Albuquerque showing should be fun. Thank you Jerry.
August 1, 2018 - 4:06pm

#1036

Dark-Star

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Humorous

Honestly I'm just happy everybody is being respectful on both sides of the aisle. Lots of humor this time around. We all get it. Some of us like some of it. Some of us like all of it. The important thing is that we can sit here and offer reviews without getting nasty with each other. Happy birthday Jerry. It's like he's watching over us and instilling a good vibe and saying, 'come on guys do you have any idea how much snow was around in the 80s??? I'd like to see you guys do your jobs whacked out on coke. We never sounded better to us!' What do I think? No way I'm getting in the middle of this one! I don't want to be targeted for assassination. Oh yeah Train Wrecked, cover your nuts buddy, here it comes!
August 1, 2018 - 3:51pm

#1037

snafu

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Annalee 10

Your problem is you saw the best show of the 80's as your 1st. That is of course a subjective statement but I've talked about it here several times over the years.A number of people here agree that it was superior. I saw at least 150 shows in that decade and the knock on the 80's is frequently true but not that night it was indeed special. You got spoiled lol
August 1, 2018 - 3:40pm

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annalee10

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One way of looking at it

One way of looking at this show that works for me is this- I don't think this show is bad, I just don't think it's good. My 1st show was six weeks later on 10-14-83 and I revisited it in prep for this release and for me there is no comparison. 10-14 leaves this show in the dust. If you think this Big RR is good, check out the one from 10-14.I'm sure I would have had a blast if I attended the Boise show, but for me it just doesn't work as a release. It's balls to the walls cocaine dead which worked sometimes, but in this show there is no sum of the parts, the boys aren't listening to each other or playing off of each other at all and to me that's what makes this band so special. I was psyched for this release, but this band made too much incredible music to waste my time ever listening to this again. I guess I'm just not a true deadhead. Absolutely can't wait for PNW box!!!!
August 1, 2018 - 3:34pm

#1039

Hippychic

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Ha ha Vguy and Trainwrecked

I like your dead head x ray, I think we all look like that on the inside. Trainwrecked, I nearly peed my pants it was so funny a review. Cover yourself! I listened to mine a third time today, this time on the treadmill with ear buds. The head phones do not bring it all together properly. It was such a big difference compared to my CD player and big speakers, which improve the sound greatly. On the earbuds it sounded noisy and every 60 seconds or so I would hear this noise from the bass drum I guess, that sounded like someone opening the door. I kept turning around to check which let me just tell you is a hazard on a treadmill!
August 1, 2018 - 3:25pm

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nappyrags

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that fine Utah brew...

...from the Wasatch Brewery, "Polygamy Porter" with the great label motto "Why Have Just One?"

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"The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press

And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!

Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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