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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July 20, 2018 - 8:06pm

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kyleharmon

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i agree people were bored 1972
July 20, 2018 - 7:59pm

#1552

kyleharmon

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are you guys from 1969

are you guys from 1969 struggling with the concept of Atari? :P
July 20, 2018 - 7:31pm

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icecrmcnkd

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Bottle in front of me

Or frontal lobotomy Ha! Funny stuff But Kyle, where do you put the quarter in?
July 20, 2018 - 7:29pm

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kyleharmon

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psshhh! don't even act like

psshhh! don't even act like video games aren't around anymore. people still have their xbox's and ps4's lol
July 20, 2018 - 7:22pm

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Oroborous

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Kyle

Sorry, my mind immediately digresses.......What does Cartman hate more than anything.........a hippie ginger Jew! What I meant to say was...... What’s a video game?
July 20, 2018 - 7:18pm

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Oroborous

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Kid

Hee-hee, hooowwweeee, shit, I think I just wet myself! Yeah, that’s it bra. Thanks for bringing to life what my lazy/geezer ass could only verbely spew here, I’m still LMAO! As far as the X factor, which I was trying to link to the a “potty talk” lol brought up by E/E, and of course accentuated by our very own Vguy.....I can’t remeber if it is you or brother Soltzty that always has the neat observations about the serindiputious, doubtfully coincidental?, X factor like, what we used to call (I think via Cassidy/Kesey/Kerouac? like) “radio I Ching” cosmic alignments....? Sorry if I’m mixing you boys up, hurumph, no harm, no foul, etc, egads....I’d rather have a bottle in front me, than a frontal lobotomy! Ahem, but I digress......as I say “ it’s Friday and I’m in love again! Ahhh, sweet nectar, recently received DP 22 now spinning on the highlypricednewagejukebox,”hey buddy, got a nickel for the juke box?” Thanks for making me (us?) laugh, and smile, smile, smile!
July 20, 2018 - 7:11pm

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kyleharmon

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i'm a millennial and I make

i'm a millennial and I make fun of my generation all the fucking time. I can actually hold a conversation person to person and my phone isn't my identity. and I think playing video games with a person in the same room is way better than playing online with people I don't know, will never know and will never care for.
July 20, 2018 - 7:08pm

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kyleharmon

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July 20, 2018 - 6:33pm

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icecrmcnkd

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Oroborous

Referring to this? https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vtkhk It wasn’t me who brought that up, that the first time I have seen it.
July 20, 2018 - 6:00pm

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Oroborous

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STOLTZY and K.F.

Imfeelin’ what your dealin’, but I keep hearing how Vynle record shops, and all around sales of the Good Ole shit, Dead, Zepplin et el, is being driven by teens and youngins’ .........so just like all the great “classics” the timeless etc, the good shit keeps relevant; Beethoven, Beatles, Bowie, Brubeck, Bo Diddley, long live Rock & Roll wwwwwwhhhhhhoooooooo lol I’m picturing the dude in I believe the Beavis and Butthead movie that ends up with an unfortunate meeting with a port a potty.....hay, hows that for the X factor icecrmcnkid!Of course I already now I’m mixing up posts from the NW box thread and this one......hey don’t laugh, I’m old, it’s Friday (ahem), “and I have more insurance than you”

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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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