Grateful Dead

It just took a little controversy to get the site participation up again :-D

Happy New Year all.

Jimbo, I'm on board with '72 / Playing. '73 & '74 very strong, but I enjoy the way they rock out on it in '72. Focussed and powerful. I hope we get a 2nd half 1972 box set with 20 shows this year. I shit you all not, I am ready.

I'm also on board with this pending Swing Auditorium show. Killer Slipknot! indeed. Trainwrecked and Jim, you guys both summed up my present disposition with Dead '77. I also love the Eyes of the World ending from Phil. It will be interesting to see how many non-subscription copies will go up for sale.

The 2/2/70 show from DaP 6 has always rung my bell. I got a full listen in today. Good Lovin' stood out this time around - not too long, great vocals, etc. Fantastic Dark Star, rarely cited among the best, but one of my favorites.

I used to smoke a potent weed called Trainwreck with my poker buddies. We would frequently call ourselves "Trainwrecked". Of course you might just like trains......

...is when people bitch and moan about other people bitching and moaning. It seems somehow illustrative of the human condition.

....that's pretty funny unkle sam. I get you. However I'm confused. Does that mean that you're not looking forward to Dave's 30?
....edit. You said after this post. Disregard.

I just love my skipping discs, can't wait to get another one. How can one persons opinion bring down a corporation like rhino? These tapes that they have been entrusted with are a cash cow for them, why would they put them on a poorly made disc? Why would they want to kill their cash cow? Hey, sorry dude, I just want what I paid for. From now on, I will keep my opinion nice a friendly for all and any who find me a buzzkill, even if it is not how I really feel and is plastic and fake. So, in the future, after this post, anything I say you should think the exact opposite. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Happy new year everyone, I am looking forward to Dave's 30.

https://youtu.be/QJbd2qxNSwg

If it ain't got the Swing..

Always one of my favorites. I played 77 to death years ago.. especially when I first got turned on to Archive.org, so I don't reach for this year that often. Plus.. a lot has been released. But the Swing is indeed a special show.

As for 1972 PITB's.. do they ever get old? Since September 2011 when the E72 box put a dent on my front porch, shows from this tour have been in pretty much constant rotation. I will have to give Radio Luxembourg a revisit. I have to say 1972 is my favorite year for this song.. it's wild yet contained and bursting with a psychedelic electric punch that delivers. ..but I like Playing's from just about any year. It's one of those songs where the more I listen to it, the more I like it regardless of the year.

Oh.. not sure if your username has any relation to trains (guessing it does).. but I am a big train lover and that period of American history (world history really). There's lots of rivers in the mountains here with tracks on one or both banks, many have been converted to rails to trails so they make for convenient spot to get some exercise and have some fun. I kayak a lot, always with music playing and I can't tell you how many times Big RR Blues comes on when I am within sight of a Railroad bridge. Big train fan and friend of just about any train song.

Just a few more short weeks until that beautiful show from the Swing arrives. There aren't really any other 1977 shows did I'm interested in at this point, but this one is a true gem. This may be the best Slipknot they ever did. Jerry comes through loud and proud and it's a long one. On the soundboard that I have, there is a little bit of an audio glitch on the first chord of Help on the Way. I wonder if this is a tape flutter or if Jerry actually hit the cord badly. Either way I think they could fix this pretty easily in production if they wanted to. We will see.

It may be a little cliche to recommend Europe 72 show, but I will say there is a nugget of a Playing in the Band on the May 16th show that they played on the radio. They are all great from this tour, but Jerry has a little extra flash on this one.

+*+*+ 12.28.79 ~ Oakland Auditorium Arena +*+*+

https://archive.org/details/gd79-12-28.rolfe.vernon.16117.sbeok.shnf/gd…

Sunshine Daydream ~ 10.20.89 ~

Never Fade Away Dream

The discussion around defective disc situation certainly got people posting again, so it can be considered a positive result. Whether or not it bears fruit with Rhino only time will tell.

The discussion seems broadly to have placed people in one of two camps, namely:

Those who have experienced no problems. Many (but certainly not all) of these folks don't want to see this aired here and do not seem to comprehend the anguish and frustration that victims feel.

and :

Those who have experienced problems and are still seeking resolution and do not know where to turn, having exhausted all the normal avenues to no avail. For them this must be a horrible situation.

Personally, thankfully, I have not experienced any problems for many years but I can sympathize with those who have.

yea I can talk about a good song...
but first, let's talk about that trade. It's got to be better than what dead.net C.S. has been offering me.
I know, you give me one good copy of Dave's Picks 28 (Disc-3).
and I'll give you the four bad copies dead.net gave me?
you get 4 and I get 1. you can't beat that deal dude! C'mon...

oh, and that good song...
have you ever heard the I-95 Song by the Good Brothers?
you'll be playing that one over and over again to go to sleep to. you'll love it.
get the download!