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 18, 2018 - 4:22pm

#1611

Cousins Of The…

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Dave Vol. 1

You need to look at the other side of the transaction, under Sold Items; it sells in the $350-400 range. Still a lot of dough, but at this point it's achieved collectible status, only by virtue of being vol. 1Kinda' like the original issue of the Amazing Spider-Man #1...
July 18, 2018 - 3:22pm

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Terrapin Moon

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via GIPHY

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July 18, 2018 - 3:08pm

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Terrapin Moon

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July 18, 2018 - 3:00pm

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Hippychic

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Why thank you Mr Ones and China Cat People

That's the kindest thing anyone has said to me today. Thanks also to the people who gave me China Rider suggestions. I wrote them all down on the kitchen blackboard. I haven't heard a bad one yet. 12/31/69 really surprised me. I thought I was against the extra drums, I guess from Mickey in those older ones, but that one is great. 10/20/74 from the Movie Soundtrack, duh, I've had that one and somehow never copied it to my ipod with the rest of the box set so its kind of like a bonus track now. 2/9/73 also caught me by surprise because I didn't think I was that big on spring 73 since I thought the one on DaP 16 was just ok. 12/6/73 yes, may as well call it 74. I also jumped around arcive.org. I noticed some of those have Jerry or Bobby, one or the other too low. That's one song you need to hear both guitars!
July 18, 2018 - 2:32pm

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Terrapin Moon

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who's selling Dave's vol 1

who's selling Dave's vol 1 for 500 dollars? hell that's generous. its always a thousand if not up to 2 thousand on ebay everytime I look.
July 18, 2018 - 2:07pm

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Charlie3

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Back to Basics

Cub - Definitely a fan of listening to music on a pair of nice floorstanding speakers. The speakers I am using (Klipsch RP-280F) are pretty sensitive so I find I get plenty of volume and clarity using just a decent receiver (Yamaha RX-A1060), but it seems like you have taken it quite a bit farther. Working with the budget that I had to spend and the consideration of how far I could go without a bad reaction from my wife, that was about as far as I felt I could take it at the time. Honestly pretty pleased she adjusted to the size of the floorstanding speakers in the living room.
July 18, 2018 - 12:17pm

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stoltzfus

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Ether

I remember learning what ether was from curious george goes to the hospital. no joke. he gets into that shit. I would never inhale ether. but the ether commentary in F&L, and the film images of them trying walk and function while on ether, make me laugh so freaking hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Gfq6BwYj4
July 18, 2018 - 11:57am

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Mr. Ones

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Passion

I think that at times, passion can get in the way of rational & logical thinking. At least I know it does for me. Sometimes when I feel a burning passion for something, I start to think that if you don't agree with me, then you are WRONG!!Thank God, reason usually returns at some point. I for one, welcome ALL comments, whether I agree with them or not. Diversity of opinion makes this a great site to read and add my own commentary. I hope everyone will keep posting, because it's nice when we agree, but it's also OK when we disagree. Oh, and hippychic, please don't stop commenting here, sometimes, your posts are the only thing that remind me I'm still alive(wink,wink) My too scents;)
July 18, 2018 - 11:54am

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Another reason to buy 1 Yr. Subscription

Yup, got that right Cub!
July 18, 2018 - 11:49am

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Minglewood_TS

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DP 27

For some reason, I failed to opt for the annual deal and missed out on DP27! I have 1-24 (where the heck did 25&26 disappear to?!) and if anyone would like to trade, I'd sure appreciate getting DP27 into my collection. Please PM me if anyone can help. I got on the bus in February 1973. Two night run at Univ.of IL.that sure changed my musical horizon!

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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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