Grateful Dead

The new artwork is sweet! Nice colors, green, yellow and blue! Two skeletons holding hands walking toward the arena. Male & female skeleton. :)
I don’t know how to post photos sorry...
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Dave’s Picks Volume 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 02/26/77* will go on sale on January 23rd, 2019 at 10am PT.

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...getting back to the Albums Artwork, I really like it. It’s different in a positive way. The DETAIL of the composition is “phenomenal” “primo” “beautiful” ( these are just my opinions )... if you really study it and zoom in, it’s quit amazing.
Plus the ‘skeleton couple’ is drawn with style! : )
And again the Color scheme is beautiful, one of my favorites in all the color palette’. Rock on brothers & sisters, and be sure to spread this grateful news. You may just make someone ‘Smile Smile Smile.’

Did someone say Bacon?

This is the 5th Food Group. And, IMHO, it is at the tippy top of the Food Pyramid.

Just got the email notice of the inevitable mad rush to acquire 'The Schwiiiing' a la cart on January 23rd....queue up the guesses for 'fastest sellout ever'.....it will be but a blip in time and there will be a scant lucky few. Here's to subscribing!

Be well, people and I'll see you all on the flip side of Mexico next week.

Sixtus

Yes indeed, those are some of my favorite tunes done by Isaac, but where did you get the 18 minute By the Time I Get to Phoenix and the 12 minute Walk on By? The Stax singles versions are way shorter. I think I see some further Isaac Hayes acquisitions heading my way.

Thought of it after my previous post, but I regretted not mentioning the Superfly album by Curtis Mayfield, that is another classic from start to finish, especially that funky Pusherman. Spinning it now after all this Motown and Soul talk.

Did someone mention Chef?

Dag-nabbit children!

… but check out Isaac's cover of, By the Time I Get to Phoenix (18 minutes!) & Walk on By (12 minutes)!

I think I have all those Motown/Stax/Funk collections,,, GREAT stuff. I always say Motown is the cocaine of music. (EVERYBODY likes Motown,,,, like bacon :-) )

Finally getting used to the while light/white heat here...
If you really like Motown, check out the Complete Singles collections: a series of 12 boxed sets each covering one year, and including every 45 w/B sides as well as unreleased tracks; great packaging too.
In addition to the upcoming DaP releases, I'm really looking forward to the next April 13th RSD and the reissue of 2/28/69; all the recent vinyl releases have been stellar(agree w/ICECRMCNKD, 11.10.67 vinyl is amazing!)

My phone died. I'm not a cell phone junkie at all, and I'm not into apps. But I do have my entire Grateful Dead library ripped to lossless format residing on my phone. It's a company phone, so it's going to be at least a week. Fortunately I DO have a CD player in my car. The equalizer isn't quite as good as the one that I have on my phone but beggars can't be choosers. It's a real pain in the neck having to rely on a stationary computer to check deadnet, web browse, and write email and all that stuff.

Enough of this waiting around shit. They should start releasing every unreleased show, 20 thousand copies of each, Plangent, the whole deal. Two a month, but do them sort of chronologically- one from 1967, one from 1968, one from 1969, and so on. Maybe high or another producer so that they can grind them out faster, think how sick that would be. A high-quality Grateful Dead release every couple of weeks. And they should do them in parallel series, where one series is 66-79 and the other is 79-95. Throwing some box sets where applicable. That's what I'd like. All of the shows as quickly as possible. Mark, Dave, let's get on it.

10/11/67 is probably my favourite show in 30 Trips-especially, as icrmcnkd say, on vinyl. I sometimes think it would be more staisfying to play the trips in reverse order, so the shows gradually increase in intensity, and you get the best (second to) last.

Amen to the Stax box set of singles 1959-1975, too. Now available in less expensive smaller boxes than was originally the case, and in three bite sized chunky boxes. The first two boxes in particular are grrrrreat.

I have almost run out of fuel. It seems to run best on ground up mushroom 'fuel cells.' Often hard to come by.

I only have enough left for one more trip.. so what's it gonna be?

Last listen.. David Gilmour Live at Royal Albert Hall.. Second set starts with Shine On You Crazy Diamond.. w/ Dick Perry on Bass and Alto Sax and Crosby/Nash backup vocals. Then..man, that Fat Old Sun is cut. Who said Atom Heart Mother sucked? When he drops the acoustic guitar for his telecaster, all hell breaks loose. Next David Bowie on vocals for Arnold Layne. Next.. unfortunately, bed. Yes.. we sometimes listen to other music than the GD.

Tomorrow back to regularly scheduled programming.

....but Golden Gate Park would like to have a word with it. Fire up that John Deere Jimbo!!