Grateful Dead

Miss the old 3M reel boxes from Dicks early days. Very authentic and nostalgic IMO.

Is it confirmed that Dave did make it out of the woods alive or was that his last seaside chat

“I’m posting on here for the first time to bitch about this show selling out before I had a chance to buy it!” Well, my man, you need to SUBSCRIBE. That way you will never miss out. “You don’t understand, man- I’m a REAL Deadhead hippie, I’m too broke to afford that subscription and too high to figure out a monthly budget.” Hmm, I can empathize with that. But surely you have a credit card, right? Because the greedy bastards who run the show here are no longer letting us order stuff by shipping money orders and index cards in intricately decorated envelopes off to San Rafael. “Well, yeah, I do have a credit card. You mean I would have needed to use that today to buy just this one show?” Indeed. It’s not an American Express card, right? “Who the hell uses an American Express card anymore? That’s like eating at Arby’s, people only do that on TV.” Perfect. So your credit card lets you carry a monthly balance, right? “I suppose. But the credit limit is only $111!” That’s ok. You can order the early bird subscription with shipping included for about 110 bucks. “Yeah, but what if I don’t want all the shows? I don’t need more music from an era I hate, like the entire Seventies!” I feel you there. So, let’s say you have your heart set on Dave releasing Boreal Ridge from 1985, but he does something completely lame like putting out the entire Fillmore East show from September 20, 1970… “That’s the exact scenario I was thinking about!” Well, here’s what you can do. You can take that show you don’t like, and sell it on Ebay after you receive it. If you keep it in its original packaging and price it reasonably (say 50 bucks), it will sell quickly and you will actually be helping out another head who couldn’t get a hold of a release he really wanted. “Go on, I’m listening…” The best part is that you are effectively subsidizing the cost of the subscription by selling one of the releases. Instead of keeping a release that you don’t want, now you have just reduced the cost of your subscription for the year and you have some money to pay down that credit card balance! After accounting for postage and Ebay fees, you could easily be paying about $70 for the 3 releases a year that you do keep. That works out to about 23 bucks per Dave’s Picks! “Well, thanks for this new perspective.” You are welcome. “See you back here on January 11th when I will be bitching about Dave’s Picks 29 selling out so quickly!”

Digging the art on this end. It's got a fun vibe ("So the kids they dance and shake their bones..."). Nice composition and color scheme too. Then again, I'm a skeleton and skull fan. My studio is full of them in assorted shapes and sizes. So it's not a theme I'm ever gonna grow weary of, though I think my wife's had her fill (she finds them morbid). As for the art being too cartoony or silly, the "Touch of Grey" video comes to mind. I mean, that bit of cornball is rolling around out there for all eternity. None of this cover art seems any goofier to me in comparison. Dancing turtles, dancing bears, dancing skeletons, dancing in the streets. If the music's great, then everything else is just everything else.

"If the Dead did have the 69' Ark or New Year's Tea Party shows in the vault, (which I think they do) Does it matter if they are released next year or could they wait another 5 years? If reels are stored properly, does it matter?" I hope they release them sooner rather than later. It's the deterioration of the deadheads who were at those shows that matters.

OK, what's the justification for the clues? Brent had clearly met Silver by 1976, that's the year their album was released. What does New Jersey have to do with the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers? In what sense is the word "clue" a clue? These clues are less credible than Q-anon...

I love you man, but all I can say is, what does Dick know about Scarlet Fires when he doesn't even have JFK '89 on the list? I trust you more than I trust Dick. I love the guy but he was a bit fickle when it came to favorites. I enjoy 74 Scarlets more than 77 because they're hot with one drummer and Jerry plays some mean ass solos. Especially once they started branching out from the 5 to 6 renditions to the 9 to 10 minute ones. And I enjoy 76 Scarlet more than 77 because they don't sound in such a hurry to get to Fire on the Mountain (case in point, 5/13/77, oh my, they were tearing up one of the best I've ever heard and before you know it, they were maybe six or seven minutes into it and started Fire on the Mountain). Peace, love the great talks. This pick is a winner if the sound quality is there. Really looking forward to another 1976 Help Slip Franklin, it's been way too long. Jack Baller that's some funny shit, and proof that the only thing that's going to make you happy is if Dave hand delivers whichever pick you want to your door.

My sentiments exactly, such an average year...save for Day on the Green...praying for a 68-69 release next year...and for those of you who enjoy 76...enjoy

I thought I was at the saturation point once before. I won't make that mistake again. This release looks promising to me, I really dig that slow dead vibe in '76. I'd ask who could complain about a show with Help-Slip-Franklins, but that question has apparently been answered already.

Nice Nirvana reference, timely.