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    Dave's Picks Volume 28: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76

    This year's Dave's Picks series comes to a close just as the band's getting back together again in '76. By the time the Grateful Dead hit New Jersey’s Capitol Theatre - for the very first time - on 6/17/76, they were buzzing from their reunion, armed with new and revived material, the Rhythm Devils reformed with the mischievous Mickey Hart once again behind the kit. They'd skived off the unwieldy Wall of Sound and scaled back the venues from cavernous arenas to intimate theatres. Quite the treat!

    During the first set, the Dead's playing was nuanced ("Cold Rain And Snow"), detailed ("Looks Like Rain"), and intricate ("The Music Never Stopped"); the singing struck softly ("Row Jimmy") and raised hairs ("Ship Of Fools"). But it’s the big barreling energy of the second set you’ll want to brace yourself for, replete with a disco'd "Dancing In The Streets," a low-down funky “Help”>”Slip”>”Franklin's” and a wind 'em up to wind down "Let It Grow">"Wharf Rat">"Around and Around." Can you keep up? There's only one way to find out.

    This complete show, balanced out with a couple of bonus tracks from 6/23/76 and 6/28/76, was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    Dave's Picks Volume 28 is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    Grab a copy before they're gone, gone, gone.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • frosted
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    My favorite

    Wavy Gravy was my favorite candidate when he ran as Nobody for President.

    Pat Paulsen was a close second. Anybody remember him?

    Other than that, I will respectfully add no fuel to the fire, but just encourage everyone to vote. Take nothing for granted!

    I really like this DaP 28 too.....

  • Vguy72
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    Political bantering....

    ....guess if there was one day this was going to come up, it would be today. And yes I voted, and no I'm not telling. Firestorms tend to erupt when one voices their political tendencies, which is sad and lame. For both sides. Personally, I wish Kasvot Vaxt was on the ballot. Easy pick.
    ....edit. And no CaseyJanes, I haven't watched Ozarks yet, although it did peak my interest. It was that or The Haunting of Hill House. Flipped a coin. Came up tails. Ozarks was heads...

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    Right on DaveRock!

    "Hawkwind, on the other hand, were THE anti establishment band, often playing for free at festivals. If you have never heard them, the live "Space Ritual" recorded in 1972, is the one to go for. Its up there with Deep Purple's "Made in Japan " in my estimation."

    Space Ritual IS pretty awesome. If, like me, you really dug Spacemen 3 or Loop but ignored Hawkwind, you NEED to check out Space Ritual.

    Dave, are there Hawkwind fans on your side of the pond who revere Thatcher and tell people to "cut your hair and get a job"?

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    The indelible certainty of the political posters here makes it pretty clear we're losing the possibility of creative problem solving and respectful dialogue. In any case, there're places for polishing personal political mythologies, but I don't think that's what this forum's here for. Play Dead. Onward (through the fog).

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    Grateful Dead in the Ozarks?

    Not sure if anyone watches Ozark on Netflix or not (spoiler alert), but last night my wife (who's not a Deadhead) shook me awake as I was dozing off while we were watching Episode 4 on Season 2 of Ozark. At about the 38 minute mark of that episode a plot line begins involving a set of Dead & Co. tickets that will eventually be used later in the episode as a bribe (don't you let that deal go down indeed). Apparently Dead & Co. are playing two upcoming shows in Missouri & another two in Nebraska! (please God, let this be true!) I declared to my wife, if that happens then I'm going to all of em....(a quick muffled laugh & eye-roll from her) and then I promptly fell back asleep.
    And then, I wake up to find a very nicely done Black Throated Wind > Deal on my doorstep. Unbelievable......Can someone please tell me how they do that?

    Last 5:

    Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Civic Arena - September 24, 1973
    Niagara Falls, NY, Niagara Falls Convention Center - April 17, 1984
    Oakland, CA, Coliseum Arena - December 28, 1988
    New York, NY, Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden - December 4, 1971
    Chicago, IL, Kinetic Playground - April 25, 1969

    Today.....something from the 90's.....hmmm.......any suggestions?

    Edit: And what do ya know, I look up and....today is my Dead.Net, One Year Anniversary......It was on this day, one year ago, when I completely plunged down the rabbit hole after discovering "30 Days" on November 1st....close to some 200 shows later, I'm very happy to be here, digging deeper, and I've met a few friends along the way. Thanks to all for the warm welcome, and especially ForensicDocEleven, MDJim (or is it JiminMD?), and Oxford 88 for loading me up with so many great shows. I'm forever Grateful.

    Play Dead People,

    KCJ

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    I was thinking along those…

    I was thinking along those lines myself. Thanks for your input!

  • Dark-Star
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    If people measured Obama with the same measuring stick they use for Trump, everybody would be calling Obama a racist. The guy has a history of commiserating with anti white people. He hung out with Farrakhan and suppress pictures of it, he had his portrait taken buy an artist known for painting pictures of black women holding decapitated heads of white people. Do yourself a favor and look at the entire picture. CNN and MSNBC do not report on such things. Do yourself a favor and don't rely on them for your news. And exercise some intellectual honesty. Is Trump really a racist? I don't know, but I dunno that I have watched the media twist his words frequently to paint him as a racist. I'm not saying he doesn't make some questionable remarks but I am saying that a lot of people are all too eager to jump on that hate bandwagon that has been exaggerated by the media for propaganda purposes. The same people who condemn hate speech. If you really want the bad feelings and negativity to go away, you need to stop taking sides and start listening to everybody. You may learn something about yourself.

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    Re: Overseas DaP28

    I think you will be pleasantly surprised DaveRock. The recording and mix, in particular, are exceptional. Good to hear about your positive experiences in the city..

    Please folks.. resist the temptation and don't let things dissolve into tit for tat and discord.

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    Talking of live concerts..

    ..I saw a couple of great ones in London last weekend at the London Palladium, no less. On Saturday night it was King Crimson, who played with incredible power and dynamics for several hours. This is the new three drummer line up, and it worked perfectly, the sound, the set list-even the audience was great, respecting the request not to use mobile phones during the show. They actually listened during the quiet parts, too.
    On Sunday, I saw Hawkwind at the same venue, backed by an orchestra. It felt very strange seeing them at the Palladium, which was a bastion of the establishment when I was growing up. There was a television programme called "Sunday Night at The Palladium" in the 1960s, which was a favourite of mums and dads, and featured "light entertainment". Hawkwind, on the other hand, were THE anti establishment band, often playing for free at festivals. If you have never heard them, the live "Space Ritual" recorded in 1972, is the one to go for. Its up there with Deep Purple's "Made in Japan " in my estimation.

    No Daves Picks yet. I wait with bated breath.

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    Yeah politics sucks but you cant get out of a shitstorm by pissing into the wind. I agree with ya, if my grandfathers, one who liberated France from D-Day on and another who was a B-17E navigator shot down and imprisoned in a Nazi POW for four years camp were alive to see what Trump and his followers were doing to this country while remaining silent about the rampant Nazism and every day racism popping up in the Republican party, they would be beyond furious. Funny one of them was a staunch Republican too. Unfortunately most Baby boomers are spoiled post-war economy whiners with no sense of how good they actually had it and have lost it all for everyone because of overconfident pompous ineptitude and rampant greed.

    Our best hope now is that they only completely screw the younger generations out a livable planet before their all dead in 15 years.

    The Greatest Generation I revere, but the Boomers damn alot of them are losers, all about the show but no substance. Popular vote should win elections not data-mined gerrymandering to flame the last gasps of a generations illusion of profundity and power. Sadly for them history will probably not paint them favorably, especially with their climate change is fake bs, long moral arc of justice indeed.

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Dave's Picks Volume 28: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76

This year's Dave's Picks series comes to a close just as the band's getting back together again in '76. By the time the Grateful Dead hit New Jersey’s Capitol Theatre - for the very first time - on 6/17/76, they were buzzing from their reunion, armed with new and revived material, the Rhythm Devils reformed with the mischievous Mickey Hart once again behind the kit. They'd skived off the unwieldy Wall of Sound and scaled back the venues from cavernous arenas to intimate theatres. Quite the treat!

During the first set, the Dead's playing was nuanced ("Cold Rain And Snow"), detailed ("Looks Like Rain"), and intricate ("The Music Never Stopped"); the singing struck softly ("Row Jimmy") and raised hairs ("Ship Of Fools"). But it’s the big barreling energy of the second set you’ll want to brace yourself for, replete with a disco'd "Dancing In The Streets," a low-down funky “Help”>”Slip”>”Franklin's” and a wind 'em up to wind down "Let It Grow">"Wharf Rat">"Around and Around." Can you keep up? There's only one way to find out.

This complete show, balanced out with a couple of bonus tracks from 6/23/76 and 6/28/76, was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 28 is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

Grab a copy before they're gone, gone, gone.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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I got my copy Pre Ordered!
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My first Dave's Picks order, but I can't resist anything with Franklin's Tower in it.
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Before 10:00am I think.
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I think I'm gonna like this one.
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OK, it's another mid-'70s show .... maybe we'll get a '69 box soonI'll be receiving it anyway, as I subscribe.
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In this guessing game it never hurts to be wrong!
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Only hope the band had shaken off any "rust". JGB's "Don't Let Go" from the Orpheum (4/21/76) has Jerry performing at his best, so I am hopeful.
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Only hope the band had shaken off any "rust". JGB's "Don't Let Go" from the Orpheum (4/21/76) has Jerry performing at his best, so I am hopeful.
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I subscribe, since I like them all. I was just checking in to see how long it would take for the complaints to begin. Pleased to see comment #1 started things off.
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I like to play the "let's count the complaints" game too. Amazing. Those who think they have a monopoly on enlightenment are the furthest from it.
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I concur. This should be a solid release. Any Dave's = A Good Day! The subscription email alert should be out by the end of the month and of course I will subscribe. These are gifts in my mailbox which I look forward to.
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I had no issues ordering this for a friend who can never seem to do it correctly...I'm good with the show and the set too...late October mailing works perfect for my Birthday party...and with all the killer box sets being released in late October & early November I'm gassed...it's a good time to be an old fart...
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I love bicentennial Dead. Very solid year for DaP (IMO) and I can't wait to subscribe again next month.
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I was calling for 6-14-76. Not too familiar with this one. Looking forward to it.
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its of course right in the warm & fuzzy wheel house for lemue….should get the announcement for #29 plus 2019 'scrip next week - signing out, REAL RV3 (not the imposter, who will do a right up pretending to love this release)
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This made my day. Mucho thank you.
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Back to back Dave's picks with H>S>F after (I think) being absent for the entire series. Guessing this one is a lot more mellow (to say the least) than the one from 83. Very much looking forward to this one. I'm also very familiar with the Beacon run that comes before this, but not sure I've heard this one before (or if I did, it's been years)...should be fun!
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I was worried about the beards as well, but there are some in the background that appear to have hair. All is well! Looking forward to this one!!! I give it 5 new Steely Dan Stars without even listening to it.... Rock on!
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Thought it might be a 76' show. The USA clue had me on 76', though capitol should have sealed the deal. I think wiki had it wrong ( shocker) saying silver formed In 71'. Everything I kept reading was they formed in early 76'' ; so Brent would not have met them yet. Rivers clue a bit of a mystery. Guess my heart wanted 69'. Keep in mind folks, patience is a virtue. A Boston 69' box could always be down the road. They would not release ( I don't think) a Dave's pick if they thought the show might make a future box release. Not familiar with this show, but Seist is unique and intriguing Thanks Dave and friends! . Have a grateful weekend! Sam T
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Woohoo! Always in for a nice H>S>F and a Scarlet to boot! :) TGIF
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There's a bear right behind you!
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Dave gives the old Download Series a shoutout here and we did indeed get an official release of the very next night from this run with show #4 of that series back in 2005. And if you’ve got that show, then you’ve also already got one of these two “bonus tracks” because the 6/28/76 High Time was also a bonus track on that release. Lest anyone think I relay this info out of bitterness, nothing could be further from the truth — I love 1976 and a recycled bonus track doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm one bit. Bring it, Dave!
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David Lemieux mauled by bear while filming the Dave's Picks 28 release video. Future of Dave's Picks unknown.. Get better Dave.. When are you going to have us over for some of your famous smoked salmon?
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I love the Cd's in my PT cruiser Deadmobile cruising around town, people shout out
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They Love Each OtherFriend of the Devil Let it Grow A few I am interested in, I didn't know the pick, but had a suspicion it would include They Love Each Other and Franklin's Tower. I was thinking 9.27.76 I was hoping for the other Cap show from this run, one thing I do know is the show from Download series is near flawless. Might have to fire that one up on today's bake route "Around and Around -> Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad" ~ 6.19.76
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i'm so tired of getting '70s shows. it would be one thing if the grateful dead only had a small window of quality live performances, but we know that's not the case. it shouldn't be too much to ask for more diversity from this series. please give us shows from other decades. the '90s has yet to represented. why is that? ----
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going going gone...30 Minutes from my email to seeing it sold out. I like this time of year, we get two DP announcements in one month. good stuff.I'm happy for '76.
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sold out in less than 1 hour - hope they increase the numbers for next year so people won't get shut out...
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Love the riverside chat; less windy than the seaside ones, and more animals to distract our good buddy Dave. TBH, I was hoping for something a little different - something earlier with a nice Dark Star, or something featuring a big fat Shakedown (28 volumes and still no Shakedown! C'mon Dave, ya just gotta poke around!)That being said, June of 76 is the nice and gooey center of the 70s nug, and I'm excited to hear this one all cleaned up! Happy Friday, DeadLand! Peace
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Received announcement email at 12:20Click link at 12:53 Sold out! Damn, either I need to be at my desk all day on announcement days, or maybe this is what finally pushes me over the edge on getting a subscription next year! Wonderful looking release, yet I’m soiling myself with regret...
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Well, that was fast. But I absolutely always love me some 76! Very happy for this one. And finally an officially released Help Slip Franklin's from 76 adds to my happiness. - "Seventy-Sixtus"
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I received the email at 18:11 UK time. Tried to order at 18:58 and it is sold out! Who calculated the production numbers? Are you just trying to create a limited number of high value collectibles or are you seriously trying to serve the fans?
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I received the email at 18:11 UK time. Tried to order at 18:58 and it is sold out! Who calculated the production numbers? Are you just trying to create a limited number of high value collectibles or are you seriously trying to serve the fans?
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I received the email at 18:11 UK time. Tried to order at 18:58 and it is sold out! Who calculated the production numbers? Are you just trying to create a limited number of high value collectibles or are you seriously trying to serve the fans?
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Sorry, I was that annoyed I managed to hit send twice :)
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Could have pulled something else from rehearsals or studio jams. Has plenty from 1976. There is an "Attics of My Life" from rehearsal that is really cool, oh well maybe next time Rhino
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Dig the cover. So bummed, I missed the sale by an hour, got stuck at work and forgot. I have the subscription so I'll get one, but was going to pick up another for a gift. Sold out at 10:58 when I tried. FYI there was an email sent over a week ago announcing the sale time.
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I wouldn't worry if anyone missed this release; DaP 27 can be bought for $40 or less(check out the recent sold items), just wait a few weeks after release. Looks like Dead.net found the perfect balance.
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