Grateful Dead

I too have the disc 3 skip. Not used to having to deal with a replacement disc issue.
Anyone have the Dr. Rhino email address handy? Thanks.

Hope you're recovering nicely. 1976 dead shows have a healing vibe for sure so no doubt you'll be on your feet soon.

I mentioned this to someone the other day, but I think part of the reason I have also been enjoying this show so much is that life has been so hectic lately between work, travel, and home life and listening to this show has definitely helped bring a much needed calming vibe into my day to day. June 76 shows in particular are just so cool and unique. Dave, thank you for this and keep 'em coming!

...I’m still enjoying this release/pick as well.
I had surgery on Monday and when I was sent home I put the show on replay and listened to the show all day and night long in and out of consciousness...still, that 76’ vibe sure did help me good, great medicine music can be!
Also this is the first daves pick I had an issue with my copy. Two out of three discs skip/flutter and I tried on three different players. All repeated the same error. I contacted Dr Rhino for help, I hope everything can be fixed. Over all, this is a primo show, I enjoy the road-trip Boston 76’ release more but I’m grateful to add this performance to my Daves Pick Complete Collection... rock on my brothers and sisters , peace be with you all! :)

Yes-very similar. I only had a lump of hash in my pocket when I got busted aged 21. I also agree with your comments on psychedelics. I don't regret taking acid at all-although I much preferred mushrooms. In fact I carried on taking those after I had settled down somewhat. I think I was 32 when I had my last trip-still a long time ago. But I felt, and still do, that tripping helped me in life. The trouble with LSD, though, for me, was never knowing how strong it was going to be. It seemed to fluctuate wildly, from being very weak to incredibly powerful.

Far and away the most dangerous drugs I took were barbiturates and alcohol. Psychedelics seemed more like a positive sign post compared to crap like that.

Funny, we are pretty close in age and your personal history sounds somewhat similar to mine - I also ran wild with poor choices, got arrested at age 20 and convicted of possession of LSD (fortunately pleaded down to a misdemeanor), and with me also it was my family that stood by me and helped me to get on track and complete a couple of advanced degrees. I still do not feel that I did anything morally wrong, by the way, and found that there are lasting insights from tripping if you pay attention. Also, I found tripping to be instrumental in leading to a change in mindset that let to quitting smoking cigarettes and quitting doing coke, so overall I found tripping to be pretty positive, but the state disagreed.

JDSEPT, liked your post, and it raised an example of some of the points that I was thinking about when referring to individuals making bad choices - some folks will take the help, fritter it away, and come back for more, while others silently struggle to do it on their own. Are you really just enabling the person who seeks to live on the charity of others when they could support themselves? Unclear that there is any solution, or that human misery can ever be eliminated, but I dig the discussion.

Actually most religions are based on the individual doing the right thing to help those who need it. I am not saying large units like government, charities etc should not also be doing something. Do not many not bring on vulnerability by their poor and continuing poor choices as to life? It was free loaders who brought down the DEAD scene in the end. Those who showed up with no food, little money no clothing or preparation for night living yet always had booze and drugs. They turned to begging, and stealing from other DEAD fans. Too many times those in parking lots were ripped off or where ever they were camping. Today, most homeless encampments are populated by those choosing to do heroin and like minded life crippling drugs. Sure ask me for something for the sick, the families getting bad breaks, vets etc., but I don't want to hear from those doing their private personal hygiene on the sidewalks or can't get rid of their own needles.

Got one of my two copies today and loved disc two and much of disc one. Disc three has the fabled skip in Let it Grow but it was only momentary. I have to say that I’m not a fan of this fast paced version. OK, I have plenty of other versions which don’t sound as if Bobby’s got ants in his pants, but I don’t see myself revisiting this. The rest of disc three is fine.

Edit: I’ve just put this into iTunes and no skip! On second listening i rather like the drums into the second part of Let it Grow. Perhaps I will revisit this version!

you should care and I don't need a job, happily retired pulling in a pension and SS. lol the same responses I got back in the old days, get a job and a haircut. The wheel is turning and you can't go back and you can't stand still, even you who pose as deadheads should know that.

I don't take the least offence in anything you say, or in your manner of saying it. When I think of -what I consider to be-life's inequalities-I think of my own role in this as much as anyone else's. What I say is more a reflection on how I live and have lived than anyone else's.

I am also in a position of power. I retired early 5 years ago when I was 56, and I've got my own house and car etc etc. Trips to London to see bands, hotels etc etc. Partly I am in this position because I worked hard and saved. And part of it is because of rank good luck. I made every bad choice I could between the ages of about 15 and 25. I would have made more than I did , had the opportunities arisen. But when the mist cleared, I had parents behind me, an education that - although I cocked up-could be resumed again, with their financial support. A lot of people on the street have nothing like this support system in place-and the simple unfairness of this is inescapable to me. Why I am the man giving a coin to someone lying on the street, rather than the man receiving it, seems more than the consequence of me working hard, and them being lazy.

But having said that, I have no more idea how to effectively address these issues than anyone else does.

I also take your point, and I think everyone would agree that alleviating suffering is a noble goal, but the devil is in the details and is limited by human nature itself, including the tendency of some individuals to repeatedly create avoidable problems for themselves. Ultimately, when you force someone to do something against their will, even something that you consider noble, it creates more suffering in that individual and makes you an oppressor. Not for me thanks.

As far as position of power, I got a kick out of that. Let's say a position of borderline sufficiency with an everpresent threat of financial ruin. I truly enjoy the respectful flow of information and opinions and continue to enjoy reading your posts. Hopefully my views have not caused anyone agita.