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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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  • #711
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    This is my third time through DAP 28 with football now in the background. Good listen. Lazy, lazy Dead, but tasteful and well-recorded. Keith and Donna both shine. Never disappointed in any release here. I could care less what year comes next, because it is all good and I'll leave it to other folks to argue about. Which matters not in the end, they're gonna give you what they want to.

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    DP 28 Shines !

    This release is as crisp as this cool North Carolina morning ...
    It is an amazing set along with near perfect sound .

    Thankfully, DP 28 arrived yesterday to overshadow the challenges that I've had with the new site ...

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    I'm posting here because there doesn't seem to be any activity on the subscription page.

    I'm excited for the Swing show! Of course, I immediately subscribed, even though the funds are tight (don't tell the wife! :) Probably a little hasty, and could have waited until payday next week, but I had visions of the sub selling out considering the way that these things have been selling - foolish, I know, but my reason tends to get clouded when dealing with new Dead releases... plus, if the Swing don't bring them in, I don't know what else would (maybe RFK 73.)

    Count me among those hoping for more diversity with the rest of the picks. I would love to see the remaining 3 picks come from under represented eras. I would LOVE to see a Fall 79 pick (top 3 tour of all time IMO,) maybe a Bruce 91 show, and something from the primal era... maybe a double dose of 68 (I bet two shows could fit on 3 discs, or maybe for the bonus disc pick.) Anyway, I love it all, but the band changed so drastically over their run that I would like to see their various sounds well represented. Plus, there seem to be great sounding recordings from all of those periods available, (maybe a little rough in 68, but let Norman work his magic!)

    Patiently awaiting the arrival of Capitol 76 while enjoying the "other" Cape Cod 79 show. Nice mellow listening for a lazy Sunday.

    Have a great day, DeadLand!

    Peace

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    Listened last night to the whole show. Great release.

    "Donna Jean Godchaux And The Grateful Dead"

    She is a constant presence here. She sings on almost every song. And she sounds great. Dancin In The Streets is a Donna song on this release.

    And I love it. This release illustrates how much Donna benefited from the move to smaller venues and a smaller sound system.

    P.S.-The white background here is scientifically engineered to discourage loitering.

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    Arrived and ripped.

    Easy to agree with most comments about new site.

    The white sucks, site seems to be geared towards selling more than community.

    Maybe somebody who knows what they're doing can start a basic page without the rhino/warner overlords. Or just a basic "conversation" tab on this site. The conversation always flows here, we just move to a different product page to discuss, let's stop moving.

    added edit - the other thing that burns my buns is the PM's. New site came up and bam I have all the pm's I've sent for 3 years back. You know the ones that when I erased said this action couldn't be undone! Now I have 10 or more pages of antique PM's AND there appears to be no way to delete them all at once, but I must open every one say delete, verify delete, return to pms, jump to last one and repeat (FOR HUNDREDS OF THEM???!!!???!!!)

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    this sucks, you are right simonrob, you log in, then you go to the store, then you find Dave's picks but you can't post until you log in, again? Christ, by the time I get done logging in again and again, I forgot what I was going to say. Also, please do something, anything to cut down on this white glare that is emitting from my computer screen. Come on, change it please, any other colour but white blinding white light.
    Right now, what I see is a sell out, it's all about the product, lets not even call it music or merchandise, it's a product that they want to sell, sell, sell. And the prices for the product, jeez, way too much for most things that you might want.
    Deadheads unite, let us know who and where you are so we can sell you something. And the cookie notice, never had that before, now they are collecting data on everyone who comes here, why? What do they want? Should I be paranoid? I can see why lots of folks have not returned to these forums, it's just not user friendly, they collect information on every single person who comes here, probably sell it to the highest bidder. I expect my email box to be undulated with span very soon.
    If the captcha idea was to stop span, it ain't working, all ready seen people on here who could care less about the Dead. As with anything that involves humans, if there is a way around it, it will be discovered and utilized.
    My days are truly numbered here. Maybe visit once a month to catch up on Dave's info, and maybe check out a box set but I think that is it. All ready removed it from my favorites. The wheel is turning and its on its way to sell you something. Now, on to prove that I am not a robot, or am I? If I was, would I know? I would think that my maker would program me to think that I wasn't a robot. I think, therefore I am? I think

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    I do agree with you Simonrob. It’s a nightmare finding your way around. If you are new here you wouldn’t know what’s available and what’s worth posting in.

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    How I can post...

    First I log in, then in the search window I enter "Dave's Picks Volume 28". This brings me to a page with (many) search results. Try and pick the right one. If I pick the wrong one it takes me to a DP page where I am not logged in. If this happens, hit the "back" button to return to the searchh results page and try another link. Usually I find one that takes me to a DP28 page where I am logged in within 5 minutes. Then I can post something.

    This surely cannot be how this is meant to work. Was this new site not tested offline before being unleashed on an unsuspecting world?

    In a single four-letter f-word: FAIL.

    EDIT: Another way of getting here (assuming you have managed to post on the page) is to hit the down arrow next to yor logged in avatar. Picking "Recent posts" should bring you here. However using this method sometimes I am logged in on the comments page, sometimes I'm not. This is soooooo bad.

    I can see why the number of posts / posters has dropped dramatically. Coming here is not a pleasant experience any more.

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    The sound and mix on this release is phenomenal. Just finishing up first listen....heading into Wharf Rat...man oh man, this is really good! Dare I say, the best of the Dave’s for this year? I think so!!!

    Mary E. - I am also struggling to find the Daves Picks link on my iPhone since the addition of Dave’s subscription link. I can still get here by clicking to the far right of my screen, just right of the 50th anniversary link....but I am a robot...doubt most normal humans can accomplish this....

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    VGuy is right

    This site is messed up. Everytime I log on it's a frustrating experience. On some pages I am logged on and on other pages I am not. I go somewhere where I thought I found something and it's gone or I am wrong. Nothing is intuitive. I am so tired of blindly staggering around this fun house that the community comments are the only thing I use. And I visit less because it's not a positive experience. I don't think I am alone. Comment traffic has slowed to a crawl even though Dave's Picks 29 was announced and it's a good one.

    The site seems more geared to move product. That's cool. I buy it. I just don't hang around here much anymore.

    Whatever.

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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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Submitted by stoltzfus on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 12:18

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why are you doing this to an old man?

is this a Prank?

my cool post from earlier today is MIA.

"I'm a lost sailor", not a *$^%&! robot!

I'll adapt. thank you GD for being cool.

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 12:39

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Definitely a strange new world. I don’t know how to send a PM anymore

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 12:55

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Uhhhhh....where Are We?

Thought I was on the DaP28 page but then feel like I got shot into a cannon and landed somewhere else. Time will tell. UPDATE: Time Told. I am exactly where I thought I was....but wasn't.

I certainly can appreciate an update and some change; we could all use an overhaul once and a while it seems.

Good Day.
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Submitted by mcgrupp216 on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 12:55

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Where am I?

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Submitted by Kayak Guy on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 13:09

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because it is not too good on a laptop and keeps launching new pages with every click.

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Submitted by simonrob on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 13:42

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I managed to send you a PM but for some inexplicable reason it seems to have been added to a PM discussion we had around 10 years ago! I hope you feel inclined to look for it.

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Submitted by Schaef306 on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 13:43

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Well...I’m glad! It takes a little bit to get everything just exactly right, ya’ll be happy to know we’ve got everything just exactly right.
🕺🏼💃🏻🕺🏼

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Submitted by Gollum on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 14:07

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Hello? this is Gollum.

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Submitted by Dennis on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 14:23

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still not sure how to get here without posting a comment, when I go to the "product" page (dp28), has a tab for "comments", but only to post?

happy, happy, joy, joy. Just glad I got my subscription, unless the "buying" side is working better :-)

Still doesn't seem to like :-),, :-(

sidebar, I guess the archive was just having a "moment",,, seemed ok just now.

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Submitted by simonrob on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 14:33

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This is difficult and confusing for me. I need to turn into a robot. I promise no automated spam submissions, honest. Trouble is I will have to lie to be able to post this. Can robots lie?

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Submitted by Albany Head on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 16:10

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...Here's hoping the new and improved Dead.net will be able to sell me digital downloads in the near future.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 18:31

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ok, this is very weird. did anyone else's avatar get changed to a photo they did not choose?

Hmmm. Ok?

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 19:18

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...getting used to. In my best decrepit Ozzy voice calling "SHARON?", I am calling MARYE? I can't find my way around anymore! Where are we? Am I logged in? Can I log out? Time for more lemon kush!!

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 06:58

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Funky is right....it's like someone sucked all the air right out of the room. I can hear voices, the music's still playing, but where did everybody go? At first, I couldn't even log in, and thought for sure they had finally figured out that I am really a just a lonely bot, but here I am, with my Arrowhead Avatar correctly in place, and ready to rock!

I have no doubts that the old place needed a few updates, especially behind the scenes, for the fine folks who are running the machinery. My guess is that things were probably a lot less efficient than they should have been with the old format, and in the long run this will help tremendously. I agree with Jim that the comments sections are the backbone of the site (other than the music of course)....but this in itself was probably difficult to manage in the old format due to the size of those sections. I'm sure there will be some additional improvements, once they get the kinks ironed out.

Anyways, I hope everyone makes it back to the party (most everyone at least :-))....I told my wife yesterday that I missed my Grateful Dead friends.....her reply: "Oh I'm sorry honey, that sounds terrible for you"

she thinks I'm nuts..........Here's my last 5:

Grateful Dead Live at Greek Theatre - University of California on 1968-10-20 Listening Now - Miller SBD on the Archive
Grateful Dead Live at Sports Palace on 1981-10-19 - Miller SBD - 1st Set (will make it back to 2nd set today)
Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats - Vinyl
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Vinyl
Dick's Pick's 34 11-05-77 Rochester, NY - Vinyl

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 07:41

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Yeah, it's kinda like waking up in Kansas – we're not in Oz no mo. But we'll get back as soon as the next tornado leaves the station. In the meantime, bread crumbs may be helpful . . .

Funny you're listening to 10/20/68 C-J. I'm not far away in 1/20/68 Eureka. Short, but perfect on a foggy, damp Saturday morning. After the April '67 Phil 'n' Jerry Show on KMPX, with sufficiently cleansed palate, I'm heading back to PNW for the '74 shows. Rock on, y'all.

QUESTION: Does this new site HAVE to make you redo reCAPTCHA even when you preview a comment for which you just passed the reCaptcha exam?

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Submitted by Seth Hollander on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 08:36

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Have a fine copy of 6/17/76. Can't say I am excited about it being DaP28, but I'm not upset about it either.
Bring on the 2019/DaP29 announcement! Give this new site something to sing about!
How about finding soundboards of 3/21/70 Early & Late? THAT would be an amazing DaP!!!!!!!!!!

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Submitted by 80sfan on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 08:45

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I mentioned last week that I never bought Download Series 4 (the show from the night after this new Dave's release), so the second Dave's arrives at my door I'm going to buy the 6-18 show and treat them like it's a mini 76 box. Should make for a fun week of listening. June 76 is really fun and interesting stuff. Definitely a unique moment in time for the band.

Hope everyone is well!

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 10:26

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After posting that last comment I was sent to page 6 of this message board.
Why wasn’t I sent to the most recent post of this page?

And another...
Those navigation numbers on the bottom of the page
First......1,2,3......Last
Put a copy of those on the top of the page too so that you don’t have to scroll to the bottom of the page just to move to another page.
Thanks.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 11:21

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....sucks. Should have gone with a tie-dyed background instead of bright white. Missed opportunity. Clunky as hell. Hopefully they're still fine tuning this site to be just exactly perfect. Emoji anyone? 😎 And what's up with that fuzzy, cobra head avatar to my left? That's not me....😐

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Submitted by simonrob on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 12:18

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This is so white, so bright, I'm gonna become snowblind. I'm gonna go and watch a welder at work just to get some relief.

Make it hard enough and people will stop. 1st the stupid robot thing now this. I just hope those who want Dave's 2019 will actually be able to see it

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 13:36

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.... I'm Vguy72, not VGUY72. I'm not yelling!! And I just posted this and it took me to page 5 of something. C'mon dead.net IT. Time for some fine tuning. marye did warn us though....the search comments bar is..... interesting? I don't get it. Old dog. New tricks.

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Submitted by tombstone on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 16:11

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I ordered this in that tiny sliver of time it was available...twice. At least i think I did. I did this accidentally because I didn't get a confirmation email. I thought the order didn't take. I still haven't gotten an email actually. But hey, the site is revamped. I do have a charge to my account from dead.net so it seems to have gone through. While we're revamping things, I have a suggestion: make the Dave's Picks 2019 a larger run. 30,000 or 40,000. I'm sure they'll sell and less will end up on ebay...

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Submitted by kevinbrandon on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 17:43

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I can't even see while I am typing in the subject line because there is a window covering 90 percent of it. I never comment either...they say CHANGE IS GOOD??? Well not in this case ...this blows. I don't know where I am half the time. Maybe we should rethink this. Hey if it ain't broke ...don't fix it??? Sorry for the sarcasm but I MISS MY OLE DEADNET.COM.

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Submitted by LedDed on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 18:35

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Well, at least the user icons are larger and easier to see. And it seems faster. The white background was probably due to so many accessing on their devices, with smaller screens. I would imagine they'll go to something less harsh after time. A work in progress. Doesn't seem too buggy.

....the Archive had an overhaul a couple of years ago. I hated it. Now, I accept it and work with it. It works. Guess this site will work as well in the long term. Emojis tho!! 🤣😂😃

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Submitted by Seth Hollander on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 20:56

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1) Last night my password wouldn't work. to log in I had to request I new one (account info was remembered by the system).
To comment today I again had to request a new password after my new password wasn't recognized.

2) Wanted to post about this from IceCreamKid:
"After posting that last comment I was sent to page 6 of this message board.
Why wasn’t I sent to the most recent post of this page?
And another...
Those navigation numbers on the bottom of the page
First......1,2,3......Last
Put a copy of those on the top of the page too so that you don’t have to scroll to the bottom of the page just to move to another page."

That experience happened to me too (at first, thought my comment had not posted, then saw the page number) and his request is one I firmly second. If you have comments appearing newest first, scrolling to the bottom the page to change pages is annoying and there should be the same page list/links available above the comments as there is below.

Hope that my password problem goes away. Hope the vast fields of white do get filled in with something interesting but not distracting or obfuscatory.

The site did seem to need an overhaul. Hopefully, this overhaul will be beneficial. Thanks for trying, GDM crew.

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Submitted by Mr_Heartbreak on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 21:51

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Wow, what a cluster. Hope it's easy to subscribe again in a few weeks. Maybe they'll send a clickable link via email.

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Submitted by simonrob on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 04:59

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Does the new site require fewer clicks to get where you want to be or to achieve what you want to achieve than the old site. So far the answer is a big fat NO. On the old version, if I was on this page and wanted to post a comment, I logged in and was taken back to this page again. Now, after logging in, I seem to have to go through five other pages before I can get back here where I can post a comment. Additionally loads of new tabs get opened in the process. I guess I will get used to all the extra click-work, but is this a step forwards in user friendliness and intuitiveness? Not to my way of thinking. Conclusion: FAIL.

PS: Still suffering from burnt retina syndrome due to the whiteness, the brightness of it all.

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Submitted by unkle sam on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 05:10

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lol I tried to train my robot to access this site and it was so hard for him he shot himself last nite. Now I have a dead robot, a crappy new dead site and a big mess to clean up ( robots also lose control of all body functions when they die) I guess they were just tired of reading our comments, so they buried them, just like I had to do with my robot this am. Who should we send the eye doctor bill to, this screen is so white, I can't see anything but this white screen for minutes after leaving the site. You will lose fans with this upgrade. But the selling of the product is way more important.

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Submitted by tombstone on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 05:36

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The site keeps asking me to enter my email to get the latest news even though I've been on here for 11 years. When I type in my email and click "submit", nothing happens. There are some bugs in this new format for sure...

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Submitted by andoverdeadhead on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 06:30

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...was spent by me trying to figure out how to login. Now I'm Wond'ring Aloud if I can pass the robot test. My next big challenge will be to place an order for the Dave's Picks 2019 subscription, and hoping that all the Heads who want one will be able to pre-order, too. Last year I believe the subs were rolled out around October 24th.

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Submitted by marye on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 08:21

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Thanks for these reports. Keep 'em coming.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 08:24

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as long as I can subscribe to Dave's Picks without issue, I can give myself some time to get accustomed to the "new dead.net".

if the background weren't so white (snowblind/BlackSabbath/myeyesareblindbutIcansee), we'd complain that we can't see the images/text.

btw: listening to 6/26/73 this weekend. yummy.

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 08:43

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Happened to check the site on my phone and found that Special Edition Shops does not appear under Music, and I only happened on this page by scrolling almost to the bottom of the home page and found the last 4 comments posted, 2 of them were here, and I followed the link. The Constant pop-ups asking for my email are beyond annoying as they cover the screen in black and don't allow you to do anything until you find where the window is and then close it. Then when you do, a new one pops right up.

If the new Dave's subs go on-sale this week, I hope there are no major issues. Not too confident about that scenario, though...

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Submitted by marye on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 08:51

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Even the captcha seems convinced on this point most of the time. Hang in there, we'll get through this. Meanwhile, it would be very helpful if you would include details about the device and OS on which you are having these problems. Thanks much!
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Submitted by marye on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 08:56

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until things are a bit less nonlinear, if your browser has a history pulldown, it is your friend... I am not saying this to be annoying, I'm saying it because it is helping me a lot!
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 09:58

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Once you find the page you want, bookmark it.
It’s too much effort to search every time, especially since the pages I’m looking for are at the bottom of the community page listed under products. And then you have to search more to find the product comment page.

That’s how it works for me on an iPad.

I like the white color and ‘normal’ font. I was having trouble reading the posts on the old site with the yellow background and small font. (On an iPad).

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