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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 simonrob on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 10:04

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30 Days of Dead again, or at least I hope so. I haven't heard anything about it on here yet (service has not been just exactly normal lately), but I can't remember if there was any advance warning in previous years. That, together with the impending 2019 subscription launch and all the information that comes with that - and of course Dave's Picks 28 arriving. Its gonna be a busy month ahead.

Just finished listening to the awesome "AndOarAgain", the new 3CD reissue of Alexander Spence's legendary 1968 "Oar" album. As has been said before, the reissue of the year, with "Anthem of the sun" coming a close second. 😀

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Submitted by g1u2i3 on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 10:55

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Marye~
I don’t know if you saw my post a couple days ago, but you cannot hover on a smart phone (iPhone 8+ / iOS 12). Besides that, clicking on the avatar photo or drop-down arrow is not working on a smart phone, either.

Background color ~
The two things in the comments sections that I thought made it feel personal and intimate (besides everyone’s warm and loving comments 😉) were the background color of the page and the font used for the subject of the comments. I can concede the font, but I think bringing back the familiar color of the background would make this new experience more comfortable. This white makes it feel like it’s just any other site.

Comments sections ~
I agree whole-heartedly with what many are saying about the comments sections on the product pages. I rarely post, probably only a dozen times or less since becoming a member of this site. But these “discussions” are the only reason I regularly come to this site. I know the site was only unavailable for a couple of days or so, but I really missed it. It’s something I like to check in on almost every day. It’s familiar user names like “marye” and many others that let me know I’m in the right place. I’m just not sure about the redecorating yet.

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Submitted by simonrob on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 11:04

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You are correct that you cannot hover on a smartphone, but on my phone tapping on the avatar brings up the pull-down menu. Then you can either choose something fom the menu or hide it by tapping on the up-arrow "^" next to the avatar. Hope this helps and hope it works for you.

Now time to watch the formula 1 race from Austin, TX.

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Submitted by g1u2i3 on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 11:09

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Like I said, clicking on the photo or arrow does not do anything on an iPhone 8+.

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 11:13

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Lots of confusion here, almost like the new user interface was designed to limit user interfacing.

I was initially unable to log in due to my password not being recognized, used the reset password feature and the link that was provided via email logged me in but would not actually allow me to reset the password. It appears that I have been logged in since that time.

I am also in the camp of liking the comments for a product linked to that product. This is the main reason that I come here, the comments on the product pages and the caravan of usual suspects migrating from one Dave's Picks comment thread to the next.

The other issues would be the white background, which is pretty blinding after a short period of time reading comments, the relatively limited number of comments per page and the already noted need to scroll up to read comments from old to new, and then the need to scroll back down to move to the next page. Hopefully the bugs are still getting worked out.

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Submitted by simonrob on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 11:23

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Sorry, I didn't realise you were talking about an iPhone. I have an old Android-based Samsung which works as described in my earlier post.

My daughter had an iPhone once - once was enough. I have heard, however, that iPhones are quite popular.

The comments can be viewed on the product page, just click on the comments button and they appear. But if you want to post it then sends you to the Community page.

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 17:20

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Hot times in the old Winterland arena; great show from the Hamza El Din first set opener to the closing US Blues. The loudest I ever heard Jerry was during that night's Other One -> Stella Blue->Sugar Magnolia. VolleyBall games before the show, and a screening of Magical Mistery Tour(or Animal House??) A great Saturday night all around.

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 17:56

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Now that you pointed it out, I do see the comments tab on the product page. Of course it didn't actually show me any comments when I clicked it, but I expect that they will work it out. Also discovered that my difficulty logging in was due to using my email instead of my user name. Doh!

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Submitted by MDJim on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 18:18

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Great story Cousins.. wish I was there. I bet you were psyched to see that one get released.

Gives me a great excuse to revisit these shows, it's actually been quite a while since I last listened to them.

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 18:46

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... to declare that after seeing everything GD, from Robert Hunter solo acoustic to the latest version of Dead and Co., collecting thousands of hours of tapes, and buying pretty much everything this site has to offer, I never in my wildest dreams expected, during last night's Bobby and the Wolves show, the second set to open as follows:
Good Morning Little School Girl, Sunshine Superman>Dark Star. Smacked my palm into my forehead, I did.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 21:21

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Well, they're not going to change it back to the way it was, so I figured I may as well get used to it. Looks better on my laptop than the phone.

I'm a sucker for anniversary shows, so I just popped this one on. Ever notice they seem to have missed or cut off the first milliseconds of the opening chord to Bertha? Just a smidge.

Looking forward to this '76 show, haven't heard of any of it yet.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 21:22

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Yeah, no idea where the hell I ended up after posting that last comment. I would bitch some more if I didn't hold marye and Dr. Rhino in such high regard. It'll all work out. (come on baby, work out....)

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Submitted by g1u2i3 on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 06:59

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I just want to let TPTB know that the avatar photo link is now working on the iPhone 8+. Thanks for the effort!

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Submitted by marye on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 09:21

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woohoo, off to nugs.net. Thanks for the heads up.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 09:23

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Thanks for the reminder. I did forget about the Anthem release. I bought that one just for the live show. In addition to my CD collection, I store all of my shows on my smartphone, each show in its own folder with unique artwork. Since I used the CD album cover artwork for the studio album on my phone, I created artwork for the live show, which of course needed a title. If anyone wants a copy of the album art for 10/22/67, I give you Anthem Of The Moon:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HPjGa4Ua3-yv3YbsP5o6oPD5TuC96-92

Talk about a couple of pieces to compare: The Other One from 10/22/67 and The Other One from 10/22/71. That will be the ride home + Dark Star bonus track from 10/21/71

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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 15:27

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Was just wondering if we could still comment on releases. Are the past release comments all permanantly zapped then?

It's going to take somew getting used to this new layout.

I've been touching on the anniversary listening program, and there are some great October releases. Particularly the later era stuff. Decided to deviate from that program and watch VFTV One. Haven't watched it in a while ande what a greeat underrated show that is. Sure hope they bring that series back.

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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 07:53

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seems to be getting easier to get here

added edit - looks like some color is creeping in from the sides, maybe the all white is going away

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Submitted by 80sfan on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 08:52

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been in a late-era mood this week:

3/27/88 (Not the official release)
3/31/88
9/29/94
10/14/94
2/21/95 (not the official release)

If anyone wants any of these shows let me know! My copies all sound pretty solid .

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Submitted by marye on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:33

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if there's one you're looking for and can't find, let us know.
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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 12:02

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still trying to figure out pm system. But I did laugh when all of a sudden there was every pm ever sent, you know, the ones that when you deleted them you were told, they could NEVER be recovered!!! :-)

My phone has the same option, "check deleted messages?" NO! I deleted them, are you uploading them from the government database?

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 12:57

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...received.

Cue the passenger pigeons and donkeys travelling through the mountain passes uphill both ways in the snow...

With any luck it's on my doorstep already. This all happened very fast.

Sixtus

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Submitted by frankparry on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 13:15

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We are indeed everywhere - U.S. Blues played at the halftime interval of the Arsenal vs Leicester game last night!

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 16:29

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....received. Posting this on my work computer because posting from my phone is a chore. How about a dead.net app?

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 18:40

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Shipping notices you say?
Haven’t received mine yet.
How about the announcement of early bird DaP 2019 subscription?
If I win Mega Millions tonight I’m buying all of you a subscription - offer only valid to those who were members of the previous site from 2007 - to a few days ago when the transition to this new site happened. Offer valid for up to the total number of CD pressings for the DaP 2019 release, as determined by TPTB prior to the conception and/or writing of this post, whichever came first, minus the number of defective/damaged CDs. Offer void to members/employees/doppelgängers/wannabes of spam/scammer/hacker/unsavory character/etc., etc., websites/operations/storefronts (reCAPTCHA flashback) etc., etc., etc........
.....crosswalk (reCAPTCHA flashback).....
..........traffic light (reCAPTCHA flashback) .........
......etc., etc., .......

Wait, what?.......

........buses (reCAPTCHA flashback)

Mmmmmmm........
do’hnuts......

......I am a robot......

......I am a robot......

......I am a robot......

......I am a robot......

......mmmmmm.....reCAPTCHA crosswalks.......

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 07:47

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hoops.

do robots dream of electronic hoops?

another perfect day, mi amigos. (if you get the Motorhead reference, I applaud you.)

well, looking forward to the new DaP. haven't had much time to listen to the GD; partway through 6/26/73. antici.....pation...

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Submitted by deadegad on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 10:07

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Just got my Dave's 28 shipping notice! Woo Hoo! The Dave's Annual Subscription email should be arriving soon too.

Got shipping notice yesterday too, excited for this one. Fantastic tour, most of which is release worthy. And then 30 Days, can't help but love this time of year!

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Submitted by musicnow on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:29

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In preparation for this release (shipping notice today!) I'm listening to Chicago 6-27-76, 10 days later, a smooth Help>Slip>Frank. These four shows in June would make a nice mini box with the full Norman treatment.

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Submitted by Seth Hollander on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 21:05

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As of this moment, the site still doesn't recognize my password and I have to use the emailed one-time link to log in. And there is a NEW problem. It appears I now get logged out except on THIS page.
Was trying to comment on the Welcome Back thread but opening that page kept logging me out. After two emailed link re-entries to the site, I re-entered the site without logging in, stopped by the DaP28 page and then to the Community Thread page then clicked "post a comment" and was suddenly logged in! Something is rather wrong... More than before.

Original purpose of going to Welcome Back thread was to point out that my favorite new site feature has a probably unintended side effect: The front page "recent comments" section is a great way to keep us comment-mavens up to date. Thank you all for that! BUT, I see that threads for the 2019 DaP and 7" subscriptions have been created. Can't access the threads ("access forbidden"), but does your marketing dept really want us knowing about impending purchase opportunities this way?

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 22:16

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..... normally I would attribute that to a solar flare. But I know better. Check. Check. One two. One two.
And what the hell does that search comment bar do?
edit. I typed in Dark Star. I mean, why not? Screens still bright as the sun, but it took me to random DS posts. I see the intent, just not the reason.
Good luck backing out. Jeez....

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Submitted by marye on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 08:31

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ya know, that does sound a little weird, Seth and Vguy. I'll pass this on.
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Submitted by marye on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 08:36

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Could you be a bit more specific as to what you'd like to see from the Search, as contrasted to what you are getting?
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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 09:00

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Thanks for providing all the assistance and support on all these releases, and also with the transition to the new site. Its truly appreciated!

- Slow Dog

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 09:31

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...after several days of nearly burning my retinas on the "ALL WHITE" border/background, I've come to realize that one of the fun/colorful/unique/personalized aspects that is now missing are the pictures of people's avatars. Even if the all-white is kept, the addition of the avatars at least would give some otherwise lacking "personality" to the pages and 'ourselves'. I'm not surprised if traffic here has slowed down - it seems some easy things could be done to make the pages a little more user-enticing.

Just my two pesos.

Be well, People!
Sixtus

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 10:22

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....to be honest marye, I'm not sure what i was expecting when i saw it. Old dog, new tricks. Still learning.

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Submitted by marye on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 12:30

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from what I've been hearing people are now able to go in and fix their munged avatars. Is this not happening for you?
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Submitted by bigbrownie on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 15:32

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That was easy and fast. Now we know one of the reasons for the new site. Last year was a near freak-out!

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 16:22

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Woo hoo!

That ordering process went extremely smooth compared to the old site.

Now....let’s see what category of images reCAPTCHA gives me......
I’m hoping for the 9 squares being a Whack-A-Mole game but instead of mole heads it’s Dancing Bear heads.

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