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    Holy S#%*! It’s the COMPLETE Europe ’72 Box! On Over 60 Discs!

    $450.00
    Europe '72:
    The Complete Recordings


    Hey now! Due to overwhelming demand, surprising even those of us with huge faith in the Europe '72 project, the entire limited edition run of 7,200 boxed sets has sold out in less than 4 days. We thank you beyond words for your support and belief in this unprecedented and wonderful release.

    After lengthy discussions, we've decided we don't want to deprive anyone of this music, some of the finest the Grateful Dead ever performed. Of course, we're keeping to our promise that the boxed set and all of its accouterments will not be made available beyond these 7,200 boxed sets (and wait until you see the case in which the music is housed, the hard-bound coffee-table book, plus all of the other cool surprises we've been unearthing!). But, we're going to offer just the music, all 22 shows, more than 60 CDs, more than 70 hours of music, each show housed in its own packaging, for the same price as the boxed set, $450 including domestic shipping. Although perhaps not as cool as the boxed set, the bottom line is that the most important aspect of Europe '72: The Complete Recordings is going to be made available to all, the music.


    - David Lemieux


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    Because you dared dream this might happen one day… Because you went down to the Gypsy Woman and offered up your first-born to try to make it happen… Because there are enough passionate Dead Heads at Rhino/GD who thought it might be cool for this to happen… It’s happening! Coming in September is a gargantuan, beautifully designed EUROPE ’72 MEGA-BOX SET containing ALL 22 SHOWS of what is arguably the greatest tour the Grateful Dead ever played, on a whopping 60+ DISCS (over 70 hours of music!). Bet you didn’t see that comin’!

    Really, at this point we probably don’t need to lay on too much hype about how wonderful the music is: Chances are, if you’re even considering buying a copy of this stunning box, you already know how amazing the Dead’s tour of Europe in April and May of 1972 was. To review briefly, though, the Dead’s first tour outside of North America took them to all sorts of historic and unusual venues in England, Denmark, West Germany, France, Holland and even tiny Luxembourg. Many members of the Dead “family” came along on what was really an extended working vacation that was designed to both expose the Dead to new audiences and also reward the band for their unlikely conquest of America during the preceding two years. As a hedge against the costs of the nearly two-month trip, the Dead’s label, Warner Bros., paid for the band to lug around a 16-track recorder to capture the entire tour… and we’re glad they did!

    This was a band at the top of its game, still ascending in the wake of three straight hit albums — Workingman’s Dead, American Beauty and the live Grateful Dead (“Skull & Roses”). It had been a year since the lineup had gone to its single-drummer configuration, six months since Keith Godchaux had been broken in as the group’s exceptional pianist, and this marked the first tour to feature Donna Godchaux as a member of the touring band. There was a ton on new, unreleased material that came into the repertoire in the fall of ’71 (after “Skull & Roses” was out) and during the spring of ’72, including “Tennessee Jed,” “Jack Straw,” “Mexicali Blues,” “He’s Gone,” “Comes A Time,” “Ramble on Rose,” “One More Saturday Night,” “Black-Throated Wind,” “Looks Like Rain” and Pigpen’s “Chinatown Shuffle,” “The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)” and “Mr. Charlie.” (Sadly, this was Pigpen’s final tour.) All those future classics were interspersed with songs from the aforementioned “hit” albums—such as “Uncle John’s Band,” “Brokedown Palace,” “Cumberland Blues,” “Casey Jones,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Bertha,” “Not Fade Away,” et al — and then were topped off by loads of big jamming numbers — the Europe ’72 tour produced spectacular versions of “Dark Star,” “The Other One” “Playing in the Band,” “Truckin’,” “China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider,” “Good Lovin’,” “Lovelight” and even the early Pig chestnut “Caution.” And that’s leaving out a truckload of other tunes, too! There wasn’t a clunker show in the bunch, and many are acknowledged today as classics. No doubt you already have some favorites.

    Through the years, there have been a few releases of material from the Europe tour—starting with the 3-album Europe ’72 which knocked our socks off in the fall of that year, and followed many years later by material from a pair of German shows and the fantastic 4-CD Stepping Out, culled from the group’s eight shows in England. Incredibly, though, only one full show from the tour has come out previously: the excellent 4/24 concert in Dusseldorf, Germany, released as Rockin’ the Rhein in 2004.

    Until now, that is. Jeffrey Norman, who has been the primary mixer of Dead archival multi-track material for the past 15 years (Fillmore West ’69, Ladies and Gentlemen…, Rockin’ the Rhein, Nightfall of Diamonds, etc.) has spent many months toiling over the 16-track masters from the tour, and will continue working on the mixes through the Winter and Spring, employing the high-tech Plangent Processes transfer and restoration tools, trying to get every show to sound “just exactly perfect” (as Bob Weir says) for this release. You might think you’ve heard that intense “Dark Star” > “Sugar Mag” > “Caution” from Copenhagen, but I guarantee you’ve never heard it sound this alive! Mastering to HDCD specs is two-time Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser of Airshow Mastering. Needless to say, all the songs that turned up on previous Europe compilations will be appear in their proper show contexts, and in the case of songs from the Europe ’72 album, without overdubs that were added later (where possible).

    The packaging is, as you might expect, first rate. Each show is its own Digipak, with its own liner notes by top Dead scholars (including David Gans, Steve Silberman, and Nicholas Meriwether) and attendees of some of the concerts, and many never-before-seen photos. Additionally, there is an enormous book worthy of coffee table treatment featuring hundreds more photos and a comprehensive essay by yours truly (Blair Jackson). The box will also contain other memorabilia and ephemera from the tour.

    A rough sketch of the potential packaging.
    Check back soon for more product images.

    At $450, this clearly will not be a box for everyone. In fact, this individually numbered boxed set will be limited to orders placed with a maximum of 7,200 boxes produced. As a special bonus, the first 3,000 orders will receive a personalized copy. Due to the huge manufacturing costs (wait 'til you see it! We're doing something unlike any other boxed set release ever! It's exceptional!!), we need to hit 3,000 sales before we even go into production. If we don't reach 3,000 by April 1st, the boxed set won't be able to happen. This isn't a gun-to-your-head sales pitch. Rather, we want to be open with you about the realities of this release's massive scope and ambition.

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    So dig deep, raid the penny jar, take a weekend job at Jack-in-the-Box, beg your kindly ol’ grandma for some of your inheritance early… Yes, it’s an extravagance, but jeez, you (or your loved one) deserve it! This is way cool.

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    13 years 11 months ago
    Too much of everything is just enough!
    So now that the miracle personalized box set code has been passed on, what ¿ is ? everyone doing for the environment? If we were all doing something already, especially if it related to our scene, it would have been easy to send a quick PM to highvibe about it and get in line for that code, which will be one of the first 3000, btw. I still think set # 1972 should be donated to some central repository for all to enjoy; as another suggestion, how about the Library of Congress' Folkways Collection, which Mickey has done so much with and for, as an honor to him? An important point is, if you always give, you will always have; withholding does not enrich us. But, with all our exuberance about the release of this amazing set of shows, we'd all look pretty silly if there was no plastic to make the discs (petroleum product), or power to run the players to decode the HDCD signal on. If we keep in touch with what's happening, a community this size could help sway the direction we take to make sure what we enjoy continues to be possible, for example, by voting with our pocketbooks to turn our energy production to truly sustainable sources, like, duh! the Sun, and wind. Does anyone remember the Shoshone Invocation that starts out Mickey's Rolling Thunder? First, it starts with three greeting whoops, which I'm sure we could all relate to, then: To the east, where the sun rise To the north, where the cold comes from To the south, where the light comes To the west, where the sun sets To the father sun, to the mother earth Its not that the energy companies don't know about sustainable power sources, its that they are so invested in their current oil mining, processing and delivery infrastructure, and yes, are lazy and uncaring, that they dare not or don't care enough to take some of their billions in profits to start to convert until they are forced to. So one of the things we do is to buy 100% equivalent monthly usage credits from our power company in green power: wind, solar and biomass energy production. My work campus was the first existing building complex in the U.S. to become green-certified and, following their example, I tried for two years to get our power company to follow through on their advertised program to sell green equivalent credits, which finally paid off. We even got a bumper sticker. If enough users pay a little extra for a while, it will be more and more easy for the ptb—in this case, power companies that be—to start offering all green power and get us off the planet's battery (fossil fuels) that got us this far in the first place. Or, at least, stop all this noise about "clean" coal! I also recommend GizMag.com as a daily newsletter source for interesting things of all types, but with several good articles a week on environmental issues, like the liquid gas substitute that has been invented in England which is a hydride-based fuel which burns with no carbon emmissions: http://www.gizmag.com/breakthrough-promises-150-per-gallon-synthetic-ga… There was another GizMag story on how a new metal alloy can be (injection) molded, like plastic, while being twice as strong. Might have an application for CDs or LPs (which are making a come back), in case we run out of vinyl. Lots of good new bicycle innovation news here, too, for you cyclers. Sign up for their newsletter at http://www.gizmag.com/newsletter/ OK, what else? We had a nice little SONY QBrick system for a while in our basement office, but when it was time to completely redesign our bookshelf in a window alcove and put something really good in, I wired in two dedicated 20-amp switchable plugs, one on either side, to plug in two 8-outlet transformer spaced power-protected strips. The 20-amp versions had to be ordered, but regular 15-amp switchable outlets are available in most hardware stores. Our tiny but very powerful Pro-ject Box components use a lot of vampire transformers and I was determined to wire in the switched outlets to "meet myself halfway" to make it easy to turn off all power drain during the 90% of the time we're not using the system. From Forbes' Thoughts On The Business Of Life: "Habits make the best servants or the worst masters." It only takes flipping a mental switch to get our habits on the best servants side of that equation. Just for fun, take a look at Pro-ject boxes at: http://www.sumikoaudio.net/project/products/project_design_boxes.htm Sumiko is based in Berkeley. Play your Pro-ject boxes into: http://www.rega.co.uk/html/RS1.htm. Finally, there's no real advantage in berating anyone, even through parody, for practicing and sharing their passions, which is really what Dead.net is all about! Hopefully we'll all run into a good Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum, one day (defined in Vonnegut, Sirens of Titan, page 8, as a place where we can all understand each other perfectly), but until then, Dead.net could be a pretty good place to hang out, especially if we all take the time to consider all opinions and think before finding a hopefully positive way to respond! Cheers, Laser
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    deadegad
    13 years 11 months ago
    Gary Coleman and Michael Corleone
    "You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: nothing. Not even the fee for the shipping, which I would appreciate if you would put up personally. " HaHaHa! LOL! Hey Gary Coleman you were seriously channeling Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part Two. That' s funny. Two Thumbs Up! Highvibe Brother A, I don't mean to get on your case but your shtick really is over the top.
  • Gary Coleman
    13 years 11 months ago
    Re: Code Offer Update......
    You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: nothing. Not even the fee for the shipping, which I would appreciate if you would put up personally. So, if you are interested in receiving this code to order YOUR PERSONALIZED box set, here is what it will take: 1) Send me a private message through Dead.net telling me what environmental organization or cause you would be willing to donate to and why? (what is the work they are doing that your donation will support?) 2) How much you would be willing to contribute to this organization or cause 3) How you intend on notifying me of your donation (like forwarding me the email that thanks you for your donation of......) I will go down the list of people who respond first / or I feel are most likely to follow through based on your response. I will also be checking your Dead.net profile as well so if you do not have a long standing profile here, then sorry to say you would not be in consideration. For The Earth, Brother "A"
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$450.00
Europe '72:
The Complete Recordings


Hey now! Due to overwhelming demand, surprising even those of us with huge faith in the Europe '72 project, the entire limited edition run of 7,200 boxed sets has sold out in less than 4 days. We thank you beyond words for your support and belief in this unprecedented and wonderful release.

After lengthy discussions, we've decided we don't want to deprive anyone of this music, some of the finest the Grateful Dead ever performed. Of course, we're keeping to our promise that the boxed set and all of its accouterments will not be made available beyond these 7,200 boxed sets (and wait until you see the case in which the music is housed, the hard-bound coffee-table book, plus all of the other cool surprises we've been unearthing!). But, we're going to offer just the music, all 22 shows, more than 60 CDs, more than 70 hours of music, each show housed in its own packaging, for the same price as the boxed set, $450 including domestic shipping. Although perhaps not as cool as the boxed set, the bottom line is that the most important aspect of Europe '72: The Complete Recordings is going to be made available to all, the music.


- David Lemieux


Because you dared dream this might happen one day… Because you went down to the Gypsy Woman and offered up your first-born to try to make it happen… Because there are enough passionate Dead Heads at Rhino/GD who thought it might be cool for this to happen… It’s happening! Coming in September is a gargantuan, beautifully designed EUROPE ’72 MEGA-BOX SET containing ALL 22 SHOWS of what is arguably the greatest tour the Grateful Dead ever played, on a whopping 60+ DISCS (over 70 hours of music!). Bet you didn’t see that comin’!

Really, at this point we probably don’t need to lay on too much hype about how wonderful the music is: Chances are, if you’re even considering buying a copy of this stunning box, you already know how amazing the Dead’s tour of Europe in April and May of 1972 was. To review briefly, though, the Dead’s first tour outside of North America took them to all sorts of historic and unusual venues in England, Denmark, West Germany, France, Holland and even tiny Luxembourg. Many members of the Dead “family” came along on what was really an extended working vacation that was designed to both expose the Dead to new audiences and also reward the band for their unlikely conquest of America during the preceding two years. As a hedge against the costs of the nearly two-month trip, the Dead’s label, Warner Bros., paid for the band to lug around a 16-track recorder to capture the entire tour… and we’re glad they did!

This was a band at the top of its game, still ascending in the wake of three straight hit albums — Workingman’s Dead, American Beauty and the live Grateful Dead (“Skull & Roses”). It had been a year since the lineup had gone to its single-drummer configuration, six months since Keith Godchaux had been broken in as the group’s exceptional pianist, and this marked the first tour to feature Donna Godchaux as a member of the touring band. There was a ton on new, unreleased material that came into the repertoire in the fall of ’71 (after “Skull & Roses” was out) and during the spring of ’72, including “Tennessee Jed,” “Jack Straw,” “Mexicali Blues,” “He’s Gone,” “Comes A Time,” “Ramble on Rose,” “One More Saturday Night,” “Black-Throated Wind,” “Looks Like Rain” and Pigpen’s “Chinatown Shuffle,” “The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)” and “Mr. Charlie.” (Sadly, this was Pigpen’s final tour.) All those future classics were interspersed with songs from the aforementioned “hit” albums—such as “Uncle John’s Band,” “Brokedown Palace,” “Cumberland Blues,” “Casey Jones,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Bertha,” “Not Fade Away,” et al — and then were topped off by loads of big jamming numbers — the Europe ’72 tour produced spectacular versions of “Dark Star,” “The Other One” “Playing in the Band,” “Truckin’,” “China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider,” “Good Lovin’,” “Lovelight” and even the early Pig chestnut “Caution.” And that’s leaving out a truckload of other tunes, too! There wasn’t a clunker show in the bunch, and many are acknowledged today as classics. No doubt you already have some favorites.

Through the years, there have been a few releases of material from the Europe tour—starting with the 3-album Europe ’72 which knocked our socks off in the fall of that year, and followed many years later by material from a pair of German shows and the fantastic 4-CD Stepping Out, culled from the group’s eight shows in England. Incredibly, though, only one full show from the tour has come out previously: the excellent 4/24 concert in Dusseldorf, Germany, released as Rockin’ the Rhein in 2004.

Until now, that is. Jeffrey Norman, who has been the primary mixer of Dead archival multi-track material for the past 15 years (Fillmore West ’69, Ladies and Gentlemen…, Rockin’ the Rhein, Nightfall of Diamonds, etc.) has spent many months toiling over the 16-track masters from the tour, and will continue working on the mixes through the Winter and Spring, employing the high-tech Plangent Processes transfer and restoration tools, trying to get every show to sound “just exactly perfect” (as Bob Weir says) for this release. You might think you’ve heard that intense “Dark Star” > “Sugar Mag” > “Caution” from Copenhagen, but I guarantee you’ve never heard it sound this alive! Mastering to HDCD specs is two-time Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser of Airshow Mastering. Needless to say, all the songs that turned up on previous Europe compilations will be appear in their proper show contexts, and in the case of songs from the Europe ’72 album, without overdubs that were added later (where possible).

So dig deep, raid the penny jar, take a weekend job at Jack-in-the-Box, beg your kindly ol’ grandma for some of your inheritance early… Yes, it’s an extravagance, but jeez, you (or your loved one) deserve it! This is way cool.

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One, two, three... take a step back One, two, three... 'nother step back...
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So, this is going to be held in a friggin' suitcase!? Wow, this is going to take up ALOT of space and the shipping costs - yikes!
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"Can I have mine without another ponderous, self-congratulatory essay from Blair please. I'll pay extra" ponderous and self-congratulatory? WTF? That's about the last two terms I'd think of to describe blair's writing. Dude's got a gift. After reading the essay he penned for the Formerly The Warlocks box set, I emailed him to ask if he had actually attended the shows, because he managed to capture the exact spirit of the event without ever mentioning whether he was there or not (turns out he was not). I smell a whiff of envy, quite frankly.
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I will purchase one but my primary interest is in the music, not the packaging. 100% of the time I rip the discs to my iTunes library and the packaging goes on a shelf after reading through it once, never to be opened again.
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... but I've been insulted much worse by many others through the years. Comes with the territory. What I might think is bringing a personal perspective to some things doubtless looks like bragging if seen in a certain light... whereas my view has always been: "I can't believe I was so lucky to have been at this or that great show and now I get to write about it!" Since I wasn't on the Europe '72 tour, I'm not gonna be a "character" in that essay...
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At about 7 ducats a disc for 66(!) discs of the entire tour with extensive and elaborate notes and packaging, I see nothing to complain about. Be glad you're not a Frank Zappa Fan, they recently offered a 3 disc live show from London 10/31/78 for $48! More than twice the price per disc.
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Fun discussion if nothing else. The only gaps in my collection are the stuff almost nobody has - complete, quality 1970 boards of the April Fillmore West, June Fillmore West, July Fillmore East, August Fillmore West, September Fillmore East, and November Capitol Theater runs. I know the history but there's always hope these surface some day. There's an entire evolutionary cycle of Dark Star over this time period that's documented almost exclusively by auds in the public trading realm. Very sad! A box set of any of these runs would have me very excited.
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It's true that a 1970 box would be nice to have. Or a thematic box - 20 discs of Dark Stars; 15 discs of Playins (but each in context, ie with the full sequences before and after).
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It's one of my longest-held dreams that those fall '70 Capitol SBDs would magically materialize someday... That and the '81 Greeks!
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If this is a success Blair, may there be other full run box sets? Thank You very much...
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important, wonderful music, great to have properly mastered and treated with the care and respect it deserves. However, the preorder time, of almost half a year, is a long time to have a lot of folks money collecting interest, which alone will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. I agree one should be limited to, say, two copies, or else they will be on e-bay the very next day for inflated prices (particularly when a limited run is announced, which I never quite understand, why not produce second editions of popular recordings, and keep the money in the family, so to speak, instead of simply pumping up the prices on the resale market? I will get my university to purchase this for sure, and I suspect others would, particularly if there was a stripped down version, with the discs and documentation, but minus the packaging, which cannot be handled easily by a library. Anyhow, I look forward to the release, but not having $450 tied up for so long--do we get our money back with interest if there are not enough pre-orders? : ) (as if there is any chance that will happen, folks may just have to cut down on a baggie or two for a couple of months.......
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I knew as I was typing that post that I shouldn't have been taking the bait. We've had our share of vehement disagreements, but it never occurred to me to question your abilities as a writer. As I said, I think it smells a bit of envy/jealousy. No one's holding a gun to anyone's head to make them read your ponderous and self-congratulatory (LOL) essays. I'm over it, though. It just gave me a glimpse into your world, and I'm glad I don't have to deal with it. I daresay I'd be a bit less gracious than you, were I in your position.
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I don't think they charge your card until they ship the box
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Lovecraft is right.. It won't be charged until it ships in Sept.
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I just wonder... Will there be a bonus disc included????????AHAHHAHAHHAhahhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.................. 'scuse me.
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Thanks, Lovecraft, I wonder if this will be the policy with the need for firm pre-orders before going to production (since one can always cancel an order once made). I suspect this is all academic, since there will certainly be plenty of pre-orders to cover even some folks pulling out. An academic discount for institutions would be great, since I, among others, have been slowly winning the battle of getting "Dead Studies" taken seriously. But, of course, Heads first!
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so i just went to ebay to look at bear family box sets. if your not familiar, they are a german company thats been putting out box sets for years. johnny cash, hank snow, carter family, etc. (i saw a freddy king set i didn't know about!!!) so i looked up the most # of cd's and price. the complete sun singles vol 1-4 is a 16 cd box set that sells for $300. bear family is really famous for what they do. just thought i'd try to put things in perspective...
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They clearly state that your card will not be billed until the box ships. That's 9 months away! Save your money, so when it does ship, you'll have the money in your account. It's a no brainer!
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Bear family does wonderful work, and they're not cheap. Their "Sweet Soul Music" collection, spanning over a decade is a favorite. I worked in Polygram's transfer facility back in the eighties and was impressed that Bear Family would send someone over to supervise the transfers to make sure they were up to their standards. As far as Dead scholarship goes, no better model exists then noted Ornithologist, Phil Schaap: world's pre-eminent Charlie Parker expert. Phil also happened to do sound when the Grateful Dead played Columbia University in 1968 in support of the student strike. Phil told me that when the Dead went into "Feedback" he immediately reached for the volume and Jerry threw him a quick glance and said, "Don't touch those buttons, Son. We want that feedback." Unfortunately, the reel to reels have vanished from Columbia's archives.
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It is going to be hard to wait for this one.
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Thanks folks about the preorder, shipping and billing info. I am sure you all are correct, but I actually cannot find this stated anywhere on the site, and I have been poking around. I suspect I am just an idiot when it comes to this stuff, but it would be good to state this rather prominently. Schaap at the board for the Dead, that is interesting, I did not know that. Would be great to go from Birdsong to Bird Flight, Schaap is the man!
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"I, among others, have been slowly winning the battle of getting "Dead Studies" taken seriously." I commend you for that. As someone who was moved by this music, and those who played it, to learn an instrument and become a performer, I have an affinity for those who take it as seriously as you. The Grateful Dead are a quintessentially American phenomenon, both musically and sociologically, and well-deserving of study. Kudos to you, grateful prof.
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It's very late here in Europe-land, and I'm off to bed, after hoping to place my order on the first day. I'll check in the morning, and hopefully the dead.net server will stop replying "I would prefere not to."
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This was the tour where Keith was ' coming in ' nicely playing great keys in this band . The european surroundings probably influenced him - and band - somewhat ... for sure ... Europe was a great idea in 72 Thanks for this very qualitative box .......
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Looking forward to my copy arriving, will pay ASAP, bring it on. I love the shows I have and consider them some of the best, this will jam forever. Coconut Phil, living Free.
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The first time I met Phil Schaap, I walked into a room and he was lying on the floor with a plant in a vase on his chest. He looked up at me and said, "I heard you're into the Dead". He proceeded to recite, correctly word for word, "Dupree's Diamond Blues". He then informed me that that was his father's favorite Grateful Dead song! Strange, I thought. He told me the story about mixing for the GD at Columbia Univ which must have been some last minute thrown together affair. Phil was as disappointed with the disappearing reels from Columbia as I was. I've never seen a mention of any sound source existing from that show. Someone out there, somewhere, has those reels!
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Well, here in Argentina, every new CD costs around 50 pesos (not to mention de overprice on imported ones, I mean, they sell ALMOST NOTHING of the Grateful Dead here, only the Rockin' the Cradle DVD), if I do the math: 50 pesos x 60 = 3000 / 4 (dollar exchange value) = $750.- I know that it's still a "big prize", but understable. I want to buy it, I'm not decided yet. Plus, even if you don't believe me, I haven't heard ANY Europe 72 show, so everything would be new to me. I suppose that, as in the other box sets, there won't be splitted shows. I just hope, for the people that don't care about ESPECIAL EDITIONS, that they put every show individually later as a download. Is there any chance of shipping this to my country?
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I'm not seeing a way in which to order, others however evidently have. Has the order form been pulled? BTW Thanks for all the essays Blair I look forward to them...
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Read the above paragraph. Enter your email addy and you'll be notified when it's available. Sheesh people!
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No one has ordered it yet because it's not available yet. The server crashed. I spoke with someone at Dead.net earlier tonight and they gave me the lowdown. Just enter your email address & they'll send out an email when they get the server straightened out.
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i think at first they posted something different. I've seen that happen numerous times over years when dead.net says one thing and posts say another and vice versa. Usually seems to be a problem with flow, hopefully they wont do something weird and only notify the first 7200 people to leave there email or something....I've put mine in....fingers crossed on this one...looks like im gonna be losing a lot of sleep over the next few days!
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There's no confusion. The server crashed because too many people were trying to oreder at the same time. It'll be back up before you know it. All good things in all good time. One Love! xoxo
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Here we go again, only this time i am aware of it happening, I hate being addictive personality type, i am addicted to the dead. I had dreams about all of these releases years ago.let check my mind, take a quick look, how do i get out of going through these things twice de ja ragu! yes i did! They are hungry for our money, beware American consumer. Some ones getting really rich. Last time i checked amazon the cheapest 69 complete rec was around 800$ and they only made 10,000 of those so i epect to see these next year on amozon running for cheapest at round oh lets be open minded 1500$ to 2000$ ya! I hate comercialism, somones getting rich and it aint me, i wander if i could even try to quite listening to the dead, my life would be emptier! i cant do it been a daily listener for well over ten years, maybe as a bonus bob and phil can come by my home and have a jam session with me, i bet they would have some deja ragu!
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FWIW, grasshead, I saw some friends on deadcentral say they already placed an order.
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This is great that it's being released, but who wants 60 CDs? It would be cooler if it came on a USB drive, with a little booklet of photos or something. No one wants to rip 60 CDs to their computer.
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Whoa - could it be an Aprils Fool Day gag ... or is it real??? Really - wouldn't surprise me ... the people responsible for the cool releases - really know how to do it ... Pinch me. ... I think i'm dreaming!
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Hey Now,1) Longing for the Deadtunes to enlighten your day Try gdradio.net. 2) IT foul-ups are the ticket line snafu's of our age. Maybe it's a good thing. This release is in SEPTEMBER (8 months from now) and the payment is not due till SEPTEMBER so there is not 1.3 mil start up cost or anyother monitary goal. The only reason for the early announcement and the 3,000 preorders is the desire for this box by us (the faithful) to be shown to the suits at rhino so If today is any indication of interest I say this project is a go and as has been previously stated the Limited Edition stuff should be dropped unless there is an unlimited first run edition so everybody who wants one gets one (and only one) 3) The Set Lists are available in a number of locations Here they are in the 'Lyrics and Shows' section. 4) 60+ discs (22 shows) at 450 In 2003 The Dead returned to the road. As a special deal the entire tour was sold as a limited edition box (just discs and a large soft cd case) with the covers and song lists available for free download in total 34 shows and 95 discs - cost $600 or so Listened to some of the jams the other day. I am still glad I went for that deal. The Sky Was Yellow And The Sun Was Blue People Stopping Strangers Just To Shake Their Hand.
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"noted Ornithologist, Phil Schaap: world's pre-eminent Charlie Parker expert" Yeah right ... in his own long-winded making-stuff-up mind! LOL! **** As for the Euro set, man, I'd love it. But I be broke and, besides, the same old same old IT snafus confirm the wisdom of giving up on new old GD a year or more ago. There's plenty of other places to go - e.g. the currently available Duke Ellington boxes on Mosaic. Hey, they run a snafu-free site, too!
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I wanna hear my first Dead concert again....Paris '72....LOVE IT!!!!
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Would love to get this, but that is a lot of falafel if you get my drift habebe.
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i got the credit card BlueBallz.
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This is not just an "extravagance", it's a total absurdity. Jerry would laugh his ass off at the idea that every note they played on any given tour, even this one, is worth owning.
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This sucks harder, actually. Less copies of more shows. That's kind of sad, having the whole tour full of shows everybody would like limited to 7500 people...and that Fillmore box sold out FAST. Not a chance in hell I'm going to be able to scrape together that kind of money, even by April. The resellers are going to be all over this and I sincerely doubt TPTB even care who buys it as long as it gets bought. Blair, I've seen you disagree with that limited, numbered philosophy in other threads. You should step up and bite the hand that feeds you now, earlier in the process. Do everybody a solid. It might not be economically feasible to have all that big-ass packaging etc for more than 7500 copies, but once the remastering has been done it's done and burning off more discs and printing more sleeves is trivial. The individual shows should be made available somehow. I would have bought into a subscription type deal of these shows WAY before the blind Road Trips thing - which has just become even less likely LOL.