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    Got ideas for how things should be run differently in the Vineyard? Improvements? Suggestions? Brainstorms? Truckloads of fertilizer? Post here.,On the floor at MSG... one perfect song after another...and we were beyond elated with disbelief and gratitude. This was truely a fantasy set list and, in my opinion, the best of my 8 show run.

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    I believe
    this will be worked on in the next few days, as the techs have been busy on things like 30 Days of Dead.
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    vineyard link...
    Hi there, I was wondering when this topic and others, in particular www.dead.net/forum/dead-beta-vine and www.dead.net/forum/jazz-blues-allah-vine will get linked to the Vineyard? I would like to be able to get to these topics without having to enter the URL for them. Is there someplace I should report problems or submit requests like this? Mike
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    this is cool. There's an upside to the impending demise of my 20-year-old TV.:-)
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    I am excited about the GD Movie coming out on Blue-Ray. It's on its way from Amazon as we speak.
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    I'm with you dstache!
    Good to hear your point of view. Now I don't feel like such an outlier to the "norm". Europe72 single-handly destroyed this place whether you had problems with your order or not.
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    This thread doesn't show up in the vineyard, but it does show up as the "next topic" if you go to the reseed thread. Very weird. Plus, many threads have the wrong main post. It seems like things have been messed up here for what, a couple of months at least? I'm pretty patient but it is getting to be a little too much. Maybe it is time for me to move on, I don't know. It needs to be said that it seems that the powers-that-be are quietly shutting this section of the site down, slowly but surely, not coming out and saying they are doing it, but making it so annoying and difficult to navigage and use that people will just decide to leave on their own. Maybe I am burned out a bit too. I'm a little over halfway through the Europe 72 and, while all but a couple of shows so far are Very Good (and more than a couple are Great), the rah-rah every show is at least excellent stuff (doesn't Blair write that somewhere?) just irks me. Listen to the Sugarees from the tour. They are boring as heck without any Jerry solos. The notes to 5/11 say that Dick, whose opinion I usually agree with, said that it was his favorite Europe 72 show. About halfway through the 1st set I was wondering if I was insane as the band was very flat. Yeah, it picks up for the second set, but even the Dark Star wasn't as good as it should have been. There was one really nice jam that went on for a bit, but I could just feel that JErry wasn't throwing himself 100% into it, but instead wanted to go back to space/noodling. I know, it's the whole journey/destination argument, but I feel so much more satisfied when a great jam results. Anyways, the point of the above was that I spent $450 on a box set and there is this real attitude here that that was not enough. If I am a real deadhead, I need to spend another $100 on a subscription for limited issue shows, only one of which they are willing to tell me. And then all the heads clamoring for 80's and 90's shows, Christ! Not to mention '76! The last Road Trips, which I am not purchasing, is a middling show in a middling year. 5 officially released 76 shows was more than enough, now we get another, and people are clamoring for more. I certainly don't want to pay $25 for a show I won't listen to more than 2x. Damn, I'm just rambling but I am fed up with it. I know you can't please everyone all the time. Heck, half the people want compilations and half of us don't. Half of us want only classic shows or at least shows from classic periods (hidden gems, shows where the circulated version has less than stellar sound) while the other half wants every period equally represented or at least well-represented. And the powers-that-be try their best, and we have to show our loyalty for the band we love by buying everything that comes out, no matter whether we like it or not, and no matter whether they tell us what it is or not. Ugh! On the other hand, Mary hooked me up with tix to the Taxi Tour shows and that was so kind. And there are a lot of great people here. And I really think the powers-that-be are trying hard. I just don't like this limited issue, subscription only, early bird gets the worm thing. And $450 is definitely not going to be a yearly thing for me. It is pretty ridiculous that I paid that for recorded music for one band for one year.
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    Holding up a few vines right now. Should have em out this week. Just a heads up I'm still alive and rippin'. :) Hope everyone is good and having a Grate October. Someone tell me who's up on the Bicentennial vine. I'z got it. Peace
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    the PMs are ostensibly fixed now.
    So the abb vine needs to be restored?
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    t140v77 the PMs are not working... and the two vines he mentioned are crossed up 'Jazz & Blues for Allah vine' posts are under the allman-bros-band-1986-1996-1dvd-flac-vine thread as well as this topic does not show up in the vineyard link there are two others (from 2009 mistakenly) pinned there instead
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    I was looking for a 'Jazz & Blues for Allah' vine that I posted an update to recently but can't find it. I did take a look at an Allman Brothers vine that was I interested in and noticed that the postings it has are mostly for the 'Jazz & Blues for Allah' vine.... including my update.Here is the link for the ABB vine, http://dead.net/forum/allman-bros-band-1986-1996-1dvd-flac-vine I also sent a few PMs out but got no response. I don't know if anyone got them or just haven't had a chance to respond.
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Got ideas for how things should be run differently in the Vineyard? Improvements? Suggestions? Brainstorms? Truckloads of fertilizer? Post here.,On the floor at MSG... one perfect song after another...and we were beyond elated with disbelief and gratitude. This was truely a fantasy set list and, in my opinion, the best of my 8 show run.
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I am putting in 2 vine request. Not sure what's out there. 1) JGB with Cats under the stars (1977/78) 2) Late '69 (August through December) Early '69 sounds totally different than late '69 stuff. I have 4 shows from this late '69 era: 8/23, 9/1 (gaps between tracks), and 12/31 (gaps between tracks). I can vine 8/23 if that is not out there. I'll go check.
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I needed to write a little letter to you all...and here it is.http://www.dead.net/forum/going-furthur Copy and pasted. Hey boyz and girlz...LOVE YOU....missed you too. Figured I'd just write everything here, because I assume most people check this thread. I've been under some serious pressures lately, Mom is back in the hospital, and honestly when she was out it was like a full time babysitting job. So, I appreciate all the kind vibes from all you from before, she's doing ok, just not there yet. Also, I've been working on projects @ the same time so I've had to put PRIORITIES ahead of being online and talking to my family. I will be getting everything squared away here in the next couple of days, I really just need to sleep and take a breather from the Chaos of what I've been dealing with. So please don't think that I've forgot about prizes and Getting back online/chatting/talking/vining and talking with all you kind folks. Just know that I've been under EXTREME stress with Mom's Disease and dealing with the game called "Life". Thanks for understanding, and I love you my family....ALOT! In fact without some of my close friends and dead.netters (family freinds) I don't think I'd still be sane right now. Love, Canyon Critter ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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CC: Hope you get some rest and your mom feels better soon. I have not experienced a lot of the issues that some of you have dealt with on a personal level but I've been there too. In 2006, my daughter was born 3 months premature and spent about 2 1/2 months in the childrens' hospital. That was the one of the most stressful times in my life. It was a living hell. Been there. I feel for all of you having hard times. My daughter is doing fine now and is such a blessing and did not have any of the bad outcomes the doctors said she would have. My prayers go out to all of you having a tough time.
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All, I found this article on a GD music website (Workingman's Tracker). I don't have a copy of the February 3-11 Rolling Stone but if anyone does, give it a good look and comment! Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead This is an article from this week's Rolling Stone (Feb 3 '11, page 22). My first thought was, "This has to be a hoax..." But here it is: DEAD REACH BACK TO LEGENDARY 1972 TOUR FOR MASSIVE BOX SET Due in fall, the 60-plus CD release includes every show from European trek. On April 1st, 1972, the Grateful Dead arrived in Britain for the opening dates of their first European tour. The timing was perfect - "the feast of fools," guitarist Bob Weir says, laughing. "There was a challenge for us, playing for people not familiar with what we were up to. But we were ready for fresh ears...we were hot."... In the fall, the tour will be released by Rhino as a limited-edition beast: 22 shows on more than 60 CDs. The lavish set, available by pre- order from the Dead's website, will cost over $400 and is unprecedented even by their archive-box standards. "By the time we're finished, we'll have put two years into this," says producer David Lemieux, who expects mixing and mastering to wrap by June. "If there was ever a tour that needed a complete release, it was Europe '72. It's one of the top three tours the Dead ever did, and there's a pristine 16-track recording of every show..." "I remember that tour clearly," says bassist Phil Lesh, noting that no one in the band had been to Europe before. [SIC] "In Hamburg, we played in the hall where Brahms played. In Paris, I literally felt the spirits of Chopin and Debussy. I think that made us play better. I remember being on..." "Someone would catch fire, and that would spread," Bob Weir says. "I'd catch a riff everyone coalesced around. Then someone else would come up with something that took us another way. It was a collective flash - time to move on." The Dead were in dramatic transition that spring, emboldened by the jazzy ambitions of new pianist Keith Godchaux. "It was amazing how tuned in he was to our music," Lesh says. "In Paris, he played like a god." The European tour was also the Dead's last with ailing singer-organist Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, who died in 1973. "He didn't have as much energy as before," Weir says, "but he was trying his best to deal with it."... Lemieux says other Dead tours deserve full release, such as the fall of '73 and spring 1990: "It's such a diverse band. You can do boxes from '72 and '89 back-to-back, and there's nothing similar about them, except it's Grateful Dead music." "It all boils down to, 'Is there a story there?'" says Weir. "If we can find an era like this, with a story line and development - and I have a feeling there is - there would be merit in doing this again."
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We're thinking of you "It's got no signs or dividing line and very few rules to guide"
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This is being posted at many places, but I can't find it on the RS website. I'm going to see if I can find the issue in the brick and mortar world. Update to come...
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If this is true, we better get all the gettin' while the gettins' good. Otherwise, it will be too late.
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Here is the text to the e-mail I received today. The header is in the subject line above. As one of the Grateful Dead’s biggest fans, and as our way of thanking you for subscribing to the Road Trips series... We want to give you a heads up to keep your eyes peeled for a major announcement from Dead.net, today at 12pm PST. Something BIG is coming. It might just blow your mind. Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Dead.net 3400 West Olive Ave. Burbank CA 91505
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Interesting, Flyer, you must be part of the inner circle, or at least I must be well outside of the circle, as I have not received such an email. The latest issue of Rolling Stone is 1/20 and there was nothing re: the Dead on page 22. We'll wait and see.
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Ahhh, I did not subscribe to Road Trips, hence no email...
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I get deadnet e-mails all the time about this or that, but I am not a subscriber to the road trip series so I did not get the notice. I must also be in the outter circle. I guess that's 3 PM for us on the east coast.
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This is a monumental endeavor. I wonder how many people will pay 450 bucks, however.I will be very interested to see if they reach their requirement of 3,000 orders by April. What do you guys think? "The sky was yellow and the sun was blue."
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If they hit 3,000 orders there will be some wealthy folks out there in Dead Land! 60 x 3,000 = almost a 1/4 of a million CDs ... Maybe they should offer it in flac? =) "It's got no signs or dividing line and very few rules to guide"
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Someone posted this in the topic for the boxed set. Basically, they will not even begin production unless they are GUARANTEED (450 x 3000) $1,350,000. How much of that do you think is profit? How much will they earn if they sell 5,000 sets? "The sky was yellow and the sun was blue."
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I am not sure how you calculate profit here. 10,000 copies times $450 each = $4.5m Bobby, Phil, Billy, Donna and the estate of Jerry, Keith and Pigpen all get their cut. That is the big question. I'm sure the sale of the vault to Rhino was not a complete sale. The individual members must have retained a cut on every sale. There are engineering costs, other creative costs (Blair J getting the bulk of it, JUST KIDDING!), physical costs for the trunk, discs, etc. There is a small amount of money that will have to go to pay the writers of the cover songs. And then Rhino has to pay their employees. Not just the CEO, but the accountant, the secretary, the receptionist. I honestly do not think they are making a killing here. Sure, they are making a little money, but nothing outrageous.
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if i spent $450 on music cds, and my wife found out about it, I am afraid my "vining career" would be over ;-) of course i've probably spent that much vining the last 2.5 years.
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I am certain when I get home tonight my wife will ask me if these are shows I already have. I will compose myself, look her straight in the eye, and lie, "no, of course not, sweetie." :)
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But still ... it's a lot of cash and a lot of CD's (flac anyone, anyone =) Buuuut the more I think about it ... I just may have to phenangle a way to get it! I'm thinking I probably reeeeaaallly need this one honey =) Dang I'm gonna have to sell some grilled cheeses at the Furthur shows in Broomfield to pay for this sucker ... A LOT of grilled cheeses lol!! ha!! "It's got no signs or dividing line and very few rules to guide"
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Well, it turns out the GD store IS NOT accepting orders yet for Euro 72. Even though I received an order confirmation number, it appears that the new system being used cannot locate my confirmation. Order placed approx. 3:30AM Central. Called 1-800-CAL-DEAD at 7:00AM Central to confirm and was told they have no record of the order. It's Just Another Day! Best Wishes-Jimmy
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It hasn't worked for me yet either. Work out the issues before-hand dead.net!! "It's got no signs or dividing line and very few rules to guide"
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Take care man, hope everything is ok. "It's got no signs or dividing line and very few rules to guide"
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dstache, Prayers go out to your family. Hang in there. Be safe.
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hope all is well man. take care
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I'm flying to Michigan in the morning. My Dad is 60 yrs old and has multiple scelerosis. He's had it most of my life. His mother, my grandmother, cares for him. He's been in a hospital/nursing facility the last 6 weeks. It seemed like he was getting better and was going to be sent home, but things took a turn for the worst. Thanks for all the kind thoughts and hopefully I'm back early next week.
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sorry to hear this, hope all goes well and that you have a safe trip . " Life is`nt about running from the storm, it`s about learning to dance in the rain "
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Hope all turns out well. Boy, after reading the posts regarding the Europe 72 boxed set, I have reached the conclusion that the substantial upgrade in the quality of the shows they offer, simply isn't worth the hassle. I will stick with my collection gathered mostly from the vineyard and be satisfied. Personally, I don't see the need for every single note played during the entire tour, although I do recognize that many people feel otherwise. The Rhino people sure seem to have a tough time with everything they release! "Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own."
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All is well, my Dad isn't as bad off as it seemed. Not that he is well, of course, but things aren't as bleak as they seemed. Thanks for all the good wishes, all! I am not holding any vines except for the Vince 1990 P1 which is still waiting for its own thread. For some reason I think Marye may be a little busy at the moment. ;) Supposedly, I have ordered the Europe 72 box. I got a pre-order confirmation as well as a reservation confirmation, but I couldn't confirm the order here on the site and Customer Service told me to use the reservation code. The process definitely sucks and they need to do a better job. These bad vibes will kill you, Rhino! The main thing is to NOT limit it to a specific number but instead, if you have to limit it at all, to limit it to a specific time (a month say). However long you limit it, it has to be long enough that everyone who wants one and is willing to pay can LOG IN and actually place their order.
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Marye's busy because of the Europe '72 box fiasco, get it?!?!?! Still more of a tragedy than comedy... :)
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Glad to hear your dad is doing well . " Life is`nt about running from the storm, it`s about learning to dance in the rain "
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this was posted earlier in one of the threads here On January 17th, 2011 smiley dave said: My name is Ryan, Smiley's nephew. He has been in the hospital for over a week. They said he should be out wed or thursday. He has been freakin out not getting what you call VINES? He wanted me to tell you last week. I forgot was more concerned with him. He said you would know what he means Do For Other's You Will Feel Better. Guaranteed!!!! has anyone heard anything yet from smiley? I hope he is ok
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First - I want to say I wish him the very best. This is the thread I bumped this morning – probably the latest I seen http://www.dead.net/forum/11-85-shn-flac-vine I’ve sent him about 5 vines which I don’t think anyone else has requested – he acknowledged receipt of the first only. I am behind on a couple that I can certainly wait a while for… I am aware of the difficulties he is having – but I feel it is best to skip him until he is back up to speed.
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I am behind him on a couple that I can certainly wait a while for…
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I am behind him on a couple (vines that he has) that I can certainly wait a while for… get well Dave
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Hello: I just discovered this space while searching for a Hunter set list, therefore I am not exactly sure how things work around here. Regardless, I have a couple of Hunter bootleg dvd's --- don't know if anyone has offered them here before: Here's the first one if anyone wants a copy: March 5, 1997 House of Blues, Chicago, IL 1 disc --- "fair" quality [hand-held camera; no upgrade on original audio], but an absolutely outstanding performance [Hunter-freaks will want this] SET 1 ["warm-up" set] Bertha Tiger Rose Candyman It Must Have Been the Roses One Thing to Try Truckin' SET 2 Jack Straw Mason's Children Standing on the Moon Keys to the Rain Wharf Rat Wild Bill Silvio Franklin's Tower [transcendent] Scarlet Begonias China Cat Sunflower > Dark Star > Mountains on the Moon > China Cat Sunflower ENCORE: Tennessee Waltz Steamers on the Canal Ripple Boys in the Barroom =========================================== jerri1031-dp3 at yahoo
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Hey boy and girlz, Just as a heads up my mom is finally out of inpatient therapy (hospital) and is now only doing the outpatient program....so I'm "babysitting" for only a little while each day, and things have calmed down on this end. I know I have a few vines that need to go out and also, from what I hear, possibly need to reseed (ie. possibly the zepplelin DVD, etc.) let me know. I'll search my inbox and the forums for things as well. FINALLY, I feel like a 50 ton weight is lifted of my shoulders and can breathe again. Love you my family, Critter P.S. Smiley Dave said he had a ton of vines in a box as well, and is having some major medical issues, so he was just going to send that box to me and I'll make sure to get them to the right people. ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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That's great, CC! I hope things continue to get better for you and your mother.
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Glad to hear ur mom is doing better and hope she keeps getting better. As for smileydave, I hope he is doin ok as well. I know he hasnt been around in awhile and the fact he is passing on his vines is a little unsettling to me. I guess we just keep on bumping him down the lists he is on until he returns. Thanks for the update on him.
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Happy to hear your Mom is doing better . " Life is`nt about running from the storm, it`s about learning to dance in the rain "
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I am going to reseed 77 Part 4 but I ask that everyone who is on the list, or who newly signs up, please re-post the list with asterisks (***) next to their name to indicate that they still want the vine. I will have it ready in 2 to 3 weeks (working long hrs 6 days a week). Thanks!
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Not to make you guys jealous, but my tickets for the Friday night Furthur show in Boston's Orpheum theatre just came. 14th Row, just right of center!!! Thank you GDTS Too.Still waiting for RCMH tickets or refund. Anybody going to the show let's meet up. "Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own."
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I haven't read all of the 'Meta Topic' vine so forgive me if this has been covered...but I was wondering what I do when sending a vine across the pond. Do I make another copy to send there to make a branch in the vine and keep the original, send the original or .....??? I know there aren't many rules here but I don't want do anything that goes against the normal procedures and protocol and stuff. Also any tips for packing would be appreciated, do you just use the bubble mailer or do you use something more riged? Mike