Dave's Picks Volume 27: Boise State University Pavilion, Boise ID 9/02/83

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October 3, 2017 - 1:26pm

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"The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press

And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!

Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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August 25, 2018 - 5:07am

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rockin.fan

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Quality of Dave´s Picks Series

I´m disapointet about the quality in Dave´s Picks Series. The song material is good but the quality of sound is partly bad. I think some songs are patched with audience recordings (i.e. in Daves vol. 20 and 27). And thats not what we are usesd to hear on dead.net music (and I pay for it)! I have nearly all volumes of the Dick´s Picks series and they are okay. I suggest they should release only one or two volumes of Daves series per year and select only concerts in good quality! Otherwise I can hear the songs on archive.org.
August 24, 2018 - 8:09pm

#252

LedDed

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Dude, that's fucking awesome...

The only drummer I compare to John Henry Bonham is Charlie Watts, due to feel. They are the engine that drives their band. Ginger Baker, Neil Peart, Phil Rudd (for the pocket backbeat). Get well soon. \m/
August 24, 2018 - 6:43pm

#253

KeithFan2112

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Born X-Eyed

It's funny you mentioned Pinball Wizard. When I was watching Moon videos yesterday, I also found this one. It's the isolated drum track of the studio version of Pinball Wizard. The second one is Won't Get Fooled Again. That's awesome you got to see the real Who. LedDed. I threw in a little Zep for you. It sounds close to the album take, but it's missing my favorite fill, so it's got to be an outtake. Pinball Wizard https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tL7uVSRnOms Won't Get Fooled Again https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NJH8DmPfVmU Fool In The Rain https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RddCksr-XhY
August 24, 2018 - 5:58pm

#254

Kayak Guy

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subscription always had its benefits

and this is one of the best. This bonus CD was distributed with Road Trips, Vol. 4, No. 3 to subscribers to the Road Trips series. The bonus disc has music from the December 6, 1973 show in Cleveland. • Greatest Story Ever Told • China Cat Sunflower • I Know You Rider • Dark Star • Eyes Of The World
August 24, 2018 - 4:00pm

#255

Mr_Heartbreak

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JA Bark

The first couple tracks on Bark - When the Earth Moves Again & Feel So Good - are great on the live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland. I think Bark is kind of like a Dead studio album. It doesn't have the classic sound of Surrealistic Pillow, or rise to the level of the later Kantner/Slick project Blows Against the Empire, but the songs from that period translate well live. If the only Stella Blue you ever heard was the Wake of the Flood version, you'd probably think it was kind of boring.
August 24, 2018 - 1:58pm

#256

Gollum

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JA Bark

mmmm, yes Charlie3 those tune titles sound familiar. "3rd week in Chelsea" was just the one that came first to mind. It might be time for a good re-listen to "Bark" for old times sake.
August 24, 2018 - 1:04pm

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Born Cross Eye…

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10 years on this dead.net

It's been 10 years since I registered with this version of dead.net.Back then, it seemed fun and for the most part it still is! Sometime, probably during Dave's Picks 11 or 12 discussion/comments pages, I had noticed folks talking back to each other via these posts. This is community, in my opinion. And for the most part it is beautiful. Only a few times here and there, things get ugly with "taboo" topics of politics, religion, and some other stuff. Recently we were *invaded* by troll or trolls, and hopefully our wunnerful moderator marye and management got rid of these boring and harmful trolls. But what ever happened to DeadNetCentral? (DNC) Is this still active? I never was a part of DNC, it seemed too constrained for me, as I was a part of rec.music.gdead for many years, until it was invaded trolls and the rise of Facebook to the general public and other stuff scattered folks to other, newer, more modern social media. However r.m.g.d. still exists, but is nowhere is it like it was only a few years ago. #
August 24, 2018 - 11:49am

#258

Charlie3

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JA Bark

Third Week in the Chelsea is definitely a highlight of that album, but I think Pretty As You Feel has to be my absolute favorite Jefferson Airplane song. Feel So Good and Wild Turkey from Bark are pretty good too, but something about Pretty As You Feel just clicks in my brain in a really pleasant way.
August 24, 2018 - 10:47am

#259

Born Cross Eye…

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Steal Your Face (3)

It's not my favorite album, but I don't hate it. I have the original 76 vinyl LP, the 89 CD that sounds greatly improved, and now the 2017 180g vinyl LP reissue that really sounds excellent. I thought is was very good in 1976, it wasn't a real GD show but a collection of songs recorded live. SYF doesn't stand up to Europe '72, Skullfuck, or Live/Dead, in my opinion.
August 24, 2018 - 10:47am

#260

Born Cross Eye…

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Steal Your Face (3)

It's not my favorite album, but I don't hate it. I have the original 76 vinyl LP, the 89 CD that sounds greatly improved, and now the 2017 180g vinyl LP reissue that really sounds excellent. I thought is was very good in 1976, it wasn't a real GD show but a collection of songs recorded live. SYF doesn't stand up to Europe '72, Skullfuck, or Live/Dead, in my opinion.

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"The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press

And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!

Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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