Dave's Picks Volume 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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April 17, 2019 - 4:23pm

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stoltzfus

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6/20/83

bobby at the end of Sugar Magnolia

yeah a yeah a yeah!
yeah a yeah a yeah!
yeah a yeah a yeah!

why oh why can't 6/18/83 and 6/20/83 have pristine soundboards to give the full Norman to...
April 17, 2019 - 2:28pm

#22

hartwerger

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MDJIM--6/20/83 Merriweather

Loved your post on the 6/20/83 show since I too was there and it was quite memorable. Only one correction. There was an encore: Its All Over Now Baby Blue. Jerry's voice may not have been up to par in '83, but it was still a mighty fine rendition of Baby Blue.

As you said, that Merriweather show may not be one of the best show of all times, but it was incredibly magical to most who attended it. Just read the reviews on the Archive (or even here on Dead.net). Unlike you Jim, I was on the lawn and had to brave the monsoon. I made a brief venture to the Pavilion during the second set, but things were a little too weird there so I wondered around and eventually back out into the torrent of rain. I guess I'll share a quick personal story about that show. During the peak of Music Never Stopped, a casual acquaintance of mine came running toward me in her yellow dress with a handful of mud. She plastered that mud on the back of my white shirt. I don't think we had Garcia handprints just yet back then, but her slap on my back formed a perfect handprint, only with a middle finger unlike Garcia. She disappeared and I didn't see her again that night. I knew from friends that she went back to New York, and I ventured off to Colorado later that summer. What was so odd was that mud handprint stayed on my shirt in perfect form. For most of that three hour show I was standing in the most relentless deluge of rain and that handprint never washed off the shirt. Days after the show, the shirt dried and so did the mud, but that muddy handprint never flaked off and never lost it's shape or character. At the time, it was a memento of a magical evening so I left the handprint there for as long as it was last. Six months later I returned to Baltimore and saw my acquaintance friend at a party. We talked of how much fun we had at that Merriweather show and how special it was when we briefly saw each other. She still had the yellow dress and I still had the white shirt with her handprint. Perhaps it was a simple twist of fate, but I felt a spark. Five years later we married. Through the years the shirt, and the dress, have disappeared, but my wife and I are still together and have been married for 30 years (holy sh%#$!--30 years, really?) I'm fortunate that we're still together, but perhaps more fortunate that she likes to listen to the Dead as much as I do (which is a friggin' lot!!). Anyway, for me, that Merriweather show was a memorable evening indeed.
April 17, 2019 - 1:50pm

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DeadVikes

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Warfield Box

I share in the hopes for this box. We know one thing for sure. The tapes used to produce the Warfield acoustic release have not been recorded over, the expanded Dead set they released in the 2000s and the expanded Dead Ahead bonus material all have not been recorded over.
Maybe Dave will give us some hints tomorrow.
April 17, 2019 - 1:27pm

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RV3

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"Maybe Soon" on Warfield '80 Box - just guessing

I am only hoping on suspicions also for a Warfield '80 Box Set. Someone had originally mentioned it on the RSD release thread that it might be a prelude to a Warfield Box Set...who knows? Also previous RSD releases were part of larger Box Sets, 4/25/77 comes to mind. It was a RSD release, and part of the 30 Trips Box Set. Also, 3/29/90 Wake Up To Find Out was a RSD release, and then a part of Spring 1990(TOO). I believe there are a few other RSD releases that were part of Box Sets, etc ? Certainly seems like it could be the lead in to that type of box, BUT It may not be for a couple of reasons: 1) Dave has stated that the 1980 Warfield/RCMH tapes were taped over after Reckoning/Dead Set. 2) They do very few if any releases from the 1980s, I wouldn't expect them to a total 1980 Box - but I'm hoping like others! Where is that Bowlo fella with hints?!?
April 17, 2019 - 1:12pm

#25

icecrmcnkd

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Warfield Box

My unsubstantiated suspicions were also that this acoustic Warfield release was a prelude to a Box of electric sets.

Also,
I noticed that 5-15-70 Road Trips rerelease is available for preorder on Amazon.
April 17, 2019 - 11:41am

#26

DeadVikes

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RV3-Warfield Box Set

Okay RV3, do you have information that we will be getting a Warfield 1980 Box Set this year? Don't get me too excited as I am still at work!

Let us know. Thanks 😊
April 17, 2019 - 8:52am

#27

Sixtus_

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re: 4/16/78 & E'72

Ok KeithFan, you know you can't mention 4/16/78 without Sixtus chiming in. I mean, this is an all-time favorite of mine and I've had the tape forever. They need to release this one and I thought i saw it on the list of recovered boards?

I completely concur with this being a standout from the early part of the year, overall. It has my all-time favorite Peggy'O that made it onto personal compilations in the past simply due to Jerry's solo in there....he takes things around the block several times and the naughty dirty guitar sounds emotionally exceptional. And of course the Scarlet > Fire to END the first set is pretty unique and rare especially that ">", wherein they do some very cool stuff and Donna's timely input during that ">" peak actually helps things out IMHO. But I truly love that Estimated > Eyes; the Estimated has some very slinky, prodding, mysterious vibes to it before it drops into Eyes of the World. And, although this is a faster version, Eyes cannot be underestimated - Keith belts out expressive supporting chords as the frenzy hits, and even note the very end....where they once again COME BACK to the Eyes theme as it seems to be fizzling...and it comes back WITH A FURY before settling into drums. And then I always loved that Iko coming out of drums, it was such an early take, followed by a fully rockin Sugar Mag.

People should give this one a listen for sure.

As for E'72, I need to get back on track, but I have always wondered: WHAT HAPPENED TO BIRD SONG????
We don't ever see it sitting on the wire during this tour - and that's a shame in consideration of the epicness it projected shortly thereafter.

Sixtus

P.S. also enjoyed the various stories and musings from the gang; as others note it sort of puts one into the shoes of another for some fun and unique perspectives.

And my heart goes out to Notre Dame; very sad but glad to see it still stands in defiance and will shine once again.

P.P.S. Thanks to peeps here, I was able to grab a copy of the RSD Warfield on CD via Amazon for exactly.....zero dollars. Such is the benefit of buying so much stuff off Amazon that I had enough "points" to cover this CD. I like the cost when it's zero.
April 17, 2019 - 7:46am

#28

Dennis

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K-Fan, K-Man...

…. or J Pan Fan.

Seems only a couple of your avatar photos feature a "red" square on the cup. I downloaded and blew up,,, still can not tell what the red square says?
April 17, 2019 - 7:46am

#29

RV3

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RSD - WARFIELD 1980

Yea, this is a nice 2-show acoustic sampler....but I'm surprised they haven't announced the WARFIELD '80 box Set for this year, maybe soon ; )
April 17, 2019 - 7:05am

#30

KeithFan2112

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Coasting to a Start

I've returned to E72, April 17 show. This is the one you can see about an hour's worth on YouTube. I like the first-ever He's Gone. My first listen to this song was when Rockin the Rhein came out. That one, this one, and the one from hundred-year Hall on April 26th are the only ones that don't have the middle 8 / going where the Winds Don't Change verse. I like these the best. I also like the fast tempo. For the versions that do have the middle 8, the last show at the lyceum is pretty cool because of Bobby's tremolo effect on his guitar. I think this is another case of me getting used to the first version I hear of a song, and it sticking. The Berkeley show from Dave's Picks 20 whatever also has a really great he's gone. Pardon the spelling and case fluctuation, I'm in the car Google a voicing it. Anyway, April 17th, Tivoli x2 - another outstanding show. Those Lucky Bastards got two Great Dark Stars. These are some of my favorite Cautions ever. With Keith onboarding, they were much more streamlined and accessible. They only played it five or six times on this tour. I'll tell you what would have been cool on the pigpen front, is if they played a few less good Lovins, and threw in some smokestack lightning and Midnight Hour. The smokestack from Dave's Picks 22 shows just how potent that song had become, just a couple of months before the Europe tour. And the Midnight Hour from ladies and gentlemen might be the best ever. And of course the more wistful side of me laments that they did not have the new bird song arrangement together in time for this tour. And heck, why not a Saint Stephen or two. I also really did are you lonely for me baby from Dick's Picks 30. They could have fine tune to that one into something special. If Jimbo ever gets that way back machine fixed, we're visiting Sam Cutler and putting some ideas into his head. Because I saw a long strange trip, and those boys respected him. I'm sure if he said to practice a couple of those Tunes I mentioned, they probably would have played all of them except Saint Stephen :-D. Alligator is also suspiciously missing after April of 71. They had pared it down to 4 1/2 minutes at the last performance of it at the Fillmore East, so why not just keep it in the repertoire. I mean really, is any song shout it out from the crowd more than alligator? Paint It Black you devils!

I found a 5-hour YouTube mix of all Grateful Dead jams from 1969 to I think 1983. Great stuff. Always interesting to hear what somebody's going to put in the mix like that.

John Perry Barlow

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

Beating the set list drum....

....never judge it. Listen to it. Don't like it? Fine. Listen to it two months later. Still doesn't click? OK. Fine. Shelve it. Two years later, you notice the dust accumulating. Pull that bad boy out then. You might be surprised....I love surprises.
And if you spin it five times and still sucks, just sell it and move the fuck on. Someone, somewhere, will relish it. 😉
Spinning Dick's 11 after approx two years. Then again, I've always loved that Stanley show, so perhaps I failed the litmus test on that one.

Enough Dead

Reading Oroborous' post it struck me as similar to my experience with these releases. When the From the Vault releases and Dick's Picks first came out, I got them all, but at some point around DP21 or so I just felt like I had enough Dead and that there was other music that I wanted to acquire. I picked up a few of the general releases like Sunshine Daydream, Rockin the Rheine and the Hundred Year Hall, but I skipped Road Trips and passed on the FW'69 and E'72 releases when they first came out. At some later point, maybe 2014, I was driving around with one of my kids for their driver ed requirement and the E'72 Bickershaw Darkstar-Other One came on the Grateful Dead hour and got me right back on the bus. Picked up the E'72 volume 2 set shortly thereafter, then a couple of individual E'72 shows, then started acquiring box sets and individual releases that I had missed out on as well as the Dicks Picks and most of the Dave's Picks that I missed, and the rest of E'72. Pretty much got most of the holes in my collection filled before everything sold out on deadnet and prices seemed to skyrocket on ebay after the 50th anniversary stuff started and the 30 Trips box came out. Had I not just spent a bunch of time and money picking up releases that I had passed on, I might have been scared off by the price of the 30 Trips box, but as it was I knew I was ultimately saving myself money by purchasing it upfront rather than piecemeal on ebay later on. At this point, if they are releasing something, I want it.

To VGuy's point, absolutely agree, sometimes a show that doesn't click on one day blows me away on another occasion. If a release doesn't click on a first listen, there is a good chance that on another day, in another mood, I'll dig it.

Melville-The Dead

Back tracking slightly, there is an interesting article in a book I bought in the 1990s, called "Dead Reckonings", edited by John Rocco that references "Moby Dick". Its in the introduction, and he suggests that Ahab's pursuit of the whale was an early, and more negative, prototype for the sort of quest that The Dead engaged with.

Dead Reckonings consists of selection of essays on the band, and is a bit hit or miss, from what I remember. The introduction, is actually the best article in the book.

I have never read "Moby Dick", though. Maybe later this year.

Vguy

Rush plays basically the same setlist every night and Neil plays basically the same drum solo, if he plays one at all.
I wasn’t saying that he wasn’t a good drummer. There just isn’t the same creativity each night as with Drums/Space.

I could be wrong, the last time I saw Rush was 3-22-94, maybe things have changed since then.

There’s actually complete video of the show.
https://youtu.be/N_PdK8Gt7BE

30 Trips box question

Were the CD's in here individually shrink wrapped??? I don't believe they were.. Only reason I ask I saw the Dream Bowl show on Ebay and it was wrapped. Stay warm everyone... Bob t

VD!

I too have never read Moby Dick. My brother-in-law read it YEARS ago and said it was pages and pages about how to dissect a whale.

In the end, fuck Greg Peck's movie version, Mr. MaGoo performed the definitive version!

Fun Melville fact - He went blind later in life. Unable to read, he forced his daughters to read to him. Except he made them read original Greek works, they didn't read Greek, they just spoke phonetically! Can you image reading books to a blind old bastard in a language you didn't understand!

Tracking

Says by the end of day Friday....woohoo, gonna be a Grate weekend!

I also picked up a copy of Dicks 36, however I found it about $10.00 cheaper with free shipping on EBay for the exact same brand new Real Gone reissue. I think it’s also available from rare waves on amazon for about the same price. Real Gone is more expensive and you pay shipping! Seems odd?

Rock on Dead People!

6 Degrees Above?! LUX-ury!

Try 26 BELOW Fahrenheit, here in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she tore me up . . . Schools have been closed for three days, and the USPS even suspended delivery yesterday. I'm glad--I don't want some poor soul freezing to death, just so I can get DaP 29 a day earlier. Now it's supposed to go to 40 above and rain this weekend? So much for our skiing snow . . .

Moby Dick: I somehow earned a degree in English Language and Literature without encountering that. A high school teacher tried to get us through Billy Budd, but we revolted and he relented. So I picked up Moby a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Second listens are crucial. Yesterday I revisited VFTV IV, the 7/24/87 show. My notes in the DVD box said nothing good about it. Watched it while riding the exercise bike and had a real good time! I had revisited the second show on that release (7/26/87) on an indoor ride a month back, and loved that as well. Those shows are short, and there's not much jamming, but the energy is top notch, and Jerry is very happy. Cool.

I'm very pleased that we get releases from all thirty years. Imagine how dull this hobby would be if we only had shows from one year or era.

I'm not a robot, but I play one on t.v.

I had the same issue with…

I had the same issue with Dicks Vol 17. I remember thinking :What were THEY thinking to release this lousy show? The disc gathered dust for a few years and one day I accidently grabbed it when I wanted Dicks #16 for a road trip. I put it on in the car and it sounded great! Sometimes your head just isn't into a certain show at that time. Do not fear, always give it a second listen, cause I love # 17 today. Stay warm, its 10 degrees in Pittsburgh (but sunny).

YYZ, etc.

It's Neil Peart, people, P-E-A-R-T. What, you were all out doing bong hits in the parking lot during English class?

Listening to the Dead, and RUSH, no doubt...

\m/

I can't spell Peart....

....I get Phil's birthday wrong. What's wrong with me? I would say it's the cold, but it's a balmy 60 degrees here right now. Where do I turn in my Deadhead card?
anyone get an email about the JGB On The Eel River box set today? Bonus disc included with pre-orders at jerrygarcia.com. I just ordered the CD set and the print. Have some empty wall space.

BobT, brewer et el

BobT, I picked up the 30 trips (music only) box last summer from I think amazon/Warner, and each show was individually shrink wrapped, in a box inside a box...nothing else, no extras.

Cold Rain and Snow. Schools closing, UPS etc, all understandable considering. The real danger is that some places have had to stop delivering BEER!! Now that’s some scary shit! Especially if your stuck at home, with no beer.....
“the horror” ; )

-3 or - 4 most days here in the mountains in the AM, but it’s been warming up to about thirty, which with the sun out at this altitude is actually just right. -20 here is definetly cold, but it’s a dry cold so nothing like that Great Lakes kinda cold, brrrrrrrrr.

Be safe, stay warm, but stock up on beer first!
Soon will have that smoking hot 2/26/77, that’ll warm things up a bit 😎

Vguy

It’s either that there LSD they warned us about, or your getting dat dear “oldtimers” disease there always going on about ; )

Your “beat the set list drum” post from last night was right on so I don’t think we’ll need your membership card back just yet!

COLD; for all you folks frezzin’ your nards off, look up the rodeo song, that’ll help.....
“Well it’s forty below and I don’t give a #$$&, cause it’s off to the rodeo”

EDIT; my cousin just ordered me that JGB box, sounds sweet, and for what 40 bucks!

Vguy and JGB

I got the notice from the Garcia Family, mine has been ordered!

Thanks Oroborus... and so excited for

I got the other 30 Trips box with the bells and whistles... Suppose to get 29 tomorrow... So excited to listen to the awesome Phil Solo between Eyes of the World and Dancing!!! Always thought it was similar to his solo from Dane County Coliseum 2/15/73 Dark Star!!!!

Jerry /FYI

If this has been discussed I apologize for being late to the party. I received an email from Garcia Family Provisions and ordered a new Jerry Box Set consisting of 3 shows titled 'Electric On The Eel': French's Camp on the Eel River in Piercy, Ca. Shows are:
1. 8/29/87 2. 6/10/89 3. 8/10/91 PLUS Acoustic Bonus Disc on pre-orders. Available on CD or Download; I went the CD route and with shipping the order came to $50.08.

JGB

Yep. Got the mail, ordered the box + bonus disc. Good news, more JGB.

Dave's Picks V. 29

Uh...I've been a Dead head since the early-mid-seventies, have seen hundreds of shows. I've been hesitating to say this for a number of years, as it...isn't positive, or...necessarily very nice, but, with all due respect...Dave just doesn't have the ear for the very best of the Dead that Dick L. had. While very few shows were perfect...many in the Dave's Picks catalogue just don't meet...my personal standards, or measure up to, in my mind, the very best of either the best shows that I've been to, or...the recordings that I've long revered as being cutting edge, ground-breaking, best of the best of what made the Dead such an inspiring, unique, special musical experience. Sorry to have to say so. This Listening Party from this release...isn't among the best of what the guys have done...And...It hurts me to say so, as I love, and always will love...The GD.

Moby Dick

I was in an interdisciplinary program in the early 80's and one semester of our coursework was on Melville and Moby Dick. At the end of the semester they brought in a guest professor who had dedicated most of his career studying this book. This guy was supposed to be THE expert on the subject. We're in this small auditorium and the expert is up on the stage giving us his insights into the book. As he was talking, I leaned over to my group of friends and quietly said "If people who are into the Grateful Dead are called Deadheads, what do they call people who are really into Moby Dick?" The whole section erupted into laughter, the expert stopped talking, and I got the stink eye from the professor who taught the class. I'm glad the subject was brought up. I haven't thought about that in years.

Looking forward to DaP29..... got my notice yesterday.

Last 5

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Grateful Dead - 7/19/74 DaP 17
Beatles - Let It Be
Beatles - White Album
Grateful Dead - 4/17/72 Aarhus, Denmark

Every time I put on one of the shows from E'72 I realize that whole run is magic, and the Aarhus show in particular never disappoints, it just flows from start to finish. Magic.

Purt, Pert, Peart

In an effort to make up for my erroneous ways I am spinning Exit.....Stage Left.
On vinyl.
I believe that it is 200 g vinyl.

Eddpao

Dick knew what he was doing (which is why he was given the key to the vault as it existed then) and had the freedom to do it.

Dave has to fulfill corporate expectations while keeping us happy and while holding some shows in reserve so that the whole process can continue for years to come (hopefully).

Dave has access to a larger vault than Dick had due to the returned reels. Maybe some smokin’ shows are being saved for Box Sets, or just future releases as a way to stimulate subscription sales.

EDDPAO

Respect your opinion, I'd be interested to know which shows are more your speed. Please post if you can. Thanks.

P.S. I thought I might be a robot there for a second.

77 warm up

Last 2 in the car (it takes 2-3 days of commuting to get through a show).

6-7-77
11-6-77

Wilfred

Based on your avatar I was thinking that you were a robot-skeleton-zombie

Thought I might be a robot

If not for my exploding eyeballs.

Hmmmm

Hard to compare Dave's and Dick's. Dick was only alive until DP 15, I believe. Are some of the greats like DP 33and DP 36 Dave's or Dick's? I've heard Dave say that Dick mapped out a bunch more past 15, but was he up in the 30s? And yeah, think of all the shows that Dave reserved for box sets. Winterland '73 & '77, E72, Fillmore West '69....just think if those shows were making it into Dave's Picks.

As for DaP 29...well, there's not too many 1977 shows that I love, but this one has some great stuff. When you walk out your door and you hear Jerry ripping through Slipknot!, you'll know mine arrived. Nah, Dave knows his Dead.

I agree, there are some less than par shows that get released on his watch, but like icecreamconekid said, he's got to pace it for the long haul, while Dick's mandate was more of a short term focus. I'm sure you can find 30 releases by Dave that are on par with the shows that Dick actually picked for Dicks Picks. And I have a feeling Dave selected gems like DP 31, 33 and 36. But think of all these great Dave shows:

11/10/67 Shrine
10/20/68 Greek
Feb 27- March 2, 1969, Fillmore West '69
2/22/69 Dream Bowl
4/15/70 Winterland
2/2/70 St. Louis
April 25–29, 1971, Ladies & Gentlemen
11/15/71
11/17/71
RTR Bonus Disc from AOM
Europe '72 Complete
8/27/72
11/17/72
11/18/72
4/2/73
6/22/73
11/9 - 11/11, 1973 Winterland
11/14/73 San Diego
11/17/73 UCLA
2/24/74 Winterland
6/16- 6/18, 1974 Road Trips WOS
7/17/74 Selland (people will disagree, but the 2nd Set is fantastic)
7/29/74 Dillon Stadium
3/23/75 Blues For Allah Kezar

I'm tired. I like Dave's ear for shows. And I'm sure he would have released 2/13/70, 5/2/70, and s.o on, if they hadn't already been nabbed by Dick

Re: Hmmm

Dick's vs. Dave's? I don't know, but I call shenanigans on the whole comparison. Dick got the low hanging fruit and sorry.. but there are some Dicks Picks that are questionable too. It's pretty clear that neither had absolute control over the process, a better analogy is that they got to steer a sluggish boat with a poor rudder through cruel sea.

Could it be that both Dick and Dave did the best they could with the cards they are dealt? No.. that's so not 2019, better to complain about something that is poorly understood and really isn't broken to begin with.

A couple points of reference.. FW69, Dave. E72, Dave. Winterland 73, Dave. Dave sucks.. really? No.. the truth is they both did/do the best they can with what they have and likely operate under an unknown set of constraints. That was a pretty negative post and I just don't see the point. Dick was a saint, and did so much good.. that doesn't mean Dave is a sinner. He just came next after Dicks unfortunate passing, nothing more nothing less, and I personally think he has done a great service to us all.

If there is anything I am bitter about it is that I don't have his job.. perhaps the best job on the planet. Besides.. given another 20 years and anything we want released will.. no matter who picks em.. they are going to get released.

All good things in all good time....

.... Charlie Miller, Hunter Seamons and the Oade Bros also do grate work. Just sayin'. I've heard some slam Dave because his first show was in in '87(?).
Some are jaded to the end. ( I might have that year wrong, given my track record lately. Better to be on the the bus than miss it entirely.) Dave has the best job in the world. ADHD and all....
High Fives!....
Ween - The Mollusk
GOGD - Dicks 11-Stanley Theater 9.27.72
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
Van Halen - Diver Down
Van Morrison - Days Like This
The Police - Ghost In The Machine
....it's been a mid 80's kind of a past couple days. Records you hear when you're 14-17 years old tend to stick with you.
Shoutout to Keithfan for mentioning 11.17.73 UCLA. Still king of the Dave's Pick crop imo....Dick probably would have picked it but he died.

@VGuy - thanks for the heads up

ordered mine, was just on the site last week wondering if they would be putting something out or rereleasing previously released releases.

If you Reddit....

....Steve Kimock is doing an Ask Me Anything session on 2.8.19.
https://youtu.be/fbYlLik4qwY
You have been warned....

@Charlie and UncleJohn - Hey there!

Charlie - Let it Be is my favorite Beatles record - for a while, I thought it was the White Album, then Abbey Road, then Revolver, then Rubber Soul,.... but, Let it Be (the original, not that stupid "Naked" shit -- though I do love that too) is kick -ass from front to back. Just an amazing record, at a dysfunctional time for the band... like the Dead in 78

Uncle John - that joke made me laugh beer out of my nose!

Peace

PS - What a great book!, but that whale was such a DICK!

The Whale / Beatles

I don't think the whale was a dick.. perhaps the Whalers (no, not Bob Marley and the Whalers) but I got a great chuckle out of that comment.

If someone was tossing medieval spears at my family and killing them with random precision.. and I was a great white whale.. I would go Liam Neeson on their ass.. from the point of view of the whale, revenge is best served cold.. sushi style.

As for Beatles albums, Help! got my attention and anything after Rubber Soul sealed the deal. I still find things buried within. My last listen was Abbey Road and I got hung up on Golden Slumbers for some strange reason and decided to figure out what that song was all about. Many thanks to Paul, what a fascinating 1:31 minutes of my life.

We could spend a months worth of comments on the Beatles, which would be fine..

From Wikipedia:
"Golden Slumbers" is based on the poem "Cradle Song", a lullaby by the dramatist Thomas Dekker. The poem appears in Dekker's 1603 comedy Patient Grissel. McCartney saw sheet music for "Cradle Song" at his father's home in Liverpool, left on a piano by his stepsister Ruth. Unable to read music, he created his own music.[1][2] McCartney uses the first stanza of the original poem, with minor word changes,[4] adding to it a single lyric line repeated with minor variation. In the 1885 collection "St Nicholas Songs", p. 177, is W J Henderson's music set to the poem, titled " Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes". Abbey Road does not credit Dekker with the stanza or with the title. Thomas Dekker's poem was set to music by W J Henderson in 1885, Peter Warlock in 1918, also by Charles Villiers Stanford and Alfredo Casella.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Slumbers

* Moby Dick

...” All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side.”

Herman Melville - Moby-Dick

Have a grateful day everyone! Smile smile smile :)

OK!!!!

Just got a text that mine has been delivered and is waiting in my mail box...excuse me while I slip away from work and go pick it up!

Ok Pt2

Just gave a quick listen to Terrapin on the way back to work form the post office....MIGHTY FINE!!!

Just arrived!

Gonna be fun!! Starting with disc 3

Electric On The Eel....

https://youtu.be/UhrSr_p9AJs
....I'll be honest. I've never heard Jerry play this. WOWZERS!!

1502 arrived - email notification said expected delivery Monday

1502 arrived safe and sound, was tied up in meetings, going to unwrap, rip and give it a listen. When I checked the status last night, it said it would arrive by the end of the day on Monday. Looks like it's going to be an awesome weekend!!!

MDJIM

I was going to say the same thing, Dick had his pick of the litter so he was able to release the easy choices. Dave has had to dig for the gems, but with the new influx of tapes they got we have a large number of shows that have never been available before. If we get the occasional Arrowhead Show from the 78 box that is amazing, in my eyes, and no one knew existed all the better.

Beatles

Always dug the weird stuff the most, though don’t recall ever hearing anything I didn’t like.
Abby road was my go to forever, but since I got a copy of Let it Be a few years ago it’s grown on me.
The white album of course. Peppers, I of course dig, but it doesn’t move me as much as some others.
The big surprise was Magical Mystery Tour! Somehow that one wasn’t really on the radar until a few years back when I finally got my vinyl collection back from the rents. Holy-shmoly! Coo-coo Kachoo indeed.
Really wish they would release that on Blu-ray high res format....

Beatles

That's Otis, I also find that Let It Be is the peak Beatles album for me. Something about the album as a whole really works. It did surprise me that it took so long for someone to mention Magical Mystery Tour, that is another excellent album with some overlooked gems. Blue Jay Way anyone? Baby You're a Rich Man? The other albums everyone mentioned, Abbey Road, White Album, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, Rubber Soul, they are all among my favorite albums as well as Hard Days Night and Help which were among the first Beatles records I heard. Good stuff, much like the Grateful Dead I pretty much like it all.
All this talk of Dave v. Dick made me glad to have access to both of their picks. Currently going with 10/19/73 DP 19, although after someone here pointed out that Dick only made the first 15 picks of the DP series and mapped out a few more for Dave, who gets credit for DP 19? Personally, I think that argument misses the point that without the fact that Bill Candelario made the great recording of the Dead's excellent performance on 10/19/73, neither Dave nor Dick could pick it.

Ahoy, the White Whale!

Aka DaP 29 has landed in my boat! To paraphrase the great Bob Marley, I will be a-burnin' and a-rippin' tonight.

So I'm sitting here earlier today, fidgeting anxiously for the notification on my phone that Swing has arrived in my mailbox.

My phone pings and an email from my alma mater comes across the wire.

The title of that email..."The Value of Herman Melville."

You can't make this stuff up.

Arrived today...

Will be listening this evening as well and picked up the new Garcia 'Electric on the Eel' box.

Who Knew?

My wife had Grey's Anatomy on the other day when I inadvertently noticed a picture on the wall in one of the scenes. It looked a lot like the artwork on the PNW Box set and Believe It If You Need it releases. I was able to scan back to the scene and freeze it. The picture, upon additional scrutiny, was amazingly similar to the art on these releases and obviously painted by the same artist. Similar art was hanging in various places during another episode. Who knew that Grey's Anatomy had a Dead connection...and who cares? Ha!

Stereophile magazine reviewed the PNW Box Set as one of it's records of the month and gave it very high ratings for both performance and sound. I guess they didn't get one that skipped...

Recent listens-
Believe It If You Need It - Steady rotation since it's release - one of my favorite all time Dead compilations
Beatle's White Album 50th - Enjoying all the Beatle's conversations - My favorites are Revolver and Rubber Soul
Hendrix Electric Ladyland Legacy 50th - Very well done
Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son
A Day In The Life - Impressions of Pepper - Various artists - If you like the Beatles you should give this a try - nice jazz improvisation
Witches Stew - Lettuce - A well done nod to Miles Davis
And some Stones, Little Feat, Dexter Gordon, and Jimmy Smith - to name a few.

Waiting for Dave's 29 to arrive on Monday.

Enjoy!

On The Beatles

I love the Revolver / Sgt. Pepper / Mystery Tour psychedelic sound. Some great singles accompanied that period too (Rain, Day Tripper, We Can Work It Out, Paperback Writer come to mind). I always listen to St. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour back-to-back, like a double LP, because they sound so much alike (and as you all know I'm sure, several MMT tracks were recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, most notably Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane).

Let It Be has some great tracks, but it's not my favorite record. I really dig Dig It (ha! had to) and Two of Us is real nice. The Let it Be track of course is awesome, but I grew up on the Blue Album version, which has the take where they replaced Harrison's solo with choral backing vocals, and I love that version. Across the Universe is one of my all time favorite Beatle songs. I've Got a Feeling was the surprise nugget I found on Let It Be when I bought the CD after college.

Abbey Road. Ah. I've always thought of side two as the single, Here Comes the Sun + "The Golden Slumbers Medley" is sublime. The trippy guitar strumming on Sun King should come with a nitrous balloon. I do have to admit though, that I don't care much for the last bit by Paul - the 20 second "Her Majesty". I simply didn't rip it to my phone with the rest of the album, so the Golden Slumbers Medley concludes with "The End" - as it should have. If I ever see Sir Paul, I will lie and say it's my favorite part of the record. Which could happen. My cousin used to live in his neighborhood. I have a nice pic of his house, as well as Abbey Road Studios. And of course I did the march through the legendary crosswalk.

The White Album feels like a lot of filler to me. I think there are 3 LPs of top-shelf Beatles, and then a bunch of B-sides. I kind of feel like they should have put the electric kick-ass version of Revolution on that album, and maybe reserved some of the singles they recorded that year (Hey Jude, Lady Madonna, Hey Bulldog) to put in place of Revolution #9 and some of the other weaker tracks. I would say to include It's All Too Much as well, but it honestly wouldn't fit in with the rest of the sound of that album, where the other songs I mentioned would. Wait a second....if I can edit Her Majesty out of Abbey Road using digital technology....then I can make the White Album whatever I want it to be. Dear Prudence!

Dave’s Picks 29

Once again the roof of my skull is gone cause the dew just blew my brain right out of it !!

Re: Larry

Haa! Mine arrived today, but I haven't had a chance to spin it. How is the sound?

16091 delivered home

Well, this is fun. Friday night fun to me and my 14 yr old son who tells me what I want to hear concerning the Dead, 'Yeah, the sound is pretty great Dad', I can add that there is great dynamic in the recording.
Ahh the simple pleasures of life, dragging the speakers into the living room (moms gone), eating pizza and drinking Resiliance IPA, (Recent news headline: 10yr old brews Resiliance IPA, donates proceeds to Camp Fire Relief), ok and yes listening to the newly arrived 2/26/77.
Thanks to the earlier prompt to listen to the 2/27/77 Santa Barbara show on Archive, I was prepped coming home tonight.
The liner notes and news clippings are enlightening, I never knew the Dead had a cult following that rivaled the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman cult following...just goes to show....wow into playing in the band now and indeed it's a swell show....kudos to the the journalist who wrote the Santa Barbara clipping....and thank you Jeffrey Norman! enjoy ya'll

Y'all enjoying your Swing....

.... meanwhile, I'm here shuffling to 7.31.82. #poorme
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