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 4, 2019 - 6:53am

#261

80sfan

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last 5

hope everyone is well!

Last 5:
Winterland 73 Bonus
Road Trips 3.3 Bonus (getting in the mood for the upcoming release)
30 Trips: 1991
Dicks Picks 12
A random iPhone mix I made for running, which includes Cumberland Blues (4/8/72), Scarlet>Fire (5/8/77), Estimated>Eyes (2/3/78), Help>Slip>Franklins (one from the vault), Row Jimmy & He's Gone (Dicks Picks 28), China>Rider (5/3/72), 1/2 Step (5/7/77) and the NFA>GDTRFB>NFA from that Nov 71 Road trips release...I know, very random but gets me over the hump when I'm out there running...

On another random note, I saw a cover band called Grateful Shred when they were in Ardmore PA not too long ago. Believe they are an LA based band. Anyway, they were very fun and worth the fairly inexpensive ticket price if they ever come to your town. A band called Garcia Peoples opened for them - not a dead cover band but really cool vibe about them and worth also checking out (believe you can stream an album on Spotify).
April 4, 2019 - 6:24am

#262

KeithFan2112

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Morning Rockers!

Some serious recommendations for The Other One. The one I could absolutely not recall ever listening to, although I'm sure I must have, is the Dave's Picks Volume 6 bonus disc from 2013. Just as good as advertised. How many times does Pig Pen say wait a minute afterward? I'm in the middle of the other ones that were recommended, no pun intended. I think it may have even been Wilfred t who recommended the Dave PIX11 version to me, possibly two years ago. Or maybe it was wissinoming deadhead? Well, that one's cooking my speakers up as we speak. Jimbo, I have Amsterdam queued up after that. I don't have a great recollection of that one, other than great loud crunchy guitars , more than usual for the show is on this box set. I know it goes into a fantastic Wharf rat with very nice mesmerizing intro riff.

Love Jerry, check out Europe 72 beat Club version. That one's about 20 minutes long and not to spacy.

Just have to add - the Drums that precedes the Amsterdam Othet One is crazy fast, and Billy is walloping the shit out of them.

Have to add this too - while not in that '72 - '74 range, and not in that two drummer period, and not with Keith Godchaux- The Other One on Three From the Vault is a cooker. Even features an intro Cryptical. Also departs into one of the best Wharf Rats I've ever heard. Speaking of which, I listen to this the other morning after listening to the February 18th show version, which of course was the first time it was played, and Mickey's last show. There is some really mesmerizing keyboard undertones in the 2/18 version that I don't hear for the rest of the Port Chester run on Wharf Rat. Made me wonder if there was any chance Mickey was playing some organ, as it doesn't quite sound like Pigpens style. He did, afterall, compose Fire on the Mountain on a keyboard.
April 4, 2019 - 3:44am

#263

daverock

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Double drums late 1967-February 1971

There's a great and famous clip of The Dead on Playboy After Dark from 1969, during which Hugh Hefner interviews Jerry. Hefner comments on the two drum set up and asks Jerry if there is any particular reason for this. I can't hear everything Jerry says in reply, but he uses the word "annihilation" and compares the sound to "the serpent that eats its own tail."
I imagine The Dead's sound between 1968 and February 1971 as being very, very loud. It was presumably loud in 1974, but during those earlier years the volume may have been part of the effect - the distortion and feedback etc- rather than simply an amplification of what was being played, like it seems to have been in 1974.

Changing the subject- and on reading Sixtus's post - maybe I should listen to more 1990 shows. Every year I play the one 1990 box I've got from the Spring tour, the second one, with 3/29/90 in. Every year I enjoy every show, and then I forget about 1990, and head back to where I feel I belong.
April 3, 2019 - 7:55pm

#264

wilfredtjones

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DaP 6 props

I remember trading an extra sealed copy I had once upon a time (to a user on this very site) for a lightly worn copy of JGB Warner Theater 1978. Great deal for both I'd say! Still looking for a trades if anyone has any they want to slang my way. Still looking for original pressings of JGB Kean College 1980 and Bay Area 78. I have several to trade including a sealed copy of DaP 10 (alas w/o bonus).
April 3, 2019 - 4:51pm

#265

alvarhanso

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DaP 11 Other One

It may be "short" at 19:49, but as I was literally listening to it on my ride home from work today (not expecting to find it mentioned, but not too shocked either), I was wondering about it as I do each time, as to why it's tracked as starting where it does, but The Other One on DiP 1 is like 1:37, but clearly one of those jam tracks is part of The Other One. Here, there is no definite start until that verse comes in like 18 min in, and they've never, not a single member, actually touched on the Other One riffs until about a minute before that verse. The jam where the tracks split seems to shift to 6/8, but doesn't really stay there, and doesn't intone TOO. The whole thing is basically a long, weird Truckin' Jam that ends up with a nice Other One verse and a beautiful segue to Brokedown Palace. Mr. Norman is not the only one calling it a 19+ Other One, the one's on Archive are tracked similarly. I just find it odd is all. I also just find this all the way out there Other One to be one of my very favorite ones. Certainly my favorite weird Other One.

The one from exactly a year earlier on DaP 26, also mentioned, is in my top 5 easily. One not mentioned enough, IMO, is 12/20/69 the one from the 2013 bonus disc with DaP 6, in addition to a magnificent Smokestack Lightning, TOO is 13 min of primal Dead, that gives way to Cumberland Blues.

DaP 6 and bonus disc: throw 2 Dark Stars, 2 St Stephens, an Eleven, 3 versions of Mason's Children, 2 Lovelights, 2 Cumberlands, 2 China Riders, 2 New Speedways, 2 Hard to Handles, 2 Black Peters (this could be a minus, as could the Masons), and throw in a Cold Rain & Snow and High Time, and you got a stew going, baby! And maybe the most badass cover in the series.
April 3, 2019 - 2:03pm

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MDJim

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72 - 74 The Other One's

It's been a while since I listened to it.. but I recall 5/10/72 Concertgebouw as not completely unravelling into insanity like some of the others from that period. It seems more focused on jazzy, blissful contentment.

..but I could be wrong, it's been a while. I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't at least a few moments of dissonance.

I believe I understand what you are getting at, though. When DiP 23 first came out (September 17, 1972 at the Baltimore Civic Center) my first impression was that it got pretty out there and took some time to get to the point.. I mean way out there. But I have warmed up to them since then. One of my favorites from that period has become 5/3/72, but it took a little time to absorb it. It achieves liftoff for sure and clocks in at 37 min, 43 seconds when you add in all three parts and the drums in the middle. So I guess I have warmed up to those 72-74 versions, but for me.. it didn't happen immediately.

Oh, and the one from DaP 11, Wichita 72 is shorter than most.. but it does seem to pack in some out there moments into the song nonetheless.
April 3, 2019 - 12:23pm

#267

Sixtus_

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A Different Band

...Daverock....your accounting below is spot-on from where I sit. Couldn't have said it better myself.
That's the Thing.
From one era to the next, one year to the next, sometimes, from one tour to the next (and even within tours), the songs evolve and morph into something brilliantly different. Jazzy included. The Other One, a prime example.

Also take Eyes of the World in this Spring 90 tour as another example. The first time it's played in Hartford, early in the tour, it's briskly-paced and drummy-driven - fairly typical for those 80's Eyes that were FAST. Then the second time they play Eyes in spring 90, it's remarkably SLOWED DOWN in Albany. They pulled back on the throttle; it's not as percussion-driven, and has a more laid-back vibe. Then, the final time Eyes is played, of course it's with Branford and that one speaks for itself but again - the slower more jazzy feel to it. And it seems there it remained, til the end. And Most will probably agree that this wasn't the first time Eyes made a stylistic change - it's happened at least twice before. Cool, that stuff. But again only reinforces Daverock's epic point.

BTW, Spring 90 wraps up today; about to launch that one since I've found myself working from home this afternoon. Love that top-half of the second set, which I refer to as "The Kitchen Sink Set". At least on paper it looks kitchen sink-y.

https://archive.org/details/gd90-04-03.sbd.hinko.17811.sbeok.shnf

Its sunny on my back patio as I type....

Sixtus
April 3, 2019 - 12:06pm

#268

LoveJerry

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Cool daverock + Stoltzfus

The two I mentioned from 1972 are more melodic than most. They remind me more of Dark Star during the parts that are not the Other One theme itself. I love the 1971s because they are less Space than 72. I like the Jazz of 72 but can also deal with just the rock of 71, where the Jazz has not yet taken hold. I was very happy with the ones we got with Dave's Picks 22 + 26. I have yet to deeply explore the duel drummer ones that you speak of. Your use of the word powerhouse makes me I think I may have been overlooking some incredible listening experiences. Thank you

EDIT : Stoltzfus aye aye cap'n! Thank you
April 3, 2019 - 11:43am

#269

Dennis

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A Musical Chuckle for Coffee Lovers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlc5Bii_Qf8
April 3, 2019 - 11:33am

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daverock

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Other One-Lovejerry

I would be very surprised if I personally could recommend an Other One from 1972-1974 that you hadn't already heard the like of. For me, the great thing about them is that they are jazzy, and do go out there.

But they are obviously totally different from the previous eras ones-especially from when Mickey was in the band up to February 1971. Those are really powerhouses-my all time favourite being Binghampton 2/5/70-but I also like all the great ones from 1968 and 1969. Which probably accounts for...all of them

In 1972-1974 they seem more "jazz" than "rock" without a drummer and with the added piano. I wasn't sure I liked them as much when I first heard them, about 30 years ago- but I do now. But I like jazz more now than I did 30 years ago. It is almost like a different band playing-the dynamics are so different.

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.

Track names

My computer was not connected to the internet and the files came up with no names.
So, I don’t think that there is embedded metadata.
Just Count Vlad continuing to try to screw with Deadheads via the internet.

This release sounds awesome!

“Just thought you’d like to know” (PF The Wall).

Roll away the dew.....

Remix v. Remaster

Thanx for the education but I'm aware of the difference. Remix for us deadheads would be the 1971 versions of Anthem and Aoxomoxoa. Remastered on the other hand is what The Stones do every 2 or 3 years to get us to by the same title again hahaha.
As I said the Dead don't call the reissue of Vault 2 a remaster, but an upgd referring to the extra tracks, liner notes and hdcd. Hdcd by itself is not a remaster if you don't do anything with the original. But it's irrelevant we're both happy with the newer one and I've seen these discussions degenerate into silly ugliness which I don't believe either of us is interested in. To be honest I don't know why they bother since it isn't being supported and few have it. They should have gone with dual disc SACD at least the hardware is still available. I just bought a new 5 disc sacd player carousel 3 months ago

DaP 29 - The Dew

..and how about that Morning Dew standing all by itself at the end of the release. A powerful testament to the balance of power and finesse they had mastered by 1977. The recording shines here too, and it represents the sonic upgrade surprise contained in this release. Remarkable.

Of the 60 shows played in 77, they only played Morning Dew five times or 8%. Morning Dew is unique in the respect that it was pretty much played throughout their career (starting January of 1967 through 1995 with the only gap being the hiatus year, but they really did not play it that often, on average one in ten shows and much less in some years.

I'm not sure how this table will paste in, but the following shows the number of shows by year, the # of Dews and the percentage of shows that year where Morning Dew was played. It seemed they only pulled it out when it met the occasion in some way.

Year Shows Dew % Dew
1965 15 0 0.0%
1966 106 0 0.0%
1967 122 6 4.9%
1968 131 7 5.3%
1969 150 39 26.0%
1970 149 22 14.8%
1971 83 8 9.6%
1972 85 16 18.8%
1973 72 15 20.8%
1974 40 3 7.5%
1975 4 0 0.0%
1976 41 3 7.3%
1977 60 5 8.3%
1978 82 1 1.2%
1979 76 1 1.3%
1980 87 4 4.6%
1981 86 7 8.1%
1982 62 8 12.9%
1983 66 7 10.6%
1984 64 9 14.1%
1985 71 7 9.9%
1986 46 2 4.3%
1987 86 17 19.8%
1988 80 13 16.3%
1989 73 9 12.3%
1990 74 8 10.8%
1991 91 8 8.8%
1992 55 9 16.4%
1993 81 8 9.9%
1994 85 8 9.4%
1995 47 4 8.5%
___________________
Total 2,370 254 10.7%

Dylan's "Up To Me"....

....it speaks volumes about an artists talent Dennis, when a song THAT good is in the unreleased category of one's work. Incredible song.

Dew? No, Sugaree

Nice count on the Dew point. I had a request last night from a woman I work with, she wants all the Sugarees. This came to over 15 gigs of space. They added up to 134 hours of "Sug". Out of 703 cuts of Sugaree, 408 are by the Grateful Dead. (there are some dup's in that count since my search will find audience copies and official release copies) The other 300-ish versions are JGB, Phil & Friends, Walker 7, The Dead, Furthur and more. I put them in date of show order.

She better really like Sugaree :-)

Sugaree

...and who doesn't like a good Sugaree? A song that seems to have lived one of the better afterlives with so many great covers performed by a wealth of disparate artists and expressive renditions.

Vguy & The Bob

Off that More Blood collection I LOVE the 7th cut on disc 1, "you're a big girl now". That cut is a billion times better that the one on the album. Simple guitar and Bob's voice sounds so mournful. The echo reverb off the album really sucks.

re: Sugaree...

...I mean, the question is then, what is the best Sugaree ever?

I would daresay the one off of Dick's Picks 3 from 5/22/77. That sucker is a country-pickin' barn burner and I would love to be challenged here.

Sixtus

so good

This release is something else. The sound quality, energy, musicianship and positive groove. Very thankful for this beautiful music. It's what helps keep this life amazing!

Shake It

I have to agree with '77.. 5/25/77 Hartford is hard to beat too.. both are outstanding. I don't think there was a subpar version the entire year.

Just don't tell 'em you know me.

Now that I think about it.. the PITB from the Swing ranks, a mighty fine way to end the first set.

Jimmy

.... funny you mention that Playing in the Band sammie, it's actually turned up to 11 at this very moment heading into the wheel ...
... I completely concur, the drummers are moving so fast it's making me Delirious. It's pretty Exquisite the entire trip there and Back Again to end that set.
It Ranks.

Sixtus

Hey Stoltzfus

I guess y'all are getting whomped by some of the same snow we've been here in WI. Did I hear the SeaTac area has gotten over a foot so far? Hopefully you, Monte and C are staying snuggled up and toasty warm during this wintry snap! :-)

Tiny Tim on LSD

Sorry.. sorry to even mention it, but eventually we all knew it would happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZSrkckLGpo

The silly thing, I'd give better than Vegas odds that he was not on acid, or perhaps never did it at all.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Best Sugaree ever? Ok, I'll bite

The Sugaree from 12/16/78 in Nashville has always hit that sweet spot for me. The loping tempo, the little slide flourishes underneath by Bobby (I think it's Bobby), the world-weary but on-pitch vocals from Jerry, the just-right keyboards... And then Jerry absolutely nails some dazzling leads that are both fluid and fiery. Really, just a perfect version that clocks in at 14-plus minutes. Unfortunately, this otherwise great aud loses the first couple of bars:

https://archive.org/details/gd1978-12-16.sonyecm250-no-dolby.walker-sco…

I dunno, maybe I just like it because it's one of the first I ever heard (after the One From the Vault version).

Or maybe it's because 12/16 is my mom's birthday.

But I really think it scorches. Anybody else? And has this show ever been released officially? Because the whole show is pretty killer, with a peppy Big River (great keyboards again), a solid Scarlet/Fire and a uniquely free-form outro on He's Gone...

I see your Sugaree's....

....and I raise you this.

https://archive.org/details/gd1983-10-17.senn441-u87.eaton.miller.91126…
....Check? Or raise? House rules. No need to scroll down. This Sugaree clocks in at 16+ minutes and is unleashed right out of the gate. 😉
....keep listening, 'cause the entire first set of this Olympic show is nailed. Not bad for the 80's, hmmm?

sugaree 10/17/83

That one was featured on 30 Days in 2012 so there is a direct-from-the-vault 320 kbps mp3 of it floating around somewhere (read: all my hard drives)...

P.S. I might go with 9/2/80 in addition to the usual suspects.

Sugaree.... wow that's tough to answer

So So So many good ones to pick. I am going to go with one that gets me because it is an audience recording. The 4/29/77 Sugaree from the Palladium does it for me, sort of like how the Hard to Handle audience version from 8/6/71..... There is a quiet part around halfway through where you hear Keith play very unique on the organ and then between Jerry and the drums it almost reminds me of being on a carousel!! There is a board version of this that was filler on 4/30/77 Download series also..

Box

Do we still think there will be an announcement for this year's box in February.? I need something to look forward to, it continues to be a brutal winter here in MN. Will 2017 be a fluke, with the GSTL box in the spring and the RFK box in the late fall? I hope not. Does anybody have any insight for this year?

Re: The 2019 Box

Hi there, DeadVikes. I happen to remember that the GSTL box was announced on February 16th, 2017. So perhaps we are due for a 2019 box set rollout any day now. That may be overly optimistic on my part, as we all know that the PNW box set announcement came forth somewhat later in 2018. Just a thought for this snowy February day in the wilds of the Northeast!

Vguy's Sugaree Saw

I went to check my copy of 10-17-83, funny thing, I had two copies. Both sound great. I think one is the Miller you posted, I think the other is a Seaman matrix. This must have been one of the shows I kept different copies because I couldn't decide which sounded better. Tough spot to be in, huh?

What a show!!!

Just want to express that I am really enjoying this release. 2/26/77

I have never fully digested this show before. I remember the tape being around in the 90s but no real memory of listening to it. I heard a section of this show on a podcast - deadpod?- a few years ago and was really impressed.

But this release - Wow! Has to be one of the great first sets of all time. To open with the first Terrapin sounding as good as it does. I really enjoy the Playing jam as well.

Second set also fantastic. For me this show really seems like one of the most freewheeling of them all, in the sense that it doesn't really follow any of the set formats of the era. Big jams in the first set. Multiple big jams in the second set. They are just feeling it and and play one helluva show.

This show is now very high on my list for both 1977 (maybe the most downright exciting of the year?) and for the Dave's picks series.

Bravo. Very Grateful!

Andoverdeadhead

February 16, 2017. I remember that day very well. Spent 7 hours on this site trying to but the GSTL box. The traffic broke the site and I could not believe when I finally got through 7 hours later via the Rhino site. And of course the next day or so they announce The all music edition.
Not sure if any future box releases will be able to match that one as far as the rush to purchase, but you never know.

10/17/83 Sugaree

Vguy, you are right that 10/17/83 Sugaree is also superb. (And also from an unreleased show, am I right?) I really, really like the organ sound bubbling in the background throughout, but them I have always been a fan of that particular kind of organ chirping. And Brent's backing vocals hit a sweet spot too.

So I dunno, do I see you, raise you, or fold? Shoot, you're the Vegas guy, I'm the uptight New Englander...

The only thing I think that gives the edge to 12/16/78 is that the 83 version is almost too peppy... it trots along, which is fine, but lacks a little of the weariness that the other version embodies... Okay, I'm grasping at straws here. Although Bobby's lilting harmonics at around the 5:00 minute mark are awfully nice too.

Just to make things even more complicated, there's also the Alaska Sugaree from 1983. Another great version, and another great show opener... and yet another unreleased show. Great keys from Brent again, and some nifty effects on the guitars around 5:15 onward:

https://archive.org/details/gd1980-06-21.mtx.dan.28470.sbeok.flac16

There is another smoking one from 5/6/78 at the U of Vermont. Again, a slightly slower pace, moodier and introspective, not so pyrotechnic. Nice loping bassline from Phil:

https://archive.org/details/gd78-05-06.sbd-aud.cotsman.13726.sbeok.shnf

2 questions:

1. Were Sugarees usually at their best when functioning as the show opener?

2. Would anybody other than me buy a 2-disc or 3-disc compilation of JUST Sugarees from various unreleased shows?

12/16/78 Nashville

I just checked that one out and in addition to being a very good version it sounds a little different from most '78 versions. Jerry was using the Bean. It's also from the generally underappreciated 'From Egypt With Love' tour. The next night's show is also very good and one I like very much for personal reasons. Some people like the 12/19 show from 3 nights later in Jackson, MS which I believe is only available as an AUD. There are some very great shows to be had from Nov./Dec. '78.

From Egypt with Love

I have never heard of the shows following October 1978 referred to as The From Egypt With Love tour before. I have only heard that title in relation to those Fall 1978 shows. I'm not suggesting they weren't-just that I haven't heard of it before.

Incidentally, those Fall 1978 shows at Winterland are also excellent, it should be said. Pity they were chopped up into highlights and put out in the Road Trips series really-the complete run would have made a good box .

DaveRock

Caveat: I may have made up the moniker. I just refer to the whole tour as that as the Egypt influence permeates musically a lot of the shows immediately following the visit. I may have been influenced by the title of RT 1.4 as well. Is anyone able to provide contemporaneous reporting? I'd be interested to know if the tour actually had a name.

1 Big Box, or 2 smaller Boxes.

I’ll take all of the above.
Small Box in April, larger Box in July, small Box in October.
We’re not getting any younger here Dave. Time to open the floodgates.

A few I would like to receive (not necessarily in this order):
Winterland Oct 74 with video
Winterland Oct 78
Summer 73 with Allmans
6-10,11,14,29-76
Alpine 89 with video
A Plangentized/Normanized FW 69 (50th Anniversary Dave!!)
Brent’s last 7-21,22,23-90 with video (we know the video exists because I’ve seen it, but it’s grainy).

And for the annual post-78 DaP, 3-9-81.

Working my way through 8-25-72, another awesome DaP.

Contemporaneous Reporting

From Egypt with Love works for me..

More Sugarees:
Songs of Their Own (Jackie Greene and Friends)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPpX0tcc7q8

Teresa Williams / Hot Tuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbCVJvuJ5PQ

Jorma Kaukonen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsttcz5601k

Tedeschi Trucks Band (Angel from Montgomery > Sugaree)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSK-0-MQ8s

So many great Sugarees, so little time.. and not just from the Grateful Dead. Provides a little support and pride towards Grateful Dead music.

Maine Dave

That 10/17/83 Sugaree was part of 30 Days of the Dead in 2012. I still listen to it all the time....!!!

Morning all , any UK…

Morning all , any UK subscribers got your DaP 29 yet ?
Still waiting for mine 😾😾😾

today and tomorrow

Does anyone need these ?
https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/01/30/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu…
https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/01/07/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu…

Between these downloads, the Bear's Choice album, and Dick's 4 you can splice together these whole shows.

Love the new Dave's. I think someone else said this earlier, but if you take Dave's 28, then the Cow Palace NYE show, then this show in succession you can practically feel the easy, loping vibe of 76 morphing into the tighter more powerful groove of 77.

No Dave's Picks-Perithecat

No, I haven't got Dave's Picks 29 yet, either,here in sunny England. It takes an age to get here, but the great thing is that when it does, we no longer have to pay tax and import duties when it arrives. As opposed to when we order a box set. Word of warning-costs nearly as much again in tax etc. when you order one of those bad boys!

New Dave's Pick Series

We need a New Dave's Pick Series with Plangent doing the transfers.

Remastered 2FV

I can definitely hear an audio improvement in the 2007 re-release of Two From the Vault. I believe it must have been remastered, I don't think there's any other term for improving the audio than remastering. I assume there different qualities to remastering that can be applied, and even on this page it refers to HDCD as a form of mastering, so to go from non HDCD to HzDCD must be evidence that remastering was done, no?

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.

I wish I had a HD player!

happy 2/13/70 anniversary

49 years...I was 6 years old...wow...living in Wisconsin, I'm pretty sure...maybe Illinois...

also, there is a thingy on youtube that has some video (yes video) from 2/14/70's Dark Star and other parts of the show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmPhb-tWgBg

:)))

Arrival in Europe...

Those in England still waiting shouldn't have to wait much longer with any luck. Mine arrived in Holland yesterday. Maybe UK deliveries have to undergo an extra Brexit check which could cost months, if not years.

Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but I sure am looking forward to it.

Re: February 1970 FE

One of my favorite all time shows. I had not seen that footage before.. grainy as it was, still a nice piece of world history.

Thanks man.

This silly site still thinks I am not a robot. When will they learn?

RE Fourwindsblow - Plangent Process the Dave's Picks!!

Absolutely agree with Fourwindsblow and feel any available technology should be used to get the tapes in as great a shape as possible. I'm happy to pay more for my subscription to cover the additional cost of PP'ing the Dave's Picks!

re: HDCD Playing

I could be totally, completely wrong here, but when you play a CD in a blu-ray player, doesn't it automatically "upgrade" the sound/output? or is this totally off base? I am definitely not a self-proclaimed audiophile, but I am a self-proclaimed Lover-and-Listener-of-Good-Ole-Grateful Dead.

On this release, I particularly enjoy the super-casual way they start off Eyes of the World and each member sort of rolls into it once Jerry starts on the rhythm. Someone also had mentioned the St. Stephen tease right before this...I had never actually caught that before on prior listens as I don't recall it being present on the tape I had. They made a good choice to head into Eyes but its always fun to hear the teases.

Sixtus

HDCD Playing

Sixtus, playing hdcds in a blue ray or 4k player will not upgrade to HDCD. They will still play in regular 16 bit CD format. To enjoy the HDCD format, you need an HDCD player. It has always been strange to me that Grateful Dead Productions or Rhino has decided to release all of these releases in HDCD, when 99.5% of them will ever be played in HDCD players and therefore will not enjoy the benefits not this added process.

Rogue Dead Guy

Thanks for the heads up on those two 70 shows, I seem to have both, but downloaded these. Will find which is the best and most complete :-)

My copy finally arrived...

in Canada. #13875 (I think it's telling me to listen to One from the Vault next). I'm pretty new on the bus, so I haven't heard this before. But I'm a bubbling banana for it. Terrapin and the jam sequences are of course incredible. I'm particularly loving the journey through Playin>Wheel>Playin. But I must say that I'm most surprised by the shorter tunes. I'm usually pretty quick to dismiss Mama Tried, but this version is so unique and groovy and sad. It's a cowboy dirge. Best I've heard.

cold rain and snow

day 3 of school closures due to snowy weather in "the city in the rain"

did a bunch of shoveling ("every day I'm shovelin'") to clear the side road this morning. the cell playing YouTube. Ever shovel snow to Black Sabbath's Paranoid album, followed by a GD73 Eyes of the World (exact date unknown)?

:)))

"bubbling banana"

I know what's _really_ bubbling. I count four hundred twenty bubbles in all.

Did someone say 420?

Barely noon here, but close enough....bubble, bubble, bubble....exhale!

re: Deadvikes

...thx for setting me straight. Little that I know....I know little.

Anything these days is better than a hissy old cassette, although I did of course cherish my swath of XLII's.

SIxtus

* ‘Cold, Rain & Snow’

...always love when the Grateful Dead start a show with this number! 12/2/73 Dicks Picks #14 starts off with a beautiful ‘Cold, Rain & Snow’ and ends with a primo ‘Morning Dew’!
I’m listening to 2/14/68 Road Trips Volume#2 Number #2 this afternoon, love my PigPen! ; )

2-14-70 Dark Star on vinyl

Long Strange Trip Soundtrack on vinyl.
Get the Limited Edition Expanded version from Amazon, has extra LP’s.

Weir / Dark Star / 30 Trips 1972

This 9/24/72 show is the one where Bobby's way up in the mix. He plays some really cool stuff here in first 12 minutes.

I may prefer 2nd half '72 Dark Stars. Icecreamconekid is right - we ain't getting younger. Release the '72 shows.
All of them. One big box. One box to rule them all... Sockatoomee, sockatoomee, sockatoomee, sockatoomee.

Really cool "best of" song review, featuring the song title, short review, and "key later version". Jimbo, your Eyes of the World is in here.

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10078-the-grateful-dead…

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