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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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  • #51
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    *Re/ Keithfan

    ...Road Trips ‘The Wall Of Sound’ minus the Bonus Disc...I play it quit often! Thank you again my friend, I hope your still enjoying those major Europe 72’ shows...love it!
    🙏❤️😎

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    6/20/83 -The First and Most Memorable Merriweather Show

    I apologize for the length of this post.. but man.. that storm.

    I grew up perhaps an hour hike from Merriweather Post Pavilion.. and after getting harassed by Howard County's finest for hiding beer under my car instead of pouring it out on the curb as instructed at a Jethro Tull show a few months earlier culminating in a thorough and regretful search of my parents car and a loss of a nice pipe and some hash.. I just started walking to shows from that point forward (at least until I moved out of my parents house). I probably saw between a hundred and a hundred fifty shows there over the years.. probably about the same number of times I saw the Grateful Dead. I'm ashamed to admit now.. but I knew how to get in that place for free plus the ticket collectors were mostly people I went to high school with, so taping two stubs together and presenting an amicable grin was usually enough to gain entrance. I did buy tickets for many/most shows, certainly for all the Dead shows.. - never take unnecessary risks.

    Some background.. I wouldn't compare this to one of the greatest or best shows, but it was memorable for lots of reasons. My first show was 4/19/82 at the Baltimore Civic Center (perhaps my biggest lysergic GD moment, save that for another day).. I believe I made the Capital Centre shows in the fall that same year but they weren't playing super close in the Spring so we headed South to Hampton and my first GD road trip in April for my one and only birthday show. I think I drove and I am confident we did not tell my folks we were taking the family car to partake in all kinds of shenanigans and see the Dead.. in hindsight, so dishonest. Then it was announced that they would be playing two nights in the summer for the first time at Merriweather Post, my local venue. I couldn't believe it.. That would make this run my fourth and fifth shows.. I was still quite green behind the ears.

    I had friends that worked as busboys and room service at the Columbia Inn, where all the bands stayed back then that performed at Merriweather, they told stories of bands partying in the bar, tips they got (or not) and what floors they would put them in, etc.. so the night before, on whim.. we showed up and went to the bar. I could barely drive but with an older brother that looked similar, and the drinking age being 18 at the time, I had an ID and we headed past the lobby to find Phil sitting at a table by himself.. we closed the bar that night and had some passes for the next day... I have to say, he was super nice and not at all an icon or unapproachable. I do recall a few of the stories told, but the memory I left with was that I could not muster up the courage to offer anything intelligent to say and couldn't think of a decent question to ask until I was walking through the parking lot to the car at the end of the night. After a few beers, humor was flying and things seemed fine. Phil seemed happy to have a group to party with. I was so young I couldn't even order a beer correctly.. I asked for a tap beer and she brought me a tab (soda).. so she returned it and brought me a draft Budweiser.

    So the next day.. a few of us walked from the neighborhood where we all lived to the show, a bit early.. I had my pass and went backstage and it was so weird.. plus early. I just couldn't handle it. I didn't know anyone except my buddy.. and it was like being in a foreign country. Nobody seemed to want anything to do with us and the band wasn't there yet.. So we decided to split before the show started, inhale a bit in safety and get to our seats, which were pretty close.. I am fairly sure we took some mushrooms too which only made it all the more weird. So the only time I ever had backstage passes, I totally wasted them. ..Perhaps for the best.

    I don't think you can talk about the show without talking about the storm. Growing up there.. the only time I recall it raining harder was during Hurricane Agnes in 1972. This is the only time I recall the highway on the way in (Route 29) flooding and being shut down like it did that night. The storm was biblical and it wasn't just rain. It thundered and lightninged for hours that night and I believe lightning hit the lightning rod at the venue or perhaps the shed itself at least once (during He's Gone, Truckin' and perhaps one other time), but that's probably impossible to verify. You can hear it on the tapes though including the PA going in and out several times.

    So the performance aside, there was other energy and stimulus going on that night.

    The setlist was fairly standard for the day.. my second Peggy-O, second Truckin', second China>Rider. The first set was pretty standard, but things started to get weird by The Music Never Stopped.. I forget exactly when the started and ended and then started again, but I think t had had rained in the first set and the beginning of TMNS, then the sun came out for a bit during this song, then set break.. then big cumulonimbus clouds, then it started getting spooky dark as the setbreak came to an end. ..and then things really got weird. In hindsight, we should have starting building an ark.

    The second set started with China>Rider>Sampson>He's Gone>Truckin'>Drums. By the transition in China>Rider, everyone was getting soaked and the rain entered the pavilion area as it was raining sideways. I had to pee as Sampson started and by then people were body sliding down the lawn and everyone was so soaked that it just didn't matter anymore. Soaked to the bone, you couldn't get more wet.. When I got back to our seats, the heavens opened up and the lightning started and it went from weird to downright scary. The people working at the venue sought shelter, anarchy ensued and there was a mad rush from the lawn to the pavilion area. Everyone got squashed and became bug eyed.. and safety became a big concern. We got pushed forward and what row you sat in mattered less than the need to create more room inside, under the shelter. By He's Gone, there became a general feeling of insecurity and helplessness, just as I began to peak. Lightning struck the shed and the power went out.. but the weirdest thing of all, the band was just as freaked as we were, but the they kept playing on. I swear Phil and Jerry were playing power chords in sync with the thunder and lightning. By the time Space ended, we got a rare Bob Star (one of three times played).. during Sugar Magnolia I think Bobby got shocked and put down his guitar and took his mike to a strange part of the stage and started wailing into the mike.

    There was no encore and no soundboards exist.

    So what to 20k tripping, soaked, disoriented hippies do when the show ends? The deluge had stopped but it continued to rain. There was a tiny creek between the venue and the parking lot, usually a trickle like you see on a water fountain.. it was flooded way over the banks and to make matters worse had washed away the foot bridges, so you really couldn't safely walk to the parking lot, but people managed.. the lawn was so eroded both from the rain but more from people doing mudslides down it that at dawn, they had to bring in heavy machinery and rebuild the lawn as there was another show that next night. After they Dead left.. they really went to town and had to do a total rebuild of the lawn area, changing the contour forever.. lots of heavy machinery. They spent the day off to rebuild it with different contours to the format we have to this day.

    When we walked home, still tripping.. we could not go the way we came, it was not passable. So we went an alternate route. Getting over the highway, which was still flooded.. we held hands as the current was strong and waded in waste deep water eventually getting to other side and about an hour later to mom and dads house. Some quick showers, then post show activities until the sun came up then sleep.. only to do it again the next day on a reformatted lawn with straw and new sod. They played Looks Like Rain that next day and you can imagine the crowd reaction.

    So back to the show.. Yea.. I sort of remember 6/20/83. It was the weirdest, highest energy GD show I ever saw. Not the best, but certainly one of the most memorable. I saw every GD/JGB show played there but this was perhaps the most fun. Thanks for jarring my memory.

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    Unbelievable

    They say the oakwood interior of the cathedral was built in the year 1200, requiring trees that would have been 400 years old, thus sprouting out of the ground in the 8 or 9th centuries. Hard to believe.

    Bob t - thanks for the heads up on One From The Vault release date. I could use a change from the E72 binge. I did manage to get in 6/14/76 and 12/26/69 today, both on the Rolling Stone top 20.

    Lovemygirl - I don't recall which ones you sold me, I'm thinking Tivoli II, Lille France, and maybe one of the Lyceum shows? Lotta weed in between ;-) I don't remember what I sent you, refresh my memory. My memory is outstanding on everything until I was 25, and then past 3 weeks. But everything in between is shit.

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    Holy Smokes.. yes, I was there. It was biblical, as much or more from the storm then from the music.. but it all combined for a complete sensory overload.

    I wrote something on this a couple times over the years.. but I think I was too shy to share details, or perhaps too lazy to try and remember it all and it put to paper.

    Just getting home, if I have some time once I get settled I will try and put my arms around it..

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    Our Lady

    Such sad news.

    Not just an architectural marvel, but one of the most important structures in the history of mankind.

    My deepest sympathies to the people of France.

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    Hey Stone Jack Baller...

    I too just got my notice that the CD issue of the Warfield performances will be in my grubby paws in a few weeks...I tried at first on a couple of record shop websites that do online ordering of what is left of the merchandise on Sunday but no luck...I went to Amazon and Bingo! i feel like I won the jackpot considering how many copies are on Ebay for over a $100 a pop...can't wait...meant to say that the nearest record shop to me is over three hours away...at least it's all downhill but still...

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    One from the Vault Anniversary 8/13/75, released 28 years ago

    Did anyone just see the post on facebook from the Dead about this. Released 4/15/91, 28 years ago..... This changed everything if you were trading tapes back then!!! Everyone had this show, either FM, or the bootleg called Make Believe BallRoom.. But now we had a legit release!! It really did change everything... It took away i have 1000 hours of tapes and only want to deal with someone who had the same amount and started to level the field..... Sorry to rant but I was in that era... bob t

    Edit my first copy of this were two cassettes!!! Didn't get the CD's because wasn't a fan yet!!!

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    Hopefully no lives were lost or people injured-doesn't seem to be much in the news about that. The only thing I could find was that one firefighter had been burned. Pretty remarkable.

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    Sounds to me

    like we have a false prophet among us.

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    *RE/ Trainwreck, Keithfan & Paris

    ...first I’d like to make a statement about the horror in Paris today, a sad day in my soul, so much lost turning to dust & rubble, my prayers are with Paris’, May the songs of old play on in heart & soul. 🙏❤️😢
    ...Trainwreck, you asked me about my last post and by what I mean by “treasure trove” is a new batch of tapes have been recently found. 😉 I’ll share more info when I can. ‘Exciting News For Me’, I love new and unheard recordings of all bands, the Grateful Dead more so now in my life than my past with the likes of ‘Elvis’ & ‘Beatles’ Records lol ...Plus Some confirmed dates for new Dead releases/product...😌
    ...Keithfan, hope all is well as always. What three shows did I send you from the ‘Europe 72’ boxset, i can’t remember, but I do remember them being Primo Shows ! 😎 and the Primo Show you sent me, love it! 🙏❤️😎
    Off to dinner, have a grateful evening everyone...

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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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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 03/23/2019 - 12:19

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Berrrrry interesting? The comments are all over the place lol gotta love dead heads! Did a quick sampling and does seem like he starts to aaa get a little sloppy as the set progresses but doesnt sound as bad as some were saying?
Of course if we had the second set that might tell us more. Anyway, another weird and wonderful date in Dead history. Thanks for the reference!

EDIT;; re:Jim. yeah, imagine if we had 89/90 like quality tapes for the rest of the eighties and early 90s? Remember that old song Commander Cody did “wine, wine, wine, do your stuff” lol

Yes, poor old Pete looks and sounds a bit at sea on this one. Another strange thing about this show, that you see on the video, is that the band are joined by a troupe of jugglers, The Flying Karamozov Brothers, during drums. At one point they form a circle round Mickey Hart, and send ...whatever it was they were juggling with...whizzing past his head. Intrepid ! The same thing had happened when I saw them in London a few days earlier-3/24/81.

Saw some of that somewhere? 78 perhaps? Perhaps the post Egypt shows? New Years? Dead Ahead? Somewhere....
Wild stuff for sure. Didn’t they use fire and chainsaws and other “death defying” things? I believe it was Mickey who was into them and liked to “jam” with them.......man, used to remember all this stuff.....getting old sucks!
Anyway, will definetly have to look for it!

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Submitted by daverock on Sat, 03/23/2019 - 15:31

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Actually, I don't remember the jugglers being there when I saw them on 3/24/81-I just noticed that they were by looking in Dead base!

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Submitted by Trainwrecked on Sat, 03/23/2019 - 18:24

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Better than the Amsterdam show in my mind. I just reviewed the setlist to see if it's the one with the huge Dark Star. Yes it is. 48 minute Dark Star, Morning Dew (not played all that often on this tour believe It or not), Uncle John's Band (love these '72 versions, also not played all that often on this tour). Brown Eyed Women also a rare one for E72, as well as Caution. And on ebay new for only 145 bucks. Thats nuts, all others are $300-$400. That's the one I'm going for tonight. Thanks dreading, been a long time since I put this one on.

Yaaasssss in deedie! That ones perhaps been my favorite from the tour. Now I don’t have a very comprehensive knowdledge of the tour. Hell I missed the box and still don’t have/heard everything....started out gettin a la carte shows mostly for the big, meaty, bad ass D.S.’s, and this one was one of my first and has always been a bobie dazzler! Besides the DS, love the slightly unusual set list too! Woo-hoo! Good call boys 😎

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Submitted by carlo13 on Sat, 03/23/2019 - 22:07

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It's a crazy amount of different all over the place stories. Just want to add king biscuit flower hour after Dr. Demento in 1978. Dr D also played lots of Zappa including vegetables on funny five. Stay demented!

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 03/23/2019 - 23:19

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....but I usually migrated to the spinners section. Spinning to Slipknot! has been known and well documented to transport one's self to an alternate state that forces you to shed your mortal coil and exchange it for pure Bliss. At least what's what I get out of it. Yeah. Slipknot! 👌
Never really got into Zappa, but I'm a continuous work in progress.

I have heard this Swing 77 show many times over the years and every time I hear it I love it even more. This official release makes the show even sweeter.

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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 03:17

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Rotterdam is a jaw-droppingly 12 on a scale of 10.
OK, a bit too much hype on my part, it's only 10.999 on the 10 rating scale.

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 07:52

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It is exceptional.

I am no expert in finance, tech, athletics, automobiles...but I could be considered an expert in GD (regular listening since 1982). not a very marketable skill, but "it's pleasin'".

MSG 81 has two exceptional shows: 3/9 and 3/10. no rushing, no "contract says 2 hours", no gimmesomelovinmiracleGDTRFBaroundlovin/bye.

they are simply exceptional, magnificent shows. 37 years into the LST, and I am still discovering diamonds.

any hope of a full Norman, oh Dave L.?

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Submitted by nappyrags on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 08:10

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...worked fine this time and thank you for the effort...now I can drop these puppies into my iTunes (which by the way is driving me crazy ever since I had to re-format my CPU but that's another story) and again thanks...

Howdy Sir...just wanted to drop my two bits in on the subject of Zappa's music...I'm a huge fan of his stuff from '66 to the mid 70's...starting kinda with Zappa in New York I fell off the wagon for the most part, while the guitar playing and band members were still killing it the material for me became even more sophomoric and tacky...Uncle Meat (and the Killer re-hashed "Meat Light") is probably my fave period with "King Kong" and Burnt Weenie Sandwich too with "Little House I Used To Live In"...was lucky enough to see the Mothers quite a few times from '68 to '75, many a fond memory...also look for the Grand Wazoo tour discs, especially the Petite Wazoo band "Little Dots" and "Imaginary Diseases"...and the full on twenty piece member band on "Wazoo" recorded in Boston '72...yup...

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 10:47

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...while waiting for next box Set and Daves Picks #30...I’m playing Daves Pick #26 NOVEMBER 17th 1971, Albuquerque New Mexico plus a PRIMO Filler Of next time you see me Treated with a cryptical envelopment;)
Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan 12/14/71
Earlier today, I had ‘Dicks Pick #7’ in my CD player, Grateful Dead, Dick's Picks, Vol. 7: Alexandra Palace, London, England, 9/9-9/11/74!!! ...
“Amazon.com Description”
“Culled from a three-night stand at London's Alexandra Palace in September 1974, Volume 7 gives a pretty accurate account of the breadth of the Grateful Dead's repertoire. In the early '70s, their playing had become more focused and succinct in some spots and more adventurous in others. Keyboardist Keith Godcheaux, who'd joined the band to augment an ailing Pigpen in 1972, was a fully integrated and important member at this point, using sophisticated jazz chords that added depth to the material. His acoustic piano work gave them an earthier sound on the rootsy material, and his electric sounds beefed up the more ambitious stuff. There's a preponderance of country-tinged material here: Bob Weir's "cosmic cowboy" persona trots out for readings of "Mexicali Blues," "Big River," and "Me and My Uncle," while lyricist Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia's fascination with Old West mythology reveals itself on "Mississippi Half-Step," "Tennessee Jed," and "Brown-Eyed Women." Fans of a more inquisitive spaced-out Dead will relish the 23-minute "Playin'" and the half-hour-long "Dark Star/Spam Jam," which eventually turns into a rather affecting, demonstrative "Morning Dew." --Marc Greilsamer
Sweet set-list for 1974
Disc: 1
Scarlet Begonias
Mexicali Blues
Row Jimmy - Grateful Dead
Black-Throated Wind
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Beat it on Down the Line
Tennessee Jed
Playing in the Band
Disc: 2
Weather Report Suite
Stella Blue
Jack Straw
Brown-Eyed Woman
Big River
Truckin'
Wood Green Jam
Wharf Rat
Disc: 3
Me and My Uncle
Not Fade Away
Dark Star
Spam Jam
Morning Dew
U.S. Blues
Great set-list too! Some primo jams included ;)

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 13:24

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Listened to this one today - just one show prior to the Swing. Liner notes are great. The 23 minute Playing in the Band is so good I can't believe it. THAT is how to use two drummers.

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Submitted by MarinSmith on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 18:58

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Great to see the board really rolling. Dug the Betty comments and wanted to chime in....she still records live music....for Chris Robinson Brotherhood. And as expected, her mix is great and really makes a difference. She knows what she is doing. Chris Robinson really appreciates what she does and puts her name on the live recordings she puts together for them.

I wonder if Brent was singing about her on the RFK box - "this is the last F'ng song I'm going to sing for you bitch" Or maybe it was another? No judgement here... I never met them..... but I do know the Dead lost out when Betty moved on. Also heard she records for Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.... and they don't pay ... so right on Betty

I listened to this in the weeks leading up to the Swing. I had forgotten both how good the show was and how well it was recorded. It was a great prequel to DaP 29, having a Help On The Way > Slipknot! and the Morning Dew dovetailed nicely into the bonus material from 2/27/77, Robertson Gym UCSB. That Morning Dew, which never circulated as a soundboard (to my knowledge), is simply spectacular.

Anyway.. it's no secret the Cow Palace show was superb, but it was nice to get a reminder. What's not to love, multi-tracks from the Cow and Betty Boards from the Swing. What a wonderful world.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 06:34

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Jimbo, since its release, I had meant to give that 2/27 Dew a "proper" listen in the car, with the dial to 11. Well it slipped my mind, so I just gave it a whirl. Wow. V guy, I got a kick out of your comment a while back - Morning Dew ain't no filler. This one blew my hair back like the Maxell guy in his chair. I'm second-guessing Cornell now. I'm going to have to put it on and do a re eval.

Edit - yeah, I prefer the 2/27 Dew. I know there are people out there tearing their shirts off yelling blasphemy, but this one really grabbed me. Garcia is much higher the mix on 2/27, and the ending feels even a little more intense. Phil also has a brilliant moment there during the climax. But this is just me, and I was not around when Cornell made its special rounds in the tape Trader's World. Anyway, what an enjoyable morning. Thanks Jim.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 08:59

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...good afternoon my brothers and sisters out there in Dead Land, peace be with you... :)
...I awoke today with Daves Pick #4 September 24th 1976, William & Mary , VA...
Love it! It was a great surprise when it was first released and it still Holds it Value = Primo lol ;)

...I also indulged myself with the cow palace 76’ release before the Daves Pick made its way home...;) bravo! :)

I'd forgotten about these. I only have the second one-but its a great album-opens with a superb "Vibration and Light Suite" that eclipses the studio version, plus a cover of "They love Each Other". Great band to see live, too.

Thanks for posting the clip of the CRB playing Its All Over Now, Baby Blue. Great funky bass and superb guitar solo. I am not so sure about the synth solo, though! I am not so keen on synths when they are played like conventional keyboards, generally, and for some reason, the better the keyboardist is, the less likely they seem to be able to work the darn things. Back to the CRB- curious how they all look alike.

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Submitted by nitecat on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 16:59

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I've forgotten when the next Dave's Pick will drop. I searched dead.net to no avail. This new site sure is hard to find things sometimes. Can some fellow deadhead clue me in on how much longer I must wait?

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 17:11

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A DaP30 date hasn’t been given yet.
Let’s hope we get a Box announcement first.

CRB
They play a smokin Magic Carpet Ride.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 17:46

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Dave's 30 to be released April 26!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 17:49

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...if you type in your order number for the subscription, Dead.net informs you when each release is issued in the summery part of the purchase...that’s one way to look it/info up, here you go my friend. :)

Dave's Picks Vol. 30 (w/Bonus Disc)
(Pre-order - released on: 4/26/2019)
Dave's Picks Vol. 31
(Pre-order - released on: 7/26/2019)
Dave's Picks Vol. 32
(Pre-order - released on: 11/1/2019)
...hope this helps.
“Good Ol Grateful Dead”!!! I just had to scream that myself ;) lol , rock on everyone. Have a grateful evening...
Ps- your welcome Daverock , I enjoyed the performance ver much. :)

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 17:54

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Icecreamconekid speaks the truth - no announcement yet for the "on-sale" date. If you're looking for a more general time frame, May 1st is the official street date.

Edit - oh, whoops everyone answered that already. I'm a mess until I get that first after-work bong hit in me.

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Submitted by MDJim on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 17:56

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Word on the streets is.. one of our own wrote a segment of the liner notes. A tip of the hat to all the early adapters here that still carry the torch.

Looking very much forward to it.. I love 1970 GD.

Smoke through water. It removes a remarkable amount of carcinogens and other undesirables yet still delivers the goods.

Tincture and edibles are good too.. got a nasty case of bronchitis this summer slumming in the inferno that was the Rocky Mountains. Lord knows what kind of toxic shit entered my lungs, but it seemed everywhere we went was on fire, homes and mattresses and all, and most damaging at altitude. It took almost two months of nasty antibiotics to clear it up, so tincture became a staple.

Good call KCJ.

mmm.. what music goes really well with a good buzz? H>S!>F? A 23 minute PITB?

....🤔😎😁.
Re; CRB. Tix rarely pass the $40 mark. I saw them a couple of years ago open for Widespread Panic. They kicked Panic's ass. Apologies, but it's true.

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Submitted by perithecat on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 00:23

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Morning all , just a thought / question - is the recording / performance of Woodstock so poor / unusable that it couldn’t be used for the aoxomoxoa 50th reissue ? I have copies of the Janis Joplin & sly and the family which sound superb .

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 03:36

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...the most famous and historical concert ever assembled over three days on a dairy farm owned by a man named Max. I have two/2 original milk crates from the farm stamped/engraved most likely, with the year 1969. One of my favorite Woodstock
Grateful Dead at Woodstock
Performed on Day 2
Started at 10:30 pm, Saturday, 16th
Played for 95 min.
The Grateful Dead are their own phenomenon. Influenced by Blues, Jazz, Country, Folk and of course Rock 'N' Roll, they used to stretch their compositions to incredible lengths, improvising solos and lyrics. Woodstock could have been yet another milestone in their triumphal run of shows, but, unfortunately, it wasn't.
The Grateful Dead came late on stage because Owsley Stanley (a.k.a. "Bear" - their soundman and electrical engineer) wanted to fix the electrical ground on stage. Also their heavy equipment had squashed the turnable stage. Further, the rain had flooded the stage and the band was in danger of electric shocks! Songs got delayed because of long breaks between them. After a while, it all ended in an almost everlasting "Turn On Your Lovelight" after which the band left.
The Dead started at about 10:30 pm on Saturday the 16th. Their gig was supposed to be a little longer than the other bands because of the breaks. So they finished around midnight.

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums and percussion
Mickey Hart - drums and percussion
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - keyboards, harmonica, congas, vocals
Tom Constanten - keyboards, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass
*Setlist
St. Stephen
Mama Tried
Dark Star
High Time
Turn On Your Lovelight

...Sadly, because of technical problems that caused band members to receive electrical shocks when they touched instruments or tried to sing through the microphones, their gig was extremely bad. Though regarded as one of the best live bands at the time, their songs didn't work the way they usually did.

After "Mama Tried" there is a short false start of "High Time" and then a long pause. On the recording there's about 10 minutes of babbling and stoned confusion. "Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at almost 38 minutes.
Since the Grateful Dead bootlegged themselves regularly there is a very clean soundboard recording available that features the whole show as well as some tuning, banter and stage raps during the long breaks. See the Deadlists.com entry for 8/16/69 (not directly linkable). Because of the bad performance it was never fully released officially, neither on audio nor on film. However, there are film outtakes and black/white film available.
In 2009 the Rhino box set Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm finally includes one song from the Grateful Dead: "Dark Star". This Version IS PRIMO, I played it over and over when I first bought the Woodstock boxset for the 40th Ann. Also the 40th Anniversary version of the Woodstock movie includes a reasonably edited "Turn on Your Lovelight" and "Mama Tried" in bonus material! ;) The team who put together the 40th box set , did the same job of all the bands that appeared. They wanted to release a mega set of each performer and the performance on Cd, but it never came to be yet. ;)
Some bands have gone forward of releasing their performances., like John Fogerty person was released, which wasn’t on the original movie or soundtrack. Also the long blues jam done by ‘Caned Heat’ for over 45minutes on the 40th release. I loved the 40th. Great job be everyone.
Just listen to the mix done on the 40th Ann boxset of the Dead’s performance of “Dark Star’’ is killer, really I love it a lot .
Have a Grateful Day folks. :)

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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 06:00

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I hope we get something from early 68. Maybe a show that has a China Cat and a Alligator opener. ;-/

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Submitted by MinasMorgul on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 06:18

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Hey Lovemygirl, I like what you have to say from day-to-day. Always positive. Can I make a suggestion, that you copy and paste links to the content that is not yours. Sometimes I find it difficult to pick up on what you wrote and what came from somewhere else.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 06:33

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Being a rock and roll or ain't no better of roses. That's my pick for the morning commute. And not my original comment Minas, it comes courtesy of Lesh and Weir :D. I can tell the difference, our good friend love my girl always reminds us to smile smile smile. Any links would be cool, just to check out the whole article or may be fine and adjacent article of Interest.

Anyway, this November 10th 1973 show it's really doing it and the Google Translator is screwing up every other word s o I'm out of here. Not sure why, but everyone went ballistic when El Paso started. I didn't know that was a fan favorite, thoigh I love it myself.

P.S. Minas. Check PM, have a work question for you.

P.P.S. - where is Jimmy rowing to anyway?

P.P.P.S. - KCJ, why wait? Lol, let's just say the local political scene is a little bit out of touch, but is also usually asleep by 10.

P.P.P.P.S. - sitting in the parking lot at work because I can't turn off this WRS. Employees walking by looking at the loud vibrating car, probably wondering if I've passed out in here. They can't possibly know about the aforementioned political scene at home, but wait until they see those goddam bats.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 06:56

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Sure enough, the email confirmation for the DaP subscription lists the release dates.
Don’t know if that helps or prolongs the anticipation (it’s making me wait).

2019 DaPs - confirmed
Aoxomoxoa 50th with bonus disc - awaiting confirmation
2019 Box to blow our socks off - awaiting confirmation

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 07:46

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I never knew the Dark Star played at Woodstock had been officially released. Must look out for that one. I have a dvd set which includes the film of them playing Lovelight.
The full Jefferson Airplane set form Woodstock was released a while back, which is excellent-featuring Nicky Hopkins on piano.
My favourite music from the festival remains the Jimi Hendrix set-especially the second half of it, after Jamming Back at the House. He leaves the band behind a bit - incredible display of guitar playing.
Live Dead 69 are playing some shows in Britain over the next week or so, and it is being advertised that they are playing the same set that The Dead played at Woodstock in 1969. I am going to see them in London on Friday, which should be interesting. I have never seen them before, but I would be very surprised if they played long versions of Dark Star or Lovelight, so I would think they will play the Woodstock set, and then...who knows?

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 07:51

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Lucky for him there’s no kids in the back seat...

“Are we there yet?”

“ No stop asking”....geez I need a bong hit

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 10:02

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That WS Dark Star was officially released. I have the soundboard from our good Mr. Smith, but I would love to get my filthy hands on an engineered version. Perusing the internet on my lunch break now....

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 10:31

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...hello and good afternoon. I’ll do my best. I don’t have a computer, I’m on a phone and it won’t let me do a lot of things and in reality I don’t know to much about cellphones.lol sorry, I’m learning more & more everyday! That’s why I take picture with my phones to remind me of where I am, lol ha ha, just playing around :) I wish I knew how to post pictures on our message board. I can’t figure it out, it’s like a riddle wrapped in a Enigma! Lol
But, Still I have no computer. I’ll do my absolute best to copy in any websites pertaining to my posts... sorry folks. I have to talk into my phone for some messages because of my hands and fingers get all curled up, hurts really bad with muscle spasms shooting down my neck to my finger tips...
Take care everyone, and remember , Smile Smile Smile! ;) There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert!
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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 11:14

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11/20/78 set II

I will call this the mbarilla special as he can be credited for turning a lot of people on to this set. Although Wybenga covers it for a page or 2 in his Dead to the Core book. Hear it was the 'Bobby's ill right now' show, hence the extended jamming an weirdly placed Jack A Roe to start the set....

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