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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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  • #261
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    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).

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    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.

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    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.

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    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).

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    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.

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    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.

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    ...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

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    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

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    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.

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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 Lovemygirl on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 11:56

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...from the ‘Big Box’, “30 Trips around the Sun”
...An excellent selection for 1979.
Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA 10/27/79!!! So ‘grateful’ for DaveL. Releasing this performance. Audio wise, it’s easly 5 stars if you know what I mean. Phil is a genius, Jerry is heavenly , Brent Mydland on Keyboards & vocals is just perfect in this Mix ; )
17 minute “franklins tower” beginning with “dancing in the streets!” at14minutes long. The second set is just a monstro/monster! ;)
I’m going to have to agree with David Lemieux, where this show is “perfecto”,
Dave L. Ends the CD notes that, “This,to me,is a flawless show. That is not to say that the Dead didn’t make mistakes, but when they did hit their stride—they really hit it! It was perfection.” Come home 1979!!! I love you. ;)

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last "Caution Jam": 10-22-78 [68]
Setlist
Jack Straw
Candyman
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Brown Eyed Women
Easy to Love You
New Minglewood Blues
Stagger Lee
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
Deal

Dancin' in the Streets
Franklin's Tower
He's Gone
Caution Jam
The Other One
drums
Not Fade Away
Black Peter
Around and Around

One More Saturday Night

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 15:59

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Thanks for the info about Dark Star being included in the Woodstock box set that came out for the 40th anniversary. I have just checked on Amazon, and there it is, 6 cds for £18.17- the equivalent of $24, including the track in question, as you say. This release had completely slipped under my radar. Seems like a real bargain-apart from the Hendrix and Airplane, I no longer have any of this music on vinyl or cd. The only quibble is....no Ten Years After! After Hendrix, that was the highlight of the original film for me. Still, it will be great to have the Dark Star, and to sift through all the other the pearls and pebbles.

Having a Bell’s Lampshade Party Ale.

https://untappd.com/b/bell-s-brewery-lampshade-party-ale/2931918

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12-01-73 Miller.112205
The Playing>UJB transition is very nice!

Woodstock
Last spring/summer somebody posted a link to the complete Woodstock FLAC download, unfortunately I don’t have the link.

I do have the 40th anniversary Director’s Cut on BluRay, maybe I’ll watch it on the anniversary.

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Submitted by Trainwrecked on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 17:35

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All you have to do is copy and paste the text in the address bar of whatever web site your article is on. By address I mean the part at the top of your browser window that says https://dead.net for instance. It's the same thing that you are doing already, except instead of copying and pasting the text in the article, you would be copy and pasting the website address. No new skills involved.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 17:42

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I don't know a lot of soundboards extremely well, but I know that Playing => UJB => Playing like the back of my hand. You're absolutely right that is great stuff. Phil is up. Love the Brokedown Palace. My Uncle Gary got me that one, and he's just about the coolest cat you could hope to meet. Just pulled into my driveway and I'm going to put it on my headphones while I sit in my glider. Hopefully this one will get released someday.

Captcha fu-huck just nailed me for half a dozen. Is the pole part of the traffic light?!?

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 19:53

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Done with 12/1/73. On to DP 7. Started with Truckin' => The Wood Green Jam => Wharf Rat. This is all really really top shelf stuff. At least on headphones it is. I'm not usually into the long NFAs, but the one that they pull off here is out of this world - Keith & Jerry are putting on a funk clinic. Dark Star and Morning Dew still to come. I would love to hear this one and DP 31 remastered with the latest tools, including Plangent. If they could get these two sounding like the '74 shows from the Pacific Northwest box set....

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Submitted by MDJim on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 20:18

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I have a lot to say about Dicks Picks 7, but I am simply too buzzed and had a big day.. not sure I could put it together coherently.

I think one of our own, SimonRob was there??? but could be wrong about that.

We were talking about 77 Morning Dew's yesterday, I might just like 74's a touch more. The DS>MDew from 9/10/74 is top shelf.

I love 1974 GD.

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Submitted by kevinbrandon on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 20:39

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10/27/79.....Yes this is a great show but I can't believe how overlooked 10/28/79 is, also in Cape Cod. They picked up where they left off from the night before with a show starter of half step and then a FRANKLINS storming out of that. WHOA where did that come from. A rippin Althea and a great 79 version of Music Never Stopped. The second set is also thumping along with China/Rider...Samson..Ship of Fools ...Playin..Stella ...Sugar Mag and a nice send off with U.S. Blues. A Definite show to check out if you are into 1979 .....

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Submitted by daverock on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 04:48

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I've just checked, and yes, this is the compilation from Ally Pally September 1974. In which case, I must say that I have recently listened to the second set from 9/11/74 , which wasn't included in the official release. One of the most incredible jams I have ever heard-Seastones, space jams, Eyes of the World - maybe as "out there" as the band ever got. I hadn't started travelling about seeing bands in 1974, and didn't know who The Dead were then. Even if I had-this music would have gone way over my Hawkwind fixated head.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 07:33

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Gotta agree on the shout out to 12/1/73 - a fantastic late '73 show and especially that Playing > UJB > Playin'. The transition to UJB as noted is pretty special. I recall getting my grubs on this via a Grateful Dead hour back in the early '90s and being blown away by that transition as well as the start to UJB...Jerry just jams on the theme for several minutes which I had never heard before (and never really since as far as I can remember). There is also some fun/interesting banter going on during this show, as the fire marshall was getting all amped up because everyone was dancing in the aisles. They stop several times to coax the crowd back their seats, and even play a little diddy taboot.

https://archive.org/details/gd1973-12-01.sbd.miller.112205.flac16

Oh, and KeithFan....nearly blasphemous that you hadn't yet been turned on to the funky-'74 Not Fade Away's. Dick's Picks 7 notwithstanding. IMHO these are some of the coolest romps through this classic due to said funk as well as some differing approaches to transitions into subsequent songs. And they are usually a bit longer than the earlier versions. I'd say the Portland PNW show from '74 is a perfect example of this.

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Submitted by simonrob on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 08:41

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Indeed I was present at one night of the '74 Ally Pally run. It was excellent, but I was unable to appreciate Seastones, possibly due to the copious and excessive quantities of space cake I consumed during the first set. Got so hopelessly lost trying to get home that I ended up spending the night in a airport lounge. Really.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 10:24

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...a grateful Wednesday to everyone! The Sun is Shining brightly here Today, I hope everyone else is enjoying some Sunshine on this day in March...
...your welcome ‘Kevinbrandon’, I have to concur with you on 10/28/79 being a Primo example of how beautiful 1979 was in DeadLand...🙏❤️😎
What an amazing run /tour in 1979...
...’Woodstock 40th Anniversary Boxset’ is a great release. Believe it or not I listen to it on days when I’m thinking of what I want to play next😉
Audio is excellent ! Also includes a great booklet inside/included with the boxset. I heard it’s available on Amazon for $24 dollars which is an amazing price! I paid a lot more when it was first released in 2009! Lol ha ha but it was well worth the price at the time. Primo Audio in my book!
They did an amazing job on that boxset...🤠
Keithfan I to have to concur with your views on Dicks Pick #31 August 4th - 6th, 1974. Just days after Jerry Garcia’s Birthday the band had this great run in 1974, primo stuff. I believe but might be wrong, my memory, we are missing about 25-27 songs not included/released in the Dicks Picks #31... still a great Pick in the series, thanks Keithfan. And also thanks for the tips “Trainwrecked” ; )
It got me too! Lol The first time it happened to me, I was asked if I was a robot...and a photograph came up of a traffic light. I was waiting for a while for it to turn green lol ha ha 😂...
...and 12/1/73 ‘Playing>UJB>Playing’ is a beauty!
And i can’t recall if I have heard 9/11/74, sounds interesting. Thanks again Daverock. 🙏
...late this morning I decided to listen to the Grateful Dead’s performance on May 16th, 1981!
Cornell university, Ithaca NY a another Amazing release from ‘The Big Box / 30 Trips Around the Sun’! Both the first & second sets are primo.
‘Shakedown Street’ starting off with the second set is great. 🤠 it’s a shame the vault doesn’t have the end of this show, starting after Trucking, During production an audience tape was used to include/complete the Dead’s performance that day. 🙏❤️😎
Peace be with you all on this grateful Wednesday my brothers & sisters! Rock on 🙏❤️😎

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My surprise show from the box, the 93 show's anniversary is today.

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 12:29

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Catching up on 03/26/90 Knickerbocker today....Monster set list with a second set run that goes: Dew, Brokedown, LTGTR> HELP>Slip>Frank....

Just starting to Roll Away That Dew now.....pretty damn phenomenal.....but earlier in this show, I must say that Brent shines brightly! Perhaps one of the best versions of Blow Away.....I would bet so!

Also listened to the 30TATS 93 show a couple days ago...fine show also from Knickerbocker which includes a mighty fine Comes A Time....aren't they all mighty fine? Any blind man could certainly see!

Simon Rob....darn it.....my carpet rides were not running back then, otherwise you could have caught a flight home from that blue-light, cheap airport :-)

Peace all,

KCJ

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 12:37

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Chuck Berry - Definitive Collection, lots of good stuff. Carol and Nadine always smoke. Nadine, honey is that you...
Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams. Saw the album cover, along with some others, on big squared blotter in the '80s. Good stuff. The album and the blotter.
GD - Rotterdam 5/11/72, saw all the talk on here about this show recently and figured it would be good to hear again. That Dark Star is more melodic than I recall, I must have confused it with one of the more chaotic E'72 Dark Stars. The Rotterdam and Amsterdam shows from E'72 were the first individual shows I picked up, back when I thought I would just get couple. Then I thought why not a couple more? Ultimately I picked them all up, including replacing my Hundred Year Hall cd with the full show and my Rockin' theRheine with the show in the correct order.
GD - DP 11 9/27/72. I was going to continue running through some more E'72 shows, but then it occurred to me that I wasn't going to hear a Birdsong that way, and DP11 was the first thing I came across with a Birdsong.
GD - DP 23 9/17/72, seemed like another '72 show with a Birdsong would be a good idea, so DP 23 it was. The clarity of the recording by Owsley on that one is amazing, and the show smokes.
Currently spinning Deep Purple - Machine Head for a little variation. Been digging the comments lately, things seem to be percolating nicely. More than I dig looking out the window and seeing more snow falling, which is the other thing I just did.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 12:57

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Just thought a completely off-topic post would be apropos....

Original ABB lineup, January 1971 -- two months before Live at FE -- is set to drop later this year. Apparently, they played 3 shows, opening for electric Hot Tuna, and a 4-CD box is forthcoming.

The two-track soundboard reel is said to be well-balanced and well worth the listen.

RIP Duane, Gregg, Butch, Berry.

Oh, that's right.. I forgot about the overnight at the airport part.

I was awestruck that you made part of this legendary run, but I can see setting up an emergency bivouac at the airport is the part that stands out all these years later. What an incredible story!

Thanks for the tip Hendrixafficianado
:)

RSD2019 list said that a vinyl version of Bear’s Sonic Journal would be released.
I already have the CD and the 24/196 FLAC download. I probably need the vinyl too...

listening to it the other day on the way home, I was like, "wow".

10/2/80 also has a trainwrecked Stella Blue, followed by a superb, stompin' Sugar Magnolia. what a contrast.

I sure do love the GD.

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Submitted by MDJim on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 20:27

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When my significant other comes home from a hard day.. she won't even let me play the Dead (well, at least loud). I'm envious, and thank god for headphones and (almost) legal weed.

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 20:56

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I’m with you Jim....after a hard days work or any days work for that matter, my wife does not want GOGD playing...especially loud! I am either on head phones, walking the dog (or both), or pushed to my upstairs man cave, and then inevitably she says “are you going to be up there all night” (sometimes she throws in an “again” at the end of that statement, if she is upset with me)”

NO HONEY!!! (not all night, just until the end of this show)...

she probably deserves a medal or something for staying with me this long!

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Submitted by LoveJerry on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 23:09

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And a teensy bowl. Charlie I rarely post anymore but usually read everything. I saw your post on 5/11/72 and laughed. I'll tell you why. I also read the comments on Rotterdam and played the show. but then I thought the exact opposite as you, I thought Gee, that Dark Star is less melodic than I remembered. Funny right?

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Submitted by perithecat on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 05:44

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I see that amazon are already advertising this with a June the 7th release but no track details yet .

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Submitted by perithecat on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 05:55

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Correction , on the delux version they have songs from the Avalon on the 24/25&26 of January 69

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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 06:51

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Yes, thanks, I have just checked it out on Amazon, too. Nice to see both the original and the remixed versions being included. Like with Anthem, the original version always stuck me as being the most impressive. The live songs on the bonus disc look as they have been thrown together a bit- a compilation from 3 nights, 24/26 January 1969. Nice that Clementine is included. Looking in Deadbase, it seems that The Eleven and Lovelight from this run were the ones featured on Live Dead. Dark Star is conspicuously absent from the bonus disc. Maybe they wanted to compile a cd that reflects the era, but which bears no resemblance to Live Dead. Which, for better or worse, they have done.

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Submitted by NCDead on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 07:17

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What is everyone's thoughts if they will issue a 50th for this one as well, with bonus material?

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Submitted by DaveStrang on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 07:35

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Looks like most of the bonus disc is from 1/25…'Cosmic Charlie' on the 2001/2003 reissue is also from 1/25 for those interested...

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Submitted by LoveJerry on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 08:11

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I am not sure what made me think I could drink IPAs like a seasoned alcoholic but that sure is what I did last night. Sorry for the obnoxious ending to my post. It's gone now.

I liked the full show release bonus discs from the debut and Anthem but that can't go on forever with just one bonus disc. From what peri said the anniversary Aoxo release will feature material from multiple dates. Maybe Dave will use the anniversary releases as an opportunity to release footage from shows with missing reels.

Bird Song Veneta 8/27/72 or Bird Song PNE 6/22/73?

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Submitted by RV3 on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 08:16

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So as mentioned earlier post, there is the Aoxomoa 1969 deluxe release, then DaP #30 is 1970 with a 1970 bonus disc.....when is enough enough for 1970s releases!?!? DaP #29 was great, 2/26/77 is one show everyone has wanted as long as 5/8/77- if for novelty value if nothing else. BUT, its just time for a BOX SET from the 1980s- probably SUMMER 1989(my guess is 7/17-19/89). I mean how many releases including the BOX SETs can we have from: 1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, and 1978 already??? It's just time to move into what I consider the prime years: 1979-1991....can't wait to hear deets of the 1981 or 1989 BOX SET

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Submitted by MarinSmith on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 08:17

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My wife is fine with GD music - it's GD singing that kills it for her - LOL !!
She just doesn't get it - the GD sing pretty good.......right ??

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Submitted by perithecat on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 10:11

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Just got the official dead net e.mail .
Cheaper for us limeys to buy it on amazon though . 😸😸😸

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 10:31

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LoveJerry, that is funny. I have the 5/4/72 Paris show spinning now because I thought maybe that is the one with the more chaotic Dark Star that I was thinking of, but now I am gonna have to go back to the 5/11 Dark Star again and see if it still sounds melodic or if I just spaced out during the chaos. Also, there is a certain amount of chaos in most Dark Stars, it is the contrast of the melodic portions and the chaos that makes the song what it is, so it in my mind it is really a question of which portion seems to stand out more on any given Dark Star, if that makes sense to any one other than me. It always struck me as following a similar pattern to tripping, with the contrast of calm and chaos shifting and stabilizing then shifting again, often in ways you didn't anticipate.

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Submitted by Dennis on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 11:52

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A friend of mine owns a head shop (yes and I work in one), one of the things they sell in his store is sheets of blotter art. He gave me a sheet with Jerry on it. I will be using this pic for a short while :-) He had a small photo album with sheets of blotter art, one was all the Dead albums covers, steal your faces, can't remember what else, but a shit load of "dead" art. He pointed out they were all signed by Ken Kesey!!!! I'm like how the fuck did you get blotter art designed, printed and autographed by KEN KESEY??? He's like, "yeah, it's ken kesey,,,,,,,,,,,, ken kesey JR! I gathered Jr has a business selling blotter art. He said 20 bucks a sheet online. I have not looked into where, how and if.

Thought I'd share.

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Submitted by Dennis on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 11:57

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FYI stuff,,,,, I just ordered a load of Firesign Theater. If you know who they are I need say no more. If you don't,,,, you're too god damn young :-)

If any interest out there, hit me up with PM

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 12:43

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I stumbled across the newer blotter art stuff from Zane Kesey a couple of years ago, kind of interesting. Perhaps even more interesting is the Blotter Barn site which features images from Mark McCloud's "Institute of Illegal Images", vintage blotter designs from sheets that circulated. If you have never heard of Mark McCloud or his legal battles, check it out, it is a pretty fascinating story. The images on the Blotter Barn site include a number that I recognized as identical to designs that I had come across in the '80's as markings on blotter that had definitely been dipped, a virtual trip down memory lane.

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Submitted by MDJim on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 13:52

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I checked this out a while back too.. very cool..

Ok.. so now I have some blotter paper, all we need is the secret recipe for acid, some beakers and Bunsen Burners and we should be good to go. What could possibly go wrong?

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 15:24

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Yes of course....I can contribute. I purchased the 2018 Bicycle Day Print as my avatar now displays. To my surprise it came with 900 potential hits of acid that looked just like the print. I have the print framed but the potential acid hits are a big book mark in my Dead Base 50, and that makes me sad :-( .........

I recently asked a friend to send me a liquid vial of white lightning, but all I got was an external drive full of 3 hour concerts labeled GD.....WTF??? Did he not understand? Maybe some hidden messages in those FLAC files....

And to the "Powers That Be".....we have now figured out how to post pictures on Dead.net....only a matter of time until my compadres have tunneled into the vault, and then what will you do???

Oh and ...the picture is the blotter, not the print!

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Submitted by muleskinner_blues on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 17:18

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Cranking In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at the moment, the full 17 minute version (3 minute radio edit, cmon). Love the Mosrite fuzz and the organ, not to mention the drum solo. Not exactly the sound of thick air, but it works. Reminds me of Home Improvement...

The next year, but glad to see the Ox-oh-mox-oh-ah announcement. As with the previous two releases, I'm sure the live release will be the best part here.

Enjoying the Eel; speaking of organ, sounds like Melvin Seals stole the church organ for the '91 show Deal to close the first set.

Reminds me back in 2006, not long after I first got 'serious about music' and into Dylan in college, we went back up to Hibbing for the Dylan Days celebration, which at that time was in it's peak. That year, they had the Blood on the Tracks band playing the headlining show, that was the band that played on the Minneapolis sessions of the album.

They performed in the Hibbing High School Auditorium (where Dylan got the curtain pulled on him for singing Little Richard, and my parents attended a decade later) and before Idiot Wind, the keyboardist Gregg Inhofer told the anecdote how they had to 'borrow' the organ from the local funeral home. "Hope they don't need it tonight." :D

Anyways, dig the Eel. I've also had I'll Take A Melody and Waiting For A Miracle in my head all week (not Leonard Cohen, though that's good too).

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 03/28/2019 - 20:05

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....agreed muleskinner. His sound during that show is like nothing I've heard from him before. My favorite show from the box. I haven't removed it from my carasol since I plopped it in.
....the AOXOMOXOA news is grate! We all get a brand spankin' new Alligator and a Caution. Blotter level stuff.
Did the math, and realized I'm older now than Jerry was in '91. Wow.
C'est La Vie....https://youtu.be/thkqtpjjIIg
.... yummy.
Hornsby killing it y'all. Where is that Bruce/Vince release Dave? Fuck man.

Accordingly.. knowing the math.. if I was jerry, I would look like I was 75 and a week from now I would be dead.. exactly.. wait for it.. a week from now. In truth, I am old and grey, but still feel healthy and young.

So sad, like a red giant, his flame burned bright, he lived his life, and then.. (not so unexpectedly) it was over. Actually.. like a slow moving car crash I did not expect it.

Still.. he left so much for so many. I love the GD, all so talented.. but with JG, it would have never been. I'm so thankful for what they left us with.
Hope that's ok to say, no negative vibes intended.

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