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 12, 2019 - 4:09am

#121

hbob1995

Joined:
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DaP30

THE worst cover of any of Dave's Picks by a long shot. Very disappointing.

Rock on
April 11, 2019 - 8:51pm

#122

alvarhanso

Joined:
January 16, 2014

1/3 mysteries

Can't wait to find out what parts of these fantastic looking shows we're gonna be devouring! I've been preparing by listening to DaP 6 2/2/70 (the show after the New Orleans bust, and sans TC), and 12/20/69, finished 2/2 on lunch break in the car, hoping Pig didn't go too much on the "reach over my left shoulder" rap as there was a young lady sunning herself whilst I blasted my music with my windows down eating my Zaxby's. But since somebody suggested they go into Not Fade Away for shits and giggles, we were all spared from a salacious Pig rap from 1970, and he only mentioned getting yo hands outta yo pockets once I recall. But the ride home featured the incredibly lovely 20 min Dark Star opener from the second show, 12/20/69 at the Fillmore West (with TC), 9 months previously the site of 4 nights of fire and fury captured for all eternity on 16 track reels (the first ever 16 track live recording) and gifting the universe with Live/Dead, but a lot had happened over the course of 9 months, if the setlist stayed somewhat the same. The band on the second part of DaP 6 goes Dark Star> St Stephen> The Eleven> New Speedway Boogie instead of into the Lovelight they eventually get to, and instead of light, they plunge into the darkness that was Hunter S Thompson's great crashing wave, sweeping the dreams and idealism of the 60s back out to sea. Talk about coming full circle... Which brings me back to DaP 30 and the wonderful mystery meat we get to devour in just over 2 weeks time. From 2 weeks after they played the Fillmore West, they were on the left coast to play Bill's legendary theater, and here's the only thing missing from keithfan's post, the 1/3 setlist:
Ealy show: Morning Dew, Me And My Uncle, Hard To Handle, Cumberland Blues, Cold Rain & Snow, Alligator > Drums > Jam > Bid You Goodnight Jam > Jam > Alligator Jam & Reprise > Caution Jam > Feedback, E: Uncle John's Band;
Entire Late show played was: Casey Jones, Mama Tried, Big Boss Man, China Cat Sunflower-> Jam-> I Know You Rider-> High Time Tease, Mason's Children, Cryptical Envelopment-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Cosmic Charlie, Uncle John's Band-> Black Peter, Dire Wolf, Good Lovin', Dancin' In The Streets-> Drums-> Dancin' In The Streets, E: Saint Stephen-> In The Midnight Hour

I am so looking forward to hearing some tasty stuff from that! I'm actually listening to The Other One from it now... But the combinations of these setlists is just mindblowing. We get everything. It's a Thanksgiving feast of epic proportions.

And I wonder if these were part of the Houseboat Tapes, been a while since we got something from that batch. DaP 19 1/23-24/70 I believe was from that, as well as DaP 6 as mentioned above, and DaP 10 Thelma 12/10-11/69.

Also, no 1969 show to come out with Aoxomoxoa?
April 11, 2019 - 7:54pm

#123

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

DaP 30's reflection cover....

....it's fresh on my brain, but I freaking love it!! Looks like my dog's paws! And dogs are always the first to greet you when you get home. If you scroll down a bit, you get a cool rotating AOXOMOXOA thing. Ye haw!!
Newcastle 4.11.72's first set is under the belt. Taking a break. I'm exhausted though, so the second set may be broken up.
April 11, 2019 - 6:23pm

#124

MDJim

Joined:
March 16, 2017

No Email For Me!

Fargin Bastages..

Edit: One of the kind folks here forwarded me the email.. agree, they seem to be wolf paws. I like the cover art if for no other reason there are no cartoonish skeletons and especially no skeletons with full beards.
April 11, 2019 - 4:58pm

#125

Cousins Of The…

Joined:
September 10, 2009

Got the email too

Fantastic cover, no skeletons, no beards; just the Dire Wolf's paws.
April 11, 2019 - 4:45pm

#126

nappyrags

Joined:
January 24, 2013

the email just hit my box…

the email just hit my box that the sale date for DP 30 is next Thursday the 18th...Don't quite understand the cover but that's ok...
April 11, 2019 - 3:50pm

#127

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Yes Sir 80s Fan - 7/7/89 - The Bus Came By and I Got On.....

I'm from the Philly area, so it was big news that the Grateful Dead were taking the stage for the last event that would ever be played at JFK Stadium. It was the summer between my Junior and Senior years of high school. What do I remember? Well, I've told this story before, so if you've heard it, feel free to stop me.....

It was a sweltering hot sunny day, as humid as NJ and Philly ever get. I had no idea I was going to the show until 4pm that day. I was sitting at my kitchen table playing around with my brother's unloaded Glock, shooting imaginary bad guys, just like Martin Riggs had done a few hours earlier at the premier of Lethal Weapon 2. As I goofed around with the 9mm, which, I actually had a legitimate reason for holding nearby (the purpose of which does not come into this story), I made phone calls to WMMR and WYSP, as well as the local record stores, in an effort to figure out the song that was played at the end of the movie, right as it looked like it might be Riggs' last stand; after all, he was lying in a pool of blood with knife and gunshot wounds, and the most somber gospely blues tune I ever heard playing - something about going to Heaven. Well, [SPOILER ALERT] Riggs lived to make two bad sequels to the sequel, and my eyes dried up by the time I left the theater; but I couldn't remember how that damn song went, and nobody I contacted had a clue.

Then into my house walked two complete strangers: one was tall and lean, perhaps a year or two older than me; the other was a little bit shorter, thickly bearded, and smiling. I wasn’t expecting anyone when I heard the front door open, so call it instinct if you will - you know, the kind of instinct that guides us to mindlessly remove bongs and other various sundries from site, when an unannounced visitor enters our domain - only it was the Glock and ammo cartridge that I was reaching for. I might have jammed the clip in at once if the shorter bastard hadn’t been smiling so friendly and looking so damn familiar. He greeted me by name, still smiling, still friendly-like. You would think this might have settled my uneasiness, but among other things, the FBI guys instructed my brother not to acknowledge any strangers who called out his name (apparently this is a technique that some would-be harm-doers use to identify a target they’ve never met in person). A lot of things went through my mind in a flash: I should have loaded the gun instead of hiding it; I should have locked the door after I came back from the matinee; I can’t believe this “very small chance they would bother us” possibility came to pass; but overriding all of that second guessing was a rush of adrenaline that hit me when I realized they never saw the gun. I croaked “hello” or something equivalent, and began to insert the clip, out of site, under the table. I had no reservations about living out a different movie now, the one where our hero famously gets off a round from under the table - kill or be killed - at least until George Lucas got bored and started f***ing around with CGI; except now the bearded hippie SOUNDED familiar too. The whole encounter played out in just a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity. The voice belonged to my cousin from Buffalo. We're the same age and grew up spending a couple of weeks a year together; but up until that day, the visits were announced, and he certainly never showed up long haired and bearded (hell, I didn't even know he could grow a damn beard yet - we were only 17). Never met his friend before, so the duo WERE 50% strangers. Suffice it to say they didn't get shot that day, but the story echoed through our lives for many years.

His buddy had come with him from the Truckin' Up To Buffalo show on the 4th of July. They enjoyed it so much they decided to surprise me with a visit and an invitation to go. I was not too familiar with Dead in those days. I knew In The Dark from MTV and MMR, and I may have heard Friend of the Devil once. But I wasn’t about to pass a Dead show by, just because I didn’t know their music. After all, my cousin was my partner in crime: we'd seen KISS in '79, Rush in '86 and '87, Van Halen in '86 on Sammy's first tour, Pink Floyd in '88; and now we had driver's licenses, so it was only getting better. He was supposed to be arriving a couple of days later for The Who Reunion at Vet Stadium, and then we had the Stones Steel Wheels Tour kicking off at the end of August. Good times.

I remember the circus atmosphere of the crowd at JFK. I imagine the tailgating scene in the 70s was a drop in the bucket compared to this. We've all been to the rodeo, so I won't rehash it. But it made me feel liberated, watching all of these liberated people. Liberated from what? I don't know - just free. However free you may feel, I think live music intensifies that feeling, and I don't think any more so than with the Dead. I'd never seen so many people in one place before. When Jerry walked out, I remember my cousin smiling and saying "there he is – Jerry Garcia. He's like a messiah around here." My response was, "well, he has my respect - he's playing Pete's Woodstock guitar". Of course in hindsight, he was not - at least not since 1970. The guitar I mistook for Townshend's "Woodstock guitar" was The Tiger, which has a very similar shape and color. Pete had played the Gibson SG, which Jerry also used on Live Dead and into 1970 (depicted on DaP Vol 6). The crowd erupted when Jerry walked out, like no greeting I'd ever seen for a band, let alone one guy in the band (he came last and was greeted loudest).

Then completely unheralded - no light show or elaborate stage rig, no announcement stating we'd got the best - they just simply started playing Hell In A Bucket. Good by me, I knew that song. But that was like a soundcheck for the crowd. The real DeadHead personalities came out on the next number - Iko Iko. Now that was a unique concert experience. In the course of the next 7 or 8 minutes, I GOT what all of the hoopla was about for this band. If ever a performance captured a band's soul and spirit and allowed it to be imbibed by the audience, it was Iko Iko at JFK, where the kids all danced and shaked their bones. Did I mention all of the beach balls? It was a sea of Tie-Dye and beach balls.

Check out the contrast in crowd movement between Hell In A Bucket, the show opener, and Iko Iko, song #2

Hell In A Bucket:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAzMiEUUQ8

Iko Iko (crowd shots around 1:47, 2:10, and 3:02):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMpaD-ktv7Q

Highlights at the time include Blow Away, Standing on the Moon, Garcia's soloing during Scarlet Begonias (how did he produce that tone???), the crowd singing Fire On The Mountain, and of course the encore, which, by some strange twist of fate was the very song I was trying to track down from the Lethal Weapon movie. I turned to my cousin and exclaimed "holy shit! THIS is the song I was talking about from the movie!"

"Oh!" he said, "This is an old Bob Dylan song - Knockin' On Heaven's Door."

Amen.
April 11, 2019 - 3:02pm

#128

bob t

Joined:
November 21, 2007

Anniversary shows that I was in attendance 4/11/88 and 4/11/89

Got to say you know how you always secretly hope that the shows you attended will always be released, well I have to say these two I can wait for other shows to be released. I am a pretty positive person and would love to see a show tomorrow with the lineup that played at these shows. Not knocking these years because I saw the 3 Alpine shows from July 89 which were awesome, and the 88 Landover shows with Ripple... 4/11/89 Rosemont Horizon had a great Shakedown to open also. They were just the shows that you went to hoping to get that killer show. The Mecca shows from 4/15 and 4/16/89 were really good!! Maybe I am just trying to say in a round about way that there a lot of good shows that can still be released! Or maybe they used all the magic up on 4/11/72?? bob t
April 11, 2019 - 2:43pm

#129

MDJim

Joined:
March 16, 2017

Awesome

You guys (and hopefully gals) are awesome. Great posts.. great vibes.. plenty of energy and ideas on what to listen to next.

Thank you.
April 11, 2019 - 12:08pm

#130

80sfan

Joined:
April 17, 2015

keithfan

thanks Keithfan - I was actually thinking of you the other day when I was listening to the Crimson White & Indigo release (7/7/89 I believe). You were there right? Must have been an awesome experience!

1989 is full of so many amazing shows up and down the calendar. Wouldn't mind seeing a Dave's Picks from say, 10/19/89 (one of my favorite all time shows)

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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.

Artwork for DaP 31

I got a sneak peek of the artwork and packaging for Dave's Picks 31. They must be reading these boards...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/223280094010614224/

I haven't heard much about the artist, some guy named fuxworth.

Tin foil packaging....

....stoltzfus was correct!!

*Re/ MDJIM

...lol, that had me laughing! 🙏😂
Good morning everyone, hoping to find all of you well, RSD madness today! This years list, for me is very welcoming but I had to restrain myself from spending money which I don’t have right now. But I did recieve a copy of the Jerry Garcia limited to 1200 LPs, from a friend of mine in the music bussness! I’m grateful for just one pick of this years RSD list. I wanted a copy of the Warfield but it was one of the two so I choose the Garcia release for my vinyl collection.
I actually prefer the Warfield “Betty Boards”CD release but I was thinking it will be easyier to get one CD vs vinyl.
Have a grateful weekend my dear brothers & sisters! 🙏❤️😎
...and remember folks, Smile Smile Smile, long live the Grateful Dead and their blessed fans!!!
Peace be with you all...🙏❤️🤠

Record Store Day

Was just looking into all the RSD talk of the Warfield shows. A quick check of my files shows my copy of these shows sound almost(+/-) as good as official recordings. I hope to make it to my local store to see if LP and CD are available, but at least I have a good copy,,, if anyone ends up looking.

RSD 2019

Hi All,

Just got back from my first ever RSD, and man was that fun! Got in line at about 6:45 for 8:00am opening of first store here locally. Picked up a bunch of stuff that I had earmarked including all of the GD/García releases except for the Good Ole Boys. That one was either gone at both stores I visited or not present at all, and I was 6th in line at the first store, and 32nd at the 2nd store which opened at 9:00am. Picked up last copy of Eel at 2nd store which came with a copy of the Eel River Bonus Disc. Also got a copy of Bob Dylan Test Pressing of Blood on the Tracks which I am highly looking forward to amongst a few others that I will report on as I start listening.

DaveRock, unfortunately I did not get a copy of either Twink albums which I was highly on the lookout for but I got a couple others that I am sure you might comment on. The main reason that I went to the 2nd store was for Twink, but neither store received a single copy....US and KS working against us....someone is not following the yellow brick road....ha ha!

Anyways folks here is my first spin of the day from RSD 2019:

Fela Anikulapo Kuti of Africa and Roy Ayers of America: Music Of Many Colours “2000 Blacks Got To Be Free”
....in the vein of Jimmy Cliff....super funky B-Side that will have you jammin’ and is the reason that I bought it as the 1st record store owner had it spinning as the first group walked in...I got his only other copy....and it came with a free download that I am happy to share for anyone who wants one....just pm me!

Up next James Brown’s Psychedelic Album: Sho Is Funky Down Here....no dowload in this one ☹️....saving Warfield for later!!!!

Rock on Dead People!

KCJ

Hofheinz 11/18/72

In honor of record store day I spun Hofheinz 72 last night for the first time in several years. Yes Phil's bass is up way too high, and you can barely hear Bobby or Kieth in the mix. Too bad, this is a really hot show. That closing jam on He's gone is excellent, and the Playin' is fine. I turned down the bass, and what was left was a thin mid level frequency. This tape sounds like it degraded a little over the years. I'm still grateful the tape was made and released.
I sure would like to own and listen to one of the Warfield RSD CD releases, but I'm sick in bed today.

RSD

I was able to get the Dylan release as well Lightnin' Hopkins (including Katie Mae..haha); I had a friend grab the Rough Guide to Black, Blind and Blue (acoustic blind bluesmen compilation) because I figured I wouldn't find it here, though they did have a copy too. Those Rough Guides are pretty cool compilations, I got the Jug Band and Rag Time releases last year.

I got talking to another patron about the Dead as we were both looking for the Warfield, really interesting and good guy. I asked if he had saw any of the Dylan ones and he said he had grabbed the last one, but ended up giving it to me. He was like "I was on the fence anyways...do I really need another version of Blood on the Tracks?" and my response was Uhh, yes, I do at least.

They had a copy of the Eel '91 and Sage & Spirit but neither were on my radar for vinyl, though the Eel looked like a really nice package. I will try to find a Warfield at some point here.

Now listening to Dick's 23, 3/23/74 Cow Palace for some porch music. I was on a Game of Thrones rewatch binge, but it's nice to see the sun for awhile. '74 Cassidy... :o

RSD-Feeling Groovy

Good to read of Muleskinner and KCJ's visits to record shops today. That's the way to do it. I didn't pass go, myself. I would have supported my local record shop - but sadly its long gone. I was going to catch the train to the nearest city...but didn't. I phoned them up , and the weren't getting Gong Live at The Bataclan 1973 in, and I don't think they had ever heard of Twink. So I cheated, and bought the Gong and Think Pink online - still from a legitimate record shop by the looks of things.

I fulfilled basic Dead duties today by listening to Dark Star from Copenhagen 4/14/72 at lunchtime. Sublime music-great high energy Feeling Groovy jam after the first verse. Beautiful recording, too.

RSD

It's hours to the nearest record store for me.. so I bailed. I do have a friend that owns a RS that usually holds the GD stuff for me. Hopefully he will pull through this year.

Happy days all.. did a little 1982 detour today, quite enjoyable.

DaP 33

I think it is great output, https://www.emporiaz.com

Empoiaz is vermin

Dont click

Marye please show this foo to the door

Great output, eh

Need input!!

Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?

RSD

I got lucky and scored the Good Old Boys~Drink Up & Go Home...only copy we found out there today. Whew.
Also grabbed Otis Redding/Booker T & The MG's and the Mar-Keys...and Jethro Tull~North Sea Oil 10".
This was my first RSD live and in person and it was fun. Good to see so many people excited about music.
:O)

RSD 2019

Went to the local store in Golden Valley MN. Waiting in line for about an hour. Got the last copy of the Warfield Theater cd!. How lucky is that. This set is awesome. Best recording I have heard to date. The vocals and the guitars are so crisp it almost feels like I was there. So, these tapes have not been erased. Maybe there is a chance we will get the rest of these unbelievable dates in a mega box. My dream since they started releasing boxes.

Emporiaz

Somebody oughta flood ping him or http dos

I slept in....

....and missed RSD. But sleep. Focus shifting to the NHL playoffs. Sue me.
...edit. My sister just bought me an early birthday present in the form of a ticket to tomorrow night's Golden Knights/SJ Sharks playoff game. My smile just got bigger!

WARFIELD

Carpet ride is fired up, but Jerry and the boys are right here in my room so there’s no need to fly tonight....until later maybe.

DaveRock....didn’t hear you mention Gong Live At Bataclan 1973 before and maybe I missed it, but when I saw that today I scooped it up thinking, “will have to ask DaveRock about this”! Ha, and there you already scooped it up...it will be spinning here late night for me....on side 2 of 10/9/80 now and I’m on the road again...sure’s you’re born!

Wow this one is pretty sweet people....have to recommend the vinyl!

ROCK ON!

*RE/ Daves Picks 30 - artwork

...it’s strange, I like it. Reminds me what the whole scene was about at that time, even thou At the time , i think it’s was the magic fun guy I had with lunch that’s leading be astray, lol ...rock on my brothers & sisters, listen to the music play, dance and Smile theget ready for an adventure thru DeadLand ! 🙏❤️😎🤠
Artwork= Different= new possibilities folks, I dig it! When you read the artists interview, you’ll see what I mean.😉👍

Gong at the Bataclan 1973-KCJ

Sorry not to have tipped you off, but excellent instincts at play when you picked this one up. Gong were truly operating from a different dimension, and to see them live was like stepping out of one world and into another. Their albums provided the perfect soundtrack for mind bending experiences-in fact-they ARE mind bending experiences. The mandala that I have appropriated for my picture, to the left of this screen as you look at it, is from the back of their album "You".

I can't resist showing off a bit-I bought a guitar off main man Daevid Allen many years ago. Very inspirational. Although the guitar never worked too well !

love the cover! Still on the sidelines.... where to re-start?

Thank god we get a break from the tired, childish skeletons.. LOVE the new cover.

Haven't listened to the Dead in about a year - not for more than a total of one hour. I tend to go ALL IN on the Dead or go totally fallow for a year or two and reproach with fresh ears. Yesterday I finally pulled out 2/26/77 (DaP 29) and listened to a few tracks - was blown away by the sound quality and performance. Can't wait to get back into the Dead at some point. Just not sure where I'll start - fun to think about. Where do you pick up after a long absence?

Oh DaP 30 Cover, where art thou?

Haven't seen it. Nor have I gotten any dead.net emails since I was double subscribed, and tried to unsubscribe myself from one. It was annoying to get 2 emails. But, now I get none. Go figure.

Thin - On returning to the dead after a long hiatus - I personally would do it at a time where I could get house shaking-ly loud (turn it to 11) and go with 12/29/77 set II.

Headphones are also great, but then I might go with something like the 12/6/73 Dark Star.

Have fun when you get back! :-)

Childish Skeletons?

Aren't the skeletons kind of, you know, one of their icons? It is a nice break from them, since they have many icons, and skeletons have been widely deployed for the Dave's Picks series. I guess it is the childish part I didn't get. Good to see you back Thin, I was just wondering the other day I wonder what happened to Thin. A year's a long time without the Dead. I barely listen to anything but the dead anymore. There are so many regular releases that it is impossible for them to get stale in my head. They could probably stop releasing stuff now, and it would still take me a year or two to listen to all of the archival releases enough times for them to wear me out.

*RE/ Daverock & the UK

‘SLOW MOTION’...from the UK, a band that evolved thru out the years, and some people/social media, called them the Grateful Dead of the UK back in the day,?excepcially their album, “Man”! 1974 Great musicians all around this group... here’s one track off the ‘Man’ album.

https://youtu.be/E21APHL0P68

...and here is the full album, ‘Man’ by Slow Motion
...🙏❤️😎🤠 hope every one a grateful day! Peace love & happyness my sisters & brothers, enjoy the music...Rock On!
https://youtu.be/Oby4KyNucoM

30 artwork here?

https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/bc63s0/daves_picks_30_ar…

Good guess on the wolf,,,, I'm not an expert on telling wolf paws from dog paws!?!?

LoveMyGirl

Man is the group, from Wales. Slow Motion was their 9th album (I think).

*RE/ Slow Motion - Man

... “Slow Motion” released by ‘Man’ in 1974 with
Terry Williams, Ken Whaley, Deke Leonard, Micky Jones. Sorry about that, I switched the Band name with their album name, I’m on a little phone... I hope someone still e joyed the music!
🙏❤️😎
Ps - thank you for the correction simonrob! 🙏

Man

Whatever you may have got wrong, you were certainly right that they were a fine band. You would also do well to check out a closely related band: Help Yourself. They were also a fine band.

*RE/ Help Yourself- sweet ☺️

...I’ve been enjoying this song lately...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S0g4GAYRQE4

...this version contains the words/lyrics to the song...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LOIOPYawD7o

childish

Yup - just seems childish. Apologies in advance - I have a strong opinion on this topic. Get ready for my best "get off my lawn!" speech.

Wanting skeletons on the cover art is like going to see a live band, screaming "Freebird" and actually meaning it. Groan-inducing. Do you wish all the Rolling Stones album covers featured a boulder rolling down a hill, or that Beatles albums all featured a bug on the cover? John: "I've got a cool idea for a Sgt Peppers cover". Paul: "Nah, we're just gonna slab another bug on it". The Doors? Turtles?? Monkees??? Hot Tuna????!!! CREAM!!!!?

Only about 1/4 - 1/3 of GD album art ever contained skeletons as the primary motif, yet for this series it's about 80% bearded skeletons, front and center. You're telling me the artists can't come up with (or recycle, or borrow) some powerful imagery that conveys the myth, power, celebration, originality and majesty of this music besides a skeleton cartoon? Think of past inspired and original art: Egypt '78 with the pharaoh wings and cryptic lettering, or shakedown street with the street imagery, Aoxomoxoa with the sun and cool lettering, roses!!!, or terrapin with the turtles, Bears choice's bears, Wake of the Flood crows/flood motif, Europe '72 with the technicolor images, Anthem's psychedelia, American Beauty's rose and lettering, the earthy saloon feel of Workingman's Dead, the Live Dead....

Even Dick's Picks and Road Trips hardly touched skeletons, and Dick actually came up with some interesting and original contributions to the GD cover art legacy. But Dave's Pick's? Yes there have been some really cool covers, but redundant. Feels like "We're looking to hire an artist for Dave's Pick's - how would your art look?" "I think I'd like to draw some skeleton cartoon figures" "You're hired!" A missed opportunity. So there! :)

Love the Wolf/marquis reflection cover on this release (and a few other Dave's Picks that were original like 2 & 3, and the Springfield '73 release.) THANK YOU for the art that does dare to be different.

Man

Yes, a very good group-especially live. I did used to think there was something Dead like about their concerts much more so than any other British band I saw. They were also inspired by Quicksilver Messenger Service, and even did a tour with John Cippolina around 1975. Unfortunately, I missed that one. There is also live album featuring songs from the tour, called "Maximum Darkness", but I haven't got that, either. There are several great live ones from the early 70s, though- Greasy Truckers 1972 takes some beating.

*RE/ Daverock & Bob Dylan

...great post Daverock, I concur about the band, “Man”... I’m going to put one of their LPs in your next parcel. 🙏❤️😎😉...
...I know talking about all these other bands/ musicians are off topic but I love talking about music. I’m sorry & I apologize for stearing the topic off track folks...🙏
...I remember their was some talk of Bob Dylan albums. Does anyone else have this vintage LP?
I just pulled my copy out to give a listen...love it!!!
“Million Dollar Bash” - Bob Dylan 😎

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bob-Dylan-Million-Dollar-Bash-Lp-Red-vinyl-Bla…

Bonus Disc RT Volume 2 #3 1974..... 6/16/18/74

Haven't played this in a few years ....... Forgot how good the jam is between Truckin and Wharf Rat. and the Morning Dew And Greatest Story. Hope everyone had a good weekend. bob t

Re: Bonus Disc RT Volume 2 #3 1974..... 6/16/18/74

One of my favorites.. but I am biased.. it was also one of my first non-fm, quality soundboards I got on tape. An Eye(s) opening moment for me.

Grateful Dead magic

6/18/83
6/20/83

High energy affairs

RIP David S.

Dave S. From mass. My friend and all around great guy ,wished I could of said goodbye. Rest in peace fellow deadhead,you will be missed. Your friend Carlo F.

@MD Jim 6/16/74

Jim i was so confused because the Eyes went into Big River.... and it was so flawless!! Not a China Doll follow up. I remember getting it in the fall of 89 on cassette. bob t

Pffft

Hilarious if the bonus CD artwork is the top half of the wolf, and he's all morphed into a skeleton. Man I hope that happens.

mind left my body - pfft

….. top half morphed into a skeleton...…………….. with a beard :-)

...a ‘grateful’ morning…

...a ‘grateful’ morning Monday to all my sister & brothers...🙏
Great post, ‘Thin’ about the Grateful Dead’s history of artwork statement! 😎
‘Mind Left Body’- the other one/half 🙃😉
...to all you treasure hunters out there, their is something ‘New’ coming soon!
Smile Smile Smile 😁😁😁

@Lovemygirl

Hey man, I noticed you occasionally make statements as if you know something about the release schedule that hasn't been announced. Do you know someone who gives you previews? Your comment "to all you treasure hunters out there, their is something ‘New’ coming soon!" for example.

Record Store Day Fail

Not Cool, Warner Bros shut out my record store.
Just make the music available to everyone.
All we want is the music, not this bullsh..

The Dead In Denmark

I'm ahead of schedule on the E72 Tour campaign. It helps tremendously that I've begun bringing my headphones to work. I can crank it all the way up without bothering anyone, and it's (for the most part) an attentive listen (once in awhile I zone out while I'm digging though a database or whatever).

Listening to The Dead In Denmark, 4/16/72. This was the first one I bought, back around this time of the year in 2014. I had recently picked up Sunshine Daydream, which is the event that converted me from casual bus rider to take out a second mortgage to pay for the back-catalog DeadHead. I was looking for something in the ballpark of Veneta (i.e. 1972 Multi-track), and lo and behold - 22 of them from just a few months prior. I bought this one first 4/16 first because it was in the Rolling Stone top 20 list:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/20-essential-grateful-dea…

Donna's absent from this one. I miss her on GSET - she really nails the cool clear water vocal.

Overall this has a great Loser, great China / Rider, oddly no Sugar Magnolia (only show from the tour w/out it), fantastic Truckin' with huge 16 1/2 minute Jam, and basically no Dark Star or Other One (well....we get two short Other One segments, equaling 6 minutes, with Me & My Uncle in between. It's a little bit puzzling how this show was picked by Rolling Stone over so many others from the tour with better set lists and longer shows. But there's nothing wrong with what's here - they're all top shelf performances, which goes for the whole tour.

Speak of Europe... and art...

Flying my Olympia Theatre flag at half mast today. The Notre Dame Cathedral has been devastated by fire tonight.. one of the great architectural monuments ever built.

A sincere, heartfelt moment of silence and sadness to our friends in France and around the world. What a tragedy. So sad..

Hoping humanity can pull together, hoping for a complete restoration / rebuild. Our Lady of Paris, mortally wounded. The world has suffered a tremendous loss.

Thanks Jim

I feel for my city!

Warfield 10/9,10/80 CD

Just ordered a CD from Amazon.

Says shipping is May 17 - June 17

Like the 4/18/70 and 11/18/72 Record Days that then came out on CD???

Notre Dame....

....went home for lunch and saw it on the news. Truly horrible and sad. I will admit, a lump did form in my throat when I saw the footage.

loss

Notre Dame
much of Europe in WWII

I was lucky enough to visit Notre Dame when I was a lad (we're talking 1973)

everything is temporary

Silver Lining

It looks like they expect the stonework to survive.. including the flying buttresses, which makes rebuilding possible. If we lost the stonework.. it's possible the cost would make reconstruction cost prohibitive in the modern age. It took nearly 200 years to construct the first time around.

With the stonework intact, I believe it can and hope they will be rebuild so others can enjoy for the next thousand years..

"We used to play for silver, now we play for Clive."

I hope Bolo was not involved.. ;D

my wife can be a flying buttress at times

but I always forgive her

did anyone on this site...

attend 6/18/83 or 6/20/83?

I listened to those on cassette this past weekend as I did UberEats.

those shows are HOT.

I attended 3/27/83, 7/30/83, and 7/31/83. they were cool and all, but they weren't like the two June dates above.

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