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    Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.

    When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, ​New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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    I was surprised Oroborous was the first I saw who mentioned DaP16 3/28/73, that one is one of my favorites, I think Kiethfan2112 had a catchy name for it based on the funky house on the cover. Those '73 shows are just so long and I just can't get enough of that '73 sound, especially when there is a WRS>Dark Star>Eyes>PIB sequence. And to be honest, I may be in the minority, but I really dig Donna doing You Aint Woman Enough and that one has a cool Here Comes Sunshine also. Now that I think about it, DaP16 is due for another listen ASAP.

    If the bonus disc is included then the DaP10 12/12/69 release is another favorite as that bonus disc is still my number one favorite bonus disc and the rest is also good stuff. Another even numbered release I return to often is DaP18 7/17/76, as I recall that one has a cool, slow feel to things.

    Hard for me to really come up with a top 5, and to be fair, I don't have some early ones from the first couple of years, but I just thought I'd mention a few cool even numbered releases.

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    I also took Bolo's post as an observation and not a clue. But, on second thought, knowing Bolo as well as I don't, it might be.

    Dave's 11 was a close contender for the Top 5, followed closely by 15. Both odd numbers as well. Hmmmm. This is starting to feel slightly Hitchcockian.

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    That settles it, I’m going to have to give #11 a proper listen again. It’s been a while and I remember liking it a lot but it sure has made a lot of Top 5 appearances here.

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    ...for me to catch on to Bolo's post. Yeah, you guys appear to have picked exclusively odd numbered Dave's picks for your top 5. Seems like a comment not a clue.

  • icecrmcnkd
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    So the Box won’t be from those years?

    Warfield CDs in the mailbox today!

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    Getting through my first listen as it just arrived 2 days ago. The first Early Show is a B-/B, no real fire, even the TIFTOO suite is just okay. The segue to Cosmic Charlie is really nice. The Late Show on 1/2 takes a bit to start firing on all cylinders, but China Rider is really good, and Good Lovin' is fantastic. Monkey and the Engineer is fun because of the broken string and it leads to a high level Dark Star with a good amount of space before the Feelin' Groovy hits around 19 min in, then the nice proto-Sugar Mag Jam, and the fantastic, extended Soulful Strut Jam. I can't call this one Tighten Up, it does sound much more like Soulful Strut, and some Tighten Ups do sound like Archie Bell and the Drells, but whatever name ones gives to this 9 min, it's great and groovy, then a nice second verse and the extended composed section ending into an insanely quiet St Stephen intro. Great use of dynamics by the band on this show, something they were really getting into almost a year after the Dupree's and Mountains of the Moon acoustic numbers leading to the space of Dark Star. St Stephen is pretty good, great middle jam, some shakiness on the William Tell Bridge transition back, but The Eleven is just fantastic! Love the breakdowns, especially the drums. They were clearly feeling The Eleven as they start a little Eleven Jam in Lovelight a couple minutes in. And that's where I got out of the car. It took them a while, but they finally got heated up on that winter evening. So, Lovelight and the 1/3 material on my decently long drive tomorrow. I had to reorder the stuff after I ripped it, and then reordered it again after I saw it put it in a slightly confusing way. So, I just ended up creating folders for each show and putting the appropriate material in the appropriate folder. Kudos to Dave and Mr Norman for a fine release. The sound quality is odd for a Bear tape. Not his best recording, but the dynamic range is massive, and with 3 bands doing 2 shows, the man did a helluva job on the Sonic Journal. The quality did improve as the show went along.

    I did a preview listen to 1/3 some weeks back, and based on that and some of the responses here, really looking forward to that tomorrow. I remember that TIFTOO was spectacular and full of fire.

    These are by far the best liner notes in the Series. I wish they could do something like this every time. Bill Walton's on DaP 5 11/17/73 are also great, but two tales from 15 year olds scarred for life by the Dead at the Fillmore East on the same night in different shows is great.

    Top 5 (not including DaP 30, have yet to finish it, unfair to rank it, and it hasn't shot past my favorites as yet)
    1. 11 11/17/72 great show, great filler.
    2. 14 3/26/72 and bonus disc Truckin> Jam> The Other One>Me & My Uncle> The Other One> Wharf Rat, a Stranger, Cold Rain & Snow, Black Throated Wind, great shorter Playing, Greatest Story starts to hit its stride, a release I like more than most people. But that Good Lovin' thru Wharf Rat is just unbelievably good stuff.
    3. 6 and bonus disc 2/2/70, 12/20-21/69, 2 Dark Stars, a top shelf Other One (no Cryptical, but fiery Other One), 3 Mason's Children, 2 shows with TC, one without, 2 St Stephens, an Eleven, 2 New Speedways, 2 big Lovelights. This one moved up on last listen.
    4. 13 2/24/74 Weather Report Suite> Row Jimmy, Dark Star> Morning Dew, that about does it for me.
    5. Several tied among them 5 11/17/73, 10 12/11-12/69, 26 11/17/71 & 12/14/71, 17 7/19/74, 1 5/25/77, and 2 7/31/74 with bonus disc from 7/29/74.

    Other miscellany: the Wharf Rat from DaP 15 4/22/78 is fantastic. Jerry rips a second solo, I think, because his first one didn't come out like he wanted, and he nails the second one. DaP 29 2/26/77 has shot that show up in my opinion, I had a really low volume copy on cd for 20 years and never got into that show because it hurt to strain my ears to listen, still probably outside the top 10. DaP 16 3/28/73 is an underrated one. The last disc is a Grateful wet dream of Weather Report Suite prelude> 30 min Dark Star> Eyes> Playing, with a ton of weirdness/feedback in the Star and an incredibly energetic Playing to cap the show. DaP 21 4/2/73 is from a few nights later and the tour closer, and a better sounding tape, but not as great a performance to me.

    Also, interesting in the liner notes, Starfinder credits Bear with some Dave's Picks where Kidd is listed as the recording engineer 9 and 17 are two examples. Whatever it means, I hope it means more undiscovered Bear recordings make their way out...

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    Odd that you should mention it, Bolo. Even still...

  • bolo24
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    Your top 5 Dave's Picks are rather odd. Just sayin'.

  • nitecat
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    Yes this is hard to do. There are so many grate releases.
    I just finished re-listening to DaP7 4/24/78 and I was very impressed. You can hear Kieth really well, almost too loud in the mix in some places. So in no particular order...

    5 11/17/73
    7 4/24/78
    11 11/17/72
    13 2/24/74
    29 2/26/77

    nitecat

    Edit: Oops I forgot the Fox - DaP 11/30/80 with that matrix mix and they are so ON!
    I just listened to this again recently, loved it.

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    ...I just got pulled into by 3/25/90 this late afternoon...
    ‘Quinn the Eskimo’(The Mighty Quinn) !!! ❤️😎
    https://youtu.be/xN0X5IuU6jA
    The video is from diff. Performance.

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Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.

When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, ​New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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...set-List is primo! I’m in love! 🙏❤️😎

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Guess the mystery will hold until May 1. Can't wait for this release!

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When I was a mere schmo of 19...dem were da daze...

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Should be fantastic. Love the artwork too......(But still hate this new site. Impossible to post or find comments on your phone. It's a nightmare. I miss this place. I just happen to be in front of a computer now)......Enjoy the holiday weekend

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I have the subscription. If it's not sold out, get it now.

Love the artwork and look forward to hearing this. A magic era.

Too soon to request an 80's show for Vol. 31 and 90's show for 32?

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30. (!).

Wow.

This is good. This Dark Star is one for The Ages.

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I say for #31: 6/18/83 and 6/20/83

for #32: 5/27/93

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It's never to early to ask for an 80's show. But I'm a little greedy. 3 83 shows in a mini box would keep mr. Jones away from my door for a while

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....seems like just yesterday that the Dave's series was announced. Oh, oh what I want to know. where does the time go?

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Can’t wait to get my furry paws on it. You got it right pops ,those were some good old days.

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Seems the t-shirt for sale is the cover of the bonus disc. Interesting artwork, also gives an idea how small the Fillmore East was. That third disc is gonna get a lot of play at my house and in my car I imagine.

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This is the Dead at their first "Peak". Amazing stuff. And the recording is pristine.

Love the art for this one. Glad to see something different and original.

“Incredible variety of releases and format” Dave you evil bastard LOL! We haven’t even received this one yet and I’m already jonesin’ for more! Format variety? Like perhaps some video....

COVER ART: I’m with thin, I like this cover especially because it’s not the bearded skeletons again....not saying any of that was bad, just think there is so much more iconography to work with and the skeletons have been done to death, yuck yuck, imho that is....sounds like we might get some era variety also? Philly 89? Summer 85? More 79? 91?
Folks saying Warfield 80 might be right, he’s obviously been poking around there....but what about Gainesville!

Yee-gads, I guess in the mean time we’ll just have to settle for some 70 Fillmore 😉 were so spoiled, thanks Dave

EDIT: perhaps the most interesting tell is that their working with Bears people and what that might entail......”possibilities are frightening”

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The art work is growing on me on this one, but that disc three looks amazing.

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Short Seaside chat for Dave. Of course this one should have come out a long time ago....

No real clues on the next box.☹️

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I concur, guessing what's on this bonus disc is going to be fun. That third disc with the dark star is going to get some big time play here. Some of the tunes from 1/3 are on disc 1 and 2 so I am going to figure the big jams from both early and late shows will be on the bonus disc, oh goody, ps put me down for a couple of those limited run t shirts.

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Sixy - That's what I thought when I turned 30. I'm 45 now. : ))

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either an 80's Ventura box or an 80's Greek Berkeley box....

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This seems like it might be pretty interesting.:

https://pitchfork.com/news/grateful-dead-graphic-novel-announced/

Anyone remember back in the day, the Grateful Dead comix? I recall them coming in the printed newsletter that folded out, was on beautiful stock paper, and had lots of colors and all the new products of the day. Like Dick's Picks one haha.

Sixtus

P.S. Wedeocu....true dat. 30 seems like both yesterday and forever ago! Also makes me wonder if there is ever any endgame number in store for us with Dave. 30 is great. Imagine double triple quadruple that? Who will live that long haha.

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Just like others have noted, the skeleton art has become a bit stale and cliched so this is a welcomed change of art direction. The other covers are great but the skeleton motif becomes staid after a while. The Wizard of Oz cover was a nice touch on whichever release it was on.

Now onto that MSG NYC September 1979 box set. Dave that one will sell-out instantly.

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I dont know Sixy, I think I can make it to at least Dave's Picks 110 or maybe 120.

Anything after that is all bonus material for sure!

Looks like Rhino has found the sweetspot. That point that people that want it can have it while keeping the cost down by not succumbing to those that think Rhino is in business for them by keeping everything made in stock

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I tried to pre-order one (on an iPad) and got the message

“Selected required options are not available.”

Just seeing if it was sold out, I wasn’t going to actually buy it because I subscribed.

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Not sold out, I was able to put one in the cart.

100 total hits in the book, pre-orders only.
You have to figure out where to lick, with no 2 hits adjacent to each other.
Basically a reCRAPTCHA exam for the tongue. The problem is that by the time you realize that you found a hit, you could have found 5 hits.

But seriously folks, the real question is what unreleased songs are going to be on the bonus vinyl for preorders.

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just please don't put out 8/3/69 at the Great Highway. that show sucked balls so hard I didn't get through it and I deleted that show first and only time I felt the need to delete a grateful dead show

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21K OR 22K for 2020??? PS jamming 4/17/1971 Dillon Gym from Princeton.... missed the anniversary by a day but in a mood for some Pig Pen!!!.... have a good night everyone... bob t

Only clue given was Alligator, and they very wisely used the key covers as filler on disc 2, and the rule about originals or phblic domain leads me to think the bonus disc will look thus:
Cumberland Blues, Alligator> Drums> Alligator> (Caution Jam tracked?) Feedback, Mason's Children, That's It For The Other One> Cosmic Charlie, Uncle John's Band> Black Peter, Dire Wolf

Think that's around 80 min; Senor Norman cuts a lot of the inevitable tuning that is left in on Archive, so who knows how much he can cut, one of the songs may not make it. Figure UJB> Black Peter over the early show encore version, and Mason's because Dave has put out most of them, and I could see another double Mason's, for those who hate and loathe and despise it, at least it isn't a triple shot of it. And not sure if he goes with another China Rider. Would not object at all to that.

And I wonder if Dave's mention of working with the Stanley family means this is more Bear's Sonic Journals type of release than Houseboat Tape continuation. Though, he also mentioned the Dave's that were part of that stash, 6 (2/2/70, 12/20-21/69 with bonus), 10 (12/10-11/69 with bonus), 19 (1/23-24/70). Either way, talk of talks with the Stanleys plus the returned Bettys make it a great time to be a Deadhead, and a boom time for any credit card company who gives cards to Deadheads.

Really excited for this release!

....the ONLY whiskey I can drink straight. Good call.
Also a good call, we might get TWO Cumberlands in this release! Blessed 🙏 indeed.

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....the Mason's Children from 1.2 is the one released on Fallout From The Phil Zone. The Philster is doing a one off in Vegas in three weeks. Here's the lineup.
https://hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas-entertainment/joint-phil-lesh-2019…
....looking tasty af. Can't complain.
Note the age limit of 6+. At The Joint. Wow.

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I snorked hard when i read that

If I remember correctly, the bonus disc can only be made up of GD composed songs. Reason being the bonus disc is a 'gift' so to speak and Rhino is financially responsible for producing it. They don't want to pay royalties for the cover songs on a giveaway disc. I can't say I blame them. The end of disc 2 has some of the cover songs from 1/3/70 and what cover songs they are.
Someone stated in an earlier post Dave had mentioned 'Alligator' so I'd say that's a safe bet for the bonus disc; Deadlists times it at approx. 25 minutes so there's 50-55 minutes left for other GD songs/jams. We could see some prime music from 1/3/70.

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Looking at the set list, this Daves 30 looks like a bridge linking the 60s to the 70s. It must have been one of T.C.s last gigs, and one of the last times the Dark Star-St. Stephen-Eleven suites featured. The disc also includes a generous helping of the more country rock style the band would focus on during the first couple of years of the new decade. More country, less psych-although epic journeys were still made, the focus was beginning to change-and this set demonstrates that quite nicely.

Also nice to see hippychick back, lubricious as ever.

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