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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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  • JimInMD
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    Some of you have better memories than me. "If I could remember all that went down, it would...."

    I really do struggle to recall events in enough detail to make it worth reading. Funny.. there was a period when I tried really hard to refrain from taking too much of anything so I could remember the shows better. I think I recall details of when I took too much better, in hindsight I guess that was a stupid idea..

    Enjoyable reading..

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    Just got my copy of "Deadhead Stories" – pretty cool book at first look and in perfect synch with the nostalgic stories from the road y'all have been sharing. (thanks!) Just wondering: are any of you in this book? Maybe you can't/won't say, but, if you're not in it, you should be! It's a unique and well done book: https://deadheadstories.org/

  • hendrixfreak
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    Well, there was that time that ...

    Three of us were hitchhiking through Vermont. Stayed with a friend one night and we baked a quarter-pound of crappy Mexican into a big dish of brownies. Me, being the genius, got the munchies and ate a considerable quantity. Hitchhiking the next morning, a guy picked us up in his hatchback. Only two seats available. So I crammed in back with our three backpacks. He pulled over when we reached the trailhead and popped the hatch. I was literally unconscious -- a brownie coma in progress -- as they pulled out the backpacks and had to just about drag my ass out, too.

    "Hey, is that g-g-guy all r-r-r-right??" the guy stammered. "Sure, he's just sleepy," my friends covered for me as they helped me upright, informed me of our whereabouts and, uh, prepared to hike 10 miles that day.

    I was too young to be properly embarrassed. I mean, what's a little coma among friends?

    Oh, just remembered a better tale. Again, strangely, it involved Vermont. Hitchhiking to see a friend who'd been thrown out of high school, now ensconced in an alternative "school" in northern Vermont. Late in the day, southern Vermont, I get picked up by a couple of long hairs. (Who looked just like I did at the time...) "Hey, stay with us tonight." I had a few doobies, they had two bottles of tequila.

    Okay, now who among you can spot the clues here to the pending scene?

    They take me to their house and two young women stop over. Five of us party down. No dinner, just weed and tequila. What could possibly go wrong? We sit cross-legged on a small rug; no furniture except a king-sized waterbed in the room. By midnight, we're all very chummy, two guys, two young women and me. All old-time friends by the end of bottle two. The person who rented the place -- can't remember whether man or woman -- said, well, there's the water bed, let's all sleep in it. Nothing weird, just a few young hipsters gonna take their rest. So all five of us climb onto the water bed and proceed to pass out.

    Except, in those days, water beds did not have baffles or chambers. Just one giant rectangle full of water. So, inevitably, if one person moved, an internal wave would move throughout the bed. The effect was like rafting white water or like Jer's description of playing live: an open rowboat on the roiling sea. In this case, we had five people tossing and turning, all shit-faced. I'm on the outside, clinging to the bedframe. About halfway through the night, inevitably I'm ralphing projectile-style into a nearby wastebasket, yet unable to rouse myself sufficiently to escape to the floor. Everyone else, apparently, slept like babies, despite the hideous stench.

    In the morning, washed out my mouth. No coffee. A few gulps of water. Just walked out to the road and stuck my thumb out. Standard operating procedure for the summer of '73.

    When I reached the alternative school that afternoon, I hiked down the long forested approach road and a man who looked a helluva lot like George Carlin comes up to greet me. Turns out he's Pat Carlin, George's older brother. This is totally true! Over the weekend, it became clear to me that Pat Carlin was a hilarious lunatic, a warm, caring, yet insanely funny man. And I came away thinking, "So that's where George learned his stuff. His older brother paved the way."

    It might have been the hitchhike home that got me that 95+ mph ride with the inbreds from St. Johnsbury. In fact, that has to be the same trip, because I only visited that joint once.

    Back to your regularly scheduled angst over the box announcement. Ta ta!

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    Tap, tap, tap,

    Is this thing on?
    Hey CaseyJanes, you out there?
    Haven’t heard from ya since you were entering the gorge?
    Hope it was awesome!

  • Oroborous
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    Flaccid on brown acid! or
    There’s a rainbow goat in the moat, maybe
    Daddy’s in Jail, stuck without bail!.....or
    Ate some peyote, now everything looks like guacamole

  • JimInMD
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    Ha.. Welcome to the forum, SeussFan2112

    I have a suggestion for your first book, "The Cat and the Bats."

    I bet we could have some good fun with Green Eggs and Ham too..

    Edit: Green Barrels and Ham(ton)

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    Just remember amigo, if it’s meant to be it’ll be, if not, we’ll, that’s one thing about getting old......you learn sometimes things work out in the long run. The main thing is to be yourself and try....and always remember, “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro” rock on brother! .....and may the force be with you!

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    * Yesterday/Busted :(

    ... it seems that I exerted myself over the weekend and I woke up yesterday paralyzed from the waist down, I couldn’t move my legs. an ambulance was called. got to the Englewood hospital, went through all the regular tests and the doctors concur that I pushed my physical being into overdrive...weekend at the beach with my children seems to be the reason/cause.
    Well worth it! Can’t leave until tomorrow. 😔
    Have a grateful day everyone ! God Bless.
    Listen’n to Dicks Picks #13. 5/6/81 ‘Nassau Coliseum’., right now...I love this Pick! The hidden track on disc #2 is PRIMO!!! 🙏❤️😎
    ...Congrates my brother on your interview ! ✌️

  • KeithFan2112
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    Congrats on Your job

    Donna, Bill, Jerry, and Phil,
    Last train to Jacksonville,
    Pigpen, Keith, and Cowboy Bob,
    Wilfred T LanDead his job!

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    Definitely there but for the grace of God go I. I am incredibly lucky how things turned out for me the way they did. Quite why, I am not sure-but hey. My first girlfriends dad used to say to me that if teenage boys got to 21 without killing themselves ( which obviously applies to all 21 year olds), or someone else, then they had it made. A bit over dramatic, perhaps, but I know what he meant now.

    I have also always loved the cover of Aoxomoxoa, too. I used to have a great and massive poster of it back in my flat in the 1980s. As to the new version-its in the post. I am quite tempted by the vinyl picture disc, too.

    Listening wise, and I think I say it every time I hear it... the jam after drums on 4/29/71, as heard on "Ladies and Gentlemen" is breath taking. 1971 isn't my favourite year of the 68-74 timespan by a long way-but that jam is something else.

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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.

Sixtus

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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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