Grateful Dead

I haven't let go of this really cool Studio jam session quite yet after a very necessary revisitation courtesy of That's Otis, I believe.

https://archive.org/details/gd1975-02-28.sbd.smith.93779.sbeok.flac16

There is a treasure-trove of Awesomeness among all of the tracks on this date. But especially, when you listen to the 'Stronger than Dirt' tracks, you will absolutely hear Phil playing his awesome Jazzy riff from 1973-ish when they would jazzily jam. Jazz. Jam. That's a lot of jazz. It's unmistakable; when you listen in the context of Stronger Than Dirt you realize Phil has dropped a beat or two to accomplish that tune. I had never realized STD was based on that little Jammy segment.

And that's just one Epiphany among many. Standout listens: both of those Stronger Than Dirt jams, the They Love Each Other Jam segment which is so ridiculously funky and cool, as well as the Shakedown Street labeled Jam. Of note, excerpts of all of these tracks also appeared on that Blues for Allah remastered version. That was a productive day.
Stellar.

Sixtus

....thank God I don't collect much vinyl, otherwise I might miss a mortgage payment.

I believe the run was 25 nights, with three sets each night. Wow, this would be a mega box that would have to exceed Europe 72, if they ever go this route. I am in.
Dave's 4 this morning, what a great show and now Wembley 4/8/72. Still need more!

Jerrygarcia.com just released news that Electric on the EEL will will be released as a 4-LP 180 gram set in celebration of Record Store Day on April 13th in a limited edition of 2,000
It just keeps getting better to be a deadhead

And then I see the Sly and The Family Stone release.
Recorded the same day and at the same location as the Janis release.

Will probably have to get both, along with the Warfield, and maybe that mono Saucerful of Secrets too.

The Janis release outranks the Warfield release.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/10709

I figure that Daverock, and maybe Simonrob, will appreciate that more than most of us.

Hey gang, it's been a while so I hope everyone in Deadland is doing well or getting close. For a while, the gatekeepers must've decided I was a robot (that's what SHE said), but I've been grooving to some New Riders courtesy of cosmicdavid (thanks bro!), the latest DaP (nice '76-'77 transitional show) and a few of the 50th anniversaries (Electric Ladyland, smaller White Album, etc).

In anticipation of funding some kinda irresistible box coming our way this year (Boston '69, Capitol '71??) I'm letting go of
DiP 21, 11-1-85
DaP 18, 7-17-76 w/bonus disc
Dap 23, 1-22-78
Dap 27, 9-2-83

If anyone is interested, please PM me. All were played once and remain like new. Ideally, someone would like them all. Fairness is my watchword. And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming. ..

Which is my next question: when does Aoxomoxoa drop and what's the thinking on the live companion CD? Late '68 single-disc show featuring the same songs?

Also, if the new Warfield RSD is on 2 CDs, and there's ~80 minutes of acoustic advertised, is the balance likely to be excerpts from the electric sets? I'd be down with that...

Cheers all, HF

In a way it would have made more sense, to me, to release a whole evenings music from the Warfield, including both the acoustic and the electric sets, rather than two evenings acoustic sets. If Dead shows can be said to follow a narrative arc, then this is release is a bit like printing the first chapters of two separate novels, in one book, instead of printing one complete novel.

I would agree that the 1980 acoustic sets are more satisfying than the 1970 ones. But...I heard the 11/8/70 acoustic set for the first time a few weeks ago-and that one really impressed me. The electric part of that show, needless to say, is incredible, even on the audience recording I heard. If they ever get round to releasing audience recordings-they could start there.

Had to pick this one up today when I spotted it on vinyl at the local B&N.....they keep sending me coupons and I can’t resist..sounds very nice!

Happy Friday Dead People!

KCJ