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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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    Yaaassss, that 1/2 Dark Star is a top shelf one for sure! Can’t get enough...

    DP 19; perhaps my favorite Dicks. Every time I listen to it. It’s like I forgot and I go oh yeah, now I remember! lol
    That’s another top notch Dark Star! Funny thing is I wasn’t really aware of that one until I got a copy from my cousin....fortunately I was able to pick up a used copy recently for a decent black market price. Might have to break that one out tonight.

    TOGA; I liked your recollections....similar for me. Actually was “working for the state” that summer as I’d been “laid off” for dipping my pen in the company ink lol.
    So Basically partied (surprised I didn’t start growing spores out my skin that summer hee-hee), played music, and went to the beach everyday.....and that awesome 85 summer tour! Gas and supplies were basically my only responsibility that summer!
    We were camped out just across the bridge in some trees next to the path for that parking lot. Great spot! My buddy and I both just bought these awesome coolers that had a shoulder strap. Just the right size for loading up to wander the lots ALL night. Seemed like before that you’d finally find something cool going on and sure as shit Murphy’s law you’d be outta beer and have to schlep back to the camp site. Of course by the time you got back to wherever, whatever was going on had come and gone. Yes sirree that cooler was one of the best purchases ever. Actually still have it and another to boot!
    Our whole band had been living together and was there that year with two of us in a older but mint Audi wagon and two in the drummers car.
    With just two of us in that wagon we had room for everything....the guitars, chairs!, tents, multiple coolers full of good Canadian beer we went to Canada for, several zs of vegetables, and many other luxuries of tour. And though we weren’t quite in the same league as HST (see back cover of fear and loathing) we would of made him proud😉
    So like the idiots we were, are?, we started racing through Pennsitucky of all places to get to Hershey. Hardly any traffic, just 2 cars of freaks thinking they were #$&*& Jackie Stewart or something. Fortunately we had radar detectors and somehow the force was with us! Eventually Pulled into Nazareth, a, I mean Hershey, basically just in time to devour more veggies and basically chug a sixer of Carlsberg Elephant beer (no small feat for one person, especially, basically on an empty stomach!) and the rest of that night is history as they say.....perhaps more on that night some other time/anniversary etc... I will say that was one of my favorite Dews ever! Another great/different set list!
    Yeah, summer 85 Dave per favor!!

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    GarciaLive 11!

    This is also available for pre-order at Amazon. It is fairly normal that these releases appear on retail sites before they are announced on the Garcia Family website.

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    Hey JiminMD, after reading your post as well as Kiethfan2112's post about the 5/15/70 Dark Star I am even more eager to hear it.

    On the topic of Dark Stars, I discovered that I have a dilemma - I had no plans of picking up any of the 50th anniversary Woodstock stuff, but in browsing amazon I saw that there is a 10 cd Woodstock - Back to the Garden 50th Anniversary Experience set with a Dark Star as well as Mama Tried and High Time, going for about $114. While it was pretty easy for me to rule out the Woodstock 38 Disc monster expensive box, I'm not so sure how this will shake out. Will I start jonesing and decide the only thing to do is pull the trigger so I have the Dark Star? I'm sure there is other cool stuff in the Woodstock 50th anniversary releases, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't really pique my curiosity, although I suppose I am open to persuasion that it is worthwhile. Now, in contrast, my curiosity about the upcoming Dead box set is nearing a fever pitch.

  • Dennis
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    GarciaLive 11?

    Someone posted a link to a site to buy GL 11. This is not available on the Garcia site. Any further words? No sure about ordering from a unknown site.

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    Dark Star Road Trips 5-15-70

    This one is a top 20 for me. They jump into Space early, then the gong show, and then at around 10 minutes they go into a pre-FG jam, and then after a really cool 5 minute build up that reminds me of the great 2/11/70 DS, they go full-on Feeling Groovey, and Jerry solos on top of it with a tone to that Gibson SG that will leave you picking your face up off of the floor. That few minutes makes my "greatest Dark Star moments" reel.

    Difficult to compare the two. 1/2/70 is so good with that 10 minute FG / Tighten Up at the end - and that's just the last 10 min of a 30 min performance. I haven't listened to it in a week, but I will be shortly. They let me wear my headphones at work, it's sick. I'm not talking earbuds either, I mean the Plantronics Backbeat Pros. It's sick man, it's all just really sick....

    Stoltz - when I first got into the Dead I cherry picked that DP 16 UJB Jam from a buddy and put it in my 4 disc "best of" compilation. And those were the only 4 discs I listened to for years. I know that Jam better than I can spell Stoltzfuz.

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    11/8/69

    Uncle John's Jam

    :)))

  • Exile On Main St.
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    Sorry about that everyone. I kept typing and then my screen would go white. Reboot seems to have fixed it. I watched Gimme Shelter again last night for the first time in a long time. Daverock it's strange that you mentioned that guy behind Mick curling up his face. I always noticed him and thought, man he looks like he wants to jump off on stage and tear Mick Jagger to pieces. The website Carl appointed me to had a really refined version of it. I think I referred to him as Merrian yesterday but it was Meredith Hunter. Crazy that he brought a gun.

    Daverock I also picked up that get Yer ya-ya's out deluxe version. I'm Free is just incredible. I wish there was more live stuff available from the Mick Taylor years. I have Ladies & Gentlemen, and I have the Brussels Affair. They need to release more! Every few months I go to their website to see if any more have come out in that archive series of theirs. Just a lot of Ronnie Wood.

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    ...system was down for a bite.
    🙏❤️😎

  • JimInMD
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    The last two releases are extraordinary.. I have not compared the DS's from 1/2 and 5/15, but my memory is that the one from January soars and the one from 5/15 is very good. I might have to take that Dark Star challenge myself.

    ..but these last two releases are both off the charts good. We are a lucky bunch.

    I'd love more than ten posts per page. You blink and you have to scroll through several pages to find out what's going on.

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    I don't know if these are going through going to reboot

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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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