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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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  • KeithFan2112
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    Another The Other One

    Hooked on Other Ones now. I'd put this one in my top ten list, starting today: Dick's Picks 28 (2nd Show). This was the Salt Lake City concert. There's a fantastic Disc 4 sequence: Truckin' => The Other One => Eyes Of The World => Morning Dew. It's all top-shelf, but The Other one is on the secret shelf above the top shelf; you know, the horizontal mirror that runs across the top front, but opens up like the hidden book compartment in the 30 Trips Around The Sun Box. Miss it at your own peril.

    Yeah, I remember when Norman was on here. Was kind of surprised he showed up, but I think he was trying to figure out what it was we were all hearing in the recent releases that we thought sounded so good. It was right after (I believe) Dave's 17 came out, and a lot of us were raving about what we perceived as some significantly improved sound quality coming out of the most recent releases. You never know where the tape quality ends and the Engineer's skills and tools begin, but I'm convinced that the older tapes are sounding better than ever. Would love to have DP 7 and DP 31 remastered and sounding like the three shows from the Pacific Northwest Box Set.

  • fourwindsblow
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    Those shows were just what I had on a flash drive of audience sources in mp3 just for in the car.

    I must have thought the aud. for the 11th didn't sound that good so
    i didn't DL that one. I will listen to that one in sbd uncompressed on the big system at home.

  • Lovemygirl
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    *Re/ last five-non Dead

    ...last five on Vinyl...
    #1- Bob Dylan ‘Desire’
    #2- Traffic ‘Last Exit’
    #3- Free ‘Best Of Free’ *(69’-72’ selections)
    #4- Rod Stewart ‘Sing It Again Rod’
    #5- Eric Clapton/Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page -
    ‘Guitar Boogie’
    ✌️❤️😎 ...Let the Music Play! Rock on!

  • JimInMD
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    Re: dreading / E72 Mix

    Dead.net did not address this, it came up in several conversations / posts here. A few listeners, much like yourself, noticed inconsistency in the mix and shows where the piano was either buried or hard to hear at all. It's come up several times over the last seven years.

    I think the shows sound great, but then you notice Keith is low in the mix - sometimes very low. OneMan was the first to really hammer the point in relation to the E72 box. Then.. if memory serves a couple years ago.. Guss West reached out to Jeffrey Norman and convinced him to make a few guest appearances on one of these threads. Sort of a question and answer type thing and that specific question was asked. There was not a direct answer to the question, but he did indicate he would love to revisit some of these shows knowing what he knows now and utilizing some of the new approaches (Plangent Processing being among them). So this issue was addressed, but not directly answered. It was left for us to interpret his statements.

    I took some liberties reading between the lines that with E72 in particular, knowing the volume of work was high and the turnaround tight.. and his response that he would love to revisit and remix some of these shows that volume vs. time impacted some of the mixes. I honestly believe if they came out in smaller batches or if more time was given for the his work we would have seen some better mixes. When I look back at my own work, especially when it's complicated, it could almost always benefit from some revision.. don't take this to be a slam on Jeffrey's work, I in fact think he does a great job.

    I hope this doesn't come across as too big a complaint, they still sound great and are one of the joys in my collection.. But there.. I said what I think happened based on the mix and all those conversations that have taken place over the years. Look at this as a soft analysis on one of the best offerings we are likely to ever get from the band.

    On a related note, I would really like to see some of the early releases remastered and re-released.. especially some of those partial show compilations or shows where I have to think would sound better if Jeffrey revisited them. He really has gotten better in recent years. One can hope.., right?

  • Sixtus_
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    re: Fourwindsblow & June 76

    ....I think you forgot/skipped right over one of the best of that bunch - June 11, 1976.

    I assume it was either a typo or a temporary moment of insanity. Don't miss out, this is one of my all-time favorites especially the second set:

    https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-11.141702.sbd.miller.flac1644

    IMHO, one can never get too much of this stuff.

    Seventy-Sixtus

  • Lovemygirl
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    *Re/ listen’n

    ...greetings my fellow brothers & sister on this grateful Monday. This morning I started my listen’n With the ‘Download Series Volume 1.’
    The first in a series of digital download albums by the Grateful Dead. The album features the complete show from April 30, 1977, which was the second of a five night run at New York City's Palladium. In addition, in order to fill out the third disc, bonus material is included from the previous night at the same location. I love Norman’s magical mix for this release along with anther Primo Audio recording by Betty! I always thought that the Five Running performances at the NY Palladium would make a grateful Box Set, even though we have many releases from 77’ I love this performance.
    Also someone brought up the statement of releasing past releases with upgraded audio. I would gratefully purchase certain, not all, upgraded releases...
    I would love to see All the Download series be released available on a CD format. Some great, Primo, shows in that series! All together I believe they only released 12 in the series. I love the Grateful Dead’s 1979 performances and recordings.
    Take care everyone and remember to Smile Smile Smile, peace be with you all, god bless.
    🙏❤️😎🤠
    PS/ great posts VGuy72, Keithfan and jimMD!!!
    As always, you guys make me smile with your daily posts. Thank you for sharing. I love this place/board as well. A beautiful group of brothers & sisters, both humble & Grateful about the band and the fans!
    Cioa’, rock On ! 🙏🤠

  • Thats_Otis
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    IceCreamKid... RE:11/28/80

    Ahh... sadly, I could not pull the trigger on Boxzilla. Glad that it made it tho! It's a great show :)

    Peace

  • Thats_Otis
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    @ Oroborus RE: J Roddy

    The guitar player, Billy, lives in my neighborhood, and is a buddy of mine! Incredibly nice guy, and yes, loves him some Jimmy Page!

  • dreading
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    Thanks for the info on Europe '72 Complete. That really surprised me. I assumed there was a technical problem since he is present for some of the shows. I assumed they just took the original LP performances from the shows where you can hear him. To hear that the problem was limited production time is very disappointing. Did I understand you correctly that they addressed this on the website here? I was not really tuned in to the Grateful Dead as regularly then as I am now and did not buy the steamer trunk. To be honest I thought the whole thing was ludicrous, 22 shows of basically the same material. For me it came down to whether or not I wanted to spend $450 for a dozen Dark Stars and Other Ones. Then a few years ago the individual shows were discounted 25% and I picked up a few. Then a few more. LOL, and how foolish I felt for having passed up all of this great nuanced Grateful Dead music when they were at the peak of their powers. I did not notice the piano until a few weeks ago when I also started to listen to the shows on their anniversary dates.

    Vguy you are a warrior. '95!

  • fourwindsblow
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    Just found this...

    Grateful Dead 6-14-76 Beacon Theater NYC Soundcheck

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wdIdqWju2M

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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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