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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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  • daverock
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    Psychedelic compilations-Dennis

    There are now so many great ones out there from all over the world-although I have focussed on America and Britain so far. The first Nuggets one, featuring American so called garage bands was the first one, compiled by Lenny Kaye in about 1973. The 4 cd set that is now available is brilliant-it kicks off with "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by The Electric Prunes. Enough said!
    The second Nuggets featured mainly British bands from the mid 60s, and there was a 3rd-I think it was called Son of Nuggets, which featured 1980s bands that were influenced by bands on the first two. I haven't got this one.

    I bought the 20 cd set called Rubbles a few years back, which features British psych bands from the 60s, but this seems to have been superseded by a great series on the Grapefruit label. These are typically three cd sets- ones to look out for are "Love Poetry and Revolution", the 1967 comp "Lets Go Down and Blow Our Mind" the 1968 ""Pictures in the Sky" and from 1969 "Try a Little Sunshine". There are two heavy rock ones called "I'm a Freak Baby" and an acid folk one whose name has just escaped me. The sound quality on these is great, from what I have heard-I haven't got them all.

    Its not all great-despite its alluring title and cute cover, "Chocolate Soup for Diabetics" sounds terrible- I wouldn't go for that one again! There are many more I could recommend-but maybe that's enough for a post that doesn't mention The Dead once.

  • MinasMorgul
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    Keith low in Mix and Love my girl

    That aggravates me2. I would gladly buy some remasters of E72 and early Dick's Picks. I don't think everyone would. That might be something for a 3K unit release all music edition.

    Love my girl, no need to post the whole track lists for every CD you listen to, it just clutters up your post and the page. It's cool to point out a sequence of songs that you may have found extraordinary, or whatever but if we all listed all of the tracks on every release that we casually mention listen'n 2, we'd all be scrolling all day. Especially last 5. Ha. Can you imagine if last 5 were each 4 CD releases. There would be track lists for 20 CDs. Or just say hey the track list is exceptional and put a link in there to the wiki entry. Peace brother.

  • Vguy72
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    Four Winds Blow binging on '76....

    ....my wife wants your #.

  • fourwindsblow
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    Last Five...In the Car

    Grateful Dead Live at Paramount Theatre on 1976-06-03
    Grateful Dead Live at Boston Music Hall on 1976-06-09
    Grateful Dead Live at Boston Music Hall on 1976-06-10
    Grateful Dead Live at The Tower Theatre on 1976-06-22
    Grateful Dead Live at The Tower Theatre on 1976-06-24

  • Vguy72
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    Last Five....

    Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green
    GOGD - 12.6.71
    Ween - The Mollusk
    Saxon - Unplugged and Strung Up
    GOGD - Warfield '80 Acoustic RSD
    ....I don't know if any of you lovely people heard this Morning Dew from Dead & Co last night....
    https://youtu.be/6LDW9NyEriI
    Methinks Garcia would be proud....

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    *Re/ Sunday Listen’n

    ... a grateful day to everyone! I hope all is well with everyone on this beautiful summer like day today...Sunshine, cool breeze and some Primo music playing in my backyard,
    I started my choice of the day to be...
    #1- ‘One From The Vault’ (August 13, 1975 at The Great American Music Hall):
    Setlist/
    Introduction by Bill Graham
    Help On The Way
    Slipknot!
    Franklin's Tower
    The Music Never Stopped
    It Must Have Been The Roses
    Eyes Of The World
    Drums
    King Solomon's Marbles
    Stronger Than Dirt
    Around and Around
    Sugaree
    Big River
    Crazy Fingers / Drums
    The Other One
    Sage And Spirit
    Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
    Blues For Allah
    Sand Castles and Glass Camels
    Unusual Occurrences In The Desert
    ...loved every minute of this release (remastered Version/reissue)! 🙏❤️😎

    ...so I decided to give the day to the Grateful Dead’s releases ‘From the Vault’ series, so I just started listening & enjoying the second release, ‘Two From The Vault’ (August 23/24, 1968 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles):
    Setlist-
    Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
    Dark Star
    Saint Stephen
    The Eleven
    Death Don't Have No Mercy
    The Other One
    New Potato Caboose
    Turn On Your Lovelight
    (Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew
    Alligator
    Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
    Feedback
    PRIMO 🙏❤️🤠

  • JimInMD
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    Re: 5/26/77 Baltimore Civic Center & Keith in the Mix

    Thanks Dave, classic tale. I was a little too young for the GD, that would come a few years later. I do recall the renovations to the Inner Harbor during that period. My first show would come at the same venue five years later.

    I enjoy hearing how approachable those guys were and somewhat down to earth. Wish I was there that night.

    dreading - Keith's presence in the mix for the E72 box has come up several times over the years, most notably (and forcefully) by OneMan. Jeffrey Norman made a few guest posts here as well and the topic came up. I can't speak to the specifics but I can try and summarize what was said a couple years back. I think it the fact that this was a pretty massive project at the time and there were sizable time constraints on the process contributed to a final product that would have benefited from more time. I think there are several releases that he (Jeffrey) would love to revisit and remaster. Hampton 89 and many of the early Dicks Picks come to mind as well.

    I wonder if people would gladly buy re-released re-mastered shows with improved sound or if it would trigger push-back and endless complaints? Topic for another day perhaps....

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    Last Five, er a.....

    Sorry, not Dead. At our awesome little music fest here in Whoville this weekend. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UugP29qOQ98
    - Trombone Shorty- Awesome!
    - Twiddle- great unknown surprise. Some good jamming, like they knew how to take their time and let it build sorta like someone else we know, ahem 😉 I gotta believe the guitar player listened/studied Dickey Betts and JG?
    - J Roddy Walston and the Bussiness- good, probably be better if they loosedned it up a bit. They sound like a band trying to “make it” ....Guessing the guitar player studied Jimmy Page. They should break out a Zep tune or two...
    - Railroad Earth- interesting, yet another puesdo Jamgrass style band.
    - N. Missippi Allstars- finally got to see them. Totally keeping that southern rock vibe alive.
    - Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears- another great unknown surprise! Really enjoyed them, Good Friday afternoon vibe, got the party going for us.
    Wanted to see Ripe, but didn’t get there in time, not sure about the other bands. But great weekend, we’re just afraid it’s going to get too big and get wrecked. Like so many other cool little scenes, especially the one we all knew so well. I bet Davestrang can attest to how it changed from those mellow late seventies scene to the madness that eventually came....

  • Dennis
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    Dave and those Nuggets!

    I have a collection called "Nuggets II - Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond 1964-1969". Is this different than the album you have? Do I need to search out Nuggets I - More Shit from Across the Pond? :-)

    Update - Ok Dave, found a copy of Nug 1 for 10 bucks delivered! New. 4 cd's!!! AND it's coming from England! Some place called Zoverstocks. I get quite a few things from them. Downside is time it takes to get here. Found 2 other things called "nuggets" from Rhino in the library. I could have ordered Nugs 1 from the library, would have cost 2.50 to have sent here, but for 7 bucks more, what the hell, I bought it.

    If I can get you nug 2 somehow, let me know.

    Dennis

  • dreading
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    Europe '72 box set

    Why is Keith not audible on most of these shows? I know the original Europe '72 LP very well and he is all over that. Is there a story here? Does anyone else notice this?

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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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