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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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  • Oroborous
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    Nothing left....

    to do but smile, smile, smile.....well, and win that lottery of course!
    KF, Sounds even better than the bands plan!
    Thanks guys for making me laugh/smile, had a shit day and really needed that.
    EDIT: yeah that 5/21/74 is a real beaut eh! As I posted recently the first 2 74s were, well they weren’t 5/21 right!

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    Good Call on 5/21/74 CJ

    I forgot about Pacific Northwest (6th Show). I once proclaimed, under severe face meltage conditions, that this show might contain one of the best Weather Report Suites ever. I ran it back a couple of days ago and it was still pretty damn good. I'm going with Eyes of the World and Wharf rat at the moment from that show. And U.S. Blues. I love the way Billy makes this song Swing in '74. And if you get one with the guitar turned up loud, it's extra good. One of the ones in this box set has some loud U.S. Blues guitar. Might be this one. Road Trips '74 definitely. It's still a marvel to me that they managed to get 1974 sounding as good as they have for the past several releases. Go Norman.

    Oborious, Caseyjanes - oh no - Jim will continue to tunnel. Except he's going to have his own customized John Deere riding tractor drill bit attached to the front of that thing. We won't tell him where the funding came from, so that when he finally breaks through, he'll find us waiting there surprise party style. Then finished, it's going to be adorned with memorabilia and shall serve as the entrance way to the museum. There's going to be gold records and guitars and placards - not to mention all of the Deadnet Board Heads' avitar names and profile pictures; and on opening day, Jim's going to come out like Willy Wonka, wearing that red white and blue Uncle Sam hat that Jerry had on the first album cover . It will be called the JimInMD Honorary Walkway. Jim's Picks will play on overhead speakers 24x7, whether the place is open or not. I envision this to be a very long walk way, so there should probably be at least one bong hit station on the way, or at a minimum, maybe we'll just keep a weed fire burning somewhere, and force the smoke through some tunnel vents every 15 minutes. Stoltzy, 80sFan, and Sixtus will chair the 80s Committee,
    Vguy and Icecrmcnkd will oversee the Hall Of Sound, where there's going to be a concert every night of a different Dead show on a state-of-the-art sound system and three dimensional Grateful Dead band up on stage. It'll look so real you'll think you're actually seeing the band . Everyone will be overpaid and underworked. We're going to do this like Disney World, where the walk through the line is an event in itself.......

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    another 5/21 anniversary

    5/21/82

    :)))

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    RE: KF Lottery

    Jim’s been working on this for so long...I’d hate to see all of that work go for not....maybe let him keep going and tunnel his way up to the kiosk?

  • Oroborous
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    RE: KF Lottery

    Hey when you win the lottery, Jim can stop tunneling and we can build that kiosk so anyone, can get any show they want, when ever they want it! 😉

  • CaseyJanes
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    PITB 05/21/74

    45 years old today and over 45 minutes long....my brother bought me this on RSD, unwrapped today and spinning now.....I can tell your future, just look what’s in your hand!

    See ya after while,

    KCJ

    Wait...you say I have to flip it half way through? So it’s interactive and it sounds better? Sign me up!!!

    Edit: Last 5:

    Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army
    -this is a fairly new band here in the USA and this was my first listen to them. Lead singers voice reminds me of the late Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon (another phenomenal band). After I listened to this album I went ahead and made an eBay purchase of their most recent RSD release.

    WideSpreadPanic -Till the Medicine Takes
    Awesome new reissue of this came out the day before the most recent RSD...I stumbled across it at my local store this past weekend.....as LMG would say...it’s Primo!

    Robert Johnson-King of the Delta Blues - Vinyl
    Watched a recent documentary on the original Crossroads man on Netflix or Prime....inspired me to pick this one up...check it out!

    Daves 30 - still loving it!

    Europe 72 Vol 14 Amsterdam...still plugging along on the suitcase...trying to keep pace. May 77 and Pacific NW are taking a back seat on the magic carpet.....next year for sure!

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    Abbie Hoffman on British T.V.

    There's a good film clip of Abbie Hoffman being interviewed by David Frost on British television, from about 1970. It was a current affairs programme, and Frost had various luminaries from the underground in the interviewing seats. Ed Sanders was another one, I think. It all comes to a halt when Hoffman lights up a joint and invites the audience to leave their seats and join him in the spotlight. A motley collection of British hippies some of whom were writers for the Oz magazine-including Felix Denis and probably Mick Farren - do just that, and chaos momentarily rules. Then it goes off the air. Great stuff.

  • KeithFan2112
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    Oh cool

    Thanks Oroborous. That one's always bugged me. I thought wow, I thought I did too much partying in my time, but these guys just recycled an album title. And not some obscure live release, but a major studio LP. Psssst guys......you already got one called that....

    I can't even fathom an entire museum devoted to the Dead. Actually I could. Sigh.....when I hit the lottery.....

  • stoltzfus
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    Dave's Picks in the UK

    is coming sometime
    maybe

  • deadboss
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    Dave's Pick's Volume 30 Subscription. Order No: 137400000146497

    Hi Marye,

    I wonder if you could look into the non-delivery of this item for me. I reside in the U.K. and received my shipping notice on the 2nd May but the item has not yet showed up.

    Many thanks,

    Ian Vermiglio.

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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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