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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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    Re: Mustin / Pow Wow Track Ordering

    Mustin (and whomever) - when I file my songs digitally on my phone and computer, I always put the songs in the correct running order and put them in individual folders for each show. This presents a slight cosmetic issue when I view my playlist, as you end up with multiple albums with identical album artwork. That's no fun and it gets confusing when you're thumbing through your digital file system. I have created similar artwork, using very simple computer tools, to make different covers four different shows Within a set. For example Dick's Picks 33. For for example this Dave's Picks release, I just put all the January 3rd songs in the folder with the artwork from the bonus disc. What I'm getting at, is if anyone is interested in alternate artwork 4 multi-show sets let me know and I put them up on the link this weekend. This also may sound a little crazy, but I did not care for the May 1977 album cover art for either box set, so I just grabbed cool random artwork from the internet to use as album covers. Weird colored triangles and other computer-generated looking artwork reminds me of that hipgnosis company from the 70s that used to make a lot of record covers. They lost me sometime after Dark Side of the Moon. PM me if interested.

    P.S. - I've re-engaged on the Europe 72 listening project on 5/24 at the Lyceum. Pigpen's last Lovelight. and IMHO, the best. The Allman influence is heavy during the instrumental jamming (which is a completely different beast in 1972), and at the 10-minute mark we here some of pigpen's most soulful improvisational lyrics, backed by the doot doot doo riff. This was one of the hooks that turns me into a Dead Head. It's only a minute long, but oh, what a minute it is.

    P.P.S. - there's also one of the best me and my uncles you're ever going to hear on this May 24th show. Somebody put Jerry out, he's on fire.

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    I think the way to go about this release is to rearrange the songs in the correct order and listen to May 24th first and May 23rd second. May 24th is longer and has some very interesting moments (China>Eleven for example) and has the great Alligator>Drums>St Stephen>FeedBack>We Bid You Goodnight section but May 23rd is probably a tighter show and you get a great Dark Star. Also, if you listen to May 24th show first, you don't have to listen to two very long Lovelight's back to back...which almost reaches an hour of Lovelight. I love Pigpen but that's a lot of 'light!

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    ....works for me! Wassup Dsup? Dirty Harry had a Magnum. And it was opus!

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    Magnum Opus..

    Quantum mechanics suggests that the mere act of studying a Dark Star.. listening to it and forming an opinion changes it's composition. Called the Dark Star Uncertainty Principle. So yes.. the last one listened to is always the best one ever performed. Simple physics.

    In other words, I want what Sixtus is smoking (and I wholeheartedly agree).

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    Eating a 🍑....

    ....so, we have a peach tree on our backyard that is finally producing savory fruit after three years. Problem is....finches. Those little bastards hang out on the fence looking for opportunities. My wife wants to "Eat A Peach". So we put netting over it. That created another problem. One of our dogs wants to catch and eat said finches, proceeds to get his paws stuck in the netting, therefore creating gaps in it. Ugh. Reminded me of the recent ABB discussion.
    Enjoying homegrown peaches shouldn't be this hard....
    Regarding Dark Stars. The one they unleashed on Springfield, MA 3.28.73 (aka Scooby-Doo house Dave's 16), got quite Dark. So much so, that even though the lights were on in my living room, I still felt like I was In The Dark. Boo-Yah!!

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    re: The Magnum Opus of Lore

    We all should tread carefully when tossing around Magnum Opus. However, in many contexts of the correct sort it's entirely appropriate.

    There are certain things described as Magnum Opus. The Dark Tower, clearly one of them. Dark Star obviously falls into a slot Worthy. And as aforementioned, to drill down to a One And Only would be like trying to step into a black hole predicting where you'll end up on the other side. It's as Amorphis and Elusive yet melodically intrusive which ties you to whatever the best Dark Star is, and may be, at any given moment in time. Because it will change, it does change, yet it Remains The Same.

    As our fellow friend JimmyInMD says, it's always the last one you heard that's the best one.

    Sixtus

    P.S. cheers to everyone here. This is fun stuff. And KeithFan, I think you're getting close to being everyone else's Uncle Gary. Exquisite contributions. And we're all among fellow Scholars.

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    THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT..... KEITHFAN

    Nice reference from our good friend Keith Moon meeting Mr Smothers.....
    A wonderful scene indeed!!

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    My ABB experiences

    Introduction: FM radio, then cassettes/CD’s.

    Live
    8-25-90
    $17.50, George Thorogood opened!

    11-29-91
    $12.50 and a can of food for the local food pantry. Little Feat opened!

    8-25-96 (6 years to the date of my first ABB show).
    $25.00, general admission at the Reno Hilton Amphitheater (stage, chain link fence, bleachers in the back, in the casino parking lot).

    9-8-07 4:00 pm
    $53.80, general admission in Piedmont Park (ABB opened for DMB, I went for ABB).

    Had a great time at all of them, but didn’t compare to GOGD.

    Also bought Bear’s Sonic Journals, CD and hi-def download.

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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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