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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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    Poweramp V3 Build 836

    I don't know how many of you listen to music on your Android, but if you do, and you really want to enhance the sound of your Grateful Dead collection, I highly recommend downloading and installing the Poweramp app. I use my phone all the time to listen to the Dead, simply because I can fit my entire collection on a 250 GB memory card in the phone.

    I bought Poweramp 5 years ago for $1. I think it's up to 399 now. I have been able to install it across multiple phones without ever having any problems with registration or anything like that. They constantly update their software to fix bugs and adapt to the latest Android releases. The graphical display for album artwork is incredible. You can do unlimited playlists. You can list all of your Grateful Dead shows in chronological order or really any order you want. The biggest benefit is the sound quality. The Equalizer allows you to tune all of these old recordings into really fresh crisp High Fidelity Musical experiences.

    I mention it now because their customer support did me a solid today. I've been dealing with a bug with MP3s where gapless play wasn't exactly gapless; between songs like China cat and Rider you used to be able to hear a slight pause which was very very annoying. This bug was introduced in version 3 back in December. It had never been a problem in the previous version, but for whatever reason it reared its ugly head in version 3. It didn't impact wav files or other lossless formats, but it was killing me because I have 320kbps MP3 s, which audiophiles know is basically a lossy format that your ears can't detect. I worked around it by implementing crossfading between tracks. I would set the Crossfade duration to the lowest setting which is barely Audible, and much more tolerable then the pause I was getting between every song in every Grateful Dead medley on the planet. This morning I received an email from the owner and lead developer indicating that the issue should be fixed in version 3 build 836. Sure enough it's fixed.

    When I hit the lottery, in parallel with the Vault Museum I will be building around the Grateful Dead Vault tapes, I will send everyone of you an Android phone with all of the Grateful Dead music pre-loaded on it, along with a pair of Plantronics BackBeat Pro Bluetooth headphones. This is where you get the real bang for your buck, and a facet of Dead music listening that none of us should be without - headphones.

    The phone is also good to use with your surround system or any home system with HDMI inputs. I run an HDMI cable from my Samsung phone to my surround sound system and play right through the surround sound at those times when I don't feel like listening on headphones. Or if you don't have something that takes an HDMI input, you can also go from the headphone jack on the phone two RCA inputs in the back of your receiver; you can get one of those wires for real cheap on eBay, or Best Buy, but I'll never buy anything from Best Buy again.

    So yeah, it was waking up with an email from Poweramp's CEO and lead developer that he believed a problem I reported a few months ago was finally fixed. Best dollar I've spent in my life.

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    Hey Bob.. I have a very nice sounding board of that show. PM me and I'll get it to you.

    I have never met a Desolation Row wouldn't invite over for dinner. Their take on that song is almost exactly perfect. I have to think they made Dylan proud.

    Happy 4th all..

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    Dylan opened backed by Tom Petty... Then a Petty set... Then the Dead, with Dylan coming out for Don't Think Twice, and it's All Over Now Baby Blue in the first set. Also got to hear Desolation Row go into Drums... I think the ticket cost 20 bucks... Haven't seen a board for this show, just the audience tape I've had since then... This is a candidate for Dave's Picks 1613 due to Jerry impending diabetic coma a week later. You don't know what you got till it's gone...

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    Pre-orders available from many places, I put one in from a local record chain in Maine & NH.

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    It stopped me in my tracks reading that Gary Duncan has recently died. Quicksilver's Happy Trails was the first West Coast album I heard, following a retrospective review in the music paper known as the N.M.E. round about 1974. It sounded like my kind of album, and it was and is. Wonderful shimmering guitar playing, and Calvary on side two is one of the best psych tracks ever recorded.

    Round about 1983, a double live album, also from 1968, was released, called "Maiden of the Cancer Moon". It features much of the same material as "Happy Trails", minus Calvary, but includes some tracks off their first album-including The Fool and Gold and Silver, plus great versions of Back Door Man and Smokestack Lightning. The sound isn't as good as on "Happy Trails", but it is much more rocking-both albums are indispensable. "Maiden" has been re-released numerous times on cd-it makes up half of the double "Lost Gold and Silver".

    To see specifically how great Gay Duncan was-you could do a lot worse than look at the Winterland 12/1/73 version of Who Do You Love at Winterland. Although he had left by this time, John Cipollina is also playing-but all the heavy guitar shots are played by Gary. Its over 19 minutes long, and every second is stellar. I just watched it again... this version might just be better than the ones they played in 1968. It's THAT good!

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    Speaking of anniversaries

    My first of 50 Dead shows was 7/1/84 at Pine Knob during a nice little Summer run. He's Gone through to the show was pretty cool. Didn't realise how cool until several years later when I scored tapes.

    Did somebody say Brent box? I need to have it. Hope it's not too outlandishly priced. I like the smaller 2 to 5 show sets.

    Hoping it's Giants Stadium 91 to coincide with the theatrical release.

    Radio City Music Hall would be awesome.

    85 box would be sweet.

    RFK 73 Allman/Dead box is a dream that would make for an awesome reality.

    Alpine box is always a wish.

    Oh yeah, next Dave's Picks announcement a couple of weeks away. My how time goes by fast. Could go anywhere. Hopefully a road and era less traveled just to mix things up.

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    Box will be summer 85

    Maybe

    Actually i will be 85 when its released

    Baddah-BING

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    Maybe

    Actually i will be 85 when its released

    Baddah-BING

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    Good show

    Worth a listen

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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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