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    An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

    We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

    Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

    Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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    fourwindsblow
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    2-27-77 Upgrade

    https://etreedb.org/shn/145195

    https://archive.org/details/gd1977-02-27.145195.sony.ecm280.bertrando.s…

    Man this Scarlet is hot.

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    Daves Picks 29 arrives in England.

    Yes, I got that email about the replacement discs for Daves Picks 28. Nice to see that the source of the problem has been identified.
    Although it doesn't look like the replacement will be sent out any time soon.

    The next one pitched up this morning, though. I haven't played it yet, but I have been looking at the notes. Interesting that the term "Deadheads" is referred to. It has probably been discussed before, but I wonder when that term was first used. The more confrontational term "Dead Freaks" was mentioned on Skull and Roses-but I am not sure when the term "Deadheads" gained currency. I always associate it with people who followed the band around from the 1980s onwards.

    Also amen to 2/15/73-phenomenal jamming on Dark Star-Eyes of the World. I hadn't realised that it was its anniversary, that wasn't why I played it at all-it has just been made available to me by a friend.

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    Last five...

    GD 1978-12-16 Nashville
    GD 1969-05-03 Winterland (only 7 songs, 2 of 'em chopped, but fantastic!)
    GD 1977-02-26 Shwing! (this one has been a hero of mine for some time. Nice to see it turn into a diamond.)
    Jerry Garcia & Buddy Cage 1971-12-09 Scotty's Music Store~St. Louis,Missouri
    Little Feat 1975-10-18 Rochester,New York

    ...and a bunch of New Riders. Jeeze they're good.
    :O)

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    bob t
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    @sixtus good call for anniversary show!!! 2/15/73

    Dark Star>Eyes of the World amazing!!!!! Going to listen right now!!! Love the "pop" sound in the Dark Star have asked about it before!! one day... be good everyone bob t

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    Outsourcing....

    ....aka "passing the blame". Caseyjanes reminded me that I need to spin that '78 Arrowhead show again soon. Barnburner fo' sho!
    ....edit. Now I'm not a huge fan of reaction videos, but I tune into this guy every now and then.
    https://youtu.be/mtEYyPSmp1w
    ....he gets music and does his research. Some of his other videos are neat as well. And he gets Jerry.

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    Dark Star Chuckle

    Driving home, listening to Dark Star from Road Trips Austin Texas November 15th 1971. This is that two-parter with El Paso in between. About two minutes before the actual transition into El Paso, Jerry is playing his ass off, when Bobby begins playing the opening chords to El Paso. Jerry just starts playing loud and feverishly, as if to say "not now man, I'm burning down the house!"

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    Glad to get this email from Dr. Rhino. They are on top of the situation. But the “we are working with our manufacturer....” is a little concerning. Clearly they outsourced the job, and are not in control of the process.

    —————

    Regarding the reported skipping issue on disc 3, of Dave’s Picks Volume 28, we have widened the scope of the players that we were using to test the discs.
    Subsequently, we encountered the same skipping issue that has been reported, on some (but not all) of the players that we used for testing.
    A review of the source file revealed no skipping on the track (“Let It Grow” track 4) and the issue has been determined to have occurred in the manufacturing process.
    We are currently working with our manufacturer to produce corrected replacement discs as quickly as possible.
    We do not currently have an estimate as to when they will be available, but we will update you on our progress as soon as we can.
    We are very sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

    Sincerely,
    Dr. Rhino
    Rhino/Dead.net Customer Service

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    Sixtus_
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    Anniversary

    It might be a shame not to mention an Epic anniversary show on this date.... February 15th, 1973. My favorite moments come from the totally accessible and special Dark Star into a beautiful, early Eyes of the World. The magic that happens once Phil finishes his bass solo between Dark Star and Eyes of the World, and Jerry joins in is just pure and utter Sonic Bliss. It's an all-time moment in GD history as far as I'm concerned. Like a moment you want to experience as one of the last of your life kind of moments....

    Happy Anniversary, Show.

    https://archive.org/details/gd73-02-15.sbd.hall.1580.sbeok.shnf

    Sixtus

  • #1089
    bob t
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    So excited Download Series Volume 1 4/30/77 Paladium

    Just found two Cd's that i thought i lost that I had made that were Data only FLAC copies. Lost the 73 Charlotte show because I never backed it up from a laptop... Have a good weekend everyone.. bob t

    P.S. Pretty big email from Dr. Rhino re Dave's 28 Disc 3

  • #1090
    CaseyJanes
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    Mushroom Legalization

    Seems to be a hot topic....I've recently started reading:

    https://www.amazon.com/Food-Gods-Original-Knowledge-Evolution/dp/055337…

    Now back to focusing on my flaming coffee table......

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Submitted by hbob1995 on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 11:15

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So we still don't have a track listing for this. Weird.
The guessing is killing me! Lol

Rock on

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Submitted by unkle sam on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:29

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Thanks everyone for making this a great forum to be a part of and to read thru, this was a good one. Now, on to 1/2>3/70 #30.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:39

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Right on Uncle Sam
I'd think most may agree, this thread helped get our collective mojo back.
Whether it was the awesomeness of the 'Schwiiiing' or just that the time was right, the metamorphosis is hard to ignore. I trust it will carry over with the momentum in tow aiming at the prime time rockabilly-fest in 2/3/70.

Peace All
Sixtus

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 20:13

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The more things change.. the more they remain the same.
Be good all, I hope things equalize on the DaP 30 thread.

Seriously, here's to humanity, civility, good karma and doing, and saying, things that help us all.

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Submitted by nitecat on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 21:17

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Yes thanks to all for making this a great thread. Furthur!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 04/21/2019 - 05:01

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...see you guys later Aligator! 😉
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Submitted by Diggey on Sun, 05/12/2019 - 06:51

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Hey all, if you missed this release, I have one available. $25 plus shipping. Send me a PM.

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Submitted by Diggey on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 17:53

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I hope I'm not breaking any rules and can delete this if I am. I have some Dead cds and Dave's Picks for sale and wanted to put them up here. I'm not trying to get rich, just movin' out some clutter. Send me a message and payPal preferred. shipping is included for all of them listed. Thanks

San Francisco, The Warfield 10/9 and 10/10/80- Record Store Day CD- $16 shipping included
Dave's Picks 27- Boise State U, 9/2/83- $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 28- Capital Theater, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 29- Swing Auditorium, San Bernadino, Ca, 2/26/77 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 30- Fillmore East, NY, 1/2/70 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 30- Bonus CD- Fillmore East, NY, 1/3/70 - $30 shipping included

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