Dave's Picks Volume 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77

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January 23, 2019 - 9:54am

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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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February 1, 2019 - 11:31am

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NCDead

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MDJIM

I was going to say the same thing, Dick had his pick of the litter so he was able to release the easy choices. Dave has had to dig for the gems, but with the new influx of tapes they got we have a large number of shows that have never been available before. If we get the occasional Arrowhead Show from the 78 box that is amazing, in my eyes, and no one knew existed all the better.
February 1, 2019 - 11:30am

#1322

boblopes

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1502 arrived - email notification said expected delivery Monday

1502 arrived safe and sound, was tied up in meetings, going to unwrap, rip and give it a listen. When I checked the status last night, it said it would arrive by the end of the day on Monday. Looks like it's going to be an awesome weekend!!!
February 1, 2019 - 10:39am

#1323

Vguy72

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Electric On The Eel....

https://youtu.be/UhrSr_p9AJs
....I'll be honest. I've never heard Jerry play this. WOWZERS!!
February 1, 2019 - 10:21am

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bob t

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November 21, 2007

Just arrived!

Gonna be fun!! Starting with disc 3
February 1, 2019 - 9:23am

#1325

nappyrags

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Ok Pt2

Just gave a quick listen to Terrapin on the way back to work form the post office....MIGHTY FINE!!!
February 1, 2019 - 8:17am

#1326

nappyrags

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OK!!!!

Just got a text that mine has been delivered and is waiting in my mail box...excuse me while I slip away from work and go pick it up!
February 1, 2019 - 7:33am

#1327

Lovemygirl

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* Moby Dick

...” All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side.”

Herman Melville - Moby-Dick

Have a grateful day everyone! Smile smile smile :)
January 31, 2019 - 10:49pm

#1328

MDJim

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The Whale / Beatles

I don't think the whale was a dick.. perhaps the Whalers (no, not Bob Marley and the Whalers) but I got a great chuckle out of that comment.

If someone was tossing medieval spears at my family and killing them with random precision.. and I was a great white whale.. I would go Liam Neeson on their ass.. from the point of view of the whale, revenge is best served cold.. sushi style.

As for Beatles albums, Help! got my attention and anything after Rubber Soul sealed the deal. I still find things buried within. My last listen was Abbey Road and I got hung up on Golden Slumbers for some strange reason and decided to figure out what that song was all about. Many thanks to Paul, what a fascinating 1:31 minutes of my life.

We could spend a months worth of comments on the Beatles, which would be fine..

From Wikipedia:
"Golden Slumbers" is based on the poem "Cradle Song", a lullaby by the dramatist Thomas Dekker. The poem appears in Dekker's 1603 comedy Patient Grissel. McCartney saw sheet music for "Cradle Song" at his father's home in Liverpool, left on a piano by his stepsister Ruth. Unable to read music, he created his own music.[1][2] McCartney uses the first stanza of the original poem, with minor word changes,[4] adding to it a single lyric line repeated with minor variation. In the 1885 collection "St Nicholas Songs", p. 177, is W J Henderson's music set to the poem, titled " Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes". Abbey Road does not credit Dekker with the stanza or with the title. Thomas Dekker's poem was set to music by W J Henderson in 1885, Peter Warlock in 1918, also by Charles Villiers Stanford and Alfredo Casella.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Slumbers
January 31, 2019 - 9:58pm

#1329

Thats_Otis

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@Charlie and UncleJohn - Hey there!

Charlie - Let it Be is my favorite Beatles record - for a while, I thought it was the White Album, then Abbey Road, then Revolver, then Rubber Soul,.... but, Let it Be (the original, not that stupid "Naked" shit -- though I do love that too) is kick -ass from front to back. Just an amazing record, at a dysfunctional time for the band... like the Dead in 78

Uncle John - that joke made me laugh beer out of my nose!

Peace

PS - What a great book!, but that whale was such a DICK!
January 31, 2019 - 9:12pm

#1330

Vguy72

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If you Reddit....

....Steve Kimock is doing an Ask Me Anything session on 2.8.19.
https://youtu.be/fbYlLik4qwY
You have been warned....

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow

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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.

DaP30 Bonus disc

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

Rock on

this thread had a great run

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.

This Thread

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

Karma

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.

Thread

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

*Re/ thread

...see you guys later Aligator! 😉
🙏❤️😎

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