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

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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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March 23, 2019 - 11:19pm

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Vguy72

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I recall the jugglers....

....but I usually migrated to the spinners section. Spinning to Slipknot! has been known and well documented to transport one's self to an alternate state that forces you to shed your mortal coil and exchange it for pure Bliss. At least what's what I get out of it. Yeah. Slipknot! 👌
Never really got into Zappa, but I'm a continuous work in progress.
March 23, 2019 - 10:07pm

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carlo13

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KBFH

It's a crazy amount of different all over the place stories. Just want to add king biscuit flower hour after Dr. Demento in 1978. Dr D also played lots of Zappa including vegetables on funny five. Stay demented!
March 23, 2019 - 9:44pm

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JeffSmith

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Dropped Box

Hey Nappyrags. Just tried that dropbox link and it seems to work ok – maybe try again? Sorry for the hassle.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7ayw7gz9sikd4k5/AAD0zrUxM61vxqpg6-xkmi1Xa?dl…

And thanks everybody for the great buzz around here this weekend!
March 23, 2019 - 9:29pm

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Oroborous

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5/11/72

Yaaasssss in deedie! That ones perhaps been my favorite from the tour. Now I don’t have a very comprehensive knowdledge of the tour. Hell I missed the box and still don’t have/heard everything....started out gettin a la carte shows mostly for the big, meaty, bad ass D.S.’s, and this one was one of my first and has always been a bobie dazzler! Besides the DS, love the slightly unusual set list too! Woo-hoo! Good call boys 😎
March 23, 2019 - 6:24pm

#455

Trainwrecked

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5/11/72

Better than the Amsterdam show in my mind. I just reviewed the setlist to see if it's the one with the huge Dark Star. Yes it is. 48 minute Dark Star, Morning Dew (not played all that often on this tour believe It or not), Uncle John's Band (love these '72 versions, also not played all that often on this tour). Brown Eyed Women also a rare one for E72, as well as Caution. And on ebay new for only 145 bucks. Thats nuts, all others are $300-$400. That's the one I'm going for tonight. Thanks dreading, been a long time since I put this one on.
March 23, 2019 - 4:25pm

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dreading

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Europe '72 Rotterdam 5/11

What a show. I just transcended to the place where our creator dwells.
March 23, 2019 - 3:31pm

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daverock

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Yes, I remember it well..

Actually, I don't remember the jugglers being there when I saw them on 3/24/81-I just noticed that they were by looking in Dead base!
March 23, 2019 - 1:55pm

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Oroborous

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Jugglers

Saw some of that somewhere? 78 perhaps? Perhaps the post Egypt shows? New Years? Dead Ahead? Somewhere....
Wild stuff for sure. Didn’t they use fire and chainsaws and other “death defying” things? I believe it was Mickey who was into them and liked to “jam” with them.......man, used to remember all this stuff.....getting old sucks!
Anyway, will definetly have to look for it!
March 23, 2019 - 12:39pm

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daverock

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Essen 1981-Flying Kramozov Brothers

Yes, poor old Pete looks and sounds a bit at sea on this one. Another strange thing about this show, that you see on the video, is that the band are joined by a troupe of jugglers, The Flying Karamozov Brothers, during drums. At one point they form a circle round Mickey Hart, and send ...whatever it was they were juggling with...whizzing past his head. Intrepid ! The same thing had happened when I saw them in London a few days earlier-3/24/81.
March 23, 2019 - 12:19pm

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Oroborous

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BobT-2/7/79

Berrrrry interesting? The comments are all over the place lol gotta love dead heads! Did a quick sampling and does seem like he starts to aaa get a little sloppy as the set progresses but doesnt sound as bad as some were saying?
Of course if we had the second set that might tell us more. Anyway, another weird and wonderful date in Dead history. Thanks for the reference!

EDIT;; re:Jim. yeah, imagine if we had 89/90 like quality tapes for the rest of the eighties and early 90s? Remember that old song Commander Cody did “wine, wine, wine, do your stuff” lol

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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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