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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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  • daverock
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    Fillmore 50 years ago...

    According to The Guardian newspaper, dated 3/2/2019,

    "The death this week of Andre Previn, one of the few world famous classical musicians to be also entirely at home as a performer of improvised jazz, coincided with the 50th anniversary of a run of shows by The Grateful Dead that produced one of the finest recordings of collective rock improvisation."

    This was a view published in the national mainstream press. Another indication of how unbelievable it is that these shows are still largely unavailable.

  • direwulf
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    RSD Grateful Dead releases are listed in the .pdf without quantities, does that mean they are unlimited or undetermined numbers so far?

    Also, Bob and Wolf Bros. show in Northampton the other night was most excellent. Highly recommend this tour if you missed the last one.

  • Vguy72
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    The Eleven....

    ....top ten song the the catalog. I almost said top five, but regressed.

  • kevinbrandon
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    Fillmore 50 Years Ago....

    I managed to almost squeeze in all 4 shows from the Fillmore on their 50th Anniversary. I forgot how great those shows sounded. I need to break those out more often. If you have a chance and I know they are PRICEY on Ebay, you won't be disappointed. They are really worth it if you can manage to get your hands on this Box. They are worth it alone for the 4 times THE ELEVEN is played.

  • stoltzfus
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    9/15/67

    :)))

  • Lovemygirl
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    *RSD-2CD track list

    *Disc 1
    1 Dire Wolf (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    2 Dark Hollow (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    3 I’ve Been All Around This World (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    4 Cassidy (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    5 China Doll (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    6 On The Road Again (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    7 Bird Song (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    8 The Race Is On (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    9 Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)
    10 Ripple (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80)

    *Disc 2
    1 On The Road Again (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    2 It Must Have Been The Roses (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    3 Monkey And The Engineer (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    4 Jack-A-Roe (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    5 Dark Hollow (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    6 To Lay Me Down (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    7 Heaven Help The Fool (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    8 Bird Song (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)
    9 Ripple (Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80)

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Last 5 anniversary listens

    3-2-69
    3-1-69
    2-28-69
    2-27-69
    2-26-77

    I had been hoping for 2-28-69 on vinyl this year for RSD. Kind of let down.....

  • KeithFan2112
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    The Seven

    Listening to the Fillmore West 3/2/69 show on its 50th anniversary here. The Alligator Jam reminded me of The Seven.

    September 29, 1969

    https://archive.org/details/gd69-09-29.aud.early.hollister.79.sbeok.shn…

    same version with images on youtube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCtfQPD73Zc

    March 21, 1970 (much shorter, out of Viola Lee)

    https://archive.org/details/gd70-03-21.early.lee.pcrp.20184.sbeok.shnf/…

    SIXTUS - thanks for the scoop on the Bouncy Jam - I'm sure I have that somewhere, and it's going right on to Scattered Bones.

  • stoltzfus
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    Today...

    9/25/80

  • stoltzfus
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    Venting...

    There is a track on BHS locust abortion technician

    A song in thai
    Altered to repeat a vulgar word
    "Dedicated to one little lady"

    Some people can be assholes i tell you

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

Rock on

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

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

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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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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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