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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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  • JimInMD
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    Jealous, thanks for the trip report. Always a big Phil fan and appreciate Jackie Greene's take on all things Grateful Dead.

    Keep up the good work, Senator.

  • Vguy72
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    Blues Heavy....

    ....last night's set list.
    Set One: Big Railroad Blues, I Ain’t Superstitious, The Same Thing, Tennessee Jed, New Speedway Boogie, People Get Ready, Way Down In The Hole, Nobody’s Fault but Mine, Pray For Peace, Sugaree

    Set Two: I’m A King Bee, Deep Elem Blues, You Don’t Love Me, Mystery Train, Little Red Rooster, Amazing Grace, Higher Ground, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Wang Dang Doodle, Deal, Friend of the Devil, Down by The Riverside

    Encore: Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad
    .... definitely worth fifty bucks ✌️. High lights? Wang Dang. King Bee. Way Down In The Hole.
    Low lights? Beers were $15. Shame....
    https://www.jambase.com/article/phil-lesh-friends-blind-boys-of-alabama…

  • Dennis
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    Dish of Ice Cream and Bonus Tracks

    Thanks. Upon closer inspection I believe you are correct and have modified my order.

    Upon quick inspection found my copy of 1/2 to be damn near as good as "official", but 1/3 stuff sound much nicer than what I have in stock.

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Got my shipping notice for the Warfield CDs

    Now all I need is that Box announcement....

  • nappyrags
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    ok....

    well I slipped away from the salt mine to grab a bit of breakfast and put in the bonus disc for the drive...me oh my, Alligator alone is worth the price of admission folks...when they come back to it for the post drum jam and then tease the China Cat intro and then work their way into the GDTRFB Coda I just about had a stroke from yelling out...what a great great bit...and I guess I'll have to take the long way home so i can finish it...it's only a 13 minute drive to home...

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Thanks Bear for a great recording

    Thanks Dave and crew for getting it to us.

    Made it once through the CDs yesterday, then reordered the 1/3 tracks and put copies on my music player.
    Just started my second pass through 1/3.
    I reordered 1/3 based on what is in Dead Base 50 (note that Dead Base IX has 1/2 early and late shows reversed).
    UJB goes after Feedback as it is the encore for the early show. It does not go into another song, unlike the UJB>Black Peter in the late show (unless it was modified to sound like it doesn’t go into Black Peter)

    1/3 Early
    Morning Dew
    Cold Rain
    Alligator>Drums>Alligator>
    Feedback
    UJB

    1/3 late
    Casey
    Big Boss
    Masons
    That’s It>
    Cosmic
    Dancin
    St Stephen>
    Midnight

    There’s a lot of riffs of other songs buried in Alligator.

  • Dennis
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    FYI - This is the order I went with for the bonus material (1/3/70),,,, opinions or objections.

    Vol 30 - Bonus Disc - 1970-01-03 - Fillmore East - NYC, NY

    01 - Morning Dew
    02 - Cold Rain and Snow
    03 - Alligator ->
    04 - Drums ->
    05 - Alligator ->
    06 - Feedback
    07 - Casey Jones
    08 - Big Boss Man
    09 - Mason's Children
    10 - That's It for the Other One
    11 - Cosmic Charlie
    12 - Uncle John's Band
    13 - Dancing in the Street
    14 - St. Stephen ->
    15 - In the Midnight Hour

    edit - is UJB early or late show? I got it down as late

  • TLEO 77
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    Dave's picks, v. 30!

    Woah! What a beautiful journey I took via headphones and excellent sound into the mind expanding music of the Dead at Fillmore East 1.2.70!! There are so many highlights. I will not bore you with my geeked opinion of this show and how it sounds. I really just write this morning to express my awe and gratititude for the music of the Dead and the team behind making these shows available to us in the 21st century. I am grateful. Thank you Jerry and the boys for providing a truly incredible soundtrack to my journey... peace and love brothers and sisters! Enjoy the day and let there be songs to fill the air.

  • daverock
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    No Dave's Picks yet, although it looks as though there have been a few sightings in Britain over the last day or so.

    Not really the time or place, but I did see Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets last Friday. Amazing set list, covering the albums from Piper at the Gates of Dawn to Meddle, with a generous helping of music from the Syd Barret era. Set The Controls for The Heart of The Sun was one of many highlights-and it occurred to me that that track may be the bands equivalent of Dark Star. Its starts out with a simple riff, features lyrics that point star wards, followed by a free space in the middle and then back home again. Sadly it was dropped by the Floyd when they went big time-but its all there in those 1967-1972 versions, and now in this Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets version. But every song and instrumental they played was stellar.

  • CaseyJanes
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    Hey now Blue Crow,

    Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed your recent Dead Concert story. I never got to see Jerry...too young or more Likely naive at his end .....and had no idea what was going on at that time. Wish I would have had the chance...anyways peace dude and rock On....more stories if you have them please?!?’ Same to the rest of you who have stories...bring em on!!!

    I finally got my copy of Daves plus bonus disc earlier today. I haven’t listened to all of it, but I can already say that this one ranks as one of the best in the series so far. The recording sounds slightly upgraded and more crisp and as others have said the banter is warm and present which makes it feel that the boys are in your living room revving up Jim’s lawn contraption for interstellar galactic travel...or possibly a carpet ride!

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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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