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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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  • #881
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    For the love of God man!

    What is it?!? I may go crazy if I don't find out this week

  • #882
    hendrixfreak
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    Not really pissed, Angry Jack

    As someone pointed out, I had not planned on attending 6-10-73, just a palm-to-forehead moment after we heard how big the second night was. And who could know ahead of time when the big performances would happen? Not even the band knew. But it makes a brief anecdote in the annals of the-one-that-got-away...

    Another such tale: after my first show, 9-19-72, in the Thunderdome-esque Roosevelt Stadium in lovely Jersey City, NJ, the band moved on to the intimate Stanley Theater there for Sept 26-28 '72; you know 9-27-72 was released as Dick's 11th pick. I knew it was relatively small (,4,300 seats) and my older brother's friends had cars. (I didn't know that the theater, built in 1928, had hosted my all-time heroes, the Three Stooges, as well as Janis Joplin.) But I was already in trouble for skipping school on 9-19-72 at the very beginning of high school, I had just turned 15, and it was just too much to ask of my parents and society generally for me to be allowed to accompany them. So I knew enough not to try. Result: three legendary shows, without moi.

    So it goes! I did catch multiple major shows, as high as a Mayan priest (sans sacrificial virgins, dang it) so if I'd caught any more I'd be waaaay too crispy at this stage. Actually, after 47 years of consistent psychedelic use, I'm feelin' pretty good. I mean, sure, this odd white garment that ties my arms behind my back is a little tight, but between the injections, the attendants are generally pretty nice, except that one nurse named Rachett........

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    two brief hitchhiking stories

    So I hitched alone, age 15 -- man, you look at a 15-yr-old these days and they do not look like the worldly person I thought I was at the time (1973) -- throughout New England and backpacked solo for a week through the Adirondack Mtns, famous for the density of black bears. Every night in the woods when darkness fell, I was scared shitless! Eventually I'd fall asleep, exhausted by fear. Would wake up in the middle of the night and see glowing eyes everywhere. I've gotten pretty comfy though doing this over the past 45 yrs... but back then, I guess I had a propensity for doing things that scared me. But I digress. Right here at the beginning...

    So I'm hitchhiking from St. Johnsbury in northern Vermont back home to northern New Jersey. A pickup stops for me. It's a backwoods family: eldest son is driving, ma in the middle, pa at shotgun. In the camper in the back, I joined the youngest son, who unfortunately was developmentally disabled. This is the Clampetts to the nth degree. I get in. They're going as far as Bridgeport, Conn., probably 275 miles. The driver proceeds to drive, seriously, about 95+ mph. I could look through the little window and see the speedometer. Plus, the damn vehicle is shaking like it's on Star Trek and Scotty's yelling "She's breaking up, Captain!!" A five-hour drive looks like it's going to take about 45 minutes or so.... Then they stop at a liquor store: a quart of Jack for those in the cab, a case of Bud and chips for me and the kid. We resume at 95+ mph. I decided, probably unwisely, to stay with them. I convinced myself the driver could keep it on the road and, as a veteran hitchhiker, it looked like a quick ride, if we didn't all die.

    They pull over at a rest stop and four of us walk to the trees to relieve ourselves. I think, where's "ma"? I look back, and she's got one foot on the truck's running board and one foot on the arm rest of the open passenger door, skirt hiked, taking care of business from about 3-4 feet off the ground. You can't un-see that!! Short story long, we got to Bridgeport in maybe 3 hrs and I thanked them and continued on my way...

    Summer '78, after the first GD Rocks shows, a buddy gets a drive-away service vehicle (they used to transport cars interstate by getting someone to drive them one-way) and it's a brand-new power-blue Fleetwood Cadillac. No passengers allowed. So he invites me to catch a ride, Denver to Flagstaff to see another friend, while he would drive on to LA and deliver the vehicle. We stock up on ice, Foster's Lager, quaaludes, mescaline and few other goodies. No toothbrush, no spare clothes, just ... materials. By now I'm a fully ripe 20 yrs old. (A real adult, right?) Anyway, by the time we stop in at the Colo-NM border station (commercial vehicle, you know) the uniformed folks inside had swirling blobs for faces and I couldn't stop laughing. (Y'all know when, the next day, your smile muscles hurt like hell! That's going electric for ya.) When we got to Flag, my buddy the driver takes us and a couple young women four-wheeling in Sedona Canyon, across the creek and all -- in the Fleetwood. He splits. I spend a week pumping my buddy's older brother's girlfriend with ludes and foolin' around. Then my driver friend shows up, with a ride back to Denver. We get in. My friend immediately begins talking in an exaggerated street dialect, signaling me that our new "friend," the driver, is a) probably not too bright and, b) probably dangerous. That's when I looked down and saw the butt end of a sawed-off shotgun tucked under the driver's seat. After we had a few beers -- absolutely crucial on such a long hot drive -- the guy reveals that he and his dad just busted out of prison in Nevada and had split up, stealing cars to cross the country. Naturally, at this news, I pounded a couple more beers and joined in the lament about ... whatever he was lamenting at that moment. When we got to Denver, he insisted on driving us to our house. So we had him drop us off at a nearby friend's house, so he wouldn't know where we lived. And we (and they) thankfully never saw the gentleman again.

    Great form of transportation, if you're ready for a little "adventure."

  • #884
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    Well I am on record as still being pissed off 30 years later. Not sure about HF. All I know is the common source of angst for both of us was formal education. I'll tell you what though. I learned a hell of a lot more about life following that god damn band all around than I ever did in school.

    Actually the biggest regret about Hampton was in 88 and not staying in touch with Amy from SUNY Stonybrook. If you are still as cool as you were and look anything remotely like you did, I'll divorce my wife.

    Not really.

    Well, maybe.

    More about hitching later.

  • #885
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    ok last one

    I couldn't find it, but I'm sure some here know it. A Lampoon(?) skit about a dead head who was asleep for 10 years.

  • #886
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    11 to 15 years old,,, nothin'

    My mom would tell me about Jersey City in 1956 (year I was born). Everyday she would walk down the "boulevard", usually with her mother or sisters. We lived in a 6 family house. My mother's brother lived across the hall, her parents lived two floors above us. I remember being little, moved from the city in 60, but I remember walking down the boulevard, the long walk took us to JJ Newberrys (5 & 10 cent store), big toy section. Anyway, Mom would tell about how in her day, women left their sleeping babies in their carriages while they ran into the store and there be a dozen carriages out there! "Nobody would ever think about someone taking their kid!"

    Also when I was 7 to 8, during the summer mom would push us out the door, lock it and say don't come back till dinner I got work to do. We would go miles from the house, places where "parents" couldn't find you. Play on the railroad tracks, swim in the marine creek under the bridge, play at the brick works at night when they were close. So yeah, hitching to the mall 15 miles away, a large group of kids,,,, you know to me that seemed about right!

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    AJS/Hampton, 89 box, and Hitchin

    Angry Jack: cheese and rice dude, what a bummer! Missing 3/27/88 was bad enough, but 10/89......words can not convey.....3/27 was definitely in my top tier of shows, don’t think the download recording does it justice. And I won’t even mention how great the experience was in 89......reminds me of a local joke.....How does a snowboarder introduce himself.....”sorry dude!”
    Not sure which story is worse, AJS or Hendrixfreak. HF never intended to go to 6/10, where as AJS intended to go?
    I almost think missing 89 Hampton was worse just because of the historic nature. 73 they played DS still fairly often, of course that one had the Allman/Merl jams etc.....yeesh, either way sucks!

    89 BOX: I’m up for any of it, but feel the same as others about the likelihood of a summer release this close on the heels of the last one. Now fall 89 might be more appropriate. Personally I’d prefer that, especially the Philly shows. COME ON DAVE PHILLY 89! 😉 Alpine would be cool, but I already have that.....not familiar with the giants shows?

    HITCHIN’: first thing I think of is the poor bastard they pick up in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! We actually did that to some poor bumpkin out in the country......not anywhere near like the book/movie, but it was us three “booze brothers” in a giant Ford Galaxy around 1980. We used to go work for and go hang with our buds in this awesome dead band (had all the same gear from that period etc)...it was about forty miles of 2 lane country road with like no cops back then...so the booze mobile was modified with dual overhead openers, holes drilled in the back floor and trunk, and a giant plug in cooler. The holes in the trunk were for long road trips or tailgating etc. You could fill the whole trunk up with beer and ice and it would just melt out the holes! The back floor would get filled with cans etc so after a trip you could just hose it and the trunk down and clean er right up!
    Anyway, we pick this guy up with the radio playing jazz and the boom box playing something else, with us being especially weird, mostly show, just to try and freak this guy out. Well it worked, didn’t take more than 10-15 minutes and this guy wanted out.LOL
    Personally didn’t do to much thumbing, but did hitch to my first JGB show at Brookport university in November 81.
    Unfortunately not so romantic actually doing it as compared to the dumb notions I had in my teenage head! Same route out to the same friends as above, but rides were few and far between, and the weather was horrible. Ended up walking probably half of it just cause I was desperate to meet up and not miss my ride to the show...long day but I made it and the show was awesome. So chill. It was in a tiny gym with no real stage, maybe only a foot or two off of the floor....so we sat on the floor right in front of Jerry. Could literally reach up a touch his mic stand, not that we would. The second set though some uptight dumbasses made us stand up cause they thought we were hoggin too much real estate. We tried to explain that with us on the floor they could see better, but they started being douches and sorta kicking us and saying “your too mellow, you need to dance etc”....so all six or seven of us stood up, many over six feet and shuggred and said, there, happy now....because of course now they couldn’t see!

    EDIT; another good hitching image....sissy raw shanks in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues! Hee-hee which of course makes mr think of Deloras and the peyote wagon 😁

  • #888
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    Cheapest I have found so far for the upcoming vinyl. Thought I would share for all the vinyl people out there.

    https://www.google.com/shopping/product/7073759308451941209?q=grateful+…

  • #889
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    Ahhh the Golden Thumb...

    I hitched up and down the West Coast quite extensively from 1969 to about 1978...lot'sa fun, lot'sa strange happenings...once in So Cal going out to Malibu from Hollyweird I got a ride from a rather creepy looking fellow who after a few blocks asked me if I had any "abstract manifestations"...hmmmm...I'll get out right here and thanks for the ride...but those days are long gone as they should be...also rides seemed to dry up around the time of the Manson Trial...

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    And who picks up hitchikers, anyway?

    Some quite helpful people, to be sure...but a few decidedly off key ones too. The fastest ride I got was on the back of a Hells Angel wannabees bike-the slowest with a vicar. Who was actually quite a nice chap, as I remember. The worst was with a guy who propositioned me. I got out unscathed, but it was back to public transport for me after that one.

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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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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:08

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I have a habit of hitting these Europe '72 shows early, simply due to the fact of the days-long gaps that tend to exist between shows. These people were obviously enjoying themselves and taking it all in while they could in between venues. And I think it shows in the music.

4/26/72 aka Hundred Year Hall contributed to my habit today.

All I really have to say is that the Turn on Your Lovelight, Jerry's initial in-song jam, the very first one, is one of the best passages of the entire tour. He never comes up for a breath and the intensity is beyond palpable. You think they're done, after Bobby throws melodic machine-gun chords left and right with Garcia responding all over the place, but it keeps chugging and churning until your jaw is on the floor and you're holding it in both hands being all WTF?

And that's just the first little jam of the song. Don't even get me started on what happens after that. This was an all-time favorite the moment it was released as Hundred Year Hall way back when. I can still remember where I was listening to it for the very first time rightfully enhanced. Funny how these things will never leave you.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:55

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Like I said... These shows are GD crack.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:55

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I first heard it in a car on the way to a Phish show (turned out to be a pretty good one, at least to me).
http://phish.com/tours/dates/fri-1995-10-27-wings-stadium/

I was collecting GD tapes at the time and this was a welcomed release (although I was hoping for the complete show), since I spent a lot of time listening to cassette hiss.

Nice Seinfeld reference.

..as to the other thing. It's not a problem for me, I can quit anytime. I just chose not to quit because I like it and it sounds good.

The more I think about it.. the more I Ark for it. If not now.. when? It just turned 50 a couple days ago. Three back to back Morning Dew's.

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Submitted by Deadful Head on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 19:16

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When will we know or where can we see the track list for the bonus disc of the forthcoming vol 30?

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Submitted by Oroborous on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 19:26

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But an Ark binge does sound groovy!

Sixtus; your making me want to skip ahead on 4/26, but I’m saving it dammit for Friday night......see, no problem lol
Relistened to 4/24 D.S., because I wanted to, not because I had to! Gulp....who am I kiddin’ Phewy!...that kick sss jam at the end you were referring to is where I felt that Throwing Stones vibe.....really subtle, just like part of one Jerry lick but?? Wouldn’t be the first lick/theme/vibe or whatever I’ve heard before that turned into something structured later...
Speaking of the jones’ big weekend; Hundred Year Hall, Dicks 26: 4/26&27/69, plus some 77 for those inclined...
and some playoff hockey for fux sake!

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 22:12

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Random check in! Glad to see everyone doing so well!

Last 5: Dick's Picks Vol. 6 - 10/14/83 - Discs 2 and 3

Really, can't get enough of these gems! The S>F is out of this world... the "Spinach" Jam > Other One > Stella Blue... breathtaking! That Stella!!! So good!

Disc 1 (set 1) has some sound issues, but do not overlook discs 2 and 3!

Excited for DaP Vol. 30! Is the wolf the same one from the "Little Red Riding Wolf" release at Fillmore East (2-11-69)?

Peace

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 05:07

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Make your way over to the Jam of the Week...Universal Amphitheatre from 6/30/73....

Edit... There is a reel flip in the Dark Star before the Eyes

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Submitted by nappyrags on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 06:08

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Ahhh the Universal Amphitheater when it was still an open air venue...and one of the nights we could not remember where we had parked the van...tsk tsk....I wonder why....

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 06:24

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seeing the GD in 1974 or prior...it must have been amazing.

6/30/73...wow. as Napoleon Dynamite sez...

"lucky"

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 07:37

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Can't stop thinking about what we may get for this year. In spite of having so much Dead music, I can't even come close to listening to all I want to each day. I had this same problem in the 80s. Except now we have the best quality dead, it is all so damn good!
And of course there is the prospect of getting more.
My guess based on past years is we will most likely have an announcement within the next 6 weeks!
Peace!

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:16

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Too funny. I think we could fill up an entire forum with lost minds/lost vehicle stories. I have two.. Foxborough Stadium and downtown DC. DC was the scariest for me, spent till nearly dawn walking block after block searching parking garages.. It was daunting. aack! SimonRob might just have the best.

I'd like to think good times, but.. well.. not quite.

We are due a box announcement. I think they are just waiting for log rolling opportunities and carnivorous birds to congregate so Dave can do a seaside chat.

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Submitted by WharfratWhitey on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:29

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So far in 2019 we’ve had a 1977 show, then we will be getting a 1970 show with bonus and then 1969 material with aoxomoxoa reissue. Cannot remember Dave’s exact words from the volume 30 video but it sounds like 2019 will be a mixed bag of years. My money is on a box from 88-92. Peace

Oh yeah how could I forget Warfield 1980?!?!

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:39

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Happy Friday all.
I've always thought that as far as studio playing, Jerry did his best work on guitar not with the Dead, but when he guested on other artists records, especially the Jeffersons
In that spirit, my last 5 songs this morning:

1. When I was a Boy I watched the Wolves Kantner/Slick/Starship
2. Your Mind has Left Your Body Kantner/Slick/Freiberg/Starship
3. Sketches of China Kantner/Slick/Freiberg/Starship
4. Million Kantner/Slick/Starship
5. Starship Kantner/Starship

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 09:53

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...I always enjoyed his pedal steel playing on 'Teach Your Children' by CSN. It's rather iconic and employs such a playful, lilting vibe.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:11

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Agree, although I like the some GD too (thinking Anthem, King Solomon's Marbles and Unbroken Chain for example.

I also like his Pedal Steel contributions with various artists, usually at Wally Heider Studio.

Interesting topic.

Edit: Looks like Sixtus and I were on the same page... Lots of Pedal Steel with NRPS too. Miss seeing those guys live. I think the David Nelson Band is playing tonight at Terrapin Crossroads. Wish I was there.. great band.

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:47

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Television: Marquee Moon
Swans: Public Castration is a Good Idea
Swans: Feel Good Now
Motorhead: Bomber
Motorhead: Aftershock

I love love love Marquee Moon

Perfection, I say

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:47

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Haven't listened to this show since 1990 on cassette. I know everyone isn't a fan of the Martin Fierro and Joe Ellis tour, but I enjoy it's place in Grateful Dead history. I think this is one of the better sounding boards from this tour, along with William and Mary shows. If you have time to listen between Let it Grow and Stella Blue is a pretty unique jam, and it sounds like Phil (just a guess) is screaming non sense along with the horns. You also get a stand alone Eyes of the World. P.S. Phil says "Howard Cosell said that, after Long Strange Trip..... have a good weekend everyone.. bob t

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:48

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Jerry also played in studio with Tom Fogerty, David Bromberg, Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Paul Pena, Peter Rowan, Warren Zevon, Country Joe McDonald, Pete Sears, Ken Nordine, Ornette Coleman, Bruce Hornsby, Bob Dylan, David Dawg Grisman, Sanjay Mishra and others.....

Edit: how could I forget Uncle Merl....some of that funky soul jazz stuff they did is some of my favorite JG of all time!
After Midnight etc, hell that whole Fire up Album is awesome!

Speaking of, haven’t had a chance to hear much of this tour. I know it gets slagged, but there must be at least some great stuff that’s useable from this run? I mean it was 73 and right before one of their best tours ever (fall/winter).
I had a tape of ?Buffalo? Way back when I was just getting onboard that I recall liking but some bastard stole it (David H). As I say I was a neophyte then so perhaps my perspective and/or memory is warped?
Curious to hear what all y’all know/think about that tour, especially those a “mature” 😉 enough to have been around then?

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Submitted by reijo29 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 11:39

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I had an unfortunate incident in Worcester Mass spring 87 where a friend and I scored some blotter supplement that was a bit too strong. By the middle of the 2nd set I became incredibly paranoid and feared I would never be able to find my car or my way home (New York). I unfortunately forced my friend to leave the show early. Thankfully we found my car and I drove about a block or two on a flat surface. I felt like I was driving into a deep ditch so I pulled over, shut the car and wisely decided to wait it out. Ended up calming down and jump starting a few people’s cars and vans. Finally at like 4 am I was able to operate my vehicle. We cruised down the Massachusetts Turnpike in the right lane at about 25 mph. Crazy night but I was at least able to find my way home.

He also played on "If I Could Only Remember My Name" (ironic that that one was forgotten) by David Crosby. Great guitar tone on "Cowboy Movie"-I assume its Jerry-Jorma Kaukonen also plays on the album. As ever with these cast of thousands S.F. albums I am never always sure who's doing what. "Blows Against The Empire" was always, and still is, for that matter, my favourite of these allstar collaborative albums.

Thumbs up for Television's Marquee Moon, too-both that and Adventure are great albums.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 13:06

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DaP 30 Bonus Track List - unpublished. I emailed the guy who knows, but he wasn't budging in his response. It's up to the first DaP 30 subscriber recipient to let us know.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 14:25

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...so far, 77’ Daves Pick, 80’(Warfield) then 1970 Daves Pick, next the 1969 album 50th Anniversary release and then the ‘1966 vinyl’ release included in the “comic book series”(actually 2020 release) and then and then and then... ;)
This year the Grateful Dead are covering the most adverse releases to date besides the past release of the “30 TATS Boxset”... 2019 is and will continue to be a grateful year for us deadheads and the band as well! ‘What a long strange trip it’s been’ but I can’t help myself but to ‘Smile Smile Smile’!
Have a grateful Friday my brother & sisters, peace be with you all! Long live the Good Ol Grateful Dead.
PS- I love Jerry’s steel pedal guitar work with all the different bands he performed with over his career period but when it comes to the NRPS nobody even comes close to ‘Buddy Cages’ Playing/Performances, mr Cage is the man!!! Just my humble opinion folks.
🙏❤️😎
Rock On! 🤠✌️

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 15:24

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I've been waiting for a clear block of time to spin the 4/24/72 Dusseldorf show, and this afternoon it arrived. Had a clear block of time to listen to the whole show without distractions and I am glad I waited. This is possibly my favorite show of the tour from start to finish. Somewhere around Good Lovin I settled into the couch, equidistant from the speakers and looking out my living room window across the valley to the Bitterroot mountains. Spent the entirety of Dark Star watching clouds glide down the face of the mountains and back up again, leaving behind what looked a lot like fresh snow at the higher elevations. Pretty much perfect visuals to accompany that spectacular Dark Star.

Liked the stories about losing cars and vans and stuff. I never lost my car while tripping, but I did lose my virginity while tripping, and that was way cool.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 17:05

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Oooops, thought I had Cros on there......
Blows against Empire is one of my favorite albums of all time, and hey, how many people get credited on an album as “spiritual Advisor”, especially for the likes of the Jeffersons!
Hell like Cousins said, Jerry always seemed to rise up on other folks albums. Maybe he didn’t feel the same pressure as if it was his own?
So as if he didn’t gift us enough amazing art elsewhere, we have all this incredible sideman stuff too!
Tanks big guy, we truly miss ya!

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 18:24

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Not to bring up a sore subject, but if you are watching the Islanders/Hurricanes game, you must have just thrown your beer through the TV screen. Same location on the ice for a faceoff, an Islander high sticks a Cane. He goes down, but none of the refs see it. No penalty.

But wait. The Cane is bleeding. Double minor. NOT a major. Just like I posted a few days ago, that was always the standard when a player is cut and still seems to be.

Looks like an awesome festival set! The last performance of The Eleven. Don't understand why they dropped that one, such an awesome song that shows the brilliance and risk-taking of the Dead.

While I'm salivating over the 30th Pick arriving next week, I listened to it's immediate forebear over the last 2 days on my commute to and from work. Forgot what a great Pick it was. The Help> Slip in particular; it just thundered in my car. Great (and loud) sound on Betty's recording. Can't wait for Owsley's 49 year old recordings to hit my ,ailbox!

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 20:33

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....but a Foolish Heart is worse. NHL refs follow that mantra for sure. AJS. I saw that. Life lessons.
Foolish Heart is a good song. Under the radar. Unlike five minute majors for Foolish Bullshit. Lol.
Blood on the ice.....whelp. It's friggin hockey! NFL rules are now filtering.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 09:06

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Traveling down the road doing 95 miles per hour. The radio's blasting and I'm passing cars faster and faster. Sixtus' Lovelight is on from 4/26/72. The sun is shining and it's occurred to me that this song is about sunshine. That's the love light. Probably not, but it works for now. And the Grateful Dead is jamming like the Allmans.

Couple of news flashes:

10/19/71 - Enter Mr. Godchaux. Uncle Gary sent me this one last year, and it is f****** outstanding. Sounds like it was recorded off the radio - loud audience presence that drives the excitement. You guys should be so lucky to get an Uncle Gary one day.

Check out Bombed at the Omni, 6/20/74 on archive. May need to search around for the best sounding one, but the second set is well worthwhile. UG, I hope you don't mind me borrowing this verbiage that I sent you last night: The Truckin' => Jam => Eyes of the World => Slipknot! => China Doll is fabulous. Jerry plays the opening of China Doll with some effect that's so thick and crystalline, it sounds like a 12 string, but I've never heard of him actually playing one. Then he solos with that really muddy distorted bluesy effect that you hear from time to time in '74 (Scarlet Begonias has it on DaP 17). But to hear a 5-minute Slipknot! in its infancy.....

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Submitted by DaveStrang on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 09:37

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Also 1st performances/debuts of:

1. Tennessee Jed
2. Jack Straw
3. Mexicali Blues
4. Comes A Time
5. One More Saturday Night
6. Ramble On Rose

At this point, every time they turned around they 'tripped' over a new (great?) song. 1971 was a most prolific year for the band.

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Submitted by dreading on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 11:24

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That title reminds me of "Dozin' At The Knick". It gave me a chuckle. I've had this show on tape for many years then found a better copy on archive. Great one for release IMHO, but I think it might suffer the same indifference as Dave's 17, since there is no Dark Star or The Othe One. I believe there is still room for partial show compilations, Road Trips style. I believe there should be some random Road Trips releases. They could make it a ongoing thing, like one two and three From the Vault. No schedule, no expectations, just release stuff that doesn't add up to a full show. Like June 16th and 18th 1974. A couple of seconds sets, and we're off to the races.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 12:26

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Yea Rhino, what Dreading said.....more releases, more ways if necessary.......what???....problem, I dont have a problem 😃

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Submitted by bob t on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 14:45

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Always has a special place for me because along with 7/25/74 Chicago, only shows back in the tape trading days of the 80's and 90's that you could not find from 1974!!! First show I ever listened to when I discovered Internet Archive!!!

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 17:37

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9/10/83
Phemonal

1/11/78
Yeeeeeeees

3/7/81
Yahoo!!! a la Slim Pickens

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Submitted by MrHeartbreak on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 21:03

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Nice Ace Frehley reference, man. Was wondering if any of our fellow Deadheads here would pick up on it and comment. Been listening to a bunch of that old stuff recently as I starve myself of Dead for a couple of weeks in advance of receiving DaP30.
The Space Ace rules!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 07:50

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...greetings to everyone on this grateful Sunday...hoping all my brothers & sisters are enjoying their last weekend in April... 🙏😎
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Bob Dylan’s The Original Mono Recordings is comprised of his first eight albums painstakingly reproduced from their first generation monaural mixes as the artist intended them to be heard: One channel of powerful sound, both direct and immediate. While stereo recordings had been available as early as the mid-1950s, mono was still the predominant, and often preferred, mode of recording and mixing by the top artists of the 1960s. As a result, artists like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylandevoted their attention to the mono mixes, leaving the stereo mixing process to studio engineers.

As is fitting for a box of this magnitude, The Original Mono Recordings are accompanied by a deluxe booklet, featuring vintage photographs of Bob Dylan and an expansive essay from renowned author and critic, and longtime Dylan aficionado, Greil Marcus. Each disc in the set comes in its own individual jacket which faithfully replicates the original album artwork, complete with labels and stickers that were found on the original 1960s releases.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 08:54

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Hoping for the best.. and passing some good vibes your way.

I knew the mere whisper of Santa Fe would draw VGuy out. Plus.. it has a rockin' Cumberland Blues, what's not to like.

In truth.. I find '83 a little all over the place. I think of it like a old-time train, a steam engine that jumped the tracks and is rolling through town unbridled, unrestrained. I think of all the years in the 80's, 83 might have the most uneven recordings. Sometimes lots of audience pumped in (thinking Harrisburg PA for example), sometimes they are pretty clean and crisp (thinking Morgantown WV). Anyway.. an interesting year and to me the year Jerry's health issues became visible. Some of those shows are crackling with energy though.. I had fun in '83. '84 continued the unevenness, but there are some recordings that come through pretty clear. I tend to like '85 the most from this period. The summer tour was pretty even and solid and fall had some moments, Richmond comes to mind. I do recall being front row, Jerry side on 6/26/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion and they opened with Casey Jones. Keep in mind.. this was '84 and Interstate 95 from Miami to NY was paved with Colombian Cocaine (95 is about three miles East of Merriweather).. It was everywhere, it was high quality and it had become 'relatively' cheap (or at least cheaper because it had become very pure). There is little question in my mind why they opened with this and as raw and raunchy as this version was, the energy during the refrain was off the charts. They kept repeating it, it kept going on and on and each time with more intensity and enthusiasm. I am a little embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed that moment with the understanding I think this is a terrible drug and ruined the lives of countless friends. But the building was shaking that Tuesday night.. This was the only time they opened with CJ post hiatus. It was not a great show, but it was a good show and the energy rolled out of the shed that night and into symphony woods and beyond.

Anyway.. it's in the low 40's here today and the rivers are full. I might take the day off though and get some cleaning and listening done. I need to get caught up my E72 adventure, I left on the DS from 4/14. Like Sixtus said, one of the gems from that tour.. it might not be the best but there certainly isn't one better...

Be good all, sending positive thoughts LMG. Play dead, happy Sunday.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 09:28

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...thank you for the well wishes and positive vibes, my friend, your very humble. That’s means a lot to me my brother, enjoy the rest of your grateful weekend! 🙏❤️😎
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Peace be with you JIMINMD!!! 🤠✌️

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