Grateful Dead

One of Can's best - definitely one of their spaciest. And that's going some. But all their 1960s-70s albums are amazing. I am not as keen on one called Delay-but the others...

I have been listening to another great German rock band form the 1970s recently-Amon Duul 2. Phallus Dei (translates as "Gods Cock", keeping it topical), Yeti, Tanz Der Lemminge, Wolf City, Carnival in Babylon-magnifico! This is a quote from Britain's Shindig! magazine, July 2015;

"The closest cousin to Yeti's improvisation is certainly the elemental "Dark Star", which became a cornerstone of the freak culture in San Francisco. Can would take the same ideology but deliver it in a much more regimented way relying on a 4/4 back beat. Amon Duul 2 follow The Dead in that they go wherever the path takes them"

Obviously, Tago Mago goes a bit beyond "4/4 back beat"-but overall, I would agree with the above.

Still haven't taken the plunge with 3/15/90 yet.

....home of the best Samson/Delilah. Ever.
Hockey is starting to tighten up.

So great! So many favorites here. Has there been a release to date that doesn't sound great. My two favorites as of today, Live at the Cow Palace, hard to beat this show, oh and it was a multi track recording with Plangent finishing touches. And RT 4.5, just love the whole show. Dave's 4 is also right there.
And 3/16/90, made the rounds today.
Ready for some more releases hopefully soon.

Speakin of which, here’s what’s spinning now Dave Rock...

CAN - Tago Mago

70s psychedelia from Germany....very nice in my current state...curious on thoughts and sorry if this is a repeat.....

KCJ

....I'm all ears. As sure as the sun shines, I'm gonna get a share of what's mine. The Eel delivers.

Just listened to the DP 33 Help / Slip / Franklin. Bobby is on fire during the last 5 minutes of Franklin's Tower. To my chagrin, he stopped using the Gibson ES after the WoS tour, and his sound became too thin, with barely any distortion effect (especially '77-'78); but he's absolutely tearing up the Franklin's Tower riff here. Lots of aggression - sure sounds like the Gibson. Worth a revisit if it's been awhile.

Oroborous - DP 28 is one of my favs. Excellent audio, great set lists, great performances (probably the best ever Beer Barrel Polka). The Dark Star is upper echelon. Hidden nugget - Greatest Story Ever Told.

1976 mix tonight. Attempted to include at least one from every release, as well as capture the flavor and set list spirit of '76 :D

ROAD TRIPS '76 BOSTON MUSIC HALL
Cold Rain & Snow

DOWNLOAD SERIES '76 BONUS TRACKS
Lazy Lightning >
Supplication

DICKS PICKS 20
Bertha
Cassidy

DICKS PICKS 33
Might As Well
Mama Tried

LIVE AT THE COW PALACE NYE 1976
They Love Each Other

DICKS PICKS 33
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! (Parts 1 & 2) >
Franklin's Tower

DAVES PICKS 28
Let it Grow >
Drums >
Let it Grow, Pt. 2 >
Wharf Rat

SPIRIT OF '76
Scarlet Begonias

LIVE AT THE COW PALACE NYE 1976
Samson & Delilah

ROAD TRIPS '76 BOSTON MUSIC HALL
Crazy Fingers

DICKS PICKS 20
Eyes of the World >
Orange Tango Jam

DICKS PICKS 33
The Other One

SO MANY ROADS
The Wheel

DAVES PICKS 18
Playing in the Band >
Cosmic Charlie >
Spanish Jam >
Playing in the Band, Pt. 2
Comes a Time

30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN '76
Dancing in the Street >
Not Fade Away >
Dancing in the Street, Pt. 2

ROAD TRIPS '76 BOSTON MUSIC HALL
St. Stephen

DAVES PICKS 4
The Music Never Stopped >
Stella Blue

DICKS PICKS 20
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

DOWNLOAD SERIES '76
Mission in the Rain
U.S. Blues

aka Just a Miller Lite - slightly better than 900,000 Tons of Brent or I Will Take You Down?

I can't take any credit for these appellations being as I copped them from the book 'Dead to the Core' by Eric Wybenga which is pleasant bathroom reading BTW.

Wow what a great groove lately, thank you all for such fine socialization and entertainment!

C.J. Yaaassss son there are 2 of us, myself and my older/wiser Bizzaro Seinfeld twin Oroboros, who we unfortunately have not heard from in a while 😟 I believe his first show was Iowa 74? and he has great stories and a awesome vibe, he is missed here!
FAVORITE BRENT TUNE; now there’s a conversation starter....personally I liked most of em, but always really related to Just A Little Light. One thing I liked the best on that and most Brent tunes was what Jerry played. Gave him another unique platform to weave his magic!
COMPLETE ANNOTATED; have never fully dug in, but yes amazing book. Among other things, really shows how deep, knowledgeable, brilliant Hunter is...
CHARLIE; thanks for the affirmation! Fall/Winter 73 has always been atop my favorite tours, but until this past year I’ve been pretty clueless about the spring shows. Wow, I was lucky enough to pick up Dave’s 16, which is probably my fav Dave’s out of what I’ve heard so far. Really stoked for DP 28. Big weird Dark Stars are totally my favorite Dead; 69, 72, 73, and of course 74, the weirder the better. Really need that big scary one on Daves 9 y’all go on about, but that ones a little steep at this point...
HOOTEROLL; one of my fav Jerry albums, often flies way below the radar....quite a list in general, Always had something about Zepplin this time of year? Seasons starting to change, but not quite there, teenage hormonal angst, Song remains the same etc...
VGUY; glad your diggin the acoustic, but it’s bummin me out, can’t believe we biffed on that, Doooooooo. Cool your son digs all kinds of music! So how bout a holiday joke? You’ve been slaking the last six months on the jokes me amigo!
I looked out on my back deck this morning and saw someone already celebrating St. Patrick’s day early.......it was Paddy O Furniture, yuck yuck.

Hope all y’all have fun and get your green on! Personally I’ll probably go with some Fremont Dark Star stouts! Boo-yah!

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VGuy 72 that's what I always thought too, it was a group moment when the crowd really could get behind the idea of the night (and show) lasting forever...