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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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  • #601
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    Good morning dead people....if you haven’t ordered your copy of deadhead stories, I would do so quickly. As of yesterday there were only 60 copies left. It is very well done, with 11x8.5 color, and over 300 pages of awesome stories. Got mine on last Monday and already 1/3 of the way through. By far my favorite book about the Dead so far. There is one Grate story about the 2nd group to get in line for The Closing of Winterland...5 days early! By the time the show started the line was around the block!!!!!

    Link to deadhead stories site to order is here. All proceeds go to Charity.

    https://deadheadstories.org

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    Great story-thanks. Almost makes me wish I lived in America!

    Listening to 7/1/78 from the 1978 box set as I type. This was the one where the Dead played with many other bands as part of "Willie Nelsons Picnic", so its a single set show. But its got some great playing on it. Estimated is the highlight for me-great jamming leading into The Other One. Minimum slide show - it doesn't detract from a great Tennessee Jed, if you factor it out, and actually sounds quite nice and mournful leading out of Playing in the Band. Less is more, as they say. Great Jerry guitar in Wharf Rat, now, too- hey, this show is really alright!

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    ....it's all about timing. If you snooze, you lose. Fact checking from Vguy, who has spent more time in lines because he pushed the envelope. Nobody's Fault But Mine....

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    The Buttons, then the stems and caps.... and a three week delay in posting. Thanks to the good, quick thinking folks here at dead.net.. we set up a GoFundMe to get KCJ out of jail and back to work..

    Don't mind me, I didn't have time to read your whole post, but I did quickly skim through the text, and having gotten four hours of sleep this week alone, I am quite sure I absorbed the entirety of your post:

    ' ..sorry didn't post, gone for three and a half weeks, brought my newbe brother in law to a show against his wife's best wishes, dosed him.. then got him stoned.. and there was nothing left to drink but hard liquor and IPA's.. what's a guy to do? '

    It was Sixtus and his grower/attorney friend Cosmic Charlie that first come through with the plan that freed the J' family from the calamity that was sure to catch up to them. In the end, a clear case of mistaken identity.

    Tragedy narrowly averted.

    Great tale, KCJ.. good to hear you had fun and escaped the long arm of the law (meaning your sister in law in this case).

    In all honesty.. I really wanted to go to the Gorge this year (and perhaps Folsom Field as a close second), but the timing and ticket prices worked against me. Still, I love the PNW.. a truly great spot in the planet blue I plan to revisit as often as I can.

    Glad it all worked out.

    Edit: Did nothing but art (woodworking, live in a 115 year old Victorian - it ever ends) and a moderate bike ride today.. but listened to the Good Ole GD the whole while. Started at 7 am with 06/24/90 Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR which only fueled more high intensity GD.. so for the bike ride and table saw amped it up with 10/12/84 and 9/18/87 from 30 trips. Good golly. I realize 30 trips got mixed reviews.. but they are just wrong, it's pretty freaking awesome when an 84 and 87 show can get someone so amped up. Perhaps not my best purchase but, well.. No Regrets. Diplomatic enough?

    Back to your previously scheduled June '74 GD.

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    Some are starting them
    Others are forming them
    Most are standing in back

    Some folks are cutting them
    Others are snorting them
    Come on dude, spare me some slack

    No Cuts...more on these later :-)

    Edit: Hey Stoltzfus....missed you out there. I have a button for you and the Mrs. if you would like a couple of them?......please PM your address. Happy to oblige!!!

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    Interesting synchronicity

    I am listening to motorhead at park
    "Runaround man" lyrics
    Chase my tail
    Catch me if you can

    5 seconds later i see a tee shirt emblazoned with "catch me if you can"

    Totally true

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    Dont get me started on the entry lines

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    Tales from The Gorge, A Dead Head Story (part 1)

    Hey now Dead Rockers......first let me apologize for my long absence. Landed back here in KC a week ago today at 4am, fresh from a 10 day trip to the beautiful PNW....back to work last week and then Friday a very large tree uprooted from our back yard and fell on our power lines, so we have been without power and internet for most of the past weekend, but onward!!!!

    Although I have been only lurking here the last few weeks, I have still been keeping up and appreciate the call (Oroborous) for my return......and so now that I have taken the opportunity to get everything exactly perfect, let my inspiration flow till my tale is told and done........

    Me, Mrs. Casey, and her brother (brother in law-BIL), all caught the red-eye into Seattle from KC on the night of June 6th. By the time we scooped up our bags and negotiated the rental car lines it was 2:30am. We checked into a blue light cheap hotel there by Sea-Tac that I had booked months before in preparation for our drive to the Gorge for two nights of Dead & Company. In the morning BIL and I hit the nearest dispensary to load up on some legal party favors while my wife finished getting ready to go.

    Now I’ve been to Colorado since legalization, but the “Cannabis Clinic” we found was on a different level than anything I’ve experienced before. There were a lot of options and we took full advantage., and the bud tenders were of course very helpful…..
    “What would you recommend for pre-rolls”, I say…..
    ”Do you like Indica or Sativa”, she asks,
    “both”, I answer!
    “Hash Infused”?
    “Sure that sounds Grate”!
    Went through a similar process with some other goodies, and out we came 30 minutes later with 4 tubes of pre-rolls (hash infused and also Willie’s Reserve), a couple grams of flower, 2 oil cartridges, a new pen (Seattle Seahawks – 12th Strain branded - for the oil), a couple packs of chewable candies, and last but not least, a plastic syringe filled with some hashy goo which we found to be very applicable to the candies….
    “Be careful with this she said”, “Only rice grain size portions”…..
    “Sure, no problem” I say…….(smile, smile, smile), out we go, back to pick up the Mrs., sharing candies along the way, and on to our hotel at Moses Lake about 40 minutes east of The Gorge.

    After stopping for lunch, and a very scenic 3 hour drive through the mountains and over The Columbia River (wow, what a site), we rolled into Moses Lake about 1:00pm. First stop….the liquor store, to load up on IPA for me, Jack Daniels for BIL & wine for the Mrs., a bag of ice, plus a disposable cooler if we could find one. I asked the liquor store dude if he had any styrofoam coolers, but no dice. Payed for everything else and walked out…..then, just as we were loading up I spotted some old buckets that someone had piled up…looked like trash in front of the store….and just like that we had a cooler  Time to check in to the room

    Ok, for those who already know the background story on my choice of accommodations, I apologize, but I think for context it bears repeating. I planned this Dead & Co tour stop in connection with my in-laws 40th Anniversary Celebration to be held on the Oregon Coast the following weekend (what timing….couldn’t believe my luck). I would have preferred to camp, and my wife agreed to do so, but she is no Deadhead, or camper for that matter, and so she only agreed to one night. I of course wanted to see both nights, and BIL also wanted to come to a show, so in compromise, I offered to purchase the VIP package which included 2 tickets to each show, 2 nights hotel accommodation in Moses Lake, plus bus ride to and from each show. Needless to say, she agreed, and so here were leaving the liquor store and on our way to the hotel.
    When we get there and walk into the lobby it is a quarter till 2:00 and there are already 25-30 Heads milling around in the lobby. The guy at the desk tells me that they are all waiting for the ticket packages that would be handed out at 2:00. First bus to The Gorge leaves at 3:00, 2nd bus at 4:00……that means BIL and I have 1 hour to check in, get ready, get our tickets/wristbands, and then be across the street to load up for the first bus.

    Back in the room we start getting ready and stocking supplies. Gonna be a little nip to the air tonight so I wear some jeans, one of my Courtney Pollock Tie Dye’s, Bolt hat, and my bright green Morning Dew sweatshirt tied around my waist for the later chill. I load up one plastic tube with 4 or 5 pre-rolls, pocketed my oil pen plus cartridge and then grabbed a half a handful of stems and caps that someone had mysteriously packed inside of my zip up shorts pocket that I had stuffed in my checked baggage…...what luck!!! Next we stock our new disposable cooler bucket full of IPA’s, bottle of JD, couple Cokes, and some ice. BIL is in his 30’s, about 10 years my junior and 13 years my wife’s little brother, and so before we go, she makes sure to tell me not to lose him….make sure he gets back OK! Of course, Of course…no worries BIL and I laugh!!!!! Now up to the lobby to grab tickets just before 3:00, and out to the bus….do I have everything? Nope, Oh shit…….I forgot THE BUTTONS!!!

    Here’s the background on THE BUTTONS….I think most of y’all know Agent Jeff Smith from our boards here, but if you don’t you should, because he’s one of the coolest Heads around these parts, always quick to share his fine art work of making our Dave’s Pick’s and Box Sets Digital Album covers pop with High Definition detail. Earlier this year, Jeff had helped me acquire some GD digital shows that I was missing from my collection, and in his mail parcel he included a button that he had made for the Dead & Co Boulder shows last summer. After seeing Jeff’s Boulder button, I asked him if he wouldn’t mind designing me a button for the upcoming Gorge trip and he kindly obliged with one of the coolest designs I could have imagined (see my avatar). I ordered 200 of the 2 and ¼ inches in diameter with sparkle background for the shows.

    Back to the room…grab 100 of the buttons, run across the street, and then finally after 28 years of being of being a GD fan, I AM ON THE BUS…..which is a fucking Greyhound!

    No folks, although we were just a few hundred miles north from where the famed vehicle now rests and rusts, this was no Kesey bus. There was no day-glow graffiti, or Merry Pranksters riding on top. The music was not blaring shows from long past as it should be, nor were there any stray travelers looking to hop aboard. And thank God Cowboy Neal was not at the wheel, because I don’t believe we would have had enough defibrillator machines to account for the carnage. Not surprisingly BIL and I were the only ones on the bus who had thought forward enough to bring a bucket full of beers, and so we sat quietly sipping beers and sucking on our oil pipes and eating edibles, hoping against a last minute ransack by the group of aging hippies on our supplies..

    After arriving at the scene/parking lot, and not listening closely to instructions about how to get back to The Bus……we straggled off with beer bucket in hand down the Golden Road (walking path) to the entrance of The Gorge, and things were starting to pick up as we were high steppin’ in to town, it was a rainbow full of sound…..there were fireworks, calliopes and clowns, and everybody was dancing!!!

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    Anyone see the Grateful Dead get name dropped on The PBS Newshour this evening? That's twice in 2 weeks!

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    Still upright- So Fine :-) Hanging in there...

    P.S. This reply is stale, but late checking in. tehe

    P.S.S. Vehicles AND Traffic Lights.

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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 Vguy72 on Sat, 06/01/2019 - 18:49

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....one could scribe a thesis.
Box set announcement next week. I feel it in my bones.

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Submitted by DaveStrang on Sat, 06/01/2019 - 19:32

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Last 5 GD:

1. 11/7/69 Fillmore Auditorium - SF, Ca. - not as revered as DP16 11/8/69, but a fine show nonetheless. I was wondering why this wasn't a 4 show run? 11/8/69 was a Saturday which if I remember correctly was the Deadcrew 'dose' night and could be the reason for the X factor behind this show.

2. 5/26/93 Road Trips Vol. 2 #4 - I forgot how good the 2nd set is, but 'Box Of Rain' reminded me why PL should never handle lead vocals again…

3. 5/26/77 Baltimore, Md - My 3rd show... a sleeper (imo) from the much lauded Spring '77 tour…another potential DaP?

4. 4/24/72 Dusseldorf, West Germany E72 Tour…'nuff said.

5. Ladies & Gentlemen…The GD: 4/25-29/71 - a little musical detective work needed to be done: 'Casey Jones' is played at 4 of the 5 shows (4/25-27/71 & 4/29/71). I listened to the 5 shows and 'Casey' closes the four 1st sets with BW or JG saying 'Set Break' etc. 'Casey' on L & G has PL saying 'Thank ya New York' followed by Bill Graham praising the virtues of GD. This leads me to believe it's not just the end of the show but the end of the 5 night run… so where does PL fit in to it? It's actually evidence of the studio wizardry of both Jeffrey Norman (mixing) & Rudson Shurtleff (asst. engineer). PL says 'Thank ya New York' at the end of the 'UJB' 1st encore on 4/29! A great compilation and a little GD mystery…

Last 5 (Actually 6) non-GD...all released/recorded 1967:
1. Moby Grape - 1st S/T…these guys should have been as popular as GD/JA/BB & HC (imo).
2. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
3. Miles Davis - Sorcerer
4. Elizabeth Cotten - Shake Sugaree
5. The Strawbs w/Sandy Denny - All Our Own Work (1967 Demos)
6. Gene Clark w/The Gosdin Bros. - 1st S/T…when he left the Byrds they lost more than a lead vocalist.

Damn I love music!

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sat, 06/01/2019 - 20:33

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Definitely Dave's Picks worthy. I cannot believe this has not been released yet. Great performance, great recording. Did I miss something?

What?? Your third show? Lucky dog. Do tell.

At least TYA had some success in the US…I believe it was their appearance at Woodstock that got them noticed by the media and the masses. 'Bad Scene' from 'Sssssh' was the song that got me.

Unfortunately Moby Grape had an extremely bad marketing campaign that sank their 1st album, which is a shame as I think it's a great debut.

I have what I call 'The Rock & Roll Fools Hall of Fame'…the fools being the masses who missed out on great music because they wouldn't give it a chance/listen. I think every person on this board could make a list of their own…artists or bands who never made it, whatever the circumstances…Moby Grape are in my Top 5.

Here goes:
We were 6 kids, 16-18 y.o., 4 guys/2gals who drove to Baltimore in what else? A white VW bus! We arrived around 3:00 PM and found the Civic Center. We proceeded to hang around outside for awhile and watch the great quanities of Heineken being brought in…this was before we knew about the Heineken requirements. The rest of the afternoon was spent walking around taking in the sights. The Inner Harbor had just completed renovations in hopes of furthering tourism as well as improving the city's image. I don't think we even had so much as a joint with us.

The show was great with 'Sugaree' being a standout..the extended solos blew us away, there's no other way to put it. Though not the tour's best version it was still incredible to hear and see. Our seats were approx. 10 ft. in front of the soundboard and to the left. We decided to get a room for the night, the gals making sure it was in the same hotel GD were staying. After we registered everyone but myself headed for the lobby bathrooms. While standing there waiting in the lobby for my crew, 3 'freaks' walk through the front door: the guy on the left had a beard, glasses and shoulder length dark hair, the guy on the right had glasses and light brown, medium length hair and was talking to the guy on the left, while the guy in the middle was just bobbing his head left and right…my thought process was this: 'Damn they let any kind of freak in this place'…and then I saw the GUITARS…I headed for the bathrooms around the corner to alert my friends but by the time we got back they had gotten on the elevators.

Long story short the gals were persistent in all things GD (these 2 ladies were at the Closing Of Winterland) and we got to meet Jerry Garcia the next day. He was an incredibly nice guy who took the time to talk with us for 15 mins. or so. My friend said, 'You did an incredible version of 'Sugaree' last night', at which Jerry, with a smile and a twinkle in his eye said, 'That was a lamb'. I'll never forget those words and believe they'll stay with me for life. All in all it was a great time

I have 2 other '77 stories which I'll save for another time:
1. The camp-out for opening night tickets at the Phila. Spectrum 4/22/77
2. Englishtown

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Submitted by daverock on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 03:59

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Great story about seeing the Dead-thanks for sharing.

Concerning great bands who didn't make it-I literally wouldn't know where to begin. I've got countless compilations of British and American bands from 1965-1975, some of whom only ever got to cut one single. "Nuggets" was the gateway drug for this obsession, and any one of the bands featured on the original double album, since expanded to a 4 cd set would qualify as must hears.

But to delve even deeper, there is a great and beautiful book edited by the late great Patrick Lundborg, called "The Acid Archives", which chronicle bands so rare they weren't even household names in their own household. I've picked up a couple of albums recommended in this tome-two comparatively Dead friendly ones are the "Mountain Bus" album, which is often compared to Working Mans era Dead, and features a great version of "I Know You Rider", and Snakegrinder's "..and the Shredded Field Mice", which features some tidy jamming. Apparently Snakegrinder used to cover Dead songs live. We may never know how well.

In the comparatively mainstream world, I get the impression the Flamin' Groovies didn't make it in the States. Shame-they would have livened Woodstock up a bit. "Flamingo" and "Teenage Head" are my two favourite albums by them, and the later single "Shake Some Action" is one of the best of the decade-1970s. They must have been quite successful though-they are touring Britain this very minute.

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Why is Keith not audible on most of these shows? I know the original Europe '72 LP very well and he is all over that. Is there a story here? Does anyone else notice this?

I have a collection called "Nuggets II - Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond 1964-1969". Is this different than the album you have? Do I need to search out Nuggets I - More Shit from Across the Pond? :-)

Update - Ok Dave, found a copy of Nug 1 for 10 bucks delivered! New. 4 cd's!!! AND it's coming from England! Some place called Zoverstocks. I get quite a few things from them. Downside is time it takes to get here. Found 2 other things called "nuggets" from Rhino in the library. I could have ordered Nugs 1 from the library, would have cost 2.50 to have sent here, but for 7 bucks more, what the hell, I bought it.

If I can get you nug 2 somehow, let me know.

Dennis

Sorry, not Dead. At our awesome little music fest here in Whoville this weekend. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UugP29qOQ98
- Trombone Shorty- Awesome!
- Twiddle- great unknown surprise. Some good jamming, like they knew how to take their time and let it build sorta like someone else we know, ahem 😉 I gotta believe the guitar player listened/studied Dickey Betts and JG?
- J Roddy Walston and the Bussiness- good, probably be better if they loosedned it up a bit. They sound like a band trying to “make it” ....Guessing the guitar player studied Jimmy Page. They should break out a Zep tune or two...
- Railroad Earth- interesting, yet another puesdo Jamgrass style band.
- N. Missippi Allstars- finally got to see them. Totally keeping that southern rock vibe alive.
- Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears- another great unknown surprise! Really enjoyed them, Good Friday afternoon vibe, got the party going for us.
Wanted to see Ripe, but didn’t get there in time, not sure about the other bands. But great weekend, we’re just afraid it’s going to get too big and get wrecked. Like so many other cool little scenes, especially the one we all knew so well. I bet Davestrang can attest to how it changed from those mellow late seventies scene to the madness that eventually came....

Thanks Dave, classic tale. I was a little too young for the GD, that would come a few years later. I do recall the renovations to the Inner Harbor during that period. My first show would come at the same venue five years later.

I enjoy hearing how approachable those guys were and somewhat down to earth. Wish I was there that night.

dreading - Keith's presence in the mix for the E72 box has come up several times over the years, most notably (and forcefully) by OneMan. Jeffrey Norman made a few guest posts here as well and the topic came up. I can't speak to the specifics but I can try and summarize what was said a couple years back. I think it the fact that this was a pretty massive project at the time and there were sizable time constraints on the process contributed to a final product that would have benefited from more time. I think there are several releases that he (Jeffrey) would love to revisit and remaster. Hampton 89 and many of the early Dicks Picks come to mind as well.

I wonder if people would gladly buy re-released re-mastered shows with improved sound or if it would trigger push-back and endless complaints? Topic for another day perhaps....

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 09:30

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... a grateful day to everyone! I hope all is well with everyone on this beautiful summer like day today...Sunshine, cool breeze and some Primo music playing in my backyard,
I started my choice of the day to be...
#1- ‘One From The Vault’ (August 13, 1975 at The Great American Music Hall):
Setlist/
Introduction by Bill Graham
Help On The Way
Slipknot!
Franklin's Tower
The Music Never Stopped
It Must Have Been The Roses
Eyes Of The World
Drums
King Solomon's Marbles
Stronger Than Dirt
Around and Around
Sugaree
Big River
Crazy Fingers / Drums
The Other One
Sage And Spirit
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
Blues For Allah
Sand Castles and Glass Camels
Unusual Occurrences In The Desert
...loved every minute of this release (remastered Version/reissue)! 🙏❤️😎

...so I decided to give the day to the Grateful Dead’s releases ‘From the Vault’ series, so I just started listening & enjoying the second release, ‘Two From The Vault’ (August 23/24, 1968 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles):
Setlist-
Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl
Dark Star
Saint Stephen
The Eleven
Death Don't Have No Mercy
The Other One
New Potato Caboose
Turn On Your Lovelight
(Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew
Alligator
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Feedback
PRIMO 🙏❤️🤠

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green
GOGD - 12.6.71
Ween - The Mollusk
Saxon - Unplugged and Strung Up
GOGD - Warfield '80 Acoustic RSD
....I don't know if any of you lovely people heard this Morning Dew from Dead & Co last night....
https://youtu.be/6LDW9NyEriI
Methinks Garcia would be proud....

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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 14:13

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Grateful Dead Live at Paramount Theatre on 1976-06-03
Grateful Dead Live at Boston Music Hall on 1976-06-09
Grateful Dead Live at Boston Music Hall on 1976-06-10
Grateful Dead Live at The Tower Theatre on 1976-06-22
Grateful Dead Live at The Tower Theatre on 1976-06-24

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Submitted by MinasMorgul on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 14:23

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That aggravates me2. I would gladly buy some remasters of E72 and early Dick's Picks. I don't think everyone would. That might be something for a 3K unit release all music edition.

Love my girl, no need to post the whole track lists for every CD you listen to, it just clutters up your post and the page. It's cool to point out a sequence of songs that you may have found extraordinary, or whatever but if we all listed all of the tracks on every release that we casually mention listen'n 2, we'd all be scrolling all day. Especially last 5. Ha. Can you imagine if last 5 were each 4 CD releases. There would be track lists for 20 CDs. Or just say hey the track list is exceptional and put a link in there to the wiki entry. Peace brother.

There are now so many great ones out there from all over the world-although I have focussed on America and Britain so far. The first Nuggets one, featuring American so called garage bands was the first one, compiled by Lenny Kaye in about 1973. The 4 cd set that is now available is brilliant-it kicks off with "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by The Electric Prunes. Enough said!
The second Nuggets featured mainly British bands from the mid 60s, and there was a 3rd-I think it was called Son of Nuggets, which featured 1980s bands that were influenced by bands on the first two. I haven't got this one.

I bought the 20 cd set called Rubbles a few years back, which features British psych bands from the 60s, but this seems to have been superseded by a great series on the Grapefruit label. These are typically three cd sets- ones to look out for are "Love Poetry and Revolution", the 1967 comp "Lets Go Down and Blow Our Mind" the 1968 ""Pictures in the Sky" and from 1969 "Try a Little Sunshine". There are two heavy rock ones called "I'm a Freak Baby" and an acid folk one whose name has just escaped me. The sound quality on these is great, from what I have heard-I haven't got them all.

Its not all great-despite its alluring title and cute cover, "Chocolate Soup for Diabetics" sounds terrible- I wouldn't go for that one again! There are many more I could recommend-but maybe that's enough for a post that doesn't mention The Dead once.

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Submitted by LedDed on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 16:28

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Pat Martino - El Hombre
Grateful Dead - 10/20/68 Greek Theater (30 Trips)
Various Artists - Apocalypse Now Soundtrack
Dead & Co. - Playin' In The Sand 2/15/18
Angelo Badalamenti - Lost Highway Soundtrack

Some of you may know that Mickey Hart helped produce the original score for Apocalypse Now. The soundtrack as it exists is incredible... Martin Sheen's voice overs interspersed with original score music as well as pop tunes by The Doors, etc.

Here's what Mickey has to say about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3vL8jkuHs8

This is one dark, strange trip and a fantastic listen. Check it out.

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Submitted by MinasMorgul on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 18:19

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Someone mentioned Phil not sounding good on a later Box of Rain, maybe from the '90s. He sounds good enough on these 1973 performances from the Pacific Northwest boxed set. I have the 6/24/73 show on ATM and I would say the only issue with his vocal is it sounds like he keeps moving too close and then too far from the mic. That's a nice song, and a treat for fans in those days I would think.

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Submitted by jrf68@hotmail.com on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 21:44

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Allman Bros. 12-31-1973 Cow Palace
Stevie Wonder 1-31-1974 Rainbow Theatre~London
Diga Rhythm Band 5-30-1975 Golden Gate Park~San Francisco
GD 11-29-1980 WHAT ABOUT GAINESVILLE???
and in the spirit of keeping up with anniversary shows...
GD 6-2-1995 Shoreline
Whibble (S.C.I.) 6-2-2016 The Caribou Room~Nederland,Co.
:O)

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 21:57

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....tbh, the 6.2 Bucket rocks. It was the last Bucket I listened to. Shoreline '95. Something told me that I had to go.
....Ride, ride, ride. At least I'm enjoying the ride.
The Althea that follows has that slinky '94-'95 vibe for sure. I get it that it's not for everyone, but the magic is present. Trippy? Yessir....

😄😶😐😄
The Final Hurrah.
Thank you, for a real good time.
I'm going for it. Haven't listened to these shows for quite a while. Time to suck it up and dive in.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 22:32

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....there are worse. Then Stagger Lee! Redeemed! Bear w/ me folks. I mean, he packs a .45!!

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Submitted by dreading on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 06:55

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Thanks for the info on Europe '72 Complete. That really surprised me. I assumed there was a technical problem since he is present for some of the shows. I assumed they just took the original LP performances from the shows where you can hear him. To hear that the problem was limited production time is very disappointing. Did I understand you correctly that they addressed this on the website here? I was not really tuned in to the Grateful Dead as regularly then as I am now and did not buy the steamer trunk. To be honest I thought the whole thing was ludicrous, 22 shows of basically the same material. For me it came down to whether or not I wanted to spend $450 for a dozen Dark Stars and Other Ones. Then a few years ago the individual shows were discounted 25% and I picked up a few. Then a few more. LOL, and how foolish I felt for having passed up all of this great nuanced Grateful Dead music when they were at the peak of their powers. I did not notice the piano until a few weeks ago when I also started to listen to the shows on their anniversary dates.

Vguy you are a warrior. '95!

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 07:45

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The guitar player, Billy, lives in my neighborhood, and is a buddy of mine! Incredibly nice guy, and yes, loves him some Jimmy Page!

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 07:51

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Ahh... sadly, I could not pull the trigger on Boxzilla. Glad that it made it tho! It's a great show :)

Peace

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 08:03

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...greetings my fellow brothers & sister on this grateful Monday. This morning I started my listen’n With the ‘Download Series Volume 1.’
The first in a series of digital download albums by the Grateful Dead. The album features the complete show from April 30, 1977, which was the second of a five night run at New York City's Palladium. In addition, in order to fill out the third disc, bonus material is included from the previous night at the same location. I love Norman’s magical mix for this release along with anther Primo Audio recording by Betty! I always thought that the Five Running performances at the NY Palladium would make a grateful Box Set, even though we have many releases from 77’ I love this performance.
Also someone brought up the statement of releasing past releases with upgraded audio. I would gratefully purchase certain, not all, upgraded releases...
I would love to see All the Download series be released available on a CD format. Some great, Primo, shows in that series! All together I believe they only released 12 in the series. I love the Grateful Dead’s 1979 performances and recordings.
Take care everyone and remember to Smile Smile Smile, peace be with you all, god bless.
🙏❤️😎🤠
PS/ great posts VGuy72, Keithfan and jimMD!!!
As always, you guys make me smile with your daily posts. Thank you for sharing. I love this place/board as well. A beautiful group of brothers & sisters, both humble & Grateful about the band and the fans!
Cioa’, rock On ! 🙏🤠

....I think you forgot/skipped right over one of the best of that bunch - June 11, 1976.

I assume it was either a typo or a temporary moment of insanity. Don't miss out, this is one of my all-time favorites especially the second set:

https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-11.141702.sbd.miller.flac1644

IMHO, one can never get too much of this stuff.

Seventy-Sixtus

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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 09:18

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Dead.net did not address this, it came up in several conversations / posts here. A few listeners, much like yourself, noticed inconsistency in the mix and shows where the piano was either buried or hard to hear at all. It's come up several times over the last seven years.

I think the shows sound great, but then you notice Keith is low in the mix - sometimes very low. OneMan was the first to really hammer the point in relation to the E72 box. Then.. if memory serves a couple years ago.. Guss West reached out to Jeffrey Norman and convinced him to make a few guest appearances on one of these threads. Sort of a question and answer type thing and that specific question was asked. There was not a direct answer to the question, but he did indicate he would love to revisit some of these shows knowing what he knows now and utilizing some of the new approaches (Plangent Processing being among them). So this issue was addressed, but not directly answered. It was left for us to interpret his statements.

I took some liberties reading between the lines that with E72 in particular, knowing the volume of work was high and the turnaround tight.. and his response that he would love to revisit and remix some of these shows that volume vs. time impacted some of the mixes. I honestly believe if they came out in smaller batches or if more time was given for the his work we would have seen some better mixes. When I look back at my own work, especially when it's complicated, it could almost always benefit from some revision.. don't take this to be a slam on Jeffrey's work, I in fact think he does a great job.

I hope this doesn't come across as too big a complaint, they still sound great and are one of the joys in my collection.. But there.. I said what I think happened based on the mix and all those conversations that have taken place over the years. Look at this as a soft analysis on one of the best offerings we are likely to ever get from the band.

On a related note, I would really like to see some of the early releases remastered and re-released.. especially some of those partial show compilations or shows where I have to think would sound better if Jeffrey revisited them. He really has gotten better in recent years. One can hope.., right?

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 09:52

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...last five on Vinyl...
#1- Bob Dylan ‘Desire’
#2- Traffic ‘Last Exit’
#3- Free ‘Best Of Free’ *(69’-72’ selections)
#4- Rod Stewart ‘Sing It Again Rod’
#5- Eric Clapton/Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page -
‘Guitar Boogie’
✌️❤️😎 ...Let the Music Play! Rock on!

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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 12:34

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Those shows were just what I had on a flash drive of audience sources in mp3 just for in the car.

I must have thought the aud. for the 11th didn't sound that good so
i didn't DL that one. I will listen to that one in sbd uncompressed on the big system at home.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 13:14

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Hooked on Other Ones now. I'd put this one in my top ten list, starting today: Dick's Picks 28 (2nd Show). This was the Salt Lake City concert. There's a fantastic Disc 4 sequence: Truckin' => The Other One => Eyes Of The World => Morning Dew. It's all top-shelf, but The Other one is on the secret shelf above the top shelf; you know, the horizontal mirror that runs across the top front, but opens up like the hidden book compartment in the 30 Trips Around The Sun Box. Miss it at your own peril.

Yeah, I remember when Norman was on here. Was kind of surprised he showed up, but I think he was trying to figure out what it was we were all hearing in the recent releases that we thought sounded so good. It was right after (I believe) Dave's 17 came out, and a lot of us were raving about what we perceived as some significantly improved sound quality coming out of the most recent releases. You never know where the tape quality ends and the Engineer's skills and tools begin, but I'm convinced that the older tapes are sounding better than ever. Would love to have DP 7 and DP 31 remastered and sounding like the three shows from the Pacific Northwest Box Set.

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