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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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    The bank that Rip broke into looked a lot like a regular house.

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    I heard about the bank incident. Funny as hell.

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    Damn, hadn't heard that til I saw Carlo's post. Guy was hilarious on the Larry Sanders Show. Another reason he's a legend is a drunken binge he went on several years ago had him outdoing Lee Marvin. Marvin was a notorious drunk, and one night, plastered, as usual, he drove himself home and found his keys wouldn't open the door, so he broke in, only to find out he had moved several years before, and the current owner was pretty pissed. Well, how does Rip top that? By doing the same thing, only he had stopped at a bank, and broken into the bank in the middle of the night thinking it was his house. Also, he was armed at the time, because, of course he was. How he got just probation is a sad tale for the American legal system, but I hope the old Salty Dog rests in peace.

    https://youtu.be/4uWXcuu5MY0

    Also, my favorite Artie line from Larry Sanders may be from what became the first episode, The Garden Weasel when he says to a new female network executive, "Don't take this as a threat, but I killed a man like you in Korea. Hand to hand."

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    Did I make it first . Could use it. Thanks let me know.

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    Just sent!

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    A "burned"copy of Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings + Bonus. I made it for someone who no longer needs it. First to PM me. I have an extra book for it as well.

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    As mentioned in Part 1 of the story, BIL (Brother In Law), and I had just gotten off the bus which had dropped us off all the way at the back of the lot. This was approximately ¼ - ½ mile from the entrance to the venue, which wasn’t so bad except for we were carrying a 12 pack (minus the 2 beers we drank on the bus) in a large bucket filled with ice. The lot looked to be almost completely full at this point with more cars cramming in. The atmosphere reminded me a lot of the tailgates we have here in KC at Arrowhead, except for folks were decked out in Dead gear, Tie Dye, and other various costumes & hippie wear. We trudged along, checking out the scene while I tried to call a friend of mine named Chuck who I had met the past year on Dead.net. Chuck is a KC native who has spent the last few decades living in the Seattle area and started sporadically touring with the band last year. Chuck and his crew of 7 tour buds were camping in the main public camping area at the Gorge which was visible to BIL and I from where we stood, but way up on a hill and very far away. I’m not sure how far it was, but it looked like a mile or more, up-hill, and with the heavy bucket weighing us down, we didn’t think it was worth the walk as by the time we got up there and found Chuck , we would have to start walking back or risk not getting into the show on time, which would have been entirely unacceptable. So, we opted not to take this particular trip. This turned out to be a catch 22 as we later found out that the camping area is where Shakedown was located at The Gorge which would mean no Shakedown for us this weekend, and also the logistics made it so I wasn’t ever able to meet up with Chuck  (next time my friend)……..but we ended up being correct about getting into the show on time, as many folks were still in line and missed some of the first set even after arriving at the entrance at least an hour before start time.

    When we arrive near the entrance, the place was a zoo. There were long lines already formed at will call and at the VIP/media entrance. We already had our tickets so this was not a problem for us. We did not have VIP entrance passes or wristbands for the VIP drink area inside, and being that Shakedown was no where in site, we decided to post up and take a seat on these large boulders that separate the parking from the entrance to the venue. As it turns out, this was a very fortuitous decision. There was already an old Deadhead biker dude who had done the same, so we cracked some beers and started shooting the shit with him. Turns out he was at Woodstock and saw the entire show including the Dead and the closing Jimmy Hendrix act. Wow, this was the first person I had ever met who could make this claim! About this time, another dude came around selling Stealie stickers for $1, so we checked those out, but nah we don’t want one, and as the dude walked off I said….”hold on a second wait! Would you be interested in trading one of your stickers for one of my buttons?” After checking out the buttons he was quick to agree, and so my button adventure had officially begun!!! I turned to Woodstock biker guy and said would you like one too? “Yeah, I’ll take one” he said with a big smile, and pinned it to his jacket. Holy shit….that was cool! I felt really good at that moment and started looking for others whom I could give away a button!

    As the song says, Once in a while you can get shown the light….and while the reason that I came was most certainly the music, followed by the communion with 20,000+ like-minded folks & freaks, giving away the buttons was without question my strangest of places if you look at it right. I made a few trades with them; a little bar of homemade soap shaped like a dancing bear, and a couple of stickers, but mostly I just gave them away. I only had 100 per night, so I was somewhat selective in who I gave them to. I chose people who had on Grate outfits, really cool Tie Dyes, or who showed a lot of spirit through good dancing, good deeds or just general happy nature and good vibe that I could feel. This was so much fun, and felt so good, I can’t even begin to describe it. Tears me up a little right now just thinking back to some of the moments. The smiles after giving these buttons were big, full and truly grateful for such a tiny trinket. I can’t tell you the number of people that would hold it up to their hearts, smile huge and then look me in the eye and thank me with all sincerity, after which some of them would give me a big hug like we were long lost friends or family and had known each other for years. Word was getting out a little, and some folks were starting to come up to me and either offer me trades and or ask outright if they could have a button. I didn’t once turn anyone down who asked for either. One filthy looking hippie dude came up to me and asked me if I would like to trade him for a used tube of CBD infused chap-stick, and I answered yes after hearing the word trade! “What, wait hold on a second…..no way man, I said laughing, after realizing what I had just agreed to. Keep your chap-stick and just take a button for free dude”! He then took the button, smiled that big smile I was getting used to, then like a true head, dead pan asked, “Do you want to hit my joint”?, as he held up a half-smoked fired up spliff. “Fuck yeah”, I say, taking the joint for a couple of puffs while we all laugh our asses off at the hilarity of the moment. Only at a Dead show, ha, ha….laughing now just thinking about it!

    Much has already been said about the line at The Gorge, and I have to agree the situation at the gate was in true Dead fashion, a complete clusterfuck. As early as 3 hours before (but probably significantly longer), the official start time of the show, we noticed that lines to the normal entrance were already started to form. We were not far from the entrance sitting on our boulders and it just so happened that the line formed almost directly into our spot, so without even having to move from our little party spot, we found ourselves already in line and maybe only a half of a city block from the entrance. Aside from tiny movements in the line we basically were able to stay in this spot until they started letting people in, which was maybe 1.5 hours before show time. BIL and I made friends with some of the folks around us in line, drank on our IPA’s, smoked a few joints along with our oil pipes, and I gave away buttons. Before we knew it, the line started to slowly move forward, and our party moved with it.

    As we inched our way slowly toward the entrance, I started to get the munchies, so I figured now was just as good time as any to have the first serving of veggies. I pulled out the Wild Willie’s Reserve Joint tube where I had stored them and split them up equal, 2 parts for me and 1 part for BIL. I ate mine and then handed BIL his share which he happily gobbled down. I had asked some folks in line earlier about security, and specifically marijuana being that it is legal in Washington. Due to legality, no one seemed to think it would be an issue and so I took no security precautions whatsoever as we approached security, and left all of my pre-rolled joints (3 or 4 left at this point) in the plastic tubes that they came in. Boy were they wrong, and was I stupid!!! We were getting really close now and I still had a few unopened beers in the bucket (BIL is not much of a beer drinker). I gave away a couple of “miracle” beers, popped a top and guzzled one myself, paying little attention to what was going on in front of me at security. When we finally got to the metal detectors, my idiot plan was just to openly put all of my shit into the tubs they offer to pass around the metal detectors and so that’s exactly what I did. My lighter, plastic tubes full of pre-rolled joints, tube of veggies, wallet, phone, basically everything went into that fucking plastic tub. The next thing I know the dude is rifling through my shit in the plastic tub while stating “you can’t take this in”. One by one he reads each tube and says sorry this isn’t allowed, and then he yells “BLACK BAG, BLACK BAG”…..this chick then walks up with an already full trash bag and the dude drops all of my shit while she calmly smiles at me….”No, you can’t…..but that’s my….” I start to say, but it was too late. FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!
    BIL has a similar experience, as did a lot of other folks in line. They were going through everything; blankets, bags, jackets etc….even dumping out full boxes of cigarettes to find the hidden joints inside. The one thing they were not doing is full pat downs, so everything left in the pockets was fine. Luckily, I had forgotten to put my oil pen in the plastic tub and BIL had purposefully omitted his so those got through. Since the tube with the last helping of veggies was not sealed, the guy slid the tube open, I guess he must of looked at the empty side or just didn’t notice because he politely handed that tube back to me. Tragedy narrowly averted there.

    Now being robbed of our goods we regrouped, quickly took inventory of what we had left which was very little and congratulated each other on not being arrested. As my good friend Jeff would say who designed the buttons, Onward!!!

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    $90 out the door including tax from a local brick and mortar.

    Morning Dew sounds great so far. Going to spin side 1, then go outside for a while with the dog. Once the sun has set I’ll be back on the couch to spin the rest of the show and watch TDF on mute.

    Let’s stick with the 80’s as the third release and go with 3-9-81. We know there are good sounding recordings of that show.

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    I just read the Earthquake article in the New York times and these foreshocks as they say could be a warning. You live in this area? What is it like in the public? Are people still on eggshells? What are you thoughts. Be safe.

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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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Submitted by dreading on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 07:30

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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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