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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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June 15, 2019 - 4:11pm

#801

nappyrags

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@Nitecat....

Walk Right In is more than a novelty song...it was written and performed by Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers in 1929...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4mGH_3lzhw

Gus also recorded Viola Lee Blues, Big Railroad Blues & Minglewood Blues...check 'em out good stuff
June 15, 2019 - 4:01pm

#802

icecrmcnkd

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Early anniversary observance

6-16-90
View from the Vault 3 DVD
June 15, 2019 - 2:53pm

#803

nitecat

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First Music

OK I'm a little late to this conversation, but the idea of what was the first music I heard was intriguing. I wasn't sure, so I looked up singles in wiki. It seems my awareness of music began when i was 9, in 1963. Mind you these weren't the first singles I bought, these were songs I heard, probably on my first radio. In the bay area, the AM pop/rock station was KFRC. I don't know if FM was really hip yet. So I heard all this great music on AM radio. These were great years for lots of interesting music to hear on the radio.

Return to Sender - Elvis
Surfing USA, Surfer Girl - Beach Boys
Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers (Kind of a novelty song)
Walk Like a Man, Big Girls Don't Cry - Four Seasons
Blame it on the Bosa Nova - Edie Gormet (this was a big hit)
Puff the Magic Dragon, Blowing in the Wind - Peter Paul and Mary
Its my Party - Leslie Gore
Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke
Louie Louie - The Kingsman
Wipe Out - The Surfers

Soon the Beatles would hit the Ed Sullivan Show, and everything changed. I think the first albums I bought were Beatles, and the Mama's and the Papas. Another early album was East West - the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
June 15, 2019 - 2:01pm

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Vguy72

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Blind Fresca Listens....

....I get it, but by that time, Jerry would turn his guitar down so low....but I digress. sigh....he knew.
June 15, 2019 - 1:40pm

#805

carlo13

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Fresca

I've got a yen for some fresca. When I was young.
June 15, 2019 - 1:07pm

#806

Mind-Left-Body

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Thanks Alvarhanso

That makes sense (ship). I'm not the brightest but I can see through a brick wall if you give me enough time. I didn't even think of a ship, I just thought man how the hell are they going to fit all that on a plane, they would need one of those c-160 military cargo planes. I forgot about the sea.

I wonder how today's sound systems compare to the Wall?

Speaking of the wall, I got a kick out of your "poems laddie" KF. Looks like half Pink Floyd lyrics half Grateful Dead songs, and a spattering of Keithfan. Do I get bonus points for picking out the line from Arnold Layne?
June 15, 2019 - 12:52pm

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Stegner

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6/15/95 Highgate Worth A Listen

Listening to Highgate 1995 on its anniversary. Attended when in high school. In beautiful northern Vermont, visited by a miles long caravan of vehicles on a perfect summer day. A show that kicked off the eastern run of their (infamous) last tour, with many signs that things were going downhill during the summer. Jerry's struggles are well known. But a blind listen brings out some gems. Only have an audience recording, but its a great listen. Some missed lyrics -- of course. But Jerry and Bobby and the boys really sound into each song with some great playing throughout -- I'd head out to that show again tonight in a heart beat if given the opportunity :)

A few highlights:
First set -- Peggy-O, El Paso, Ramble on Rose, Black-Throated Wind, and Loose Lucy.
Also Jerry seemed laid back and happy talking to the audience "Phil isn't ready yet. You'll have to think of something really really nice to say to him :)"
Second set -- Here Comes Sunshine, cool Jerry medley of Rollin and Tumblin > That Would Be Something > He's Gone, Standing on the Moon

Recall coming out of Space, Phil standing on stage and making a box with this hands before going into Box of Rain.

Also, interesting factoid about this show. It is the last show where the Dead played a song for the first time -- Rollin and Tumblin.

Anyway some recollections from 24 years ago. Any Dead show could be special for its own reasons, but some were more special than others :)

Next up today 11-21-73 Denver . . .
June 15, 2019 - 11:20am

#808

JimInMD

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Re: Ask Tim Skully

Sort of on topic.. a conversation from a couple years ago on reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5r2wn7/im_filmmaker_cosmo_feildi…
June 15, 2019 - 10:29am

#809

Vguy72

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22 lbs of shrooms?....

https://youtu.be/yicbvWwQ_MA
....it's been way too long.
June 15, 2019 - 5:03am

#810

unkle sam

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psychedelics

drugs aren't for everyone, especially LSD, had some good times on the chemical and some not so good times, it all depended on the situation and the dose. Back in high school, we would dose a small portion before going to school, usually 50 or 60 mics, but sometimes a quarter hit was more like 100 to 150 mics and it was off to the races for that day (orange sunshine and yellow sunshine were very potent) I remember some times just sitting in study hall laughing my ass off at nothing, good times. The looks we would get from students and teachers both was classic wish I had it all on film, it would make a great movie. Living in florida for 35 plus years we did a lot of shrooms, every weekend during the season for years. The season runs from some times May till October, but mostly June till September. Back in the day (70's) almost every cowfield had shrooms growing out of the cow pies, but, due to law enforcements efforts to stop it, it became harder and harder to find them in most cow fields. Also, the owners of the land would sometimes enforce no trespassing signs by gunpoint, which was a bit scary. I remember one time the owner and his 3 sons had us pinned up against our car, all 4 tires flat, at gunpoint, telling us to never come back. Didn't stop us tho, we would come back at night or just have a driver drop us off and come back and pick us up 30 mins later with the goods, there was always a way to get around rednecks and their offspring. Some of us had our own private secret fields, which would produce every time it rained, and we took advantage of it. During the summer, it was nothing for us to have a crisper full of shrooms in the refrig and a pitcher full of juice on the top shelf. Those days are gone now, as most bovine owners add orange pulp to their feed which stops the production of the mycilen that is essential to production of the flowers, or the caps we all love. The best part of picking shrooms was the actual picking, going out into a natural surrounding, walking along and finding a bunch growing, it was a beautiful thing. Nevermind the mosquitos, or snakes, or spiders or other wildlife you might encounter, they were basically harmless and it was so worth it to receive the reward, which was always an evening in heaven. We picked the same field for 20 years and it never had an adverse effect on us or any of the countless others we turned on, every weekend during the summer. It was the best of times. I remember in 1995 or 6, there was a tropical storm named "Jerry" that hit the peninsula in July and went out into the atlantic turned around and came back, both times the bounty was plentiful and very potent. We saw it as a sign from God (and Jerry) Love you Jerry, miss you dearly. Once in the 70's we found a field that was at the end of a stream, the stream basically ended in a cow field, we hit the field just after an afternoon shower and when we approached, we could see a lavender haze floating about a foot off the grass, never had we seen anything like it before and we were struck by the beauty of it, primeval, ancient, god like. As we entered, fungus was everywhere, some small some very large (picked some that day that were as big as pancakes, 6 inches across and 10 inches tall) 22 lbs picked in 35 mins. The beauty of it all and the reward was a night of enlightenment that I will never forget. Sorry for the long post, back to the music.

John Perry Barlow

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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.

Buttons, and caps, and lines oh my!

And a big Sunny Rocky Mnt. how do you do!
Nice to see Wjones and the always entertaining CaseyJ back with us.....
CJ, was worried you some how smuggled in your magic carpet, got turned on to some ultra government top secret veggies, lifting off somewhere between HCS and Dark Star, and decided to fly the length of the Columbia, eventually needing to crash in some uncharted PNW forest, only to be kiddnaped by a secret clan of Uber Sasquatch....”ancient alien theorist say yes!” Who we’re so high, intelligent and kind that we would never hear from the likes of you again, not that there’d be anything wrong with that lol
Couldn’t help but pick up on the less than Bolo type clue about “we weren’t listening to the return bus instructions” ha, bet a few of us here know where that’s going! Lol

BOX: yep, looking like whoever said the announcement was going to be after Dave’s 31 is gonna win the prize...
Prize you say? .......yea,
“Upon your death you will receive divine consciousness.....which is nice”

Ok you got me started

Its not a matter of snoozing and losing

Its about a SHITBRAINED SYSTEM AND LAMENESS ON THE PART OF THE PTB AT THE GORGE.

luckily for you all, i am headed to work...keeping my day job and all that

Have a pleasant day, y'all

Ahh..

Forgot about the Uber Sasquatches. They are everywhere.

RIP Jeff Austin

“My mom let me go to Grateful Dead shows when I was 12 or 13 years old. The things that taught me,” Austin told Relix in 2009. “And I think about these kids – it’s like a sense of community, a different sense of giving and caring – we’re all here together. If you create something, you’ll have this beautiful bubble that will occur.”

😓

Jeff Austin

What a bummer. Heard over the weekend he was in the hospital. These guys got me hooked into bluegrass in 2001-2002 era, and I was lucky to see them a bunch in the early aughts. Jeff was unquestionably the leader of that band. He was a great songwriter and a better singer. Time to put on an old Yonder show.

C Janes

The link to the book was cool. It reminds me of the stories I have had traveling with the dead in the 80's. It is like losing a faithful dog that was always there to make sure you were ok. You never forget those times. Some people may think it's just a concert but it was more then that. Those people would not understand unless they were there.

Carlo

Right on!

Carlo...reminds of that bumper sticker

If I have to explain, you wouldn’t understand (insert dead graphic)....I think you will enjoy the rest of my story....stay tuned!

Yonder - 12-13-1999

https://archive.org/details/ymsb1999-12-13.shnf/ymsb1999-12-13d1/ymsb19…

Check out the Morning Dew then Shady Grove

10-4. Oro and Cjanes

10-4 good buddy.

About that 74

I told you all I have been exploring 1974 much more since accepting the sonic issues that go along with it. I'm full blown rampage now, which is ironic considering my last full blown rampage was 1974.

I have also observed there are only about a half-dozen Dark Stars from 74. That is almost a criminal act.

What I don't get is the popularity of DaP 2 Dillon Stadium. Awful audio. Is it simply because it's hard to get that it's so expensive on eBay? The show doesn't sound like anything special to me, maybe the poor audio is not helping. Can we all agree it's one of the worst sounding shows of 74?

And I will be needing rankings of all Eyes of the World from this year. I've come to the conclusion that they are the best ones, but if 73 needs to be included then so be it. Not interested in two drummer Eyes unless it's One from the Vault.

If you see the little red rooster

Won't you please drive him home

~ 10.5.84 ~

74 eyes

10 19 74

6 16 74

8 6 74

Berkeley, July 1988

Greek Theatre, 15, 16, 17 July 1988 just arrived today. It doesn't sound as good as a Normanized Plangent deal, but it sounds pretty good for a radio broadcast. Six discs for a little over thirty dollars.

Slaked my thirst while waiting for the box announcement. Not to mention the announcement is just the dangling of the carrot... the ship date can't be before Fall '19, at this point.

Jerry's vocal on the seldom played "Believe It Or Not," is extremely soulful. I'm just sayin'.

\m/

Eyes of the World's

11/17/73 is my favorite '73 version so far.

Coattail Skeletons 7/19/74 has a Dyno-MITE version.

box prediction

Now I'm thinking it may be the long awaited Boston Ark 69 shows. It's the 50th anniversary of the shows and Bolo said it's "about time those incredible shows were released". Bolo's clues may be hinting at Noah's Ark.
From Bolo's post:
Religious references: "grace of God", "glorious", "soul"
Storm reference: "Kesey's Thunder Machine"
Animal references:
1. "China"-----China CAT
2. "dark side of the moon"-----(pink floyd)-----ANIMALS
3. "Starbucks"------(Moby Dick)-----WHALE
4. "Cheetos"-----(Chester Cheetah)----CHEETAH

Right? Is anyone with me on this?

Good call Gollum

Ark would be cooooool

What does a yellow dog say?

"Ark, man...Ark"

Your avatar is awesome

But Liberace?....

....🤔 I have nothing.
Wait. Liberace tickled the ivories. Tusks are made of ivory. ELEPHANTS!
i still have nothing....

Not too familiar with....

....The Yonder Mountain String Band. Dipping my toe in now. Sad news for sure.

boxo predictionos, etc.

May 77 - Number 3 Palladium April 29-May 4!
1st Leg April '78 Curtis Hixon>Huntington,WV 4-16-1978 What about Sporto?

June '85
OR
June '91

Alaska '80? Msg '79 or '81?

P.S. Mike Edwards, Mr, Pid, dstache, OneMan, ComicBodger, Space Face? I beg you call the tune... :-)\\

Stuart Walker? sherbear? marye? monsieur Joe EVERYONE?

Happy Summer and carpe diem...

Love, Jeff

1974 Eyes

9/11 at Alexandra Palace is a good one. Very long, very spacy. After 1974 they always seemed in too much of a hurry when they played it. The 1976 ones especially-too fast, too short. And that seemed to set the template for the song for ever after.

In case you were wondering...

...yes, those IPA's were good last night :-/ :-)

P.S. Traffic Lights x4 and Chimneys.

Box set 2019

Multi-track from October 1969 or April 1971

Could be something from Fillmore West 1970 acoustic electric

Or more from 1989. Philadelphia Spectrum 3 shows

Dead and Company shows

Hey looking for someone to pick up an extra pin from a couple shows. Anyone going to Bristow , Charlotte , Atlanta or Dallas ? I had plans to go to Bristow , Charlotte and Atlanta but my dog had heart attacks last week. Had to cancel all plans and keep him company

Mbarilla

Check your PM

Box Set?

Hopefully it’s a spectacularly Plangentized offering.

The real worry is Vault safety. Hopefully Warner has a better fire prevention system than Universal Music.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8517618/universal-music-fir…

High Time to pick up the pace of releases, that way if something does happen in the future hopefully all the good sounding shows will have already been released.

this time around

I probably won't be able to get the box...my wife looks at me strangely

Fire!

Wow, that article is sad. Especially Cheech and chong and rodney dangerfield. The Captain and tennille not so much.

?

And what about Spinal Tap.....I was really hoping they’d rerelease an audiophile version of Smell the Glove!

yes, please prevent the destruction of the GD vault

would be a bummer of cosmic proportions if that ish were lost

PTB:

CAPTCHA sux. I can handle one screen of "find the bikes, ya damn fool", but 6 screens of buses, crosswalks, and festering sores is too much.

It's not like we are trying to hack into Fort Knox or something

on a tape of Mother McCree's, Jerry offers the audience...

a chance for a "boo break" due to unenjoyment.

Let's have a "boo break" for lame-ass co-workers.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dylan, Dead, Stones, fin

First Girl of the North Country since 8/27/14 tonight in Stockholm (also first Can't Wait since 2012).

Not my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaFCERlqVPo

Sounding good. The Can't Wait is nice too...sounds like Stayin' Alive, haha. Waiting for a late summer / fall US announcement.

Anyone check out the new Rolling Thunder Revue box and Netflix special?

Gonna catch Dead & Company in ATL this weekend. Saw the Stones last Friday, first and only time for me. Worth it! Amazing that Mick had a valve in his heart replaced two months ago, he was all over the stage non-stop like it was the 70s. I got winded putting on the t-shirt I bought at the show.

MBARILLA

Just saw your post, I can check in Atlanta if you still need it. Thoughts to your dog!!! You are prioritizing correctly.

Universal Fire

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-…

Here's an article I had just read before coming over here, and, sure enough it's already being discussed. I can't believe UMG lost millions of masters and were able to keep it silent for 11 years. The exceedingly long list of artists who were impacted is truly sad. Buddy Holly, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, The Who, Tom Petty, The Carter Family, even a Martin Luther King, Jr speech that was recorded and released. Decca and Chess records. Unbelievable. Who knows what kind of brilliant work lay unreleased and unheard until the conflagration meant they would never be heard.

Also, I remember Dave made a joke on the Hofheinz 11/18/72 release page about not being able to hear Hoyt Axton Explodes without a turntable, though now it may be impossible for them to even think about a re-release as his masters are also thought to have been destroyed. I hope the artists get a massive settlement from UMG, which is worth $33 billion.

All in the family

In All in the family season 6 'Archie, the babysitter'. Gloria hires a babysitter and the babysitters boyfriend who comes over to hang out with her, brings over 2 albums. One is Blues for Allah and the other is the rolling stones. You can see both sides of B.F.A album with jerry and the band and the front pretty clearly. The boyfriend says " I brought over the grateful dead and the Rolling stones" and Archie says "yeah I've heard of those grave diggers before". Good episode.

Lost Tapes

I was shocked to read this, never heard about it. Very sad indeed.

You can never believe they don't have fire system in these places and take a greater value in the stuff they have.

The BBC tossed out a chunk of Doctor Who's cause they needed the storage?

A wild spec I heard years ago on TCM was that 1/2 the movies made before 1950 are GONE.

Dennis

I think the films were watched over by people who don't give a shit. Then you get people like Dave L. And the others who protect their music and concerts with love and respect like they should be treated.

Up In Smoke....

....first I've heard of this as well. 100,000 masters? Oops indeed. Note to selves. Celluloid does not handle heat very well. That's why I keep mine in Montana. On the Canadian border. As Red Foreman would say, "dumbasses!"
One of my favorite TV dads. Up there with Archie Bunker and Al Bundy.

😊😍😁

https://youtu.be/QFhH8sSIvsA

UMG Fire

NOT THE ASIA MASTERS!!!!!

But seriously, it's the greatest prog-gone-pop-rock album ever. Credit where it's due - producer Mike Stone pulled that record out of his ass.

I would have said maaaaybe Duke was better, but they crossed the line with Dukes Travels
- that song is as progressive rock as 1980 could possibly sound.

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Hot Rize~Take It Home
String Cheese 9-3-98 Strawberry Music Fest.,Camp Mather~Yosemite,California
Herbie Hancock~Head Hunters
G.D. 4-14-71 Lewisburg,Pennsylvania
Hot Tuna 71-7-3 Fillmore~San Fran.
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Shocking photo

Listening to the Englishtown half step this morning and towards the end of an absolutely fantastic version was brought to tears during the Rio grande refrain at the thought of that father and daughter picture from earlier this week .
Come on Donald stop being such a bell end and cut these guys some slack , the worlds not just a rich mans playground .

Bruh...

As much as I have issues with the current administration, people come to this lil' area to escape all that.

May God welcome the father and daughter's souls to heaven. I am sincere in that.

Please let this board be a refuge from the ills of the world (wake up to find out that there's lots of ills in the world).

Grateful for life
Dead for life
Grateful Dead promote life
"the Grateful Dead are the antidote to the atom bomb" - Joseph Campbell

Apologies

Sorry , never meant to bring politics onto this site - it’s not even something I’m that bothered about anymore - as we say over here “ same shit different colour “ I guess the music caught up with me .

Re: Wake Up To Find Out

I think you have to at least put 6/18/74 on the list of top performances in the 73/74 period.

I have to say.. although I do like 73/74 versions the most.. it is one of the few songs where the rearrangement did not ruin it for me. There are some true gems post hiatus. I believe it to be one of the better original songs in their cannon. When I used to hear the opening chords at shows, I perked up a bit and paid attention. It rarely disappointed.

ok. Back to your regularly scheduled Estimated > Eyes.

(Edit: Or Eyes>China Doll) :D

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