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
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.”
Read more: https://relix.com/news/detail/in-memoriam-jeff-austin/#ixzz5rt4azryg
😓
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...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
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 ~
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
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
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
yes, please prevent the destruction of the GD vault
would be a bummer of cosmic proportions if that ish were lost
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra
live at Royce Hall, September 18th, 1975
for any interested Zappa fans
https://store.zappa.com/orchestral-favorites-40th-anniversary-edition-c…
I found something!....
https://www.stereogum.com/2049006/grateful-dead-and-company/franchises/…
Too bad is seems that she never really finished the article. I guess that vape pen was more powerful than she thought.