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    Hold on to your hat, we're coming in strong with one from the Windy City that'll have you movin' and shakin' from start to finish. DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 31: UPTOWN THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL 12/3/79 signals a true rebirth of the Grateful Dead, reimagining classics and foreshadowing their 80s sound. This is as much in part due to freshly-minted member Brent Mydland bringing the organ back in as it is to Jerry finding new vivacity with his custom Wolf guitar. New guy, new guitar - it all makes for a heck of a good time!

    Set One rolls like never-ending thunder with one standout after another - truly epic versions of "Brown-Eyed Women," "Ramble On Rose," "It's All Over Now," "Althea," and "The Music Never Stopped." Set Two hits with a crack of not-so-lazy lightning, barreling through an outrageous 28-minute "Scarlet>Fire" to a unique “Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance” and wrapping with a "blow the roof off the place" version of "Truckin'" and a rippin' "Johnny B. Goode." Ready for some quiet after the storm? You'll have to wait a just a little bit longer - we've filled in the gap on Disc 3 with a sprinkle of 12/4/79 - "Estimated>Franklin's Tower>" and an incredibly improvised “Jam.”

    Limited to 20,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 31: UPTOWN THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL 12/3/79 has been mastered from Dan Healy's cassette recordings to HDCD specs by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering.

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  • #951
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    movies

    saw Rocketman in theater
    loved it

    we happened to start up the recent "A Star is Born" with Lady Gaga on cable last night

    we stuck it out, but what a bland, slow, overly-long cliched flick. You couldn't understand a word the lead guy and Sam Shepard were saying. Low Talkers (Seinfeld reference) and gravelly. "uuhhhh muhh muhhhhhh..." "I want to sing my songs!" says Lady Gaga. "huhhhhyhuhhh...duuuhhhhhhuhhhuhhhh..."

    SPEAK UP, MOFO.

    On the bright side, you do get a few fleeting glimpses of LG in the altogether...no complaints on THAT.

  • #952
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    tobacco

    thought i was cool
    tried chewing tobacco in 9th grade
    vomitorium

    tried smoking it
    ew
    coughitorium

    tried clove cigarettes
    blechitorium

    tried pot
    :)))

    I can assure you
    having smoked cannabis pretty regularly since I was 18
    it is not addictive (lol)

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  • #953
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    when I was in the military, cigarettes cost .25 cents a pack, 2.50 a carton with no tax. When I first started smoking they were 35 cents a pack in the machines, that anyone could access, including 12 year old kids like me. The term smoke 'em if you got em' I think originated in the military, at least that's where I first heard it. In basic training "boot camp" you were not allowed to smoke, at all, so you went cold turkey. Then, after about 6 weeks, they would light the smoking lamp, and we would get to smoke. The first time I heard that term was then, Drill sergeant says, "smoke em if you got em, the smoking lamp is lit". I had no idea what a "smoking lamp" was but I soon found out it meant time to light up and it was a mad dash for the door to find one and get one lit. They were nasty and mean about it, gave you about 3 minutes to get a cig, run outside, light it and try and get a hit before they ran you back inside again. That was the first time I ever got a "buzz" from cigarettes. We hot boxed those things, due to withdrawal and desire and actually got off, dizzy more than anything, so running back into the barracks was not as easy as it sounds, a lot of staggering and falling down for some, or hands on knees with head down until the dizzies went away. If you were late, you got to run off that cigarette on the drill field for about an hour or so. I should have quit then, but I didn't want to, if you don't want to quit them, you never will, you must have the will to say no more, and mean it. Or you can wait till you can't breath anymore, that is also a good deterrent to smoking. Yes, disgusting, filthy, stinking unacceptable now days habit, and yet, they are legal to purchase at any convenience store. Weed is much better for you but it isn't very good for your lungs either, but who smokes 2 or 3 packs of joints a day? not even Tommy Chong I bet. (I could be wrong about that :) )

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    Worse thing EVER!

    Like Led said, pretty much did everything but only regret the cancer sticks.....funny thing is, I didn’t really start until I was 28, Living with that 20 year old I told ya about....she did.....sure I used to have one out at a bar once in a great while but I was not a cough, cough, “tabacoo” user until then. Started part time, would buy the roll your own, you know occasionally rolling one up, then when I went back to college, since you had to now go outside, I didn’t have time to walk out there, spin one up, smoke, and then make to next class etc......so I start buying generic, like buck a pack thinking “yea, the way I occasionally smoke a pack will last me forever......cue the dark, evil, insidious music!
    So of course once you have em in your pocket and all ya have to do is spark one up.........add to that everyone around me then smoked so of course I became addicted. The thing is, I could quit pretty easy, luckily, I was fortunate to be able to do this with a lot of things.....once I made up my mind I’d just ween myself off and make sure I wouldn’t be around “whatever” and the people and most importantly the triggers etc....Tabacoo was always the hardest, but I was never a heavy smoker unless up parting all night, usually less than a pack a day. Loved the Camel wides, but got into all the boutique shit when I moved to CO where they have those smoke shops....
    Anyways would go back and forth quitting, and getting readdicted over and over thinking I could “part time” it.
    Then I started to smoke a pipe for a while because I thought that way I wouldn’t smoke as much, you know, part time.....then tried same with cigars etc, tried it all, but always would end up fully addicted. Finally after about 15 years while I was playing music for a living I got the notion that I’d just bye the Banjo player a pack now and then and just have him feed me a few during gigs, and not have any at home or around me etc. That’s the thing about playing; there’s often a lot of anxious waiting around to play etc, so smoking really helped that. Well of course that “part time” trick didn’t work either. So finally, about fifteen years ago I finally realized, just like twelve step “I’m an addict”, I’m addicted to nicotine and it’s either all or nothing, there is no part time! Once I fully realized that, it was the end of the season at work, so I knew I’d not be around anyone for a month or so, plus I was getting a respitory bug so I knew I wouldn’t want to for a few days anyway, so that cave me the perfect opportunity to quit yet again. This time though, armed with my new found realization there was no way I was going to tell myself I can part time it, you know “I can control this”........no, your an addict, so no you can’t etc.......that was how I finally gave the nasty shit up and have never ever wanted one again. Luckily, once enough time goes by your body starts to change and triggers like smelling it where you used to get enticed, eventually you realize just how nasty the shit smells, and it becomes a turn off etc and you feel so much better. Interesting, in 1984 when I gave up meat the same thing happened; instead of getting all salivating and hungry when someone was cooking meat, it started to smell like nasty searing flesh. This doesn’t bother me so much now, perhaps because I do eat the dirty bird now, but years ago I’d have to leave the room....
    Supposedly your lungs can heal a bit, but I’m worried that between the years I did smoke, and all the second hand exsposure, and all the shitty work environments I’ve been in, I’m going to be fucked....my old man smoked around us, not all over the house but down in his workshop, all the bars, and places I lived, hell people smoked on planes back in the day, everywhere! Ridiculous! The biggest tell is when you visit friends who still smoke in thier houses and as soon as you walk in it’s overwhelming. You feel so bad because it’s awful, but it’s your peeps so what do you do? I try to make it so we have to go out somewhere to meet up just so I don’t have to deal with that. Now I’m not some reformed nazi, I’m from the ilk that you do what you want as long as it doesn’t hurt others, like “jumping off that balcony” ,you want to drive with no seat belt, or not wear a helmet, or smoke, that’s your choice.
    It’s just personally I can’t take it anymore, it makes me ill......plus you have to go through theconstant waiting around factor like Led said and it’s just a drag.....listen to this for a humorous take on all that....

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LyYLrVNKE68

    The worst is these kids that are getting addicted by all this vape shit. It’s such a shame after so many years of dramatic Tabacoo decline that the numbers are going back up among kids. Please, don’t mean to preach, but don’t do it chilrens!! Just ask my old man; started when basically a child, finally quit in his sixties, but ended up with Lung Cancer about four years ago. Luckily he has always gotten a yearly chest ex ray since he worked in a steel plant for forty years, so they caught it early. Thought they got it with radiation, but unfortunately a year later it had spread to hip and Adrenal gland......got the hip with radiation, but the adrenal tumor is never going away. The only reason he’s still alive is because of some new drug that works with his immune system to “maintain” the tumor. At his age they won’t remove the gland, and chemo, at the small doses he could take, wasn’t going to do it, so he was fortunate that he qualified for this drug which has worked miracles.
    Please, if your even thinking about smoking, or need some help quitting, just go sit in the lobby of the chemo ward at your local cancer center for just an hour or two, if that doesn’t do the trick......trust me, it’s eye opening!!
    Sorry to go on, but it’s something pretty heavy that we deal with everyday so if I can get even one person to quit, or more importantly, never start,.....well, sorry, thanks for letting me vent.......
    Now please back to our collective “waiting on a miracle”........dammit Dave, it’s a good thing I don’t smoke anymore or this anticipation stress would make me a human chimney!

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    As mentioned here before, it is now a Honda dealership; if you go in there and shop for a car(or pretend to), ask to be taken upstairs to where the ballroom was, you can check all the ghosts...

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    Thanks for the Moore/Perkins recommendation...listening to their 1954 recording, great stuff!
    Now we need a Cats & the Fiddle w/Tiny Grimes box...

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    Filthy fucking habit.

    My father smoked, he was a non filtered camel fan. He complained about cost and said when the got to .50 cent a pack he was done, just wasn't going to pay that for a pack of butts. They hit 50 and he quit, period!

    Fast forward and during a divorce I started smoking at 23. Smoked into my 50's. On and off at the end. Everytime I quit I used patches. I'd wear the big one for maybe 30 days and be smoking at first while wearing it. I started paring them down until I quit. Everytime I went back it was a stupid decision. Thought I'd have one,,,,wrong. Been off the nicotine about 7 years, maybe 8. Lungs may not get better, but at least I don't have the expense or cough up black shit while in the shower! Now I know I can NEVER have one,,, I won't even do wraps from tobacco products, too afraid I'll start again.

    Worst habit EVER!

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    Thanks for the heads up. I real big fan of Nat. Guess I'll get this in November. It was nice to see the page talk about his piano playing. I heard someone years ago on a Jazz station talking about King and he was saying about how everyone raves about the singer, but forget he was voted (downbeat?) piano player of the year 3 or 4 years in a row.

    To anyone interested, pick up his "after midnight sessions" album, very, very, very nice! (do 3 very's make it primo? :-) )

    Really great album, let me know and I'll get you a copy.

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    If the Meet Up Movie 6/17/91 is in the box they can't announce the box before movie night or a lot of people would skip the movies and wait to watch it at home.

    Traffic lights,Buses,Taxis,Crosswalks,Fire hydrants, Oh My!

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    I smoked dope before I smoked cigarettes. During my teens I would eat it, or smoke it in a pipe, but the culture in England at that time-mid 1970s - was to smoke cannabis with tobacco in a joint. Inevitably, this was what I started doing, and after a year or so, by the age of about 23, I graduated to the hard stuff...pre rolled, non enhanced packets of 20 cigarettes. I didn't stop until I was 51-I am now 62.
    The daftest thing I ever did was pour water on the remaining few in a packet...and then wake up in the night and try to dry them out in the cooker so I could have one last smoke. Smoking with a nicotine patch on my arm wasn't too clever, either!

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Hold on to your hat, we're coming in strong with one from the Windy City that'll have you movin' and shakin' from start to finish. DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 31: UPTOWN THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL 12/3/79 signals a true rebirth of the Grateful Dead, reimagining classics and foreshadowing their 80s sound. This is as much in part due to freshly-minted member Brent Mydland bringing the organ back in as it is to Jerry finding new vivacity with his custom Wolf guitar. New guy, new guitar - it all makes for a heck of a good time!

Set One rolls like never-ending thunder with one standout after another - truly epic versions of "Brown-Eyed Women," "Ramble On Rose," "It's All Over Now," "Althea," and "The Music Never Stopped." Set Two hits with a crack of not-so-lazy lightning, barreling through an outrageous 28-minute "Scarlet>Fire" to a unique “Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance” and wrapping with a "blow the roof off the place" version of "Truckin'" and a rippin' "Johnny B. Goode." Ready for some quiet after the storm? You'll have to wait a just a little bit longer - we've filled in the gap on Disc 3 with a sprinkle of 12/4/79 - "Estimated>Franklin's Tower>" and an incredibly improvised “Jam.”

Limited to 20,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 31: UPTOWN THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL 12/3/79 has been mastered from Dan Healy's cassette recordings to HDCD specs by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering.

GET IT WHILE YOU CAN

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 20:20

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I look foward to the complaints and excuses more these days than I do the actual announcement. Some really funny stuff out there.

Who knew that they had no internet overseas. I certainly didn't.

It is a shame though that our resident economics expert fails to understand that demand is forecast by the number of subscriptions sold. Maybe he can find solace by listening all those extra copies of FW69, E72, etc. that he has evidently stockpiled.

Happy for all those who got their wish on this one.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 20:41

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Music is a warm blanket.

Grateful Dead is that.

Sixtus

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Submitted by bluecrow on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 20:41

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So sweet to see this awesome show in the Dave's series. The mighty Uptown Theatre!! 12/3/79!! My second show!! My brother John scored tickets - grabbed him a copy a la carte from airport parking in ABQ : )

As my friend Rick emailed when I relayed the DaP 31news: "Ya Made my f***in day And renewed my faith in how right we are to invest our hard earned money into the Dead without a thought." As memory serves, Rick saw every Uptown show. Subscribe!

Also - the cover art is WAY cool!!

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Submitted by Deadheadbrewer on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 21:00

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I had intentions of skipping the announcement and staying off this site, then just being surprised at what showed up in my mailbox in three weeks. I made it three hours, then caved and peeked.

I love that we're tapping 1979, and I love the cover art on this. Should be a hot show, regardless of source.

For the box, it's seeming like 1991, which would be fine by me. I like all the keyboardists, and just hope that whatever they release, it's from the Jerry era. :)

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 21:55

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I like the setlist, Jack a Roe, finally an Althea, big Scarlet Fire, Terrapin> Playing and a Wharf Rat, plus the filler looks tasty. The cover art is nice, too.

That said, the perceptible hiss in the Listening Party tracks is kind of a bummer, but it is what it is with cassette masters. The vocals seem way up front, too, which makes sense as a PA tape. Hard to tell from Dave's hyperbole how good a show will be, but I'm looking forward to this one.

The box announcement will get me out for another MUATM, which thankfully is actually in town this year after having been 1-2 hours away every other year. Senor Norman hard at work since December has me thinking Fall '72 is indeed the choice, wanting to make it sound as sweet as possible.

Finally, add me to the chorus of folks saying SUBSCRIBE, SUBSCRIBE, SUBSCRIBE! If you find you don't want a Pick when it arrives, you can sell it to someone who is up in arms about missing the Pick. And who would want to shell out 100 bucks for a single disc to get the Bonus Disc on ebay? If you like 3 of the 4 Picks, consider it $33 per Pick, if you like just 2, $50 is about how much the Real Gone versions of DiP and Road Trips go for. And again, you could unload the unwanted Picks right here and make sure a Deadhead who wants it gets it. The subscriptions go on sale in November, save 25 bucks each month til then, and boom! You won't have to worry about missing a Pick that sells out before you get the email.

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Submitted by SkullTrip on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 22:30

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As much as I dig the cover art and the setlist, this won't get any play here in Tripville.
So if anyone missed out and wants my subscriber's copy, send me a message and we'll work out the deets.
I'll pass it along to the first person who hits my inbox.
At list price and a few bucks for shipping.

Plink-a-plink-a-plink-a-plink-a-plink...

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Submitted by carlo13 on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 22:38

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What you have is a "I need a miracle Dap 31 ticket. We will see who the lucky guy will be.

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Submitted by daverock on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 00:37

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Its like Christmas Eve in church on here at the moment. 54 new messages when I clocked on last night, 45 new messages when I clocked on this morning. There's normally between about 3 and 10.

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Submitted by JHSpooky on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 03:24

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Hi there! By any chance is that copy of Dave's Picks 31 still up for grabs?

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Submitted by Duece on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 04:57

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I may have an extra copy this. Willing to make trade if any one interested. Looking for someone to burn me a copy of their FW69 complete box set. Send me a PM if anyone interested.

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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 05:02

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Looks like they did not limit this one to 2 per order like the other two
previous Dave Picks. Maybe they thought that this one might not sellout as fast.

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Submitted by Old Chief Smokem on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 05:07

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It's been quite a while since I dropped in around here. I guess the change to the new site kept me out til now, but it's good to be back. Loved the first two picks this year as well as Warfield vinyl- sounds so warm.

I don't know too much of '79, but this is a welcome addition to the collection. Cover art is legit on this one.

Bring on the Ark box. It's time.

Hope all are well and enjoying this trip around the sun.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 05:40

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Me likey. :-) Now put it on a shirt and sell it!

There are 2 more listening samples of 12/3/79 from the Taper's Section and it's entry from Archive.org. Looks like this will be from a cassette master?

http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/march-24-march-30-2014

http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/november-24-november-30-2014

https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?and[]=date:1979-12-03%2A

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Submitted by Butch on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 06:16

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There are a couple of people have commented that they don't want a big box set. Is it the money? If so this really works. Start putting away $10 a week in a slush fund. I did this to buy a racing bike and had it in a year. I would venture to say that anyone who has the system to play CDs on can find somewhere to cut back $10 a week and put it away. Smoke less cigarettes or weed. Live on Ramen for a month. I just really can't describe how cool it was to open up 30 trips around the Sun. And I was only able to get the all music Edition. I was not into the Grateful Dead big time the way I am now when it first came out.

Or is it something besides money? I can't imagine but, just the thought of 20 brand spanking new shows from 1972 makes me a little bit Gaga. I'm talking Radio Gaga. That's all we need.

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Submitted by JackstrawJay on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 06:16

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Nice to see someone else yearning for that April 1969 box! It would fit in nicely with the 50-year theme, with AOXOMOXOA

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 06:27

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I see there has already been discussion of the Source used for this release. I am looking forward to hearing the full show soon. There is a nice write up on this show in the Deadhead's Taping Compendium. There should be updated volumes of the those books, or something like them, by the way. Chock full of reviews, etc. That's why DB50 was such a let down for me, There were hardly any new reviews of shows!

Now that the surprise is gone, the fun is half over.

I boldly predict Dave's Picks 32 will be from the 80's or 90's. Then again, I could be wrong

Now.. how long until this hits my front porch? What I want to know, where does the time go?

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Submitted by mcgrupp216 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 07:03

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Someone else mentioned this: Let's get in all the keys players for this 2019 series. DP 30 had TC, I think it would be really neat if 32 had both Welnick and Hornsby. Lots to choose from Fa90 - Sp 92! Some great accordian/piano guest appearances through to '95, too: http://www.agitators.com/gd/bruce.html

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Submitted by direwulf on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 07:11

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What kind of racing bike can you get for 10$ a week saving for a year? Are we talking remote control or mini-bike cause that's only 520$. Maybe I'm not as familiar with the second hand market for motorcycles but I wouldnt trust my life on something that cost 500$ and goes 120mph or even 60! Not that it matters cause I'll put whatever the box set costs on the credit card anyway :) Shhhh don't tell my wife....

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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 07:50

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Riding a bicycle at 120 mph.. now that's radical.

(I am guessing they meant bicycle) You can sometimes get a used older model racing bike so long as it's not carbon or something really cutting edge for a reasonable price second hand.. once the newer technologies come out, yesterdays big thing isn't that big anymore.

I was thinking the Hornsby years for #32 in fact.. like 79, so would go 91. It's time. Then surprise us all with something really outrageous when they key up the new subscription. It would make sense to do this if you were Dave/Rhino.

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Submitted by mcgrupp216 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 07:55

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A '91 show would also mean the 2019 series has a show from each "decade." Dave was saying that DP 30 is basically a 69 show, just like DP 32 is basically an 80s show. There's of course DP 29 from 70s, which leaves the 90s for 32.

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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 08:00

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I just got word that Jamie from Plangent has worked on new GD and says "we're going to love it", is it a fall 72 big box? And if next year is supposed to be better what could that be.

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Submitted by wadeocu on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 08:03

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That’s my prediction and hope. They have it all in multi-track and the shows are great. Based on Dave’s “audio side of things” comment and the apparently demanding work load, I think it will include video.

I’m excited about this; the biggest issue I have with my Bruce and Vince tapes is an unbalanced mix. I like this period of the band’s career. It will be nice to finally hear some of it properly mixed.

Love any Uptown show! Also dig the dragon with matches cover! The wolf paw cover was nice too; I like this trend.

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Submitted by bob t on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 08:14

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Sorry couldn't let today go unmarked... For me this is the start date of the resurgence of the 89/90 awesomeness!! Partly because of the return of We bid you Goodnight.... Enjoy the heat wave!!! bob t

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Submitted by Infinitejest3 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 08:34

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I love the new Dave’s picks and for me if 32 is before 79 this year for me personally has blown my ( need to get the bolt!) socks off!
I dig the sound recording, charm, different, atmospheric but not to the point where you can’t separate the notes. If it sounded like shit and garbled junk that would be a huge disappointment but it doesn’t; to me anyway but hey everyone has their own interpretation!
Another box set 💭 thought.... if they gave Betty the utmost respect she deserves and did a Betty boards box that would fuckn be awesome 👏, bunch of pictures of her and whatnot! Hot damn them Betty boards are the real deal Holyfield!;)

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Submitted by rodrigodiaz on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 08:43

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Bolo's clue about when there was one starbucks. First opened 3-31-71. Maybe another multi year package. Dream box Roosevelt stadium shows with 8-1-73 FOR JERRY'S 30TH

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Submitted by Dennis on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 09:42

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Someone early mentioned (kinda sarcastically) they should fill in the pop up box to get on the dead mailing list. Did you ever notice no matter how many times you fill it out, it still ask!?! You would think the box would know if you're on the list!

Second, I sure it's been said before, I sure I've said it before, but comments about EVERYBODY has a five spot or a ten spot to put away every week to buy a big box set. It's just not true. So people don't have an extra whatever to throw on the side. Some struggle with school cost, medical bills, normal everyday bills. Maybe the working poor can't cut back on weed, because they don't buy it. I agree I meet a lot of people at our store who are spending money they don't have on things they don't need. So easy on spending others people money.

On the flip side, box sets are a luxury want, not a need. If you're bummed because you can afford a box set, oh well. I can't afford a world cruise. BUT, unlike a world cruise, I'm sure if you're on this forum you can find someone to knock you out a copy. Collecting shit (whatever that shit maybe) cost money and not everyone has it.

Sorry if I'm out of line.

On the plus side - my second copy of Reckoning came in the mail from Barnes & Noble, turned out I could return at local store, so I did.

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Submitted by Dennis on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 09:58

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FYI - found thru the library The bootleg box set volume 1 & 2. Appears to be 14 cds. I'll let you know when in house. Have you ever seen these set?

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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 09:59

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Thanks Dennis, your post helps put things in perspective is a soothing, calming way.

As for GD Music, I probably have enough to keep me busy for a lifetime.. but I do enjoy the new releases. It's really not a problem for me at all. I could quit anytime. I don't really think about it that much.. I could quit tomorrow. Or the next day at the latest. Starting tomorrow morning I am going to listen to more Floyd and Stones. Some Who perhaps some Parliament.

Now on to Dave's Picks 32.. or the new Box Set.. what's it gonna be, can we get it early? I need a new release now. Let's break into the vault and Free the Reels, who's with me? We have a tunnel to dig! Let's storm Lemieux's house.. is it Vancouver Island or the city? The first to liberate is 6/10/73. Who's with us, join the Freedom Reel Liberation Movement.. Where's my shipping notice! Dammit Lemieux.. where's my Dave's Picks 31!

Hey.. it's not taking my address now either. AAaaak!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIFnx5hxMA0

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 10:26

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....sounds like a grand idea Jim. After that, we can tunnel to Area 51 and show those Facebookers how to properly raid the place.

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Submitted by claymation_88 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 10:48

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Can't wait...Thanks to everyone who makes these drops of heaven rain down on us every 3 months.

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Submitted by claymation_88 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 10:56

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As soon as it was announced I went searching in apparel hoping for the shirt too. Got my fingers crossed.

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Submitted by MrCharlie62 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 11:20

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I'm still hoping for the 1969 Ark Shows to be released but I would be equally happy with a set of concerts from the Fall of '72. If they release a set of shows from '91 I won't be nearly as enthused, but I'll probably still purchase them.

Regardless of what they choose to release, my biggest desire is that the discs are all in good condition so that there's not the issues that I (and many others) had with last year's PNW '73-'74 box. Last year was the first time that I had to request (and eventually receive) replacement discs and I hope it was also the last.

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Submitted by direwulf on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 12:31

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I went to high school and almost graduamated I promise!

I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket, a bell that rings and
Things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it

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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 12:34

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I'm listening to the 12-4 show right now on the archive: Master Soundboard Cassette -> Cassette -> DAT.

https://archive.org/details/gd79-12-04.sbd.clugston.2535.sbeok.shnf/gd7…

To me, this sounds better than the Normalized Boise show released last year. And this one has yet to be Glassered.

I'm looking forward to this one with an open mind and open ears.

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 12:57

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Oh, well, that's very different. Nevermind. Don't we all have an Emily Littella moment from time to time...

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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 14:13

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Bolo's contest answer was a '71 show. That probably was a clue.

I'm going with a big box of spring '71 shows with a mix of multi-track and 2-track recordings.

ps. And with the talk of it being The Giants Stadium shows could be hinting to N.Y.

Thanks for the heads up about the Tangerine Dream Bootleg boxes-and for your posts in general, which always seem to come form the right place. But back to those bootleg boxes-I got the first of these when it came out in 2003, but looking on Amazon it looks as though a remastered edition has come out since then. Its a great box-I was actually playing the first cd-Sheffield 1974, this morning, funnily enough. Two of these cds, the Royal Albert Hall show from 4/2/75 are included in the new In Search of Hades set.

I didn't know there was a second box in this bootleg series, though. It costs quite a lot now, too. On the whole, though, I am not too fussed. It covers the band from 1976 on into the 1980s, when they got a bit more conventional. Once they realised how to play synthesizers etc, they started playing melodies on them-which is never a good idea!

I'm still haunted by the idea of getting In Search of Hades, myself.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 15:43

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....I’ve been dig’n the Grateful Dead, “Rocking the Cradle” from Egypt,Cairo 9/15th-16th/ 78’ past Release... 🙏❤️😎 the DVD is a Plus too!

...new box set includes Visuals ! 😉

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Submitted by carlo13 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 16:22

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2 weeks till the meet- up. Hope to see some old friends from the shows!

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 16:51

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A subscription guarantees you 13 CD’s (some may be defective, but you’ll eventually get replacements) along with free shipping.
If you kept only 1 release and sold the other 3 you could break even, or even make some cash.
And you wouldn’t have the stress of missing out on a release.

Watching 7-17-89 DVD in honor of the anniversary.
Bring on the Alpine 89 CD/DVD,BluRay Box.

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Submitted by hbob1995 on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 17:21

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I predicted a '79 show so I feel pretty good about that. Usually I have no clue! Lol. I thought they might go late year to scratch that Brent itch for those who need it. I saw almost the exact amount of Brent / Keith shows and I love them both. The vast majority of my shows, about 50%, were in the '78 - '80 time frame. Gun to the head, I'll give the nod to Keith, but I have zero issues with Brent.

As far as the box, I hope they keep it to $250 or less this time around. Funds are a little tight right now. I would love to see something from the Vince / Bruce days just to add to the variety, but I am good with anything. Autumn '72 would be Grate!

Rock on

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 19:01

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That is only one show away from the one folks are mostly expecting. We've heard a lot of folks requesting Stanley, but far fewer for the Uptown. Even though it has been said the Dead never played a bad show there. He has done this at least a couple times previously with the BCT and the Felt. The second set here looks hearty. The additional Jam from the next night will be sweet. The only thing better than an Estimated>Franklin's would be a Shakedown>Franklin's and we all know there was only one of those. W.A.G.? :-)

P.S. Good 'ol Traffic Lights and Chimneys.

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