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Buckle up as we take a deep dive into Giants Stadium!

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Giants Stadium Shows On 14 Discs

7/12/87 (24-track masters)

7/9/89 (24-track masters)

7/10/89 (24-track masters)

6/16/91 (48-track masters)

6/17/91 (48-track masters)

Blu-ray/DVD video of the complete 6/17/91 show, mixed in surround sound Mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios Mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with Plangent Processes restoration Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 10,000

By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming. In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit (A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD?!) and "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

"The Swamp," as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band "remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams."

With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band’s penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you’re listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. We’re rounding things out with a little visual stimuli - the entire multi-camera 6/17/91 concert recording on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.

Due September 27th, this release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net. We highly suggest you grab a copy while you can so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out.

Prefer your boxed set byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

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August 30, 2019 - 12:47pm

#1231

bolo24

Joined:
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I'll see your JRAD...

...and raise you this Holly Bowling:

https://archive.org/details/hb2019-08-07.kpfa-fm.sbd.flac24

Best thing I've heard all week!
August 30, 2019 - 11:46am

#1232

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

So i found this JRAD show on relisten....

https://relisten.net/jrad/2019/08/17/cumberland-blues?source=188578
fast forward to the Cumberland please........it seriously rages.
August 30, 2019 - 10:49am

#1233

Slow Dog Noodle

Joined:
June 12, 2007

Joplin and Pig

The American Masters series on PBS was on last night featuring Janis Joplin. I watched nearly all of it, and it was great. Very well edited and lots of interviews, including Bobby, but I was surprised that there was absolutely zero mention of Pigpen, or Janis and Pig's "relationship".

I was always under the impression that Janis and Pig were pretty close, at least for a little while, but was that not the case? I know the story of the Looks Like Rain lyrics. A bunch of her boyfriends were discussed and interviewed, but it seems like Pig wasn't an important enough part of her life to make it in.
August 30, 2019 - 6:48am

#1234

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

Veneta 72

The vetoed morning dew...check out 8 21 72, as something similar happens. Jerry tries MD, but the band wants it to go elsewhere.
August 30, 2019 - 5:16am

#1235

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Re: Last Two

Nice post, K.F.

I know I am in the minority, but that Veneta DS never moved me the way it does others. I sort of get a little bummed when Jerry begins to lean in on Morning Dew near the end and Bobby plays the opening riffs of El Paso over the top that ultimately signals how things went down. I just wonder what could have been on this day if they fell seamlessly into Morning Dew instead of what I think is a bit of a forced transition into El Paso. I do like the PITB and China>Rider from this show very much, however, some of the really top versions of these tunes.

When I see a four or five paragraph post from you these days.. it provides a mental image of a four or five car fender bender and a major impact on the morning commute somewhere in the Northeast :D. I sort of have this image of you talking into your phone, looking down to make sure it all went down ok when just behind you carnage and chaos erupts while you speed away blissfully unaware that 95 just got shut down in both directions. Sort of a Mr. Magoo meets Hunter S Thompson visual.

Last five
10/9/98 Hampton
10/8/89 Hampton
Meddle
Atom Heart Mother
10/8/89 Hampton
10/9/89 Hampton

Had not listened to Hampton in years.. Both great shows, had to relisten plus I was doing some finish work on the trim in my house and these shows somehow helped me focus and not screw anything up.

Edit: Mr. Magoo meets Hunter S. Thompson - I meant that in the most positive, whimsical way.. I am sure you are careful.
August 29, 2019 - 11:32pm

#1236

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

LIFE Magazine / Last 2

Great LIFE magazine reissue from 2015 currently on news stands or eBay (cover has them in photo outtake from Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 1 from 1979, with Phil in the aviator cap and glasses. If you didn't read it in 2015, I highly recommend it for $9.99. Tons of great pictures. Fantastic articles, and I'm only as far as the description of it all coming together with the SF music scene.

Last two:

Veneta 8/27/72 - morphed me from 15 show casual Grateful Dead fan to raging Dead Head in April 2014. I hadn't been listening to much Dead that year, but I saw it on the shelf at Barnes & Noble and the hype sticker caught my eye: "At long last! The most requested show in Grateful Dead history" I hadn't heard of it before, but it was from '72, as was Rockin' The Rhein, the show that reeled me in nearly 10 years prior to that fateful day (despite having seen them in '89 & '95). So I bought it. Uhhhh, Bird Song did NOT sound this good on Ladies & Gentlemen or Three From The Vault. And as cool as Rhein's Dark Star was (especially Part II), Veneta was something far superior in my mind; but more to the point, it was altogether different except for the verses. I see how this Dark Star works now.....they improvise around some verses for a half hour. If only they had a dozen more of these on multi-track....
Dick crapped on this show, but he never heard the Full Norman, so all's forgiven. This one always gets an anniversary play. "Can you turn it up?? For fuck's sake?" Classic Bobby.

The Mosque 5/25/77 - About two months after picking up Veneta, I'd gotten my filthy hands on every E72 show available on dead.net. Up until then I was very anti-two-track. I had Dick's Picks 16, 18, & 20 from my initial run of shows I bought in the 10 years between Rhein and Veneta. Because of those, I had a hard time adjusting to two-track quality; but in my lust to own the best version of every song the Dead played live, I nabbed Dave's Picks 7 for The Music Never Stopped, which the folks on Heady Version assured me was unparalleled (plus it had Werewolves Of London - how bad could it be).

By August, just four months after the "Veneta experience" I was a completist at heart and had no desire to listen to anything else than the Dead (this is around the time I signed up here on dead.net and met all of you fine people). I had gotten over the two-track hump and picked up a metric shit-ton of out-of-stock Road Trips and Dave's Picks.

There was this elusive Dave's Picks Volume 1, however, that was selling for $200+ on eBay. Whoaa, what was that all about?!? So I did some investigation, and by all accounts it was the best thing this side of Cornell (whatever the hell that was). In any case, it was too steep for me at the time, as my bank account was already bleeding out from the previous blows my newly adopted completist mentality had levied upon it. So I offered a guy 35 bucks on eBay to burn me a copy of DaP 1 (this was definitely before I signed up on dead.net). He obliged and I had a copy of this precious commodity, 5/25/77, The Mosque, light sabers clashing on the front cover, the flagship to the Dave's Picks series.

It sounded perfect to me. I already had the May 1977 box set, the Winterland June 1977 box set, and by this time, copies of all the Dick's Picks '77 shows. The playing was perfect, the mix was perfect, the vocals were perfect, and the harmony vocals were perfect. The show sounded like a studio LP recorded in one take. I hadn't had time to fully absorb the other '77 stuff I mentioned, but I have in the years that have passed, and I really think they got tighter and more precise as May drew on. And Keith stopped playing (was allowed to abandon?) that awful synth-organ that dominates many April shows, up through Cornell (it drives me nuts on the Scarlet/ Fire that has become the standard). It seems to dissipate around St. Paul on 5/11, which is interesting, considering that's the opening show of the original May 1977 box set. I much prefer the acoustic piano and eventually the Yamaha electric that came along in the Autumn (the Fender Rhodes funk was long gone at that point).

The 5/25 Mosque show has to be heard end-to-end to fully appreciate. This post is long enough, so I'm about done, but the first set is one of the best of '77. The Mississippi Half-Step has a Rio Grandio section so perfectly sung and mixed by Betty; the Jack Straw is up there with McArthur Ct 1/22/78; the Brown-Eyed Women has one of the three best solos I've heard Garcia play on this tune (DP 29 and DaP 12 are also right up there). The Peggy-O is my favorite, and I imagine at least top 3 for most, in the context of post-hiatus Godchaux era versions. The second set is more of the same. Scarlet / Fire, Estimated / He's Gone, Other One / Wharf Rat / Other One / The Wheel. The show ends on a couple tunes I'm not crazy about - Around & Around / Johnny B. Goode. But screw it - it's like that 30 second blurb by McCartney that closes out Abbey Road - just skip it.
August 29, 2019 - 9:03pm

#1237

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Chez Sixtus

I think the party is about to begin..

It will go something like this.. but picture deadheads instead of dwarfs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwfRTvl7Zo
August 29, 2019 - 7:46pm

#1238

bolo24

Joined:
November 25, 2009

Congrats, Sixtus!

Me and the Mrs. recently ventured down that same path.

We have lots of really good wine. What time shall we come over?
August 29, 2019 - 4:10pm

#1239

Sixtus_

Joined:
November 8, 2014

The Rec Area

...I truly am enjoying this thread, people.

Speaking of new Rec Areas....nuevo casa de Sixtus in Sudbury, MA has officially 'closed' as of today.
New Keys In-Hand.
And, somehow, we actually made some loot on this deal. I'm still stunned by that one.
Party Planning Commencing.
Oy Joyous day.

Happy Long (USA) Holiday Weekend Folks.

Sixtus
August 29, 2019 - 3:00pm

#1240

wilfredtjones

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Bong Rec Area

Believe it's near Kenosha. I used to live remotely in the area. Now I'm on the other side of the state and a bit further north. Pretty sure it's Richard J. Bong Rec Area. Named after a WI born Air Force pilot. And yes, I have hit the Bong. Looooong time ago though. :-)

https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/richardbong/

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow

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Buckle up as we take a deep dive into Giants Stadium!

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Giants Stadium Shows On 14 Discs

7/12/87 (24-track masters)

7/9/89 (24-track masters)

7/10/89 (24-track masters)

6/16/91 (48-track masters)

6/17/91 (48-track masters)

Blu-ray/DVD video of the complete 6/17/91 show, mixed in surround sound Mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios Mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with Plangent Processes restoration Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 10,000

By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming. In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit (A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD?!) and "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

"The Swamp," as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band "remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams."

With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band’s penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you’re listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. We’re rounding things out with a little visual stimuli - the entire multi-camera 6/17/91 concert recording on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.

Due September 27th, this release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net. We highly suggest you grab a copy while you can so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out.

Prefer your boxed set byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Dick's 33

Switching gears a bit here...

I know '76 is a hit or miss year for a lot of Heads, but after a short Hendrix marathon yesterday, I decided to spin Dick's 33 for the first time in a long while.

Reminded me how much I loved that release when it first came out. Lots of great stuff in both shows.

DaP 28 / Paradise Waits

You're welcome Exile. It was an interesting listening experience.

Skulltrip. I also popped on a '76 show a half hour ago with DaP 28. Cousins of.....avatar guy once pointed out how good Scarlet Begonias could get during the 2nd half jam in '76, before FOTM was attached to it. DP 33 is a steller example.

I am here to say - the between song banter on DaP 28 is so loud and funny. Maybe need headphonea

Re: KeithFan and DaP28

Dave's 28 is actually one of my favorite recent releases, KeithFan. It's gotten a lot of spin since it arrived in my mailbox.

And agreed on those '76 Scarlet Begonias. The '74s used to be my favorite stand alone versions for the longest time (Dave's 9 immediately comes to mind), but the ones from '76 definitely have a specific vibe that I've come to really dig.

76 and Shipping Notification

Skulltrip and Keithfan,
76 is great stuff. Haven't come across a bad release yet. Some are better than others as far as sound quality is concerned. Dick's 33 is one of the best.

No shipping notice for me yet😭.
For those that have received them, what is the expected arrival date?

Shipping Information

My notice had a tracking number link for UPS and that indicated an expected delivery date of Monday 9/23.

Skulltrip Synergy

I had less than an hour left at work and decided it has been a while since I listened to Dave's Picks Volume 9. Cranked it through my headphones and had enough time for the first five songs. The last song I listened to before walking out the door was Scarlet Begonias from DaP 9. Then I read your post in the parking lot and now I'm replying at the gas station (no more posting and driving for me :D

Tropical Storm Jerry has formed in the Atlantic....

....here's hoping he won't "tear that old building down".

Jussgottasay

7 13 89 post iwilltakeyouhome
Oh yeah. "All the golden yummies"

Is there a tropical storm...

Jerry for real?

I guess so

Stay out at sea, Jerry

Driving home yesterday

7 13 89 second set opens with hes gone
"Steal your face right off your head"
As those lyrics happen i see

What else

A syf sticker on the car ahead

Jerry!!!....

https://www.wesh.com/article/tropical-storm-jerry-forms-in-atlantic/291…
....hurricanes are Wheels. And Wheels turn.
Seriously. It looks like Jerry won't pack much of a punch.
Rookies....
This weed I stumbled upon recently is almost too hard to handle. Almost.

Synergistic Trip

Nice, KeithFan! I love when the big generator makes those synaptic connections. What my uncle used to call a "cosmic coincidence".

Dave's 9 is one of my fave and most played picks, and that particular Scarlet Begonias always gets me grinning. Everything about it hits my ear right in the sweet spot.

Golly-- the Release Date is…

Golly-- the Release Date is tomorrow and mine hasn't even shipped yet. Lame. Has anyone else gotten Shipping notices?

Shipping notice received

No tracking # included in the email.
It says ‘Tracking Number’, but it was blank where there was supposed to be a number.

Guess its arrival date will be a surprise.

Fingers crossed for this weekend.

No Tracking Number?

No tracking number this time around? Was it shipped UPS or USPS? Are we all praying to the gods, old and new, that this thing makes it to our front doors? Here's hoping all these box sets find their way home.

Shipping Notice

Received mine as well this morning. Same deal as others with no tracking.
I guess they are going with let's hope it gets there theory. I believe Charlie received some tracking information.
Strange way to run a business in 2019.

I got my shipping…

I got my shipping notification late on Tuesday and it did come with tracking info from UPS. It's saying it'll get here on Monday the 23rd after originally quoting me Friday the 20th. Understandable, given I'm in Houston and we're getting some flooding this week.

Due for '72

I think one of the next two Dave's Picks is going to be from Autumn 72. Maybe one of the Boston Music Hall shows from September 15th or 16th. I was just listening to the sound board of a Bird Song from the 16th and it is so so good. Any other Keith fans out there are going to enjoy the piano work he was doing on that one . It's a little low in the mix but you can definitely hear him working . The other show has a good Dark Star => Brokedown Palace (it appeared on 30 days of Dead a couple of years ago. While I would like to see it cap off 2019, I could also see him using it as the poster child for the 2020 Dave's Picks subscription. Can somebody please end this 1972 drought for fuck's sake. Give us Dark Stars. That's really the dream box set for me. Give me a 20 show box set where every show has a Dark Star. " the Dark Star Constellation". If Warner Brothers wants to put me under contract for 5 years to go marketing, I'll follow dead and Company and double the DaP subscription rate and box set production numbers. $200K a year + travel expenses and conjugal visits.

Tracking number....

....I got one. Box left Indianapolis. Slated for Monday delivery. 🤞

Shipping

The latest 45 came the same way no tracking, and it was delivered by usps. So assumed smartpost.

Dog Star Constellation

WUFF!
Sign me up!

Woo Hoo!!!

UPS says I have a package coming tomorrow from WEA D2C Distribution.

Good thing that UPS knows the tracking number.

I highly recommend signing up for a UPS My Choice account. They will email you whenever they receive a tracking number going to your address. You can then watch the progress using the app.

Cone Kid

Thanks for the information on the UPS my choice cone kid. Really cool, love the technology there. Low and behold mine is scheduled for tomorrow! Sweet!
Thank you!
Excited now.

Vguy

>>> This weed I stumbled upon recently is almost too hard to handle. Almost.

I think Jerry sings a song about that,,,,

"This is the bone that killed Bob Marley,,, won't kill me"

Keithfan

Thought of you last night.

Caught a few minutes of a Johnny Knoxville movie last night (I don't usually watch Johnny), call the Ringer. He was looking to enter the special Olympics to raise money and he's being pushed by his uncle to do it. And he was Uncle Gary! Is your Gary the kind of guy who'd enter the special Olympics?

The Box

THEY tell me tomorrow by 4,,, only have word on the box,,,, not the LP's

Box Set

No shipping notification yet. Checked my order on dead.net and it tells me it hasn’t shipped yet. Let’s hope this means it is being dispatched correctly to the UK and I might see it in three weeks or so with no extra freight charges. I notice my DaP 2019 subscription says #32 is released on 1st November so only a few weeks to go.

Speaking of 72...

I recently chatted with a CS rep and said we need a Fall 72 box, her response was that they are saving 72 for the Dave's Picks series, whether that will be next we'll see?.. ;)

Box 35 MI NE of Bong

Currently, my box is parked 35 miles Northeast of Bong. Delivery set for 9/20. :-)

4/2/73

I also agree that this monster show is killer. The 'Here comes sunshine' and 'eyes' shine. Most key songs are a generous length in sweet time. Can't wait for the giants box. 4/2/73 sat in limbo till a few comments made me whip it out. Peace.

Heh, dog star

Damn google voice translator.

Dennis would you believe i have an uncle dennis as well. He shipped me my Grateful Dead starter kit, with copies of Ladies & Gentlemen, Nassau, Dozin' and....what was the 4th one...anyway.

Moses Quasar - funny you mentioned saving the '72 shows for Dave's Picks, because I was mulling over where they might make the most money on the '72 shows. Tough to say. On the one hand those shows would be a great way to sell Dave's subscriptions, but on the other hand they could make a hefty bundle of cash on a box set. I think they need to strike while the iron's hot. I would venture to say demand for 1972 will never be higher than it is right now. It does stand to lose it's high stock price over time though, as Dead & Co won't last forever (definitely helps sales), and we ain't all getting younger.

DaP 21

I also revisited 4/2/73 after seeing the comments here the last couple of days, and it did not disappoint. Great sound and a smoking show throughout. As noted, the Eyes is pretty stellar.

1972

Like a fine wine in a vintage year.. these shows will likely cellar well for decades to come and do nothing but increase in value. Love them as I do, D&C is a mere thin and fizzy champagne in comparison.

Who knows what will become of all the 72 shows, when and how they will get released and I suspect not all are in the vault just yet. There appears to be shows that do circulate as glorious soundboards that Dave has not been able to get his grubby little paws on just yet.

I am also suspect that a customer service rep would give out details like this without them getting leaked to the real insiders.. but this is all speculation. I don't think this really gives us anything to go on.

One way to look at things from this point forward is.. when they break it all down, box sets vs. special releases vs. Dave's Picks all sell for about the same price per disc (give or take). This most recent box set is slated to sell 16k copies and it spans 87 through 91. The last box set will one day sell 15k copies. Dave's Picks is easily selling 20k copies and if they have to string us along with the occasional kind 1972 Normanized nugget, I'd call it pretty savvy marketing.

Either way, the business model is the same. They are spreading out the really good shows and in order to buy them, you have to get a box with a few crème de la crème with a few surrounding shows mixed in. The same with Dave's Picks. If you want the releases, they are going to temper the great with the other releasable shows that many people like and are still in high demand, yet not quite anthems.

That's all good with me. $100 a year plus a box and a vinyl disc or two.

As far as 1972, there are many in the fall that qualify as stupendous 5 star shows. My wish list is an October Fox Theatre box followed one week later by the rest of the August BCT shows in a box save the rest as tent poles to the Dave's Picks series. Vault crack, I know.. but hey I guy can dream, right?

I would settle with a 1972 Dave's Picks 32. That would be grand.

Subscription for Dave's Picks 2020

So we started at 12,000 and now we are at 20,000 a year. How do you make it jump to 21,000 or 22,000 for 2020...... Release a well known show to start the subscription process ..It won't be anything with the Allman Brothers either, because the potential as a stand alone release is much higher. 6/14/76 Beacon Theatre is a good example to start 2020 with or a 2/15/73 Dane County... . Hofheinz Pavilion 11/19/72. Something along those lines to make us all crazy. The fourth show for 2019 when you already close to being sold out, while I hope it is a 1972 show ,is more likely to be a one off show that is awesome but not talked about.... Sorry over served... bob t

I say drop it to 7,500 units....

....things would get ugly 😅

Customer Service Is Beyond Terrible...

No shipping notice. I called Customer Service they said order WAS CANCELLED!!! I check with my bank the full amount was withdrawn from my account on 8/5. Customer service said I was never charged and I have to dispute it by emailing a screen shot of my account to them. SOOOO They charged me, I have to prove it to them. Still haven't got my order and now the Blu-Ray appears to be unavailable. I'm beyond upset. Every release is a nightmare with this organization...

Giants box

Giants blu-ray box sold out just before reaching mailboxes. Wow.

Floyd

That blows. Did you pay by paypal? This is the best way for future payments.

BluRay Sold Out

Wow is right.

Doesn't surprise me that much.. hundreds of thousands of people were at these shows.

Garbage? I think not.

PM MaryE or Email Dr. Rhino. I bet they can get it straightened out. Consider buying the DVD perhaps, that will sell out in short order too at this point, especially once people get their first listens and some decide it in fact kicks ass.

I know I just wrote highly of 1972, and meant it.. but there was something in the water in the some of the later years, especially 89 (and 91). I just got of an 80's bender of sorts and it was remarkably refreshing.

Come on in boys.. the water is fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjWHBHlvAs

Flatbed Floyd

Did you receive an email with an order confirmation #?

Just to be safe when I place orders I also save as pdf a copy of the order confirm page.

I just added a Blu-ray Box to my cart and it didn’t say sold out.

Lol Jimbo

"D&C is a mere thin and fizzy champagne in comparison." Aptly stated!

No Doubt. I told myself I would never waste my time on them unless somebody offered me a free ticket. I'm going for the third time at the Garden in a couple of months. As my cousin said (and this is the same guy who showed up from Buffalo at my front door unannounced on July 7th 1989 with a JFK ticket for me), " there's no way we're going to get rained out of this one". If you recall I went with him to the Camden New Jersey show and got rained out two songs into the second set. I bitched about it here for a couple of posts and then moved on.

I agree, the 72 shows age like fine wine. I was just thinking that there won't be as many fine wine connoisseurs in demand of these shows in another five years. Doesn't mean the wines getting any worse, just means the demand for it getting less. I hope I'm right and that Pinkus and Lemieux are thinking along those lines, only because I'm selfish and I want them released as soon.

I've been enjoying the live stuff from January of 69 that was released with the anniversary edition of Aoxomoxoa. Clementine, Alligator, New Potato Caboose. There are many factors of course, but the difference in sounds from eta to era Thai in so largely to Jerry's guitar and rig. I absolutely love the Gibson SG. All the great players were using it in 69 & 70: Garcia, Townshend, Mick Taylor, Hendrix.....and later Angus Young. They're the guys I'm most familiar with, I'm sure they were other greats who used it. I was at a store called Woodstock, coincidentally on the anniversary back in August. They had a band playing on the front lawn, and the guitar player was using none other than the classic Gibson SG. I was ten feet from him and took several pictures, as I've never been that close to one that wasn't behind glass.

Ha

I knew that comment would come back and bite me.

Don't get me wrong, I love what D&C are doing and really enjoy seeing them. They are on to something.. but 72 has some of the better moments the band ever did. I meant this as more praise for 72 than a detraction for what's going on now.

Besides.. I like champagne, just not as much as a good vintage Bordeaux or Burgundy.

If that makes sense. I do have a strong respect for what the boys are doing now and am so appreciative and grateful they are still out there doing it. Wish ticket prices were a bit lower, I like to be in the pit.

GD72 and D&C

GD72 is the Sun
D&C is Pluto

part of the same system, each with its charms

GD72 is the POWERHOUSE
D&C is interesting

only 8 years old in 72, so I didn't attend shows that year
55 years old at 1st D&C show this past June. It was nice.

Box Set Arrived

Blu Ray Limited Edition # 590 of !0,000. Looks great, Playing the 87 concert right now.

Box on the porch

when I got home today, and it is very nice. What a nice little package, all box sets should be this size. Glad I did not not order. Can't wait to dive into this baby, 91 is one of my favorite years and with Bruce, that makes it a seven man band. gimme, gimme, gimme, slobber>drool. Got the entire weekend to relish this beauty, ahhhhh, I wonder what the poor people are doing this fine day. I think I will sit back and crack a cold one and roll up a big fatty and enjoy this flashback. To compare D&C to the Grateful Dead is just.....wrong. After I listen to this a few times, I will report my findings.

Most User-Friendly Box Yet!

I love these buy n forget, no stress Grateful Dead gems that are announced with a faint knock by U.P.S. Ground. If my music was on I may have missed the single knock or was it the sound of the 12x8x3.5 box hitting the ground and bottom of door. I was one of the "No Tracking Numbers" recieved this time too. After a brief review of the contents I must say, if all the disc play glitch-free "This box may be the most UserFriendly offered to us yet".

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