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    An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

    We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

    Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

    Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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    Re: Sad Day

    Are you referring to Shawn Smith's passing?

    I missed the 4/7/72 show yesterday, but am going strong today. The Truckin' medley has just begun. Then I'm going straight into 4/8.

    Last 5

    DP 27
    Ace Frehley Anomaly
    DaP 28
    DaP 29
    DL Series 4/17/69 This is a great show. Well worth the effort to download.

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    sad day in music history

    The Café has gone dark...

    thank you...for a real good time

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    New Riders of the Purple Sage - Panama Red
    Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
    Grateful Dead - Lindley Meadows 9/28/75
    Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card ( saw it on VGuys list and thought why not, always dug Games People Play)
    David Bowie - Low (dig the instrumental tracks on the second half of the album, cool stuff with Brian Eno)

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    Thanks for the reminder Keith Fan!! I put on disc one. It's been a while since I played this. They are much tighter than the AOM run. This is Donna's first show, right? She sounds great on GSET. This is really hitting the spot. It is going to be difficult to listen to a show a day.

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    Vooooo

    In the “Spirit” of things, yuck, yuck, I’ve got the first part of the 4/7 second set (from steppin’ out?) and vooooooooooo left a smokin’ crater indeed! I’d say opening night the boys were pretty psyched for the tour!
    Have the 4/8 Dark Star etc queued up for after dinner......ahhhhhhh
    “Groooooovin’, ....on a Sunday afternoon.......”

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    BIODTL....

    ....they shred that tune today. 😎

  • #187
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    Big Boss Mannn....

    ....don't get me started.

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    Roy's Blues

    You can't mention Roy Buchanan without ol' Led chiming in. Like Jeff Beck and David Gilmour, God was in this man's fingers. Oh and in a good year you could paint Jerome John Garcia into that picture.

    Live From Town Hall 1974 was the last major release I believe - it's solid. A great place to start would be 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection. And for shits and grins, it doesn't get much better than this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWIAqVXT4O4

    \m/

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    E72 anniversary already?....

    ....uh,oh, I want to know, what I want to know, where does the time go. That's an exercise in deaddom to tackle every awesome show on it's date. Good Lord. I'm gonna give it the ole' college try. 4.7.72 commences. GSET to get the party started. Could be worse....

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    Comes A Time>Franklin's Tower ... 10/15/76 Shrine Auditorium

    Last Comes A Time until May 1 Palladium show... Listen to the second set of this show. Starts off with an Eyes of the World> Music Never Stopped. Its a great sound board all the way to about 8:30 into Comes a Time, but then we get a Rob Bertrando awesome audience tape... The transition between Comes A Time and Franklin's is awesome.

    Two shows sandwiched between the two 10/9 & 10/10 Oakland shows (Dick's Picks something) and the 12/31 Cow Palace show. Sort of like being a middle child... So in summary, Set II 10/15/76 but if you are too busy please listen to the Comes A Time> Franklin's... have a great weekend... Bob t

    Last Franklin's before the Swing!!!! Ha Ha

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Submitted by hbob1995 on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 11:15

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So we still don't have a track listing for this. Weird.
The guessing is killing me! Lol

Rock on

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Submitted by unkle sam on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:29

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Thanks everyone for making this a great forum to be a part of and to read thru, this was a good one. Now, on to 1/2>3/70 #30.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:39

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Right on Uncle Sam
I'd think most may agree, this thread helped get our collective mojo back.
Whether it was the awesomeness of the 'Schwiiiing' or just that the time was right, the metamorphosis is hard to ignore. I trust it will carry over with the momentum in tow aiming at the prime time rockabilly-fest in 2/3/70.

Peace All
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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 20:13

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The more things change.. the more they remain the same.
Be good all, I hope things equalize on the DaP 30 thread.

Seriously, here's to humanity, civility, good karma and doing, and saying, things that help us all.

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Submitted by nitecat on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 21:17

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Yes thanks to all for making this a great thread. Furthur!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 04/21/2019 - 05:01

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...see you guys later Aligator! 😉
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Submitted by Diggey on Sun, 05/12/2019 - 06:51

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Hey all, if you missed this release, I have one available. $25 plus shipping. Send me a PM.

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Submitted by Diggey on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 17:53

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I hope I'm not breaking any rules and can delete this if I am. I have some Dead cds and Dave's Picks for sale and wanted to put them up here. I'm not trying to get rich, just movin' out some clutter. Send me a message and payPal preferred. shipping is included for all of them listed. Thanks

San Francisco, The Warfield 10/9 and 10/10/80- Record Store Day CD- $16 shipping included
Dave's Picks 27- Boise State U, 9/2/83- $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 28- Capital Theater, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 29- Swing Auditorium, San Bernadino, Ca, 2/26/77 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 30- Fillmore East, NY, 1/2/70 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 30- Bonus CD- Fillmore East, NY, 1/3/70 - $30 shipping included

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