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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: 90’s/ SIxtus

    “Re: 90'S
    .....LOVE the 9/10/91 show - talk about a full stage how cow.

    On my ride in today I pulled out 6/17/91....a personal favorite that blasts out of the gate with that EPIC 16 min+ Eyes of the World...full on Bruce and Jerry dueling...utter sweetness. Then of course they tease the hell out of Dark Star the rest of this show but never actually play it.
    Feel the 90's love my friends. FEEL IT!!!”
    Happy Friday in Deadland
    SIxtus...
    ...great post SIxtus, I concur my friend. 🙏❤️😎

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    .....LOVE the 9/10/91 show - talk about a full stage how cow.

    On my ride in today I pulled out 6/17/91....a personal favorite that blasts out of the gate with that EPIC 16 min+ Eyes of the World...full on Bruce and Jerry dueling...utter sweetness. Then of course they tease the hell out of Dark Star the rest of this show but never actually play it.
    Feel the 90's love my friends. FEEL IT!!!

    Happy Friday in Deadland
    SIxtus

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    hbob1995 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

    Hey man, glad to see you back on this site, I know, those hoops and hollers they make us jump thru to get on are sometimes ridiculous. I also concur your comment ie 12 Dreams, an excellent lp showing the original line up in their best form. I asked Randy about this album long ago, as it was also one of mine (and just about everyone's) favorite back in the day. Being the humble person he was, he said that it was a good time unfortunately, the band had split up by the time the lp had been released, so they just did not get to bask in the revelry of this great music. His worst memory of that time is that they were kept out of the line up for Woodstock. He and Cass so wanted to go but their manager at the time had them scheduled for studio time and did not think it was such a big deal. Boy, was he wrong. They were working on the songs from 12 Dreams when Woodstock went down and can you imagine what would have happened if they had been there? Would have been included in the film and on the lp? They would have been huge and that lp would have went triple platinum for sure. But it was not to be. Talk about a missed opportunity. Can you imagine seeing Randy and Jimi playing together again? That too could have happened as they knew each other very well from back in the day when Randy was the "other" guitar player in Jimi James and the Blue Flames. Now that would have been one hell of a jam.
    Daverock, shoot me a pm and your email address, I will hook you up with some killer Randy.

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    *RE/ 1990’s

    ...spinning September 10th 1991, Madison square garden, NY. with guest performer - Branford Marsalis ! Excellent Mix!!! And Daverock , this is a jazzy concert from start to finish from the band, truly remarkable! The band seems to mend all of their past eras into one beautiful concert, primo😉
    🙏❤️😎
    Hears are some reviews,

    http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-10-1991

    http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/07/september-10-1991-with-branford-…

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    Swing history

    Whilst rummaging down the rabbit hole that is Wikipedia I discovered that on September the 11th 1981 a light aircraft crashed into the venue damaging it iraparably, at the same time the dead were playing down the road at the Greek . 😾🙀😾🙀

  • #246
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    $4.00 Ticket to the Swing

    To be fair.. that same $4.00 ticket would be worth $16.88 today, accounting for inflation.

    Ok.. I concede your point. :D

    On the flip side, albums (sorry CD's, sorry Streams.. sorry flacs) are significantly cheaper, adjusted for inflation, then they were in 1977 (which was more or less a peak in album prices, adjusted for inflation, see link below).

    http://theunderstatement.com/post/3377858909/album-prices

    One man gathers what another man spills....

    Edit: I would have killed to be there... I would have paid at least $6, perhaps $7, maybe $8.

  • #247
    in_2_it_2
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    Some Swing Auditorium History

    December 13, 1969 Grateful Dead/Country Joe and The Fish/Flying Burrito Brothers

    The Grateful Dead began a fruitful history with the Swing Auditorium on this day. It being the Dead and all, there's a tape and even some quite amazing photos on the Archive. --- Tickets were $4.00 for this show. The Zeppelin / Jethro Tull show at the Swing was also $4.00

    How much is Bobby charging now a days?

  • #248
    CaseyJanes
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    Just acquired these digitally....all of them except maybe for the last 2? Let me know my friends if any of you would like some love....happy to provide....send me a pm!

    KCJ

  • #249
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    Lovemygirl

    Check your pm.

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    Daverock

    Sorry, I do not. Just the one, and it is showing some wear. Definitely been used and used.

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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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