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You need the Winterland 73 Box.
Hope yours has the bonus disc.

Yes, $99 was the price.
Several months ago there was an unopened one on eBay for $120 (if my memory serves me correctly).

Starting the day off mellow with a palate cleanse of Obscurred By Clouds on 180g vinyl.

Perithecat, I see there have already been a few responses on this that lay things out pretty well, but I just listened to that whole box pretty recently and really enjoyed the whole run again. Overall the sound is excellent for those shows and while the 11/11 Dark Star is definitely a highlight, there is a lot of good stuff spread throughout all three shows. Also, since I love to rationalize the purchase of more dead shows, let me point out that the price of this box has been rising and may go higher in the future, so you could be saving yourself money by purchasing it now. Money you could then use to purchase more dead in the future;)

The Winterland 73 box originally sold for $99, a bargain, and it was not limited edition. Winterland 77, the same price and also not limited. 77 goes for big bucks on eBay now, hard to find one for under $400 and I have seen some for $1500, which to me is crazy. I do believe these three shows in June are some of the best sounding recordings and performances of 77.

The Winterland 73 box is awesome, to my elephant ears sounds a tich better than PNW. Still can be bought new on Ebay for $199, just need to poke around.
Some guys are trying to sell this one for over $500.
Oh and there are no vocal dropouts in this box, unlike PNW.

Would love to see Rhino make these both available again. Shit, charge $199, it would still be a bargain!

As Jim said, some overlap setlist wise, but that doesn't mean too much given it's 5 months after the June '73 shows and 6 months before the May '74 shows, which can be an eternity in Dead time. The Dark Star from 11/11 is the biggest highlight to me, 35 min of high energy jazzy Dead, reminiscent of Veneta 8/27/72 in some aspects, but mainly the fact that it chugs along with little of the real dissonant sections. The version of The Sequence from 11/10 is my favorite of the 3 iterations (11/10/73, 11/17/73 DaP5, 3/23/74 DP 24), you get 3 great Weather Report Suites, a 1st set Brokedown Palace, and a Here Comes Sunshine. When it originally came out, it was $100, so $190 isn't too bad. It seems it finally sold out in the last 2 years or so, and hasn't hit the $500-600 Winterland 77 goes for.

The last PNW 73-74 shows I had on was just the other day, the 6/24/73 mainly for the Dark Star, then I went to 5/17/74, just to check sound quality again. Some really good stuff in there, should probably camp out for another week or so on that, but not this week...

Also, DaP 17 7/19/74 came upon my playlist recently as I wanted to hear a Wall of Sound era show that I recalled having less sound calibration going on in thenfirst couple songs, and that 29 min Playing was calling me, as was the He's Gone> US Blues, Weather Report Suite> Spanish Jam> Eyes> China Doll. Skipped Seastones after a few min. What a fantastic release this one was! Not a huge fan of US Blues, but for that couple months in 1974, I can dig it; the one out of the WRS> JAM on DP12 is fantastic, as is this one out of a great (if blown in a couple parts) He's Gone. Then that magnificent WRS fades into a definite Spanish Jam that is labeled as just Jam for whatever reason.

Lastly, the Bonus Disc on DaP 18, from 7/16/76 is pretty nice, for someone in the mood for a little more laid back jamming.

Thanks for that , I’ll sleep on it . 😺

There's a lot of similarities between Winterland 73 and the PNW Box. I recall when it came out people complaining about the sound, but I thought it sounded great.. similar to what we saw in the PNW box.. The setlists have some overlaps.

I would say Winterland 73 is more representative of a three show run, so you get more depth / width in the song selection from a specific time. You also get a couple To Lay Me Down's, which is nice and you don't get that in the PNW Box.. the whole run is really nice and you get two really stand-out shows in 11/10 and 11/11/73.

11/10 has the terrific second set sequence Playin' In The Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playin' In The Band

...and 11/11 has that outstanding Dark Star > Mind Left Body > Eyes of the World > China Doll. That sequence is terrific, perhaps one of the stand-out shows of the year if that's fair to say, there were many stand-out's in late '73.

I hope that helps.. it's not night and day different, just a little more highly focused for that period of time (Fall 73). I can't advise if it's worth the extra coin or not - that's a decision you have to make.

Can anyone tell me what the cost of this box set was when it was released , and weather it’s any good . I can pick one up on eBay for around £150 ( $ 190 ) and need to know if I need it . I already have the PNW box and wonder if there’s much difference in style .
Thanks all 😸😸😸😸

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