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clayv

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During the mid-1970s, the Grateful Dead saga was unfolding like a Greek classic. The Sisyphean Wall Of Sound had nearly broken the band. From it spawned a Medusa head of countless side projects, all deliciously fruitful but woefully not the same as the whole. The chorus lay in wait, pondering the reemergence of their heroes, and wondering if "THE LAST ONE" had really been it...

But in early 1976, Apollonian light and healing would shine upon our intrepid wanderers once again. No more epic battles for the people with cops and lines and tightness, the Dead would return triumphant in smallness, playing intimate theaters and renting equipment along the way. No more ticket scams and greedy promoters, they'd give back with first ever mail-order ticket program, one that had a few kinks to work out but eventually served the fans well.

Musically, June 1976 signaled a Golden Age of harmony and prosperity for the Dead. It marked an Odysseusian-like return for Mickey Hart. Donna Jean was in lock-step with the sirens' call. Jerry and Bob delivered orphic delight with solo musings like "Mission In The Rain" (the only tour they ever played it on), "The Wheel," and "Cassidy," emboldened by group effort. There was fresh repertoire from Blues For Allah, breathing new life to the Dead's continually morphing sound - as Weir once said of the '76 tour, they wanted to play "a little bit of all of it." Old favorites were re-envisioned with cascading tempos and unique sequencing, making the crowd question if they'd ever heard these songs before. And there was comfort and joy in the familiarity of watching the band make it up as they went along. By all means, it was clear that the bacchanalia of live Dead would reign on.

And now the revelry from this epoch, evidenced by the near-studio quality sound captured on two-track live recordings by Betty Cantor-Jackson, lives on, bolstered by Jeffrey Norman's HDCD mastering. It's housed for posterity in a handsome box featuring original art work by Justin Helton. It’s documented in liners by Jesse Jarnow and photos by Grant Gouldon. And it’s ready for a spot on your shelf.

As part of our pre-order for this Dead.net exclusive boxed set, we'll be delivering downloads of each listening party - one for each show included in JUNE 1976 - to purchasers from now until the March 20th release. Order at any time before release and you'll receive all the listening parties to date.

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 12,000

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 15 Discs

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/10/76

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/11/76

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/15/76

Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 6/19/76

Sourced from Two-Track Master Tapes, Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson

Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman

Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

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March 24, 2020 - 7:29pm

#1161

Slow Dog Noodle

Joined:
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never ever saw the northern lights

farmhouse is an underrated song

each betrayal begins with trust
March 24, 2020 - 7:15pm

#1162

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Trey is pumping out a song every day for the last five days....

....while in self quarantine. Thats awesome. Not hoping it turns into a box set however, if you catch my drift.
March 24, 2020 - 7:04pm

#1163

Slow Dog Noodle

Joined:
June 12, 2007

Whoa

I forgot Europe '72. Probably in there before Spring '90 TOO. As Jim mentioned, 1st sets are very similar. I also tire of Pig's 20 minute rants in Lovelight and Good Lovin'. They haven't aged well. There is some absolutely killer stuff in there though. The Dark Stars and Other Ones are amazing on the whole. I also love Two Souls in Communion and Chinatown Shuffle from the Pig.

Too early to rank in the '76 box. It needs to age like a good cheese.
March 24, 2020 - 7:01pm

#1164

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

I didn't cook up Trey and Jill's chili recipe....

....but I have a screwdriver on ice and ready for the second set.
Edit. Runaway Jim to open the second set. That makes me smile.
March 24, 2020 - 6:58pm

#1165

Slow Dog Noodle

Joined:
June 12, 2007

Gnarlywood

Currently jamming Dinner and a Movie with Phish. Sounds great. I missed the Billy Martin John Medeski live stream the other night. Anyone catch that one?

I'm loving the box. Setlist are a bit repetitive, but its holding my interest fine. Of particular mention tonight were the segues between Let it Grow to Dancing in the Streets and then the segue from Dancing to Cosmic Charlie on the Capital Theater show. Very nice.

Also, the Help Slip Franklin on the 1st show at Boston Music Hall has one of the finest transitions from Help into Slip and then Slip in Franklins that i've ever heard. Thats a spot they rarely nailed past '77 and they really drill it here. Cosmic.

Sorry to hear about losing the job Carlo. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue to work from home but i haven't lost sight of the fact that we're all a circumstance or two removed from losing the stability we so cherish. Once this is over we should be able to bounce back well and I hope you find a situation that you're excited about, whatever that may be.

Ranking box sets is tough. I wasn't able to pick up the Fillmore West set, and its not worth to me the current asking prices. Since '73 is my jam I find myself going to PNW quite often. 6-22-73 is a top 5 all-time show for me and worth the price of admission alone. I think the sound of these shows is among the best ever released.

1. 30 trips - something for everyone
2. Winterland '73 - three amazing shows from peak dead
3. PNW '73 and '74 - sound quality and 6-22-73 show make this box special
4. Spring '90 - The Other One - Sounds quality and varied set-lists make this one special. I also love Bobby's sound in this era.
5. Spring '77 (1st Box) - 5-12-77 is a serious sleeper, Tuscaloosa is a top 10 show and St. Louis is so great - Brokedown encore
6. July '78 - Arrowhead is a little gem. Both Red Rocks shows are tops. The middle two lag a bit.
7. Giant's Stadium - the '87 show changed the way I look at '87. What if all '87 was recorded in multitrack? Both '89 shows rip. The Eyes '91 show is great but past my wheelhouse.
8. Get Shown the Light - The buffalo show steals the box. Cornell is hyped but Dancing is best all-time. I can't get into the New Haven show. There' so much '77 out there its tough for this box to shine for me.

Somebody asked about the outside cardboard box on the new box. I save them all, but agree, the way they packaged this one doesn't lend itself to saving it, since you have to cut it down the middle. I'll probably force the issue and save it though.

Thinking about getting a 35th anniversary PRS Custom 24. Anybody have anything to say about Custom 24 vs McCarty 594?
March 24, 2020 - 6:43pm

#1166

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
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Well, that sucks Billy

Tell them you’ll show up with a trash bag and they can drop it in.
March 24, 2020 - 6:38pm

#1167

carlo13

Joined:
April 26, 2017

Panasonic

I broke out my Panasonic portable tape player and played broome county 11/6/77 and now realize how grateful we are to have any of these boxes and Daps. The difference is night and day for the most part. How sweet it is. I think of the days we compared tape quality from show to show. The only drawback was most tapes were traded and never purchased. Sometimes a joint or two for transaction fees. Peace. P.S. Billy the kid--that blows my friend.
March 24, 2020 - 6:32pm

#1168

billy the kid

Joined:
December 3, 2019

All good things in all good time.

"Due to global health events beyond our control, your package is being held for delivery at a later date."
March 24, 2020 - 6:02pm

#1169

Gratefulhan

Joined:
June 6, 2007

Ripping and organizing...

My better half recently purchased a new and highly functional desktop. Of course these new desktops do not come with CD ROMs so I actually have to buy that separately now. Once I do that my entire collection of music is getting ripped on to the computer and also to back up external hard drive. Up until this point I have been putting music on my work computer. Since work is on hiatus and time at home is plentiful, I can certainly get on this.

I think will follow suit with all GD music and by year. As a matter of fact I will probably upload each sequentially by year. Then I will further organize them into playlists by date. Coincidentally, about 2 years ago, I put together a list of shows that were officially released but are pulled from multiple releases. For example 10/11/77 (although not complete) is pulled from DP 29 hidden tracks and for RT Vol. 1 N. 2. so all of those tracks along with other shows similar to this will go into a playlist in order. This is something I have wanted to do for a while so it will be fun.

I think this has already been mentioned but for those that are interested, that Aquatic Band from Vermont is streaming their show from 8/31/12 for free on their YouTube channel. I am listening to it now - its good stuff.
March 24, 2020 - 5:13pm

#1170

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Muleskinner, itunes

Too late to change your iTunes library, but here’s how I do it just for discussion and/or amusement.

Playlist Folder: Grateful Dead (each band gets a playlist folder)
-> Playlist Folder: for GD each year gets a playlist folder (other bands don’t have enough releases for years to need separate folders)
-> -> Playlist: each show is a separate playlist

Info for each track:
Band: Grateful Dead
Album: the venue the show was at
Album Artist: name of the commercial release - DP#, DaP#, GSTL, S90, S90TOO, E72, FW69, etc.

I then highlight all the tracks of a show and drag the tracks to a folder on another HD. The track info I entered comes along as metadata and is displayed on the screen of my music players (ALAC) and on the dashboard screen in my car (AAC 320 kbps). I use 2 Mac Mini’s and have different audio formats in separate iTunes so they don’t get mixed together (lossless and lossy, a mixup could be a travesty. When riding in the car AAC is good enough due to road noise, and my car only plays lossy mp3).

I use iTunes to manage my iPod Classic which I upgraded to 1 TB with an iFlash Quad adapter (that story has been posted a few time before). The iPod uses ALAC.

Track names are made so that a computer will always order the files chronologically:

GD 1976-06-14 T10 TN Jed (that’s what’s playing right now)

OCD?
What you talkin’ ‘bout Willis?
That’s called organization.

Edit:
Every show gets its own folder and songs from different shows that are released together get broken up into their respective show.

John Perry Barlow

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During the mid-1970s, the Grateful Dead saga was unfolding like a Greek classic. The Sisyphean Wall Of Sound had nearly broken the band. From it spawned a Medusa head of countless side projects, all deliciously fruitful but woefully not the same as the whole. The chorus lay in wait, pondering the reemergence of their heroes, and wondering if "THE LAST ONE" had really been it...

But in early 1976, Apollonian light and healing would shine upon our intrepid wanderers once again. No more epic battles for the people with cops and lines and tightness, the Dead would return triumphant in smallness, playing intimate theaters and renting equipment along the way. No more ticket scams and greedy promoters, they'd give back with first ever mail-order ticket program, one that had a few kinks to work out but eventually served the fans well.

Musically, June 1976 signaled a Golden Age of harmony and prosperity for the Dead. It marked an Odysseusian-like return for Mickey Hart. Donna Jean was in lock-step with the sirens' call. Jerry and Bob delivered orphic delight with solo musings like "Mission In The Rain" (the only tour they ever played it on), "The Wheel," and "Cassidy," emboldened by group effort. There was fresh repertoire from Blues For Allah, breathing new life to the Dead's continually morphing sound - as Weir once said of the '76 tour, they wanted to play "a little bit of all of it." Old favorites were re-envisioned with cascading tempos and unique sequencing, making the crowd question if they'd ever heard these songs before. And there was comfort and joy in the familiarity of watching the band make it up as they went along. By all means, it was clear that the bacchanalia of live Dead would reign on.

And now the revelry from this epoch, evidenced by the near-studio quality sound captured on two-track live recordings by Betty Cantor-Jackson, lives on, bolstered by Jeffrey Norman's HDCD mastering. It's housed for posterity in a handsome box featuring original art work by Justin Helton. It’s documented in liners by Jesse Jarnow and photos by Grant Gouldon. And it’s ready for a spot on your shelf.

As part of our pre-order for this Dead.net exclusive boxed set, we'll be delivering downloads of each listening party - one for each show included in JUNE 1976 - to purchasers from now until the March 20th release. Order at any time before release and you'll receive all the listening parties to date.

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 12,000

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 15 Discs
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/10/76
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/11/76
Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76
Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/15/76
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 6/19/76
Sourced from Two-Track Master Tapes, Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

Ordered.

Good times to be a Head . . .

love it

happy days

Suh-weet! Stealth announcement.

Ordered, looking forward to this arriving next month. I bet we get two this year.

Stoked for this one! But…

Stoked for this one! But what’s new with that?

Early box might be because of 50th anniversary releases coming later in the year.

[edit] ....aaaand Dave confirms in the seaside chat that it’s going to be a busy year of releases, so wanted to get this one to us with time to breathe around it.

oh yeah

very nice ordered,,, sounds a little cleaner than my current copy. This appears to give us the complete (?) boston run. 6-9 is a road trip and 6-12 has parts (have to say parts with a boston accent).

Will NOT tell wife. She informed me to stop buying until I get a job.

Is it proper to tell wife of 40 years, fuck you?

Around & Around ~ 6.19.76

There it is !!!!!! !

Dave L. Toss in 7.13.76 Orpheum Theatre bonus cuts. Was just listening to this one. What happened to release of final Orpheum performance?

1976 shows are fire sauce. This is going to be a smokin hot box set desert island Dead. I missed the giants stadium set. Gotta get this one

I went to Hampton Coliseum for dead and company in November. One of the discs spinning was 6.29.76. Pure gold

Other 1976 shows I have heard recently are from Portland, Rochester, Columbus, and Cincinnati. All of the are really sweet.

Sugaree from Columbus is really cool

9.26.72 ~ Bird Song ~ about ten minutes in. Jerry sends in the Mind melters

June 76

Was just thinking about this when I was thinking of what years have not seen a boxset yet.

I guessed 5 shows on fifteen discs but wrong year. Do I get half credit? haha

Nice

Was just reading the Rob Eaton story about the Betty boards return. This looks immensely cool.

I guess I better do my taxes now and hope it's still available when I get my returns. These always seem to come out at the time when I'm strapped. I suspect this will be available for a little while, but you never know.

Vinyl?

Anybody know if they are going to put one of these shows on vinyl like they normally do for the box sets?

4 winds

No prize, but you get to buy.

June 76/ far out!

Fantastic choice Dave, I just bought two copies, one for me and one for my brother. This one is gonna go fast. Thanks for releasing this great music.

'76 Box

Sweet. I've already got all of these except 6/14 and they have always been some of the best played and sounding shows in my vault.

...but you know these are gonna sound waaaay better. And with these shows, that's saying something.
Get 'em while they're hot folks...
:O)

Box Announcement

Schwing!

Dennis. No way!

Looks like LMG was right. And Dave mentioned something big coming out in the fall. Can't believe how excited I am. Is something wrong with me?

Peace folks.

I'm in

locked and loaded - was even able to use the discount they gave me for the no show of JULY 78
fingers crossed should get it by Christmas .

Live at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, 6/10/1976 Digital Single

What is this: Live at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, 6/10/1976 Digital Single?
The set comes with the whole 6/10/76 show, so what is this single about? What's the point?

Sold!

I’ve been asking for these shows for years.

And what’s really crazy, I was going to post something about them this morning, but was late for work so didn’t.

Hey, Bolo was right about this one.

76!

I was just listening to Dicks #20 over the weekend. I ordered it also and I hope to get it by December also - fingers and eyes crossed.

'72 or '73 Box

Coming this fall? Or will it be Spectrum '89?

Ordered

Well that’s the easy bit. Ordered without any problems. Let’s hope I survive the holiday in Algeria at the end of March now that I have something to look forward to :))

Plangentized too

Originally had all of the shows on cassettes, then CD-R, then digital upgrades. Can’t wait to hear them all polished up.
6-19 has always been an FM copy, so that’s the biggest upgrade.
They’re all grate but 6-14 has always been my favorite.

Dennis

Fuck Off seems to work slightly better, not quite as personal, lol

Mbarilla

perhaps we won’t see as that one is widely circulated CD copy from radio broadcast? But great show for sure!

ICCK

Congrats, I know you’ve been jonesing for this one for a long time 😃

Good Medicine

A sincere thank you for this. Been on my box set wish list for a while now.

Fuuuuuuuuuuck Yesssssssssss!!!....

....happy camper here!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Can't believe this one - has my favorite show of all time included....6/11/76

HAPPY DAY DEADFREAKS!

Sixtus

Here's a true story........

Last night I'm in the basement, to spin on the bike. My GD collection upstairs is 1966-1975. Downstairs I keep 1976-1995. So I pick the Capitol 6-17-76 (DaP 28) to listen to whilst spinning. Some amazing playing that reminded me that not all '76 is languid, which is my stereotyping of that year. Let's face it, every year has killer shows and ho-hum shows. So when this sucker popped into my email in-box, I thought, well, that's synchronicity. Then I looked at the show dates.

I was in Boston for one of the four nights in June '76 and clearly remember getting hassled by street walkers en route to the show and on the drive home we had to pull over and sleep in the car.

I caught one of the two nights at the Beacon in NYC. Not sure which.

And I caught the night at the Capitol when they opened with Help On the Way, which is in this box.

So, good chance this box delivers 2-3 shows I attended that year.

And let me say this: they returned from their hiatus in June and played 19 shows -- fresh, excited, etc.

Finally, I think Dave has an obligation to get as many ABCD/returned Betty Boards released as swiftly as possible and this continues that trend of the past 3-4 years. Very glad to have this. And maybe we get another in the fall???

Dennis, try this:

Use a bad British accent and say, Folk offff!

been waiting for this one

took a couple few tries to order, things must be jammin' now

charged up & fresh

been waiting for this one

took a couple few tries to order, things must be jammin' now

charged up & fresh

sorry please remove copies

funny sticky buttons

Happy Crampers and Sleep Walkers???

I think my goggles has gotten boggled… does that really say Dancing>The Wheel>Sugar Mag Scarlet Begonias>SSDD?? Have to check that out! 6/15/76 happening to be the one of the four I’m not familiar with.

Looking forward to this (I've over due for a new box).

Too boxes !

Too Boxsets you say , I’m so grateful, keep up the amazing work Dead Team!!!🙏❤️😎💀🌹💀🌹😳

Can You Pass The Acid Test?

DaP 33 was my “acid test” - if it arrived safe and sound, with no hassle, then I’d feel confident The Great Warehouse Debacle Of ‘19 was behind us, and all systems “Go!” to order with confidence again - it was received without a hitch, just like the days of yore, so no problem seeing my way to order this June 1976 gem of a box set!!! (I hope everyone has had similar good fortune.). Hurry up Spring!!!

Early Box

This is an excellent surprise, I hadn't expected an announcement anytime soon, let alone a box due 3/20. As much as I liked DaP28 6/17/76 and '76 in general, I am psyched for this box. I know you can't judge a show by the set list, but the set lists for these shows look pretty cool. Thought about waiting to order, then thought about missing out and put the order in now. Curious to see what the rest of the year brings.

76 Box Set

Just ordered, 5 complete shows wow, can't wait !

I like 1976

Yep, 76 is fine with me!*

*Just so my "picky deadhead" credentials are not tarnished:
I am disappointed that this will likely delay the release of the remastered multi-track recording of 7/18/76!

I have no interest…

I have no interest whatsoever in this June '76 box. None. Zero. It's gonna be a long wait to see what NEXT year will bring us. First time I've questioned a decision to release.

Help Me! I need Road Trips Boston Music Hall 6/9/1976

If anyone could grace me with a copy of this out-of-print Road Trips, I'd be grateful.

Not sure how I missed this one, but it's too expensive on the secondary market.

Perhaps I could send something you're missing in return.

I also spy with my third eye....

....a new bottle opener goes on sale on 3/20 as well. A perfect gift for CaseyJanes to settle our superbowl bet. He has everything! But he doesn't have that. Me either. Two please!

Seventies Dead

My favorite era. Totally stoked for this one. Order process went smoothly.

Jimi and the Road Trip

check you pm's sir.

76 box -first box of year

Well, nobody saw this coming. I'm in. Mabey.

@HendrixFreak - Help on the Way

I sent you a PM.

Well that put an abrupt end

To the Dap 33 thread 😸😸😸

Hey carlo13

Did you get a cheeky 15% discount voucher for your July 78 no show ?

Not lovin’ it.

At this point releasing any ‘70s box set is redundant. It’s now just a matter of whether I’ll be disciplined enough to pass on this one, as I certainly don’t need it.

Peri

Actually I received a 20 percent discount when I sent a text to rhino about the 3 month wait on the july 78 box and they apologized for the delay. So I used it to buy the Nightfall of diamonds show. They finally said no stock left. Sad. But I did buy one on ebay for $180.

Bolo

Did bolo mention boston for the next box?

Not lovin' it either

I wouldn't go as far as Patagonian Fox in saying that releasing any box sets from the 1970s is now redundant. But releasing anymore from between 1976-1978 may be. At least until the primary years are properly served. ie 1966-1969.

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