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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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April 1, 2020 - 1:53pm

#891

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

Better Call Saul

Also a fantastic show, also a story of Jimmy's evolution into Saul, step by step choice by choice. I would argue that as Saul has progressed Jimmy has become more true to his own inner self, but I am a season behind - I watch things on disc. And yes, Jim, that is a great scene with Ken getting duped in the bar by "Viktor" and "Giselle". Did you remember that Ken was in Breaking Bad? He was the obnoxious dude on his bluetooth in line in front of Walt at the bank, and later when Walt encountered him at the gas station, I think driving a BMW with a "KENWINS" license plate, Walt makes a few adjustments and sets his car on fire. Also, that bar scene turned me on to The Supreme Beings of Leisure, their tune Golddigger was playing in the background in the bar at some point as a I recall. Catchy tune and once I saw the band name I was intrigued. Who wouldn't like being a Supreme Being of Leisure, right? Different but sort of smooth and cool stuff. But I digress...
April 1, 2020 - 1:38pm

#892

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Re:

What Charlie said. Amazing recap, good job.

I was working late one night channel surfing just to have some ambient noise and I happened to dial into the beginning of the very first episode. That's all it took, I was hooked and watched it whenever I could until it ended. I recently got (almost) caught up on Better Call Saul and am just starting the new season, I enjoy it too.. not quite as dark and more whimsical. Educational too, for example, never make a bet or initiate a financial commitment to someone you have never met while getting drunk at bar. Just sayin'

I somewhat recently discovered Silicon Valley, which recently ended.. but that's quite funny and makes for good binge watching. If you like dark humor, Barry is good.. if you don't mind mocking mega rich televangelists, the Righteous Gemstones is out there and really funny. I recently got into Narcos Mexico on Netflix. If you were around that year Mexican weed suddenly got really, really good.. it does a great job of telling explaining how that came to be and who was responsible. I am just getting to the El Chapo part in season 2. Tunnels.. crafty smuggler.. they just found a big one and $30M in drugs yesterday, bet chapo is rolling over in his 8X10 prison cell thinking about it.

That's all I got. Oh.. and man, that June 76 box is a great way to soften the stay at home blues.
April 1, 2020 - 1:08pm

#893

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

Breaking Bad

The story is at it's core a tale of Walt's evolution. The cancer and need to make money to leave for his family was not the plot, but a triggering event to allow the plot to proceed, i.e to start Walt on his evolution from downtrodden schmuck to a man recognized far and wide for his genius as a chemist and awe inspiring power.

At the start of the story we see Walt treated as a schmuck by his brother in law at his 50th birthday party, with Hank mocking his perception of the weight of the gun and giving a sense of his perception of Walt as somehow lesser than. We see his wife Skylar feeling like she is giving Walt a great birthday gift as she absent-mindedly gives him a handjob as she tracks her ebay auction. We learn that Walt's chemistry genius was instrumental in the formation of an immensely profitable company, but that Walt does not seem to get credit or reward for this, having left the company early after it's founding due to personal issues with the other founding members. In short, Walt appears to be a schmuck and treated as such by those around him. As the story progresses we see Walt make innumerable moral choices as the story progresses - killing in self defense, killing in defense of Jesse, not intervening to save Jane...the list goes on and each decision has moral consequences. In his actions to provide financial security for his family, Walt discovers his true self and begins to be true to himself, often without regard for the consequences to others.

We see this evolution start early on when Walt deals with Tuco. We see it when Walt begins to take pride in his product instead of just seeing it as a means to an end. We see it when Walt spots the tweakers buying everything for a cook at a single store - inside the store Walt offers tips about spreading out the purchases and then we see him reach a realization of some sort and he confronts the tweakers in the parking lot and threatens them and informs them that they are on his territory. We see Walt gain the recognition as a genius chemist that he always felt was his due, but which had previously eluded him. We see that this credit is so important to Walt that when Hank believes that Gale was Heisenberg Walt can not help but suggest to Hank that Gale was a mere lab tech, not the chemist responsible for the production of the blue meth, even though it puts Walt at greater risk of discovery. We see Walt become Walt. We see it when he tells Skylar "I am the one who knocks." He knows he has done evil things as evidenced when he tells Jesse "All the people we've killed - Gale and the rest? If you believe there's a hell- I don't know if you're into that, but we're - we're already pretty much going there, right? But I'm not going to lie down until I get there", but he is clear that he will continue to be true to himself. Ultimately Walt returns to New Mexico and rescues Jesse due to his anger that someone else is manufacturing his product.

This whole show is a brilliant morality tale with the evolution of Walt serving as the vehicle, each step of the story placing Walt in a position where he is forced to make ever more significant moral choices. And each step of the way Walt becomes more Walt. His evolution is the story.
April 1, 2020 - 11:31am

#894

Deadheadbrewer

Joined:
February 2, 2010

Breaking Bad

My wife and I were constantly told to watch it, so we finally started it a few years ago, but were surprised to see that there are 62 episodes. We thought, "Sounds like a great concept for fifteen hours of t.v.," but we couldn't imagine being interested past that. We were enthralled by it for . . . about fifteen episodes or so, and then the initial plot is kind of played out. We watched a few more, but [spoiler alert!!] once Walt's cancer was gone and he had $1M, we weren't sure why we would keep watching.

Should we be going back and trying to get through the forty episodes we didn't watch?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer--so good. After that try Veronica Mars and Firefly, if you haven't already seen those.
April 1, 2020 - 11:19am

#895

Slow Dog Noodle

Joined:
June 12, 2007

ALVARHANSO

If you want to get a great telling of the Russian Revolution check out Trotsky's: History of the Russian Revolution.

It's a tome, but gives an insider's view (obviously) about what went down, written by the man himself. It doesn't get into a lot (if any?) of his personal history; an autobiography about being murdered with an ice axe in Mexico City would be a tough feat to pull off. But if you're into the politics and the feeling of being in Russia around 1917 you cant beat it.
April 1, 2020 - 11:12am

#896

RobbZ

Joined:
October 25, 2011

The Closing of Winterland 12/31/78 (The Blues Brothers)

Very interesting, had no idea this footage existed...below is the full set of "The Blues Brothers" opening this epic NYE celebration. Every once in a while you can even the "Steal your face logo" hidden behind the band.

I believe the tour was quite short, basically going right from SNL Skit, to a nine-night run at Universal Amphitheater, CA opening for Steve Martin (remember the Let's Get Small album?) then back to SNL later in the year for another skit, then off to the Closing of Winterland show!! Akroyd and Belushi must have had a ton of confidence in their new band to step up to open for the Dead, and The New Riders.....

--"With the help of pianist-arranger Paul Shaffer, Belushi and Aykroyd started assembling a collection of studio talents to form their own band. These included SNL band members saxophonist "Blue" Lou Marini and trombonist-saxophonist Tom Malone, who had previously played in Blood, Sweat & Tears. At Shaffer's suggestion guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, the powerhouse combo from Booker T and the M.G.'s and subsequently almost every hit out of Memphis' Stax Records during the 1960s, were signed as well. Belushi wanted a powerful trumpet player and a hot blues guitarist, so Juilliard-trained trumpeter Alan Rubin was brought in, as was guitarist Matt "Guitar" Murphy, who had performed with many blues legends."

There is some really good shit here....Matt "Guitar" Murphy just killing it....and don't forget, "They're on a mission from God"...........Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTpiL_Leg-Q&t=511s
April 1, 2020 - 10:58am

#897

alvarhanso

Joined:
January 16, 2014

Saul vs Walt

For me, I choose Saul over BBad because I was about to give up on BBad when the episode Better Call Saul happened. Bob Odenkirk burst onto the show and added a comedic element that was absent and made the show far too dark. And I like dark shows. Walt and Jesse both annoy me, Walt because he always chooses the wrong choice, Jesse because his character is annoying for 5 seasons. But Saul and Mike and Gus Fring really shook the whole show up for me. And Better Call Saul has been extremely surprising as it goes along, this season, his ride with Nacho to see Lalo turned the entire premise upside down, because events brought Saul down, not his inner character.

The Wire, I think, is the greatest show ever made. I loved season 2, season 5 was my least favorite. I felt that went a little far, especially McNulty. Somehow Better Call Saul and The Wire have combined for 0 Emmys. Some of the greatest acting and writing on the small screen. Also, the black comedy of The Wire is just gold. Like the scene where Jimmy and Bunk survey a murder scene, and the only word they say throughout the scene is variations of "Fuck". Nice to see love for The Wire here, and really anywhere.

Last 5 watched: Trotsky a Netflix docuseries in Russian that was very enlightening and now I wanna read a bio of him to get an idea of how true it was. Amazing life.

Undone an amazing animated series on Amazon featuring Bob Odenkirk as a time traveling dead father who may or may not be a figment of his schizophrenic daughter's imagination. Very trippy, and makes you think.

Jacob from the TNT Bible Stories DVD collection, they came on 25 years ago, starring big actors, this one was okay. Matthew Modine as Jacob, Sean Bean as My Brother Esau.

Abraham also from that series, starring Richard Harris and Barbara Hershey, Richard Harris overacts a bit, but he always did a little bit. Ben Kingsley as Moses is on the horizon once the wife and I watch Joseph which features Kingsley as Pharoah.

Kidding first season, Jim Carr's Showtime show where he plays a Mr Rogers type of character with pent up rage issues and is unraveling following the death of one of his twin sons. Catherine Keener, Frank Langella, and Judy Greer co-star. This was really funny and very different.
April 1, 2020 - 10:31am

#898

dessi831

Joined:
February 8, 2009

Roy Buchanan

LEDED, thanks for indirectly turning me on to Roy. Just downloaded his 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection and it's blowing me back.
April 1, 2020 - 10:27am

#899

sheik yerbones

Joined:
February 5, 2008

sitting on the bus

Hi stiilwaters
you stand in the bus, but to sit you do need Dpicks33, or DPicks20;
DPicks is a gem from early 73.Friendly.
April 1, 2020 - 10:19am

#900

sheik yerbones

Joined:
February 5, 2008

difficult to go a day but with a bag of Blues...

it seems like in the movie with bill Murray just another day like the one before...
I am surprised nobody mention my favourite one "True detectives" .
Today searching in the bag of blues with:
Peter Green -Hot food powder
Best of Johnny Winter
Sessions for Robert J Eric Clapton
Michael Bloomfield If you love these blues play'em as you please
john Mayall jazz blues fusion
this morning I check the Dark star from wembley (E72) highly recommanded.
my box is flying over the pound & I am still optimistic for the end of the week.
Take care and stay safe.

John Perry Barlow

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

Want...Yes!! Need...Yes!!!!!! Get...If I can get money in time

Yes, I would really love to get this box, and I will, if only the set does not sell out before I can cobble together $160.00.
If it's meant to be, I'll be able to buy it.
Karma. Either way, I'm good with it.
Have a freakin' great weekend Dead Heads of the world (or at least this thread!!).

4winds...

9/20/70

yes

sooooooo unfortunate that there is the skeeviness on Caution. can the miracle of digitalism save the day?

June in the 70's

What was it with the Dead in the month of June in the 70's? So many GRATE shows during this month for many years. Start of some summer lovin' maybe? I'm all in on this box. Can't wait, love me some '76!

Valentine 1970

2 14 70 Early Show: Cold Rain, Dark Star....St. Stephen...Eleven...Lovelight

Beautiful

I’m really on the fence…

I’m really on the fence about this box set... but, the deciding factor for me is TERRAPIN... because of it, there’s just a whole new and different dimension to ‘77 compared to ‘76... I think the ‘77 boxes and individual releases just offer all of this and a whole lot more...

Listening to 6 3 76 on youtube

I am definitely getting the new box

The 76 sound isnt for everyone

Warbly at times
Ploddy at times

But I dig it no matter what

June in the 70's....

....i see your Junes and raise you 70's Novembers.

DCBoater

I know exactly how you feel. For me, '76 felt like '77 without a whole lot of great songs that had yet to make it into their '77/'78 set lists. Used to feel the same way, and then stuff bgg ģTake a listen to DaP 18 Playing in the Band at the Orpheum. The things you get in '76 that began evaporating in '77:

Here's why I'm getting it:

* Improv like you have on the DaP Playing in the Band on DaP 18.
* Piano galore. Really the last year they let Keith stick to his instrument of choice, and it is oh so fine.
* There are 3 of the aforementioned Playing in the Bands on this box set, 2 of which are 19 minutes.
* The Wheel x2
* Sure I'll take another Mission in the Rain.
* 3 Help => Trip! => Franklins just on this 1976 Box Set. Only played 7x at all in 1977, and never in 1978. Considering this is as good as Scarlet => Fire and Estimated => Eyes (all of which were played 20+ times in '77), I am stoked. And one of the Slipknots! is 13 minutes - I'm very interested in hearing what this one's all about.
* Scarlet Begonias was a different beast in 1976. They rocked the hell out of the 2nd half of this song in '76, encore style. I'm not saying it was better than 1977 per se, but it was its own thing to behold.

Deadvikes

Zipped you a pm.

Keithfan2112

Good summary of '76 vs '77. The Dick's Picks, Dave Picks, box sets and other releases are all data points on the Grateful Dead continuum, giving us a volume of material unrivaled by any other band that I can think of, and allowing us the opportunity to hear the evolution of their sound over the years. Some of the songs in this box seem relatively rare, aside from the obvious Mission in the Rain, I don't think there are a lot of '70's versions of Crazy Fingers on official releases, same with High Time and I dig both those songs. There were a couple of Crazy Fingers in the Spring '90 TOO box, but it will be nice to have another one from the '70s.

Gave DaP29 2/26/77 another spin today, and redundant or not, it sure hit the spot. Really dug the Help-Slip-Franklins, which made me anticipate this '76 box even more just for the different versions. Spinning Zenyatta Mondatta by the Police now, sometimes I can't get enough of When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around, cool lyrics. Turned on my VCR, same one I've had for years...

6/12/76

so did 6/12/76 Boston already get released or just didn't make the cut?

6/12/76

Part of 6/12/76 shows up as bonus material on disc 3 of Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5 6/9/76 - Mission In the Rain, The Wheel, Comes A Time, Sugar Magnolia-US Blues-Sunshine Daydream. I don't have the bonus disc, if there was one, so I don't know if there is more of 6/12 if there was a bonus disc.

6/12/76

right thanks charlie. i know some of this material came out in one of the 30 days of dead. i myself am getting the box thanks to family as i am currently an impoverished student in a class paying for part of it myself. i dont really listen to '76 much myself so i can understand some of the grumbling and passing on it. but i figure it's better to get it now, and not play it much than not get it and be like oh man, i wish i had that why did i pass on that (like several dave's picks i did pass on) i know people will laugh at me but i myself am hoping for a fall '93 box set. i loved the the spectrum, Madison Square Garden & Boston Garden runs. In time i think there will be

Pretty Sure...

...if I play I'm Not In Love by 10cc any louder I can float on the sound.

zenyatta mondatta....

....one the first records i bought with my own money. Why? Because I liked the title. Great record. Canary In A Coalmine never gets old.

Zenyatta Mondatta...

for sure my favorite Police album. Always fun to revisit that one.

Driven To Tears...
While we still mourn Neil Peart it is noteworthy that Stewart Copeland is an incredible drummer as well. Love that he hooked up with Claypool...
Shadows In The Rain is great too...

That Old School

Agree, old school Police rocks.
A lot of cool stuff.

'The Other Way of Stopping'

Sixtus

The Dead finally made it to Japan...sort of.

Grateful Dead tribute supergroup Voodoo Dead played the second show of a three-night run through Japan on Tuesday, February 12 at the Bay Hall in Yokohama. The band — consisting of guitarist Steve Kimock, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, drummer John Kimock and legendary New Orleans funk bassist George Porter Jr. — welcomed Japanese trumpet player Issei Igarashi for large portions of the first and second sets.

Hearing Kimock playing some Dead again really makes me wish that he, Phil, and Jill were on better terms and Kimock had been selected for the Fare Thee Well shows. He is just a near perfect fit into the puzzle. Band really missed an opportunity on when they chose Trey over Steve, and something tells me that was all Phil putting his foot down.

But...this Voodoo Dead thing has got some wings for sure.

Also gotta hand it to the Japanese taper, they got a nice sound throughout the show. Here's the archive link...

https://archive.org/details/voodoodead2020-02-11.akgc568eb.flac

Hi, first-time poster here…

Hi, first-time poster here. But just want to report that I was at one of the Boston shows. Honestly don't remember which one any more -- how long ago was that? But we actually got tickets through the Dead's nascent mail-in system -- one pair was fourth-row center. Wow.

Glad to see lots of people excited about this release

I know the feeling! I'm not going for this one, but so many other of the box set gems have done it for me, especially when I found the out of print ones at a good price in the online markets.

Have been feeling fat and sassy with my collection that I've built up methodically over the past 5 years after taking time off from the new releases for quite awhile there before that.

Decided recently that unless a particular offering really intrigues me, I'm limiting myself to '68-'71 box sets (have enough out of '72 already), plus hanging with the Dave's Picks subscriptions. That means that if the 50 year anniversary boxes come out over the next few years, I'll be jumping on them. Kinda disappointed that the 1969 Ark box didn't happen last year, but it's never too late!

'68-'71 box sets

Maybe we can get a '71 box for the 50th ann. of Skull and Roses.

April '71 Complete Recordings Box 20 shows on 46 discs.

Dave could you please look into this thanks.

Jumping jehosophat..

..2/14/68 is a hot show. Amazing level of progression from being, basically, a covers band 12 months earlier to pushing the envelope in a way it has never been pushed before. Or since.

People

This box has 5 glorious trips around the sun

There is outstanding material here

I think this stuff doesnt resonate with some because Phil is relatively low on the recordings. Kinda like 82.

You could do a lot worse things with 150 dollars than buy this

So this is what gets spun today....

Grateful Dead
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
04/05/1969

Set I

01 Dupree's Diamond Blues
02 Mountains Of The Moon >
03 Dark Star >
04 St. Stephen > *
05 Turn On Your Love Light

Set II

01 Hard To Handle >
02 Cosmic Charlie
03 tuning
04 China Cat Sunflower >
05 Doin' That Rag
06 Cryptical Envelopment >
07 The Other One >
08 Cryptical Envelopment >
09 The Eleven >
10 It's A Sin
11 Alligator >
12 Drums >
13 Feedback >
14 And We Bid You Good Night

and it was around this time that i started to realize Bobby ain't no slide player

Legalize marijuana

Bernie Sanders says he will legalize marijuana by executive order in every state in the union. Also to expunge the records of all drug offenders. About time hey? Do I see an end to the stupid drug war? All candidates should join in this decision. We can only hope and of course, vote.

Carlo13

Carlo, back at you.

Wristshot. Thanks for the post. That is really cool, you were there. Would love to hear more about the show. Mail order, those were the days. I used the mail order in the eighties. Loved it. Prices were never crazy.
I checked on prices last night for Dead and Co for Wrigley and stop looking when the prices got to $300. Not sure if the Dead are getting this money or if it is already resale. Anyway, too much for me to think about, no Phil and no Jerry. I will leave out my comments on John Mayer.
One thing we can say, Bob Weir has spent his life touring in all sorts of bands since Jerry died. It would be cool to see him one more time.
Of course if I win the lottery, I going for those VIP packages. And you are all invited.

If you don't have the Download Series#4, check it out. It is from the Capitol Theatre in June. I believe it was the middle night. The show is awesome and the sound quality, without Plangent, from 15 years ago is A+. Can't wait for this box.

Peace folks!

76 is A-Ok with me...

Currently listening to the 6/9 Road Trips, in the middle of Crazy Fingers, and I personally LOVE the laid-back sound of 76 - I've always thought of it as the sound of GooBalls (remember those?) Up next, I think I'll go with that Download series release mentioned earlier - June of 76 is a sweet spot for this head (admittedly one of many.)

Cheers to all of you excited about this release as well, and I hope those of you who are not so psyched get whatever you're jonesin' for soon! Chances are I'll order that one too, as it will undoubtedly be from another sweet spot!

Peace

Take My Money

I love June 76 . . . that relaxed, easy, loping vibe fits perfectly with the time of year. It just sounds like summer.
Already have a nice board of 6/19 but I haven't listened to any of these others.

Weren't we just talking about needing some new merch on the Dave's 33 thread ? Yes, I did need a new set of coasters, how did you know that dead.net?

In conclusion, take my money.

Oh yeah...

After a lovely Valentine's Day dinner with the Mrs., drinks at a 15th floor cocktail bar afterwards with friends, and a safe RideShare home, I did make it a point to blast all of Dick's Picks 4 in honor of the holiday.

Yeah, I like the sheer power and raw edge of the earlier stuff too - another sweet spot :)

The Grateful Goddamn Dead!

Peace

In for this box & the Eagles

Greetings Heads! Every time I tell myself I have enough of the Dead, something likes this comes along and I cannot help myself. Pulled the trigger after just a few minutes of thinking about it. I do know for sure, if I don't get it I will regret it. I have a boot of one of the Boston shows from years ago and I always figured there was a good chance a better version would get released. Plus how can you pass up ANY Betty boards?

I caught the Eagles last nite at MSG and all I can say is OMG! If any band harmonizes better then these guys I have not yet heard them. Vocally Vince Gill and Deacon Frey covered Glen perfectly. And you want guitars? Joe Walsh brings it in spades. Go see them if you have a chance. 3 hours of musical bliss!

Rock on

To complement this Box

6-9 RTv4n5
6-12% RTv4n5 filler
6-17 DaP28
6-18 Download Series 4 (includes filler from 21,22,28)

Really need 6-29 at some point to round things off.

June 76 is awesome. It may not be a supermodel to some people, but it has its own uniqueness and beauty. Blues For Allah is my favorite studio album (Anthem is a studio/live hybrid and is the best ‘studio’ album the band released). I could be biased as those are the first GD CD’s I bought in the late 80’s when CD’s cost $20 or more and really cut into my beer, cigarettes, and greenery fund. Thus, I didn’t buy a lot of CD’s back then.

Anyway, there are a lot of good new songs in June 76, and the return of some oldies. All the shows in this Box are burned into my synapses because I got them on decent sounding cassettes in the 90’s and played them extensively (along with 6-29 and 10-9 set 2). When 9-25,28-76 DP20 came out I was underwhelmed, probably because of the expectations I had due to June and 10-9. I was quite excited though when 10-9,10-76 DP33 was announced. DaP4 9-24-76 and DaP18 7-17-76 didn’t seem to do too much for me either. Probably because June is the supermodel of 76 to me. I will revisit all of the previous releases prior to arrival of this Box.

But, I expect this Box, in all of its Plangentized and Normanized glory, to be a Shining Star in my collection.
I love the slow 6-14 Cosmic Charlie, can’t wait to hear that show, one of my all-time favorites.

Linear notes

With releasing all these wonderful Betty boards, why has she never been asked to write any linear notes? I would love reading what she recalls as being part of that infamous road crew and how she made her boards so unique. I guess this could be Dead Net's #metoo moment as I don't think a woman has EVER contributed linear notes to one of these big projects.

One of my favorite show reviews from Dead Base was from Zea Sonnabend and her 9/26/91 review. She also does an excellent job with the Paris shows from 1990. Come on Dave let's get some new women voices on these releases.

Another bone to pick is the price of the high resolutions version. I am very happy that this one will be 192/24, I bought both the CD and high resolution versions of the Giant's stadium boxed set as I can preserve the CD set for posterity, plus I wanted the Blu-Ray too.

That being said is the price of the production costs of issuing the high resolution vs. the cd set. Is it really only $30 less? I am sure a bit file is much cheaper to produce than a CD boxed set. Plus you don't get the linear notes at all. I think they should start offering the linear notes to us high rez customers as well. It is only fair.

As for the release I thoroughly enjoy this period, as it is quite unique in the Dead's history. Many different arrangements and the set lists are much funner and less predictable than the next two years plus so many cool jams. As many have stated the vocals are really special with Bob, Jerry, and Donna really hit a peak during this year, I am listening to Road Trip 6/9/76 as I type this and it is sweet. Mind you I myself would have preferred the entire Opheum run from July, the second set from 7/18/76 says it all, over these shows....but hey we get the cards we are dealt with.

On a completely different but related note I just got the NRPS Bear's Sonic Journals boxed set, I have only listened to the first two disc but it is really quite unique and is it raw as it offers clear glimpse into a part of Jerry's work that has not ever seen the light of day in a official release, plus for only $40 bucks for 5 CDs it is a wonderful bargain.

Happy Trails!

Download series

@Deadvikes Those are all MP3's especially through Amazon. They should update them all to 96/24 then I would be interested.

70's Novembers

VGuy, you may be right. November's in the 70's are quite stellar.

AMDEW122

Check out Nugs.net.

They have them in ALAC and FLAC for $24. A steal. I bought ALAC. Agree, I am not big on Mp3.

Random daves root

1 23 70
1 24 70

The GD in Hawaii...nice

4/5/69

Nappy....I share your views on Bob's slide playing...but is it Bob playing slide at this show or Jerry? I think Jerry played slide on Hard to Handle and Lovelight occasionally during this period. Not his finest hour, it has to be said - but it was worth a punt.

Take my money is right

I was just emailing one of the regular posters here my experience ordering this box set. I was out of town on business last week with no extra time to look at dead.net. I was in the most unDead looking city one can imagine, and I flew home yesterday. When I was putting on my good 'ol Grateful Dead t-shirt for the plane ride, I wondered how many odd looks I would get from the locals.

Don't you know DeadHead sits right next to me, sees my shirt and immediately strikes up a conversation. Forgot to help his wife put the suitcase in the overhead compartment and everything. So we're there on the tarmac and after some Dave's Picks discussion, he asked me if I was going to buy the new box set. I was sure he must have been talking about Giants stadium. It seems like that one just came out right. I didn't think we'd have a 2020 box set this soon, so I was relatively certain this guy was just a little behind on his info. He doesn't post on this site and he couldn't name a year for the box set; he had heard about something through the Widespread Panic message board.

So I took my phone off of airplane mode and ever so slowly loaded up the dead net homepage. Sure Nuff the 1976 box set is on the front cover with a post that said twelve thousand copies. I had been away from the dead net homepage for probably a week or so. In my mind it was a life-or-death situation because I had no idea when it might sell out.

Then we started taxi-ing down to the runway, so is in a race to beat the Wi-Fi disconnect clock. And of course all the pages were loading slowly, probably because I was out in the middle of an Airfield. I got the payment screen and of course the numbers are all worn down on my credit card and it's dark and cramped on the plane. Give the dude my card and asked him to read off the number. Plane lifted off while the order was processing... After a very long 30 seconds it went through successfully. No....I took the card back before it was time to put in the three digit security code on the back. Besides, I figured if they can afford to raise four kids AND go to Palm Springs for a "long weekend" I was in good shape. He even had the presence of mind to read the number off quietly.

Well well well, we have a metric fuck-ton of good music coming our way. I'm enjoying yeah October 29th Dave's Picks more and more each time I listen to it. I can't wait for the 6/23/74 Jai-Alai Fonton show + Bonus Disc. And now to hear that this 1976 box set is just a month away... Is that even right? Did I even read that right correctly, March 20th release date? I thought there was usually a typical 3 month delay between the ordering and shipping of these box sets. No complaints here.

I was pondering why they don't interview Betty Cantor Jackson about any of these releases that she recorded. The only thing I can come up with is that they're still a little sore about the thousands of dollars they lost when that storage unit she kept the tapes in went unpaid and up for auction. I don't know... Maybe it wasn't her personal responsibility to make sure it was getting paid, just a guess.

P.S. - good call on the 6/11/76 show Sixtus. You gave us a heads up on that show over a year ago. And username "Cousins..." was passing on the good word about the 1977 show from October 29th years ago. The closest I've come to calling a show is the Jai-Alai Fonton show, but that doesn't really count because I call that one and Chicago '74 every time there's a new Dave's Picks, just on the grounds that it's time to release the last two Dark Stars from that year. I guess I only consider the So Many Roads version of Dark Star from 6/23/74 "semi-officially-released", because there's only about three-quarters of it there.

Love the idea of a 1971 box set. Maybe they did this 76 one so early in the year so that they can have a second box set out before Christmas. 1971 Portchester anyone? Multitrack multitrack. Fillmore East in April? Multitrack multitrack. Pay all the guests their royalties and put it out there. Ladies and Gentlemen is a sick release -- can imagine getting the whole Casino?

What KeithFan said....

Based on KeithFan's rationale, ordered this box set! Thanks for the insights!

Another part of the reason came from "The Big Interview" that Dan Rather did with Bob Weir. He asked what song would you want played at your funeral. He thought for a awhile then quoted the first several lines of "Cassidy". That pricked up my ears and after reading those lyrics have since been a huge fan of that song. Seeing as we have several versions of Cassidy in this box, that sort of was another bullet point tacked onto KeithFan's thoughts on this box.

If you haven't seen any of these interviews, gotta endorse this show. Dan Rather is a great interviewer.

Been watching this guy on YouTube lately....

https://youtu.be/oH47JZmr2HU
....guitar teacher reacting on songs. Seems like a cool dude. And I actually learned a thing or three! He does Zappa and Phish too.
"Sounds killer" and "so cool" are some of his frequent statements. Couldn't agree more!!
The faces he makes when he hears a legit moment of ripping reminds me of the faces im sure i make. Stealing faces. Lol. Some of the YouTube comments are GOLD.

@Deadvikes much obliged for…

@Deadvikes much obliged for the info. I'll check it out.

And speaking of Stewart Copeland....

....currently on tour with Les Claypool and Trey Pistachio. aka Oysterhead.

AMDEW122

Check your PM.

Daverock...

I think you be right...I thought of that as i hit the save button and I was too lazy to edit and redo the statement...what might of put me in that frame of mind was as the first notes hit I thought of all the butchered little red roosters...

Vguy

JamBase says that Oysterhead is playing Greek and Frost in April.

@VGuy

The "Guitar Teacher reacts" video you posted is one of the best things I have seen in a long time. So cool to watch someone in the process of "getting it."

Thanks for the light, brother!

Now, time to dust off "Trucking Up to Buffalo"!

Peace

I corrected my earlier statement....

....Oysterhead is playing West. I jumped the gun. That's what happens when one assumes. My bad.
Deadheads reacting to others new to the fold reacting to them. It becomes a vicious cycle.
https://m.soundcloud.com/user-942682835/sets/oysterhead-live-at-1stbank…
....i love it.
Their tour is all over the place. Dates and cities. Random collective.

"Metric fuck-ton"

Great, great, great

The Metric Fuck-Ton....

....speaks volumes.
Witnessed Claypool and LaLonde shredding the "encore" with Phish at the Aladdin Theatre in Vegas on 12.6.96. Forever burned in my membrane. Fun fact. Larry LaLonde started off in a death metal band I liked a lot called Possessed back in the day. I have them on vinyl....
Metric Fuck-Ton. Band name. Called it!!

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