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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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    Happy Ash Wednesday everybody

    aka New Year's Resolutions, part II: Reduced Expectations.

    Hard Drives should always be sold in pairs. If you think you need one, you really need two.

    I've got an old, hanging-on-for dear-life laptop hooked up to an 8TB drive for my downstairs stereo, and a fairly-new-as-cheap-as-I-could-find laptop hooked up to an 8TB drive for my upstairs stereo. Its got every CD I've ever had, plus tons of downloaded stuff, all fully accessible from either spot. Anything new I obtain goes to both drives. When the downstairs laptop finally dies, I can just get a new cheap one to replace it without losing anything.

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    Thanks ICCK...I think the micro center guy mentioned reformatting, but I didn’t want to fuck with it. I think it was only $20 more for the drive that was already formatted and I’ve stopped using PCs. Hope to never go back, but i think I said that about vinyl too!

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    Billy...legendary run. I used to have the tapes of those shows, and I used to think they must have been some of the best ones to have seen-certainly post retirement. I have long thought that they would make a good box set. Excerpts of the run were released in one of the Road Trips, but it would be great if the whole run could be honoured.
    The July 78 box is a corker....not many complaints seen about that one.

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    I just picked up a new sealed copy of the July 1978 box set on ebay today . I've heard so many folks on this site say so many great things about it, that I had better get it while I can. I saw the Dead a couple of times in 1978, 10/20 and 10/21 at Winterland . I especially liked 10 /21.

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    I was watching coogan's bluff for the hundredth time and always liked the pigeon toed orange peel song/band. Groovy. https://youtu.be/184uovqxj2M

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    Just have to say, fucking love that Swing and Dekalb are now released. Been hoping for those two ever since consistent archival releases began in earnest with the launch of Dick’s Picks. A couple Dave’s Picks gems, among many as the years roll by, that satisfy me in a way few releases can. I’m not sure what to make of the comment the release planned for the Fall needs it’s own time in the spotlight, which in turn brought us an early March box. Can’t say this indicates another box this year, but it feels like a larger release than an expanded American Beauty, but who knows. They love to keep us guessing.

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    Grand Funk will have to wait a minute....

    ....been stuck in a MMW groove for a few days now.

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    If you are a PC user there is iPod software called Rockbox.

    https://www.rockbox.org/

    I don’t have it, so you will have to read up on it.

    I posted weeks ago about my 1TB iPod upgrade, here’s the info again in case you are interested in a project. Some people install Rockbox after the upgrade.

    iFlash quad lets you install 4 micro SDXC cards in an old iPod. It also cuts the weight in half once the old spinning HD is gone. I also installed a new battery while the iPod was open.

    https://www.iflash.xyz/store/iflash-quad/

    iFlash is in the UK. You can get the quad in the U. S. by looking on eBay and don’t have to deal with an international shipment.

    I installed 4 x 256 GB micro SDXC cards for total available storage of 953 GB.
    Currently there is about 360 GB on the iPod.

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    Don’t pay extra for a ‘Mac’ HD, it’s no different than the others except that it has been formatted for Mac (and won’t be recognized by a PC).
    You can buy the regular HD that works with both PC and Mac, then reformat it using your Mac.
    Google ‘reformat HD for Mac’ and there will be directions.

    It will be reformatted with a Mac file system which will run better with your Mac and increase the chances of recovery if you have a problem with the drive.

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    I just dont get it. To me it's elevator music without the elevator. My opinion of course.

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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

 

....a Police "cover" for the encore, followed by a 46 Days Phish "cover". Keeping in the theme. Is it a cover when a band member from the original band who now kicks ass in another band plays it?? Groovin'
6.9.76. RT 4.5. No bonus disc. The Eyes on this is fluttering....
https://youtu.be/P4ramoioWnw
....Ee-yes. It's simple!

Playing now, sounds great. Can’t wait to hear the Box’s Plangentized offerings.
76 slow?
That Hightime was, and it was awesome.
Samson isn’t slow at all, cooking right along.

All Hail Betty!

Sorry Vguy, you can’t claim a band name using Keithfan’s terminology without paying him royalties and/or lifetime free tix to shows, his choice.

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Funny Icrmcnkd, I'm finishing up disc 2 of Road Trips 4.5 now, all this talk of June '76 led me to pull if off the shelf for another listen myself. Whetting my appetite for this box.

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....nice.

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....nice. So good, I "accidentally" posted it twice.

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With the wood toned filigree and red in the graphic, my guess is that the box will have a theater styled theme to it. Pop ups would be fun :-D

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June 9, 1976
Boston Music Hall
RT - The Last
Ya'll ignore as much as ya'll forget

Peace

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....beat the Blues and the Islanders. This is good. Wake of the flood, laughing water.
Thank you.

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This has probably been shared before but here is the video of 6/19:
https://youtu.be/z_bXHbUqOd0

Its nice - we get the companion video for this show.

6/18 is out there too but only half of the show the 2nd set I believe.

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I m living in France and since approximatively 1 year , we have very very big problems with shipping methods
In fact we never know if we ll receive orders and worst, how much we need to pay for customs duties.
Basically if we had something to pay any kind of box are really expensive.
I don t understand why all those problems happen , knowing since more than 20 years I ve bought everything produced by the Dead Net team .( all Boxes from the smaller to the largest, first DP's to RT to actual DP's and everything in between without any problems and now I m really hesitating.... !

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Revisited 2FTV 8/23-24/68 this morning, first time I've listened to that in a while. Cool to hear that New Potato Caboose again. I remember thinking it was a really good sign when 2FTV came out, it sort of confirmed that 1FTV wasn't just a one off experiment and that there would probably be more shows released, but I had no idea the volume that we have now would ultimately be available.

Spinning the 2/22/69 Dream Bowl show from the 30 Trips Box, definitely the show I have listened to the most from the box. That transition from Mountains of the Moon - Dark Star is top shelf, and the Dark Star itself is one of my favorites, really similar to the classic 2/27/69 Dark Star from Live Dead, a version etched in my brain from repeated listens when I first got turned on to the Dead. Really, I like that Dream Bowl Dark Star as much as any from the FW '69 run. Great show, peak primal Dead.

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....from the PNW Box last night. Things were humming along nicely until The Other One. Sometimes, the Grateful Dead can get outright scary, and the end of that TOO was one of those moments. Then those sick fucks decide to meld the cacophony and blossom into a spirited, upbeat Sugar Magnolia. Felt like I was taking a shower after picking my face up off the floor. They will never cease to amaze me. Five stars.

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JPO: we hear ya bro. As bad as it is sometimes here in the states, can’t imagine the extra frustration of waiting extra long just to see if you’ll receive it or not, and/or if you’ll get rapped by customs etc...

PRIMAL/Primo indeed! You made me smile just mentioning those shows and the cosmic lightbulb that went off in what’s left of my mind!

SENATOR: you sir, are a wordsmith!

From a gent in the UK...his company does a pretty good job of making t shirts with classic LP covers...Have East West By the Butterfield Blues Band and Truth by Jeff Beck along with an ATCO 45 label of Crossroads by Cream...anyway just got an email from them and this will be my next get ...

https://www.djtees.com/collections/new-ltd/products/grateful-dead-bootl…

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The estimated > tiftoo>eyes is spectacular. This show was also scary. This show should be shown to all people who have doubts.

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Carlo,

Congrats on the July 78 Box. 7/8 is no doubt one of the greats. They went in their A Game and didn't look back, from the setlist to execution to the recording and restoration efforts. I think the other shows get more press on these forums because they exceeded expectation, whereas we already knew 7/8 was spectacular. So glad you pulled the trigger.

As for scary shows.. I bet we could spend the rest of the year on this topic. So true and so many to chose from. In truth, I don't always have the mental energy for some of these scary monsters, and sometimes ff or skip around them to be revisited later.. I forget who it was that mentioned a scary Other One from these threads within the last day or two.. KF? Otis??

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Love them the scarier the better. imo

JiminMD and other Red Rocks fans -- I eventually find my way into the shows that are (nearly) universally beloved, but I have never been able to appreciate the Red Rocks shows. Of course, I know that sometimes you just don't get it and that's fine. But anyone who wants to share why they love 'em so much, or point me to moments that make 'em special to you -- I'd be much obliged.

I am pretty sure Dave doesn't keep up on the day to day posting here. I'm not sure he comes here often if at all. Try emailing him at Vault@dead.net

As for Red Rocks vs. 7/1-7/5/78, I find myself reaching for 7/1 and 7/5 more then either of the Red Rocks shows. I do think 7/8 is very good and both Red Rocks shows have great setlists, great performances and the sound is clean and bright. I think part of the allure and the reason they are so famous is because they circulated in high quality pretty early on.. and once a show picks up a little momentum and gains a reputation that's pretty much how they go down.

It's a tricky one though.. which one is best? I always seem to like the last one I listened to. I think on these boards, Arrowhead has gained a bit of a cult-like reputation, probably deservedly so.

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The stand out show for me in that box, every time I play them in sequence, is 1/7/78 Arrowhead. One of the most enjoyable shows of the year.

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....that was me Jim. In fact, i'm still in bed with the covers over my face. inpenetrable fortress.

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...if I remember correctly there will be a vinyl release made available , I have to check into that, it’s been a crazy week and-half...

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41 years ago today, I was at the Oakland Coliseum seeing the Dead put on a great show! This was easily the best show I saw Dead play in the Oakland Coliseum, a facility II never cared much to see the Dead play at. But this show was a winner and hopefully it will be released as a Dave's Picks one day.

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Big fluffer of Arrowhead here. Thought that was worth the purchase price with the artwork. Of the 2 Red Rocks shows, I've always had more of a preference for 7/7 than 7/8. Don't know why, perhaps pure devil's advocacy, though Cornell is still my favorite of the Triumvirate. But that July '78 box was a great release because 3 of the 5 shows had never circulated in SBD, and Arrowhead wasn't known to exist on tape at all from what I've read and Dave said in one of the videos.

As far as this box, I have ordered it and do look forward to it. We will have a lot of June '76 released soon. Hope it doesn't push my dream '76 release off the table for too long. 8/4/76 is a powerhouse show, and yes I know I can watch it on youtube and bask in the awesome sound quality on my studio monitors right now, but I think it would make a great Dave's 37.

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Yes

Lots of scared people in the crowd that night. It was a dark and stormy night. Wasn't it?
More nitrous.
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...taking my cues for listening choices from these threads and revisiting the July '78 box. I went with that smoking Omaha show from 7/5/78, it never seems to disappoint. There is just something about the energy of the shows in that box, really rocking high energy stuff with some swinging bass lines. I lack the musical vocabulary to describe it any better, but suffice it to say I dig it.

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I took a cue from you and played 2-14-68 yesterday. That was just what I needed.

Now playing 6-22-73 to see what got Vguy so spooked (I actually know, that show is the best of the Box).
Not scary at all. Rather, quite spectacular.
Can’t believe that PNW hasn’t sold out yet.

Or that July 78 took so long to sell out.
Or that 8-27-72 hasn’t sold out.
Guess only Get Shown The Light can crash the website.

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..or like the Europe 72 announcement, which really destroyed the website. Since the subject came, I have to ask.. consider this a GD version of a political poll.

The initial production run (the E72 limited edition box set) was advertised as 7,200 copies. The announcement was made and in 1.00765 seconds the server crashed. This went on for a couple of days. Even I got shut out initially and I was sitting in front of my PC working when it was announced.

So they get the website back up, I think I got an email or something saying I could get one, perhaps I saw there were more and re-ordered.. I forget, but three days later the All The Music Edition was announced.

So my question, do you think they knew in advance this might happen, and had the All the Music Edition up their back sleeve as a Plan A or did they really have to scramble and come up with a Plan B? They have done this for E72 and Get Shown the Light (and to a lesser extent 30 trips).

I'm going with Plan A, a pre-planned publicity stunt of sorts.. Not that I'm upset, I'm just not a fan of drama.

They can announce the release before they finalize the number of CD’s to be pressed. But they set a number of cardboard boxes to be made.
All speculation.

So, what other Boxes can crash the website?

The recently requested April 71 Box?
Ark Box?
HF’s Fall 72 Box?
GD/ABB/Band Summer 73 Complete Box? Yeah, that probably would if it was a limited #.
Winterland Oct. 74 with video? Maybe.
Boxilla #2?

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Can’t believe that PNW didn’t sell out yet.

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Actually, I can believe it since there are digital downloads available. Only us dinosaurs buy CD’s.

Well Vguy, the end of TOO drove my dog out of the living room.
Guess it got a little too weird for him.

.....scary shit. I swore I heard Jason, Freddy, Michael and Pinhead having a festival in my backyard.
The boyz eased me into a lullaby with Bobby McGee, then stole my face. Thats Leatherfaces job. Haha.

Vegas Odds are favoring Summer '73 w/ ABB & The Hendrix Fall 72, The Missing Reels box. Or should we just call them VGuy odds from now on?

A Crash Worthy Box. I like the sound of that.. Will 2021 be a crash worthy year?

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April 1971, all the shows from entire month. Also, the complete recordings of the Filmore East and Fillmore West, that would crash the site.

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my vote for website crasher

I'm starting to think I'm never going to get through all the shows

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Coming up on the 50th ann. of these shows, but it's also the end of an era that should be celebrated in style. 1971 was the last time just the five founding members of The Grateful Dead would play together and the shows really rocked.

2/18/71 GSET: Bob: 'Moses come ridin' up on the guitar'

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I love the 1978 box and quite honestly, due to familial obligations I pass on most of the box offerings. But that 1978 box called me. Oddly, I have always missed or skipped releases dating to the Dick's Picks days, but somehow I have every single 1978 release. Somehow that year speaks to me.

Like most, the Arrowhead show was a revelation and I smile thinking about the melted faces of country music fans after that set. Red Rocks-- I confess that I don't hit the 7/7 show often. I think the Scarlet-Fire is rushed and not explored as well as they usually were in this era (or any era for that matter), so for me that is a bit of a deal breaker.

To the fellow asking why 7/8 is special, here is my 2 cents. 7/8/78 is a rager. As I was celebrating my 8th birthday with friends, folks in Colorado got to enjoy a perfect for this era GD show. The first set songs are all done spot-on, which was not a guarantee in 1978. The Deal closer keeps giving until they close it out. The 2nd set starts innocently enough and then takes off at Estimated and never lets up. In particular, listen to Bob in the post-Drums songs. He is just ripping during Franklin's, Sugar Mags and OMSN. Plus a 3-song encore with the very best Werewolves closer. Just a blistering 2nd set.

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Whenever an item is available as a digital download, the physical item will take longer, usually much longer, to sell out.
The fact that the Giants box sold out so quick is a testament to its awesomeness.

Rock on

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At the first show, 7/7, the magic begins as the purple lights come on during Candyman, which matched the Purple Dragon we had taken several times that day and afternoon.

Can't you hear that special moment? Check your discs carefully....

On 7/8, the excitement begins when my buddy Peter pointed to the front rows -- everyone had bailed to dance in front of the stage (no longer allowed), so we boogied down for The Other One and Franklin's Tower. Surely you can hear that on the tapes, no?

It's all pretty clear to me, these many years later................

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