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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 13, 2020 - 1:41pm

#1701

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
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Record Store Day postponed

Rescheduled to June 20
March 13, 2020 - 12:37pm

#1702

sjbennett85

Joined:
March 7, 2020

Passaic Listening Party for pre-orders

Anybody notice the strange mixdown of Playing in the Band on the listening party download?

Weird vocal/instrument levels throughout the entire song, incomparable to the other tracks that dropped with it.

Is this an issue with how that song was captured?
March 13, 2020 - 12:34pm

#1703

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

Great American Puke Fest

Who doesn't love a good hurling story? I've got a few, but please people - one at a time.

We were driving back to Boulder from the Great American Beer Fest some time in the early to mid 1990's. I was sandwiched in the backseat of a two door, red Chevy Beretta. Against all better judgement a bowl was passed around, and yours truly inhaled.

Now, I didn't have the tolerance I have now, and when the spins and cold sweats came on, being in that middle seat with no back window, a hard choice had to be made.

I leaned slightly forward, and threw up all down myself inside my winter parka. I was so stealth about this, neither wastoid on either side of me even noticed! I zipped up my jacket, relieved but disgusted, and it must've been another ten minutes before someone up front asked, "hey, did somebody puke?"

I got dropped off at my apartment, went inside and straight into the shower. Hosed off the jacket and threw the clothes into the washer, ate some greasy food and sobered up with no one the wiser. To this day, none of those guys know I ralphed into my jacket.

Sometimes, you have to take one for the team.
March 13, 2020 - 11:34am

#1704

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

A too much to fast story

The Who 7/89 Pontiac Silverdome, floor row 32.

Everyone on the floor is standing on the flimsy plastic chairs. We’re a few songs into the first set and the 3 guys in the row in front of me break out a glass pipe and start smoking crack. The guy right in front of me takes a huge hit (I think Jim recently referred to those as a ‘hero hit’), holds it in, then exhales, and passes out while still standing on the chair, and tumbles to the floor unconscious. Security saw him fall, came over, could see that he wasn’t in good shape, grabbed him and took him away.
He never returned and missed an awesome show.
March 13, 2020 - 11:32am

#1705

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Sixtus

Too funny! But hey, even as a rookie you followed The Scranton boys rule of hurling; “no shootin’ without a cooler” which translates to it’s ok if you have to as long as it’s out the window, or in a garbage or whatever, as long as it’s not all over: the car, fellow travelers, or yourself! Lol Old Lumpy from Scranton NY would be proud of ya!
FYI, that was a pretty good show! I was with that 20 year old I’ve mentioned, and we ran into our old pal Lee Estee, possibly the last time we hung with him.
March 13, 2020 - 11:20am

#1706

Sixtus_

Joined:
November 8, 2014

Re: Oro & Hurling

...that was a great throwback oration of an extremely visual nature - too funny. Your steadfastness at that rail is A Thing of Legend.

In the vein of oversharing biological output shenanigans - I have my own vomit story....just not nearly as epic. My first dead show, July 16 1990 - we road tripped with a caravan of 8 cars from Cazenovia NY to Buffalo. I was pretty much still a kid freshly turned 18, we all piled into the open slots in the rides with tons of beer, and off we went (we didn't have access to weed yet, sadly). So it's a good several hour trek across NY State, and of course we're boozing the whole way, eating snacks, I specifically recall eating a bunch of brownies (just regular old brownies, nothing special). Well, we get about an hour from Buffalo and I am feeling I need to blow chunks. I happen to be in the 3rd row/seat of a minivan, not riding bitch but near a window...yet we all recall, the windows in mini vans in the way way back don't really open; they only pop open a few inches (or at least back then they did). I really had no choice - so when the hurling hit, I leaned over to that teeny tiny crack and blew chunks out the back sliver of a window, going at like 70 miles an hour down the NY Thruway. Needless to say, when we got out in the lot and I went and looked, there was an immense triangle of brownie vomit caked on the side of the minivan from that window crack all the way to the back of the van, covering most of the back quarter panel. Incidentally, I did feel better after that, and I recall it even rained at one point so most of it got washed off before we parted the lot. In the end I had a great time at the show - and was probably better off getting that outta me as opposed to....errr, the outcome of our friend Oroborous!

Ahhh, first show memories. With vomit.

Sixtus
March 13, 2020 - 10:37am

#1707

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

to the poster who recommended Miles Davis On the Corner

thank you thank you thank you

I had the good fortune of seeing MD twice, once at the Hollywood Bowl as a teen in the early 80s, and in Seattle at Bumbershoot (an arts and music festival) in...sometime.

When an "anything-but-Grateful-Dead" event happens...listen to this!
March 13, 2020 - 10:29am

#1708

deadegad

Joined:
February 2, 2011

Funny story! And early shipping.

I love a good vomit story. A friend got so drunk prior to a Stones show that he vomited and passed out thus missing the entire show!

Yes, if feasible, ship 'em out early!
March 13, 2020 - 9:22am

#1709

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

3/13/81...a tale in the spirit of HF

Wow, hard to believe 39 years ago this evening....
Funny story about this one. First because I took the greyhound as I didn’t have a car yet and was just starting to break out of only going to somewhat local shows. Short of hitching, that was the only way I was going to get there.
In those days, shows were often GA and being young and fanatical as we were, that meant we usually tried to get up front on the rail. We aspired to be that front row dude in the dead movie, lol.
Utica was no different, but man what a shitty New York “spring” day; cold, damp, and wet...so being young and naive, I had the bright idea that I’d bring a bottle for folks in line to help pass the hours waiting until doors, and brace the chill etc...So after being talked into going for a big dinner, which cost me much of my little cash reserve, I snagged a big bottle of Seagrams 7 and Seven up, which was the nectar of choice with the hard rock band and crew I worked for...
I say naive because most heads weren’t that into drinking like that, at least not before a show. So there I am with this huge bottle and pretty much no one to share it with. Now in those days I could do some serious damage with 7/7 because I had a pretty good tolerance etc. But that big ol bottle was probably too much, or at least it would be later..
So they finally let us in and everyone starts the mad dash for the stage, and of course as I’m jumping over the boards to get on the floor Baracho falls over the edge lol. But being young and numb I bounce right back up and make it up front right in front of Jerry’s gear.
So all might of been good except Dave Homal starts firing up joint after joint, which if anyone remembers what Fabulous Furry Freak Brother Fat Freddie would say “getting drunk, then getting stoned is like pissing in the wind”.
So eventually the aud starts spinning and things are going south, but being the young, dumb, fanatic there was no way I was giving up that spot (idiot! I’m sure I could of gone off to the Lou and they would of saved my spot)
So no surprise I barf over the rail into that little space that there usually was between the stage and the wall, (so much for that expensive dinner!) then proceed to basically pass out sleeping slumped over the wall. Now the security was not pleased, and the young dudes next to me weren’t pleased, and I believe people were making noise about removing me which I was not going to do. Ironically, these guys got too high on acid and eventually one of them ended up having to get handed over the wall to security and removed, while I stuck it out.
I don’t remember much, but I do remember waking up because I could tell the lights went down, and of course there is nothing like that DH roar! So a minute or so later as I start to rejoin the living, just as I’m opening my eyes, Jerry comes around the corner and we make eye contact. He didn’t look much better than I did and I swear we had a moment there. I remember he had a blue or black long sleeve work shirt on and it looked like he’d burned a hole in the pocket. After, Fortunately I ran into Milton Wilkelberry Steamer from back home and he was going to stay with some folks he knew, so I was able to tag along and immediately crashed out. There was no way I was making it back home on the bus that night! Ah the tales of misguided youth!
Anyway, I used to think it was a so so show, but never heard it until a couple years ago when I discovered it was actually decent. In fact I think Dave has played it on Sirius or This day in GD history?
So, maybe not on par with Hendrixfreak stories, but I still get a chuckle!
March 13, 2020 - 9:14am

#1710

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Agree

As strange as this sounds, I was pleased the two shows on my calendar next week (wolf bros and Melvin's JGB) were postponed. It looks like Phil isn't turning 80 just yet either.. The spring that never was??

Kids are home from school... life is beginning to stop. Stay safe my friends.. play dead.

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

keithfan the man

check pm's

re: Mrs. VGuy

...that was me, with the MMW references last week...

You're welcome? You Y-axis inverting freak.

Sixtus

DAVEROCK

DAVEROCK, I think you are my brother from another British mother. Besides being close in age, our tastes are similar and quite broad. I was heartened that you could enjoy a little GFR at this late stage of the game(well, not THAT late:)
And yes, Mel Schacher is a monster on the bass, but also, that SOUND. That deep, fuzzy, distorted sound. I've always loved it, but also, his bass lines are very close to a lead line, and quite inventive.
To whoever mentioned MMW's Radiolarians 1 in their last 5, brilliant. All 3 Radiolarians cds are super fun and spontaneously creative. If you read up on the history of that series, it's intriguing, and makes you want to give 'em a listen. Happy Monday.

Wishbone Ash

A neighbor went to see these guys the other night in Austin I believe. I don't think I ever heard of them. He raved about them. Much to my chagrin, I don't have any! Anyone out there have a bunch you wish to share?

4/27/71 Was on Sirius today at noon

Turned it on right when Riot In Cell Block #9 came on.... also heard Help me Rhonda and then Okie from Muskogee... Haven't listened to this show in years. Riot in Cell Block #9 was a tad painful with the synthesizer! bob t

Winterland '74

Count me in as a huge fan of 2/24/74 and probably the first in the echo chamber wishing they had saved it for a full box treatment including all three shows. I was listening to Dijon '74 last night, another very well recorded 74 show..

What a great year.. so many good shows.

Edit: I finished Dijon on a bike ride today.. Has anyone else noticed that just before Phil breaks into his 11 bass riff Bobby starts a Mind Left Body sequence and they both play off each other for a minute and a half to two minutes before The Eleven dominates the direction. Incredible little ditty.. just a couple minutes but it really fubbs with your mind (in a the best possible way). What an interesting little jam.

Re: Winterland '74

Agreeing with the agreement of Jim and all those that are agreeable vis a vis 2/24/74, great show, wish it had been part of a box, but an all timer Dave's Pick instead as numero 13. The Dark Star> Dew goes without saying as a highlight, but I especially love the Weather Report Suite> Row Jimmy, and the Bertha. Phil has a great bomb in that Bertha, just once, but well placed, and I rewind it back at least twice every time. Really good China Rider, too. Really good sound once the issues are fixed, which if memory serves, is after Mexicali. Hard to believe this was the first Pick of the year 5 whole years ago. I'm sure those who were there can't believe that was 46 years ago today...

Also, that Dijon show from 30 Trips does sound amazing. Not my favorite setlist, but when it starts with that Uncle John's, it's like butter, and pretty soon, who cares what they played, the sound on the tape is one of the absolute best captures of a Wall of Sound show to my ears, and what they do play, they play well. And worth noting both shows have a nice Ship of Fools.

Alvarhanso / Jim

Alvarhanzo, thanks for the Bertha tip on this show. That's one that never stood out to me in the past, which just means I wasn't paying attention. I'm about to crank it.

Jimbo, I did steal your thunder. I didn't even know it was part of a 3 show run when I first heard it released as Dave's Picks 13. As soon as I started listening to the sound boards though, after you mentioned it would have been a good box set, I started thinking it would have been so perfect to accompany the green artwork from 73 and the blue artwork from 77, but just make it red or at least the shade of reddish pink that Dave's Picks 13 hits you with. I feel like Keith Richards ripping off a Ry Cooder lick he heard him playing while he was warming up in the studio next door. Oh well I guess it's never too late. They released Rockin the rhein as part of a box set. Who do I make the check out to?

*re/ listen’n 🙏❤️💀🌹

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wcsbEerj7nM

....Grateful Dead - October 14, 1980
Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA

Recording Info:
SBD ... Master Reel (10in 15ips 1/2 trk) ... Reel ... DAT (Panasonic SV-3800/48k)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
January 12, 2017
-- Thanks to Rob Eaton for the DATs
Set 1:
Alabama Getaway ...
Greatest Story Ever Told
Friend Of The Devil
Me And My Uncle ...
Mexicali Blues
Candyman
Little Red Rooster
Tennessee Jed ...
Let It Grow ...
The Wheel ...
The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias ...
Fire On The Mountain
Estimated Prophet ...
Terrapin Station ...
Playing In The Band ...
Drums ...
Space ...
I Need A Miracle ...
Uncle John's Band ...
Morning Dew ...
Playing In The Band ...
Good Lovin'

Encore:
Brokedown Palace
Anyone else a fan?

Winterland '74 Box That Never Was

In thinking it over, someone else mentioned it first.. but I was an early adapter. A good idea.. missed opportunity.

Build A Box

Individual releases as DaP’s.

In the end they’re still in sequence on your music player.

Grand Funk

Gotta pull out the old vinyl version of the live Grand Funk album. All this talk has made me want to revisit it. I honestly can't remember when last I listened to it.

Still spinning Dave's 33 - nice!
Two From the Vault has been in heavy rotation, too. Love the story about how the tape had to be doctored to make it listenable...damn good job, too.

Last 5 other...
John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard
Miles Davis - Live at the Fillmore - The Bootleg Series
Bear's Sonic Journals - New Riders
Drive By Truckers - The Unravelling
Warren Zevon - Live BBC and Club Metro -Boston

Really anticipating the Cream - Goodby

Happy Listening!

Dijon 74

Yeah
One of my first shows on tape back in 82

Well Well

looks like Mobile Fidelity Lab just released a SACD Hybrid of "Mars Hotel"...just got back from a quick jaunt to So Cal and of course I hit Amoeba Records but I didn't see a copy of the previously mentioned "Blues For Allah" or this one
https://www.mofi.com/product-p/udsacd2196.htm

what I did find for $20 was DP Vol 10 12-29-77 (a Real Gone Music Issue) so all wasn't lost...and a bunch of other goodies of course...the problem was that my rental (as most new cars nowadays) did not have a disc player so it won't be until tomorrow I can start listening and ripping stuff....

Disc players in cars....

....im in the automobile industry. And it's all pairing and streaming. Yup.

Giants box-7/12/87

I'm back for a while to the giants 87' show. Everytime I play this show it brings back a time of youth and freedom of great times and friends I've lost and forgotten. Man, those were the days. Peace.

2-24-74

Indulge me to add to the chorus of how great that show is. I called an audible on my regularly scheduled tour through 1970 to hit that one yesterday.

1) The sound is amazing, even for Dave's standards. IIRC this wasn't the full Wall of Sound yet, right ? Whatever they called it its great.

2) Its got a long jammy Playin', a long jammy WRS, and a Dark Star. Three layers of jam! Dark Star is really interesting; very much a free jazz style exploration while staying mostly pleasant and mellow.

3) The non-jammed out tunes are all tight and well-executed. This was a band that new exactly what it was doing.

4) Love that part at the end when Jerry says "Hopefully we see all of you next month at the Cow Palace."

So the consensus is that the 1st two from this run are on par with this show ? I don't think I believe you all. I'm gonna have to find this out for myself. :))

music in cars +Wishbone Ash. Maybe walk instead...

You won't catch me pairing and streaming. In fact, you won't catch me driving a car unless its an emergency - terrible habit.
But a thumbs up from me also for 2/24/74. And a box set of any combination of shows from this year would be most welcome

Dennis...I only ever got the one Wishbone Ash album..."Argus" from1972. Its a good record, much tight dual lead guitaring, with beautiful tones and medieval type lyrics giving it a kind of pastoral sound. Its what pundits of the time would have called a "nice album." It may be unique in their catalogue..the other snippets I have heard seem to be more in the blues n' boogie vein.
I'd be quite happy to send you a copy of "Argus"...but it would have to be a cd copy through the post. I suspect this isn't what you are looking for...but if it is...just drop me a PM.

Rock on Mr Ones...and thank you for the compliment!

Skeleton Skaters

I agree awesome show. It is in standard rotation for me.

And of course would love to see the previous two shows released. Maybe someday. So much material out there.

That was Phil at the end of the show.

Ahhh Wishbone Ash...

My fave was "Blind Eye" a staple played by backyard party bands back then...if you ever go to a Lobo show yell out "Blind Eye" and I'm pretty sure Dave Hidalgo will whip out the opening licks....

Peer Pressure

I Give In!! I will bow to peer pressure and listen to 2/24/74. I'm sure I will be Deadly Grateful, because It's been some time since I listened to that one. I keep telling myself I'm going to listen to all of the previous Dave's in between releases, but because I'm such a music Junkie, I never have enough time. Sometimes I just need a kick in the pants from you good folks on this site. It will also be a nice Pre-quell for Dave's 34.

And for some unknowable reason, they wont let me spell Pre-quell with one L!! Why??

Music Is The Best!!

@VGUY72...

yes indeed ... I'm not a bluetooth kinda guy...I just want to slide it in and slide it out...but it's getting so that it's not possible...luckily my Forester still has a disc player...I do have a ton of flash drives loaded with MP3's of my blues and jazz stuff...love to stick one in and hit shuffle...a kind soul here clued me into how to rip cd's in apple lossless for my iPods which worked great until I had a major freak out a couple of weeks ago and deleted my music from iTunes...I had decided to migrate my iTunes library to an external HD because it swallowed up the space on my desk top...i followed the instructions on the Apple page but after a few hours i got a notice saying the transfer couldn't finish...i disconnected the external and looked at the size of my library on my C drive and it was the same...I plugged my iPod in and it told me it couldn't find 7,000 songs...I snapped...no more iTunes for my music stash...I have two iPods an
old 256 gb Classic and a 6th Gen Touch with a 128 gb storage...i looked around and bought a Sony Discman DMP that plays high res, WAV, FLAC as well as lossy formats...it only stores 16gb but can take micro SD cards of 128gb...I also found some software that lets you load and unload music onto an iPod with no iTunes...I'm using iTunes for podcasts and audio books only on my touch and will have mP3 stuff on my classic and will learn to use the Sony for lossless files...

cactus

Daverock, I noticed you stated Cactus was next up on your top 5 recently played, which lp did you pick? I'm a big fan of One way or another and Restrictions. I knew Rusty Day personally and it was a shock and very saddening when he was murdered in florida, his killers were never found. We used to party alot, he was a bit wild and crazy and we did some crazy shit back then. I remember once we got into my car, drove to the abc for liquor and made it back in between sets, must have been doing 90 mph down orange ave. in downtown Orlando. Those were the days, we were indestructible.

Re: NappyRags

Aack!

We've all been there. I keep three external hard drive backups now. Went through that somewhere between 10 and 15 years ago. If there was a silver lining.. before the crash I was not ripping Lossless, I took the default and I let the software pick where / how data was stored and did not manage my metadata well.

Post crash I am OCD about how my data is stored and how the metadata looks.. and everything is lossless if I can help it.

In any case.. you have all our sympathy. Sorry to hear man.

Nappy - Itunes

Hey Nappy,

I ran into the same problem with the size of my iTunes folder, and I have subsequently figured out how to move my iTunes folder to an external drive and play it from there.

First you need an external drive. I bought a new 8TB Drive...plenty of space to add future files. If you are using a Mac you may want to buy a drive that is more compatible to a Mac. Most will be compatible but there are some that are built specifically for Mac and will work better for this sort of applications. I went to micro center and asked them what is best for this specifically. They recommended the brand LaCie. It was a little more expensive than other brands but I bit the bullet.

Next plug in your drive to your computer and find your ITunes Music files. Click and drag all ITunes Media files to the new drive. After you do this when you open iTunes it will say that it cannot find the files. Then it will ask you if you want to Choose library or create a new library. Click “choose library”, and a window will open up for all files on your computer. Then go to the icon for the external hard drive which should be still plugged into your computer...highlight the icon, then click open. That should do it! Really pretty easy, but I struggled until the micro center guys told me how to do it.

The only other thing is that if you want to play the music through your computer into your home system, or if you want to download it to other devices from your computer then your computer must be plugged into the external hard drive when uploading to an iPod or phone, otherwise the files will not be found.

Hope that helps!

For the record, I now have one drive (LaCie 8TB) that I use for ITunes, but then yesterday I researched an app called Vox that is a good alternative to ITunes but less particular.

V Guy

Check this one out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHlWOs6Ca50

Cactus

Sam.. many thanks very much for sharing your memories. High times indeed - you should write a book!

My post referencing Cactus was a little misleading. I haven't actually heard them yet, but the day I said they would be my next listen was the day I ordered their first two albums, combined in a double cd. These are the one simply titled Cactus, and one of the ones you referred to " One Way or Another." I have felt tempted by them for some time, just on the strength of what I have read. And having recently listened to Grand Funk, who seem to be cut from the same cloth, now seemed as good a time as any. They are due to be delivered next week some time.

Mmw?

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

Casey Janes

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.

Nappyrags

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.

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

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

Archival Gems

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.

Clint eastwood

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

July 1978 box set

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.

Winterland October 1978

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.

Hard Drives

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!

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.

storage

About five or six years ago I updated my receiver and included was a frontside USB port which read flac . So began the laborious project of converting all my CDs into flac files (via Windows media player) and then onto 64 GB drives. Well worth the effort. Hours and hours of music at my fingertips and perfectly preserved. If the drives are properly stored in cases, there's really no reason why they should ever go bad.

Included is a full drive of live MMW. All impeccably tracked and labeled with dates, location, songs and source mics. I saw MMW mentioned a bit recently so if anyone wants a copy, I'd be happy to help out (you can either send me a drive or we can arrange a trade for some GD I'm missing). An incredibly fun band but equally challenging. Their abstractions take some time and experience to get used to!

Five Branch

Check your pm

RogueDeadGuy....that’s a good idea with the cheap laptop that you don’t ever move. I have the same upstairs downstairs situation that you have so you got me thinking.....And I have another 8TB drive which was just filled for me by a cool dude on this board.

*RE/ Daverock - 1978

...oh yes, a 1978 Winterland run of shows would make a mighty fine & primo release!
I love the release from the road trip series. Vol1 #4 ‘from Egypt with love’ is on of my fav. In the series, god bless Bill G. For his love with the band.RIP.... 1978 finds the band in an alignment with the stars!
Funny thing is, I’ve been playing the Egypt & RT release all day yesterday. 78’ all day except I started my day with the RT Vol.1 #1 - good ol’ 1979. I love this release !
Have a grateful day everyone !
💀🌹

*RE/ Daverock - ‘cactus’

...greeting Dave , mynold friend. Hope all is well. It’s hard for me to believe you never listened to the band ‘cactus’ ! Man what an excelent rocking band! Your going to love their music. I have all their music on vinyl and CD. I forgot the year but Led Zeppelin came to the states for a run shows and they played in New Jersey and cactus open’d up for them and blew them off the stage!!! , I mean cactus played better than Led Zeppelin that night. it was unbelievable, the fans went crazy in a frenzy at the end of the concert. they (audience) weren’tcheering for more Led Zeppelin, the fans were asking for more cactus Led Zeppelin came to the states for a run shows and they played in New Jersey and cactus open up for them and blew them off the stage I mean cactus actually was better than Led Zeppelin it was unbelievable lol

Tech Clinic

We should set up a self-help tech clinic.

We could call it.. why on earth would anyone want every single Grateful Dead show ever recorded and how I did it anyway.

Topics include:
- Lossless vs. Lossy, Flac, ALAC, Wav, SHN. SHN loosely translates to SHUN mp3's at all cost.
- Is 10 external hard really necessary? aka how to do it on the cheap without losing my data. (if you gotten this far in the program you probably already have more than 10 external drives)
- PC and/or Mac
- Recording to 8-track tapes for the Kraco high fi in your car
- Upgrading your iPod in three easy steps so the battery lasts for three months continuous play and it stores the entire contents of Archive.Org.

Great fun! I have used Macs and PCs for years.. I have probably had 35 or more machines in my life. I have finally given up on Macs.. PCs have gotten much better lately and with the exception of graphic design / video processing and editing I don't see the need to spend extra for the same processing power. Hope I didn't offend, I know it's personal preference.

Have a great rest of the week all. Great musical discussions of late. I think our goal should be to lure Dennis into five extra box sets per year without getting him into any trouble with his wife. A noble goal.

I don't think anyone else…

I don't think anyone else posted about this, but last Friday Dark Star Orchestra was in San Diego at HOB. They played 2/26/77 in it's entirety. They were also using Phil's "Mission Control" and had the guys from Alembic there. It was Freakin' awesome. Very packed, crowd of all ages, and I boogied to my hearts delight. They are firing on all cylendars!

JiminMd

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Was it you that posted a cartoon once where the guy is in trouble with his wife because he bought a bunch of HDs and accessories? And when she asks him why he just repeats "I need more shows" over and over. 😂

I need more shows

Yes.. it was me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfy3uJrfVWo

I'm Back

They're repaving our alley and lost internet two days ago,,, really sucked,,,, no tv either!!! I'm fucking American and NEED my TV!!!

Things from this thread.

Daverock - thanks for the offer of Wishbone cd,,,, hold off,,,, I'm sure I can score here without you mailing from England. I probably can't afford to pay the VAT anyway :-) But thanks a lot!

Five Branch and MMW,,,, I'd take a copy of that. Email dennis.wilmot@verizon.net and we can talk.

Jim and box sets,,, funny you should say, got two emails this morning when I got back online about The Stooges 15 lp box set,,,,, LIMITED!!!!,,,, my god,,,,, GIVE ME!! Went to preorder, fuck the wife, 400 bucks!!! Whoa!!! I can't name one song from these guy!!! My wife would NOT understand at all!! Now if I was still working...…

Multiple HD's and a cheap laptop - I have my collection on an internal hard drive on a pc that is always up and running. I have a backup HD that is never plugged in except for backing up. (we will not even talk about the offsite backups) In any event, via Microsoft "sharing" option, I have my cheap laptop sharing with my desktop. I'm able to take cheap laptop anywhere around house and access all my music via wi-fi. I just plugged the laptop in what ever speaker system I'm using at the time. I have speakers systems everywhere, out in the garage, the kitchen, the bathroom and the yard. Just carry my laptop out, fire up winamp and pick and choose. Works good.

73 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BSwbhZFBkA
75 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mck3yliYECw

Classic.

Next up.. Old and in the Way. Just because. ..and a prediction. I have this itch that 2/9/73 Maples Pavilion will come to us soon via a Dave's Pick.

Be safe.. wash your hands. Play Dead.

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