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    Buckle up as we take a deep dive into Giants Stadium!

    What's Inside:

    5 Previously Unreleased Complete Giants Stadium Shows On 14 Discs

    7/12/87 (24-track masters)

    7/9/89  (24-track masters)

    7/10/89 (24-track masters)

    6/16/91 (48-track masters)

    6/17/91 (48-track masters)

    Blu-ray/DVD video of the complete 6/17/91 show, mixed in surround sound  Mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios Mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with Plangent Processes restoration Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 10,000

    By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming. In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit (A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD?!) and "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

    "The Swamp," as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band "remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams."

    With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band’s penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you’re listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

    GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. We’re rounding things out with a little visual stimuli -  the entire multi-camera 6/17/91 concert recording on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.

    Due September 27th, this release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net. We highly suggest you grab a copy while you can so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out.

    Prefer your boxed set byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

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    CaseyJanes
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    DW...very interesting that you bring them up. I was just speaking with my cousin about them yesterday. Was there visiting and he asked if I had heard the new TOOL song from the new Album that will be released later this month (August 30th maybe). He played it and explained that the new album would be only 7 songs but 85 minutes long. I said, 85 minutes eh? Sounds like another band I know, the GOGD!

    I’ve never really been into Tool much but they were very popular with my group of friends when I was in college. Never really thought of them as Psychadelia (more heavy metal to me) but my cousin brought that up again last night and said the new album is supposed to be more melodic and super jammed out, so maybe I will give it a shot.

    The old albums were much to heavy for my taste, so if they are also psychedelic? I could never fight my way through the sound enough to enjoy it. I did see Tool in concert once in the late 90s. What I remember most is Maynard coming out dressed somewhat like the gimp. I didn’t really enjoy the show.....no offense and more power to em, but the “heavy metal” crowd is not my scene. That being said, I love Rage Against The Machine (great concert), and even more so 311, which Inwould consider progressive rock or a mix between hip hop and rock with some occasional heavy overtones, especially in their earlier stuff. I just ordered 311 Grassroots on vinyl which is being repressed for 25th anniversary. 311 Music is also fantastic!

    DaveRock...will be interested to hear your take on Tool....

    Also Billy Strings sounds like its right up my alley....going to check that out today!

    Thanks
    KCJ

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    daverock
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    Direwulf-thanks for the video clips. I am off out myself now, but I'll enjoy having a graze later on - I'll check TOOL out later, too.

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    direwulf
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    Just because I'm bored this morning...

    While I have your attention and if you're interested, I'll save some footwork but this is barely the surface of these bands outputs. Sooo much great music out there being made, just gotta poke around.

    Kruangbin - Pitchfork Live
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xKvHANqjk&t=189s&app=desktop

    Kruangbin- Live at KEXP studios
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyWhFB9ijzA&t=963s&app=desktop

    Vulfpeck (these guys and their side projects put out constant music of a very high caliber)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAZCUbKvOaY&app=desktop

    Vulfpeck and Cory Wong
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWBUnr0F3Zo&app=desktop

    Fearless Flyers
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_zXigcOrA&app=desktop

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    direwulf
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    Billy Strings

    That was myself, extolling the virtues of Billy Strings on here over the years, since he came up again, I'll post some my favorites again. Its great to see his name finally starting to pop up more on here.

    I am going with a large group of people to see him at Brooklyn Bowl this November. 20$ a ticket is too little too pass up for something so special. To say I've become a fan in the last two years is an understatement.

    If you like this recommendation, please do yourself a favor and check out, Vulfpeck, Fearless Flyers, and Kruangbin.

    But especially TOOL, the only band that's ever been as good as the Dead in my brain, and I dont say that lightly. Totally different but so much in the same vein of the universe its scary. All other bands are just that, bands, but TOOL is f-ing cosmic quality psychedelia to the highest order. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

    Billy and His Dad
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPKt2-9P7U&app=desktop

    Billy and Don Julin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI7eNVlOcu8&app=desktop

    Turmoil and Tinfoil
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmzS_Redh8&app=desktop

    NPR Logging Road Jam
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub-naDJbKFY&app=desktop

    Live at Grand Ole Opry - "Dust in a Baggie"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6CyQftidOw&app=desktop

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    daverock
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    Top trips tips

    Thanks for handy posts highlighting shows in TTATS that have been off the radar for me-1982, 1984 and 1987 are now on my to do list.
    I agree with ICECRMCNKD that the 1967 show sounds incredible on vinyl-this edition is partly why it has become the stand out show for me in the box, and far and away the one I play most often.

    I think someone posted a clip of Billy Strings on here earlier in the year. I have come across him online, anyway, and he is like nothing I have ever heard before. I keep going back to watch video clips of him - incredible guitarist.

  • #1506
    Vguy72
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    I, for one....

    .... appreciate the banjo and fiddle. Too much for my own good at times.
    I have not heard of Billy Strings. Ever heard of Over The Rhine?
    Edit. I typed in Billy in my Spotify app, and Strings came up first. Hmmm.

  • #1507
    jrf68@hotmail.com
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    Anybody here heard of Billy Strings?

    Got a free download of this guy/these guys(?) from Nugs tonight. It's really good stuff.
    If ya like bluegrass...get some. Holy shit this is fun stuff.
    Great covers of Mississippi & You, Paul & Silas, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Me & My Uncle, Running On Empty, Train Train, It Hurts Me Too & To Lay Me Down. All the rest is great too, especially if they're all originals.
    Super fun bluegrass one way or the other...holey~moley this shit is good.
    :O)

  • #1508
    Vguy72
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    Did you know?....

    ....that there is a Little Light official MTv video?
    https://youtu.be/G8Q7CgBxRI4
    Now you do...lol.
    Lookit the Boyz, all smokey and shit.
    MTv used to be cool. At least in my era.

  • #1509
    Charlie3
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    30 Trips Shows

    After contemplating this the last couple days, all that I can say for sure is that the 2/22/69 Dreambowl show and the 9/28/75 Lindley Meadows shows are my top two shows from boxilla. When I try to come up with number 3 from the box, I am unable to decide - there are a bunch of shows that might be number 3 at any given time, particularly the shows from '70, '71, '73, '77 and '87, but I really can't seem to settle on a definite choice. But for the sound quality of the 7/31/82 Manor Downs show it would definitely be a contender for number 3.

  • #1510
    JimInMD
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    I love Keith and Donna..

    but I was always drawn towards Jerry.. or more accurately, Jerry and Phil. When they were on, I could care less what else was going on in the world.

    Just my opinion.. I could be wrong.

    Oh yea.. honorable mention to Billy or Billy and Mickey. When Jerry was on fire, that was more then enough for me.

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Buckle up as we take a deep dive into Giants Stadium!

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Giants Stadium Shows On 14 Discs

7/12/87 (24-track masters)

7/9/89  (24-track masters)

7/10/89 (24-track masters)

6/16/91 (48-track masters)

6/17/91 (48-track masters)

Blu-ray/DVD video of the complete 6/17/91 show, mixed in surround sound  Mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios Mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with Plangent Processes restoration Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 10,000

By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming. In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit (A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD?!) and "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

"The Swamp," as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band "remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams."

With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band’s penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you’re listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. We’re rounding things out with a little visual stimuli -  the entire multi-camera 6/17/91 concert recording on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.

Due September 27th, this release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net. We highly suggest you grab a copy while you can so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out.

Prefer your boxed set byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 13:48

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CD’s have unique serial numbers that identify them.
If someone types in the song names and uploads the info, it becomes available to everyone.
For that reason, when I import CD’s to my hard drive I do it on a computer that isn’t connected to the internet. I then type in the info in the format I want it in.

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Submitted by taylorvz on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:41

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Hi all,

Is anyone looking to sell or trade their box set? I would love this set and unfortunately was unable to order it at the time it came out. It was up on the website, which got me excited, as I was hoping to purchase it for my birthday. Alas, it is on there but is totally sold out. Let me know. Thanks!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 10:48

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... I first mentioned this when the giants Boxset was released.
**🙏❤️💀🌹
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-the-grateful-dead-rehearsal-sess…

*Jack Whatley·
**July 7, 2020
*** “Listen back to Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead’s mammoth 74 track rehearsal session,
1987!”
*** https://archive.org/details/gd1987-06-01.sbd-rehearsals.fraser.97489.sh…

Hi!

If anyone is interested in purchasing this box set please let me know. I have one I am looking to sell - never played. Going to post it on eBay but figured I would try here first.

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