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
3/23/74 and last 5
After listening to the three 1973 shows in PNW, I decided to go back a few months in 1974 before tackling the 74 part of the box. So 3/23/74 is rolling at the moment. And very impressive it is too, after the customary-for 74-imbalance of instruments during the opening track. But its a good first set, which in this year bodes well for the second. Still tempted to get this show on vinyl.
Last 5
Live at Victoria Palace London 6/16/74 Tangerine Dream
Seattle 6/26/73 Dead
Nosferatu Popol Vuh
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees Blue Oyster Cult
Second Set Allman Brothers Band
Shipping update
Looks like it left LA last night at 8:38 still to be delivered Friday.
Ordered a 4 tb harddrive from Amazon last night so I can keep DL because I read on here they might be canceling orders. I got the email this morning it's 'canceled'.
Good new for our European friends regarding the new box set
Good for you Colin. Let's hope for a new box set's timely arrival despite all of this truly unfortunate news happening world-wide. And, yeah, Algeria can wait. Take care everyone!
Help On the Way....
Got my tracking number so shipping notice to follow. Official guesstimate approximates sometime between tomorrow and April 1. Errghh… patience is only a means unto itself. Last five:
Grant Green- Born to be Blue
Grant Green- Matador
Larry Young- Young Blues
Larry Young- Groove Street
MMW- 11/26/96 Austin (w/ Charlie Hunter Quartet)
(I only listen to GD on weekends, which includes Thursday night. So tomorrow I’ll be back on the bus. Last GD was 3/25/90 Knickerbocker, that Truckin’>Spoonful>Drums being a hidden gem for the tour).
Last 5
Trouble Over Bridgewater - Half Man Half Biscuit.
Mr Fantasy - Traffic.
Persian Surgery Dervishes - Terry Riley.
Le Marteau Sans Maitre - Pierre Boulez.
The Fish That Became The Sun - Frank Denyer.
I walked through a small local supermarket this morning they had just put out a delivery of toilet rolls. I should have filmed the feeding frenzy as they were snapped up :-)
Looks Like Rain Friday
Good thing I’ll be home to get my Box out of the rain.
Maybe time to start shrink wrapping Boxes to keep them dry while they sit outside.
Davestrang, what’s the lifetime of coronavirus on plastic? At least with shrink wrap you could spray Chlorox on it before picking it up.
Tracking hasn’t been updated since it left L.A.
Shipping notice says ‘Standard Shipping’ not ‘Mail Innovations’ so hopefully the brown truck brings it to my house. That should save 1-3 days since it won’t have to go through USPS.
I’m not sure the virus could survive Keith Richards or Chuck Norris.
Our English Brethren
Pick up some album from the library the other day "Dust on the Nettles: A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene 1967-72".
https://www.amazon.com/Dust-Nettles-Journey-Through-Underground/dp/B00W…
Anyone know this album? I haven't listened yet. Also got some Gary Moore album. Once again people here talked about him and I had none. Now I have "Blues Alive". Got that spinning.
COVID-19
a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajor event in humanity's history.
"Duh", you say.
this is truly surreal.
made a trip to a "specialty" store yesterday
you don't know when THEY might get closed down
I am taking advantage of the time to strategize many things, read, paint, reorganize, etc.
I miss the old normal, anyway.
you wanna blow your mind with pandemic history and stories? read about yellow fever in the 19th century.
moo-vee review
on a completely different topic:
saw "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" last evening
35% really good
65% "there's some time I will never get back"
from the time Brad Pitt picks up the young lady at the bus stop to the time he leaves the ranch...creepy and satisfying af
oh, and I would put a Deadhead sticker on that Cadillac
Social Distancing
Ha..
Social Health, yet another area where the GD were way ahead of their time.
One way or another, this darkness got to give...
Green with Envy
A belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone. Based on the comments it seems we are all making the best of the hand that’s been dealt.
Funds have been a little tight lately so I’ve been holding off on purchasing this boxset, but seeing all of the delivery notices has made me a little jealous and so today I said fuck it. Hoping it still hits by this weekend.
Originally we were supposed to go to Washington DC for Spring Break to watch my niece while my sister and law and her husband went to Barcelona for his birthday. I had plans to return a certain beer truck to a friend that I’ve never met and then go see JGB with Melvin Seals and John Kadlecik tonight. Obviously and sadly those plans were foiled, and now that the beer from the truck is all gone, the reality of the situation is starting to hit home. My wife decided to take the opportunity to do a visit with her sister and so she and my daughter kept there flights to DC and have been there for the last couple of days and returning on Sunday. I bought another case of beer and a bottle of Bourbon and have been playing the music at a constant 11!
Anyone here into Bourbon? I watched a documentary/movie about it a few weeks ago and have started to experiment. Bought a bottle of Horse Soldier which is an award winning, handmade bourbon from a distillery in Columbus, OH called American Freedom. The distillery is operated by a group of Green Berets who were famous for riding into Northern Afghanistan on horseback shortly after 911. When they came back home they wanted to keep their unit together and so started making whiskey. Anyways, it’s very good stuff...super smooth...maybe even PRIMO!!!
Last night after coming home from a small gathering (less than 10), I dumped out half the remaining veggies from my stash into about 4oz of water and slammed it down. I chased it with some Boulevard Space Camper IPA, and then sipped on the Horse Soldier Bourbon. So I’ll say this...tripping while listening to Jazz turned up blistering loud is amazing and slightly apocalyptic. At one point during On The Corner, I could have just as well been sitting on a sweltering street in summertime New Orleans, or maybe in meat grinder. Anyways, I would recommend trying it if you can.
Last 5:
Miles Davis On The Corner - Vinyl
Grant Green Nigeria - Vinyl (listen to this...it is phenomenal!)
Melvin Sparks Texas Twister - Vinyl
R.E.M. No. 5 Document - Vinyl (fitting for the times)
Cookin’/With The Miles Davis Quintet/Prestige 7094 Vinyl
Now Get Back Home Where You Belong, and Bring On This Box!
Take Care Dead People,
KCJ
Box Shipping
Is UPS ground.
Now, do we let it sit for 24 hours before we open it. Open it with gloves on?
I don't know.
This is terrible.
I will say, they need to start making public the people that are recovering. We need some good news!
Hope I live...
...to enjoy the new box? Stuck working at this nasty job site for last 4 months...now, even though the house is basically finished, this insane rich fucktard changes everything almost daily. Meanwhile there’s usually over 50 people here (which is against the law!) with no sanitizer anywhere, basically no way to wash our hands and they removed one of only 2 porta potty’s for all these people. Heaven forbid wecoukd use a couple of the 12 bathrooms here!
Not only is this beyond disgusting, it’s a serious health violation. Furthermore, we live in a very rural resort area with no where near enough medical facilities. So of course greedy fucking Vail Resorts didn’t shut the skiing down until some tourists spread it around, so now our case count is going through the roof. We were bitching about lack of sanitizer etc at the site, and some kid goes “oh, I heard you can’t catch from touching stuff”” WTF!
I’m pushing 60 in less than ideal health, but my health is dependent on idiots like this?
For some insane reason, I’m trying to stick it out a few more days to get at least the original scope of work functional, only out of loyalty to my associate who’d get thrown under the bus if I bail.
We’re so short handed and with all these crazy changes, it’s like we’re going backwards. I feel like I’m treading water as fast as I can but still slowly sinking.
I swear to God if I get this bug and die because of this BS, I’ll fucking kill someone!
The Doors
I listen to them once in a great while
When I do listen I am reminded how great they are
albums:
Waiting for the Sun
LA Woman
Morrison Hotel
the other Doors LPs are great, too, but rate juuuust below the ones above
5 to 1 baby
1 in 5
no one here gets out alive
"a Doors fan" - the kids in the hall
close the door on Covid-mfah
KCJane doing the Jazz
Try Lee Morgan, The Gigolo,,,,,, opening cut is incredible.
Stoltzy - Doors? I'm painting one right now :-)
Painting it green?
I have a creepy memory about a green door
Eww.
Where have all the people gone my honey?
Where have all the people gone today?
I thought while walking my dog through the empty streets of Chicago last night. As in Christmas Eve everyone has left the city for their in-laws or parents kind of empty.
Tone Poems sure did make a great easy start to the day. Just David Grisman and Tony Rice playing nice and easy.
So nice in fact I think i'll go straight into Tone Poets.
What Now...??
Had me one of those "moments" this morning that I know we all have…you know, that perfect moment when a Dead tune appears at precisely the right time--like some kind of perfectly timed soundtrack—hand-picked by the Cosmos to fully emphasize a normal, everyday, event.
Like so many in this country, I'm currently stuck in the house, fortunate to still be employed, but forced to telework now daily from home. So this morning, I drag myself out of bed, make a pot of coffee, log on to my computer, and reluctantly grab the remote control to quickly subject myself to the bad news of the day. (my routine would have been ESPN/or NHL channel—no fucking sports!!!!, but I digress).
Anyway, as I'm fumbling with the remote---my house begins a slow, steady, shaking, apparently the beginning of an earthquake!...a fucking EARTHQUAKE!...in UTAH???! Now I've been through a couple of tremors in my day, but this one sure felt like it meant business, with dishes rattling and family photos falling off shelves...the whole nine yards. Fortunately for me, I was standing just a few feet from my sliding glass doors, which I used to make a hasty exit outside my dwelling, my panicked dog running behind me in tow. As my dog and I stood in the back yard, ground still moving, I watched my house as it seemed to slowly sway side to side, it seemed almost unreal--like being on some hallucinogenic trip. And then, just like that...it stopped.
When I finally digested what just happened, and deemed it was safe to go back inside the house, I was met by my phone exploding with texts and messages from friends, co-workers, and well-wishers. Answering back, I explained that I was fine, my wife was fine, the house was fine, and all my neighbors were fine. Also there appears to have been no damage to any structures in my neighborhood. All good news.
However, this virus, the coffee, the GOD DAMN news, this earthquake, had put me a bit on edge, so I decided to take my daily “after work run”, right now!...fuck work…I’m going for a run, right fucking now! I need to clear my head.
So I lace up my shoes, toss on a fleece, hat, grab my phone and ear buds, locate the Spotify app--locate Grateful Dead--and deciding on a "game-of-chance", I quickly flick my thumb across the huge variety of Dead albums Spotify currently houses. The choices spinning by like a roulette wheel—where it stops, nobody knows.
As I begin my trot down the neighborhood street, it’s eerily quiet, no movement, no birds, no cars or anybody about, overcast skies but not cold, I eagerly await my first Dead song of the day…..then slowly I begin to hear a crowd coming alive, and first notes of “Morning Dew” begin to fill my ears…Spotify, or should I say, the Cosmos, has delivered me exactly what I needed--Dicks Picks Vol 14, 11/30/73 Boston Music Hall.
“Where have all the people gone today” the show opener, wafts thru my head like a sweet incense. Almost fifteen minutes of pure bliss. And as the music plays, and the scenery drifts by, I find myself smack in one of those “moments”…Morning Dew--surreal music, surreal words…perfect...just perfect.
So thank you Cosmos, I feel much better now……but still a bit shocked we had an earthquake in Utah.
Hope everyone here is doing well…stay safe, and take care of one another. It’s a fucking weird world out there….
Califor....err, UTAH Earthquake
WOW, RoBBZ - I had heard about that earthquake, but holy crap you actually lived it. Glad all is ok. I mean, additive to the already existing shit-show, just what someone needs is unprovoked, uncontrollable earthly destruction. Good lord. What's next, a meteor? Volcano? Aliens? it's DEFINITELY GONNA BE ALIENS.
Be well people - and may your walks in the Morning Dew provide solace and beauty, if even for a fleeting moment.
Sixtus
P.S. Oro taking a hit for the team....The Man is unscrupulous. Hang in there dude.
Pipers
Saw that on someone's list. I just purchased it for the first time the other day, after having many later Floyd CDs (and cassettes) forever. Gave it a listen the other night, but can't say that I quite "got" it.
But I DID get my Last Five: Wayne Shorter's Adam's Apple, Jimmy Smith's The Sermon!, Loose Tubes' Open Letter, Joe Ely's eponymous debut and Honky Tonk Masquerade, and Monk/Trane at Carnegie Hall. Sounds like some Grant Green and On the Corner should be next . . .
I saw McCoy Tyner a few times. The final time was about four years ago. They had a backing band play sans McCoy for about twenty minutes, then they dragged the barely-alive McCoy out to the piano. He played one tune, then told some stories, then left. The backing band played a bit more, then that was it. Curious and sad.
Listened to 3/17/93 yesterday. Great show! There are some real gems in the 80s and 90s, despite what I used to believe. I'll probably hit the next two from that run next, as those are supposedly quite hot, too.
If I WERE a robot, then I wouldn't have to social distance myself . . .
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.
p.s. GarciaLive 13 is $11.97 at Bull Moose . . .
Pan-demic/dora's Box on the way
Glad to see a ship notice in my ebox. Looks like Monday by end of day. Hang in there Oroborous and don't trust anybody over. . . . . . anybody! And fine Utah Quaking Dew story RobbZ. Be safe and let the music play. Onward.
No Live Dead 69
Sam - I am quite glad they have cancelled. There is no way I would go to London at the moment, and with a bit of luck, we will all be still standing later in the year, the darkness will have given, and they will come over to celebrate then.
Oroborous - sounds like the sooner you get off that site the better. Reading of the property owners - it is incredible how some people still put there own petty wants before other peoples needs.
Jazz Fest
Postponed until the fall...wonder if D&C will still headline?
Oroborous...sorry to hear man, sounds likes bunch of BS! Hope it gets better....
Robbz - that’s crazy anytime but especially now....glad everything seems to be intact! Stay safe!!!
Just watched “Yesterday” on Netflix, about a struggling musician who wakes up to find out that he is the only person alive that knows about The Beatles or their music....light hearted and entertaining!
One great thing about the wife and kid being out of town....afternoon bong hits in the living room!
Day 3
Day 3 at home. I don't want to get used to this. My daughter is going crazy with boredom. Praying they don't cancel school for the rest of the year. Still listening to the first Spring 1990 box. 3/26/ up today. Love it. Read the hardcover linear note book again. I miss Blair Jackson.
Maybe I will get around to reading the whole 77 cornell book that came with the GSTL box.
Stay well folks.
UK Blues
Glastonbury cancelled, all gigs cancelled - this boxset is keeping me going! Waiting for it all to kick off in the NHS, but eerily quiet in London. Bit of '76 will help calm the nerves, until then got to keep truckin' on. Hope everyone is staying safe wherever in the world they are
Last 5
One nice thing above being stuck at home and working is I get to listen to a lot of random stuff i havent caught up on:
Bill Frisell - Good Dog Happy Man
Bill Frisell - Unspeakable
Cream - Live Cream Vol 1
Chatam County Line - Wildwood
David Grisman - Tone Poets
Waiting for the '76 box before I play any more dead.
6/17/76 Cap. theater
Help>slip>frank is what I need. 1) NOD bba 2) 78 red rocks 3) 12/31/78 cow 4) the who-meaty beaty big and bouncy 5) Deep purple- burn.
Strange Days
I'm still going to work. I manage a brick and mortar, so impossible to do remotely. The owners have mandated staying open and I have mandated continuing to receive my salary, so, there you go. Fortunately, everyone involved seems healthy. I ran 5 miles this afternoon and feel great. Have been handwashing religiously and applying hand sanitizer after virtually every contact. The bulk of our business is delivery and there is moderate to low foot traffic in and out all day. I would consider it much less dangerous than a trip to the grocery store or gas station, and we can control the environment (wiping down surfaces, spraying Lysol, etc.)
Anyway, enough of that. I hope the rest of you remain fortunate in your endeavors whatever they may be. Oroborous, I loved your jobsite story. My trade is building-supply related here in CO, so don't I know. Good luck getting the hell out of there.
Last five:
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Pat Martino - Alone Together
Bernie Marsden - Green and Blues
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Tommy Bolin - Teaser
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine For Sure
And it's getting stranger and stranger.
Small acts of humanity, kindness and generosity go a long way. No pun intended, but We Will Survive.
Wallace Wade Stadium 4/24/71 show night before Fillmore East run
A show i don't think I have listened to since 1990. But I was in the mood to listen to an early Sing Me Back Home. Whenever i listen to any version I always think about a woman that goes up to the Mic, and says " Can't you see how beautiful this all is" I forgot it was this show. I checked out how big this stadium is.. I wonder how many people showed up for an outside gig in April in Durham... Any one know about either of my random thoughts tonight?? Also this show is vintage April 1971 so good!!! P.S. it happens about a minute into the song...... be safe everyone, bob t
The faster we go
Good evening rockers -
Just wanted to check in, and send regards to everyone. I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
I was always a singer and maybe no more then that. Sometimes it's not enough to know the meaning of things, sometimes we have to know what things don't mean as well. Like what does it mean to not know what the person you love is capable of?
If you haven't seen Dylan's movie Masked & Anonymous, go check it out..it's just come out on Blu-Ray. Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lang, Luke Wilson, Penelope Cruise, John Goodman, Ed Harris as the minstrel...Oscar Vogel.
And dig this, there was a prophecy. Just before his head died, his last words were Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back.
..anyways, it wasn't a casket, it was a banana crate.
The rounder we get
Ha ha my boy..
That all said, nobody knows what's going to happen to Anybody, besides the forlorn Rags of growin old.
Things fall apart, especially all the neat order of rules and laws. The way we look at the world is the way we really are. See it from a fair garden and everything looks cheerful. Climb to a higher plateau and you'll see plunder and murder. Truth and beauty are in the eye of the beholder. I stopped trying to figure everything out a long time ago...
I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you.
Automobile repair facilities are "necessary"....
.... Still punching the clock. Thankful here. Thousands of Vegas residents aren't so lucky. I have clients I've serviced for twenty years. Many involved in gaming and entertainment. I worry about them. The pay may suck for a bit, but I'm an optimist. Thanks Grateful Dead!! I've also met friends here over the past thirteen years. Im looking at all of you heads. Met some in person even. Wash your hands. Wash your keyboard.
Someone really needs to make a t-shirt or sticker of Cousins "Take A Step Back" social distancing comment. Might not be for everyone, but if not, makes for a good butt rag if needed.
edit. Shipping noticed received from Cali. It will probably go to Alabama first, then up to Indiana, time zone warp to Wyoming, then land in the City That Can Finally Sleep before it gets here. But I've gotten a crash course in patience lately. All good.
Last Five....
J.J.Cales - Really.
Trey Anastasio - The Horseshoe Curve..
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease...
Judas Priest - British Steel....
Joker - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack .....
3/19/77 Anniversary show
43 years ago today, I was at Winterland listening to the Grateful Dead.
Since you're all sitting home....
… a mystery!?!
Was sent this by my buddy about a song NOBODY knows!!! Do You?!?!
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-unsolved-case-of-the-most-myster…
Billy the Kid
the envy is all mine
every show at Winterland should be released
as should every show at the Greek in the 80s
thanks for the song Dennis.
Bring it on home
Package progress still says departure scan in L.A., but I got an email from UPS that I have a package coming tomorrow from WEA ECOMMERCE GNARLYWOOD.
Woo Hoo!
Ha. Gnarlywood.
When you're a strip club in Vegas....
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/las-vegas-strip-club-to-offer-dr…
....sometimes to need to think fast to keep your doors open.
Shipping notice update. Delivery by end of day tomorrow. No shipping notice on the keychain bottle opener though KCJanes, but i didn't forget.
Bob T, I was fortunate to be…
Bob T, I was fortunate to be at that 71 show at Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke University, my first show. Held in glorious spring sunshine, it really was a beautiful thing! Beautiful enough for me to keep me going back all the way through 95
Slow Dog, Mystery, Last 5
Slowdognoodle, so great to see Bill Frisell on someone’s last 5!! With all of the guitar players in this community, I am surprised we don’t have more Frisell fans. He’s a hero to so many guitar players. When I saw him at the Village Vanguard 13 years ago, the first 5 people down the steps waiting to get in had a fantastic conversation about our all-time favorite guitar solos.
I played the mystery song backwards and I’m pretty sure it’s “I’m Henery the 8th I Am” by Herman’s Hermits!!
My last 5:
Dead, 9/25/76 Capital Centre
Fastball Live-Freddie Hubbard-4/23/67-Baltimore
Santana-8/18/70-Tanglewood MA
Peter Gabriel-8/10/83-Seattle
Dukes Of Stratosphear-Psurroundabout Ride
Please stay safe & healthy all!!
When In Vegas: Gnarlywood Mysteries
So Iggy is telling me over my shoulder that the Drive Through Strip Club has been a real thing out in rural PA for quite some time (she went to State College for undergrad/grad). Imagine that. Vegas can't possibly be doing this now for the first time....amirite?
The Gnarlywood vector is now known to me as well. Let's see how this all unfolds. Like that Mystery Song (cool link Dennis!)...who knew? I mean, no one, apparently, but that is a pretty interesting story. It's sort of how I felt during the limited but perplexing period of time between Phish's Halloween Performance of Kasvot Vaxt and the explanation it was all a very elaborate ruse.....confusing as hell but fun as shit!
Be Well People. Daily life is fluctuating rapidly...I hope you are all coping. I am, and this helped a bit when I came across it earlier; mesmerizing and beautiful and man, kids these days are inventive:
Sixtus