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February 13, 2020 - 8:15am

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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 24, 2020 - 8:32am

#1191

icecrmcnkd

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It’s not repetitive if you only go to one show

Estimated was played at almost every show in 77.

Jim, any tracking data on your Box? Maybe it was confiscated in retaliation for your absconsion of that beer truck.

Oroborous, yeah small town if they knew where your old house was. Not small enough if they didn’t know you had moved.

From a piano perspective I was thinking that this was a Box for Keithfan.

Got my Box loaded onto a HD and then converted into various audio formats for use on music players and my car stereo. While doing that job I did some anniversary listens:
3-23,24-92 Bruce’s last shows as a regular member.
3-24-93 set 1, will play set 2 today.

Then, back to the 76 Box and see how it sounds on my iBasso DX120 music player.

Yesterday was Oberon Day. All festivities were cancelled, but I found a beer store that had some. Tasted awesome.
March 24, 2020 - 8:11am

#1192

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

June 1976

6/10 set 1 was okay set 2 picked up a little wonder what happened during set break a pep talk perhaps. haha Anyway 6/11 Big River and Scarlet both smoke. ps. Where is that June '70 box.
March 24, 2020 - 7:53am

#1193

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

MLB: I got a little surly with COVID Derangement Syndrome

here's a raise of the glass, or a burble of the bong (or both), to you.

y'all be cool
March 24, 2020 - 7:44am

#1194

Thats_Otis

Joined:
May 12, 2011

"For Phish Fans" @ ICECREAMKID and VGuy

Hey, that's me too! Tonight's Dick's show is a real corker too! "This guitar is gonna F*** Your Face, because it knows how to scream" - perhaps the most Zappa-esque song in a catalog ripe with them.

Peace
March 24, 2020 - 7:44am

#1195

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Just gotta poke around!

Wooooooooohhhhhhhoooooooooo!
So after our crushing lost delivery on Friday, Monday we got back up on the proverbial horse and rode on out to UPS again....still not sure why they changed delivery address from PO, but they ended up delivering at our old house.
Funny, because we had thought about driving over there on Friday when we were freaking out.....Er, I should say I was freaking out, Lovey was just being supportive and a designated driver lol. Subliminally she might of been pondering about actually hitting that bridge abutment at 100 mph rather than being stuck in seclusion all day, everyday, for X number of days and me blasting nothing but dead....but I digress.
So head over there and Dude never answered the door, but there it was in all it’s splendor still sitting on the porch. So it was less than a Mile away the whole weekend...so near, yet so far!
Haven’t heard anything yet, going to finish ripping and get fully engaged later today, figure do 1 show a day at a time and try and give full attention etc.,
Box is simple yet nice, and enjoyed reading most of the book. I think it outlines nicely the musician changes, set lists, the venues and why/what they were after, basically reinventing themselves or X.0 in modern vernacular. Much of what has been bantered about here!
Anyway, got my miracle yesterday so gonna get me some good, good lovin’ today, hallelujah!
Perhaps one more run for “essential provisions” (before the state shuts down) along with new box set, several other new shows finally ripped...now we can hunker down and ride this shit out in style!
Good day eh?

KIETHFAN: Bob was playing a Ibanez....but not the Ibanez that most are familiar with that he mostly kept with until he switched to Modulas around 83 I think? The other difference in sound could be attributed to him using a Mesa-Boogie pre amp into McIntosh MC 2300 power amp, and I think still JBL Speakers, compared with the IVP Intersound pre, with Godzilla amp from Ampzilla with I believe various sized Gauss speakers that came soon after; (actually, this phase was when he really started to get gear crazy so there were other units and effects evolving constantly in his Racks from then on)
March 24, 2020 - 7:33am

#1196

JimInMD

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Re: Mind Left Body

Didn't mean to be snarky, my apologies. Cabin fever and my box is still on the way.. I bet I would have chosen different words if I had a box in hand.

There was nothing wrong with your post, and there is a lot of repeats. It seems they do this whenever they are working out new material.

In any case, I didn't take offense I just have a different point of view. Saving comments until I get that first listen.. Happy Tuesday all.
March 24, 2020 - 6:59am

#1197

Jason K

Joined:
July 9, 2015

Book binding issue
I see a…

Book binding issue
I see a few posts regarding the binding, or lack thereof, on the book in the 76 box. My book is missing binding completely. The pages are held together with some glue gobs. Not sure how long the pages will remain in tact. My S/N is 9547. Is there any chance those of us missing the binding can get a replacement book?
March 24, 2020 - 6:48am

#1198

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Morning Rockers!

It's funny that the Playing in the Bands are up for discussion. I was looking forward to all three of these when I first looked at the setlists. I find the instrumental sections to sound more like the spacy jams in Dark Star from '72 - '74. That's alright by me - if the Dead gives you brown weed make brownies :D

I'm also very stoked that these recordings sound so good. That wasn't necessarily a given in 1976. I would have to call these A+ quality right? I would not give the 30 Trips show from October an A+ for audio (but man what a setlist ;-) Jerry is nice and loud on this box set and so is Keith. 1976 - last year for a lot of acoustic grand piano from Mr Godchaux. Get your piano here folks, enough piano for all!

I'll tell you what else I am digging - Bobby is coming in pretty clear too, and he hadn't quite adopted that sitting sound did I associate with the Ibanez. To be honest I don't know what he played on this, but it's my understanding that he had dropped the Gibson ES at this point. Maybe it is the Ibanez with a different rig or more distortion or something. Whatever it is he sounds good.
March 24, 2020 - 6:42am

#1199

Roland Bruynesteyn

Joined:
August 7, 2008

Re: favorite box sets

Regarding the favorite box set discussion, I'd like to make a case for 30 trips. Like (just about) everybody, I agree that Europe '72, Spring '77 and Spring '90 are consistently great tours, resulting in consistently great box sets. And given my overall preference for pre-hiatus Dead over post-hiatus Dead, my vote would go to Europe '72.

But this consistency has two slight drawbacks:
* limited set lists and
* only one version of the band.

With Europe 72 you miss out on Brent, Bird Song, Eyes of the World and many other great songs.
With Spring 77 you miss out on Pigpen, Dark Star and loads of others.
With Spring 90 you severely miss out on Pigpen and Keith, as well as loads of great songs.

With 30 trips you have a (somewhat concise) overview of the bands' career, its band members and its repertoire. Based on this box set, you may very well decide what band or what period is your favorite, and proceed from there. But, imo, 30 trips is the mother of all box sets, and in fact a template for how other bands should tackle their career and / or vault.
March 24, 2020 - 6:01am

#1200

DeadVikes

Joined:
October 26, 2016

#9911

Is in the house. Just had time for the first part of the June 10, 76. So far loving it, but want to listen to it all before final judgement.

How close is this to being sold out? I think I have heard some in the 10000s? Wouldn't be too much longer you would think.

I love looking back at this band over it's 30 year career. These guys were always changing and definitely a lot of highs and lows throughout their career.
When they returned in 76 many new songs and many old songs no longer played.

Just a few that I can think of that were no longer played:
Dark Star- returned 12/31/78
China Rider- returned December 77
Truckin- returned at Englishtown 9/3/77
Dire Wolf- returned fall 77

I will say, I wish the liner notes were bigger. I have no chance of being able to read some of those personal letters and news articles.

Enjoy the box folks!

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

Ordered.

Good times to be a Head . . .

love it

happy days

Suh-weet! Stealth announcement.

Ordered, looking forward to this arriving next month. I bet we get two this year.

Stoked for this one! But…

Stoked for this one! But what’s new with that?

Early box might be because of 50th anniversary releases coming later in the year.

[edit] ....aaaand Dave confirms in the seaside chat that it’s going to be a busy year of releases, so wanted to get this one to us with time to breathe around it.

oh yeah

very nice ordered,,, sounds a little cleaner than my current copy. This appears to give us the complete (?) boston run. 6-9 is a road trip and 6-12 has parts (have to say parts with a boston accent).

Will NOT tell wife. She informed me to stop buying until I get a job.

Is it proper to tell wife of 40 years, fuck you?

Around & Around ~ 6.19.76

There it is !!!!!! !

Dave L. Toss in 7.13.76 Orpheum Theatre bonus cuts. Was just listening to this one. What happened to release of final Orpheum performance?

1976 shows are fire sauce. This is going to be a smokin hot box set desert island Dead. I missed the giants stadium set. Gotta get this one

I went to Hampton Coliseum for dead and company in November. One of the discs spinning was 6.29.76. Pure gold

Other 1976 shows I have heard recently are from Portland, Rochester, Columbus, and Cincinnati. All of the are really sweet.

Sugaree from Columbus is really cool

9.26.72 ~ Bird Song ~ about ten minutes in. Jerry sends in the Mind melters

June 76

Was just thinking about this when I was thinking of what years have not seen a boxset yet.

I guessed 5 shows on fifteen discs but wrong year. Do I get half credit? haha

Nice

Was just reading the Rob Eaton story about the Betty boards return. This looks immensely cool.

I guess I better do my taxes now and hope it's still available when I get my returns. These always seem to come out at the time when I'm strapped. I suspect this will be available for a little while, but you never know.

Vinyl?

Anybody know if they are going to put one of these shows on vinyl like they normally do for the box sets?

4 winds

No prize, but you get to buy.

June 76/ far out!

Fantastic choice Dave, I just bought two copies, one for me and one for my brother. This one is gonna go fast. Thanks for releasing this great music.

'76 Box

Sweet. I've already got all of these except 6/14 and they have always been some of the best played and sounding shows in my vault.

...but you know these are gonna sound waaaay better. And with these shows, that's saying something.
Get 'em while they're hot folks...
:O)

Box Announcement

Schwing!

Dennis. No way!

Looks like LMG was right. And Dave mentioned something big coming out in the fall. Can't believe how excited I am. Is something wrong with me?

Peace folks.

I'm in

locked and loaded - was even able to use the discount they gave me for the no show of JULY 78
fingers crossed should get it by Christmas .

Live at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, 6/10/1976 Digital Single

What is this: Live at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, 6/10/1976 Digital Single?
The set comes with the whole 6/10/76 show, so what is this single about? What's the point?

Sold!

I’ve been asking for these shows for years.

And what’s really crazy, I was going to post something about them this morning, but was late for work so didn’t.

Hey, Bolo was right about this one.

76!

I was just listening to Dicks #20 over the weekend. I ordered it also and I hope to get it by December also - fingers and eyes crossed.

'72 or '73 Box

Coming this fall? Or will it be Spectrum '89?

Ordered

Well that’s the easy bit. Ordered without any problems. Let’s hope I survive the holiday in Algeria at the end of March now that I have something to look forward to :))

Plangentized too

Originally had all of the shows on cassettes, then CD-R, then digital upgrades. Can’t wait to hear them all polished up.
6-19 has always been an FM copy, so that’s the biggest upgrade.
They’re all grate but 6-14 has always been my favorite.

Dennis

Fuck Off seems to work slightly better, not quite as personal, lol

Mbarilla

perhaps we won’t see as that one is widely circulated CD copy from radio broadcast? But great show for sure!

ICCK

Congrats, I know you’ve been jonesing for this one for a long time 😃

Good Medicine

A sincere thank you for this. Been on my box set wish list for a while now.

Fuuuuuuuuuuck Yesssssssssss!!!....

....happy camper here!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Can't believe this one - has my favorite show of all time included....6/11/76

HAPPY DAY DEADFREAKS!

Sixtus

Here's a true story........

Last night I'm in the basement, to spin on the bike. My GD collection upstairs is 1966-1975. Downstairs I keep 1976-1995. So I pick the Capitol 6-17-76 (DaP 28) to listen to whilst spinning. Some amazing playing that reminded me that not all '76 is languid, which is my stereotyping of that year. Let's face it, every year has killer shows and ho-hum shows. So when this sucker popped into my email in-box, I thought, well, that's synchronicity. Then I looked at the show dates.

I was in Boston for one of the four nights in June '76 and clearly remember getting hassled by street walkers en route to the show and on the drive home we had to pull over and sleep in the car.

I caught one of the two nights at the Beacon in NYC. Not sure which.

And I caught the night at the Capitol when they opened with Help On the Way, which is in this box.

So, good chance this box delivers 2-3 shows I attended that year.

And let me say this: they returned from their hiatus in June and played 19 shows -- fresh, excited, etc.

Finally, I think Dave has an obligation to get as many ABCD/returned Betty Boards released as swiftly as possible and this continues that trend of the past 3-4 years. Very glad to have this. And maybe we get another in the fall???

Dennis, try this:

Use a bad British accent and say, Folk offff!

been waiting for this one

took a couple few tries to order, things must be jammin' now

charged up & fresh

been waiting for this one

took a couple few tries to order, things must be jammin' now

charged up & fresh

sorry please remove copies

funny sticky buttons

Happy Crampers and Sleep Walkers???

I think my goggles has gotten boggled… does that really say Dancing>The Wheel>Sugar Mag Scarlet Begonias>SSDD?? Have to check that out! 6/15/76 happening to be the one of the four I’m not familiar with.

Looking forward to this (I've over due for a new box).

Too boxes !

Too Boxsets you say , I’m so grateful, keep up the amazing work Dead Team!!!🙏❤️😎💀🌹💀🌹😳

Can You Pass The Acid Test?

DaP 33 was my “acid test” - if it arrived safe and sound, with no hassle, then I’d feel confident The Great Warehouse Debacle Of ‘19 was behind us, and all systems “Go!” to order with confidence again - it was received without a hitch, just like the days of yore, so no problem seeing my way to order this June 1976 gem of a box set!!! (I hope everyone has had similar good fortune.). Hurry up Spring!!!

Early Box

This is an excellent surprise, I hadn't expected an announcement anytime soon, let alone a box due 3/20. As much as I liked DaP28 6/17/76 and '76 in general, I am psyched for this box. I know you can't judge a show by the set list, but the set lists for these shows look pretty cool. Thought about waiting to order, then thought about missing out and put the order in now. Curious to see what the rest of the year brings.

76 Box Set

Just ordered, 5 complete shows wow, can't wait !

I like 1976

Yep, 76 is fine with me!*

*Just so my "picky deadhead" credentials are not tarnished:
I am disappointed that this will likely delay the release of the remastered multi-track recording of 7/18/76!

I have no interest…

I have no interest whatsoever in this June '76 box. None. Zero. It's gonna be a long wait to see what NEXT year will bring us. First time I've questioned a decision to release.

Help Me! I need Road Trips Boston Music Hall 6/9/1976

If anyone could grace me with a copy of this out-of-print Road Trips, I'd be grateful.

Not sure how I missed this one, but it's too expensive on the secondary market.

Perhaps I could send something you're missing in return.

I also spy with my third eye....

....a new bottle opener goes on sale on 3/20 as well. A perfect gift for CaseyJanes to settle our superbowl bet. He has everything! But he doesn't have that. Me either. Two please!

Seventies Dead

My favorite era. Totally stoked for this one. Order process went smoothly.

Jimi and the Road Trip

check you pm's sir.

76 box -first box of year

Well, nobody saw this coming. I'm in. Mabey.

@HendrixFreak - Help on the Way

I sent you a PM.

Well that put an abrupt end

To the Dap 33 thread 😸😸😸

Hey carlo13

Did you get a cheeky 15% discount voucher for your July 78 no show ?

Not lovin’ it.

At this point releasing any ‘70s box set is redundant. It’s now just a matter of whether I’ll be disciplined enough to pass on this one, as I certainly don’t need it.

Peri

Actually I received a 20 percent discount when I sent a text to rhino about the 3 month wait on the july 78 box and they apologized for the delay. So I used it to buy the Nightfall of diamonds show. They finally said no stock left. Sad. But I did buy one on ebay for $180.

Bolo

Did bolo mention boston for the next box?

Not lovin' it either

I wouldn't go as far as Patagonian Fox in saying that releasing any box sets from the 1970s is now redundant. But releasing anymore from between 1976-1978 may be. At least until the primary years are properly served. ie 1966-1969.

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