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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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April 16, 2020 - 2:16pm

#351

JimInMD

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Re:

Fivebranch.. well said.

Sixtus, we are mutual fans of 4/16/78, Huntington WV. One of two times played the Mountain State.

Ha.. if I had to keep just six Europe shows. Well.. I'd opt for the cyanide pill and be grateful for a life well lived. You can't limit yourself to just six shows from that tour, it's simply not possible.
April 16, 2020 - 1:00pm

#352

FiveBranch

Joined:
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my two cents

So I’m finally getting around to throw out a few thoughts on June 1976 (Michigan's Stay at Home Order has made me oddly withdrawn from internet life as well... I guess I feed of external stimulus in ways I don't even realize). Hopefully I'm not repeating what has already been said!

For the first set material, at times I found myself so absorbed by the nuances that I would briefly ‘forget’ what song they were actually on (jams in 6/19th’s Franklin’s and Tennessee Jed being memorable examples). And then some renditions are just executed masterfully, finding that perfect balance between structure and looseness (try 6/10th’s Cassidy, which is the first track in the box that I had to immediately listen to again). No doubt the clarity of the recordings helps tremendously to pick up the subtleties. Samson though took a few attempts before getting the groove dialed in (the 16th finally pulls it off but the previous are fledglings).

For the second sets, my favorite GD shows are those where once the band steps up on stage, everything that follows rolls together as a complete performance and you would never want to skip or add anything. And you are starting to hear that in 1976 second sets. Perhaps it was the new momentum from Hart being back. I don’t think its coincidence that the last time they had this approach was back in the late 60’s. I honestly find ’72 – ’74 shows to be too long and I rarely listen to any front to back, as I do for shows from 1976 onward. Instead I look for great segments that can be lifted out for a splendid 80 minute sit-down.

I was really looking forward to this release and its everything I hoped for. It captures such a distinct year for GD with Jerry’s new tone, the new songs, Hart being back, the fresh approaches after the hiatus. I’ll be returning to it a lot. If there was one song I wish they had in rotation though it would have been Bird Song. I’d love to know how that could have sounded seventy-sixed! I guess Crazy Fingers kind of filled that slot.

[Side note: I’m a big fan of Aarhus, the jam after Truckin’ that eventually lands down into TOO is sublime, the entire Disc 3 is a great example for what I’m talking about above]
April 16, 2020 - 11:54am

#353

Sixtus_

Joined:
November 8, 2014

April Sixteenth

As I am wont to do on this date, I've taken-in this bad boy today and I would like to encourage others to do the same. Would love to see this one some day, officially; it's among my personal favorites for a '78:

https://archive.org/details/gd1978-04-16.sbd.miller.82273.sbeok.flac16

Be Safe and Well, All

Sixtus

P.S. Aarhus ain't too shabby either, for a Sixteenth.
Good one, Stoltzfus. I see what you did there.
April 16, 2020 - 11:37am

#354

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

Aarhus is very very very fine hus

with two tour buses in the yard
April 16, 2020 - 10:57am

#355

sheik yerbones

Joined:
February 5, 2008

Hi Keith Fan

I did exactly the same for Aarhus 16/04...and I love this show; I bought E72 à la carte, so a few shows are missing.
if I had to save 6 lyceum 05/26 -Frankfurt 04/26 Tivoli 04/14 Paris 05/3or4 Amsterdam10/05 and Wembley 04/8
(with good mention Rotterdam, Newcastle, Aarhus and underestimated Luxembourg)
I found this interesting blog for Europe 72 ,
http://bozosandbolos.blogspot.com/
Now I am relistening the "small shows" Newcastle, and soon Hambourg, & Munich
For June 76 Nothing on the shoreline...
April 16, 2020 - 10:55am

#356

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

HDCD CD Player

I use a Laptop with Foobar HDCD decoder witch allows me to cut the output volume even if peak extension is not enabled. This allows for more headroom and not brickwalled. Newer releases do not have peak extension enabled so it's good I still have the option to cut the output volume.

Foobar HDCD decoded(halve output volume)to a USB SPDIF 24bit converter to a Marantz sr7005 DAC

4/16/72 sounds pretty good I like these shorter PITB's they go far-out fast.
April 16, 2020 - 8:28am

#357

Lovemygirl

Joined:
April 29, 2016

1978

Would Always welcome more 1978! 💀🌹
April 16, 2020 - 7:15am

#358

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

"Most of the time...

...we do songs to _death_."

- Jerry Garcia
April 16, 2020 - 6:51am

#359

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

The Dead in Denmark

I am starting my walk through the woods with 4/16/72. This was the first Europe 72 CD I bought. I read it in the Rolling Stone top 20 list where it was noted that Donna was absent. This was a few weeks after I discovered Sunshine Daydream / Veneta and graduated from casual listener to hardcore DeadHead. In those days I didn't like the Donna vocals on Playing in the Band so I had two reasons to get this one first. I've done a 180 with Donna since then.

This box that really is the gold standard. It was the perfect merging of excellent sound quality in excellent playing (not to mention great setlists). I really wish they had some multi-tracks from 1973, but I guess the closest we get is Winterland '73 box set. I always forget what the recording difference was on this one, but it's stated the liner notes - I believe it was wider tape at a faster speed + Plangent. Sometimes the mid-range comes through a little high, but that's what the equalizer is for.

I really like Pigpen's organ chops on Sugaree. The whole Hammond / grand piano combination of PigPen pen and Keith is just sublime. Add Jerry's Stratocaster and Billy - I mean really, has anyone gotten more out of three drums than Billy? Okay maybe four drums. Donna was used just the perfect amount in my humble opinion. I think she was a little over involved in some of the post hiatus classics, but she's pretty much always right where she needs to be on this tour ( indeed, it's the last time you can hear Sunshine Daydream without her until 1979, boring that shows she missed during pregnancy oh, but you get my point). When Bobby was able to get his own screams down that song sounded incredible in 1971 and 72. This is actually the only show they didn't play it, come to think of it.

This April 16th show is actually kind of an odd one for Rolling Stone to pick, considering there is no Dark Star and a very abbreviated The Other One. They really could have picked any show from this tour (I think they did pick Bickershaw as well in their list).

My June 1976 t-shirt arrived. It's as good as it looks. It's cut and stitched like the Pacific Northwest t-shirt, which is a good thing. Excellent quality.

I'm doing my Europe 72 run a little bit differently this year. After the full listen, I'm going back and replaying the highlights, which inevitably includes all of the Dark Stars and The Other Ones.

I also have one of Doc's April '71 favorites queued up next - 4/8 at the Boston Music Hall. This is a great 15-minute Dark Star that goes into St. Stephen. My PhD is not in Dead '71, but I have noticed that the St. Stephens started rocking out after they dropped the William Tell section and the Mickey Hart. The instrumental outro that leads up to the "answer man" vocal is kick-ass, and some of Bobby's best chord playing. The first rule of 1971 is 1971 St. Stephens are not to be missed!

Well it's almost time to work so I have to wrap up this walk which was all too short. Fortunately I don't live in the city or anything so I have not seen a single person. It's 45 degrees sunny and no wind. I'm surrounded by huge pine trees (which only fall occasionally) and the 4/16/72 China Rider is playing on my headphones. This is one of the best of the tour. Jerry and Keith are extra busy.

June 1976 t shirt. You're going to want that cowbell. I feel like I'm on the Oakland A's or at least part of the Dick's Picks 33 album cover. Speaking of the Dick's Picks 33 album cover - do the last 5 seconds of the Breaking Bad opening credits evoke that album cover image in anyone else's head besides mine? There's something about the color and the drifting smoke the triggers the DP 33 imagery. Every time. Kind of like every time Jack Straw ends, I expect the opening chords of Franklin's Tower to start up; this is because Grateful Dead go to Nassau was one of my first Dead CDs.

Strider88 - I saw your comment about the Gibson SG. It sounded like you actually saw the February 18th 1971 show at Port Chester? Did I catch that right? If so... I'd love to hear some stories about that one.

With all the tape they use throughout their career to record the shows, it would have been cool if they had spent 60 Seconds after each set to comment about how things went. Okay maybe I'll just stop being greedy and be satisfied they recorded the shows at all. This was just an unheard-of practice. We're so blessed.
April 16, 2020 - 6:47am

#360

Deadheadbrewer

Joined:
February 2, 2010

HDCD

Vikes, et al. Interestingly enough, the Marantz HD-CD1 does NOT decode discs encoded with HDCD format. Finding HDCD players is getting more and more difficult, unless one searches the used market for older equipment, or unless one spends boku bucks.

After doing some research and trying some listening experiments on a Cambridge Blu-Ray player I purchased on EBay (ended up coming from a Head, who kindly hooked me up with stickers and shows when he saw he was shipping to "DeadheadBrewer"), I determined that I no longer care about HDCD. On the Cambridge one can choose whether the HDCD decoding is on or off, and I used the RFK box with its immaculate sound as a test to go back and forth. I'll be darned if my 50-year old ears can tell one iota of difference.

So I learned to quit worrying about HDCD, and now just enjoy the music coming through the Maverick tube DAC (no HDCD decoding), which has a DAC that is much newer/better(?) than most DACs in older players that DO decode HDCD. A guy at a boutique audio shop told me that the new DACs are so improved as to render older "tricks" like HDCD meaningless. Your mileage may vary.

As I mentioned previously, I also could not discern any difference between the SACD layer and Redbook layer on a DVD player that allows me to choose which version to listen to. And I "failed" a blind listening test I set up, whereby my wife randomly played me Mp3 and WAV files of the same song. I guessed which file it was five times out of ten.

If HDCD makes a difference and someone can appreciate it, then more power to her/him. I've decided to never give another thought as to whether my equipment decodes it or not. Buy better headphones and speakers, and ignore nearly everything else is my new audio mantra.

Be kind, rewind.

John Perry Barlow

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

Still Waiting for June '76

June '76 has not arrived yet to my home.
Just listened to my tape-version of:
JAI-ALAI FRONTON, MIAMI, FL 6/23/74 - (Dave's Picks 34).
Very playful, tender and mellow. U.S. Blues is great.
Also waiting for DaP 33. Bummer!
When in the States, Sam Adams is one major brand beer I do like.
Take care

Dead Vikes / Road Trips 3.I

Dead Vikes, great pick , you hit a home run with this pick! The bonus material you mentioned is also great. The Minglewood Blues is the best version that I ever saw them do live. This run would have made a nice box set, fantastic recording quality!

Guiness- Angry Jack Straw

Angry Jack Straw,
we've visited the Guiness Brewery in Dublin some time ago.
I remember they said they were making 4 or 5 different types of Guiness.
Here in Germany there's only one type of Guiness around. Wonder why?
Of course, on tap all beers taste much much better than bottled beer.
Take care!

@HendrixFreak

Thanks for the offer and I will check out the official Jimi H webpage regarding those cds. My desktop computer is old and the cd/dvd burner is not working consistently so. . .. The guy who built it for me moved away so I am not sure what I'll do. I could buy and external one pending having a new desktop built. I'll let you know when as I build my official Jimi live release collection.

Does anyone remember The New Amsterdam beer Co.?

Sadly they are not around anymore but they made a great black and tan beer in a bottle. Guiness in a bottle is nasty the draught in a can is good. Guiness is better in Ireland; it does not travel well but is still good on tap elsewhere.

deadegad -Guiness

Deadegad,
excuse me,
I do not understand. What is the difference between a beer in a bottle and draught in a can?
Is can barrel/keg?

Guinness bottle vs. Can

The bottles of Guinness are just the stout. The cans come with a CO2 charge canister inside so that when you pop the top, the beer pours out more like a proper Guinness draught. I prefer the cans myself.

Peace

1976 box #5018

1976 box #5018 has arrived in Scotland after visiting customs. Paid on-line and they delivered today. Played the Boston shows today and enjoyed greatly. NY will be tomorrow’s treat.

Santa Fe September 10, 1983

Mark me down with it. 9/10,11/83 had to have been my two favorite Dead concerts of the 80s that I attended. V-guy remember the rain during China Cat/ I know You Rider with the rainbow arching down to Earth beyond the stage. It was fucking Wow!
Also New Years Eve 81 with Ken Kesey right before midnight and later a Dark Star peeled my face right offa my head.
Also this coming Saturday the Native American Music Awards will be having several Native musicians performing from their homes. Time; 5pm-9pm EST . http://www.facebook.com/NativeAwards
My relations Shelley Morningsong and Fabian Fontenelle from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico will perform from 4pm-5pm EST .
Please check this out if so moved.

Guinness cans

I think that the cartridge has nitrogen in it which gives the stout a creamier feel.

Gerd

We did the Guinness tour some time ago as well. I don’t recall how many different types of beer they brew. I’ve really only seen the traditional and the blonde. Guinness is such a unique beer that I only drink the traditional.

I do recall being disappointed by the tour (and Dublin in general). We should have just taken the elevator straight to the tasting room on top for our complimentary pint.

Re;Santa Fe Downs....

....i wasn't there strider. I was 15 and into metal. But I was in Northern New Mexico around that time visiting extended family with my immediate family. My moms side of the family was from Taos. Three aunts still live there. Didn't have a clue the boyz were playing in the area around that time.

@GratefulGerd

I just checked back in and I think the other members here have answered it. When drinking Guinness from a keg with tap in a pub/bar/ Kneipe the Guiness comes out very smooth. The bartender also deliberately opens the tap/vom Fass slowly and pauses the pouring of the Guiness to make it creamy. Guinness from a bottle tastes like bad wine or vinegar. Guiness Co. created a can with a type of gas cartridge inside to duplicate how creamy Guinness becomes when it comes out of a tap/ vom Fass. Guinness from a can is very good but from a bottle it is very bad. I wish we were hanging out together and I could demonstrate this to you then you would understand.

Stuff

Just catching up on these threads . . . Got dang there is a ton of official Hendrix live stuff out there I didn't know about. Some of us need to keep this economy afloat.

MP51 --- I have been enjoying some John Prine so far. I found a live set from 73 on the Wolfgangs Vault app. He's like Dylan's hillbilly cousin. His song 'Illegal Smile'. . . Wonder if the inspiration for that came from The Other One . . . "Busted me for smiling on a cloudy day." Its obviously about acid, or psychedelics generally.
Re: that list of songwriters. Townes Van Zandt is another guy I've heard about, but haven't really listened to. But all your others are some of my favs.

I'll see that list, and raise you a Warren Zevon.

Y'all got a major beer fetish

Jussayin

Last 5...

Traffic~Mr. Fantasy
The Stooges~The Stooges
Tweak Bird~Tweak Bird
Grateful Dead~ 6-30-74
John Prine~ ??-10-1986 Asheville,N.C.
Kellar Williams & String Cheese Incident~Breathe

get some and hang tough. Be Kind...

Guiness cans - Thanks for explaining

@deadegad
Guten Morgen
I didn't know about a cartridge in a Guiness can. Have to check that out.
Du sprichst deutsch?
Gerd

Gasssss....

The gas cartridge in beer cans is called a widget. This is not to be confused with the digital variety (think apps).

One for the road - double lockdown

They were wondering on the news this morning if alcohol use had gone up during the recent crisis. Can't see any evidence of it myself.

As if things weren't weird enough at the moment, my street has been cordoned off for the last 20 hours due to what the police have told me is a firearm incident. Gets more dangerous out there with every passing day.

Keep on Chooglin' Live Europe

Creedence Clearwater!!! When I was a kid the DJ at WMMS in Cleveland would end his all night shift every Saturday morning playing this song at 550 a.m. Worked on a greens crew so was driving to work at that time.... bob t

Guinness

The Guinness Extra Stout in a bottle is tough for me to drink. I'm not sure if regular Guinness comes in a bottle or not. Regular Guinness flows down nicely, but can be painful the next day. Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout is worth the hangover!!!!!

DSO Marathon Stream All Day

Wanted to share the below; for anyone interested in tuning in to some Dark Star Orchestra streams - they are doing a bunch of free stuff today starting momentarily if you need a Friday dead fix. Wait, what am I talking about...we ALL need our Friday Dead Fix:

https://fans.com/livestream/20200410-dark-star-orchestra/?utm_source=20…

Also have been the Guinness Storehouse & Brewery in Dublin. One of the coolest beer experiences ever. The self guided tour is amazing. And of course the Guinness pints you get at the end up atop the building with great views. I recall good times.

Be Well, Deadfreaks!
Sixtus

Wot widgit??

Major Beer Fetish Friday! Oh yeah.

Indeed, if you live in the States, you have to compromise with the pint cans of Guinness. Strangely, I also love Hamms -- it's weak stuff, but chilled properly (just above freezing) it's a very crisp, clean beer. THEN you switch to the Guinness pint with the wojgit, whippet, nitro thing-y and you feel like you've crossed the pond. Repeat and you're actually IN the pond. (Feel free to run with the nitrous allusion...)

Bein' silly, but I've got a shot of Jameson in my coffee this morning. Will be embarking on 6-15-76 this evening, the last of the five shows for me. So much great music. Very liquid-y. This box really turned my head around about '76, when I caught maybe five shows, if memory serves. For a single show & flow, I'm currently partial to 6-10-76 and may revisit that one after 6-15, perhaps on headphones. Listened on headphones last night for the first time to some recent studio recordings I made and man, you get great separation in the stereo image. So good, I missed the Denver Howl last night....

@GratefulGerd

Ja. Ich kan doch Deutsch! Aber ich habe viele vergessen. Aber es kommt gleich zurück wann ich Deutsch lese und spreche. Ubung macht den Meister!

I lived in Heidelberg for several years a long time ago. I was an exchange student. I actually moved from the southside of Dublin, Ireland to Heidelberg. Although I am from New York, my family emigrated from Ireland and I have family all over that country but my fathers vor verwandte emigrated from Scotland to Ireland after the English Civil War -- a long time ago. Germany is a beautiful country! I love it.

Take care everyone and be well. This storm will pass. The Wake of the Flood: We will get back to normal lives.

Irish Spirits

Hendrix you mentioned both places I visited in Ireland - Jameson Distillery and the Guinness Storehouse (which ironically is located at "St. James Gate". That was a fun trip. I still have a sealed bottle of Redbreast 12 year. One day....

@IceCreamKid

Yes, I believe you are correct, nitro, not CO2... my mistake.

Hope everyone is doing well today! I spun set 1 and most of set 2 of 9/10/83 Santa Fe last evening (I couldn't wait for VGuy's official listening party...) and that China>Rider is so fine! EDIT: And, that Playin>China Doll... sublime!

Happy Friday, DeadLand

Peace

The box has landed in lovely sunny New Brighton.

Schweeeeeeet !. Picked up my box from the local post office yesterday morning....£28.23 in charges to pay but it is what it is. I'm just grateful that Royal Mail (my employer as i'm a postie) handled the delivery here in the U.K. and not those worthless buffoons UPS whom i've had major run-ins with in the past !.

Everything in the box is pristine and the limited edition number is 5303.

Hendrixfreak....check your PM's !.

Credence

Bob T, I love Credence Clearwater Revival, that Bayou Country album in particular - the track Born on the Bayou just works for me as does Bootleg, and who doesn't like Proud Mary? Giving it a spin now after seeing your Keep on Chooglin' reference.

Santa Fe 9/10

One day Dave's picks will drop this one on us its worthy of a release sounds great and it has a decent Esau a song Dave really likes.

Credence C. R. talk and @Deadboss

Funny that there is a all of this CCR talk because I had been watching some Youtube clips of CCR live at Woodstock and elsewhere. What a great band they were! I wish they had some more live (I have only one) releases because the Youtube videos show CCR in excellent form. CCR's cover of I Heard it Through the Grapevine is epic. Something I did not know was that CCR followed The GD at The Woodstock Music Festival and we know The GD were unhappy with a below par performance on their part.

P.S. Oops, almost forgot, good news Deadboss that your 76 box has arrived. Although since you're employed by The Royal Mail you would think you could get an employee discount on the import tax!!!! Just sayin'! Professional courtesy. @#$&^%#g government!

9.10.83 Seamons Matrix....

https://archive.org/details/gd1983-09-10.139379.mtx.seamons.ht112.flac16

CCR at Woodstock.

This came up a while ago but no harm in bringing it up again. Their Woodstock performance finally got an official CD release last year after 50 years. Well worth checking out as it is great.

hey deadboss

Now YOU check yer pm.

Internet Archive

Hello all!

In case you were unaware, Internet Archive (that place all of us Dead Heads cherish so much,) is asking for donations to keep things up and running in these tough times. As a high school teacher, as well as a fan, I have found them to be an absolutely invaluable resource. If you can donate, that would be awesome!

Anyway, in the words of the immortal Jimbo, back to your regularly scheduled Drums>Space.

Peace

CCR

They were my first "big" concert, May 1970 @ MSG. Booker T and the MGs opened! What a great show it was.

John Fogerty has long blamed the Dead for putting everyone to sleep before CCR hit the stage in the middle of the night at Woodstock! Even though these two bands were very friendly, both being from San Fran, John also tells a story of seeing the GD one night, and the boys were so drugged out, that it turned him and CCR off to drugs forever.

Rock on

HahaHAAA!!....

....now you people didn't think I could crank 9.10.83 to 11 without piggybacking 9.11.83.
https://archive.org/details/gd1983-09-11.131805.mtx.remix.dusborne.flac…

Fogerty

I'll just say this: CCR was a great band. Fogerty wrote some great tunes. But I caught Fogerty last year at Red Rocks and he did a 50th Woodstock-y thing for that tour, including his whiny voiced story about the Dead at Woodstock and it disgusted me. Like it's a big shared joke, how lame the Grateful Dead were. Being in the 10th row, I yelled out loud and clear. "Hey, this is a Grateful Dead town. Fuck you!" A lot of people around me cheered and laughed. I don't think Fogerty heard me. I did the exact same thing around 1981 at the tiny Rainbow Music Hall when Dave Mason tried a lame joke about Jerry and I was in the 3rd row. I said loud and clear in a slightly menacing tone: "Hey, this is a Dead crowd." I did not curse him, it was a quiet small theater and starting something with the performer did not seem wise. But Mason visibly winced at my words and moved on. In retrospect, I should have walked to the front of the stage, delivered the one-finger salute, told him off and walked out. Both Fogerty and Mason continue to tour but neither ever achieved the artistic level, audience embrace or financial success of the Grateful Dead.

Fogerty put on a great show and I'm glad I went. But I will not put another dollar in his pockeet. I just don't go for trite put-downs from inferior musicians when it comes to the GD.

Okay, rant over. Only two hours to cold beer and guitaring.

CCR was a great band....

....that lasted what. Five years? Hmm. Maybe they should have tried getting along instead of being dicks to each other and bashing others. Money. Its a gas. Oh well. Down On The Corner.

lyrics for our times

Well I'm about to get upset
From watchin' my TV
Been checkin' out the news
Until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it's gonna change, my friends
Is anybody's guess
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Fogerty, Allman, Simmons bashing GD

When you are inferior and know it, you criticize the one you are jealous of in order to try and make yourself feel superior.

to some folks in Idaho

"it can't happen here
it can't happen here
I'm telling you my dear
that it caaaan't happen here"

dissing the Dead?

fukum

CCR is awesome
ABB is ok
KISS sucks

but

Grateful Dead

is life

At least we can all agree....

....that the Grateful Fucking Dead are king of the hill. No question. Everyone else is just talking points. That's why we're here, right?
This current climate needs more Jerry, Phil, Bobby, Mickey, Brent, Keith, Bill, Ron, Donna, Vince, Bruce, Tom. Facts man. Facts.

Dead on film

Incredible rocking finale to the first set at Copenhagen 4/17/72. The whole set is good, but the last two songs of the set, Big Railroad Blues and Truckin' blow the roof off. Best savoured on that unofficial dvd that came out a while back. Shame the whole show wasn't filmed.
The armed police have finally drifted away from my front door after keeping guard for 30 hours. Quite pleasant people, as it goes, but it makes me wonder what has been going on out there.

11-3-91

Fogerty sounds good because of the band that is backing him.

Hey Daverock....

....what did your window panes tell you?? Looking out there.? What happened?
Good to know the armed police are polite. Imo, they don't want to be there either. Crazy times.
11.3.91. I don't need to look that date up cone kid, because I recognize it. And yes.
MSM told me last week we would see 3,000 US deaths per day this week. Hmm.

All we r saying

Is give KISS a chance.

Stoltzfus KISS has about 5 total vinil LPs of music that is on par with some of the best hard rock recorded (along the lines of AC-DC, Van Halen, and Aerosmith. Unfortunately that all occurred between 1975 and 1978. But you're right they have sucked since then with the exception of the reunion tour with Ace Frehley in the 90s.

There is currently a cover band called KISS that has two original members in it, two of the greediest most unappreciative bastards you've ever met in your life who would stab their mothers in the back for a nickel, but they can't be confused with the real deal from the 70s. Now those were some good concerts but nothing like the Dead of course. Just good old-fashioned hard rock chords in 3 minute songs. Fun rock.

I forgot to listen to Spring 73

I completely missed out on all of the Spring 1973 anniversary shows. Now I have to cram them in between Europe 72 shows. I just got in the two Dark Stars and the surrounding second set magic from one of the DP 28 shows and Scooby Doo House.

I think I'm on to Recommendations from the Dead next, morbidly titled because Dick Latvala said it was some of the best jamming ev-er. I'm talking about the April 2nd show (or thereabouts) from Boston, Dave's Picks with the two skeletons that look like Keith and Donna laying in the flowers.

Then I have to get the Spectrum show in. This ain't going to be easy.

Oh! Kick in the gut Stoltzie, they had a couple of good records when Ace was in the band.

Never really listened to CCR. Maybe I should. Who's going to try and get the Duane era Allman Brothers in first.

Songs Come Out Of The Air...

...and quite possibly so does everything else. Angels and Devils. Not enough time to get into all that here. However, relative to John Fogerty/CCR and KISS, there appears to be a very fertile window when all those apples are cut from the tree. Maybe a two, three album period where most of the gold comes, then a gentle trailing off. Or an abrupt halt - how many genius songs are out there from "one hit wonders."

Occasionally a band can somehow find their way back (Jefferson Starplane). Or Blue Oyster Cult. But mostly, there's a peak period with every artist both commercially and artistically, then an endless mining of the hits live with slight interjection of "new material" that no one wants to hear.

CCR had a fantastic run - Run Through The Jungle alone is enough to cement a legacy. And whatever anyone thinks about KISS, Gene Simmons' bass lines were very Paul McCartney-esque, melodic and inventful, and those guys were incredible power pop songrwriters in the Cheap Trick vein. And very good rock singers, Paul and Gene, Gene to this day.

For those about to rock, I salute you.

"Rock and roll guitars!!" - April Wine

\m/

Still no box in Sweden

Am I alone in Sweden( or indeed continental Europe) not to have yet received the box?
Tracking stopped 31 march, since when nothing, and the local post office( post nord) doesnt recognise either of the tracking numbers. Of course the Covid can have caused extra delay...

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