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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 6, 2020 - 9:48pm

#681

Angry Jack Straw

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Random thoughts

With all of this free time on hand, I’m going to do something others have done. Europe 72 on the anniversary dates. Someone else mentioned that it took them 2 1/2 years to get through the first listen. It took me a year and a half. Now I have time.

Hard to believe that it’s coming up on 25 years since Garcia passed. I’m a bit surprised that not more has been made of it. A special release perhaps?

71 is the deal. Doc was on top of this long ago. Flat out rock and roll. A Capitol release would be very welcome.

As for the person who asked why many of us shun the later years.

Easy Answers
Eternity
Samba in the Rain

And many, many others. Not banging. Just providing clarity.

A little bit too much Vince Gilligan in tonight’s episode of BCS.
April 6, 2020 - 8:47pm

#682

hendrixfreak

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I'd like to go on wreck-erd...

as saying, with all due respects to everyone and all, I'd go for a 30-disc box of spring '71 in a heartbeat, even if it destroyed the business model and it was the last thing I every heard.

Love, HF
April 6, 2020 - 6:37pm

#683

billy the kid

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8/30/70 - Easy Wind

Great version of Easy Wind! It would be nice if this whole video of Calibration could be cleaned up and released. The Dead at their best.
April 6, 2020 - 6:07pm

#684

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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Easy Wind

Charlie3, the ones that come to mind - my fav from the Closing of Winterland bonus disc. I don't even want to tell you what I traded to get this CD into my collection back in my completist days, when my credit card had no balance :D

Anyway that has one from I think New Year's Eve 1970 into '71. Or was it 71 in the 72... I get the years confused on that disc because they're all New Year's shows. Dave's Picks Thelma, DP 16, Fillmore East Road Trips 3.3 all have Easy Wind. Hmmm could that be it?

I wonder why they didn't play this one more. I would have traded it for a couple of the shorter tracks he did on the Europe 72 tour. Next time you see me & Hurts Me Too.

Hi Doc, good to hear you weigh in on 1971 - any discussion on that subject matter without your input seems kind of in vain. Vein. Veign. Vaughn. Stevie Ray Vaughn. WHO IS Stevie Ray Vaughn. That's my final answer.

I would be less interested in Port Chester and Fillmore East Spring 71 if they had not been recorded on multitrack. It's that tease for pristine sound that really elevates them on my list. If I think about it, the 30 Trips show from 3/18/71 is IMHO the best sounding two track from 1971 pre-Keith (of the official releases). Come to think of it, I wonder if any 1971 Pre-Keith shows came back with that acquisition of tapes from the lost storage locker. Hmmmm. Chin scratcher.
April 6, 2020 - 4:36pm

#685

Forensicdoceleven

Joined:
June 17, 2008

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders

Yo, rockers!!!!

I must admit that I'm both amused and amazed at all the 1971 chatter flying back and forth. Seems like old times....

First and foremost, my prediction----there will never be a single complete April 1971 box set. It's not because it isn't good, great, classic, and occasionally sublime. It is, and so much more. But for most, it's too big and unwieldy. People bought 30 Trips because there was variety. The E72 box had all that amazing jamming. Selling a box with 20 shows that on first glance (and I emphasize, "first glance") are very similar is a much tougher nut to crack.

Generally, the "detractions" about this period fall into two camps:
1) "The repertoire". Yes, there is a lot of repetition. Some new stuff, Bobby cowboy tunes, Pigpen's grease---but hey, if you don't care for that, then April 1971 is definitely NOT the month for you. And as some have pointed out, "big jams" are generally lacking. That can't be denied. The big jams vehicles that month were The Other One and Good Lovin'. Hey, works for me, but not for everybody.
2) "The style". Since I'm a rocker, I'm drawn to the style of this era and revel in it. Pared down, lean, mean, Bakersfield blasts of hard edged rock and roll. Not all of it is sledgehammer material, but some is, which means it's very powerful. But others like their Dead smoother, creamier, jammier. I get that.

Then there's the issue of the Fillmore shows. Since portions were released already, that makes their inclusion in a big box a little redundant. And there's all those guests, and the legalities, and the hassles, and the lawyers. But I'd love to see 4/25 as a solo release----that Hard To Handle is as crunchy as a Jake Lamotta right hook.

Make no mistake----while every April 71 show has something to recommend it, not every show that month was a gem. I won't name names, folks know who I mean. Personally, I think an April 71 mega box would sell poorly, which is something that TPTB dwell on over fine cigars and cognac. But I think a pared down box, excluding the Fillmores, would sell very well. Maybe 5 or 6 shows, my preferences would be 4/6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 21.

Actually, I'd much prefer a Port Chester or Fall "FM shows" box (IF it include 11/7, 10/29, and 12/5!)

Guess that's all for now, time to go read some cosmology and strum the guitar....

Rock on,

Doc
P.S. Anybody who needs/wants any 71s, Aprils or otherwise, you know where to find me...……….
April 6, 2020 - 4:33pm

#686

Charlie3

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'71

All of this talk of '71 made me think of the awesome 2/19/71 Port Chester show released as 3FTV. That show has one of the best versions of GSET ever, a version that like some others from '71 has that great loping feel to it. I also realized that 3FTV has a great Easy Wind, another song I dig and a premium Pig vehicle. Which made me wonder, which other, if any, official releases have an Easy Wind? Haven't had a chance to look thoroughly, but can't think of any others off the top of my head. Nice summary on some of the appeal of '71 Keithfan2112, not really much else to add beyond what you already pointed out.

Last 5 - more 1967
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Grateful Dead - 11/10/67 from 30 Trips. Yeah, I have underestimated this show, it smokes. Can I amend my top shows from the 30 Trips box answer?
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Doors - The Doors
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come

Edit: DP 16, DaP 10, and DaP 30 all have Easy Wind.
April 6, 2020 - 3:02pm

#687

daverock

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September 1, 2014

Keith

Oh yes, so would I !
April 6, 2020 - 2:51pm

#688

KeithFan2112

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Daverock

You're probably right. It's probably one of those deals like Winterland October 74. Once you actually list out what didn't make the movie soundtrack, you're not missing that much. But I would take any of these over a nineties box set for example.
April 6, 2020 - 2:25pm

#689

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Ladies and Gentlemen

Its a great release, no question, but I am not sure I would prioritise a release of the whole run as a box set. Those 2 second set jams mentioned from 4/28 and 4/29 are incredible, though. Its years since I listened to tapes of the whole shows from those two dates, but I seem to remember the first two sets were quite similar, in feel if not actual song selection.
I feel the same way about Portchester February 71-very popular on here, and frequently suggested as the source for a future box - but it wouldn't be my choice.
April 6, 2020 - 2:14pm

#690

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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Spring '71

What I like about it:

* From Feb - April '71 they introduced one metric fuckton of new songs. And if they didn't introduce them, they began peaking on stuff from Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. If I look at the track list for Ladies and Gentlemen and Three From the Vault, I would guess 65 to 75% of the songs are not on official release prior to these. And prior to that, Skull & Roses came out as an official release in that actual era, so people were getting some of these tracks for the first time. I can't find a better released Morning Dew prior to the one on Ladies & Gentlemen for example, or Midnight Hour to name a couple. I guess add King Bee. New Minglewood Blues. Only Ripple. Second That Emotion. Dark Hollow.

Truckin' and Bertha tightened up by Autumn '71, and Bird Song went into hyperspace after they gave it a rest between the summer of 71 and the summer of 72. Those are really the only songs I can think of that may have gotten a little bit better on a more consistent basis. I'm not saying there aren't any great Truckin's in Spring of 71, just saying it got even better later. China Cat IMHO gained an immediate infusion of energy; the two drummer versions that came prior always seemed a bit crowded to me.

* One drummer. I think they really began to swing a bit more wiith just Billy back there. Take a listen to St. Stephen from Ladies and Gentlemen - the last-minute is pure rock and roll. Hard to Handle peaked big time and continued into the summer with those great August versions, where one drummer allowed for some intense improvisational instrumental solo sections - I'm talking about the little 2 to 3 minute jams within some of the shorter songs, when they chose to rock out. Greatest Story Ever Told is another. It rocked out extra hard and Spring 71, prior to Jerry picking up the Wah wah on it.

* Agree, they definitely took a step back in the duration of a lot of the Dark Stars and they played it frighteningly few times compared to 72 and 73 and 69 and 70 before it. But that being said, the times they did play it were some of the best 12 to 15 minutes of Dark Star you'll hear with acouple of 20s. No cacophony, no meltdowns, no atonal space drift. Just pure Dark Star melodies and Garcia noodling. February 18th was awesome, all 3 in April were awesome. You will find beautiful Jam on Feb 18th, which is one of a kind, as well as the Jam on Ladies and Gentlemen which may as well be in the middle of a Dark Star.

* Pigpen peaked on the organ. It's funny you mention it actually. House listing in the Cold Rain and Snow from Ladies and Gentlemen this morning, thinking how accomplished Pigpen had become by then. By then he was still playing sparsely, which is good because it didn't overwhelm the soundscape, but he also wasn't limiting himself to chords and basic melodies; he was actually improvising a bit in between. You can really hear him on the 30 Trips show from March.

* Sound quality - the Port Chester and Fillmore East runs are all multi-track sourced.

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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

Hi Daverock

It glazed over me when I read it, but now it's sunk in - you haven't listened to the E72 shows since the box set came out? That was ages ago. What Dead do you listen to alternatively?

Confusion

Keith...no, sorry, what I was trying to say was that I haven't played the stand alone releases since the box came out. By stand alone releases I mean 100 Year Hall, Rockin' at the Rhein and Steppin' Out. Those are the ones that have been gathering dust. I play the shows in the big box a lot. Wouldn't be without it.
I haven't played the original 3 L.P. as was, Europe 72 for over 10 years.

Sweet Katrina. Hotter than hell in the summertime.

And also to the keepers of the peace up on that building over there with their cameras and binoculars and all that good stuff. Looking out for your best interests.

One of my favorite tapes back in the day.

Holleder stadium was demolished back in 1985.

E72 box

Wow, THAT was a lot of reading. Also hard to hear the differences when you're reading. A real bummer, I buy these "official" releases because I assume they will be the BEST mix. Hard to imagine squeezing someone out. In general though I always thought Bob was the hardest to hear, he always seems to get lost in the cymbals. On the plus side,,,, for shit and giggles I checked ebay for the steamer trunk. If you bought when it first came out you've seen the price take a hike, huh? There was someone who wanted over 2G's. All were over a G-note!

I always like the cover of 100 year hall

Just something about it.. I will never forget when i got it had to meet someone at Border Cafe in Cambridge and have drinks and just staring at CD cover!! That was back in the good old days when we could go to restaurants!! Snow in Rhode Island on April 18th!!! be safe everyone bobt

Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72

Don't know how this got by me. Guess I thought I could always make from the steamer trunk. But if the mixes are different....

Anyone out there want to help a guy out? Anyone got a copy to slip me? Sure I could buy used for 20 bucks, but I've already spent more than I should this month for non essentials. Also need to pick up essentials like smoke. I need to get a job again! (boy that sucks, kinda. Gonna be hard to find another gig in a smoke shop!)

Between the Buttons

KeithFan, I just popped in here to take a break from reading about which versions of the Stones' early albums I need, and your end-of-post musings have now given new meaning to the title of one of the albums I was researching! :)

Carlo and AJS

Correct. 9-1-79. Just before set 2 starts out witb a ripping Scarlet Fire. Nice work. Solid show

Re: Steppin' Out

Dennis.. worry not.

GD

Yesterday sitting on my stoop
Listening to 4 4 71
Phone rings
Principal from my school calls (spring break this week)
Shares news that son of a coteacher (kid also an 8th grade student at our school) died in his sleep thursday night
:___(((

I hang up, absorbing that.

From a full stop, the GD play GDTRFB.

completely true.

Here's a raise of the glass, and a fountain of tears, to you, Giacomo.

Re: Stoltzfus

Sad news, hang in there.

Sorry Stoltzfus

Very sad.... bob t

saw this

a nine disc set of Fleetwood/dead/ another group, playing the benefit stuff for dead when busted on bourbon st. Anyone have comments, I can't piss the 100 bucks away right now.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/9-Disc-FLEETWOOD-MAC-GRATEFUL-DEAD-1970-Openin…

Dang.

Condolences, Stoltzfus.

@Stolzfuss

Sad news indeed. R.I.P. to this child. Love & healing to the family.

@ Stoltzy

Sent you a PM, brother.

Peace

Banter

My favorite will always be when Garcia steps up and says, “Here is where Weir gets his wish, at the expense of everybody” right before they break into El Paso.

Walk on

Feels like all I do anymore is walk and eat cereal soaked in protein shakes. It's all good Dead time though.

Stoltzie, sorry to hear about your colleague's son. So young, so tragic.

Dead Head Brewer - I was up at 4am to let the dog out and couldn't get back to sleep. So naturally the headphones went on and fortunately there was a recommendation from the July 78 box set, so I indulged in it and some '72 Playing in the Bands. I have no idea where that concluding comment came from, other than I wanted another cup of coffee and was thinking about breasts (neither of which is uncommon, so I don't know why I found it fit for publication today).

Bobby T - Hundred Year Hall is one of my favorite album covers too. In hindsight it is strange that they didn't release the whole show. On the one hand it was a standard international release, early in the life of the Vault releases, so maybe they weren't confident they could sell a four disc set. On the other hand, if sales and marketing played into it, you would think that the 35-minute version of The Other One would have been excluded in lieu of several more shorter songs. We could speculate a while but what's the point. I love how it's mislabeled as Cryptical Envelopment. I never bothered to change it on my digital copy.

Daverock - thanks for the clarification. Something definitely seemed off. I pretty much only listen to the box set versions too. There are a couple from Steppin' Out that I put on the end of my digital folder for their respective concerts: Brokedown Palace from the April 11th show at Newcastle is one of them. It has this beautiful little piano twinkle that Keith plays right at the beginning that is much higher in the mix on Steppin' Out. I may give it a full listen today at some point. I compared the Dark Star with the April 8th box set version this morning, which I've never done before; in this instance Keith is much louder on Steppin' Out, but he's not completely left out of the mix on the box set version like he is on the example I cited yesterday on Greatest Story Ever Told / Bickershaw. Well some trivia since we're talking about the difference in mixes - you can hear Bobby cough during the lyrics on El Paso on the opening night at Wembley Empire Pool in the box set. You don't get the cough on Steppin' Out. It's these kinds of little nuances that I started picking up after I began purchasing the box set shows a la cart. Then I was just like whoa, where is Keith on some of these??? Anyway this horse has been flogged.

I'm currently revisiting the Pacific Northwest shows from 1974 to see if I really do prefer the Selland '74 Coattail Skeletons show I raved about like a looney bird last week. Cuckoo bird not Looney bird. Looney Tunes, Cuckoo bird. I should Tweety that. I can feel the glares.... trust me it's the runner's high talkin'.

I like 1974 Peggy-Os.

If I were a multi billionaire I would buy the Vault and a team of software Engineers to figure out how to isolate all of the vocals and instruments from a two track recording, so I could make multitrack mixes of all the Dead shows. It can be done I'm sure, it's just not a cost-effective endeavor, so nobody's motivated to do it. Then I would make hologram Dead and have them play to my new multitrack mixes. Then I'd take my show on the road. Oh wait wait wait wait WAIT. I forgot..... I already promised a buddy I'd hire a team of scientists to build him a lightsaber if I ever became a billionaire. Hologram Dead will have to wait.

Thank you for the kind words, y'all

:)))

stage banter

"well, the promoter and the city officials and everybody would like you to try and keep the aisles clear, OK?"

Death Don't Have No Mercy it seems....

....warm hugs to your colleague Stoltzie from across the internet.
My Keychain bottle openers I ordered from dead.net is scheduled to be delivered today. One for me and one for caseyjanes to fulfill my super bowl bet. (God. That seems so long ago and from a different age, doesn't it?). Sending it off next week with some regional beers. I didn't forget you casey.
Checked out that ebay Warehouse listing Dennis. I cant afford to piss away a hundred bucks either, but looks cool. In fact, that ebay seller has a few interesting listings. That Talking Heads one looks neat.

Rats & Mice

Labor Day in Rochester, NY.
I know 'cause I was there! The Good Rats opened

Rock on

Rats & Mice

Oops, 1979 not 1978

Rock on

Been hanging out at Curtis Hixon 12/18/73

After listening to a little 2/15/73... (you know where i was)... 12/18/73 such a good show... sorry about over posting today. just bored. bob t

Hey Bob T!!....

....if you want a crash course in overposting, I hold a ZOOM class on that very subject at 4 o'clock PST.

Vguy sign me up!!!!

Awesome post!! I cant think about Zoom without singing in the back of my head Boston Mass 02134!!

Awesome Washington Examiner article here....

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/isolating-with-the-grateful-…
....cast a wide enough net, bound to catch some fish.
I believe we're all doing our part in this way of thinking. The 4.17.83 space is gonzo!! Guys and gals, 1983 had some pretty grate shows.

Re: Washington Examiner

"One day, I listened to a live version of “China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider,” played at Bucknell University in 1971, and everything clicked. I was hooked. "

That about says it all.

Stoltzy and Bob t.

Stoltzy, poor kid. Its horrible for any kid to be forever young. Sorry. --- Bob t.- "02134, send it to zoom!"

Getting into the Dead....

....is all about timing. I was a victim. Now I'm better for it.
https://www.justgivemepositivenews.com/
"In this world of trouble, we have to love one another."
edit. That Washington Examiner commentor brought up Bucknell U. In Lewiston Pa. That exact show was brought up a couple of days ago on these boards. His post was from a couple of days ago. I still dont believe in coincidences, but that just blew my mind.
Amazing.

Dave Rock / Roky Erickson

I don't know a whole lot about Roky Erickson's music, but a late friend of mine Steve Burgess played bass in his band Roky Erickson and the Aliens. Steve played bass on an album called the Evil One that was released 1981.

Roky

I liked the 13th Floor Elevators a lot. Sort of a tragic tale ala Syd Barrett and Peter Green.

Still, a distinctive style all his own.

There's a great documentary floating around about his life and music, I forget the name but certainly worth checking out.

12 29 69

Oh yeah

Popeye Doyle

Watched the French Connection tonight for the first time in a long while. Great movie.

1971 was a good year

Popeye Doyle

Gene Hackman at his best. Classic flick...

To this day, I always hide my smuggled heroin underneath the sideboard of my 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III, and I've never been busted for smuggling heroin, so trust me.. it works, pretty much bulletproof..

Interesting fact.. The French Connection was (of course) based on a true story. The real crime was committed in 1961 and the car they used to smuggle the smack was a 1960 Buick Invicta.

https://www.google.com/search?q=1960+Buick+Invicta&ie=&oe=
(I bet you could smuggle a lot of smack in this beauty as well, though.. regretfully.. this model is almost exclusively used by Pimps in the East Village these days.. sad)

Great flick, a bit dated.. but Doc would be proud, as mentioned, released in 1971 - the year of my favorite Going Down the Road Feeling Bad. But I digress, OK.. back to your regularly scheduled Drums and Space.

Overposting

That's a thing? (quietly slipping out of the room)

https://youtu.be/mg_weeXxtkE

Last Five....

....pretty much Grateful Dead.

Chief Brody

"I think we're going to need a bigger boat."

Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman... real men and fantastic actors, not these bullshit lightweights they trot out there these days.

French Connection is an all-timer, as is French Connection II. And the Godfathers. I could go on...

Best,

Francis Ford Scorsese

Goodfellas

Don't forget goodfellas and Das boat.

Roky-Elevators

Billy...to me the Elevators were one of the truly great bands of the early psychedelic era. Roky Erikson is one of the greatest rock n' roll singers I have heard-head and shoulders above singers from other white American bands of the time Their sound is primitive - their seminal recordings were made in 1966 and 1967. The Elevators live sound is quite tinny . But the few live recordings of them, from 1966 capture a fleeting moment, and for a few months during that year they were possibly the most exciting live band in America. Live they performed a lot of standards by people like Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, but also by the Kinks and The Beatles. Their version of "The Word" on "Live in California" is my favourite cover version of a Beatles song. There was a great box set that came out about 10 years ago called "Sign of the Three Eyed Men" which gathered together all their essential recordings and included a superb hard backed book.

I actually remember the name Steve Burgess from playing on "The Evil One"-bizarre what you remember.

Jim - I have never seen that documentary you referred to. It was one of those that would only play if you had region1 on your dvd player, which I didn't and don't have. I should get that sorted out. I have a documentary here on The Charlatans that I have never seen for the same reasons.

Never heard of them

I took a listen to 13th Floor Elevators on youtube. Hard to hear his true voice through the mixes. I wasn't hip on the screams, but I like their sound. Reminded me of Sky Pilot. Best singer in American white band is a bold statement. Before my time so I can't comment really, other to say he had contemporaries like the Beach Boys and Jim Morrison. Best Morrison compliment I heard from a guy in the business (possibly Paul Rothchild) was that he could have sung the phone book and it would have sounded good. Just realized Rothchild wen to my mother's High School. How bout that.

LedDed it's a while since they've grabbed me, but I was a hard core Zeppelin devotee for a few years in high school and beyond (missed a college exam after being too hungover after Page / Plant show). That bastard professor didn't let me make up the exam - gave a zero. Forced me to have to get an A on the Final to pass the class. This was my last semester, so I nearly missed walking with my class. He was a young prick, maybe mid 30s. A few years lator I received a letter from the University indicating he died. I'm not usually vindictive, but I LOL'd when I read it. Zep should have toured after Celebration Day. I get Plant's rationale, but why bother with the O2 tease. I know it was a benefit show and all, but still.

Bob Fried Memorial Boogie... 6/17/75

Morning all... something guided me to start my day with this... anyone know who Bob Fried was??? Just curious.. bob t
Ok... I haven't listened to this show in a long time.... If you get a chance listen to the first Franklin's Tower. the Roll Away part at the end is the most unique you will ever hear!!! Thanks Bob t

Roky n' roll singer- Keith

Yes, saying anyone is the best at anything is a bit over the top. I specified "one" of the best, though-not the actual best. And "rock n' roll" singer, too. I am not sure Jim Morrison would pass as one. Wasn't he more of a crooner? More Frank Sinatra than Little Richard.

Probably a coincidence, but after writing about Roky Erikson, you went on to mention Robert Plant. Plant has mentioned many times that Roky was a seminal influence on his vocal style.

The Elevators were actually before my time, too-I was 15 in 1972 when I started going to gigs. But I like an enormous quantity of music from the 1920s-1971.

*Re/ Listen’n & watching

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... have a grateful Sunday everyone peace be with you all ! 🙏❤️😎💀🌹

DaveRock - Roky

I think it was called You're Gonna Miss Me and I think it's available on Netflix DVD (not streaming). There is a documentary on YouTube that's chopped up into three segments, but that's not it, the one I saw was professionally shot, edited, etc.

It had it it's bright moments, but he spent most of his life in poverty living with his mom, not that dissimilar to Syd Barrett except David Gilmour saw to it Syd got royalty checks to the very end. They certainly did not know how to treat mental illness in the 60's and did much more harm than good, most of it not easily reversible.

Great little documentary, IMDB gave it 7.6 out of 10. Well worth the watch.

BobT/ Bob Fried

Bob Fried, was a poster artist. I was at that show it was alot of fun. I hope they can find the tape of it , so it can be released

About that 6-17-75 show....

All we knew in 1975 was that the band had "gone fishing" -- maybe forever. So that summer, a friend of ours who'd been living in California showed up with a large reel of (I'm guessing 1/2") tape. Said it was a copy of an extremely good audience tape of a GD show played in June. Somehow, we rounded up a reel-to-reel machine, hooked it up to a stereo at a friend's house, plugged in a cassette machine and sparked up. It was the 6-17-75 show and it smoked, still does. It would be hard to believe that my friend's reel was a first gen copy but it sure sounded clean. It's on par performance-wise with the August show released as One From the Vault (egads, I just looked, that was released 29 years ago). Track it down if you can. It's a good time. I believe it's been "verified" that there is no soundboard, but you never really know, given recent discoveries.

Huh, nearly 30 years of vault releases. In my head, in five minutes, I counted perhaps 175 shows (partial or all) have been released in 30 years. That may be a low count. Average of one show per 60 days for 30 years. I probably have three-quarters of them. And I just realized that self-reflection on this fact (and more shows eagerly awaited) is probably not healthy.

Cops and Robbers movies from the 1970s

Another French Connection fan here!! Man there were some really good Cops and Robber movies back then including both the more true to life like the aforementioned French Connection and the more-of-a-stretch Dirty Harry series. Heck even John Wayne traded in his horse for his own take on Bad-To-The-Bone-Tough-As-Nails-Cops with McQ. Sometimes an actor did one of each with Al Pacino starring in Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon ( of course The Godfather 1 & 2). We could include the late 60s too.

Steve McQueen in Bullit as dedicated cop on the case and later in 1972 as a Robber in The Getaway. I think perhaps Bullit may have inspired The Dirty Harry series and I read that McQueen was offered the role. Dirty Harry is like Bullit with the action kicked-up a big notch and cool one liners added in. There are too many movies to mention from back then.

Someone mentioned Roy Scheider from Spielberg's Jaws. Schneider also did a cool but lesser known N.Y.C. Cop movie called The 7Ups. Of course he was also in The French Connection.

From Jaws: I really liked Robert Shaw as Quint! Shaw created a really memorable supporting character with Quint. God bless Sidney Lumet and all of those directors from back then.

Thanks Billy!!!

What a show to be at!!! Had to be awesome!!! Thanks for the info.. Bob T

E72 Mixes

Keithfan is 100 percent correct about the E72 mixes being different (worse) on the steamer trunk box set vs. the earlier compilation releases. Jeff Norman even weighed in on it at one point. He didn't have the budget to do a carefully considered mix on the big box, which is a crime. Those ancient tapes will never be mixed properly unless there is some kind of populist revolt (not happening). And it's not just the piano, although Keith gets the worst of it. The box mixes sound more like live-to-2-track recordings, a la Dick's and Dave's Picks. They were probably just put up on the board and mixed in real time. But don't get me started! It's my biggest GD beef. The earlier releases are worth seeking out for this reason alone. Mysteriously, as Keithfan says, a handful of the earlier mixes do appear on the box. See if you can find them.

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