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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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  • #691
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    April '71 tutorial for orobouros

    Step 1: Break out the sugar cube from the freezer. Divide in half. Ingest both halves.

    Step 2: Put on Ladies and Gentlemen the Grateful Dead.

    Step 3: Firmly hold volume knob and give it a hard twist to the right.

    Step 4: Pop a beer. Spark up spleef. Buckle seatbelt.

    Step 5: Repeat as needed.

    Seriously now, I'm not sure I can articulate the April '71 mystique, but to borrow a phrase from forensicdoc, it's "sledgehammer" music -- the core 5, back to rock 'n roll basics. As for big jams, they're all over the place. You really have to give Ladies & Gentlemen a spin for the Dark Star > St Stephen > Not Fade > Goin' Down the Rd medley, or my favorite, Alligator > drums > jam > Goin' Down the Rd > Cold Rain. Major jammy.

    Maybe a simpler way of putting it: Pigpen is in full force, greasier than a side of bacon on medium heat.

    About buckling that seatbelt: I moved from Steamboat Springs to Fort Collins, Colo., in 1988, with a dog, a cat and a mattress. No furniture, no nothing. So my buddy, the Dokdor, pulls a bench seat out of his van and lends it to me for a couch. Came with seatbelts and ashtray. We used to buckle up for happy hour, me and my woman, side by side. I still recall the disturbed look on my father's face when he visited. Nice living room with picture window and van seating for two. And nothing else.

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    Just gonna put this right here....

    https://www.justgivemepositivenews.com/
    Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.
    Happy Birthday crow dude. Love and hugs.

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    Happy Birthday, Blue Crow!

    And wow--DP 18 for a first show?! That Pick is always in HEAVY rotation with me.

    Oro--I also do not share the love for Spring '71, but hope these ravenous fans of that era get their box one day. I'm with you in hoping for a box of everything presentable from 1968. Do give 1978 a chance. There are some AMAZING shows that year.

    Vikes--I'm jealous of your Met Center show. I was a freshman at the U that spring, but was two years away from getting on the bus.

    GivingIt--yes, the spine is designed that way; the book opens flat that way.

    Dave's Picks 34 due on or around May Day. GarciaLive 13 a week or so earlier, and the Origins graphic novel about the same time. What a time to be a Head!!

    p.s. Looks like Origins is $17.97 at Bull Moose. GarciaLive was $11.97, but is now $13.97 there.

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    Oroborous/The Met Center 4/17/89

    OROBOROUS, yes, I was at the show at the old Met Center after the Mecca shows. This is where the North Stars used to play.
    This was back in the day when they did wrist bands to determine when you got to buy tickets, I think like a month before the show. Waited in line outside for what seemed like forever. Ended up hitting the wristband jackpot and landed second row floor sets for four of us! $20!
    I wish I had the crystal clear memory of shows like some of you have but I don't, so I don't remember the Drums being any different. Great show, closest I ever got to the boys. I do remember the Iko Iko opener, early Victim at that point in time. Great second set, Estimated Eyes, Crazy Fingers, awesome NFA, Knockin Encore. That was the last show the did in MN and the July Alpine shows were the last shows the did in WI. Never could figure out why.

    Man, if we could all go back in time?

  • #695
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    Received my copy today, interestingly without any import fees.
    Unfortunately boxset itself got a bit bashed up during transit.
    Crumpled corners with a 3 inch gash/tear up one of the hinges.
    The spine of the book is bit of a mess of glue and string. Do other peoples look similar?
    A bit disappointing but there are far worse things going on at the moment.
    The music and mastering are a superb as always.

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    Spring

    The sights
    The sensations
    The thoughts

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    ...must confess I’m not that familiar with, but personally don’t seem to get it? Perhaps I’m jaded by the closed minded “same repetitive set lists” dogma, but I think it’s more about the diminishing lack of big psychedelic jams. So same reasons I don’t listen to as much of other eras that most of you consider top shelf (where mamma hides the cookies!).
    But there’s always been this energy here surrounding it so when it eventually is realesed Im sure I’ll like it but hope I’ll truly get shown the light like is often the case for me since I started to hang with all y’all...THANKS!
    But curious why specifically folks are so rabid about this tour? Please enlighten me!

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    Buenos Dias Rockeros!

    HF, I’m down with your 68 pick! I’m not familiar with Dicks 18 cause that’s not one of my go to eras, but I’ll take some ass whoopin’ 68 almost any Day! Have work to do in the garage so that oughta get this codger Moving!

    SPRING 89: saw Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, why the fuck I didn’t go to Ann Arbor I’m not sure..oh yeah, new job so with weekends only etc, but one of my main mates went so I usually, totally would of gone, Doooo!
    But yaaassss, it did seem like there was not only a natural renewal of life that spring, but also in the nuance of the Dead. It was like a slow progression that started after the coma and the madness of TOG MTC etc, showed true promise at the Hampton 88 shows we were at, continued somewhat through that year, but seemed to really be noticeable in 89, especially by Summer tour. Of course the fall 89 for me was a real peak, followed of course by the awesome, consistent spring 90 tour. To me it seemed like during summer 90 things were starting to change again as is the way with the dead. Brent was an obvious factor here as you could tell something was up with him, but of course none of us saw his early demise coming. Talk about big changes....I still think they should have taken a hiatus like 74... look how that worked out....I mean is it just me, but it seems like all the other cool stuff Jerry did get into in the nineties seemed way fresher then the Dead at the time, and he seemed to actually enjoy those side trips.
    MECCA: never went there, but looking back should have, bet it was a groovy scene. We used to go out of our way to pick those kind of places that we felt/thought would be comfortable to freak freely versus the big crazy cities, with less face it, usually more wanna be and joy riders than hardcore veterans, percentage wise.
    DEAVIKES: image you caught the Minn. show too then? Do you recall that first midi Drumzzz? That became one of my favorite parts especially during the later years.

    DAVES 34: usually they arrive here around the end of April, but definitely wondering if this madness will effect that. Don’t mind waiting but really hope we at least get it, even if it means a death trip to the PO....

    Stay well, stay safe, stay home!

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    Pick Of The Day....

    ....is over here.
    https://www.dead.net/forum/pick-day-discussion

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    pick of the day

    April 6? why that's my bday!
    Dicks Picks 18? why 2/3/78 was my first show! a grateful dead bday of sorts!
    I'm there! Cold Rain & Snow my first song? Yowza!

    Thanks Bolo and Marye for setting this up! Stay safe everybody!

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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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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 03:33

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Not the same, but your car story reminds me of when I parked my car on a housing estate to visit a friend - about 30 years ago. When I came out, the windows of the car had been broken, and the carrier bag I had left on the passenger seat had been stolen. After clearing up the glass, I drove to the police station to report what had happened. They told me it was my fault for leaving a bag unattended in the car. And no, they weren't going to investigate.

That was in a place called Rochdale. If you ever come to England, I suggest you avoid it.

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Submitted by Dogon on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 04:18

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Reminds me of when wifey and I were newly in love, we were to cycle to the railway station to catch the train to Amsterdam...we were a bit worried about leaving the bikes since she didnt have a functioning cycle lock. So we borrowed a good lock and chain. When we arrived back later that evening, the bikes were safe and sound, but somebody had nicked the lock and chain.

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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 05:48

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Nowhere in 'Merica do they worry about car locking. Do you have to lock your motorcycle? What about a small MG type car with no top? Hell I don't lock my house! Neighbors say, "You Don't"? My reply is, so I can come home to a robbed house AND a broken window/door?

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 08:57

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Funny stories and more than a thread of irony and truth in all of them. When I first got out of college and started working.. I bought my first new car (truck really).. I stripped down cheap thing, I think I paid $7,500 for it. ..but I got a hold of this really high end Alpine stereo and bought some good speakers, so for a cheap truck, it rocked. fast forward a few years and me and Ms. JimInMD bought a little townhouse together. One February morning I wake up to go to work and y window was smashed and my Alpine gone.

So I get a new one through insurance. ff to one cold morning the very next February, window smashed, alpine gone. So I get a new one that with a removable faceplate this time and religiously remove the faceplate. ff to the next February, windows smashed, stereo gone even though it had a removable faceplate. I gave up and didn't replace this one. ff to the very next February they broke into the same truck even though I had never replaced the stereo.. those fluckers still took the time to steal my Alpine speakers. So now I am convinced this was an organized ring with a schedule and circuit.

By now I've grown weary of driving to work in the middle of each February with a broken window sitting on a pile of glass.. so I buy a $29 Kracko am/fm stereo and get some free cheap speakers from somewhere and give up on high fidelity to and from work all together.

ff the next February, the same fluckers break the window anyway and find nothing to steal at all. Eventually I bought a new truck, sold my house and moved. Parted ways with Ms. JimInMD at some point too. Perhaps it was her (kidding).

I have grown to see the wisdom in what Dennis wrote. The best story so far is the one where they stole the chain. Honestly, I'd like to party with that type of criminal, ones with less ill-will, but a wicked sense of humor.

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Submitted by deadmike on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 17:30

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I'm wondering what my box set did between March 31st and April 23rd?
I do hope the package will get over the pond this time. I have a feeling it will but I'm not hundred percent sure.

This is how it has been travelin so far:

17.03.2020 - 22:04
United States
Shipment information received by UPS Mail Innovations

19.03.2020 - 17:20
FONTANA, CA, United States
Package received for processing by UPS Mail Innovations

19.03.2020 - 19:06
FONTANA, CA, United States
Package processed by UPS Mail Innovations origin facility

19.03.2020 - 20:00
Fontana, CA, United States
Package transferred to post office

20.03.2020 - 8:41
United States
Package processed by international carrier

31.03.2020 - 4:02
United States
Package departed international carrier facility

23.04.2020 - 23:58
United States
Package departed international carrier facility

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LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES Arrived

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LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
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Your item departed a transfer airport in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on April 28, 2020 at 6:01 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

Micke Östlund,
Växjö, Sweden

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 17:53

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The box has nowhere else to go. It has to get there. Sent you a PM.

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Submitted by billy the kid on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 19:02

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I remember coming out of Winterland after a show and seeing lots and lots of cars with broken windows, that had been broken into. When we went up there in Oct. of 78,my brother just left his windows down in the car and we had no problem.

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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 19:24

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old line about, they'd steal anything, even it was nail down...…. and the nails.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 20:08

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Are you saying it was you?

We knew it was you.. all along.. Glad we settled that. Onweird. :D

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 20:41

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....but I did catch the desert on fire when I was fourteen. Yeah. Its possible if you put your mind to it.

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Submitted by Psyché45 on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 06:00

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Hey I'm glad !
Box + gatefoil printed poster have finally arrived in Paris, France ! What a pretty box !
But I don't understand why the package travel around the world 🤔

US -> Japan -> France

28/04/2020 - 8:26
France

En livraison

27/04/2020 - 14:59
France

Colis arrivé chez le transporteur international

24/04/2020 - 10:25
France

Colis arrivé chez le transporteur international

24/04/2020 - 10:25
France

Colis traité par le transporteur international

22/04/2020 - 15:04
France

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21/04/2020 - 12:23
Japan

Colis parti du site du transporteur international

21/04/2020 - 11:25
Japan

Colis parti du site du transporteur international

25/03/2020 - 13:00
United States

Colis parti du site du transporteur international

23/03/2020 - 14:43
United States

Colis arrivé chez le transporteur international

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Colis arrivé chez le transporteur international

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Fontana, CA, United States

Colis transféré au bureau de poste

20/03/2020 - 14:50
FONTANA, CA, United States

Le colis a été traité par UPS Mail Innovations sur son site d’origine

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FONTANA, CA, United States

Le colis a été reçu par UPS Mail Innovations et va être traité

Firebug here for sure. Set my brothers closet on fire at about 7-8. No major damage?! I remember we kept a small plastic cup in the bathroom and I ran downstairs to get. Coming out of bathroom with cup and mom still asleepish in bed, ask about the cup. And I was like just a small fire in Lewis' closet. Like a cartoon character, up jumps mom, "A SMALL FIRE IN LEWIS' ROOM". Great response time from volunteer fire company. Closet contents gone, mattress water logged, window busted, furniture drenched. Fireman became big man squeezing confession from 7 year old. "We found these in the closet" and holds up a book of brand A matches. I was like, "no, they were A&P matches, he's lying". Hoisted by my own petard.

Usually about once a year, we'd set the "weeds" on fire. "Weeds" for the younger among us, are what kids from Jersey call the plants the grow in the wetlands. They have fuzzy cattails, "punks" and grow about 7 feet tall. Burn like a bitch when ignited before getting green again!

So, no, you don't have to try too hard.

Oh, and just about every "fort" we made ended up burning!

You wouldn't think that little angel to the left could burn his brother's closet, could you?

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 12:14

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We would take cattails when they were still brown, before they got fluffy, and soak them in gas then light and use them as torches.

Also would take Ohio Blue Tip matches and a squirt bottle of WD-40 to make a flame thrower.

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Submitted by Dennis on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 15:13

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We did that also, we didn't add an accelerant and they didn't burn to long. We had a big storm drain that came out on the beach and we duck walk down it.

Probably why I love "The City Sleeps", by MC 900FT Jesus. Only song I know about an arsonist.

…. I light the fires while the city sleeps.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 17:02

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We ventured into those too.
Then the city started welding a rebar cage over the opening to keep people out.

When you use cattails that haven’t yet bloomed they will hold gas for a while. We would leave a stem on them and throw them.

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Submitted by Dogon on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 02:41

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According to Post Nord my box has still not yet arrved in Sweden, left Brussels 29 april, no update since then.

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Submitted by gratefulgerd on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 03:58

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...all boxes arrived in Germany?

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Submitted by Ckjellsen on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 23:43

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Then the packages to Sweden has come longer than the ones to Norway (probably some EU-related stuff). Mine left (for the 4th time or so) "an international carrier", this time from NY, JFK on may 2nd.

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Submitted by jpkamari on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 06:41

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I've been waiting and waiting, but the 76 box is not delivered to Finland either. How do you know anything concerning the route for the delivery? I thought no tracking number, no information.

You will find a long number on the right hand side on the email that says "order on the way" from dead.net.
Track that number on ups and you will get a status plus a different tracking number for usps or other. They have sent it via mail innovations for ups. That it basically a system where a lot distributors are makin som money moving the packages around until it is being handed over to a european public post.system and delivered the old-fashioned way.

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Submitted by Christoph on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 09:58

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I haven‘t received mine in Switzerland, yet. On the UPS tracking site, it says that the package has left the transporter - since Apr-2! The message gets updated every few days, but does not change, last entry from Apr-26. Hope I‘ll get it soon.

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Submitted by Dr. Deadhead 74 on Wed, 05/06/2020 - 08:10

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Unbelievable Box. Band never lets me down. Through the keyhole on this one!

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Submitted by deadmike on Sat, 05/09/2020 - 01:17

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As with other Swedish recipients (I guess) this is the last tracking result:

"Your item departed a transfer airport in BRUSSELS, BELGIUM on April 29, 2020 at 9:10 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination."

The Swedish Postal Service don't recognize the tracking number yet. Well, hopefully the package isn't all smashed up in the mail when it finally arrives ...

Micke Östlund,
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Submitted by boblopes on Sat, 05/09/2020 - 07:13

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There use to be a rite in the fall at my college where you'd set off to travel the tunnels at Univ of MA in Amherst which were the drainage runoff. The tunnels led you to a room with a ladder that acended upwards - when you popped the manhole cover you wound up in a utility closet in the parking garage at the Campus Center complex.

Hadn't thought about those adventures in years...

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Submitted by sheik yerbones on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 06:56

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Hi
Box just arrived on first unlock day, in France, after a 55 quarentine. It is a beautiful box and I began by the end listening to Passaic. Thank you everybody at Deadnet.

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Submitted by gratefulgerd on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 09:52

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glad to hear, very good, enjoy!
How about deliveries to Sweden and Germany, any progress?
Having a Weiherer Kellerbier right now. Beer is good, but weather is indecent, just a bit over freezing temperatures.
Cold and rain, but no snow (yet).
Looking forward for May 18.
Cheers G.

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Submitted by Dogon on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 12:57

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No Gerd, nothing since 29 april when it was in Brussels. My tracking is identical to Deadmike. I am begining to lose hope.

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Submitted by sheik yerbones on Tue, 05/12/2020 - 08:41

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thanks, it worth waiting a bit. Everyone knows why it has been a long delivery...Very noticeable, I paid no customer tax. The art is OK, not so fine as GSTLight or May 77.The booklet is not so fragile as said in the first comments. After 2 shows I feel it 's a bit like May 77, nearly the same set list, one week (a bit more with Passaic) in the touring life of GD, good sound quality, consistant playing, and moments of grace shown in the listening party before shipping.
Hope everyone of you, in Sweeden, Finland and Germany hear the postman ring twice soon.

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Submitted by Night Owl on Tue, 05/12/2020 - 10:29

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Relieved to report that another ‘76 box has at last been delivered to France and I’m eager to begin listening to it.

Well, some have mentioned that the booklet is spineless. Have we determined that this is how it was designed?

Peace and health.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 05/12/2020 - 17:26

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Yes, intended design, it will be flat when open.

Glad your Boxes are showing up in Europe, now set your clocks for DaP 34.

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Submitted by simonrob on Wed, 05/13/2020 - 04:34

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My Dave's 34 seems to be in limbo. Last tracking info from UPS and USPS states:

Your item was processed through our LOS ANGELES CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER facility on May 1, 2020 at 11:09 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

That was almost 2 weeks ago. Waiting for a plane?

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Submitted by Night Owl on Wed, 05/13/2020 - 07:24

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Thank you, my friend. It’s as it’s meant to be.

Now on to enjoying the excellent playing.

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Submitted by Dogon on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 04:13

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I am not even bothering to check tracking for Daves, nothing has happened on my 76 box since 29 april when it supposedly left Brussels. It has not even arrived in Sweden yet , Post Nord still unable to recognise the tracking...Micke will recognise that even when arrives in Sweden, it might take weeks before somebody gets round to presenting it for customs clearance, so not so much set your clocks as set your yearly alamanac!
perhaps for 2022?
Really ironic considering that Sweden is one of the few countries not to have closed down for this horrible virus.

I got an email this morning to say mine will be delivered tomorrow. Its in Milan at the moment. Sounds hopeful...but who knows?

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Submitted by simonrob on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 05:03

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If your package spent any time in the vicinity of Milan, I would handle it with extreme caution. Full PPE recommended. But WTF is it doing there? Even at the best of times, Milan to your residence in England in one day would be an impressive achievement. Can but hope.

How is post sent to Scandinavia from Brussels? By road? Belgium has closed its land borders which could slow things down somewhat. If mail is sent by air, this is also experiencing delays as mail is often sent on passenger flights and there aren't too many of them right now.

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Submitted by Dogon on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 05:40

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I was also going to rain on Daverocks parade when he said it was in Milan! But if he leaves it alone till we all have received ours, it should be safe to handle...
Neither I, nor Postnord customer service, can answer how post would move from Brussels to Sweden, nor what it was doing there in the first place. I suppose the virus meant that it was put on any avåilable plane to Europe....

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Submitted by Colin Gould on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 05:59

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I am in the same boat as most here. UPS and USPS tell me it left Los Angeles on 1st May and then it all goes quiet. The Royal Mail tracking says that there is no tracking for this service when presented with the alternate delivery number. On the other hand #33 took around 12 days before I saw a VAT payment request so it is only a few days more than that so far and the world has changed a bit since February. Keep hoping and stay safe.

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I’ve had a couple of deliveries from amazon that came from Milan and then travelled overland through France to me and I’m not dead yet.

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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 10:26

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You're making me nervous. I am actually quite cautious with post at the moment, but I will handle this one like a hot potato.
I think my Dave's must have been in Milan a day or so ago, as I've just checked again, and Milan is no longer mentioned. It was in Torino on 12/5 and is now in somewhere called Stanford Le Hope, which I have never heard of-but apparently its in the UK. It seems to be heading in my general direction.

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Submitted by simonrob on Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:15

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Appears to be a small village between Grays and Basildon. Middle of nowhere. Weird place for anything to be. Fairly close to you.

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