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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:
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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

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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

Stanford Le Hope

I think that is where the carrier pigeons hand off the package.

Night Owl

The Book is spineless by design; the music is anything but, though!

Cousins of the...

Hey, Cousins, thanks for your confirmation.

And yes, the playing is all it’s supposed to be.

Peace.

Right place ...Wrong box

Sorry about this folks...my parcel arrived from Stanford Le Hope this morning, and its The Speciality Sessions by Little Richard. I'd forgotten about that one. After his sad passing last weekend, I played my various cds and albums, and decided it was time for an update. For a box, in fact. After consultation on the Steve Hoffman Forum, I realised the 3 or 6 disc Speciality Sessions was the way to go, and set about scouring the world for a copy. Having done this I settled on the 3cd version from a guy in Italy.
But nobody grieves for ever, and I forgot all about it. The reminder of my folly arrived this morning-unopened and propped up in the next room where it will hopefully defumigate itself before I slit it open and examine what's inside. I am sure it will be suitably volcanic...and I now know where Stanford Le Hope is.

Daverock & Little Richard

Ok, you made me look up those two box sets. I wondered how much of price jump they had after he died. But used cd sets are 200 bucks on Amazon. Odd thing is 3 or 6 cd is the same price?

My wife came up to work with coffee in her hand while I had Amazon opened. You would have thought it was a pornhub video of me and her sister I closed it so fast :-)

2003, 2004, & 2009 Tours

I'm looking to fill some gaps in my collection. I have a few of the official downloads/CDs that they released way back when but they are no longer available.

Anyone out there looking to trade some shows? I have a pretty deep collection of Dead/Phish/Panic/Mule/Cheese/Etc.

Google Drive works great!

DM me.

Little Richard

Dennis - the 6cd set was at least twice the price of the 3cd set wherever I looked - which didn't include America. I have been told the sound quality is the same on both, the accompanying book is the same, and that the 3cd set is more satisfying to listen to. The other one has numerous versions of the same song, one bang after another. Which might be a bit much - maybe, maybe not.

5 5 81

especially post-Drums

Ausgezeichnet

Psychedelia

Country Joe and the Fish

Electric Music for the Mind and Body

CJ & the Fish

Hey Stoltzfus, if you collect vinyl, I recommend "The Wave of Electrical Sound"; has the first 2 LPs, each in mono and stereo version, a dvd, poster, the Fish game, calendar and a coupla' cool booklets. Heavy vinyl, thick cardboard covers and great sound.

Finally - June'76

After over 2 months on a corona-trip across the entire US and parts of Europe the box finally arrived in Oslo, Norway.

Great news

Finally a box in Scandinavia. Today a Norwegian, maybe tomorrow Swedes then finally Turnips.

Congrats Ckjellsen!

I checked yesterday and at that time there was no message at Postnord. The box is still on it's way from Brussels.

My DP34 left Los Angeles on May 1st and eventually arrived in Denver. It left Denver and arrived in Chicago on May 18th. It didn't say how it got over the Rockies. Maybe by stagecoach on some old forgotten trail? ;-)

Well, these are difficult times. Hopefully I'll get both of them before the end of June. :-)

Micke Östlund,
Växjö, Sweden

Scandinavia

My eagle has just landed, a few feathers bent after its long flight,
Deadmicke, my tracking never worked for Post nord but it did work for Postnord moms payment, try there.
The parcel was just stuffed into my postbox today, didnt have to collect it from my normal place, bit bent but now past caring, first cd sounds fine.

Call any vegetable

Simonrob, no turnips but it has been languishing in Brussels (buried under the sprouts?)since april 29.

Call Any Vegetable

sounds very familiar. Another hero!!!
Dogon, good to hear, your box made it.
Deadmike, I won't say anything bad about Belgium.
We had an office there and I traveled frequently to Brussels and Antwerp.
Made a lot of experience!!! Things go at a different pace.
But I'm still positive, you'll get your copy.
G.

Pacific Northwest

Anyone waiting on the '73-'74 Pacific Northwest box for price reasons: Rhino has a sale on it.

Betty Cantor-Jackson....

....is doing an Ask Me Anything tomorrow on Reddit. 7PM pacific time.

Thats it (for this one) Ive had enough

After more than 50 years Im off the bus, sick of all the snafus associated with ordering, not all the fault of Dead Net/Rhino, but enough is enough.
My 1976 dissapeared into the Brussels Bermuda triangle for 3 weeks, arriving in less than pristine condition, now see that my Dave subs, which again arrived in Brussels on 19 May, is out for delivery......in Richmond Texas!!!!

Off the bus-Dogon

Maybe its Deadnet/Rhino/UPS who are off the bus, not you.

Daverock and bus spotting

Dave, it might be that there is a glitch in the tracking, had another look just now,The reference to Texas has gone but it seems that my Daves has also touched down in Shenzen(?) and Frankfurt since leaving Brussels....Around the world in 80 daves?

Shenzen

That would be Shenzen, Westfalia of course.

Shenzen, Westfalia

on the other side of nowhere?
Good Luck

Wow

Gerd, are you getting paid per post?

Simonrob

sorry, I don't know what I did.
No beer yet (Biergarten is scheduled for tomorrow).
Maybe some Shenzen Virus.
Do You know if I can delete my double doubles myself?

No.

I don't think it is possible to delete double or multiple posts. Many have tried, but without success.

Beer tomorrow sounds good to me.

Dogon, bad luck about your DP34

My copy left Chicago on May 22nd and I don't know where it is now.

I've got a letter from Postnord about paying the taxes for the box set and I have done so last Wednesday. The package isn't searchable since then but hopefully it will get to me this week. Hopefully in a state I can accept because I do not wish to send it back.

Micke Östlund
Växjö, Sweden

Around the world in 80 Daves

Micke, tracking has reverted to sent from Brussels, all references to Texas, Shenzen and Frankfurt are now expunged, so wait and see.
Postnord were never able to track the 76 box, so you will be OK sometime this week I guess.
Incidently just got a package of cds from Japan, sent by Yamato cos the Japan post is not sending to Europe nor anywhere else for that matter, door to door, may 20 till today, fully trackable the whole way, delivered to my door by UPS , Quicker and cheaper than the normal Nippon/post/Nord axis....

gratefulgerd

consulting the high authority of dead heads you are sentence either for drinking a beer for each post, either doing the crane (one foot) with all the boxsets in your arms while listening the europe 72 complete shows...

or hey

if you want I can remove the duplicates. Just lemme know. In the old days this happened ALL THE TIME. No worries.

MARYE

Please remove if you can. Don't know what went wrong. Definetly no beer involved when I posted.
Had my Biergarten fun today.
Sorry for whatever it caused,
Thanks
Gerd

Sheikyerbones

Hey Man,
no beer, no French wine either. Just happened.
I'm sure I did something wrong but I don't know what.
Just listened to a couple of my favoured Scarlet....incredible!!!!!
Good luck, stay safe!
Gerd

Biergarten fun...

Gerd, how was your trip to the biergarten? Compulsory facemasks? That could seriously affect performance. If you are unable to remember what happened we will understand.

Good Morning Simonrob,

it was a bit strange. All the facemasks around, except at the tables. Max. 4 to be allowed sitting together, with a distance of 1,5 m and only every other table can be occupied. A bit of a hospital atmosphere. But luckily steins were big enough not to see most of it. Beer was good as ever!
Alles Gute, Gerd

Beer was good as ever!

That is all we really need to know. It does sound a bit strange, though and lacking in atmosphere. Everything is a bit strange in these strange times. The small town where I live has an annual Stadsfeest by the harbour on the first weekend in October. That has already been cancelled. A bit premature, maybe, but that is how it is these days.

OK

Duplicate posts removed, back to the biergarten...

good evening GratefulGerd

I have to look for this biertgarten; I recently drank a berliner with sirup of melon, to hide bitterness, here we have Leffe, Jeanlin, but the best comes from Belgium, Nederland & Germany. Iam going on with the june boxset and disc13 is at the top of it, each nine tracks are played at high level, and then it goes on with the best PITB of the box...
for Scarlet I always have fond memory of Dicks picks from 81 and these terrible hidden tracks...

Marye, Thank You

I will, tomorrow
G.

Finally ...

The "eagle" has landed and the package is in my care since yesterday May 28th. Apart from some minor marks in the corners of the box, everything seemed to be in order. But I must say it was a "funny" spine of the "book".

Well, I'm happy with not having to send it all back ... ;-)

Micke Östlund,
Växjö Sweden

Finally - What A Long Strange Trip.....

Good to hear, enjoy!
G.

Enjoy Micke

Was this the last missing in action box?

Still waiting?

Jpkamari in Finland may still be waiting.

*RE/ 1976 Boxset Orders

.. I’m happy to read a lot more Orders of the 1976’ Boxsets have been arriving to their final Destination; in the hands of the owner!
I hope it makes everyone “smile smile smile” & provide a ‘grateful’ soundtrack during these difficult times we are all experiencing in one way or another it. Seems to be making a huge impact all over the globe 🌎 . Take care, be kind, & be grateful everyone! have a grateful day! 🙏❤️💀🌹

Missing 76 Box set

My box set, apparently posted 24 March has not landed in Manchester UK. I did ask Customer service if they could try and find out where it might be as the tracker doesn’t seem to work. I got a standard reply, but no more news. Has anybody in the UK received their delivery? Mary E can you help?

76 box

sooooo good

thank you PTB

To all you who are "still waiting (I-I-I'm stiiill waiting...)": may your delivery happen tomorrow

Simon1 and missing boxset

Simon1, my tracking on the box and DaP 34 from UPS were very unhelpful, I too questioned UPS as to the whereabouts of my box set with their online robot chat, in the box hidden behind that useless pop-up screen there is another tracking number that is not recognised by Royal Mail, or Parcel Force but it is indeed a confirmation that it should be in the UK.
All I can suggest is that you log into Royal Mail tracking and "pay a customs fee site "to see if they are awaiting payment from you, they usually send a card with a demand for monies, UPS just fob you off with contact the seller, it's a sellers issue and not our problem.
Good luck, I hope it is with you soon.

June 76 box

Good morning Heads! What do YOU think of the June 76 box? I’ve been on the fence to order or not to order since it was announced. I’ve gotten through quarantine In a beautiful way relistening to April 72 and May 72/77. It was fun to go back through and geek over all those truly incredible May 77 shows again. Now I’m on to June 77 Winterland. Anyhow, I always appreciate when you all mention a show I’ve not listened to in a long time and remind me to revisit them. I wholeheartedly recommend Revisiting any any and all May 77 and May 72 shows. Thank you for your thoughts on June 76. Have a grateful day!

June 76 box.

Immaculate. Essential. Get it.

76 box - TLEO77

I woofed up the 72 and 77 boxes that you mention, but decided not to go for this one. I am hoping that a single show from the box will come out on vinyl at some point. Its happened with recent boxes -May 74, Saint of Circumstance, 5/8/77 with 5/9/77 to follow-so it seems likely. Although I haven't seen anything official to say this will happen.
Maybe I should say that living in Britain, there are additional problems regarding delivery and paying customs that put me off a bit. The single shows on vinyl listed above have all been distributed from within Europe.

Yes, those April/May 72 and May/June 77 shows are amazing. Plenty of great shows in Mays 1970 and 1974, too.

seems like a lot of repeats

...But, then again which box doesn't have a lot of repeats? :-P The caliber of performance is top form '76 vintage dead, probably not best of versions of anything (maybe Mission In The Rain because it was rarely played), but all well rehearsed and tight in the deadest sense of the word. I'd say if you can handle bicentennial dead and you have the scratch, get it and if later you find you no longer need it, pass it on to a friend (BEFORE disc rot sets in LOL :-)

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