Dave’s Picks Volume 34: Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74

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"To my ears, the best Dead shows are those that not only fit the criteria that make them amongst the best of a year, but that are also completely unique for their era—shows that fit perfectly into their year of performance, but also fall somewhat outside of the norm for that year. Harpur College, Veneta, Cornell, Cape Cod, and Augusta are all shows that are objectively excellent, and if they are not the best from their respective years of performance, they are certainly unique. Miami 6/23/74 falls into that category: not only one of the very best shows from this outstanding year, but also one of the most interesting and unique. It’s certainly worthy of many, many deep listens." - David Lemieux

¡Ándale, ándale! ¡Arriba, arriba! We're back with a hot one from Miami, F-L-A. DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 34 features the complete show from the Jai Alai Fronton, 6/23/74, one with unparalleled sound quality due in equal parts to the Wall Of Sound and the beautiful sonic clarity of Kidd Candelario's tapes. The first set is chock full of dynamite takes on classics like "Ramble On Rose," "Mississippi Half-Step," and "Cumberland Blues." The second set delivers on the JAMS - one leading into a gorgeous "Ship Of Fools," one rare instrumental version of "Dark Star," and a "Spanish Jam," this is Miami after all! The show also offers up a "first" and an "only" - the former, a Seastones set featuring Phil and Ned Lagin and the latter, the sole Grateful Dead performance of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock."

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.34: JAI ALAI FRONTON, MIAMI, FL 6/23/74 has been mastered from the 7.5 IPS reel-to-reel tapes to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. ¡Agarrarlo mientras esta calientito! (Get it while it's hot!)

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Subscribed to Dave's Picks? With this release, you'll also get a bonus disc with selections from Miami 6/22/74. Excellente!

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June 3, 2020 - 12:36pm

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Dennis

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Dogs

How Dogs Became Man’s Best Friend

A story told by some Native American peoples is that the Great Spirit decided to divide the worlds of animals and man.
He gathered all the living beings on a great plain and drew a line in the dirt.
On one side of the line stood man and on the other side stood all of the animals of the earth.
When that line began to open up into a great canyon and at the last moment
Before it became too great to cross, the dog jumped over and stood by man.
– Unknown -

Give a man a fire and he’ll be warm for the day.

Set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life
June 3, 2020 - 12:03pm

#872

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

luckily...

I have had next to no interactions with police.

One speeding ticket when I was young and dumb
one pullover for ???
one pullover because I changed lanes too fast.

"so much things to say right now"...but dead.net isn't really the place.

just BE KIND and respect your fellow human beings, my people.
June 3, 2020 - 11:54am

#873

stoltzfus

Joined:
January 13, 2010

my sense is that the blackout...

is to halt business as usual and think deeply about current affairs, and keep thinking, and act.
June 3, 2020 - 11:02am

#874

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Blackout, Dogs, and Cops

BLACKOUT: had no clue....it was fine, just wish they would have announced it. Hopefully it helped make a difference!
It did inform me that perhaps I’m obtaining a bit of a addiction here lol.

DOGS: love most animals, especially Dogs, it’s people I tend to have problems with. Some Dogs people will say “careful, their not nice, or their not friendly”....me, they love me! Go figure...real unconditional love, loyalty honesty...always glad to see you...amazing.
I’ve had a Irish setter that was really smart and well trained, a Lab/Husky, and lived for 5 years at a place with the best, smartest, mellowest Golden Mutt ever. This dog would look at you and you felt like perhaps they were a person last go round and now their stuck in this dog body lol. The dog would basically telepath it wanted to go out. Living where we did that meant just opening the door and letting her go. When she wanted to come back in, she would bark once. Then she would wait patiently. If no one let here in within five minutes, she’d bark again just once. Amazing dog! Oh, and she loved the Dead and music in general. I Played music with her owner and she loved to come curl up at your feet on stage while the band was playing! Owner was tight with LOS and she would do that sometimes at their gigs too!
Labs and Golden’s are awesome, but they need room and a lot of exercise. Both are fun and can be great partners and both usually have good personalities. Their usually really good with kids. But dogs, like people, definetly have personalities so it’s usually best if you can spend time or get to know them before you have to choose. My last Dog was a lab/Husky mutt and I immediately liked him out of the rest of the large litter....because the crazy little guy was already slipping away from mama and getting into stuff at four weeks old, lol. You could tell right then and there he was going to be a handful, named him Aiko because he had that vibe..hey now! Here i come, wuff!
He was a handful when he was young, but eventually became an awesome well behaved companion.

TIPS: get them fixed ASAP before they know what there missing etc, I didn’t for over a year and it was a big mistake....since he was fully mature by then and had “gotten some”, so it took years for him to calm down that way even after he’d been fixed. Be prepared to spend A LOT of time that first year. If you wait too long it’s much harder to get good results. You’ll thank yourself because there is nothing better than a life with a cool, mellow, behaved happy dog, and nothing worse than a bad untrained dog. Preferable to get your pup after they’ve been wormed.....
Insurance. Currently don’t have any pets but my understanding is nowadays you really need insurance....
Chewing: they do like to chew stuff up. I used crochet balls and old 2x4s. He’d instantly chew anything else up (until older) he couldn’t get enough jaw on the crochet balls and the 2x4s it didn’t matter that he’d shred them, at least they’d last a little while and were free so didn’t matter.
All dogs can be overprotective and act out. Every dog I’ve ever lived with or known for long has done it at least once, Usually it was just a weird situation and often not all the dogs fault, but it can happen.
Also, poop! You will be dedicating the next 10-15 years to endless poop; worming, cleaning up, walking, sickness etc.
In other words, it’s a big decision because it’s a big responsibility! Unfortunately that’s why we don’t have a dog anymore; our lifestyle is not organized and scheduled for the proper care of a dog, and Pedro doesn’t pick up poop, so though I miss not having one, it’s because it wouldn’t be fair to the mutt and I just don’t want all that responsibility these days. Sounds like you have a family to help which can make a big difference and it can be great responsibility learning for a young person. A life with a good dog can be one of the greatest experiences in life, but man is it hard when they go. I’ve lost my folks, all my grandparents, most of my aunts and uncles, even a few friends, but I think losing a good dog that you were really tight with and had a good life with can sometimes be harder. I still get pretty upset if I start thinking too much about missing those guys. I’m getting misty just talking about it...

COPS: I’ve had a few good experiences with reasonable, polite, and respectful ones, but unfortunately I’ve had more terrible experiences. Leddead your Denver buddies being some of the worst!
Years ago after a Phil and Phreinds show at the Philmore, I had 4 or 5 beers over the course of several hours, but stopped more than 3 hours before leaving. This is a system I’ve used based on science for years. Basicallly, get a little buzz early, then stop so by the time you leave your totally fine (legally and otherwise).
So I take the back street behind the Philmore to avoid all the lights on Colfax, and then cut back over near DT so I could get to the expressway etc. Well as I’m not familiar or good in the city, and my night vision sucks, I made a right on red at a place I wasn’t supposed to. Cop is sitting there hiding in an alley just waiting for this. So she pulls me over, and of course asks if I’ve been drinking. Since I knew I was legal etc I said I had a few, a few hours ago. I know, that’s what everyone says, but it was true. So next thing you know there’s a half dozen cops most of which are trying to mess with me and get me to do something stupid so they can mess with me. One even stepped on my toe while getting so close to my face he was spitting on me while he screamed at me. I was never so scarred in my life. Luckily, I know how to act around wild animals so I just stayed calm and was overly polite the whole time. So I take the so called sobriety tests that I can’t pass if it’s first thing on Tuesday and I’m more sober than a baby. It’s a proven fact these tests are designed for failure.
So of course I fail and they arrest me even though I’ve still not taken a breathalyzer which I’ve been asking to do the whole time. Now I’m pretty beat up for my age, and I’ve had reoccurring shoulder problems, and it’s extremely painful for me to ware the jewelry behind my back which is standard practice for officer safety. So I try to very calmly and politely explain this to the Women cop who originally pulled me over as she was the ONLY one of the posse that wasn’t being intimidating, obnoxious, rude, or trying to violate my rights. But as soon as I did, the brutes slammed me up against my truck and hurt me so bad putting the cuffs on I was crying out in pain. Luckily the ride was short as I was in severe agony.
So we get to the compound and go into an armored door underground garage. So before we go in the officer has to put her weapons etc in a locker in the garage area. So now she starts getting nervous about taking her hands off me while she attends to this protocol (they don’t want you grabbing their weapon after they take the cuffs off inside).
So since she’s now alone she’s not comfortable etc and has me stand on the other side of this fortress garage and says don’t go anywhere....so I’m like Mam, im over fifty years old, mostly broken, I’m in extreme agony here cuffed behind like this, what am I going to do, some acrobatic Kung fu shit and fly over there and bite you in the neck because I made an illegal right on red? Kinda like Arlo Guthrie LOL, but it helped reassure her and she actually smiled a little.
So next it’s this whole long convoluted process to book you and get mug shots etc and I’ve still not had the test. Meanwhile there are now new Neanderthals circled around trying to get me to give them any reason at all to mess with me. At some point they tell me I have to sign shit which lawyer friends say never sign anything! So I politely mention this and before I even finish they start telling me I’m now failing to comply and refuse the test (which I never did) and how I just lost my license and all kinds of other screaming and carrying on until they finally shut up enough so I say, look, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to know what your asking me to sign. So he takes the paper and jams it in my face so close it’s touching my face. Another inch and he would of basically hit me. Now I’m even more scarred...finally, after more threats, screaming, insults, intimidation etc, I get to take the test. Now I’m still not worried about DUI cause I know I’m not illegal etc, but I am worried about getting beat. Again this whole time I’ve never raised my voice. I’ve only spoken when asked to, and I’ve used only Sir, Mam, Officer etc and been extremely polite and respectful. So I take the test and of course barely register any alcohol like less then .001, .08 is the legal limit....but this nut doesn’t believe it so recalibrated the machine and made me blow multiple times, including putting his face next to mine and screaming at me that I’m not blowing hard enough (like a drill Sargent) even though I’m literally out of breath and panting etc...
Finally the original gal that stopped me (who’s been totally proffesional the whole time) says “enough, he’s good, I’m letting him go and taking him back.” We’ll they have to go through the whole convoluted process in reverse to sign all my stuff back out including my tour laminate (was not looking forward to notifying my cousin that the cops now have full access)...so while this is happening, they take one last run at me trying to get me to give them ANY reason to mess me up and lock me up, all because I failed to obey a traffic sign I never saw...
This is just one story, I have several others where I wasn’t as worried about being beat, but I did have my rights totally violated, so my 2 cents is that I’m scarred shitless anytime I have to deal with cops. It didn’t used to be as bad, my experiences have gotten worse over the years and I’m white, I’ve never done anything bad (I don’t believe minor drug stuff is bad) and I’ve never actually been convicted with anything except speeding, yet in the last ten years or so anytime I’ve been pulled over I’ve immediately become extremely scarred, nervous, anxious and worried for my safety. If these cops are all so good and there’s only a few bad apples, why should generally law abiding citizens be scarred for their life during even a routine traffic stop (last time had a company truck with tail bulbs out)? Another example, car searches: they rarely did them in the old days, now, it’s almost like standard practice...they used to have to follow the constitution....
Imagine how our brothers and sisters of color feel....
We have a serious systemic problem with the recruitment, training, and oversight of our law enforcement in our police state of a so called free democracy. Be careful out there folks....like Kerouac said “avoid authority, go through life like a ghost”
June 3, 2020 - 10:47am

#875

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

Colin

you made me check on Robb Johnson, I have none, I want. Amazon has a 5 cd set called "A Reasonable History of Impossible Demands". (I'd want it just for that title!) Used, it's an ok price. Anyone familiar with said album?
June 3, 2020 - 10:41am

#876

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Website closure

Simon-no I had no idea what was happening on this website yesterday until someone told me in an email. I am obviously following what is happening on the news, but I never came across any references to social networks-or whatever this is-closing for the day. It almost felt as though they were stopping discussion on the subject by their action. So...an act of protest. I would never have known it if I hadn't been told. I'm not sure what "going black" for the day is supposed to achieve.
June 3, 2020 - 10:40am

#877

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

Colin - PERFECT!

Thick, Rich, White!!!

Still laughing, but will work that bad boy in, somewhere!
June 3, 2020 - 10:40am

#878

carlo13

Joined:
April 26, 2017

T.I.H.

Dead-Shoreline amp. mountain view 6/3/76. Max creek-Capital theater 6/3/89. You could almost find as much acid at max creek gigs as the dead in the 80s. Whew, is it safe to come out now?
June 3, 2020 - 10:02am

#879

Colin Gould

Joined:
September 15, 2009

Quotes

Two that I like, both from Half Man Half Biscuit lyrics:

“You’re the reason that Paradise Lost”
“The light at the end of the tunnel is the light of an oncoming train”

Perhaps a little simplistic but a lyric from Robb Johnson about an earlier Tory government
“They’re the cream of the nation. Thick, Rich, White”
June 3, 2020 - 9:24am

#880

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

Quote a Day Board!

I just read somewhere further down someone suggested a quote a day board (sorry forget who), but I thought what a great idea!

Here's an mean one to start off

I kept it in a cage, watched it weeping, but I made it stay. - Kate Bush

:-)

John Perry Barlow

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"To my ears, the best Dead shows are those that not only fit the criteria that make them amongst the best of a year, but that are also completely unique for their era—shows that fit perfectly into their year of performance, but also fall somewhat outside of the norm for that year. Harpur College, Veneta, Cornell, Cape Cod, and Augusta are all shows that are objectively excellent, and if they are not the best from their respective years of performance, they are certainly unique. Miami 6/23/74 falls into that category: not only one of the very best shows from this outstanding year, but also one of the most interesting and unique. It’s certainly worthy of many, many deep listens." - David Lemieux

¡Ándale, ándale! ¡Arriba, arriba! We're back with a hot one from Miami, F-L-A. DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 34 features the complete show from the Jai Alai Fronton, 6/23/74, one with unparalleled sound quality due in equal parts to the Wall Of Sound and the beautiful sonic clarity of Kidd Candelario's tapes. The first set is chock full of dynamite takes on classics like "Ramble On Rose," "Mississippi Half-Step," and "Cumberland Blues." The second set delivers on the JAMS - one leading into a gorgeous "Ship Of Fools," one rare instrumental version of "Dark Star," and a "Spanish Jam," this is Miami after all! The show also offers up a "first" and an "only" - the former, a Seastones set featuring Phil and Ned Lagin and the latter, the sole Grateful Dead performance of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock."

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.34: JAI ALAI FRONTON, MIAMI, FL 6/23/74 has been mastered from the 7.5 IPS reel-to-reel tapes to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. ¡Agarrarlo mientras esta calientito! (Get it while it's hot!)

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Subscribed to Dave's Picks? With this release, you'll also get a bonus disc with selections from Miami 6/22/74. Excellente!

Synchronicity?

Yesterday I blamed over my non-delivered Daves 34 ... after 47 days in limbo somewhere between US and my adress and no idea about its wherabouts. Just 4 minutes after posting my message I got a sms from Swedish postal service asking my paying an additional 17 dollar in tax for getting it delivered. Coincidence? So after 47 days and 4 minutes it finally looks like it will find its way home. Thanks for responses Daverock and hope you also will get your copy soon Gratefulgerd!

I picked up the Ralph Gleason book for nothing in a dusty store in Bangkok in 1997. A good read.

bjornindia

There is no such thing as a coincidence...let us know when it lands. :-)

Favourites top 10

I’ll cheat a bit and do some of my favourite combos

Mountains of the Moon - Dark Star
Scarlet Begonias - Fire on the Mountain
Playing in the Band (original from Ace though I like most live)
Cassidy (as above)
Help on the Way - Slipknot - Franklin’s Tower
Estimated Prophet - Eyes of the World
The Wheel
Weather Red Report Suite
The Other One
Uncle John’s Band

Like many, this will probably update by the day!

Rock Scully's Living With the Dead

That's probably my favorite of all of them, in a bittersweet kind of way. To me, it rings the truest, but also slightly tarnishes my Pollyannish vision of the group. The GD family dislikes that book because it relates some less-than-flattering tales, but in the books by the band members I smell some revisionist history that I don't in Scully's.

Psychedelic America

I second HEADS by Jesse Jarnow that's one of my favorites so far although not specific to the Dead they weave throughout the book.

I'm liking No Simple Highway

And was surprised by Fare Thee Well

But dammit now I want Ralph Gleason's The Jefferson Airplance & The San Francisco Sound.

Aaaarghh...

Favorite Ten GD originals (as of today)

1. Althea
2. Bertha
3. Jack Straw
4. Scarlet>Fire
5. China>Rider
6. Comes A Time
7. The Music Never Stopped
8. Cassidy
9. Ramble On Rose
10. West LA Fadeaway

Good ole Grateful Dead/ Ralph Gleasons book

You can get it right on ebay, there are several copies on there. Depends how much you want it, and how much you are willing to pay. Some of the prices don't seem that outrageous to me if I really wanted it. IHeck, I would pay a thousand bucks for an unopened copy of the Fillmore West box set with the bonus disc , ( just an example I already have it) but I wouldn't pay anymore then the original asking price for the Winterland 1977 box set. It just depends on what you like and are willing to pay for it.

Top 10 Originals

Gotta take a swing here, gonna cheat and do some combos:

1) Help > Slip > Franklin's
2) Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain
3) Dark Star > St. Stephen > Eleven
4) Althea
5) Eyes of the World
6) Comes a Time
7) Mission in the Rain
8) Music Never Stopped
9) Ripple
10) Unbroken Chain

Wow, really hard. No room for Sugar Mag, Other One, Wharf Rat, SOTM, Truckin, Stella Blue, Estimated, Terrapin, Box of Rain, Black Muddy, Attics, Weather Report, New Speedway, Cumberland, or Easy Wind.

Did I say top 25?

I Know You Rider

Is a cover.

RE: BILLY THE KID / Ralph Gleasons Book

Yeah, I did a quick search and seems like going rate is around $50 used.
Unfortunately it wasn't avail at the library.

I'll add it to my list of books that I want for sure.

Have you read it? If so, worth it?

I wonder if any of that content is published somewhere else..

Thanks Man!

BTW - How come you all didn't make the 3rd show at the Greek in '85?
I've always dug that Set 2 and Cryptical break out and wish I woulda seen it, curious how you felt about it..
6/15 was ringing my bell the other day, you mentioned liking 6/14 best. Was it the company or the music?
Anyway I like em all, and always like trying to complete the set;)

Comes a Time

Cool that this tune has made a lot of top 10 lists.

I always look for Brokedown Palace, Comes a Time and Crazy Fingers when i'm looking to listen to a show.

One of the reasons the '76 Road Trips is so great is you get a Crazy Fingers and a Comes a Time on the same release (though not the same show). And a Mission in the Rain as a nice bonus.

The greatest version of Comes a Time appears in the Orpheum Dave's Picks from a few years ago though. Wow, what a jam.

Ralph Gleason book/ 4/8/67 you tube interview

My brother has the book, I'm interested in the Garcia interview only. I see that there is an interview on you tube that Gleason does with Garcia on 4/8/67, I'm not sure if this is what's in the book, check it out it's very cool.. Seems to me there was also an interview with Mike Bloomfield in the book and he is not to complimentary about the Dead, could be another book. I'm a huge Mike Bloomfield fan, not a big Jefferson Airplane fan, saw them play once at the Fillmore in the 1980s and I wasn't knocked out. Anyways check out that 4/8/67 Garcia interview, it's cool.

Ralph Gleason Book / 4/8/67

BTK - Yeah, that interview has some good stuff for sure!

Like you said, I just want the Garcia stuff, so I'm curious if that stuff is reprinted somewhere else or if I already have the interview.

It's been added to the want list, but of lower importance.

Most of the fun of Collecting is the journey.. been at it 35 years, I'm not in a big rush :)

Shakedown

I just read the Top 10 lists and it got me to post for the first time in awhile. I put on the Spectrum 82 Road Trips for my commute this morning just to hear a Shakedown Street, which I will listen to on the way home (first set tunes for the morning commute). I got to thinking-- we have had 34 Dave's Picks now and he has yet to put out a Shakedown Street. This needs to be corrected in the near future. Top 10 list is impossible. I started and then realized I wasn't even past the obvious:

Dark Star
Eleven
Playin in the Band
Scarlet-Fire
Estimated
Eyes
Ripple
Easy Wind
UJB
Throwing Stones
Shakedown Street

Forget about it...impossible.

Collecting Grateful Dead stuff

I used to go to poster shows every year when I was a kid, bought a lot of nice Dead posters. I used to go to Village Music in Mill Valley and John Goddard had everything as far as records, photos, magazines. I used to go there for blues records, and Dead related items, he had one of John Chipollina's guitars hanging up on the wall. We used to get pizza and beer across the street, then we would go across the Richmond San Rafeal bridge to Down Home Music in El Cerrito great blues, country, bluegrass music and so much more, it's still open. I don't collect anymore, but I am interested in this limited edition of the Anthem of the Sun print done by the artist Bill Walker. There are only 300 available, it's a little pricey. Check out Anthem prints .com, he gives the whole story of how he created the Anthem of the Sun cover. "There's nothing you can hold for very long" .

Make that twelve...

New Speedway Boogie

My first favorite Dead song, way back in junior high. Never got enough love live, imho.

CaseyJanes

Check your PMs.

Also, since no one else wants to take a stab at it, I would love it if Dave’s 35 was 8/31/80.
Or anything from ‘67-70.

Dave's 35

How about 10/9/82 Frost, 4/27/85 Frost, 7/13/84 Greek, or 12/28/83 S. F. Civic all killer shows! Or, put them all together and have a West Coast box set.

Dead Literature....

....how no one mentioned the Annotated Lyrics by David Dodd is amazing. Tbh, I only looked back until this morning. Maybe someone already did?

EstimatedEyes

I agree with you 100%!

At least we have had some stellar Shakedowns in the RT series and box sets.

But I do think we will see an 1980s release for #35. What year, I have no idea. Just going with my gut.

DaP 35 and top10

LMG inside info guy posted DaP 35 would be Alaska 1980.

If I don't count the songs with jams (this includes the regulars people have been talking a about including Here Comes Sunshine and Truckin').

One drummer songs 71-74

Bertha
Me and My Uncle
Lovelight
Cumberland Blues
Promised Land
Cold Rain and Snow
Bird Song
Greatest Story Ever Told
Brokedown Palace
Black Throated Wind
Jack Straw
Attics of my Life
Empty Pages
Uncle John's Band
Sugar Magnolia
Wharf Rat
St. Stephen

Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street

Go to San Francisco oh woh!

Who are the Grateful Dead

And why do they keep following me

The beat goes on

What did Delaware to the party

Idaho, Alaska

Her New Jersey

You’all are blowing my mind

THE LIST!!....

....Music Never Stopped. Thats six.
This game is weird. Right up my alley. 🤪

I may be biased....

....but I'm in my comfort zone here, so what the hell. If the world 🌎 listened to more of this band beyond description, it would be a better place. I get IT. Y'all get IT. GET IT!! When it clicks, it will grab you, and never let you go.

@Billy the kid

your picks are great and surprisingly enough I pulled out the 10-09-82 today out my magic bag of Charlie Miller remasters...great show and it was my 2nd time to the Frost...what a great facility....I had to rip my CD-R's of the show so i could drop it into my digital player for my ride into town on Friday

oh and speaking of...

Charlie Miller there are a bunch of new '87 remasters making their way around the usual bit torrent sites...

John Cipollina's guitar hanging on the wall !

Billy the Kid..that shop sounds more like a place of worship.

Played 7/3/66 from 30 Trips yesterday- a real breath of fresh air. Great version of Tastebud, and stratospheric guitar on Viola Lee Blues. Another highlight is the always welcome Cream Puff War. Probably not on anyone's radar as a greatest song, but great nonetheless.

Skulltrip -New Speedway Boogie is a favourite of mine, too. Something of a lost classic in terms of its jamming potential.

*RE/ Dave’s Picks #35

Hello everyone in DeadHead land, hope you all are well on this beautiful day in June;) what will Dave’s 35performance be?! How about the Grateful Dead’s performance on August 3rd, 1982 in Kansas City, at the“Starlight Theater”!
Complete Set-list is below! in my opinion, it has a PRIMO Setlist & The Band we’re playing very well as was Jerry who just happened to celebrated his birthday the day before!

Set 1:
1- Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ->
2 - Franklin's Tower ->
3- New Minglewood Blues
4- Peggy-O
5- El Paso ->
6- Cumberland Blues
7 - Althea
8- Cassidy
9- Big Railroad Blues ->
10- Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
11- Might As Well

Set 2:
12- Shakedown Street ->
13- Samson And Delilah
14- To Lay Me Down
15- Let It Grow ->
16 - Drums ->
17- Space ->
18- He's Gone ->
19 - The Other One ->
20- Stella Blue ->
21 - Sugar Magnolia
Encore:
Casey Jones

*** https://archive.org/details/gd1982-08-03.sbd.miller.77196.sbeok.flac16/…
Excellent performances of
‘Althea’
‘Cassidy’
‘The Women are Smarter’
‘To Lay Me Down’
‘Let It Grow’
‘He’s Gone’
‘That’s it For The Other One’
‘Stella Blue’ & more!
If you haven’t heard this Show I would give it a spin! It’s filled with surprises! 💀🌹
Have a grateful day You’All! 🙏❤️

Other top10

Oh LMG I thought I read a post from you saying DaP 35 was Alaska 80. My bad.

After 1974 Top10 would be (list does not include The Other One, Scarlet-Fire, Estimated-Eyes, or Help-Slipknot-Franklin)

Feel Like a Stranger
Terrapin Station
The Wheel
Samson and Delilah
Touch of Grey
Need a Miracle
Stagger Lee
Cassidy
Althea
Foolish Heart
From the Heart of Me
Blow Away
Music Never Stopped
Shakedown Street
Throwing Stones

I've been waiting for DaP 35 with expectations of Alaska 80. That no longer seems to be the what's happening, my best guess is something from November 1969. That period feels due.

Does Anybody Here...

...remember Vera Lynn? RIP

Dave Rock/ Village Music Mill Valley

DaveRock, for record collectors or just music collectors in general, Village Music was a place of worship. Type in to your computer Village Music Mill Valley and it should come up. You can see pictures of it and there is a story about it and owner John Goddard. David Grisman's kids did a documentary about the place. The owner, John Goddard knew that I collected Grateful Dead stuff, he asked me one day if I had a copy of the 45, Don't Ease Me In, because Justin Kreutzman was looking for a copy, I told him I did , so he took my phone # to give to Kreutzman. Kreutzman never called me, I would have given him the 45, make a trade for some copies of tapes out of the vault, but it never happened. Anyways, check it out, it was the place. It closed in 2007.

What’s It Gonna Be

Between the years Dave has Picked for release, 1969-1983, every year is represented except 1982.
Strong year and some strong shows in the vault.

That being said, I’d love to hear some uncirculated gem freshly restored from once thought missing reels vs a highly circulated bootleg from a master cassette any day.

But I like the brewing excitement…

When are we gonna know more?

Whose got the inside tip, the scoop, the rumors?

BTW: BILLY THE KID keep the stories coming! I wanna see the Grisman kids documentary now.
And thanks for that Anthem Art tip.. that is dope, if I had a random $4K laying around and nothing else to spend it on I would snatch one ;)

Damn!

Also since I digressed into expensive collectibles, in regards to Favorite Books, I love Volume 1-3 of the Taper’s Compendium, they’re worth seeking out if you can get them for a reasonable price. I think they retailed for around $35 bucks BITD, but are a bit pricey now so I wasn't gonna bring them up, but they should get some love. They're amazing.

Anybody got the Taping Addendum?

Man, I want to read that.

Ralph J. Gleason's book...

Just noticed that my copy cost $0.95. Yep, 95¢. In America, if you bought it mail order from the publisher then postage was a additional 5¢. Not bad for a 380 page book.

That is the original price printed on the cover and the mail order details are inside. I got my copy in England in the early '70s. I can't remember what it cost but it was easy to order from my local bookshop as it was still in print at that time.

Found A Clue

Based on the below I think we’ll get either Workingman’s Era or Brent Era Dead for Volume 35.

I’m pulling for the Workingman’s Era to celebrate the 50th Anniversary.

During Seaside Chat: Dave’s Picks 2020 Subscriptions on 10/29/19 Dave states and I quote:

“I like to look back on the previous year and I love this year, I love the 2019 as much as I’ve ever loved any of the years we’ve done. I really do, I think that the variety is quite perfect, it’s never gonna be absolutely perfect for everybody but I do feel that we hit every distinct era, not every distinct era, we hit most of the distinct eras in Grateful Dead history.. yada yada.. so I think we nailed a lot of things with this year."

“Looking at what we have planned for 2020… it’s gonna be an exceptionally exciting year.”

Goes on to describe eras and compare 2020 to 2019 (see below for sum up).

So Dave doesn’t come right out and say it, but IMO he implies that the 2020 release schedule will be very similar to that “perfect” format.

2019 - Eras
1977-02-26 - Volume 29 - Keith & Donna 2 Drummer Era
1970-01-02 - Volume 30 with Bonus - Workingman’s Era
1979-12-03 - Volume 31 - Brent Era
1973-03-24 - Volume 32 - Keith & Donna 1 Drummer Era

2020 - Eras
1977-10-29 - Volume 33 - Keith & Donna 2 Drummer Era
1974-06-23 - Volume 34 - Keith & Donna 1 Drummer Era
Volume 35 - Workingman’s Era?
Volume 36 - Brent Era?

I guess we’ll see.. getting pumped.

RE: SIMONROB - Lucky! $0.95 plus $0.05 for shipping. That’s not bad, not bad at all.

Vera Lynn and Keith Tippett RIP

I played the Ovary Lodge album on the Ogun label when I heard of the death of Keith Tippet.
Having no music by Vera Lynn I can only share a joke taken from a cartoon in a recent issue of Private Eye magazine. Two people are looking at a billboard advertising a meeting of the Vera Lynn Appreciation Society. Venue: Don’t know where. Time: Don’t know when.
If you get the joke you are probably British or quite old. She was a great morale booster for people in the UK during the 2nd World War.

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?

remember how she said that we would meet again, some sunny day...

Here's a raise of the glass to Ms. Lynn. 103!

love the joke about the VL appreciation society, Colin

her song was used to great effect at the end of "Dr. Strangelove".

and I'm a middle-aged Yank.

Vera

I'll be honest I was shocked she was still alive and made 103.

How can you not have some Vera in your stuff AND be a Pink Floyd fan?

Listening to the 1940 cut of We'll Meet Again. Next up Till There Was You.

GarciaLive 14 announcement....

https://youtu.be/0RPTus7x4MQ

Dead Lit 101

No mention of "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe?

C'mon people! That one's foundational.

"Growing Up Dead" by Peter Conners (author of Cornell '77) was a fun read personally, given that I grew up in the same area as the author and saw many of the shows referenced in the book. If you know what scum jumping is, you"ll like this one.

GarciaLive 14

Garcia & John Kahn 27 Jan. '86 The Ritz, New York City (1CD). Early pre-orders from Garcia Family Provisions get a free bonus disc of the next night's show 28 Jan. '86 from the same venue.

Village Music Mill Valley

Billy the Kid - yes, I have just had a look, and it looks great. The kind of place I could have lost myself in for hours. Very impressive guests photographed playing there as well-Jerry/Elvis Costello and John Lee Hooker/Ry Cooder among them.

Jerry Garcia / John Kahn. Acoustic 1986

I just ordered two copies, one for me and one for my brother . Garcia acoustic, all day , everyday. Get your oreders in quick if you want that free disc.

You Had Me at Bonus Disc

Thanks for the heads up!

Couldn’t resist the bonus disc.

Billy The Kid strikes again.

Thanks man:)

14?! I haven't even finished 13!

But I did lose my mind a bit on Dear Prudence yesterday, when Jerry and Clarence start following each other up this frenetic ascending spiral.

There has always been that idea that Keith started mimicking Jerry in the late 70's, but I've never heard it in the music. I think it was Billy who kept saying that, but then in his autobiography Billy ALSO mentions that Vince mimicked Jerry's licks toward the end, and I've also never heard that. I think Keith and Vince are getting unfairly criticized.

Keith Tippett--I didn't know he was with King Crimson, but I do have a solo free music disc of his--The Dartington Concert. Guess I'll have to put that on. R.I.P., Keith.

We’ll meet again , don’t know where don’t know when

Soundtrack at the end of Dr. Strangelove. Riveting! Vera Lyn, 103 wow!
Strange, yesterday I’m thinking about the cover of Anthem of the Sun and then I read Billy the Kids post. Then a few minutes ago I get the email for Jerry Garcia 14 with bonus and I order two. Then I log on here and see Y’all talking about it. Must be from laying off the pot for a few weeks. Strange dreams and moments of clairvoyance.
I must have been at some of the same Grateful Dead concerts as some of you. Sharing auric space.
Hey just thought of good Weird Al Yankovich style line. “Well I like it a lot , cause I’m on the pot”. Not to worry. Had to quit drinking over 17 years ago because it was making me real ugly. Not a drop, without AA even. Will power baby. And I like taking extended periods of time off from smoking the sacred herb. Like the time I bucked the trend and didn’t smoke ganja or even drink beer or any alcohol from December 1998 until January 2000, partly because of the Prince song . Gonna party like its 1999. Now Sheila E the timbale player for Prince was hot on all levels. The niece of Coke Escovedo of Santana fame. By the way Jorge Santana , Carlos’ younger brother died a few weeks back. Saw Jorge play with the Santana band in 1992 in Las Cruces during the Supernatural tour. Jorge was a major part of the Bay Area band Malo.

Peace out, not piece out

Epic phrase

We'll Meet Again

Strider, great to see some love here for Ms Vera Lynn and that oh, so perfect cinematic pairing from Stanley Kubrick's twisted genius mind. And she was immortalized again by Roger Waters and Pink Floyd on The Wall:
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera, Vera
What has become of you
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?

Amazing all that she lived through, and that she had a number one album not that long ago, and another top 10 album celebrating her 100th birthday.

Congrats on the avoidance of the liquor! I myself discovered that alcoholism ran in my family, and that I had it not long after I turned 21, so I actually quit drinking about 6 weeks after. I had been able to buy liquor without being ID'd when I was 18, so I got a few years in, and found not a need for it, but if I was gonna drink, it was gonna be epic. About ten years after I quit, I drank one bottle of Crown Royal and one bottle of Goldschlager over like a week or so. And just literal sips for toasts, ceremonies, etc. I didn't need AA, either, but I was lucky to see the pattern in the family and got out before I ever grew to like it. Sort of like with beer; never could take the taste of it, said that to my dad once, he said you gotta acquire a taste for it, I told him I'd rather not acquire a taste for piss. (Hence my complete absence from the beer talks that went on, knowing nothing about them apart from my dislike.)

Thanks for the heads up on Jerry 14, and bonus! That assures my early bird buying. Wonder if there's any tribute to the Challenger on the bonus night? Probably not, as Jerry wasn't big for topical events and downers. I remember watching it live and won't ever forget it. I found out a few years ago that my grandparents attended the launch, and my grandma had photos she had taken. She never showed them to us, I only found them after my dad passed.

Need to relisten to this DaP and bonus again, did just finish a relisten to DaP 7/31/74, and wow, I forgot what a great show that is!

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