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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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  • Deadheadbrewer
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    Sorry to hear that, LMG!

    Not to sound trite, but something I've been trying to live by is something that came to me when I recently heard the old quote, "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" It dawned on me that there is always something in our lives that is hurting us, haunting us, or holding something over our heads, so the "trick" is to always enjoy the play, no matter the severity of the horrible thing that we could be focusing on. As the not-so-nice things increase in intensity it becomes more difficult, but in the end, if we don't enjoy the play every time something in our lives is wrong, then we have wasted that time.

    Sounds like you're getting through with a positive attitude, and for that, I applaud you. It ain't easy, I'm certain.

    KeithFan, please check your PM.

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    ...thank you for your kind words. I hope you are well now and living a grateful life! Your in my thoughts & Prayers , positive energy & vibes from me to you ! 🙏❤️
    I suffer from more than one terminal illness. I never spoke about this here on the forum. I didn’t want to give anyone a reason to make fun or use my illness as a joke.
    The doctors gave me six months to live and that was last August, 3 days after my birthday.
    I had my two week check up with my three doctors this last Friday. Good news, the. Lesion I have in my brain hasn’t grow within these past three months!( size of a golf ball ; over 3cm, which is very large. I’ve lost over 85% of my vision due to the damaged part of my brain that operates and processes the visual information from your brain to your eyes and vs. the area of the brain that operates all this is in the backside of your brain on the right. Side. That part of my brain is basically Dead Tissue. It’s grey matter Due to the. Lesion. The lesion on my brain is basically a giant scar . No operation is needed unless it starts to grow larger.( this is only pertaining to me and not everyone who has a leash. everyone/case) is Different.
    What really “burns my ass“ is the pharmaceuticals companies and their outrageous prices for medicine/ prescriptions.
    The medical insurance policy in America is crazy and out of control.
    I’m prescribed a medicine that cost a little over $10000 a month and the insurance company won’t pay for it. I have to pay out of pocket , basically I’m forced to or you won’t get your meds. That’s just crazy! I also have chronic asthma -and even with my medical insurance, it cost me over two hundred a month for my asthma meds. If I don’t take my meds, I will stop breathing and die.
    Im grateful to say I’m still “trucking”, one day at a time. No two days are ever the same. It’s quite nerve racking But it’s also full of enlightenment!
    I’m only alive because of my medication ,my doctors, family, friends, and the Grateful Dead!
    The grateful dead is my most effective favorite medicine of all second to laughter, love & hope!
    What a long strange trip it’s been!”
    Have a grateful day everyone, peace be with you all! Be safe, be kind & rock on my brothers and sisters! God bless!
    🙏❤️💀🌹

    Listening to ...
    * dicks picks #11
    *9/27/72
    *‘Stanley’theater’ Jersey City, NJ
    This is a PRImO concert! It’s truly a amazing performance and recording,mix & mastered & so on! I love this pick and it gets a lot playing time in my home. My system loves the Analog tapes! Beautiful Audio all around! Good Ol Grateful Dead! 1972
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    Excellent posts , thanks for sharing brothers!
    Lenny Bruce was a true Artist & teacher! Amen!

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    A little (but not too far) off topic.. Looks like there's a new Freak Brothers spoof perhaps coming our way one day.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10627334/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3

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    Hope all is good now LMG

    I too know what it is like to have big medical bills. Are you cured of your ailments now? Have fun with your box set.

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    1968.....

    ....my birth year as well ledded. And after 52 years, the racism never changed. Just festered. Like a boil. Ever had a boil? I did. It hurts. I had one at the top of my ass crack. It hurt, and stung.
    The times they are a' changin'.
    I hope so.

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    Lenny Bruce, etc.

    Lenny Bruce was kind of the father, as far as I know, of real edgy comedy. Truth in vulgar storytelling. I haven't been around as long as some of you and I'm not trying to come across as some kind of expert. But it's my belief that he pretty much gave his life for his art. Not uncommon among, say, jazz musicians. Noble? Christ, who knows. To be so talented and so damaged with such bad substance abuse issues, it's like asking, did the chicken or the egg come first? The genius is tortured, leading to the substance abuse, leading to more genius while the drugs are still working for you not against you, like a dog chasing (and catching) it's tail. Great art then death are inevitable.

    No matter. My take on it all is, being born in 1968 with very young parents, Mom and Dad 18 and 19, respectively, I grew up on not only their music but their comedy. I started watching the original Saturday Night Live as, what, an eight year old - and quickly grabbing cassettes and albums of George Carlin and Richard Pryor from the public library. Cheech and Chong. Times were different, to be sure, but I feel they were not only looser, but better. More real.

    Kids and young adults are going to be exposed, eventually, to everything. To this day I find only edgy comedians like Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle funny, having been weaned on the masters. I like an angry rant - even Denis Leary deserves an honorable mention. Early Eddie Murphy. Both Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison were hysterical - right up until they weren't. It's a fine line, walking that razor edge of pushing the envelope without coming across a racist, misogynist pig. Some times you win, some times you lose.

    Anyway, God Bless all of you. Feels like the sky is getting brighter.

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    The only way to get 6 10 73 released is not to subscribe to Daves. Boom! It will then be released immediately, and will then sell out in 13 minutes.

    I really want that one released, as well as 11 19 72.

    Those two shows really melt my cheese....oh, yeah....so good...mmm...

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    Our European bros are finally getting the goods....

    ....sit back. Relax. Or. Get up and dance your socks off!
    Sunshine Daydream!!
    Here's a thought. Pump some Workingmans/American Beauty into the streets. Couldn't hurt. Might wake up some people. Civilians and Police alike.
    I've been reflecting a lot lately.
    "Good morning Mr. Benson, I see you're doing well
    If I had me a shotgun, I'd blow you straight to Hell"
    Who is Mr. Benson? My wife just asked me that.

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    I'm a few pages back on the posts, but just read yours on your Europe 72 listening journey. You definitely earned your Bachelors lol. I'm proud of you man. When I made my metamorphosis from the casual Dead fan who only listened to the official multitrack releases to full-on DeadHead, it was probably a solid year of nothing but multitrack releases, which was mostly Europe 72, Veneta, and all the rest that you can buy in a record store that's not a Dick's Picks. That left me with a lot of 1972 time.

    But there is almost at least one multitrack from every year in the 60s and 70s, so I was reasonably well exposed to all eras in those years. I believe 1970, 1973, and 1977 are the exceptions if you don't count 1975. Eventually I discovered the Winterland box sets from '73 and '77, under the impression they were multi-tracks when I purchased them, but eventually determined they were just great sounding two-tracks (I have to fiddle with the EQ on the 1973 set a little bit but it's all good). But anyway, the point is I was such an audiophile at that point that my boundaries were limited and E72 took up most of that space. I remember Dave's Picks 13 came out (Winterland 2/24/74) and I couldn't stand what I considered at the time to be subpar audio quality (it's one of my top three now). Somebody here commented that there's no sense having a PhD in Europe 72 and glossing over an entire year like 1974 (although I did have the Movie Soundtrack, which I listened to a lot - multi-track :D)

    I would love to read any notes you took on Europe 72. There's always another moment to discover in all things Grateful Dead.

    P.S. - tired of waiting for the official 6/10/73 release. This was one that I listen to very sparingly so that the full Norman would be really special, but I'm not even sure it's going to happen in my lifetime.

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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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Don't be embarrassed by your top five. Mine suck too, compared to the glory days. But, they were far better than anything else out there at the time. More importantly, they got you where you are today.

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As a guy who even missed the Touch of Grey era, my list is a little embarrassing compared to the others. But even coming along as late as I did, I always felt very fortunate to have seen them on a handful of nights where they really seemed to catch lighting in a bottle. I also got to see Jerry's triumphant return (part 2) in Denver and the last 3 Shoreline shows and others...but musically these five were the magical ones.

8/16/91 Shoreline (1st set Dark Star at my first show)
10/31/91 Oakland Coliseum (Dark Star & Ken Kesey tribute to Bill Graham)
6/25/92 Soldier Field, Chicago, IL (Schoolgirl & much of 2nd set with Steve Miller & James Cotton)
5/26/93 Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA (Road Trips Vol.2, #4)
5/27/93 Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA (Road Trips Vol.2, #4)

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I was at this show, the Dark Star/Promised Land is one of my favorite Grateful Dead moments. This show was a rocker and could easily be a Dave's Pick.

no show yet. Still waiting.
I've been to my favoured biergarten this afternoon in H. near FO and I've just returned home.
No information and no disc in the mailbox.
Got me some Hebendanz Anna Fest Bier. Might be helpful for the waiting time.
Enjoy
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Real Gone Music just announced Road Trips 3.1 for sale. Also, they have 2 Dave’s back in stock, including King’s Beach Bowl. Plus a handful of other Dave’s still in stock.
C’mon #35, I can’t wait much longer!! (Unless of course, I have to).

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You mean Dick's picks.
No Dave's picks.

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In chronological order

12/01/79

11/30/80

08/03/82

12/12/90

09/10/91

6 thru 10

04/03/82

06/30/84

06/25/85

04/01/91

06/24/91

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12/31/78

10/9/72

12/31/76

8/5/89

6/17/72

...always had a real good time!

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... o heard three little birds singing songs of freedom and a message of love my brothers & sisters this very morning from a true stand up gentleman, and a gentle giant at that! he is gigantic I call him. many others nicknames, but I think one is most. Is the “Bear” especially being on the dead website and I’ll think it’s appropriate he’s the number one fan of the grateful dead inhis own way, he’s as biker ( if you understand the no name calling rule! But much love they’re guys have with the dead. I wish’s j could post photos!as well he is!
You got to work for NASA says host a picture on this dead bored Ha Ha Ha Ha
I forgot to write the new news because I’m so excited! Who wants, in need of , excited, grateful, some more acoustic performances from the good Ol Grateful Dead ?! I want more acoustic sets even recordings
🙏❤️💀🌹

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... I’ve been told to expect some news very shortly that will make ALL types of Grateful Dead fans, I promise you that! A magnitude
Of humanity back in business on both sides. Prepare for special treat my friends !

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Another upcoming release this year,
“Skeletons From The Closet: The Best Of The Grateful Dead”
a 2018& 2019 remasters, Quality Audio.& primo production! I believe it’s the same as the “White Vinyl’” release from not to long ago!
Money beats soul! Every time ! Ahh I’m just playing around! I love this band😉, it’s member both in the band & the whole crew both label & organzation. I’m looking into more deta, I will post again later in the day! Take car my dead friends! 🙏❤️💀🌹
* https://www.amazon.com/Skeletons-Closet-Best-Grateful-Dead/dp/B085K5S26…

Release date is September 4 th , 2020 on vinyl! & Originally Released in February 1974, this is the best-selling Grateful Dead greatest hits collection to date. Features Truckin’, Sugar Magnolia, and Mexicali Blues.

Track Listings
Disc: 1
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) [2018 Remaster]
Truckin' (2019 Remaster)
Rosemary (2019 Remaster)
Sugar Magnolia (2019 Remaster)
St. Stephen (2019 Remaster)
Uncle John's Band (2019 Remaster)
Disc: 2
Casey Jones (2018 Remaster)
Mexicali Blues (2019 Remaster)
Turn on Your Love Light (2019 Remaster)
One More Saturday Night (2019 Remaster)
Friend of the Devil (2018 Remaster)
Product information
Label Grateful Dead Production
Number of discs 1
ASIN B085K5S26S

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Wow!! See what happens when you have fat fingers?? I was trying to type in DEADVIKES, and missed it.
Yes, I did mean Dick’s Picks. There are no Dave’s available.
LoveMyGirl—I want to get excited about what you have to announce, but there’s a level of incoherence that prevents me from getting excited.
I am excited about Workingman’s Dead 50th, as well as Dave’s 35. I’m hoping for a good, Covid free summer.
Be safe all!!

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I think It's Obvious that we expect news shortly seeing that we are one month away from the next Dave's Picks release and tis the season for a fall box release and the announcement usually comes at this time of year. I have to agree with MR ONES about your "your level of Incoherence that prevents me from getting excited"

Billy, I didn't have anything to compare it too, but I can confirm the folks on the lawn went ape shit! The Jack Straw -> Bertha opener was also great (sans the Phil loose string sounding bass) and the Scarlet -> Victim -> Fire was quite nice as well.

The longtime Head who sort of hosted a bunch of us at the show had moved from Colorado a decade earlier, basically to see the Dead more often. Around 93 or 94 I asked him for some of his favorite attended shows (he'd seen a few hundred), so I might repay his kindness with some tapes. He said my first two of 8/16/91 and 10/31/91 were as good as any he'd seen. Whether he was just being lazy, nice or couldn't remember at the time, I still considered it lucky to have jumped in with those two shows. Hell, 2 Dark Stars if nothing else....

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sure you will get your copy soon, usually I'm one of the last.
Enjoyed a few Greif Bräu yesterday evening in the city of ER.
Everybody enjoy the summer and the sun and the upcoming releases ...

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I have just had a check, and notice that 5/9/77 on vinyl will finally be released on 24th October. Wonder what the world will look like then? If you go back 4 months, both coronavirus and Black Lives Matter were off most people's radar. Then...boom! Hopefully we will all still be around in 4 months to see what happens next.

I don’t have a crystal ball and I don’t know anyone with inside information so I will wait and see what appears. However, amazon.com ( not .co.uk) shows that cd versions of ‘The Grateful Dead’ and ‘Anthem of the Sun (1971 remix) will be issued on 28th August and, as mentioned by LMG, a vinyl version of ’Skeletons ...’ will be issued on 4th September, all by Grateful Dead Records. Amazon do not give any further details so I’m unaware of the track listings and don’t know if they include any extras.
I can't imagine needing any of these reissues and wonder why the first two albums are being issued again so soon after the 50th anniversary discs.
Looking forward to DaP #35 but I hope everyone will have got #34 soon.

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For those of us that actually give a shit about charts, this week's UK album chart has Bob Dylan at #1 with "Rough and Rowdy Ways" and Neil Young at #2 with "Homegrown". His bobness, at 79, is the oldest artist to reach #1 with an album of new material. Even if you don't give a shit about charts, it is somewhat surprising to see these two topping the charts in 2020.

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I don't want to take anything away from the absolute greatness that is Bob Dylan, and to a lesser extent Neil Young, but I think it also speaks to the dearth of good new popular music out there. Yes, there are great up and coming rock and roll bands and yes there is phenomenal music being created today, but you have to work much harder to find it these days. I'm sure it has a lot to do with how technology has changed and the music business in general, but despite all that, where are all the can't miss bands putting out great new music that isn't overly derivative?

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Is this the first time Bob Dylan has had a number one album in the UK, I wondered ? I don't know, but I would think that his last three or four self penned albums were more likely to have hit the coveted spot than any of his 60s albums.

Going back to upcoming releases, there was also 8/21/68 that was due to come out earlier this year, with a free comic thrown in. Seems to have got lost in the rush, that one.

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...the Neil Young Homegrown album is material recorded between 1974 and 1975, not exactly new unless you are working off a really long time frame.

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Kicking it with 7/8/78 R.R.. especially the Estimated >the other one >Eyes. I did not forget the potent 78' arrowhead show for all you fans. It just never get old.

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GERHARD, that's funny. I was also having a few beers in the city of ER yesterday. And finally, today was the day I could pick up my DaP 34 (shipping notice said 04/30). Still no sign of the "June 1976" box set (shipping notice 04/08). I am sure the good people from customer service will sort that out, too. But to be honest, this whole waiting game has become just too much for me. I don't think I'll order from dead.net anymore. Of course I'm aware of the current situation all around the world. And I'm truly blessed because Covid-19 has not hit my family and I don't have to worry about losing my job. However, shipping times have grown longer and longer, extra costs have to be paid (today it was 11,20 €, I have no idea why - never had to pay tax for a Dave's Picks, just for the bigger box sets).
Anyway, it's the weekend and I'm sure I'll enjoy Jai-Alai Fronton. Also looking forward to GarciaLive 14 - made me listen to that old "Pure Jerry" single CD release on my way to work this morning, what a sweet duo show that is. Couldn't get hold of GarciaLive 13 but they usually hit the record shops here in Germany sooner or later. And then there's that complete 1971 show coming with WD 50th. Lovely releases ahead.

RUSTY STRING
Garcialive 13 is available on amazon.de although I can understand if you would rather wait to see it in a record store.

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Came across this today...already dropped it into my DMP, time to slap the headphones on and give a listen....

Grateful Dead
Auditorium Theatre
Chicago, IL
June 26, 1976

Matrix by Hunter Seamons

Set I

d1t01 - Tuning
d1t02 - The Promised Land
d1t03 - Sugaree
d1t04 - Cassidy
d1t05 - Row Jimmy
d1t06 - Mama Tried
d1t07 - Tennessee Jed
d1t08 - Looks Like Rain
d1t09 - Scarlet Begonias
d1t10 - Lazy Lightnin' ->
d1t11 - Supplication
d2t01 - Peggy-O
d2t02 - The Music Never Stopped

Set II
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d2t03 - Tuning
d2t04 - Playing In The Band ->
d2t05 - Saint Stephen ->
d2t06 - The Wheel ->
d2t07 - Playing In The Band
d2t08 - Samson And Delilah
d3t01 - Crazy Fingers ->
d3t02 - Stella Blue
d3t03 - Around And Around ->
d3t04 - One More Saturday Night
--Encore--
d3t05 - U.S. Blues

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OK, I'm a little late to this party, but I could not resist. So I thought about the shows which first got me on the bus. There are plenty of other great shows I saw in many great locations, which made them memorable, also: Frost, the Greek, Cal Expo, Red Rocks, but here goes:

12/31/71 Winterland - My first show

8/24/72 Berkeley Community Theater - tripping at the back of the floor, Dark Star>Morning Dew, that did it I was on the bus

2/24/74 Winterland - the wall of sound in all it's glory

12/31/77 Winterland

10/31/83 Marin Civic Auditorium - We had great seats 10 rows center from the stage, great show

So many shows.....

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My brother went to the first three shows you listed and I went the last two.

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Gerd/Gerhard/Rusty String
Still waiting here in Sweden.
It was supposedly sent from Brussels on may 19.Then, a couple of days ago a new message appeared on tracking:
Origin post is preparing shipment- we have received notice that the originating post is preparing to diaspatch the mail piece.
What does that even mean?
Time to get onto customer service on monday...every time this hassle!
Just got Paul Desmond box from Mosaic, sent monday from US arrived here thursday. But Dead Net is not Mosaic.

Good Morning,
I've ordered 14 last week directly from Jerry Garcia Official Store and will receive the bonus disc as well.
$ 25,42 incl. shipping.
Happy Entlaskeller - if applicabel
Grüße G.

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Hey David, 1968 will be released 7/31
The printing company closed shop over four , five months ago due to virus. Yes, the printing company was the first Party to take a step back and cause delays in the final release date.
Printing is complete and absolutely beautiful!! Records have been pressed and labeled! Get ready to party with the greatest juvenile delinquents on the western! hemisphere, the Grateful Dead! 🙏❤️💀🌹
Have a grateful day everyone, peace be with you all my Brothers and sisters!
*** I never talk about the Garcia releases because that’s not my department but I had to say , Garcia 14 acoustic release! 1986, and it’s a home run! Primo!
...Also I’m not surprised Dylan is number 1 &. Neil Young is 2! They Have both played rock ‘n’ roll on the moon an other outer space mission’s! Lol

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Not going to fall into that marketing trap. $100 for a book I don't need that has 38 minutes of an unreleased live show thrown in to help to sell it. By the time international shipping, import duty and sales tax have all been added it would cost me around $150 and I'm just not prepared to pay that much for so little. Sorry but I'm not in on this one. Frankly I would rather they concentrated on getting the music to us rather than trying to separate us from our money with unnecessary and overpriced merchandise. Workingman's dog coat anyone?

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Curse you Dogon! You had to show me the world of Mosaic Records! Damn, Damn, Damn!

I'm a recovering limited box set collector and you hook me up with the Scarface of Box pushers!?!

Lots of nice boxes there, thanks for the name. Have a shortcut on desktop now to the website. Have to head out now. Luckily its the end of the month and the old folks will be getting the social security checks in the mail. Should be able to order some of these boxes soon!

The Scarface of all box pushers. I might have to check that out myself.

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I have the Complete Recordings of T. Bone Walker from 1940 to 1954 on Mosaic, came out in 1990. They don't carry it at Mosaic anymore, but you can still get it on the secondary market at a reasonable price, CD or lp. It's a knockout!

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I hear ya Simon Rob. I’m only getting it cause the Mrs is a book junkie and went ahead and just ordered it. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it once or twice, but not really a comix guy. I’m with you, just release the music, like the whole dam vault ala carte already. Yes some recordings will sound lesser than others but so what, that’s called choice....remember when Mickey was talking about that along with the Terrapin museum etc, something about we hope to have it so you could put your order in upon arrival and we’ll have it ready before you leave.

EDIT: sorry Dennis, lol, your probably like the misses “there’s no such thing as too much” for her with books and you with box sets etc 😉

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Yo!! Rockers!!!

For those who are so inclined:

Charlie Miller has recently circulated new remastered copies of 1/24/71, 9/21/72, 2/9/73, 2/15/73, 2/17/73, and 12/2/73 Set 2...………….

You know where to find me...……………

Rock on,

Doc

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LMG - thanks for the heads up, I'll keep my eyes peeled.

Simon....I wouldn't buy it off Deadnet, for all the reasons you mention. I was under the impression it would be available from Amazon UK-which might not be much better for you. I have just had a look, and it does seem a bit pricey even there-over £30. 00. Prices on Amazon are up and down more than I am...so I am going to keep a look out and see if it drops a bit in price before splashing out.

I am much more selective, generally, about buying Dead stuff than I was 10-or even 5 years ago. I have noticed I am more attracted to an expensive show on vinyl than a box set on cds from one of the years I am not so keen on. I no longer buy everything without thinking. That's just the music-I have never gone over board on the tee shirts etc-attractive though they look.

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Billy I have a feeling you and I were at the same shows many times over the years in the bay area.

Someone mentioned the 12-12 -80 Swing show right after Lennon was killed, I was there and you could hear a pin drop during "he's gone", it was an incredibly moving performance.

I have to add 10/14/80 Warfield theater to my list, unforgetable for the champagne toast from the entire audience to the band when they returned for their encore.

God those were the days.

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The version advertised on amazon.co.uk is the paperback version which doesn’t include the LP. When it was first announced in April 2019 the Relix magazine website said that the paperback would come with a download code for some early GD music, however looking at the Z2 comics website now there is no mention of any download code. I wonder if the paperback still includes any music? The hardback is limited to 6800 copies but even after more than a year it hasn’t sold out. I won’t be buying it.

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Ive been in a GD 80s groove recently

Decided to check out 9 2 68 today

It's all GD...quite a contrast

July 10th approaches, good people. 2 21 71!

Second box will announced close to Christmas I predict

Mid October?

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