Grateful Dead

I love that this board has gone more into the archives. I love the official releases, but there are so many gems in the ol' mine that sticking to just the releases exclusively would mean missing out on shows like this.

Hooking it up to the stereo, hitting play, and spending as much of the day in the AC as possible. It is brutal around these parts... but a good book and a good show make it bearable. I hope everyone had a great July 4th weekend!

Peace

This show might just be the most-listened to show in my listening history. I think it is so much fun, it is near the top of the list of shows I wish i had attended. Enjoy!

hi everybody!! sorry, its been awhile posting, but i check in all the time on this oasis of friendship and good cheer.
Pittsburgh 87 was one of only 4 east coast shows i saw (Hampton 88 the other three). I'd seen the Alpine shows, then went fishing with Dad and brother in Canada. just got back day before show. left Chicago area at dawn. for some reason took the scenic route, driving some US highway rather than the interstate. got a speeding ticket as I crossed into Ohio (65 to 55 speed trap) - boo. as i said goodbye to the kind officer i asked him how far to Pittsburgh? he looked at me funny - Pittsburgh??? long long day driving, lots of winding roads i think as i got further east but somehow made it to the arena. back in those days i would get to some confusing unknown city and just follow the cars that looked like they knew where they were going. just now flashed on a bumper sticker i saw wandering the lot that evening unwinding before the show -
CAUTION - DRIVER LISTENING TO HOT SHAKEDOWN
yeah, for real
it was a heart of gold night. mail order ticket, might have been a GA show, but I was in the second level stage left. surrounded by kind strangers. more than a few empty seats in the arena i think. relaxed. really fun first set. remember Desolation Row as big cool surprise.
and then that SHAKEDOWN - holy shit!!!! Jerry scat singing!! Phil!! craziness!! out of body rush just thinking about it!!
and then "We ran into some of our friends the Neville Brothers" and its like you have got to be freaking kidding - Iko > Day-o > Women Smarter!! still have a dream vision of the stage during Day-O. yeah it was like a dream! coming out of space the whole place was buzzing with dylan energy, that bob d would join them. close. he was there in spirit. the knockin on heaven's door was one of the most righteous dead moments i ever witnessed. another vision of the stage as it lead to the first verse - unearthly blue/green lighting, the Nevilles, shadowed, slowly joining the boys. tears in my eyes. great good lovin set closer. then johnny b goode. super energy. smiles everywhere.
at some point during the drive that afternoon i'd wondered what the heck i was doing. i left that show filled with contentment and happiness. of course i'm totally lost when i try to find my way out of town. most traffic long gone. i'm at a stop light, drifting in my own thoughts, when I look to my right and a couple of officers in a patrol car are 5 ft away giving me the real hairy eyeball. seconds from big trouble. I lean over, roll down the window, and ask Hi - which way to Ohio? the expression of the officer at the wheel suddenly goes from doom to Sure, let me help! Ohio? you take a left at this light! I'm like Great!! Thank you!! seconds later light turns green, i turn left, and make my getaway across some bridge. whew. at some early am rest area i remember a fellow traveler asking if I was headed to Roanoke. sigh. the answer was no - heck I didn't even know the next shows were in Roanoke. 10 years later i got to know shannon way out west. and she was from virginia and yeah the roanoke shows were way hot!! as for me, the next shows i saw were Red Rocks
i'm listening to the Zaleski version on relisten right now - it sounds freaking fantastic, amazing pull, highly recommend!!
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1987/07/06?source=95912
man, '87 was a fun year, with the newly re-energized Jerry. this brings back a lot of sweet memories.
stay healthy and be safe!!

More a relation to timing, cash flow and where I was in college at the time, but I saw more shows in 87 than any other year. Plus.. I was kind of freaked by the 86 coma, which lead to full throttle 87 and Pittsburgh was less than two hours from where I was living at the time.

I was there and it was a hoot. I was just beginning to know what the Nevilles were all about.

What I remember from the whole thing was first that Jerry was looking and sounding better as the year went on. Second.. I was there with a bunch of college buddies and I could not wait long enough to ditch them and spend most of the show alone, just me and my girlfriend at the time. Something about people you don't know that well, that probably aren't that into the dead anyway talking while you are finding your footing is really annoying. So by Row Jimmy we had separated from anything resembling the crowd we arrived with and had achieved lift off.

I have not listened to this since I was there until today. What a nice road trip and both brings back memories and reminds me how little I still remember. I do remember the Neville's centric second set and the drive back home a good bit.

Well, that's the best I can recall.

Oh, this might have been the day or the we ek that In the Dark was released. At first I was ecstatic, later deflated.. it was the beginning of the end of sorts.. We were no longer a small town, under the radar thing. It was so much more fun when were were under the radar.

Oh.. and Otis.. it was hot as balls here today, and we are usually 10 to 15 degrees cooler than you. Great day on the river though. This working less stuff is a ok with me.

CAUTION - DRIVER LISTENING TO HOT SHAKEDOWN. Truly the funniest thing I have heard all month. Hilarious, I want one of those stickers!

Jim and Bluecrow, thanks for sharing your memories of the Igloo! Really cool. Jim, yes, I do know what you mean, about the changes that occurred after In the Dark. The Dead achieved big time success, which I think was great for them, but of course it changed the scene forever.

The ultra matrix I pulled up on Relisten was marginal. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place.

Official releases versus bootlegs. I will say, this site would not exist if it wasn't for the official releases. Professional recordings, mixing and mastering take a ton of time and effort and in most cases sound way better than unofficial releases. If they didn't, Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino would not brother with these releases. I am sure glad they do, it has been tons of fun.
I have also been surprised how good some of the shows on The archive or Relisten sound. Miller seems to do a fantastic job, however, it is still no guarantee that the recordings themselves were very good.

Long live the Vault!

https://archive.org/details/gd1984-07-07.sbd.miller.94379.sbeok.flac16/…
Alpine Valley 7.7.84. Welcoming Lovelight back into the fold! Let's do this!!!

What a fun night!

The Scene:
We'd gotten home from Alpine and kicked around for a week or so and then headed over to Pittsburgh for our last taste of the Dead for the summer of '87. I guess it was a Monday night, but felt like a party. The only time we stayed in a hotel, and a bunch of our friends from Ohio had the room nextdoor. The rooms had a connecting walk through party door and we walked through it and partied all night long! It was off the hook. I can't remember if that was planned or coincidence, but feel like we didn't know until we got to the room. The hotel was taken over by Dead Heads and a party raged the whole time before and after. There was a Park & Eat diner up the road and we went there in shifts throughout the night, high out of our minds, laughing and shit like we were on a different planet, and we were. All these stoned out hippies flooding the place. We made up all these names for it, the barf & puke, the stop & ralph, we were rolling. I think there was a pool and the balcony circled around the pool.. but yeah it was 33 years ago, and we were all blotto.

The Music:
You ever been to a show with a friend and the band plays ALL of their favorites? That was this night for me and my buddy Walling. The place was electric and everybody was ready to party and so was the band. If I remember correctly, which is highly suspect, but mentioned elsewhere, there were guest musician rumors going around that day, so we were taking guesses on who it’d be, I was pretty sure it’d be Dylan, since they’d just played with him. I think that happened, but again the mind can do funny things. The show had that kind of extra excitement. There was magic in the air. And the band was on, Jerry was stomping around and belting it out and it had that ’87 energy of renewal. We’d seen it at Hampton, and felt it at Alpine (somewhat) but couldn’t see it there. So it was GREAT to have it confirmed in Pittsburgh. We had a great view of the happenings and just boogied down all night. If you weren’t hip before, when the Neville Brothers joined the band, everybody knew they were experiencing something special! I had definitely figured it out when Jerry started belting out Whoa’s during Shakedown Street, it was electric. What a fun show. It was my first & only Shakedown, and man it’s still my favorite. The first Knockin’ out of space was pretty epic to witness, by then we had been on such an adventure we just watched in awe, and then they revved up like a deuce with a couple more rockers to send us home or in our case, back to a raging hotel party that continued all night. Throughout, the band played my best friend & traveling partner’s favorite tunes that we didn’t see at Hampton or Alpine. The Shakedown > Samson, Iko > Day-O (he also loved that song, it was cosmically weird) > Women & closing Good Lovin’ & JBG encore, felt like it had been dreamed / willed up by my pal Harvey Wallbanger and we danced our asses off. Good times huh bro?!?!

33 years later it still gives me the chills looking back on it and remembering

Never Had Such A Good Time.

Thanks to BLUECROW & JIMINMD for sharing their tales as well. And thanks to all for listening in with me, this one holds a special place in my heart. The band came to have an electric rock n’ roll party and that’s just what we did.
EDIT: Ironic that In The Dark was released this day as well, and the band didn't play a single tune off the album, bad ass ;)

What a band!

Alright, what’s on tap for today?
EDIT 2: Alpine Valley 7/7/84 you say...

Funny, I was going to toss out an 84 option since we seem to be on an 80's terror.

Perhaps we can squeeze in something primal soon and something in the 7 1 through 74 range too.

As for primal, perhaps later this week?? It's been years since I listened to 4/23/69.

Sounds good to me!

And I will second Jim's 4/23/69 Ark pick for tomorrow - should be an interesting contrast.

Since there wasn't yet a pick for today, I loaded up Beacon Theater 6/14/76 from the box, after a morning appetizer of Disc 3 from 4/8/72 Wembley. I got through the first two discs of that one last evening, but HAD to listen to the third before putting it back on the shelf. Favorite Dark Star ever? I dunno, but it is certainly up there! The Beacon Theater show is nice, but it was a little unfair coming right on the heels of that Europe 72 show, as most things are.

Back to the 80s madness! I've actually been to Alpine - the steepest lawn I've ever been on!

Peace

Is that anywhere near Bong Rec? :-P

Ha.. yes, I stayed there in 87.

Somehow it seemed to me to be related to Alpine 7.7.84, so I went there today after the Alpine show. There's a Playing Reprise and I'm hitting the epic Dew right now. No hearty post-Space Terrapin though. It's nice to know as a Wisconsinite that we have places like Bong right nearby. :-)

....twas a good show. Back when there were more 🌳's on the lawn.

somewhere in my "vault" is a crisp, 8 x 10(?), home darkroom printed, b/w photo ca. summer 1978 of friends and I posing by the sign for the Bong Motel. a pleasant Saturday drive up into the land of cheap beer. Anybody here ever pay tribute to the Andy Gump statue in Lake Geneva?

DeadVikes - yeah the ultramatrix for 7/6/87 ain't too good. if you're still looking for a good source, try this on for size when you have the time. I thought this was a sweet sounding audience on the headphones last night. (Thank you taper Lucien Zaleski! - source 8 of 10 at relisten).

https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1987/07/06?source=95912

thanks for more Pittsburgh stories Jim and GOGD! yep 1987 was a fun year! first show for me that spring was the somewhat obscure UIC Pavillion 4-9-87 - watched it from the penalty box (no lie!) blazing scarlet - fire and whole 2nd set. jerry reborn!!

... Ihello again! Hope all is well with everyone here & also had a grateful weekend holiday!
I started listening to the Grateful Dead’s release from the ‘Road Trips’ Series Vol.3 #3
“Fillmore East 5/15/70” performance!
Now this is some of my favorite dead era/ style of playing ! Love my Pigpen!!!
I can’t find any weak spots in this release, to me, it’s Perfect in every way! 🙏❤️💀🌹
Rock on my brothers and sisters, peace be with you all! Have a grateful day!

Not that I don't love 5/15/70 but I've got the wayback set to 4/23/69 in post colonial Mass. Playing a little virtual disc golf at Chez Sixtus' 51 years before the 18 posts were securely planted in his back yard makes it just that much easier to cheat and lie about my handicap.. then sip a little kooks aid and off to the Ark.

It's Primal Wednesday here, what could possibly go wrong?

I liked that idea so I dipped my toe in 7/31/74 (at least my digital files were ripped before disc rot set in). Then, I moved over to the Giants first sets from 1989. It's pretty fun rolling out paint to Franklin's Tower btw.

Going to check out the Ark since it was always the 1st and 2nd shows I had on tape.

Primal Wednesday.
Look at those set lists!

It's hard not to argue that those were the days at least in terms of seeing the Dead.
We'll see if this relisten supports the hypothesis.
And yes, the Ark appears on paper to be a fine candidate for a box set, thanks for asking, let's see how these tapes sound.

Oh how different it would be today if Hunter S. Thompson would've been elected sheriff of Aspen.

Stranger things have happened and not for the better... ie 45

But I digress, maybe that's all hypnocracy

Orly Pory Dominorky!

Say.. have you heard the one about the yellow dog yet?

Pretty fucking good.

https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1982/07/28/shakedown-street?source=9…

...did I kill the thread? :D

-Fred Willard schtick-

For some reason my post from this morning was deleted???

My suggestion was the big enchilada, 11/17/73, Dave's Picks #5. Let's keep the ball rolling.

Be well folks!

This sounds like a solid pick! As suggested, since this is a legendary show, maybe some leniency is due. Maybe the listening party should be extended through the weekend(?). It's never been a particular favorite of mine, since I don't really like my 73PITB jams interrupted, but I'd be happy to change my mind!

Yes, let's give this one a couple of days.

And give it another try, it is an epic show!

I saw that post and listened to this show.. twas awesome.. did the first half on my morning bike ride, the second half on the Upper Yough. I noticed your post was removed.. I just assumed bolo was involved and we would never see or hear from again. Glad I was wrong on that one..

I actually think they meant to remove my post that used the f work a few posts earlier and missed. But hey.. 4.23.69 was f***ing awesome.

Weird scenes inside the gold mine. Be good all.. so it's 11/17/73 tomorrow and if you already did it today we can catch up one one we missed or listen to whatever the f*** we want to, which is just fine.

11/17/73 is the full enchilada.. spicy and delicious. One of the best of the best...

....my top five Dave's was easier when it was around 20-25. Now? Not so much.
Looking forward to 4.20.84.

Weird, my post yesterday got deleted too.

Makes you wonder if you said something wrong...
but Jim dropped the F-bomb and he's still here;)

Mostly was just saying same thing you all are saying, stoked to re-listen to 11/17/73 but need more time.

Cool Shakedown Stream last night, dug that.
Got WMD 50 and am digging that, great job Betty & Bob!! What a recording.
DaP V35 going '84 on us, that's cool.
If my sleuthing is right, that means V36 we should see some Pig era material. You heard it hear first folks!
I got inside info (tongue firmly planted in cheek, I jest, I jest).
Lots going on in Dead Land.

Read some of the goings on on the other boards.. pretty interesting stuff, you all are funny!

And I dug hearing the Ark show the other day JimInMD, nice pick!
I had to go back and listen to 4/21 & 4/22 as well, April '69 is pretty interesting time.
Listen to the difference between the introduction on the first night compared to 4/23, it's pretty funny.

It's cool to think that a year later they'd be testing out the Acoustic set format at the Family Dog followed shortly by the beginning of the "an Evening With" format. Definitely a transitional period in the Dead's history. Always been fascinated with that time period.

Alright, hope you all are doing well.

Got Black Peter WMD playing now.
and my friends they come around..

Damn, sounds so good.

Looking Forward to The Palindrome, we've Heard the first & the last.
BTW: 7/10/90 Jerry jumped right into that Playin' Reprise last night after UJB, I was kinda hoping he'd go back into UJB jam after that, but no.. like Lambert, Lemieux & Mayer were saying last night, you hear something new every time!

Be Well All.

GOGD. That is weird, your post was deleted as well. Did someone complain??

Anyway, thanks for joining me on this one guys. Jim, GOGD, Vguy and Gollum. Hopefully, Gollum, this show did it for you this time.

Drove down to Iowa yesterday to get a puppy for my daughter so I treated the family to this wonderful show and it is a monster. Had to keep the volume much lower than it would be if I was by myself but that is okay, it still rocks. HCS, is always good to hear.. China-Rider, oh yes.
The famous Playing, UJB, Dew, UJB, Playing is a treat and a fantastic ride. Then the big finish with a stellar Eyes Sugar Magnolia, Casey Jones encore. Best pick, maybe, I don't know, but it is really f...... good!

Phil seemed so vocal and serious in the pre hiatus days. Always ready to speak to the crowd and then when they came back, Phil seemed to get a little goofy. His playing was stellar, he just seemed off.

My WD set is coming soon, did anybody get theirs yet?

Be well folks. I will be checking out the second set of last night's Shakedown Stream later tonight. Great show so far 👍

I noticed both those posts were deleted and mine left.. I am quite sure they meant to delete mine because I correctly used the f work to describe the Arc show. I mean.. sometimes that word is correctly used and if you can't use for a Spring 69 show.. well than, golly and jinkies just aren't good substitutes.

Anyway, I did see your original post, Deadvikes and I was all over it.. a wonderful show that I did listen to fresh within the last six months, but it's not like this one has been overdone. It's a classic and perhaps the best or more aptly my favorite PITB/UJB/MD/UJB/PITB sammy. A stunner.

Jerry Garcia Band from November 17, 18... 1975 Keystone in Berkeley... This show is smoking hot. Nicky Hopkins sounds awesome and Jerry still has that youthful 75 voice... And by rearranging I mean taking them out of a box.... Never did rip this one.... ooops... This show is a lot better than the New Year's Eve show from 1975... You know the one that they said when it was released that it wasn't their best effort!!!! Have a good weekend everyone... bob t

P.S. I really like the 11/17/73 Pauley Pavilion show!!!! Probably one of my most listened to Dave's... Also my lowest number of 23 of any numbered set.... All that and a free cookie....

...this Boreal Ridge show is, is, is...it just is. :-P

P.S. I hope they don't nuke my post for going a bit over the top...

I'm loving my first real deep dive into this renowned show. Great sound with the instruments in perfect balance! I've been listening in bits and pieces so far, but hope to do an uninterrupted listen tomorrow.

* Here Comes Sunshine. I remember Lemieux gushing about this version in his chat. Jerry and Bob's complementary guitar work is mesmerizing here!
* Looks like Rain. there aren't many bad versions of this song are there? Nearly every one packs a punch. Love Garcia's sweet exclamations at 5:20.
*PITB. I do love my PITB jams uninterrupted, but wow the sparks are flying every second of this jam. Quite a difference from the Charlotte 12/10 PITB. Not knocking Charlotte PITB, but maybe those sparks were smaller or more subtle.
*Crispy China Rider!
Hope to do a full listening on a long beach walk tomorrow. We'll see.... thanks for this great pick!

p.s. I think the mysterious message deletions must have been related to the cat litter box spam. There was a cat litter box spam that was deleted about the same time. (I think we are allowed to cuss here, aren't we?)

Let it Rock- probably the JGB release I listen to the most. - also Sophie's 76!

Ha! how could I have forgotten? The last vocals of this Dew always sounded to me like an unintentional flub-

"Walk me out in the Morning Dew my honey,
Where have all the people gone today?
there's no need for you to be worried.... this morning
I guess it doesn't matter anyway...."

Unintentional or not, that's always been one of my favorite moments in any Dew. It just sounds so perfect. Dang, I just haven't listened to it in so many years...

. . . because I'm jealous of all of you that have time to listen to an entire show each day! :)

I knew it was you all along Brewer!!

In truth.. sometimes I cheat and hit the highlights.. other days I disappear completely because I just didn't have time to play... This pandemic did two things for me though.. severely limited my cash flow and gave me a bunch of extra free time. I am very glad for the latter and am making do like everyone else on the former. Thankfully, we are all safe and healthy. I feel we are the lucky ones.

Be good all.. I have to admit.. this thread has been great fun even if I can't play along everyday.

from 1979 is 9-2-79 Augusta. I would like to hear reactions on that one eventually. I do want to hit Englishtown, and Giants '78 towards the end of next month sometime, too. As for today, I may hit Pauley some more or even venture somewhere else, Binghamton '79 I'm looking at you....

Jim, cheaters never prosper🤠

It is great to have people join in when they can. Sometimes life gets in the way.

Wilfred, is there a pick in there? I am ready.

Be well folks and everybody hang loose.

Rats.

Was fun enough. I skipped a couple tunes though. Bob definitely got his slide practice in. Jerry was achieving some fine tones, but Brent was pretty low in the mix at key times. It's probably not the best of May '79, and leaves me wondering which are the hotter shows of the tour.

Cheers fellow cheater. I frequently skip Mexicali's too. We are mortally flawed.

So that's how you do it. I have noticed, at this time, that I prefer up tempo songs to slower ones, irrespective of the lyrical content . So Mexicali Blues appeals to me more than... say, Stella Blue, to pick one ballad out of the ether. Friend of the Devil was better for me when it rocked. There is only so many times that I can listen to the same story, but rock n' roll, as the saying goes, never dies.

What is on tap for today?

DEADVIKES looks like it's You & Me bro..

Whatcha want to listen too?

They were talking about 9/20/70 the other day on DaP board which made me wanna give that an ole relisten -
https://archive.org/details/gd1970-09-20.140665.sbd.boswell.smith.mille…

Or we could look at some '84 in preparation of DaP V35. The next night 4/21/84 has a tasty set list and It's been awhile (EDIT: Actually I might've listened to this on 4/21/20.. but yeah, almost 3 months, that's awhile, right?!?) -
https://archive.org/details/gd1984-04-21.137247.sbd.miller.flac1648

LMK if either of those peak your interest. Or toss something out and we can decide.

That is if my comment isn't deleted ;)

Did you get WMD 50 yet?

Thanks for hanging in there GOGD. I would not mind taking a look at the 1984 show. Let's do it. 4/21/84 it is.

Yes, I did receive my WD set, but have not cracked it open yet? How about you?

Bam!

Sweet and Likewise.

Yeah, I got WMD download so I checked it out. Sounds amazing.

There's a brief 2 second drop out in Live UJB on the DL, so hoping to get that remedied.

It's weird cuz that happened with my Aoxomoxoa download too, last track 2 second drop out on bonus material, but Dead.net was cool about getting it fixed. Technical gremlins always getting in there and messing with stuff.

Alright man, looks like we got some '84 in order today.

Be well and look forward to what you think.
Enjoy!

Going through my cd's that have been in a box for about a year or so.... Gave my man cave/office to my daughter.... on the bonus disc Garcia plays Dylan again, anyone know where and when the It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry is from....... (sort of fun to re discover discs that I never burned!!!! Thanks in advance... Bob t

RFK '73?

-edit- Nevermind, I was thinking of a different disc. It's 6-4-82 according to what I have...

Appreciate it......... Bob T... Listening to 7/29/74 Landover bonus disc..... much better than I remember, only listened to a few times I guess in 2012......

The second set was off the hook. Crystal clean licks from Jerry on the Slipknot! and Franklins. I was listening to the Charlie Miller, sounded quite good.

What versions were you guys listening to?