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    Sweet liberty! We're venturing into the depths of 80s Dead with the complete show from 4/20/84 at the Philadelphia Civic Center and we're placing bets you'll think this one is more than fine. A strong contender for our mega 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN boxed set, 4/20/84 missed the cut by virtue of its setlist being a wee bit too similar to the years before and after. As DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 35, it's found its time to shine. The first set delivers yin yang harmony between Jerry and Bobby songs, yielding driven and powerful takes on tracks like "Feel Like A Stranger," "Cold Rain And Snow," and "Brown-Eyed Women." The second set begs the question - will we ever stop peaking? - with a monumental "Scarlet>Fire," a ripping "Samson and Delilah," a "Space" that pulls shapes that know no names, and that "Morning Dew" - get.in.to.it! And because this one might have ended just a little too soon, we've packed disc 2 and 3 with knock-your-socks-off bonus material from most of the second set from the previous night, 4/19/84. Grab ahold while you can!

    Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.35: PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER, PHILADELPHIA 4/20/84 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out. 

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

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    I saw both Phish and WSP in small rooms with less than 50 people in attendance in 1990. My truly treasured moment though was catching JJ Cale at a bar in Baton Rouge about 20 years ago. A few hundred people there, but it felt like music history to me.

    Last show before covid not counting my local bar band was the Dead Co NYE run in San Francisco. Good show but JJ Cale in Red Stick was better!

  • Slow Dog Noodle
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    I saw Taj Mahal at the Ark in Ann Arbor in 2001 or 2002. 400 people. We were sitting two rows behind the piano at the side of the stage. Taj came out solo and played piano, guitar and banjo tunes for 1.5 hours. Nora Jones was the opener and played a 30-40 minute set sitting on a couple of pillows stacked up on the piano bench since she was so much shorter than Taj. She wasn't widely known at the time but was fantastic.

    Last show I saw before the lockdown was Sexfist at the Gingerman tavern in Wrigley.

  • 1stshow70878
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    Biggest for me: Sun Day #1 put on by Barry Fey at Mile High stadium Denver (around '74)
    Line up; Allman Bros., Marshall Tucker, Steve Miller, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willy, and I think there was one more??
    Brutally hot and muggy on the wet grass on the field. All we had was cheap Mexican ditch weed and warm beer.
    Were those the days? Can't remember so I must have been there.

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    Electric Hot Tuna! Feb 29 at Boulder Theater. Great show. Jack caught air a few times jumping up and down. Jorma was terrific, but briefly sagged a bit late in the show and Jack moved in to support him and save the song. Great interplay between old friends. The audience knew we were heading into a covid future. A week later, just before Los Lobos was scheduled to play the Theater (March 14), I decided it wasn't worth the risk. The next day, the band canceled its show. The rescheduled show for October has been postponed to March 2021 and I got a refund instead, as that date is still too optimistic.

    Had to cancel on my Tedeschi-Trucks shows at the Rocks as well this summer and got a refund for their new dates in July 2021. Still ain't gonna happen by that time, at least I don't think so, at this point.

    Locally, a few bands have played outdoor patios in Denver, but that's just about over as days get shorter and average temperatures drop.

    Yeah, sure do miss the crowds, the music, getting out of the house. Feb 29 seems SO far away.

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    Going to Jersey any day now,,,, maybe late tonite. Anyone around Hacklebarney Park, Delaware Water Gap, Raritan Bay Area? Going to be some day hiking with buddies, love to see anyone from the boards. Hiking, good diner? Will be around for maybe two weeks. Mother in Law's house needs "stuff" done and a buddy needs an extra hand for a few big jobs around his place.

    I don't read email or internet stuff while away. ( I might poke this board with my tablet, but I NEVER use a cell phone) And Email I ONLY do on my desktop. But hit me with a pm if interested, I will check b4 leaving and can send cell number,,,, but will also check while in Jersey. Be nice to meet anyone.

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    ...before the virus:
    Ricky Skaggs 3/9
    Electric Hot Tuna 2/19
    Dianne Reeves 2/18

    All at the beautiful Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, CA

    Re: Cap Centre, never had a problem there. Saw 11/23/78 and 8/31/80 hassle-free.

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    Thanks,,, that makes a lot of sense (advertising wize). You did only see the front corner of the bus and not the whole front.

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    Ah The Crap Centre, it was absolutely the worst. I saw more bad shit happen there then all my other shows combined. The cops rode horses and did not play. They usually had a makeshift jail on site to book people in the parking lot.

    Anyway, Seattle has a grate(!) fest every year (well, not this year) named Bumbershoot. I went 20 straight years at one point '97-'16. Towards the end it just got too commercial and I gave it up, but man it rocked in the 90s and early to mid 00s.

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    So my faithful bathroom companions (my two Deadbases--never fear--the books don't LIVE in the moist bathroom, but merely come off the shelf many days) list favorite shows by year, but those lists are from way back before Charlie Miller and Internet Archive changed our lives. I'm searching the Interweb for a more recent ranking of GD shows, and am hoping to find rankings that have many listeners participating. But I'm finding mostly one-person rankings. Going through the reviews on Archive is somewhat useless, given that most people these days give five-star ratings to every single thing they hear, purchase, eat, see . . .

    Does anyone know of a good ranking of shows, please? Let's say I want to see which shows from 1984 have percolated up the charts to be the consensus best shows of the year, and have been vetted by many semi-objective Deadheads. Does such a ranking exist? Or do I need to spearhead a project of people on this board and perhaps the FB page? Now that we have EVERYTHING in good quality, it would be useful to have, say, ten Heads go through an entire tour (e.g., Spring '84), and then reach a consensus on which shows were great overall, which were great for 1984, and which shows should be relegated to the dust bin of history. It would also be fun to figure out some choice nuggets from otherwise dispensable shows.

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    Bobby was from Fargo, where my mom is from, and since she was just a few years older than he, she was a big fan. He died in an exurbia town near Minneapolis four years ago, but two Christmases ago I sent my mom and dad to see the Bobby Vee Family Show. It's a bunch of Vee's family members playing his hit singles. My folks had a blast!

    p.s. Somewhere around 1990 I saw Gregg Allman, The Marshall Tucker Band, and The Smithereens on the same bill at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, which is next door to the old Saint Paul Civic Center, where the GD played at least once--5/11/77. The Roy Wilkins Auditorium is still there (a few friends skate on rollerderby teams that have bouts there), and the acoustics are about as bad as one can imagine from a cement rectangle built in 1932.

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Sweet liberty! We're venturing into the depths of 80s Dead with the complete show from 4/20/84 at the Philadelphia Civic Center and we're placing bets you'll think this one is more than fine. A strong contender for our mega 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN boxed set, 4/20/84 missed the cut by virtue of its setlist being a wee bit too similar to the years before and after. As DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 35, it's found its time to shine. The first set delivers yin yang harmony between Jerry and Bobby songs, yielding driven and powerful takes on tracks like "Feel Like A Stranger," "Cold Rain And Snow," and "Brown-Eyed Women." The second set begs the question - will we ever stop peaking? - with a monumental "Scarlet>Fire," a ripping "Samson and Delilah," a "Space" that pulls shapes that know no names, and that "Morning Dew" - get.in.to.it! And because this one might have ended just a little too soon, we've packed disc 2 and 3 with knock-your-socks-off bonus material from most of the second set from the previous night, 4/19/84. Grab ahold while you can!

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.35: PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER, PHILADELPHIA 4/20/84 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out. 

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

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I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm getting Dave's Picks subscriptions to get complete shows regardless of the length of the show and I'm pretty sure this is the root of some of the disagreement here. If you are getting this to get as many minutes of music as possible, you're going to have a different view than if you are getting these just to get a complete show with each release. Personally, I haven't picked up several of the compilation Road Trips just because the compilation model doesn't really interest me at this point. I can't explain why this particular eccentricity afflicts me, but I guess you just dig what you dig, no need to overthink it and nothing against those who enjoy the compilation model. When I listen to the Dead it is almost always either a studio album or an entire show and any filler is typically just a distraction for me. Again, if you like the filler, don't take it personally that I do not. If this is an occasional thing with Dave's Picks it will be a minor inconvenience for me, and if it is a regular thing then it will diminish my enjoyment and interest in the series. That will mean more copies for those of you that do dig that format, so no harm done either way. You can chalk up my lack of interest in burning copies or programming the CD player every time that I listen to something to my Luddite tendencies.

As far as the fact this is an '84 show, that doesn't bother me a bit, I'm looking forward to having another show from '84 and as always, when I listen I'll know how much I like it. I'll take a full show from whatever year Dave Picks, that is not at all an issue for me. I don't know what makes someone a seasoned deadhead or not, and my guess is that 20 different deadheads will give you 20 different answers (isn't that cool?), so I'm not sure how enthusiasm for this release or the manner in which the filler was added correlates to someones internalized deadhead hierarchy, but if it helps anyone, feel free to think of me as a bad, bad deadhead for my criticism of the filler choices on this release.

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First I must state I was making a general statement after opening up this board for the first time and reading all 10 pages from stem to stern, for good or for ill. I’m sure I was reacting to a general vibe I felt (so that basically meaningless “I” ) I in no way meant any individual and especially not you! Your a long time favorite and often a voice of reason here.
In fact, I agreed with everything you said except the part about your not dead enough? I especially enjoyed the 20 DH’s will give you 20 different answers. That’s the shit I love and miss!

So to all I should clarify:
the “issues” seems to be
1- complete shows verses chop jobs
2- too much “dead” space
3- sequencing of said complete shows

Like most things there is not going to be a perfect fit, so the topic becomes how to achieve all of the above, or if not possible?...what then?
My clarification is complete shows (wouldn’t mind having to miss say one song if it’s a extra great show), but if there’s extra disc space, perhaps reasonably add extra material, especially in example, 9/2/80, which Dick said was all there was, and why he used it as filler...as far as sequencing, we’ll that’s probably more the issue, and it’s probably really contingent on how your listening. And that I’m not touching with a ten foot pole as how you dig something should be whatever is best for you, imho...

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No worries Oro, I didn't see anything objectionable at all about your earlier post, just made me think there was probably a fundamental split in what people hope to get out of these releases, and I like posts that make me think, so thanks. The back and forth on these threads sometimes leads to exposure to different insights and sometimes some pretty funny shit. Which begs the question, where are the jokes lately? I'm talking to you Vguy72 (but in a totally nice, hey dig your jokes kind of way, not in any way to make anyone go all Travis Bickle on the situation). And don't be afraid to provide an explainer along with the jokes, took me a day to get the Thermos Tat joke. But I really enjoyed it all the more when I got it. Been on a serious time crunch lately, so my listening time has been pretty limited, but I am looking forward to the 2/21/71 show. But yeah, the mood around here lately makes it seem like we're in the middle of some sort of global pandemic or something...which would seem like the perfect time for some humor to me.

Edit: And thanks for the kind words Oro.

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Yeah, what’s up with the jokes dude?

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These 3 nights are great but the magic shows from that spring Tour in 84 were the second in Hampton and the Niagara Falls show. Those shows are amazing! The whole Spring tour was an amazing! People say that Jerry was off . I have to say that the Heads danced their butts off kicking down the floor seats and singing their lungs out! This was my favorite tour. Lots of love for the band and each other.

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I couldn’t have said it better, but I feel the exact same way.

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Does anyone else have any issues seeing the description, track listing, & comments on a pc computer? I can obviously see this info on my iPhone, as I’m posting this now, but I can’t see any info for any of the products on Dead.net on my laptop.

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I can't get to 'Comments' via the main 'Product' pages either (I tried unsuccessfully on Dave's 34 & 35 and WMD). It didn't matter if I was using Chrome, Firefox or Safari on my MacBook Pro – the links on the main 'Product' pages don't work – all that loads is the product image, Listening Party, Dave's Backyard Chat and dead* links to 'Description', 'Product Details', 'Track Listing', and 'Comments'. Weird. . . guess they'll get the links fired back up at some point. Onward.

* That's 'dead', not 'Dead' ;-)

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rolls over into a discussion thread. This is normal. And you can get back to the product listing with the link at the top left.
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So glad to see a show from a new year in this series! I had to play Augusta ME 10/12/84 to get the vibe going. Thanks again Dave!

I’ve had a few days where posts don’t show up right away, and one night I could post on one board, but not another, but couldn’t edit....and when I can go to the store and go to say Dave’s Picks for example, I can see comments, track listing, product details etc, but when you click on any of these nothing happens...

I have (obviously) been able to access this board by going to dead.net, not into the store, and community>>products>>Dave’s 35 etc...oh, I’m using an iPad if that helps/matters?

Thanks for your help as always!

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NICE!, look out senator, there’s a new hired gun in town....he’s a real clucker!
I know, weak sauce! Lol

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Tell us more...
We were at 4/16 & 17 in the front row, but due to extreme Vegetable protein don’t recall much....think Niagara’s Falls was hot but don’t remember much of Rochester and haven’t really checked these out yet....
Where you there and if so what do you recall?

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I had the same experience, the tabs for track listing, product details are there but nothing shows up under the tabs when I clicked on them, checked on my phone and everything worked. Hadn't checked back since it happened a day or two ago, but I just checked again now and had the same issue. I thought it was just me.

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That's right. If i click on the Dave's Picks icon and get to the product page I see the 'Description', 'Product Details', 'Track Listing' and 'Comments' tabs, but if I click on any of them nothing happens.

The way I can get to the chat is to click on the thread directly from the homepage, under the 'Grateful Dead Community' section.

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"Someday they won't let you, now you must agree
The times they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free
You've read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV
Beware the Savage Jaw...of 1984"

But I digress....

Cued up 7/3/84--Starlight Theater to catch this 84 wave, and when Scarlet Begonias appeared I was like "alright, alright, alright...little Scar-Fire to add some boogie to my dull day"...but wait....,was it??..... it was....The Boys squeezed "Touch of Grey" in between for an unusual Scar>Touch>Fire. Sneaky good shit, I must admit.....

https://archive.org/details/gd84-07-03.aud.willy.14909.sbeok.shnf

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Diamond Dogs...first 8-Track I ever bought...weather in a packed car full of friends and smoke, or at keg parties hidden deep in the woods, we wore that mother out! Good times.....

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Yes Rochester was amazing right out of gate with Shakedown and like you the whole tour was dosed! I have listened to Niagara and still to this day one of my favorites. The Morning Dew from the second night at Hampton is killer. All the shows from Philly where excellent. Jerry looked bad but he played incredibly. I loved this spring tour.

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I was there at that show!!! about 15 people back from the stage!!! still truckin!! lol

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...am ecstatic for this release. This is why I subscribe. Been waiting for This era to get tapped since Dick's Picks and From The Vault. Jerry's health issues aside his guitar playing was often transcending during this period.

On a side note was listening to the bonus disc from this years Jai Alai release. That PITB has everything in the jam. Goes from melodic, to minor key jamming then a brief subtle moment that suddenly becomes a crazy jam based on the chord progression similar to a heavy Slipknot type vibe into some melancholy wah wah back into the Playin theme. I think I fell in love with this version.

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Good times indeed ! Coincidentally, a few weeks ago I bought the red vinyl copy that came out on RSD last year, and it sounds amazing in that format - better than the recently remastered cd.

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Thanks Mary! Website's workin' real good once more – existential free fall averted. . . Onward.

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Been enjoying this show on the archive since this release was announced. All this talk about spring 84 has sent me on a mission to dive into more shows from this era, which reminds of the old days when listening to one show would send me down a rabbit hole of discovery. Would be really cool if one release per year was dedicated to the early-mid 80s.

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Ok I take it all back; I see now that these were designed with a zippered stash pocket in the tongue. Ingenious - that would have come in handy in the frisk line back in the daze.

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Is on the way! Yeah!!

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Dont forget the kangaroos high-top of the 80's with the hidden zippered stash pocket on the side kangaroo logo.

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https://archive.org/details/gd1984-07-21.112806.beyer-senn.daweez.d5sco…

Shakedown Street
Little Red Rooster
Althea
Me and My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Looks Like Rain
Might As Well

Cold Rain and Snow
Far From Me
Truckin'
Eyes of the World
drums
The Other One
Stella Blue
Around and Around
One More Saturday Night

Touch of Grey

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Agreed, whats the deal with the hairy shoes? What if we had to enter a sweepstakes to be eligible to buy Dave's picks, or the next box set? I know that the shoe culture is huge in this country and people pay insane prices for limited edition shoes all the time, but surprised that dead culture has abutted that. C'est la vie.

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Now there is someone who knows a bit about shoes.

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It's a real joke that they cost so much.

Just a pair of shoes. How does anyone have the nerve to ask prices like that. The evil face of greed and capitalism.

Think how bad you would feel if you stepped in dog shit whilst wearing them.

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for the hairy shoes?! I feel like such an idiot. Here I've been collecting limited edition shows and box sets, but the money was in the shoes the whole time. It's like when Indy has to find the holy grail in the last crusade and you think its going to be the gilded one with all the jewels, but no, its the crappy plain cup over on the side behind all the cobwebs.

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.....I've seen some of their shoes go for a lot more that that on ebay. In the end, they're just shoes. The only shoes i would ever purchase that are over a hundred bucks are Birkenstocks.

Last 5 favorite shoe songs:

Walk a Mile in My shoes Joe South
Travellin' Shoes Little Richard
Blue Suede Shoes Sid King & 5 Strings
These Boots are Made for Walking Nancy Sinatra/Megadeth
High Heel Sneakers GD

I don't know about you guys, but thanks to Covid and my work from home situation, I haven't actually worn shoes since march. Strictly flip-flops.

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Right. Remind me what shoes are again.. it's been a while.

As for pricing, ski boots can get a little pricy.. but I am guessing in Vegas you might not know what I am talking about. You can sub birks for flip flops in 80's post for me too. And river booties I guess..

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H1z45jVlM34. One of my favorite songs, I have never seen Fats Domino, Jim I believe you saw him. I was told he couldn't come to Calif. for some legal reason, don't know if that's true. My brother played this song on his radio show for a friend who passed to early back in 1981, that's what I relate this song to.

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