Dave’s Picks Volume 35: Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA 4/20/84

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July 16, 2020 - 9:34am

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clayv

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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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July 16, 2020 - 7:44pm

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Paco_X

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Dave's Picks 35 - Rejoice

"You're like the old woman with a Virginia Ham under her arm, and she goes around cryin' cuz she's got no bread" - Tony Soprano.

I can't believe all the complaints. I, for one, am psyched about the new Dave's Picks. I could have only dreamed of having the quality of recordings offered thru the Dave's Picks series back in the day when I was attending Dead shows. I am also happy that Dave has packed these discs with bonus material nearly encompassing a complete second set from the same run of shows. I appreciate that Dave and the other producers arrange the tracks to get maximum usage out of the discs and so that no jamming from the featured show is interrupted (Space not withstanding).

Dave, please don't worry about greasing all these squeaky wheels complaining about the bonus tracks...some people are just looking for a reason to complain. There are many, many more of us thrilled with your Picks and eagerly await this newest one. Thanks much.
July 16, 2020 - 7:23pm

#1772

mustin321

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Thank you for an 84 show

Very grateful for another 80’s show. Variety is the spice of life. Can’t wait to hear it.

Filler or no filler, I am a tiny bit concerned about the breaking up of Space...I am sure there is some reasoning behind what they did, besides adding more material, but it would’ve been nice if Dave explained it in his chat. I guess we’ll all know more when we listen to it.
July 16, 2020 - 6:44pm

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billy the kid

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7/13/84

They must be saving it for a box set.
July 16, 2020 - 5:37pm

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alvarhanso

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I like filler

And I detest a 35 min cd. So, I'm looking forward to the extra material, all good songs, even if the tracking is odd. Not a huge 80s fan, the 1984 show from 30 Trips was a good one, and I am a big fan of 7/13/84, not just the Dark Star but the Scarlet> Touch> Fire> Man Smarter is fantastic, too. Interested to check this one out. Hoping it arrives in a more timely fashion than Workingman's (still no arrival 10 days after a "shipping notice" that still has no status) and the last 2 Dave'ses. Luckily, I got Workingman's on amazon, and it arrived from them in 30 hours, for 17 bucks less. And Workingman's is one where I'll excuse the 38 min disc, since a nice sounding multitrack is included on 2 other discs. But then, the whole Angel's Share stuff makes one wish some of that space was used for interesting bits... Oh, and I just bought 99 min CDRs recently, and it's great to get full sets on a single disc that had been split before.

VGuy that was a pretty long sentence, though it was definitely a run on. Faulkner once stuffed 1,288 words in a sentence that was grammatically correct with ellipses, semi-colons, dashes, and commas aplenty. Perhaps that's why it took me years to finish Absalom, Absalom.
July 16, 2020 - 5:31pm

#1775

Cousins Of The…

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Filler - Minor issue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3mUUupDtVA
July 16, 2020 - 5:30pm

#1776

Billy of Lion

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Started with a bang

These were my first three shows. So much of those three nights that I remember like yesterday, or at least no more than a few months ago. Scarlet Begonias is the song that flipped the switch for me about a year earlier. I was ecstatic to hear it that Friday night. It's more than held up on tape for all of these years. I didn't see anyone mention that some folks figured out you could climb the front wall of the building to get to the second floor to go in the (of course) unlocked windows of the balcony lobby. I think that was the second night. Saw one guy I remember inside as he ran down from the second floor celebrating his entry through the windows, after my friends and I entered the old fashioned way with tickets. Didn't seem like the greatest idea at the time. I chalked it up to impatience with the line. If they were paying customers and didn't fall onto and hurt anyone on the ground, I figured it was harmless. I was young. I didn't know how bad the gate crashing would get in the end.

One more thing about the Civic Center. It had a proscenium stage, so there wasn't room under the stage for the sound system amplifiers like in arenas where the stage is constructed with scaffolding. The PA amplifiers were stacked on either side with the LED level meters visible to the house. It was a really cool visual in addition to Candace's normal light show.

Philly was always a high energy crowd. Many great memories at Philly Dead shows. Passed by the civic center on Amtrak many times between NYC and DC in later years until it was torn down. Always made me reflect on great memories.
July 16, 2020 - 5:29pm

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Vguy72

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Today in Grateful Dead history....

.....Janis sat in on Lovelight!!!
https://archive.org/details/gd70-07-16.sbd.clugston.6485.sbeok.shnf/gd7…
July 16, 2020 - 5:23pm

#1778

alexscotland60

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Just ordered DP35

Looking forward to this -I’ve been ordering the Dave’s Picks since the turn of the year on a one off basis -I think it’s got to be a full subscription in 2021 -to save costs?? if any ? only thing is the extra customs charges to Scotland,UK (£12+) is a bit of a pain -hopefully a full subscription works out cheaper long term than buying individually every few months :)
July 16, 2020 - 4:57pm

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Vguy72

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p hill....

.....that was the longest sentence i've seen in my life!
July 16, 2020 - 4:44pm

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P Hill

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uberrima fides

been ready for this one for a good amount of calendars especially lately havent listened to music in give or take 7 months or some where there and grateful dead personally commend and respect yall who still love and jam 68 thru 74 as your perfered listening thats so far away from my function as of late and it will be wishful thinking just the thought of listening to jai alai you want to watch a grown man have a breakdown its been tryed and failed the only daves pick in my possession is boise 83 all the rest were donated to half price book a while back way back and still hope that some youngster may of stumbled upon five or six and was blown away and is still out there searching back to 84 yes my favorite year right between my other favorite and other to the right is it nostalgic maybe seeing as the bulk of my shows attended were those years yet stiill feel that aside they never sounded better 83 84 85 thas my personal recollection so seeing as my attendence on this site has been nil searching email account when this popped up maybe this is what the doctor precscribed and what a fun time and all the other grateful dead ancedotes also upon cleaning a chest out last night found my copy of the saragossa manuscript dvd yes jerrys favorite film yes its beyond the pale yes its polish and tne book was written some 200 years over surely and hopefully the lot of yous have watched it and or saw it back in 64 as myself did and still recall the day yes you needs brains to watch and anotner 100 to enjoi yes and its still the best yes neither china with it 3000 years of civilisation neither greeks with 4000 years of civilisations managed to produce anything close except propaganda maybe we are all in different in our own way and thats being modest

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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.

Thank God I dont have medicine....

....to keep me alive via the mail.
Taps head.
The fact that this virus is a political stance to begin with is pathetic. Fuck.
Look up the postmaster generals wiki. There you go.
This matters because we want our Daves.

@ VGUY

You are of course entitled to your opinion. Believe the union president or take in the news and see what's happening. I don't work for the usps but interact with them daily. They are doing a damn good job all things considered.
I don't mean to start a fight but I felt the need to stand up for people doing a hard job under very difficult circumstances.

@snafu....

....we've disagreed before. But I agree that there are factors that we cannot control. That needs to change.
Difficult circumstances....

SNAFU / USPS

I'm not denigrating the USPS...they're just doing as instructed. I have much respect for them and think the Postal Service is still one of the best, if not the best in the world.

mailing

I think the biggest hold up is the mail innovation. They seem to send out "sent" notices when the word is given to ups. They then have to label and mail. I think they hold everything until the truck going somewhere is filled. You in the backwater, 400 packages a week, may take a week to fill. NYC, maybe trucks going everyday. Also UPS don't work no weekends. Mine got to UPS local Friday, but USPS won't see till Monday, Post Office will have it here next day!

Just for a chuckle, order new slippers from New Zealand got here in 1 week.

Bob had a line that spoke of his time there I believe....

The only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work

Owsley Stanley foundation mailings

When I ordered the Comander Cody release from Bear's Sonic Journals,back in July, I received that in a week at the most. They get their stuff out real fast. I believe Im going to adopt one of their reels. I have had nothing but great service from them, and always a great product.

Phil Lesh Worked for the USPS in the Early 60's

...and the place ran like a well-oiled machine...coincidence?

And Billy the Kid....

Listened to 8/2/69 while I cleaned up my garage today...enjoyable show, great sound quality, excellent suggestion.

argh

It was more enjoyable getting stitched up in the ER this morning..

Then reading some of the political banter here. Glad you enjoy it. I'd rather gargle with cheap tequila mixed with broken glass. To most of us its a buzzkill.

Salt Lake City....

....here we come. A new pitstop for me.

Salt Lake no kidding

so it used to be somewhere in Tenn was where this journey would start...from there to Ohio to Phoenix to Flagstaff and then to me...for the first time ever it started in Carlsbad, CA and went to Salt Lake City...why it didn't go from Carlsbad directly to Phoenix I have no idea...this in itself will add two, maybe three days to getting it still...oh well...

@ dennis

I do a lot of business with ebay and amazon. I think the issue is with the seller. All the services mark it shipped when the seller notifies them they printed a lable. Ebay sellers are usually very good. But some are doozies. One guy marked an item as shipped then didn't give it to the po for 3 weeks. With all these delivery companies business is way up ( yes the most definitely jobs to be had) but for obvious reasons already mentioned they're having a tough time making goals
One other thing we all need to look in the mirror. We are so used to instant gratification we get freaked out if we don't have it now. That includes me.

5 Blasters

Last 5, I think.....

Stay Sick - The Cramps -"keep the rewards, I'd just as soon stay sick"-fine advice.
Baggy Rehearsals CD 1 and 2 - Jimi Hendrix
Magick Brother Mystic Sister - Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth
Spice Doubt - Ozric Tentacles -vey aromatic, this one.
and last but not least
Complete Recordings 1929-1934 CDs 1 and 2 - Charley Patton - a few snap crackles and pops on these-but if you can tune in you get transported to another world. Amazing.

Dark Star 8/3/69. Family Dog

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t_fM3wzLNhU. Nice Dark Star. Charles Lloyd plays saxophone and David Laflamme plays violin. I sure hope we get a 1969 box set one day

First class mail. Is another…

First class mail. Is another version of priority. You guys should start using first class.

Wooh! Checked the UPS…

Wooh! Checked the UPS tracking site this AM and i finally see updated location info for my #9274... should get to me in a couple days. That is a big refreshing SIGh of relief

8-3-69

very good show, great guests, always liked David Laflamme's violin 🎻 Great sb on archive, pick of the day?
Last five
see above
Montrose
Jade Warrior 1st & 2nd
David Bowie Aladdin Sane
Tangerine Dream In Search of Hades "Oedipus Tyrannus"
Randy California and Ed Cassidy Potatoland

Shipping

Like others my DAP has been sitting in Fontana, CA since the day it shipped last week. Same thing happened with WMD 50th, ended up taking 10 days to get to me.

Just for reference I ordered GarciaLIve 14, and I think I got it in 3 days. Don’t think it is USPS, probably Warner cutting costs.

Reminisces of Ventura...

Thanks Billy for bringing up the Ventura Anniversary dates....always had a blast...the '82 shows allowed camping in the parking lot and it was a wild scene as can be imagined...we had friends who had rooms at the nearby Holiday Inn which we made our base to shower etc...after that the folks I would go with camped at McGrath State Beach down the road in Oxnard...we had reserved campsites for five spots in '86 when the news broke about Jerry's illness...since we had folks from all over the country driving/flying in we decided just to go and invade the campground anyway...we drove in and set up on Thursday the 11th and stayed through Monday the 14th...Lots of others had the same idea so the campground rocked all weekend...one funny moment occured when I was walking with some of the Ladies to one of the restroom/shower areas and an elderly woman stopped me and asked very politely "Excuse me Sir but i can't help but notice there are a lot of you folks here wearing the same kind of T-shirts...are you some sort of club?" I told her "Yes Ma'am...we're a musical appreciation society gathered for the weekend"...she put her hand on my forearm and said "Oh how nice"...great great moment...Musically 7-18-82 had a great shimmering "Crazy Fingers" that I will never forget....

Shipping

My attempt at tracking gives this message

‘UPS could not locate the shipment details for this tracking number. Details are only available for shipments made within the last 120 days. Please verify your information.’

As I said yesterday any time in August will be great. At least my previous DaP’s have eventually arrived which isn’t the case for everyone. Of course, dead.net have us all over a barrel since they are the only source of the music.

To be fair, my Garcialive #14 was shipped on 17th July and tracking did nothing until 25th and 26th. Since then it has gone quiet. I expect it will turn up eventually.

Guten Morgen, liebe Totenkopfen

4/20/84 should arrive this week...maybe even today.

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Nappy Rags / Ventura

Ventura was a blast, it was a non stop party. The Dead played alot of cool places in the 1980s , Ventura , Frost, Greek , Warfield, and the Marin Civic Center. I bet they played a lot of nice places back East, I never went further east than Nevada to see the Dead.

Don't Have Time For The Pain

I don't know where my Dave's 35 is, but I got PLENTY of things to listen to(too many if you ask my wife!!)
I don't see a second box set this year(but maybe American Beauty will fit the(duck) bill.

Last 5:
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester-Farewell Aldebaran
Willie Nelson-Shotgun Willie(So Good!!)
Joe Beck & David Sanborn-Beck & Sanborn(CTI Label)
Bill Frisell/Jim Hall-Hemispheres
Mighty Baby-Day Of The Soup

Not gonna let anyone take my joy away.

Making progress

Tracking now reports that my DaP35 is in Ohio.

Jerry Sandals?

Anyone know anyone who won the Jerry Sandals on Saturday?

Colin - re: Tracking

My tracking info for both Dave's Picks 35 & GarciaLive 14 is identical to yours.

For Dave's Picks 35 UPS reports: "UPS could not locate the shipment details for this tracking number. Details are only available for shipments made within the last 120 days. Please verify your information."

And for GarciaLive #14 it was shipped on 17th July and tracking subsequently showed some action on 25th, then 26th when it departed the processing center.

I guess there is nothing to be done but tough it out.

American Beauty

Has anybody actually said that the anniversary of American Beauty will be coming out this year? In a way, it would make sense to hold it back until next year.
I assumed that 3/1/69 would be coming out on vinyl for RSD this year on the strength of 2/27 and 2/28 coming out the previous two years. Completely wrong. Unfortunately. But its not always easy to second guess what will happen next on the strength of what has happened in the past.

3/1/69 vinyl. American Beauty

Maybe they are waiting for 2/28/69 to sellout , before they put out 3/1/69. I would think that American Beauty would come out in Oct since its original release date was in November, but you are going to have a Dave's Pick come out in Oct, so who knows.

Guten Abend Lieber Totenkopf Freund Proudfoot

you're so funny. Seems you're on the positive side.
Mine changed to: Shipment information received by UPS Mail Innovations.
Whatever that means?
Still waiting for Dap 33 and 34.
Du hast es gut mein Freund, alles Gute!
Gerd

Tracking update...

Less than 2 hours after I checked the status of my Dave's Picks 35 order and UPS couldn't locate the shipment details, the order has been processed and is on it's way to a UPS facility. Moving real slow, but moving...

"Mister Blutarsky, Zero...Point...Zero"

0.0--The exact equivalent of my productivity this week. How does Boss Wormer expect me to telework this week with hockey on TV...all...damn...day?!?

Can they see my beer bottle and weed on this Zoom call? Did I just say that out loud?

Utah Arrival

One of the benefits of living a stones-throw from Salt Lake City....

DP35 # 20002 / 22000 arrived safe and sound

Still waiting on 33 and 34?

Das ist doch eine grosse Schade.

That is certainly a big shame.

I wish I could help. Really, why do Europe Deadheads get screwed over so often?

"Finally got my mail order tickets for the Fall 91 tour." - Gunther in Frankfurt, 8 3 20.

Jimi Hendrix just told me:

"Just ask the Axis. He knows everything."

Hopefully he knows why delivering small packages of value to Europe is such a Gordian knot of process.

What Made Stoltzfus Change To Proudfoot

and why is Gunther sending you tickets from '91?
Frankfurt is about in my neighborhood.
Would he also send tickets to Stolzgerd?
G.

84

I for one am looking forward to a good sounding and hot 80's show. Nice change of pace.

Stoltzfus to proudfoot

Truth is, a few days ago this site started not accepting my usual log in. So I got a gmail account and am now proudfoot.

"stoltzfus" is German for "proudfoot", for inquiring minds.

Gunther just now put his extras in the mail to Stolzgerd

They should arrive in 2027.

;)

Proudfoot

I'm not used to such fast deliveries.
Thanks
Gerd

Tracking

It says mine was in Carlsbad on Friday. I wished they had called me, I could have picked it up. But it's gone now.

1984

My copy just arrived in Bensenville, I reckon by covered wagon. For all I know its somewheres betwixt Springfield and Shelbyville.

Outspoken

I encourage everyone to say whatever they want regardless of topic and express themselves freely. I enjoy all of you, even when you get a little salty. Our little forum here is a microcosm of society at large, even if it's usually a bit more pleasant than that.

The crux of the biscuit is the music of the Grateful Dead, and Jerry Garcia. But read an interview with Garcia or any of the guys in the band; it always ends up being a free-from improvisation that goes anywhere and everywhere, just like their music.

I see no reason why this forum should be any more controlled, restricted or censored than the actual source. Of course, deliberately being hurtful or hateful cannot be encouraged, but IMO all else is fair game.

Be well everyone.

\m/

Fair game....

....Vegas Golden Knights won today 5-3. Twas a fair game.
I wish the MLB all the best, but they are screwing it up.

I disagree

Back and forth politics? Anywhere but here. It never ends well. Take it to facebook or send PMs. You can say what you want here and no one is going to censor you for the most part.. but it's deflating to read political points and counter points haplessly snuck into a Dave's Picks thread. It's too far off topic and it turns most people off. It's the written, posted form of Brown Acid. Write it down, keep a journal.. save it up.. and bring it to your next Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws after a few bottles of wine where it belongs.

Any other topic less human sex trafficking and serial murders is welcome.

Tell me again why political banter belongs here and why we all come here to read about your political views?

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Square peg, round hole.

Square pegged in the round hole

Yee-ouch

The world is so fucked up.

Politics or not.

That's why I love the GD and living in WA. The things that keep me on this Earth.

Acoustic Throwing Stones. 12/4/88

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VL0NSk8_50s. I believe this was at Neil Youngs Bridge concert.

In praise of tolerance

I don't mind what people post on here. If I don't like the look of something, I just whizz past it. I can't ever remember being angry or annoyed about anything anyone's posted on here. Apart from when one poster is intentionally rude towards another. But I have probably been guilty of that myself in the past.

I wonder if lockdown has impacted on the type and range of subjects put forward for discussion. Certainly, my opportunities for talking to people face to face have reduced drastically over the last 4 months. Being single and having no family in the country ( as well as being an awkward bastard) it might well be next Sunday when I next speak to someone. So what I might once have said face to face might now spill out to an unexpected person- the postman for example- or on a forum not designed for that topic. Maybe we should all give each other a bit of leeway-at all times-but never more so than now.

Pre-shipment info

USPS has been notified by UPS that UPS has a package with my name on it that they need to hand off to USPS.
Waiting for the hand off......

UPS, just call an audible and bring it directly to me. I know you are capable, your brown trucks come down my street everyday and my dog barks at them.

@ ice cream kid

Haha. My dog used to bark at the ups guy all the time. Then I started giving him a treat every time. He started spinning in circles at the front door

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