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    Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

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  • #891
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    Starting Beat Club Bremen as I write. Is that Bob doing their own introduction?
    Some omissions in my Deadbase X in these first 6 shows I've done:
    4-11 list omits 2nd encore of One More Sat. Night.
    4-14 list omits a Ramble On Rose between Good Lovin' and NFA.
    4-16 list calls a Me & My Uncle "Uncle John" and omits the TOO jam before that song and after the Caution.
    And now I see Bremen does not list the duplicates omitted in the TV show airing? A studio recording session rather than a concert so it's interesting to hear the restarts and banter.
    This Deadbase was copyright 1997.
    Cheers
    Edit: And one more; 4-24 second set list is out of order and omits the great Jam between Me & My Uncle and Wharf Rat. Now I'm wondering if BITD the available tapes had these mistakes or were some from reordering to fit on CDs later.

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    I thought that Jesse Jarnow book was excellent - one of the best books I've read on the subject.
    There were a few good books on Psychedelia that came out about 5 years ago. A British equivalent to "Heads" might be "Albion Dreaming" by Andy Roberts. "Psychedelia and Other Colours" by Rob Chapman is also excellent, covering both America and Britain.

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    Yeah

    Can you imagine: not only playing for folks who have little or no idea what your about, but also many/most who don’t speak the language! Yet after almost every set and especially at the end, you can hear the crowds love it!
    The power of music, the real language, the real form of communication!
    Amazing!

    EDIT: Heads, is that book any good?
    I have it but haven’t read it yet?

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    Oro.. good job, you must not sleep much.

    DRock, I'm sure you are right. Beyond the few Americans that ventured East for that tour.. most did not fully understand what their tickets brought them. SimonRob was at Bickershaw, not sure if he reads this thread though. I also wonder how prevalent the psychedelic scene was. Jessie Jarnaw speaks a bit about the travelling circus and when / how it evolved in his book, "Heads." Beyond the few that were exposed early on and could afford the travel with no work, it wasn't until a little self-sustaining economy emerged before it became widespread. By 81, a few, but 90 quite a few.. we probably all know one (Lemieux for starters.. still in college)

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    One thing about the European tour in 1972, was that they weren't, as far as I know, playing to Deadheads. I seem to remember one of band said in print that the Newcastle crowd was the coldest one they had ever played to. I would think that most of the people who saw then that night lived in, or fairly near Newcastle itself. Didn't the crowd at one of the shows head for the exit after the first set, assuming that the gig was over? That also suggest an unfamiliarity with The band and their way of doing things.
    If this is true - it certainly didn't harm the music. It may have affected the way they played - and for the better.
    Having said that, I don't know when the Deadhead culture started in America - by which I mean when people travelled the land to see them. Up to a certain point they must have been playing to new people in The States,too. People who had no pre conceived idea of what they were like, but just went along because it was a rock gig. By 1990 everyone at Wembley seemed to be a Deadhead. I can't remember 1981 being quite like that.

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    “Oh ooo, half way there,

    Oh ooo smell my underwear” 🎶

    Yep, just finishing 5/3 for the first time ever, and I still don’t have any damn time.
    So I’ve been listening, sometimes multiple times, in order, but I haven’t had time to keep track.
    Oh well, guess that would be more like actually being on tour.
    4/11 was a first time listen for me. Another great E72 outing but it felt like they let go of the stick a tad after perhaps grabbing it too tight at the Wembleys? I’m guessing back in 72 in some of these locations there wasn’t much media etc. But the bigger gigs, like the first ones at Wembley probably had a level of attention and possibly sales via that attention, that might have made them, aaa, not stressful, but, would definitely like to start right. Add to that the natural energy of itching to play etc, and yeah, can see how Wembley got the freight train and perhaps Newcastle received a more loose presentation? I definitely noticed more miscues, start offs like Jack Straw, Good Lovin, others. Now they all grooved past these brief moments, and delivered fine versions, but maybe they show a loosening that facilitated elsewhere?
    Like an unusual Truckin and jam that covered some cool ground including King Solomon’s teases/coincidences? and some free jazz like moments (think Phil might of been quoting some actual song too?).
    Another sweet suite, including a decent CAT, though I think the 4/26 is perhaps the bar? Nice to hear, especially as a change from the repetitiveness. Same with the even rarer Brokedown!
    4/14s a blur at this point, they start to expand out more I guess, in several ways…
    A nice DS, and a big pork fest ending. All good, but I find others more to my liking?

    4/16, yes, agree, always felt there was something just a little different about this one. Perhaps being such a small informal, perhaps totally away from the spotlight! A brief chance to vibe like the ole daze, perhaps?
    4/17 is just too much of a monster overall. Perhaps why I think this may be the first time I’ve done the whole show in one listen? I have the DVD, and Ive spent time with that 3rd set etc. So that was a treat to be sure! I’ll prolly go back and hit the dvd of there and Bremen after, but for now I want to go in order…
    First time Ive just listened to 4/21, though we saw the Shakedown stream. Actually hit this one a few times. Love the stop and restarts, another cool inside look.
    4/24 is another that feels a little more aaa, whatever the vibe I can’t name is, not stress, or pressure, their certainly having fun, but like Wembley, and the first non English speaking audience gig, that tenseness, yeah, that’s the ticket, tenseness, the good kind!
    I think Phil especially was emotionally invested a tad more in the German gigs, and man does he and the boys take care of bidness! There’s a reason this was the first complete show they released…
    And of course there’s a big reason they released parts of 4/26! Another freight train!
    But I had never down the whole show until now, and was rewarded with good versions obviously left off only due to space required for 2 disc chop job. So that was cool.
    4/29 I think I’ve heard the whole show at least once, I know I’ve heard the second set multiple times, though not the encores, until now! Another sick show and big DS, and a proper Caution Pork fest to close. I’ve really been enjoying the 2 Souls, Chinatowns, amazing Hurts Me Toos etc, but not so much the Good Lovin, Lovelights? Not dislike, just think that stuff doesn’t resonate the same to this old guy as it did the young one lol. Just burnout?
    All good, just really noticing the other goodness more. But the Cautions have always been a big draw for me on this tour, and this one’s a beast.
    5/3 was a first time for me, today. The whole damn show just sounds like the actual E72 album (streamed version)?
    Like the sound of it, it sounds like E72!
    The reverb etc. I’m sure having? 4 I think songs on the album from this show probably has something to do with it, but I kept chuckling about that reoccurring feeling. So many songs on this one could have been on the album. It’s a strong show, and by now you can feel the subtle morphing of band and songs into one that’s taking place over the tour.
    It would be cool to take all the versions of each song and listen to just them in order!
    None more so perhaps than He’s Gone! But that’s a task for another time, which I don’t have enough of to do this proper, let alone all that lol, but at least I’m finally getting to em all and enjoying the ride!
    ONWARD!

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    1stshow - I was going to jump ahead to Paris this weekend - the shows, not the city - but I think maybe I should give Aarhus another spin after reading your comments. I can remember it's good, but I'm damned if I can remember why!

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    Three more down, seventeen to go, lol.
    All excellent shows. It's hard to find fault in any of these mammoth first sets but Aarhus (4-16-72) hit the spot for me of the three. Had great song selection, pace, and order of the songs was more to my liking. The second sets are where the special goodies are so far in every show. I'm particularly impressed with how Keith really shines especially on Pigpen's songs. His beer barrel style just fits perfectly. Yet his jazz chops are evident too as in the Dark Stars. Donna seemed particularly "engaged" on 4-14 at Newcastle and Bob is definitely going to lose his voice by the end of the tour at this rate, lol. Aarhus had a stately smooth feel to the whole thing which I found to my liking and would put it at number two of the five I've done with 4-7 Wembley still in first place.
    Discovered I had on tapes the Stepping Out release which looks to be an odd compilation ala the road trips and I also had Hundred Year Hall on tape, which was not a complete show release BITD. Gotta look through my tapes more often! Also had burner CDs of Rockin' The Rhein which I had also completely forgotten. Has four CDs with the Academy of Music filler so likely a whole show. Can't go there, got to stay in order.
    That's the news from EU. Cheers to all

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    Dennis.. tried this, it did not work for me. Kayaking is proving tricky also (I keep going in circles), but I'm working on it. Your friend Hound Dog played with six fingers.. imagine the chord work and finger picking that could be done, a 16.67% increase in productivity. Cheating to be sure, but man he could play the blues. Interesting side note, a friend of mine's wife was born with six fingers and I think toes. So was her daughter. The had the extra digit removed shortly after birth.

    Somehow Jerry got by with 9 1/2 fingers. After burning his hand, Django Reinhardt had basically two working fingers on his right hand and he more than got by and was a big influence on Jerry, especially circa 1973.

    Thanks for pointing me towards that youtube. That black and white looks more like 1923 than 1973 until you see that Fender looking guitar. Great stuff. Convinced me to get that Natural Boogie LP, but I seem to have misplaced the PIN of your wife's card. If you'd be so kind to send me a PM. I don't want it to sell out while it's still in my cart.

    As you were.. on to the second set of 9/6/80 for my afternoon hike. Life is good.

    Edit: Looks like Hound Dog played a pair of Kawai-made Kingston S4T's, so not exactly a Fender but a similar looking headstock.

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    If you were left handed you'd have nowhere to put your slide if you did that .

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 09:06

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Wasn't it like $99 and you get the bonus disc or something?

Imagine, $85 free shipping and you get the bonus disc. Now that would be a thanksgiving to remember. ...or how about that jaw dropping asking price of $450 for the E72 trunk? So that would be $382.50. If we could only be king for a day....

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Submitted by billy the kid on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 09:26

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I bought two copies when it came out in 2005, one for me and one for my brother. I hope they release it so everybody who wants it can have it.. If I didn't have it I would drop $1000. 00 dollars for an unopened copy with the bonus disc, I think it's that good.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 09:29

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Vinyl only so far, 27th and 28th.

The thing is, they have been Plangentized and remastered.

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 13:51

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I can hear Bob on Shakedown and World to Give... So i have been listening to 5/21/71 Garcia and Saunders new CD... I love The Wall Song!!!! Any other versions out there that I should hear.... Can't believe I've never heard him do this song before.. It is so good!!

P.S. Heading over to Denver Coliseum 11/20/73

Funny I woke up this AM wondering what tune we'd get today for 30 DOTD and thinking I might actually get 30 for 30 this year, something I've kinda wanted to do, but also something I wasn't opposed to not doing, because that would mean we'd get something unknown.

Well.. today's pick is a bit of the unknown.
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.
Or in this case... guess, guess, guess.

Interesting little outtake. Location I'm guessing isn't listed and the Date is a speculation.
Dang Dave.. You Got Me!

Man, it must be kinda fun picking these out. Looking at last year we got a few unknown bits and the streak was broken early on the 9th day with an uncirculated studio outtake.

I guess 20 for 20 ain't bad.

BTW: After yet another far out voyage through 11/20/78, I had to go back and check out more November '72. Is this the best month for Playing In The Band? Sick sick stuff. 11/12/72 is a great show, sad the recording is jacked, but man what a smoker. The PITB on 11/13 is sooo good too, and Bear's Audience tape is incredible for '73. 11/14 is a really good show, but surrounded by Giants. And 11/22! Gotta hear it.

Alright, I'll tell you what's going on here.
Lay it on me.
I'm stalling... I don't want to break my streak.

"Steppin' free she places her feet where they fell before" - Bob Weir (Studio Demo of Weather Report Suite)

Hi-Ya Kids!

Not to keep flogging the same horse, but since there's not a pick slated for today and I've been digging into the stories around November 1972, I thought I'd share the following notes from Dick Latvala on 11/22/72 and see if anybody wants to listen to it today?

Here's what Dick was saying about it on 9/7/97 at 12:28am (he was probably really baked, but that's impressive because he still writes really well!)
The 2nd set jam from 11/22-Austin, is tremendous.
It goes like this: "He's Gone->Truckin->jam->drum solo->The Other One->jam->bass solo->The Other One->Stella Blue".
This version of "He's Gone" is one of the top 10 attempts ever. It is long and drawn out, and there is a nice long space before "Truckin", that consists of pleasing variations on the "He's Gone" theme.
This version of "Truckin" is exceptional in that it has a lengthy section at the end that relentlessly builds and builds till there seems to be no recourse but "The Other One". Instead, they opt for a "drum solo", which comes to a complete stop, and then Phil takes over and off we go into a long and treat-filled exploration of "The Other One" (The first verses don't start until after about 30 min.)
There are more highlights to this show. The versions of "Black-throated Wind", "China Cat->Rider", "Bird Song", "Playing in the Band", "Greatest Story", "Big River", "Ramble on Rose", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Saturday Night" each are notable and help define what an exciting show we have here.

I know this will be a surprise, but.. he's right you know!?!
It's an awesome show, and I think I'm going to listen to it again today.

Also, since this is long already and most have skip past it now, I'll keep going because...
I found some other cool stuff in relation to this November run of shows that I hadn't put together yet.

I was reading Parish's book last night and got to the chapter where he talks about wrecking the GD Truck driving between shows in Wichita and Texas late '72 and I thought to myself... self he's talking about those shows you've been tripping out on! And sure enough, he is. Steve and Sparky got into an accident hauling the gear between that 11/17/72 Wichita show and the 11/18/72 Hofheinz shows.

A news clipping about the 11/18 show states “The show started three hours late because one of the trucks carrying the band’s equipment overturned ‘on the only bend in the straight highway between here and Wichita Falls’.”

The Allman Brothers Band were supposed to play as well, but cancelled after the death of bass player Berry Oakley on 11/13.

Trippy serendipitous connections there.

Anyhow, to further drive my current hypothesis that the November '72 Playing In The Band jams are the most killer I've listened to all week and possibly ever.
Here's what Dick said in 1997 -
The last 5 shows in Texas, are each worth getting. The quality is not
so hot, but the playing is ferocious. On 11/18, in Houston, there is a
major, top 10 of all-time, version of "Playing in the Band". (I am
starting to think that this period has possibly the most intense versions
ever for this defining piece of music.)
LATVALA!

Good stuff.

Enjoyed 11/21/73 yesterday, and am not surprised at all by how great it is.

And finally, yesterday's DOTD was not from Uniondale, NY and I guessed the date right :)

Alright, be well all, enjoy some tunes and if you read all this and desire, follow your bliss, head on over to 11/22/72.

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Submitted by Gollum on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 10:02

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Nice post GOGD! I'm not too familiar with this show so a good listen is overdue. Nothing gets me more excited to hear a show than praise from Latvala! The sound quality seems very good too! (much better than whomperjawed 11/18)

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 10:12

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I really like the Denver show from 11/21/73. There is also a bonus cd from this release, Cleveland 12/4/73, which is sweet.

So last night my wife tells me there is a box of CDs upstairs and some of them are Grateful Dead CDs. I of course went to check it out. A lot of the studio releases I had acquired over the years. Also, in the stash was the Mars Hotel reissue from I believe 2006. I always loved this release and popped it in this morning. So great, sound is fantastic. Unbroken Chain is so great and Pride of Cucamonga is awesome. I really wish they broke out UBC before 1994.
It includes bonus tracks from 73 and 74. Scarlet Begonias from Winterland 74, Money Money from PNE, Wave that Flag from Dap #16, Let it Rock from Dap #34 and some studio outtakes. Great stuff. I love finding these hidden treasures.

I was thinking about the 15% sale they are running with free shipping.
Sounds great, however, when you go through the site, besides the remaining box sets, there really isn't much product for sale. Too bad, they really need to get more product on this site. I would love to take advantage of sales like this. And of course if you buy something, there is a chance it might not ever come. So sad.

Alright 11/22/72, I will check that out GOGD.
Stay well folks.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 10:23

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Saw several things I was missing in the morning and got all excited!
By the time Santa checked it out that afternoon most of it was gone : (

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Submitted by bob t on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 11:48

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The other day I was listening to 11/20/73 Denver Coliseum, and the tuning before the Uncle John's encore, I swore they were going to play You Win Again!!! Especially Keith.... anyone ever hear this???? Austin is playing as I type... Thanks all... Bob t

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 14:21

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Been listening today. I love Fall 72 Grateful Dead.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 11/22/2020 - 18:00

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I didn't have this show loaded on any devices.. but I had it. I have been getting more picky lately about tagging and listening to the best version and my 11/22 wasn't the best, which meant grabbing the best, converting it from SHN to Wav, then alac and flac, then loading this into my device.. etc.

I was sloppy when I built my digital library all those years ago. I didn't keep great notes and documentation, so I am trying to improve upon this and keep lossless copies of wavs, flacs and alacs. I have visions of pulling down the best version of every show in a modern (not SHN) lossless format, but apparently I am a slacker.

So this is my tomorrow's listen.

First world problems, I know..

But I am completely absorbed by the hype, I am all in on this one.

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Submitted by bob t on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 06:51

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In keeping with our Texas theme.... El Paso County Coliseum for today? No tape available back in the day... Deadbase VI only had a few songs listed..... but it has been around for a while now. Bob t

$5 would get you in to see the Grateful Dead at El Paso County Coliseum 47 years ago today!
(around $29.32 today.. about the cost of a Dave's Picks!)

I'm hip Bob T.
I like November's in Texas.
(sung to the tune of "I Love Paris" ala Screamin' Jay Hawkins, if you haven't heard that do yourself a favor!)

Thanks all who took the Trip back to 11/22/72 yesterday, hope you had a good one in the "November to Remember". (lil take on "No Bummer Summer", coffee's working or maybe it's just Dad joke syndrome.)

I listened to multiple parts, multiple times and really really dig that show.
(BTW the above description is a wonderful example of late 1980s midwest high school writing class and what I got out of it. Oh well, I guess I was too busy thinking about going to see Grateful Dead shows. I literally never imagined trying to write about them on a virtual platform called the "internet" oh... let's say, 33 years later with a bunch of cool heads that are stuck at home in a pandemic.)

Wow, maybe I'm tripping.. is this the fabled flashback?!?!

PS - Last night I came across the following tale. According to Steve Parish on 2/7/79 Jerry randomly snatched a handful (4?) of Valiums out of Scully's hand and gulped them before the show to the surprise of Kidd, Parish & Rock. If you listen to Set 1, it sounds like this indeed happened. In the classic words of Johnny Carson, I did not know that.
Random, but I thought I'd share.

Have it going now Bob t and it is sounding really good. Only two songs in, but my god, sound quality is A+ so far. These shows from Relisten via the archive are so hit or miss. Some sound great and some sound terrible. I am too old to listen to the terrible ones anymore.

Good stuff GOGD, and you can definitely hear some uneven performances over the years and I am sure the drugs had a lot to do with it.

Be well folks.

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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 08:21

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I'm in. I have a big work project to do today so I should be able to give this one a nice uninterrupted listen.

Got a soft machine

I hear the Playing In The Band on 11/24/72 is another must listen version from Texas.

Actually it's the 5 star rating I gave it in iTunes at some point, but you get the drift.

And today's DOTD pick may be the true streak buster, I just don't know the day of the month on that one.
But cool, maybe I'll learn something new about it!

Great show. It is November 73. Really good He's Gone, Truckin into The Other One. And what is the deal with that noodling at the end of the Other One? Interesting. Solid Eyes, GDTRFB, Casey Jones. Really good.

Will have to come up with a pick for tomorrow. Might be time to mix it up a little.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 18:35

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How does 4/2/1990 grab you all? A little Spring 1990. Hopefully this perks a few ears out there.

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Submitted by bob t on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 04:48

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Pickers of the Day!! I really enjoyed the 72-73 November run...Just ran a quick errand and Dave had Feyline Field playing for today in GD history.... Have a good time with whatever you are doing over this weekend. Bob t

And good call Rogue for the Jamaica show!!! The Scarlet>Fire is really cool....

Vguy, we did 4/1/1990 already, but there have been a lot of repeats since March, which to me is okay, lots of great shows out there.

Enjoy The Thanksgiving Holiday all!

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 06:45

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Hi folks!

I actually have a chance to listen today, and based on the suggestions, I think I'm going to take a tour of the 80s! Rogue's Jamaica 82 show, followed by VGuy's 85 Red Rocks, finished with DeadVikes 90 Omni show! Looks like a good day of some Brent-era jams!

Happy early Turkey day! I hope you all are safe, warm, and happy!

Peace

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 06:59

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Echo Bob T here, I really enjoyed the November '72-73 run relisten. I focused in on the '72 stuff in a different light than I had in the past and am just blown away with how epic that run is! I'm making note of it in my brain as a hot spot in this 30 year archive. Thanks for all who took the trip, hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did.

Early '80s Dead sounds good. Literally ;)

I haven't done Jamaica '82 in a long time. Is that when they played at like 4am? I noticed the date in DeadBase Jr as 11/26 assuming that's due to time played.

Yesterday broke my 30 Days streak I went 23 for 23 until them old rehearsal tape blues got me again.
Ain't bad, this has been my best year for guessing by far. I had the month, year and location for the rehearsal yesterday, but was thinking early March rehearsal verses late March rehearsal. Should've known the GD would play a couple of shows and think, yeah maybe we should rehearse before tour. Plus that April '82 shit is hot, and rehearsal really did pay off for this band.

I would've gotten that damn Crazy Fingers date if it wouldn't of been for those meddling kids and their damn dog! Scoooby!!

Wonder where 3/26/82 date came from and if we'll hear anymore from that? So far there's the Crazy Fingers and 2 Jam tracks in circulation from old Taper's section. Tell us more Dave.

Alright, sounds like we're all due for an Era change and I like the '80s.

Be Well All.

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 07:00

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Must be Montego Bay! Thanks RogueDeadGuy – I was only aware of the versions of this show listed on the Archive as "11/26/82". This Miller transfer dated 11/25 looks like a definite upgrade. Thanks for the link!

Not sure I’ve heard any of this? Certainly not the whole show...
Going with 9/24/82 first. Lots to do today so need a double header.
Dug that 81 back? A week or so, not so much that 11/20/78?
Most of the 73 was dope...haven’t had time for all the 72...
Onward!

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 09:48

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“When the pilgrims came we made them a plate”. A native friend Darlene said on thanksgiving a few years ago.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 10:06

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I am digging this show RDG. Thanks for the pick. Can you imagine seeing the Dead in Jamaica? At the Bob Marley house? So cool. Sound quality is really good so far.

4/2/1990 is a great show, check it out if you haven't listened in a while and you get a Death Don't Have No Mercy. I love the Foolish Heart in this show. Stay well out there and enjoy the day.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 07:25

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The last DDHNM in fact.. so sad, what I great tune. Happy that I caught one, I mark it as every bit as great as my first Dark Star in the same show.

I am doing Jamaica too.. because, well, why the hell wouldn't I?

Happy belt loosening day all.. May the four winds blow your waste safely home to it's pre-thanksgiving girth.

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 13:02

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I used to have the cassette tape for Austin. Listened to it a lot while living in southern Mexico. Have had the hofheinz , Houston CD since it was released. Never listened to the whole Texas segment of the tour before. I started with Wichita. Amazing run of Grateful Dead.
Will also check Mo Bay, Jamaica later. Finishing San Antonio today.
Stay safe , be well.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 19:35

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I made it through three of these shows but feel the need to revisit in order. There is a there there for this run. A great period in GD history.

Thanks to whoever put us on this tangent and to those that supported and contributed. I finally got 11/17..

Hi-Ya!

Hope you all are having a good Thanksgiving weekend.
Thankful for all the sweet shows we've been able to jam to together, discuss and breakdown during this year.
Cheers to all!

Glad so many enjoyed that Texas '72 trip, that is a real highlight for me and can't get over how well they played those shows.
Bob T - how would you rate October '72 to the November '72 Texas trip?
I feel like I could spend a lot of time in September, October and November '72 and never stop being amazed.

Good stuff.

Been enjoying the 30 DOTD, anybody else over here playing?
27-28 with 2 more to go.

Yesterdays trip into 1991 had me going to Vegas for the rest of the show. Good one.

Speaking of tripping...

Anybody want to dust off Dick's Picks Vol 3?
1977-05-22 - Pembroke Pines

Doesn't look like we've had that as a POD.

A new transfer of that show showed up the other day and put it on my radar. Boy is that a good show!
That set 2 is etched into my brain.
I listened to DiP yesterday but want to listen to the transfer today and check out the tracks that were left off.
But while I was listening I felt a little guilty that it wasn't the Pick Of The Day, because it's so good!!

Anyhow, I thought about you all and figured some of you would enjoy giving it a spin.

Alright, be well all.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sat, 11/28/2020 - 08:47

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I am for sure in on 5/22/77, thanks GOGD. I will also check out the full release. Hopefully, there will be an upgrade on the recording.

Yesterday, I watched Classic albums, The making of Dark Side of the Moon on Amazon Prime. This was really cool. What a release. I think this was the first CD I purchased in maybe 1985. When this ended, guess what pops up, classic albums The making of Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty. I have never seen this before. This was really cool. Came out in maybe 1997. Really great old footage. The most Hunter interviews I have ever seen. Produced by David Gans. Gans makes the comment that The Dead were about self determination. Amen! I think that is something that has always drawn me to the band.

Anyway, check this out if you have never seen it.

Stay well.

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Sat, 11/28/2020 - 09:04

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Love that video, it's amazing and prior to LST it was my go to Dead documentary video.
VH1 Legends from 1996 is a good one too if you come across it.
But Anthem To Beauty is great.

Funny, I was revisiting LST last night :)

Great Stuff!

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 11/28/2020 - 12:56

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Yeah, haven’t gone there in forever...
Anthem to Beauty is awesome! Fortunate to have scored that on DVD back when...
That VHS doc also is good fo shore!

DV, too funny, you said Dark Side was one of your first CDs, it was probably the second album I bought after Framptom Comes Alive! On vinyl of course as that would of been mid seventies lol.
It’s so cool how this great music has stood the test of time and still very interesting to these younger generations.
I read about a record store guy in Jersey I think who said most of the young teenage male shoppers that come in have the same Zeppelin tee shirts, or Hendrix, or Dead and buy all the same albums we did. If they do go with something else, it’s a Greta Van Fleet or something very similar, next gen? or what not....pretty cool and a testament to how remarkable it all was and that we’re hopefully not JUST some old nostalgia duffers stuck in the glory days.
I guess thinking minds are thinking minds and no matter what the generation they can tell the difference between market driven, path of least resistance, machine like “creation” and something genuine and unique....ya know, like a band we all know and love!
Long Live Rock & Roll

EDIT: interestingly, the first CDs I bought when I bought my first player in 1986 were Blood Sweat and Tears Child is Father to the Man and Sgt. Peppers. Interesting because of how being a dead head for almost 10 years at that point had influenced my precious decision to get the weirdest, most psychedelic things I could find (didn’t get Dead cause I had all that on vinyl and wanted to expand my collection rather than replace it, yet here we are all these years later still doing both every chance we can! ; )

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Submitted by bob t on Sat, 11/28/2020 - 17:42

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Both are awesome!!!! Same feel and level of play, for me at least!!! Good call on the Sportatorium for today!!! By the way, Boston Music Hall anniversary from 1973 is right around the corner!!! Don't forget 12/1/73 hasn't been released yet!!!! 11/30 &12/2/73 got the 4 disc treatment on Dick's Picks!! I am going to pack my bags for another virtual tour... First stop Tremont Street starting Monday.... Bobt

Just spent 2 days painting the living room (including sanding and wiping down the walls for prep).
Tomorrow will shampoo the carpet (rake leaves while the carpet dries), then hang TV on wall (drilled the mount holes before painting), move the furniture back in, and reconnect CD/stereo and BluRay/theater systems.

I hooked up the stereo in an adjacent room for tunes while working.
On Thanksgiving I moved a bunch of shows from a torrent HD to a music player (shows I haven’t heard and upgrades of shows I know and love).

The playlist so far (in reverse order):
9-30-72 8184.sbd.Clugston (playing now)
9-24-91 138150.dsbd.GEMS
6-10-73 89730.sbd.miller
5-26-73 83535.sbd.miller.patched
9-21-91 138148.dsbd.GEMS
7-27-73 27779.sbd.miller
10-21-72 Set2% 94409.sbd.miller

As you can see, a fine helping of 72/73 with a couple of Bruce palate cleansers.
Groovin’ with GOGD is the only way to paint.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sat, 11/28/2020 - 19:31

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The full show is tight. This is another 77 barn burner. This Miller transfer sounds fantastic. That second set is something. That Estimated-Eyes-Wharf Rat-Terrapn minus the lady with a Fan, into Morning Dew is crazy good. Thanks for the pick GOGD!

Here is an idea for Rhino, go back and release this full epic show and other chop jobs. Call it Dick's reloaded, put out 10,000 copies. People would eat it up.....

So great Oroborous, is there a better release than Dark Side, not too many.

Frampton Comes Alive. I still play this and within the last ten years picked up a DVD Audio copy. And it sounds unbelievably good in Multi Channel. And you get Bill G!

It is good to keep this great music rolling!