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    "And with this incredibly tight batch of prime 1987 Grateful Dead, we’re thrilled to bring you Dave’s Picks Vol. 36, matching the number that will be forever tied to Dick’s legacy. Thanks for sticking around this long, and for joining us through these past nine years of archival live Grateful Dead releases." - David Lemieux

    We're doing things a bit different for this one - two complete shows on four CDs, bringing you one of Dave's faves and what very well could have been one of Dick's Picks. Yep, back-to-back nights from peak era 80s - the furthest we've gone into the decade, in fact - that will bring you to joyful tears. DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 36: HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER, HARTFORD, CT (3/26/87 & 3/27/87) delivers emotional takes on tracks like "Row Jimmy," "Black Peter," Uncle John's Band," and serves up a hit list of covers ("In The Midnight Hour," "Good Lovin'," "Desolation Row," "Promised Land," "Little Red Rooster," "Morning Dew," Johnny B. Goode") that'll have you hootin' and hollerin'.

    Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, this one has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out.

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • daverock
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    Happy anniversary

    Its not often I can make such a post, so I might as well grab the opportunity....30 years ago today, I too saw The Dead. Very exciting it was, too. I had started listening to them in 1975, and saw them twice in 1981, but as they were never covered in the press, I had assumed they split up sometime around 1983. Then in 1987, I can across the Spiral Light fanzine. Through them, I discovered the tapes, so by 1990, I was good to go.

    I went to all three nights in London 1990, but tonight's show, playing as I type, was the one I enjoyed most. I was near the front of the stage, and it was barely believable that there, within shouting distance, was Jerry Garcia. I had listened to him and read so much about him over the previous three years that it was hard to believe actually existed-but there he was. Strangely, Row Jimmy Row was a highlight-as was Foolish Heart and to cap it all, Black Peter. I was also thrilled when they played Lovelight - different times-I am not now so keen on Bob led Lovelights, but being there was something else. 30 years ago - wow!

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    "overkilled?"

    Don't sweat it
    Get it back to you
    Overkill!
    Overkill!
    Overkill!

    - Motorhead

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    Anniversary show 10/30/83. Marin Veterans Auditorium

    37 years ago today I was at the Marin Veterans Auditorium for a rocking Sunday night with the Dead. We all dosed, and had a blast. We ran into a guy dressed like Ben Franklin, he was funnier then hell, he had us laughing until we were in tears. Big fun, great times!

  • JimInMD
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    Thanks Jeff

    I am also a big fan of Dave's Picks 8.

    That one sounds great. ..and many thanks to Dr. Bob Wagner, where ever he is.. he brought us a lot of great recordings.

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    BCT '84 and 30 Days

    BTK, my favorite from the run is 10/28. Good stuff, though I'm partial to the earlier run of October shows from '84: Really like 10/6 (esp. set two), 10/11, of course 10/12, 10/15 (!), and 10/18. Hmm, come to think of it, that's all the shows with PITB. At any rate, Sunday 30-days surprise... is this happening??

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    Anniversary show 10/30/84. Berkeley Commmunity Theatre

    36 years ago today , I was at the BCT for another great show, what a great run of shows.

  • Vguy72
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    Dave's 36 scheduled delivery is tomorrow....

    ....American Beauty also scheduled for tomorrow. Happy Halloween indeed!
    Watched Pan's Labyrinth last night. Features one of the most evil bad guys in any movie I've seen. By the end, you just want him to get his just desserts.

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    Ultra Matrix? Just enjoy the Music!

    The Rob Eaton overview of Ultra Matrix that IceCream linked, and Jim's "baked-in, real-time matrix" description both are corroborated in Healy's Wikipedia entry: [Healy] also helped perfect the ultra-matrix soundboard setup which was used by the Dead from 1986 through 1990. Some fans and collectors of the band's live recordings deem this setup to be the band's best-sounding, and most practical. [Some don't ;-) ]

    Normal matrixes as we all know are woven together from separate soundboard and audience recordings after the fact, which means a lot more mixing and balancing options are possible. I've always loved the matrixed ambiance on Dave's 8, and the great matrices on the Archive.

    My take from our headache-inducing chatter is that for Ultra Matrixes the soundboard and audience feeds were "baked" together as they were first recorded live by Healy. That means that latter day geniuses like Jeffrey Norman are limited when they sit down to remaster an UltraMatrix recording since the aud is now inseparable from the soundboard.

    We've probably overkilled this, and as RASTA5ZIGGY says, "Just enjoy the music!"

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    I'm getting a headache reading about this. Just enjoy the music, and get ready for 30 DoD.

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    No disagreement for the most part. There are some board recordings from later years that stand up to Betty's mixes, particularly when John Cutler recorded. Healy had some nice ones, but yes Betty had a good ear.

    Of course Bears and Kidds mixes had their nuances. Have had a lot of time this year to really dig in and appreciate that any of this has continued to come out.

    I recieved mine yesterday but haven't dug into it yet. Saving it for Halloween. Seems like a good time to make a party of it.

    Regarding matrix mixes I believe that both mentioned techniques are used....live board/live audience mixes and these days people like Charlie Miller sync up good room recordings with pre-recorded board mixes. I believe Dave's Picks Vol. 8 used the latter technique.

    Some live recordings had mic mutes recorded live where the crowds cuts in and out of probably bleed through the vocal mics. Some also at times sound "gated". A filter to block ambient bleed through. I'm sure others here could describe this better than I.

    Looking forward to my first listen. Perhaps the American Beauty 50th will arrive before Saturday. Could make for a lot of listening.

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"And with this incredibly tight batch of prime 1987 Grateful Dead, we’re thrilled to bring you Dave’s Picks Vol. 36, matching the number that will be forever tied to Dick’s legacy. Thanks for sticking around this long, and for joining us through these past nine years of archival live Grateful Dead releases." - David Lemieux

We're doing things a bit different for this one - two complete shows on four CDs, bringing you one of Dave's faves and what very well could have been one of Dick's Picks. Yep, back-to-back nights from peak era 80s - the furthest we've gone into the decade, in fact - that will bring you to joyful tears. DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 36: HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER, HARTFORD, CT (3/26/87 & 3/27/87) delivers emotional takes on tracks like "Row Jimmy," "Black Peter," Uncle John's Band," and serves up a hit list of covers ("In The Midnight Hour," "Good Lovin'," "Desolation Row," "Promised Land," "Little Red Rooster," "Morning Dew," Johnny B. Goode") that'll have you hootin' and hollerin'.

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, this one has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

You’re making a fine and productive use of your retirement time.

Does that Urdu advertisement say anything about the automatic bath and maintenance equipment going on sale for Black Friday?

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Urdu is a language predominantly spoken by muslims whose holy day is Friday. I don't know for sure but I suspect this could have a detrimental impact on Black Friday shopping sprees.

Great prices, be sure to read the fine print though.. shipping from Rawalpindi and Islamabad can be a real budget breaker.

Give these folks some credit for understanding and leveraging a deadheads strong passion for cleanliness and personal hygiene. Marketing geniuses to be sure, once they figure out the subtleties of matching the countries they advertise in with the languages commonly spoken in these countries, they are sure to dominate the global automatic bathroom market. Business tycoons in the making and a great stock tip to help your 401k, you heard it first here at dead.net, watch and learn Jim Cramer.

What's the best show to listen to when contemplating the finer points of bathroom automation? Binghamton perhaps, a little over an hours drive from Bath NY. Four shows played in Binghamton from 1970 to 1983.

05/02/70- Harpur College - Binghamton, NY
11/06/77- Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY
05/09/79- Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY
04/12/83- Broome County Arena - Binghamton, NY

Edit: this post is going to look pretty silly when they purge this thread of the aforementioned bathroom automation spam written in Urdu.

about household baths is a dirty job, but someone has to do it!
Good work!
Speaking of automated toilets...in many of the mansions we work in there are automatic toilets, some costing thousands of dollars. The GCs generally don’t let us riffraff use the toilets, especially the expensive automated ones. So my old working partner had this thing about poaching toilets, especially if specifically told not to do so lol.
He became quite adept at it including the use of let’s say the worlds greatest female skiers master bath LOL (can’t name names due to NDAs etc)

BINGOTOWN, woohoo 4/12/83 first show tripping (in first row!)

EDIT: I believe they can be customized with gold trim

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crosswalks, chimneys, and tractors

DROWN reCAPTCHA IN THE POND!

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Has anyone else gotten their copy of GarciaLive 15? I got mine about a week ago. Someone asked how I got so soon, no idea. Then today I got an email say it will mailed in 9 day!?!?! Odd?

Update on the download front for AB - Angel Share. Still no word!

BTW - Garcia Live 15 is alright. The Keystone Korner Jam was very nice. Has Martin Fierro on sax on several cuts, I always enjoy when he sits in.

If I don't type again till after Bird-Day, hope everyone has a good one. Got 25 lbs of young tom waiting to be rubbed and baked, followed by a good basting and baking of said cook.

Enjoy

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Funny you mention about Garcia 15, I was wondering the same thing. I’m glad you got yours. Nothing here, but tracking said mine just left New Jersey, and as I’m in the Toronto area, it will sit at customs until it is Garcia 17. Looking forward to it, the two tunes I’ve heard were incredible. The Garcia family has done a great job on this series, offering up stellar shows (but I liked the Pure Jerry series too)!
Happy (early) Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating this week! You have all endured this horrible pandemic, a tough national election, and some tough economic times. You deserve a great time with family and friends.

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Dennis, I have a Grateful Dead item you might be interested in, PM me your email.

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Hi All,

Still no DP36 for me in California. I have contacted the customer service twice and they said they would get something shipped out from warehouse, but it has been almost two weeks and no notice of a new shipment. This one hasn't gone down well for me.

Does anyone know if there is still a Dr Rhino? Can someone share contact email for Dr Rhino?
Feeling like that is the next step. Customer service calls don't seem to be getting me anywhere.

Did other people who were still waiting a week or two ago in US get their cds ?

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acoustic Ripple
several guys yacking about "did you go to that party?"
Please STFU, y'all

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U.S.P.S. tracking had my Dav36 on 10/30 at a post office in The Bronx N.Y. -- where I live. And then. . .. nothing for weeks! No information was updated during those weeks. It finally arrived 11/17 without a delivery notification email alert. I see you are in California and Daves are routed through Carlsbad Ca. Go figure? Good luck!

A just exactly perfect Daves

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November 70 Port Chester

Oh for a box of that

No soundboards though

Do you think I could convince my family to screen Last Waltz tomorrow?

I dont either

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I was thinking of playing that tomorrow.

Maybe follow it with The First Waltz.

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fir decades now:
Arlo Guthrie’s Alices Restaurant album with wake and bake...Last Waltz after dinner!
TRADITION! (Think Fiddler on the Roof)
Hope I don’t catch the vid first...working in a house like a dozen people were in yesterday...I guess my boss and I have a different idea of what constitutes an empty house...Doooaahh
Oh well, when the going gets weird....

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At some point Thanksgiving morning, our boys now always ask about when we're going to listen to Alice's Restaurant. Makes me proud.

Here in the Twin Cities we have a group of musicians who re-create most of The Last Waltz live each year. They dress up and do all the stage banter and it's great fun. They used to do it Thanksgiving weekend, but more recently they've moved it to other times of the year, when folks aren't out of town.

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For those of you who are annoyed by such, I suggest the 9/19/70 Dark Star.

Happy Turkey Day to all. After the feast, we pop in Christmas Vacation. Always funny and never gets old.

Last Waltz - Acadian Driftwood is a vastly underrated song and should have been included in the movie.

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Check your PMs. Thank you! Have a great Thanksgiving!

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Did anyone else not get their shipment? Does anyone have any insight into how GDM has resolved this type of issue? Cheers to al!

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tomorrow it shall be turkey enchiladas in mole sauce...

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That sounds good... I might have to copycat that one.

In my best Homer Simpson, Mmmmmm Mole (added drool for effect)

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Mole asses.

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Thanks for the winning Lottery Numbers Proudfood.

My private island awaits.

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More GD84 high octane fuel for the ol' Vista Cruiser

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It arrived about a week ago. Just listening to it for the first time tonight. This is some really good stuff.

If you like vocals, you might be disappointed. I am not.

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Contacted the store about three times now with the same automated response after they had to replace my original order. If I ever see the light of day with this package that would make my year but seriously just so disappointing to see this from Warner Music >:(. Otherwise, very grateful for everything and everyone on here, y'all rock! :)

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