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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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March 14, 2024 - 6:55pm

#391

JimInMD

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I had a great add

but Rhino's Central Scrutinizer gave me a giant hey now foot up the ass

# WOS 50th Box Set designed like a mini Wall of Sound
March 14, 2024 - 10:39am

#392

1stshow70878

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DiP 34

I'm in. Snow day here but nothing like the front range. Got our biggie last week. I-70 closed and the Denver skiers asked the state patrol how can we get there from here and they simply said you can't. Always a better ski day after the storm anyway, lol.
Cheers

Edit: Fired up the Minglewood opener loud. Jerry's tone and first solo tells me this is going to be a good one. "Some things you just know." Dick's 28-36 is just a hot run. I'm drawn to those frequently.
March 14, 2024 - 9:11am

#393

DeadVikes

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1st Show/2024 Box

Thanks man.

So, we are getting close to mid March and we haven't had a box set announcement. Looks like we will not have a Spring Box. They might be setting us up for a fall release to coinside with that fall 74 run. We will see.

In the meantime, cuing up 11/5/77, Dicks #34.
March 11, 2024 - 8:57am

#394

1stshow70878

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Get Well Soon DV

Had this year's back in the fall.
Took a week. Worst one in years.
Hit me almost 3 weeks after the flu shot when I thought I'd be fully immunized by then. I always blame it on kids going back to school making a germ factory, lol.
Cheers
March 11, 2024 - 8:01am

#395

DeadVikes

Joined:
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OB

Thanks man! Great run.

Love those 89 stories, keep them coming.

Still trying to dig out of this crap, it is not going away.
March 10, 2024 - 12:42pm

#396

Oroborous

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Stories

Pittsburgh 4/3 was the first time I had to call in “sick” from the hotel pay phone.
Trick was to find out how much the call cost (remember no cells so people still used pay phones, and have proper coinage before so call could go through and they’d not know it was LD , AND, no one was dumb enough to call from the room lol
“Hello, Louie, I’m afraid I’m not feeling so well…” while tripping freaks are laughing and yelling in the background lol. Yeah, I may be dumb but I’m not stupid ; )
And because I’d just started that new job and actually liked it, had to blow off the excellent Ann Arbor shows, had tix and a ride with BOO469 and everything, sigh…
4/8: went with a gal who was just a friend, but we probably should have been more, and not sure how after this show we weren’t lol. Between the song list and the X we probably were hugging the whole damn show lol
Yeah, wasn’t playing on tripping as I had to drive back that night (more on that later). But long short some guy came by in the lot and figured, hell we’ll just split a quarter 2.5 ways and be fine. I feel bad cause I kinda messed with the guy about if it was good etc. We’d just spent much of fall 88 going down that road a lot so felt pretty confident about our experience, but boy, oo-eee that was some good sheet. Id never before or since had X that strong, holy crap lol. And the poor gal with me had never done it!
So as you know, that comes on very fast comparatively, so we dropped right before going in and man before we were even out the lot shit hit us like a freight train. I remember she started getting the fear as we approached the one busy street we had to cross then up the steps and in, but she was having a hard time.
It was all gloomy and noises and I think steam coming outta the manholes lol, like instantly being plunged into a scary movie! But being a pro, I knew it’s get better after that first big rush and knew set and setting if we could just get inside all would be well with the world!
So after careful tender sharing of this key data, we finally got the nerve to go, once inside we were so high we just walked right in the back abd stayed there the whole night. Thank goodness the ushers didn’t kick us out lol.
But once inside, we immediately could feel the love and as I say, I think we swayed and hugged and danced the night away in a awesome blissful state.
Probably why I didn’t “know” this show better lol.
But the story doesn’t end there. Even after, another anomaly, we were still too damn high and there was no way I was going to make back to WNY from Cincinnati that way, so don’t recall who/how etc, but somehow we ended up across the river flopping in somebodies? hotel room on the floor with only just enough floor space for us to curl up and crackle a few hours before leaving.
Now the part all these years later that frosts my ass, is that we didn’t go to Louisville.
Not sure if she had to be back, but I had that relatively new job so I had to be back Monday after calling in previous week from Pittsburgh. But 4/9 was a Sunday, and back then my CC Cassady skills were epic, so if we’d have gone and not tripped etc, it would have been tough, but I’d done it before: (drive all night after a show and go to work next morning.)
Probably paranoid of crossing the mason-hippie line lol
But whatever, as it’s all so long ago, yeah, that’s one I wish I could redo.
Thank goodness for the archive though so we can relive all these wonderful shows, joyful ecstatic moments and some of the fear and danger too, now comfortably and safely from our homes! We are pretty fortunate in so many ways!
March 10, 2024 - 12:08pm

#397

Oroborous

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That’ll keep ya going for the show…

Come on it’s time to go

1/17 and 2/21 we’ve done, former good, latter excellent!

But amazingly I don’t think I’ve hit all of the January Avalon run, so that’s where I’ll start. Then 2/7 and 2/15, maybe I’ll rehit 2/11…anything else we haven’t done in March that’s worthy?
Would like to hit the Ark shows as I’m not sure I’ve heard all and think they should be done all at same time. I’d like to try to get up to RT 4.1 for this trip, then I’ll probably go back to 79 and/or 84? But I marked down 6/27&28 and 10/31/69 and will hit those later in the year when I need a 69 cleanse again lol

Ha, my only purpose in life now seems to be to battle poor health, and try to listen to every Dead show I reasonably can….well, at least I’m kicking ass at one of em ; )

DV: rut roah, seems there’s been some real bad flu this year.
Hope y’all feel better soon!
And big kudos to the Edina boys on the big state championship!

I mostly went with the Ultramatrixs to keep things consistent.
I found them mostly good, but no idea of what’s available overall?
Yep, we were at the Pittsburg shows (DL 9).
The first is sorta anaemic, but the second night (3rd) was good.
Still wonder if another right city, street, but wrong house?
As good as the third is, I still think others might be as good or better, especially 4/5! Really, there’s no dog in the bunch and several could be considered a top pick depending on who’s picking ; ) Hopefully interested folks can find a show or two here to dig!

Ok, January Avalon
ONWARD,
March 10, 2024 - 9:35am

#398

DeadVikes

Joined:
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Black Peter

It has been Black Peter time at my house this week OB. Trying to dig out of a terrible flu bug.

Hell of a post on spring 89. Recordings available are hit and miss and don't match the multi tracks from summer through fall 89. Still some great shows there and would love to see them put one out for official release. I believe the one and only release was from the download series #9 from the Igloo (18 years ago).

Hope we get some release news soon.
March 9, 2024 - 9:09pm

#399

billy the kiddd

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Cool 1969 shows

10/31/69, 6/27 & 28/69
March 9, 2024 - 4:56pm

#400

Forensicdoceleven

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Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.....

Make sure you check these out:

2/7: Pittsburg. Kinda fierce and kinda crazy good.
2/15 Philly. A very "large show" pretty much everything that could be expected at this time. MIller put out a pretty decent remaster last year.
2/21: First Dream Bowl. Short but solid.

And you haven't even touched January yet. Start with the 17th--some very good recordings of this out there, then take a stroll through the Avalon shows.

Enjoy the exploration!

Doc
We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.....

John Perry Barlow

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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.

15% off at the store

Includes Box Sets

Re: Includes Box Sets

Cool. I finally got that Fillmore West 69 Box Set I have been putting off, and at 15% off to boot.

Happy day.

Fillmore West '69

You got me Jim, I had to look.

2005

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....

Fillmore West box

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.

FW 69 Box reissue

Vinyl only so far, 27th and 28th.

The thing is, they have been Plangentized and remastered.

11/20/78 Cleveland Music Hall & question

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

Cleveland Music Hall 11.20.78....

....this is the way.

Streak Buster

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)

Palate Cleanse - Garcia Sanders Band

I went down the Garcia Sanders Band rabbit hole.

'73 Lions Share. That My Funny Valentine hit the spot.

Dick's Pick

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.

11/22/72!! Sign me up!!

Good call Good Ole!! November 72 and 73 I can listen to every day!!!! Bob t

November To Remember

I'm with you on that Bob T!

Pretty wild how good these November shows are.

Austin 11/22/72

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)

RT4. 3, Etc.

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.

DV/Sale/Limited inventory

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 : (

Forgot to ask about this one

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

Austin 11/22/72

Been listening today. I love Fall 72 Grateful Dead.

11/22/72

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.

West Texas Town of El Paso 11/23/73

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

Advance $5.00 No Refunds or Exchanges

$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.

El Paso 11/23/73

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.

El Paso

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.

El Paso you say?....

....why not? This relisten offering sounds incredible.
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1973/11/23

Finished 11/22 on to 11/23

Hard to say no to that.

Dallas

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!

El Paso 11/23/73

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.

Tomorrow's Pick

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

Didn't we do 4.2.90 already?....

....sounds familiar. How about Red Rocks 9.6.85?
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1985/09/06/hell-in-a-bucket?source=9…

heres a good one for today

https://archive.org/details/gd1982-11-25.sbd.miller.112817.flac24

Have a happy Thanksgiving

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-4/2/1990

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!

Big Day of Listening!

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

Fun Tripping With You All!

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.

Night of November 25th or Morning of the 26th, 1982?

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!

Jamaica mon

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!

Didn't make it to Jamaica.. next time for sure

We all do what we can

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Grateful

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

Montego Bay

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.

Agree on 4/2

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.

Texas 1972

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.

Jack Straw From Wichita

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..

T for Texas

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.

5/22/77

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.

Anthem To Beauty

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!

Dicks 3

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! ; )

re: Good Ole... Oct 72 versus Nov 72....

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

Music to paint by

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.

5/22/77/Oroborous

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!