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    Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

    The town crier's addendum:

    Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • icecrmcnkd
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    Solo albums

    Anything Hendrix wins.
    He was in other bands before he went solo.

    Frampton Comes Alive seems to have worked pretty well for Peter.

    I love Pink Floyd but Water’s solo albums are terrible. Gilmour’s first album is OK but the others are pretty weak.

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    Favorite Solo Albums from Classic Rock Gods

    The discussion on Page and Plant got me thinking...what are people's favorite solo albums by any of the great bands of the 60s? Zep, Who, Beatles, Stones, Floyd, etc.

    I think mine is Pete Townshend's Empty Glass.

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    Dave - Is it Page on Hurdy Gurdy Man? I have read names such as Jeff Beck to (the late great) Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Page, and a few others were the guitar player on this tune. I really don’t know.

    MaryE - Thanks for all the help to myself and so many others!

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    Page in the 60s

    Jimmy Page also cropped up on numerous sessions for all sorts of artists throughout the 60s-from Tom Jones to The Stones. "Baby Please Don't Go" by Them and "Sunshine Superman" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan are a few of the best. In fact, I once saw Donovan, and Page came on to play for a few numbers. "Happening Ten Years Time Ago" with The Yardbirds is also a classic-with Jeff Beck, too, of course.
    I was wondering the other day if Covid marks the end of the 60's. Too early to say-maybe Live Dead 69 will be back next year, and it will all start up again.

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    MaryE

    Thanks for all the times you've listened to me and helped out, too. Always a pleasure.

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    Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday…..

    50 years ago today………………

    April 2, 1971
    Memorial Gym Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

    Was this a cancelled show?

    Link: http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2009/11/april-2-1971-kent-state-univer…

    Rock on!!!!

    Doc
    Then haste, kind Death, in pity to my age
    And clap the Finis to my life's last page.
    May Heaven's great Author my foul proof revise,
    Cancel the page in which my error lies,
    And raise my form above the etherial skies.

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    Thanks LedDed

    My 10th grade English teacher lent me the first two CDs back in '87, and I was hooked from there on (even read Hammer of the Gods), but I haven't listened to them much in the past 10 years. I had huge door posters of Zep IV and Houses of the Holy.

    I got to see Page / Plant twice. They were some great shows....but the O2 Reunion exceeded my greatest expectations. I bought the CD when it came out and couldn't believe how ON they were. I didn't look at the track list when I bought it; I didn't even put it on for the car ride home. I took a day off work, packed a bowl and listened to it end-2-end. Set list had some nice surprises. For Your Life - really? Mother f@#%ing game on! After that song ended I seriously thought I might get Carouselambra too (love that song - would love to hear Jimmy's isolated guitar track - it's so cool, but buried in the mix).

    What you're saying about Page makes sense, thanks for the insights. I didn't know about the slights against Plant. And Page IS always the guy doing the box sets and remixes for the Zep catalog. I guess I didn't realize how much sway he had in the Zep days. I knew they emerged from his New Yardbirds and that he was their Producer, so yeah, I guess that would cause some tension, especially once Plant carved out his own legendary rock persona.

    I bought Mighty Rearranger, Raising Sand, and Band Of Joy several years ago, but didn't listen much. To your point though, Harm's Swift Way is a cover that he made his own (in fact, I didn't realize it wasn't his own until I heard him interview about it).

    Well, thanks - that satisfies my curiosity. On the surface I thought, how does a riff master like Page not have at least as equal a solo career as the the other song writer in Zep.

    P.S. - what's with Peter Grant as Executive Producer on all the records? I thought he was the manager and the muscle. What kind of musical input was he responsible for? Or was it a ceremonial title?

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    I tend to dive into subjects headlong, devouring multiple biographies, interviews, first hand anecdotes from those lucky enough to have met the subject, and of course, all the music. It's hardly possible with the Dead, but with Robert Plant for instance, my m.o. is to buy every official studio and live release and go from there. HendrixFreak talked of his methods with bootlegs, board tapes, etc. There's a ton out there if you're willing to find it with just about every established artist.

    Robert Plant was able to reinvent himself commercially and stylistically with great success after the demise of Led Zeppelin. After the O2 show in 2007, I like many others (Jason Bonham included) was devastated that Plant would not resurrect the old warhorse for a proper tour.

    He has his reasons, not the least of which, being his own man and sticking it to Jimmy for any one of a thousand slights. When Led Zep formed, it was Page's baby, he having financed and produced the first album and then basically leasing it to Atlantic for an exorbitant sum, retaining all musical and artistic control and receiving an unheard of royalty rate and worldwide distribution. Plant was unsophisticated and raw, a brilliant putty in Jimmy's hands in the beginning.

    Peter Grant greatly aided and abetted in this scheme... Zeppelin were an incredibly decadent band of outlaws who pretty much owned the Seventies in every sense. It was not without it's mishaps and ugly scenes, hedonsim way out of control, but it was beautiful and magical and mighty as well as flawed, with an inherent dark side... and when it was over, all parties involved had to take a respite.

    Page half-assed it with The Firm, Coverdale/Page and his Outrider record; he really only touched on past glories trotting about the globe with Robert for those few Plant/Page tours. He was and always has been a Zeppelin man through and through, the one true love of his musical life. Without Robert Plant, it just wasn't the same for him.

    Plant on the other hand touched on numerous genres and succeeded brilliantly all across the board. His is a very fine voice, he's a very intelligent and gracious gentleman and he remains very hip. He has spoke of making "age appropriate" music, when one thinks of him during The Song Remains The Same at MSG, chest out and crotch thrust forward, wailing like a banshee, I suppose that was age appropriate at the time - but hardly so today. Along with emerging from Jimmy's shadow and that of Zeppelin, the man genuinely has a knack for inhabiting songs and making them his own with that inimitable voice and brilliant phrasing.

    I could go on... Page never had the heart to put his all into anything Robert wasn't involved in, musically. Plant skillfully navigated his solo career and has always paid homage to Led Zeppelin without being constrained by it.

    There are a number of Robert Plant solo albums that are absolutely brilliant that seemingly no one has heard of. Dreamland, Mighty ReArranger and Sixty Six to Timbuktu come to mind.

    My two cents.

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    Funny stuff

    Jim & Oroborous that was some funny stuff. I'm still smiling. My wife surely thinks I'm back on the sauce. I haven't heard that song since the days when I had to get up to change the channel.

    It's the Spectrum '73 for me at the moment. Had to throw a '73 Bird Song in the mix. Sounds close enough to Full Norman quality.

    P.S. I think I mentioned Uncle Gary here a couple times. He sent me The Orpheum 7/18/76 show from the radio broadcast. First time hearing it last week and it's wow....that would have been a good run to release as a box set. Hopefully we'll see this show released. Pretty sure DL said 7/18 was recorded on multitrack when DaP 18 came out. Jerry's soloing is off the wall.

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    ....she's the bees knees. Good addition to opening day in baseball land.

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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

The town crier's addendum:

Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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How many did you attend at Warfield?

Small theater. The word "intimate" comes to mind

That Space on 9 27 80...

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I went to 3 shows 9/27, 10/9, & 10/10 , ( the two acoustic sets that were released). The Warfield holds about 2,800 people, the Orpheum Theatre, which is right up the street, only holds 1,800 people. I believe Cousins of the, went to all the shows but one, he can correct me if I'm wrong.

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The 2nd Fire - 04/22/77 The Spectrum;
05/05/77 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum;
05/08/77 Barton Hall;
12/31/78 Winterland.
Just to name a few.

Enjoying DaP 37 to the fullest!

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42 years ago today I saw the Dead put on a killer show up in Oakland. I had low expectations for the show going in ,I was never a big fan of the Oakland Coliseum, but the Dead came out firing on all cylinders, they played a great show from start to finish. This show is a definite future Dave's pick. I like the Fire on the Mtn. from 12/31/77 or 12/31/78, but I like a lot of them.

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Hey Billy, I made it to 13 out of the 15; I think it's Nitecat who went to all but one(or maybe all). I had to skip a coupla' shows; going to bed at 2 and working the next day did not agree with me...I passed out right as I got out of the theater on 10/9, missed the next two nights(matter of fact, I think Nitecat and I drove together to the show that night)

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Tying together recent themes: my first love was 10-31-80 with the Space intro. This remains a favorite to this day.

Also love 11-24-78 with the way it rolls out of Ollin Arageed and into Sugar Mag. Jerry's cocaine croup adds soulful umph too.

Another fav is 8-16-91 Scarlet>Victim>Fire perhaps also due in part to unorthodox transitions (sensing a theme as I write this) but also due to the Brucy factor; bang those keys man!

Speaking of banging those keys, 11-26-82 had some vicious attacks by Brent that have always impressed me even as a young man first getting to know the material.

It's been in the single digits here in Memphis TN with more snowfall than we have had since 1985. Perhaps I should warm my bones by a Fire right now!

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2/18/71 anniversary tomorrow. Yee-haa!!

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3 10 81
11 1 79
6 22 86 (I have my reasons)
9 16 78

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Ok Jimbo I'll bite...I truly love this take on the very first (?) foray into Fire on the Mountain, albeit without the lyrics but the way it pops up here is totally awesome out of Eyes of the World. I'd love for this show to be officially released, you know I have a sweet spot for '76:

https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-28.sbd.digitalrbb.miller.112296.f…

-Seventy-Sixtus

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Since the DaP 37 Glass page doesn't have a comments section, I'll air out my thoughts here instead. After reading about people having no shipping tracking far past a week for their glass like I did, I thought we were back to where we were last year with the shipping blues. Fortunately, yesterday UPS updated to indicate that the package has been shipped and is now halfway between LA and SF. The ETA is this Friday so keeping my fingers crossed it comes ASAP. Much love everyone!

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Los Angeles & San Francisco
Highway 101, Paso Robles, near where James Dean crashed his Porsche and died young.

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....I know exactly who you are talking about Proudfoot w/o mentioning names.

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...if only...

EDIT: they come in threes right?

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Cousins, you are right, I went to all the Warfield shows on that run. Funny I don't recall going together to a show, but my memory about how I got to shows is a little hazy. I had a crazy schedule, work in the morning, school in the afternoon, show at night. I do recall nearly falling asleep on the long bus ride from SF State where I was attending classes, and wondering why I was doing this, and then realizing why when the first notes of the acoustic set began. I also remember getting busted for taping by Dan Healy, but that is another story.

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A total beast. If you dig the crackle and burn in the Mississippi > Franklin’s opener, then the rest of the show is for you. A great example at how GD can turn devastation into something spectacular. But unless Norman can perform some wizardry through a matrix, I don’t see it being an official release. The board is just too reined in- a show where I always listen to the Aud over the board.

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Celebrating the death of another human being is something beyond my comprehension.

That is all.

Flame away.

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Still really enjoying this release - spring 78 shows have such a cool & wild vibe to them. Really into this show and can see several repeat listens before it goes on the shelf for a while.

Someone mentioned the Warfield/Radio City run. Over the years many of us wished for a complete box set but that seems pretty unlikely. I loved the release from a couple years ago (10/9 and 10/10 acoustic sets). I would love to see another release from that run (maybe another 4-disc Dave's that features a full acoustic and electric set. My wish would be for 10/4 or 10/14).

Hope everyone is well -

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I know when loved ones and people who are respected die, we have a celebration of life. Not sure about RL. I'm not willing to say I'm happy anyone is dead(Karma!), but if you have not heard, or not recently heard "Tramp The Dirt Down" by Elvis Costello from his Spike album, it is in my opinion, the most vitriolic song I have ever heard(written for Margaret Thatcher). It's a stunning piece of work, and one of my all-time favorite Elvis songs. It's a must hear, the hatred drips from the speaker. And, he's not dead yet. If RL WAS a bigot, good riddance.

DAVEROCK-that 2005 show with Arthur Lee must have been when the Liverpool band Shack was his backing band. I have a live recording from that tour, great stuff. I wish I could have been there.

Music is the best!!

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"The way I see it, Barry, it is a very dynamite show"

Also recommended: 4 3 82

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and her sullen and aborted currents
breed tiny monsters
true sailing is dead

Awkward instant
and the first animal is jettisoned
legs furiously pumping
their stiff green gallop
and heads bob up
Poise
Delicate
Pause
Consent

In mute nostril agony
carefully refined
and sealed over

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Thank you Onesies,,,, I usually listen to cheery Elvis like "When I was Cruel #2" :-)

But I liked that one.

Some people should be dead and the sooner the better. Karma be fine, but some are just human pieces of shit and I do rejoice when they go. I'm not talking about killing anyone, but if they die, then the lord must have wanted them. (if you believe in such things) There are people in the world that ONLY care about themselves and will throw ANYONE to wolfs, hell they're bring the wolf. It's a cold thing, but there are those that deserve no sympathy AND they almost always bring it on themselves. You can say karma, but karma works both ways,,,, maybe this was karma catching up with them. Shame it doesn't catch up faster!

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I will say exactly what he said on 8/9/95 of Jerry Garcia: "Just another dead doper. And a dirt bag."

Edited to add the "dirt bag" part, because I wanted to make sure I had the quote right, forgot that part, the first part stuck in my head way back then.

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Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away.

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...."I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
Admitted to being hooked on opioids in 2003 while slamming Garcia as a dead doper as was posted here by alvarhanso.
Dude once said Michael J. Fox was faking his Parkinson's Disease. The list is long. Great man that RL.
edited for sarcasm.

Jim thanks, yes, Hamza El-din. I remember Mickey introducing him, but couldn't recapture his name. I saw two maybe three concerts with him joining Mickey and Bill, and perhaps with the rest of the band for a while. Monster sets, maybe someday released. The drums were thunder and lightning those shows. Thanks.

Yes, some of these performances with the Dead were released on Rockin the Cradle and RT1. 4. That RT release has really started to grow on me the last couple of years.

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Hell, yes-I hope it didn't look as if I was trying to pass it off as mine! Thanks for making it clearer.

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And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

50 years ago today……………….

February 18, 1971
Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY

Set 1: Bertha-Truckin'-It Hurts Me Too-Loser-Greatest Story Ever Told-Johnny B. Goode-Mama Tried-Hard To Handle-Dark Star>Wharf Rat>Dark Star>Me And My Uncle

Set 2: Casey Jones-Playing In The Band-Me And Bobby McGee-Candyman-Big Boss Man-Sugar Magnolia-St. Stephen>Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away-Uncle John's Band

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again---I think this is a bit overrated, and not close to the best of the Port Chester run. We can’t deny its historic significance, although the Dead themselves may not have viewed it as such at the time. One era ending, another about to begin, five fine new songs. The first great seismic shift of 1971…….

We should luxuriate in the subtle magnificence of the luminous Dark Star, and get down and greasy with the crackling crisp energy of Hard To Handle. Those two alone would make this certainly worth the price of admission……………..

Hail Port Chester!

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Mr Ones - you may know more about that Love show in 2005 than I do. The main buzz about the concert I saw, as I remember it, was the re-appearance of Johnny Echols alongside Arthur Lee.

Its always surprised me that although Love are listed as having played on the same bill as The Dead and The Allmans at the Fillmore East 2/11 - 2/14, you never read any reports as to how they played or went down. Not very well, presumably!

Right...as you were.

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Bertha, Jerry like are we here to play! You guy's are OAITW! hahaha

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who nailed it with the 'pleasure to read an obit' quote.

Thanks for that. Hypocrisy dies one by one.

Oh yeah, this is a music thread. Listened to 2-18-71 the other night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

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this is what happens when you preach hate your entire life. Lung cancer, what a way to go. I can see him now, gasping for breath, wishing he had done something else with his life instead of hating so many good people. Remember what he said about Jerry, so I will add to his obit, just another dead hateful republican.
Lots of great anniversaries of some great shows coming up soon. So much great Grateful Dead, so little time. Captcha, watch your parking meters.....

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Dave: A big thanks from snowy St. Charles, IL. This show is a great mood lifter when dealing with the snow/bitter cold in the Chicago burbs.
Vguy72, your Mark Twain obit quote was spot on. Have a Grateful day out there and stay safe.

You share my concerns.

I sent a PM to Skulltrip wishing him a Merry Christmas and have yet to here back. His response times are sometimes delayed, but never this long.

If anyone has been in contact with Skulltrip, please post.

I hope all is well with you my good man.

AJS

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The passing of RL reduces hate pollution by 50%. Fox News will remove the other 50%. Who knew that hate had such a receptive audience?

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Well, I never talk politics here, but besides saying who cares if Jerry is dead he was just a druggy, RL also said drug users should be "sent up river" even casual cannabis users. This while he was addicted to opioids.

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