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  • #1231
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    DV - JeffSmith's post below will get you to my old scribblings, take a closer look.

    I camped both '87 and '88. Minimal gear. Lawn tickets '80, '82, '85. Had mail order pavilion tickets '87 but seats for first 2 nights were worthless, way down low and literally on the outside, no sight line, poor sound, so we were up on the lawn, which was just perfectly fine. Never knew anybody who drew any of the true front of stage seats. Seats I had last night '88 were best by far, aisle slightly to outside of Jerry side 5 or 6 rows up.

    There are relatively new ultramix uploads for Alpine '88. Healy was definitely f*cking with the sound every night at Alpine, panning the board feed from side to side, wasn't just 6/23. sbds still conspicuously missing for Met, Buckeye, and Pittsburgh from what I see on relisten. Like I said, really enjoyed going back to 6/20 for what was essentially the first time in all these years.

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    Nice story Bluecrow

    I’ll have to check if I have the newest versions of those shows, if not I’ll get them.

    My only time to Alpine was my second show, 7-17-89. Was on the lawn. Very cool place. Camped at Bong.

    Tinley Park the next year wasn’t as cool. And instead of clogging up a two-lane road in a small town the Deadheads brought I-80 to a complete stop the first day (don’t know about the following days because we came in the back way those days). The small parking lots of Tinley Park filled up early and since the venue was close to the highway people double parked on each side of the highway and walked to the venue. I know someone who did it and he said his car was still there after the show, didn’t get towed. We were on an overpass looking down at the mayhem on the highway. We got to the venue and a cop told us to pull onto the side of the road and park there.
    We camped at Kankakee State Park and drove up I-55, then came in the back way. And came early so we could get in the lot before it filled up.

    Made it to all 9 Soldier Field shows, on the floor for 7, with rows 13 and 25 the closest, both Jerry side.
    I liked Soldier Field because it could absorb the masses, that parking lot was huge, with a big Shakedown Street.
    Was back in 2015 for all 3 FTW shows and that place had really changed. The parking lot was gone and a space ship had landed on top of the coliseum.

    Been working my way through a lot of torrent files lately:
    GD 1982-03-14 139382.sbd.miller.chastain.waddell (playing now)
    GD 1976-07-18 pre-FM.remaster.miller (cool Let It Grow)
    GD 1982-03-13 set 2 112858.sbd.digitalrbb.miller
    GD 1972-03-22 136682.sbd.sirmick
    GD 1972-03-21 136670.sbd.sirmick
    GD 1982-04-17 set 2 141100.sbd.dalton.miller.clugston
    GD 1972-07-22 updated.betty.pcm.composite.dalton.miller.clugston (rough in spots, I can see why only a portion of the show was released)
    GD 1976-07-12 150658.cm.cass.miller
    GD 1973-02-22 Fries remaster of 111169
    GD 1973-02-09 Fries remaster of 150166 (distortion on Casey Jones)

    I’ll get Alpine 88 onto my music player soon.

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    Hey Bluecrow, in fours years of going to see the Dead at Alpine 86-89, I never made it into the Pavilion. We were always in the lawn, which was still a great unbelievable time. Yes. OB, the scene definitely changed after In the Dark, and the fact we could stay on the grounds the whole time. Love Wisconsin. As other spots across the country it was huge party scene.

    Yes, the heat was something else. And the shows were so much fun. A true experience. Where did you stay Bluecrow?

    Where can we find your write up from Gans BC?

    I think there are some newer transfers of these shows from Miller via Pearson.

    I will have to check these out at some point.

    Oh and enjoyed the 3/30/88 OB, recording was good, always enjoy a Hey Pocky Way, West LA Fadeaway, Big Railroad Blues, Nice second set, from the Shakedown opener to the BMR. Great show. Thanks.

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    A gift lost will soon be recovered

    Words to take to heart.

    Thank you for tracking that down Jeff! A few years before I became Bluecrow here.

    Who knows where the time goes.

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    Hey Bluecrow, I think maybe this the Grateful Dead Hour show you were featured in? Nice! Thanks!

    dead dot net/features/grateful-dead-hour-no-555

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    I streamed rest of 6/20 - really really enjoyed it. Big fat old Terrapin > Drumz > Other One at the heart of it. The Other One probably bent a few brains, including mine, back then.

    Yes Oro, it was miserably hot and I didn't manage heat well back then (that came when I moved out to the southwest.) Buckeye more of the same. I think Maine was a huge relief for the band and any heads that did the full tour. 7/2 probably show of the tour except for the things that made 6/23 special.

    6/23 needs to be understood in context of 6/22 and all that heat. "A gift lost will be recovered." I wrote up my recollections and Gans posted it as part of a gdHour years ago. I'll see if I can find it. Blackbird>Brokedown was a truly remarkable musical gift to cap that night and that run. Totally off the cuff move. It was a thank you from the band and a blessing. Not so much bragging rights but just the feeling of how lucky we were to be there.

    Alpine '89 was what it was musically because of Alpine '88.

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    and there were shows, and there were shows between.
    Like this lil nugget (3/30/88)!
    Really enjoyed this. Great opening trifecta, couple different era songs for variety, nice Cassidy. We get a Shakedown, fun inverted Uncle J/PITD/Uncle J, and a nice post drums sequence to ramp up the vibe!
    Love to check out these shows that fall between/around official ones!

    Enjoyed it so much I hit 4/3/88 for extra credit. Jers starting to get the dreaded spring north east tour bronchitis, but not the whole show? Next night I recall he sounds worse? Decent show, but I dug 3/30 more.

    So then I through on Dicks 30 while doing some chores, but didn’t get to the second set, though I did catch the fun BD bonus stuff from 3/25. So not a DHB but a grateful day none the less!

    Summer 88, sighhhh.
    Was all stoked, armed and ready for the last six of tour, until I broke my ankle…
    87 Alpine was such a hot shit show as it’s rep had blown up and like all good places it seemed to get too big? So we figured Maine would be the laid back alternative to freak freely and it surely was! When we got to Buckeye the general consensus was that besides the Blackbird bragging rights, folks were writing the whole scene off as miserably hot, too many people, and the band didn’t play that great overall?
    I don’t know, I wasn’t their, that’s just the vibe we were getting.
    I do know that Buckeye seemed like more of the same though I thought they played decent. Over tge years I’ve really come to enjoy this show, the first set with early Bruce encounters etc, and the three new songs to open the second was cool. But being at that venue in those conditions on crutches and still pretty sore even with enough analgesics for a platoon, it was a ruff day. Pittsburg was a god send comparatively, with no adventures through the countryside and seats to keep off the leg. Don’t recall much of that one cept maybe a good Cumberland and the first of only 2 Start your Engines, which we liked.
    We’ll long/short I’d had an unfortunate incident involving ambulance and hospital before the tour started that time has led me to believe was related to excessive acetaminophen in the analgesics? So had to skip Toga, gulp, yep, that one still really hurts, but had to go back to hospital for upper GI and testing. One of the few shows I had a ticket fir but had to get rid of : (
    Crotchfester was a good show, and nice flat soft baseball lawn which combined with a week or so of healing made things more fun and less hassle. Another very crowded show and a really muggy day.
    So when we got to Maine the night before and it snowed it was quite the change lol.
    Maine was a blast all the way around. Things came together and a good time was had by all, though the long slog home on the fourth after all those shows etc was ruff and rememberer it felt weird not seeing then on the fourth.

    So since I’ve never heard any of the 88 Alpines (that I remember), figure I’ll fire up 6/23/88 in BC and DVs honor!
    ONWARD,

    PS: yeah BC those Hampton shows truly were mind blowing. 3/27/88 is definitely one of the best shows I was fortunate to be at, though 3/26 was the only show I went to that I didn’t get in…
    Sometimes you eat the Baaarr, sometimes the baaarrr eats you ; )

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    Yep, I was there too DV. So I have a fair amount of memories about these shows. Some of its already out there. One of the most powerful Dead concert moments was the Morning Dew last night of the run (6/23). that, and the Believe it or Not earlier in the set. But some aspects of this run were a struggle. Damn was it hot. did Buckeye and Pittsburgh afterwards. my last Midwest shows until 7/8 and 7/9/95 at Soldier Field.

    Without a doubt one weird thing going back to the tapes is that Healy seemingly recorded the entire run with strong panning across the sound stage. I have never heard anything like it on any other SBD. Question came up on the GD Hour many years ago regarding the panning on the SBD source for 6/23. At the time I had never gone back to listen to the other nights, but 6/23 tape I knew very well. I replied that I thought maybe the panning was a one-off and gave the context. But no, It's there 1st night 6/19. and it's on the Jam of the Week first set 6/20. "Sort of" cool in some ways and sort of a big WTF was going on with that guy. Just odd stuff. Truly.

    I had 2 mail order pavilion seats each night. sold the other to a friend who in the end only made the last night. 6/20 was near soundboard to left. Great sound. "kids" next to me proceeded to stub in 20+ of their friends on what were like 4 seats worth of tickets - completely freaking rude, asinine, and ridiculous - literally forcing myself and others out of our legit seats as more and more of them got ticketed in. I was already overheated by Day 2 and not very tolerant of that thoughtlessness. sort of still pisses me off, though I write that with something of a dream time memory smile on a beautiful rainy morning here in the high desert some 30+ years later. at set break I was wandering the lawn and ran into some other folks i knew from OH (school/home at the time) and when Set II rolled in I was like F*** the pavilion I'm hanging up here, and we danced our asses off upper hill right end. It was great. Super fun. Remember an awesome Terrapin. I'm not sure if I have ever heard 6/20 since, maybe once. listened to JOTW 1st set last night and now again listening this morning. It's a great 1st set. I'm like, Box of Rain song 2??!! Band is on. Guessing Dave will feed us the whole show JOTW but probably will stream the whole show today.

    Academy of Music 3/26/72 DaP 14 - great to hear that one again (has been very much neglected in this household.) Thanks Daverock!

    Will have to check out 3/30/88. Was at Hampton right before this and that was some mind blowing music.

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    Interesting Dave had the Alpine 88 shows as well as the 88 Met Center show in the Tapers compendium. To be honest, I don't look at that to much.

    I was at these shows as a wild eyed 17 year old. Great times. The Alpine shows were 4 shows in five days in the hot sun. We had a crazy drought that summer. Our crew rented RVs for those shows and we were able to camp at Alpine. Crazy times.
    I am hoping someday we get the Alpine box set 87-89, would be a fun ride.

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    New in Jam-o-Week: 6-20-88 Alpine Valley.
    Most days I only have time for a taste so Jam and Taper's fit the bill.
    Already curated by Dave so you know it will have something tasty.
    So often it gets me to try eras and tours I'm not as familiar with like last week's two from 6-11-92 (Jam) and 6-12-92 (Taper's) from Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY. Both very tasty which I rarely expect from the later era. It all just depends on whether they're ON that night no matter what era. Like this week's Taper's 6-17-88 selection from Bloomington, MN was NOT ON. Didn't help that I didn't care for the setlist. But I always learn something so thanks Dave L. and POTDWD crew.
    Cheers and onward through the fog, literally this morning in W. Colo.

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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 The Good Ole G… on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 14:37

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Wow!

I can't believe all those never-before-heard-of shows have been returned to the Vault.

The Days Between are going to blow all our minds.

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

You're good people too Bolo.

Now give us a good clue!

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 15:09

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5-12 has been playing in my car.
Some good stuff.
I bet Jim loves that Peggy-O.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 15:15

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Didn’t do 3-17, but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard it before.
I was at Omni 93, got two Lazy River Roads.
I did run to the bathroom towards the end of Drums the second night and it must have been really hot in there because as I was taking a pee the tiles on the wall in front of my face started melting....
Then had to squeeze through a mass of people in the lobby/concession area who were all saying wah wah wah....
It was very soothing and calming to make it back to my seat and listen to Space.

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 15:32

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Hilarious!
Best laugh all day.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 15:43

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Space can put people over the top sometimes.
For me it was where I needed to be.
Seemed normal.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 15:45

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.....nice! I have a few. Once, I got so saucer-eyed, that i feared i couldn't make it to the bathroom by myself, so a friend led me by me holding onto his belt loop. That was the show where I mixed acid and ecstasy if I'm not mistaken. I'm pretty sure I'm not.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 16:02

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....yup. Don't do nitrous standing on pavement boys and girls. I still have a scar as a souvenir. Irvine Meadows. 4.30.89.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 17:41

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It's been a while since I listened to 5/12. I will have to check it out. Maybe when things slow down we can add it to the deck.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 22:35

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Thanks for the pick Bluecrow. Nice sounding recording. Definitely a different vibe in 1993. Lazy River Road is great.
Not the rocking Wang Dang Doodle of say 1990.
When you are the greatest touring band of all time, you wonder what Phil, Bob and the rest of the crew thought of the last few years?
I used to read a lot of books about the Dead in the 80s. Might be time to look into some more recent offerings. One thing for sure, Bob loved to tour.
Would love to have the opportunity to See Dead and Co soon.

Would also love to see some Shoreline shows released. They always seemed to play nice and loose there.

Everybody hang loose.

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Submitted by bluecrow on Fri, 03/05/2021 - 08:09

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Glad folks enjoyed this. The Handsome Cabin Boy Jam > Other One > Days Between sequence is so emotionally powerful for me, really unlike anything else in the Dead canon in how it resonates. Jerry sliding into the Midi tones during Handsome Cabin Boy is so over the top dreamlike beautiful. And then that Days Between . . . . All of this a portal into a fantastical world.

Weekend incoming. On the road today. Be safe. Onward!

First, Alaska is fine with me.

Next, tales from golden nitrous canister:

One day in either the late 80's or the early 90's.. we found ourselves waking up early to climb the Middle Teton in Jackson Hole. It's really more of a hard core hike, no roped climbing, but with over 6,000 feet of vertical from the car to the top, planning to go up and down in a single day.. it was a big-en, much of it meandering up and down talus slopes which can and did munch up our footwear, my shoes were shredded by the end of the day.

Anyway.. and I'm pretty sure this part was my idea.. we decided to bring some party favors for the summit, which included a healthy number of those little nitrous canisters and one of those little balloon screw on thingies. So there were were at just under 13,000 feet having been pretty close to sea level just days earlier giddy with nitrous running through our veins huddled in some contrived stance to escape the wind and ice pellets that were pelting us in the face procrastinating the long hike (slide) down. Now Nitrous can have a wicked effect at these altitudes, it was all we could do to not fall off the mountain.. but it was a giddy high time full of laughter and stories that I will never forget. Somewhere there are pictures commemorating the event (which proved difficult to explain when my parents got a hold of the pics). We left at 4:30 in the morning and got back to the car well after dark to a car with a dead battery. Thank god it was a stick shift so we could push start it. What a grand adventure that was. At one point well into the afternoon still climbing up.. someone asked our fearless leader how much further, his reply.. I'm not sure. Both the other times we did this we all took acid. We knew we were in for a long day.

Believe it or not, this tale ties neatly into everyone's favorite fun band.. we were on a cross country climbing trip that culminated with a successful attempt at Devil's Tower and we had an off day in the Tetons with nothing planned. Climbing the Grand Teton was a bit more than we had in us so we were going to play it by ear and do something not quite so difficult.

One of my previous college roommates was rumored to be living in Jackson Hole and I really wanted to hook up with him, so I tried to look him up in the phone book to no avail.. (remember public phones when they used to have these thick phone books wired to the booth). So we got in the night before were were just walking around town checking things out. There was this bar and grilled called the Mangey Moose.. so we stroll by thinking to grab a beer or whatever and we hear the unmistakable sound of a Dead cover band, so we immediately head in. After about a half hour this guy grabs me on the shoulder, my old roommate.. and he puts us all up in the house he was renting (floor and sofa space), takes off the next day and was our tour guide for the hike.

Just a small detour on a side street and we are back to talking about everyone's favorite fun band, the Grateful Dead. What a small world where you can run into someone you used to be close to but have not contacted in years and randomly run into him 2,000 miles away from home. I bet many of us have similar stories.. we are everywhere!

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A little Alaska in 1980 sounds good. Let's do it Vguy.

Good stuff Jim. Hopefully, soon we can all get back to living and making more good stories.

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Fri, 03/05/2021 - 11:35

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What has three legs and an asshole on top?

Either one of those drum stools behind me.

Hahaha.. Good one Bob.

Happy Friday!

PS - Nothing personal drummers, Bob said it.

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It was in this behind the scenes video that Justin Kreutzman shot during The Dead rehearsals.

That Weir, he's funny!

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Man I haven’t been hit with the ole GD tractor Beam/third eye in ???...
This last Dave’s: The BFF Phil show, was similar in that I had no expectations and for whatever reason I really clicked with it. But this is on a different level...
It’s so funny since I wrote 93 off years ago because of, ...well, basically too lazy and closed minded! I saw only one show 6/13/93, that I thought was perhaps the worse show I’d seen (it wasn’t!) 28 years later, arm chair psychologist I’d say life was changing as it will do, and I needed justification for letting go of such an important/prominent part of my life for so long?
Well fug all that now as hopefully we’ve been able to lose that dogma and go furthur!
Also think being much older now, the more relaxed feel that was often the MO of the last era, is now a plus, whereas then only in my thirties, I was accustomed to the more balls to the walls 80s energy, ya know “too much of everything is just enough”, and thus often felt non plussed? Or, more precise: my perception/reference has changed with age...

And 93 seems to be a good example, as I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the shows I’ve heard recently, especially this one! From the sweet Shakedown opener, nice Wang Dang, sure not 83 bad ass, but still fine and not just the same old, same old Bob tunes. A nice Lazy River, which makes me think to our recent plunge into the Port Chester run that made me realize how when they were breaking out new tunes over the years, the JG ones always seemed more together and gelled quicker than Bobs...lol
Desolation was/is always a top Dylan or Dead song for me. Though perhaps it lacks the verve of an 89 version, it’s still fine. Decent Ramble On, and then to me, a huge energy drop with Eternity, Still sorta on the fence with this one? Guess I haven’t spent enough time with it yet? Wonder if it would resonate better if it didn’t plod so much? Guess that’s what I remember NOT liking about late era shows; the plodding sometimes...(one thing I don’t like about D&C sometimes)
But it’s played ok, and followed by a decent set closing Liberty...
Picasso Moon, for the rocking second set opener. Not sure I ever fully grasped the lyrics to this one, but always liked the flavor and energy. Dig any tunes that let JG rip!
Crazy Fingers, always a personal favorite, even if not always tight. Perhaps the fragility/delicateness of it makes it prone to occasional turbulence? Perhaps just a litmus test for how together JG and/or the band was on any given occasion? But JG seems on tonight and we get a nice sequence thru Playing and eventually a short but Sweet Dark Star. This devolves nicely into another of those lysergic 90s Drumzzz, with perhaps the biggest surprise (for me) of the final of only 3 ever 2 Soldiers Jam. Like BC said this whole sequence through TOO and sliding into a sweet Days Between is an emotional playground that only the GD could provide.
This song resonated with me from day one, another instint Hunter/Garcia masterpiece, and though not perfect, another great rendition that once again got this old Sod all choked up!
NOTE: I also thought “Cabin Boy” in the jam, but was so intrigued I looked it up in Deadbase 10&50 which listed it as the 2 Soldiers jam, which upon further review makes sense. Performed only twice before on 9/22/87 and 9/12/90.
After a decent Good Lovin’ another big Smile/wow moment with LSD, no not that ; )
Now I knew it was coming, but since I’m not sure I’ve heard them do it before, (ok, good part of being old/forgetful, I can enjoy movies and shit like I’ve never seen/heard before lol.), really dug it! So Cool, now really bummed I didn’t get to see it : (
Perhaps that was part of why I became disillusioned in the later years; I was hearing about then playing Dark Stars, and Here Comes SS, and Lucy etc, and after many years of lucking out, all I was getting were what seemed like endless; Sambas, Eternity’s, and harumph, Loooonnngggg, Waaaaaayyyys, wasn’t big on Corina then either. But as I say, thankfully I’m more open to MOST of that now (Sorry Vince...)
So yeah, after over forty years it’s still nice to get shown the light....! And THAT, to me, is the beauty of this board. To go where not many have gone before, AND find the Golden Yummies!!
Mission accomplished!
So big THANKS (again ; ) to Bluecrow!

Not sure I’ll get to Alaska today? (but another curiosity that hasn’t been sniffed yet)... Lovey’s home so we’re listening to “other” stuff, like some L.S.D. inspired Beatles! No not that! ; )
Until next time me amigos!

Man, they should've always played Mid-Set Let It Grows.

Just now working my way through 6/20/80.

Been awhile.

I took a detour yesterday and did a lil memory refresh with Terrapin > PITB > D > S > Truckin' > Stella from 6/21/80 and it hit the spot! Dig that. Feel like the Stella was really giving me the feels.

Might have to go through that again :)

PS - Check out JOTW if you haven't already, it's got a nice little bit of uncirculating filler from 9/6/69 of Casey Jones & ITMH which is worth a listen.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 03/06/2021 - 10:50

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imagine that lol.
Seeing 8/5/79, 6/29/80, 6/21/80, 8/3/82, and 6/26/73,....
Lovey’s at work next two days and I got a house to clean so I’m thinking I’m going all in on the Alaska run; 19, 20, 21.
Though that 82 will need attention at some point. 8/5/79: isn’t that Tigers 2nd show? Always up for some good 79 too.
Not quite ready for early 7os yet...want to leave room for more of Docs 71 pics...
Yeah...Alaska it is for this camper.
ONWARD

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sat, 03/06/2021 - 11:08

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If you get confused just listen to the music play.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sat, 03/06/2021 - 13:01

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Great shows and will have to continue on with these.

Love these early versions of Easy to Love You. Why did this one disappear until 1990?

June box release?

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 08:13

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1980 in the house.

Didn't do 6/19 but enjoyed 6/20 & 6/21.

Anybody else digging that Stella Blue on 6/21/80?

So, lil gas for the fire... you all still thinking we're getting a 1980 box?

And.. who's got an epic pick for the day?

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 08:38

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Thanks for ending the drought GOGD.

2021 Box Set, yes still think we will be seeing the last five shows of 1980 from the Oakland Arena. Starting on December 26 and ending on December 31. Looks like they had one night off in there and the last night they started with an acoustic set.

Still working my way through these Alaska shows but can be diverted with a good pick.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 09:06

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Musta been that sweet Alaska bud cause 19s fine and 20s even better. Seemed to come hot right outta the gate on the 20th. Digging the unusual song positions. Still have 21 to do today, but good day for a double header...
That 8/3/82 BC was sportin’ could be good, or is that too much eighties? Personally I’m kinda liking the early 70s fast, which is good because I’m sure we’ll want to hit some of Docs 71 pics along the way...
80 box...well there was that hint...

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 09:13

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The Drought Ender!

12/26 - 12/31/80 huh?
You thinking any video with that?
There's video of 12/30/80, exported the SBD Audio as only Audience circulates.
(Oops, forgot about Tobin MTX which is good, props!)

Interesting.

I'm thinking of 3/30/94 today, last Dark Star, little nod to Dan Healy's leaving the band in '94.
Don't think Dan was FOH by this time, last show 3/6? To lazy to confirm.
But... I already listened to 3/5 & 3/6 and 3/30 looks kinda dope and it's sounding kinda cool too.
So, shall we go?

EDIT: Or what OB said.. took me awhile to be so wordy ;)

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 09:54

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That 1982 show looks interesting. Let's do it. 8/3/82.

Not sure about video in the box, but would love it!

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 09:55

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...Looks like another good place to dip a big toe in the milk of 90s kindness!
Yeah Healys last was 6/6/94...was just reading “Healys last words” from the day before, but don’t think there’s any clues there.
Definitely seems like a “ more to the story” story, than the 2 usual themes: he messed with Bobs mix too much and/or he was giving too many DAT patches etc...probably some of that, substance issues, AND being on the road constantly with the same folks for 25 years can often lead to irreparable internal strife...wish I had more time to pull out the books.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 09:57

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or not...OR, how bout we take today and tomorrow and finish Alaska, 8/3/82, and 6/30/94 in what ever order and report back tomorrow, and get a fresh pick for Tuesday?

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 10:25

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This 3/30/94 space is trippy!

Yeah, I'm down.
I know the 2nd half of S2 8/3/82 rips, so down to revisit that bad boy.
Mid-Set Let It Grow, was just talking about those...
Funny I was just talking to a homey about 8/6/82 as well.
Coincidence or the universe?!?!

Healy's last words, great interview!
It's a cool vision into Healy's mind, which is deep if you ask me.
The guys that did that interview have a radio show Dead Air, and I think they're revisiting those final Healy shows tonight.
Hopefully they'll talk about what it was like to conduct that interview 27 years ago.
I'm excited to hear the show, and yes.. I'm a geek.

Alright, got some listening to do.
Listening and collecting.
Collecting and listening.

PS - speaking of Stella's check out the 3/30/94 version.. Oh Jer!

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 11:56

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:)))

4 18 86 never heard it
4/19 on cassette
4/21 on cassette but lost methinks
4/22 on disc here at Golden Gardens at Puget Sound

I highly recommend 4/22/86

Addendum
Until they start thriwinsteins

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 03/07/2021 - 12:00

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First RCMH

Decent

No pick, or are posts not showing up?

I’m throwing one out there then, and today is not the anniversary.

3-9-81

Good sounding recording, and I think it’s on the list from years ago that Dave showed when announcing the DaP series, or in an interview. So it must be in the vault.

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Submitted by The Good Ole G… on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 07:12

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Got side tracked yesterday, and didn't get a chance to check out 3/9/81.

Lotsa upgrades and new sources dropping in the Grateful Dead-iverse.

This band that stopped in '95 is constantly still generating music from it's remarkable 30 years.

Speaking of... I'm ready to hear about an official release!

When's that gonna happen? Who's got the scoop?

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 07:22

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Took a couple days off myself. So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.

Any picks yet today?

Random question, I was running errands over the weekend and heard this D&C Help/Slipknot!/Eyes of the World that I want to hear again.. any ideas? While on the subject, there's a lot of pushback regarding D&C. I have one add.. instead of comparing John to Jerry or critiquing John, be careful not to take your ears off Jeff and Oteil. These guys are the real deal and the whole is greater than sum of the parts. Especially in songs like Eyes, Comes a Time, etc.

Anyway.. as you were.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 03/09/2021 - 07:32

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Jeff and Oteil are the real deal.

Recall that in a Shakedown Stream interview Jeff said that he was a jazz musician that didn’t know any GD songs. He did a good job learning them.

And Oteil has plenty experience from being in ARU and ABB.
Check out Oteil singing Comes A Time and World To Give.

And John isn’t Jerry, he’s John playing GD songs. And he’s pretty good, but not a Jerry replacement. Nobody can be a Jerry replacement.