Grateful Dead

Sorry for the griping, just feeling a little more salty about it seeing it takes 5 days to go from a shipping label's creation to going out the door in a professional shipping department. And I've had a few responses since the whole debacle with DaP 36 started, so that's left me hopeful that that avenue is still partially open.

But, as they say, we will get by, we will survive. Touch was my favorite part of DaP 36. Such an infectious song, and Jerry is really feeling it. That's one track where the matrix really enhances things. Oh, and I only know how it sounds because I bought one off ebay. Hoping for a digital copy of 37 to tide me over so I don't have to waste more money on multiple purchases.

What about that old raggedy thing along I-70 in Denver? Badger?
I think that it has been torn down.
I never rode it but drove past it many times driving between Stapleton/DIA and skiing.

Thanks for the input.
Hopefully the entire Louisville set2 will come out eventually. The Whole set probably wouldn’t have fit as filler on this release.

I hear you, but at least we are well past trading analog tapes when it might be 5-8 weeks before your new" stuff came in!

I was at all the first leg of the Spring '78 shows from VPI, 4/14, through Illinois State, 4/24/78. Most were very high quality with only one dud (Columbus, 4/19 . . . lotsa cops - it wasn't at Ohio State so the "off-campus" site may have been part of the neg vibe). For me, the highlight personally was Lexington, 4/21/78, which is my hometown and where I was in college at the time. In my view both then and today re-listening to them all from my old Bettys and AUDS, I agree that the clear stellar shows from the Spring Tour are what have been released via Dicks, Daves and Road Trips (no 78 in Download Series): Nashville, 4/22 and Illinois State, 4/24. The second leg Spring 78 is well-repped too with the 5/10, 11 shows in New Haven & Springfield. 1978 was just a weird year with, as we know now, the toll of opioids beginning to have more of a direct impact on Keith and Jerry . . . and the inconsistency, even within a single show, was apparent to Heads then and now - particularly after the sustained utter brilliance of nearly all of 1977. I remember lots of older Heads talking all during 1977 that the Dead were finally back from the retirement and playing at the high levels of 73-74.

My argument for Lexington over Pittsburgh as the bonus stuff.

The first set of Lex suffers some issues, though the stage-audience chatter was some of the best I've ever heard and the boys+girl kicked ass with a super latter segment of the first set that begins with Row Jimmy and ending with a rollicking MNS. The second set, however, . . . Lawdy, Lawdy!

I've always felt this set was worthy of release. Pittsburgh was quite good, but for my money, Lexington outshines with a very unusual "Stayin Alive" Jam at the end of Drumz, a rocking Trucking and perhaps the all-time killer Stella (which is why it appeared on the first Dead Box, So Many Roads). I asked David Gans at one of his shows why they picked the Lex version for the Box, he said (and this is a pretty direct quote) "I ran into some old Head in the late 80s who gave me the tape of the Lexington show, which I already had, and said 'Man, this is the best ever Stella. Play it on the GD Hour. Trust me.' So, when it came time to pick the cuts for the Box I remembered that encounter - we all listened to it several times, and agreed it deserved to be on the release." I've never heard the second encore US Blues on any tape, SDBD or AUD, but I can tell you it both rocked in a very raw, sloppy way AND was totally unexpected . . . particularly after the treat of Werewolves (the first encore, and only second time played - this was pre-internet, so if you weren't at the Columbus show the night before or didn't talk to anyone, then this would have been a mindblower since "werewolves" was a huge hit then on Warren Zevon's breakthrough album).

Pittsburgh was a very good show, but similar to Lexington in that it isn't from beginning to end so stellar as to deserve its own release and is lesser than Lex. Definite highlights, but nothing really to make it "special" for release . . . unlike Lexington with its stunning second set and double encore. Checkout the review of the show in Deadbase - its only one of two of the first leg Spring 78 shows reviewed (Springfield is the other).

So, cannot wait for my copy to get out of the Louisville Shipping Center Dungeon (a mere 78 miles from my house!) as I am most ready to dig on one great show and memory - and happy to hear from Dave's Seaside Chat that I shared the space with Bruce Hornsby. Wonder if we was near me and we shared a joint?

I've been using one for going on a year, burning and listening - it's called Rooful. Costs 23.99. I go through these things fast, but not this one.

How people in Europe are receiving this before I am in NY..sounds shitty to say.. Subscribed right off the bat this year too. I know I'll get it eventually..just sucks. No offense to our brethren across the pond. After a week of ups saying they had no info on the tracking, mine too finally updated. Still sitting in California. Says expected Monday the 8th...I guess I'm just not patient...🙃

I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good, but not too expensive, external disc drive. I just got a new laptop, and the darn thing doesn't have one! How will I burn my Dave's Picks (and the upcoming boxset) to my hard drive? Having one that can play DVDs/BluRays would be nice too.

I'm enjoying Dave's 21 right now on the big boy stereo, along with some Pick of the Day folks. This is one hell of a release... I think 2nd only to Dave's 5 in terms of 73 releases in the series so far, and that's saying something!

Thank you, and have a Grate night!

Peace

If it's any consolation (and I know it isn't)...

getting replies from anyone in "services" is truly hard. I have a couple professional emails out since last week that...crickets, but no cicadas...

"customer service" is a facade on the front of an empty room

truly, why are some people not receiving their orders? and why have "customer service" if nothing is going to be done?

an ancient SNL reference...Lily Tomlin is doing her operator shtick..."Whoops! we just lost Peoria!" "we're the phone company. we don't care; we don't have to"

some day, every Dave's subscriber will get their product on time, and we can say goodbye to the shipping blues.

According to UPS. Label was created 1/29/21 @ 10:25 am, allowing dead.net to put the status on my order as shipped. No email as yet. But UPS shows that it finally started its journey yesterday just before 5 pm, and will take another week to traverse the states, unless it happens to end up in Warrendale, PA, where my mail has been going to hang out for 5-10 days since December. Still no DaP 36, and at least no movement on the extra 37 and glass and shirt. If those a la carte purchases had shipped out before the subscriptions I'd be pretty pissed given the supposed change in shipping subscriptions first. I sub'd on 10/26/20, and tomorrow marks a week after release date, so I'd like to see that change actually be implemented, so far, the rollout has not achieved the goal. And I'd like my DaP 36 as well. And a response to my most recent email would be nice. But I guess I'm just a fool for expecting better at this point.