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    "When it came to 1973 Dead, I was always drawn to the big second-set jams, 'Dark Star' or 'The Other One,' and all of the places those songs could go that year. One week during my initial stint with the Dead, Dick was spending a lot of time listening to 9/8/73, and he could not stop raving about it. He was very intent on pointing out that despite the absence of the 'Big Two' from 1973, every song, every solo, every moment was out-of-this-world excellent. He played me the first set, giving a play-by-play of each song and what made it special. In those listening sessions, Dick taught me a lot about how to listen critically and objectively. Of course, the subjective self always creeps in, those moments when you whoop and holler at how good a performance is, but that objective listening is critical. After many days of listening, Dick moved to other eras, as was his wont, since he carried the responsibility of selecting the best Dead shows from all eras to represent the Dead’s recorded legacy. But he made it clear and inarguable that he felt 9/8/73 was one of the best-played shows from one of the Dead’s best years." - David Lemieux

    Despite the gloriously blustering artwork above, the forecast for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 38: NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY, 9/8/73 is blazing hot! With a double endorsement from archivists Dick Latvala and David Lemieux, you know it's a MUST HAVE. This one's got inspired playing from start to finish, with soon-to-be-minted Wake Of The Flood classics, a first-ever "Weather Report Suite," Keith polishing his chops on "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away," Jerry tapping into era-defining sound with his Wolf guitar, and we'd be remiss if we didn't mention Bob's exquisite playing too.

    Among our 2021 Dave's Picks subscribers? The subscribers-only bonus disc featuring nearly an hour and a half from 9/7/73 is coming your way too. (P.S. there's 35 minutes of 9/7/73 on Dave's Picks Vol. 38, to boot)

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 38: NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY, 9/8/73 was recorded by Kidd Candelaro and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    Didn't subscribe? You'll want to jump on this one now as it is guaranteed to sell out.

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    I believe it’s 11:41 into the S&R seaside chat, he states besides S&R and DaP’s, there will be three other things, what ever that means...
    Getting plowed, THEN getting stoned; see Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy about pissing in the wind lol.

  • Gary Farseer
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    Thanks for the kind words!

    Be Kind, Rewind.

  • proudfoot
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    makes me desire a 69 box

    Hmm...

  • DeadVikes
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    Man, good to see you made it through all those issues! Yes, the roll over is a must in those situations. Stay well out there.

  • Gary Farseer
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    Hey was it you that posted the talk of the box set seaside chat, and their being 3 releases. I have gone back thru but cant find that post. Any way you could re-post.

    I am going to find the time to listen to Buckeye 88. The problem was not so much the show itself but all that went on around it. I know I haven't listened to it since 1991 or so. Dang 30 trips around the sun. Still one of my favorite memories is that Stranger...just such a great line of site. Will post more detail when soon.

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    Seems to me it's Chemistry

    Dave Rock: Even as I get older, I enjoy a few, of many things. Alcohol is now a chemical formula for me. As you stated, with age you figure this stuff out. When I was 15 (1970's) my folks went out of town and left my older brother in charge. He immediately went to the liquor store. I ended up drinking an entire 5th of Vodka in 30 minutes. You know, dang this feels great, have another, and another. Should have died. A group a friends showed up for a party, Friday night 6 o'clock. That was about 20 minutes into it. I remember a couple of them saying let's head to your room and burn one. I remember falling to my knees laughing my ass off. Went to my room. A friend, one I have written about before, some might remember, he was the bass player in the band Brother Cane. He is a true wild freak. He begins rolling a couple as I fall into my brand new stereo cabinet ripping the glass door off. Had the door on maybe a week. Still have the cabinet no door. They ended up laying me on the bed. A few minutes later I pull a John Bonham, on my back vomiting a foot or two into the air. Now thanks to freaky Glenn, who did not weird out, he had the smarts to roll me over to my side. The next morning I was still horrible, had to call into work "sick." Absolutely. Trail of vomit to the bathroom as my brother hauled me off the bed to the toilet. Good Times. Anyway its all chemistry or proper cocktail mixology now. I almost always mix a pitcher up and drink it only, always stop there knowing there is still a lot of alcohol to process. Makes life much more livable.

    I am a little like Elvis, uppers in the morning (coffee) and downers at night (light medication). Everything in moderation and finding the sweet spot.

    As for me, last blood pressure reading at docs office was 150 over 55, so pretty good there. Unfortunately I am working on update for annual physical tomorrow. Some might remember I had my appendix rupture in late 2016 and should have died, kind of like the alcohol poisoning, so updating medical issues is a pain. I am a dog person but in real life I am like a cat, as I have had 8 instances in which I should have passed away. Another one was surviving a horrific F-5 tornado, blew thru a red traffic light which 30 seconds later the whole intersection and all around was gone and dead. In many ways, I am Grateful Dead!

    Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner - Proudfoot, you remember the b side to Bohemian Rhapsody. Great memory.

    Jim, yeah I saw GD at the Crap Center as you call it in 87 & 88. A lot of great memories, of course one being an intact frontal lobe.

    I always want to to say thanks for all the posting, it does help this old boy enjoy his 9th life!

  • proudfoot
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    12 8 73: virgin listen

    Very interesting show

    December 1973

    12 2
    12 6
    12 8
    12 12
    12 18
    12 19

    Ja, gerne

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    It’s like my mother used to say: if everybody is jumping off a cliff, then there’s probably a good reason, and you should do it, too. So I might as well might as well make my own box set prediction.

    Mind you, if it was up to me, they would just release everything prior to the haitus. A giant box for each year would be nice. Or at least just put out a Complete 1973 set, please. But I’m thinking they probably feel some responsibility to represent different eras, and I’m sure they have to think about What Will Sell. Since we’ve recently had boxes from ’73-’74 and ’76 (neither of which was sold all that quickly, for some reason) I’m thinking the next box will not be from the ‘70s. The pickings being relatively slim from the ‘60s (because shows were shorter, recordings often poorer, repertoire relatively repetitive) and the ‘90s (because, you know), I think we’re probably looking at the ‘80s, folks. A Berkeley Greek box would be a great way to further document that era, and some of those shows were epic. (Or so they seemed, anyway!) So I’m going Greek, baby.

    Thinking of those Greek shows reminds me of the differences between east coast and west coast Deadheads. I’m a California guy, but I have to admit: those east coast heads really bring the energy! I grew up thinking that the Dead were kind of a Bay Area thing, a band with a huge local following but not much beyond that. Then I went to college, and for the first time I started meeting people from the east coast, including a bunch of rabid NY heads. Those guys were nuts! Now, at that time, if you lived in the Bay Area, there would be dozens of opportunities every year to see the Dead or one of the side projects. Dozens. So going to see ‘em would be like, “hey man, Garcia’s playing at the Keystone, you wanna head over?” Or "hey man, you going to any of the Greek shows?" And maybe you’d go, maybe not, because you’d have another chance next week. But with the NYC guys it was “HOLY FUCKING SHIT GARCIA’S PLAYING WE GOTTA GO MAAAN!” Gotta respect that.

    Regarding Dock Ellis: a friend of mind did what I think was the first interview with him devoted to the LSD no hitter. He was working for public radio at the time, and he and some co-workers taped it, knowing there was probably no way the story would ever aired. But their interview became the audio for a short animated film. It’s cool.

    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dock+ellis+and+the+lsd+no+no&docid…

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    Yup. Dogs are the best.

    She is a lot of fun. It was hilarious the first time we dressed her up in that mane and took her around the neighborhood. The kids (and some of the parents) thought it was a baby lion.

    No love for me though. She is completely attached to my wife. No wonder. The UPS truck arrives daily with gifts for the dog.

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    Stoltzie/Dennis/$$$ boxes, Etc.

    Proudfoot-Your "alternate facts" title of the Queen song cracked me up

    Dennis-We must be brothers from other mothers, because when I went to Record Store Days a few years back, the BEST part was hanging in line with other music freaks. We had GREAT conversations!! 4-5 years ago, I would get in line @4:30, and still be 15-20 in line. Now it seems impossible. Not worth the hassle(just for me).

    Expensive Box Sets-I was just Dumb lucky that E-'72 box came on a day when I got home first!! Now I just have 2 words: Amazon Locker!! I can plan my entrance back into the house, it may have to sit in the car for a few hours, no big deal. On the plus side, if I ever truly wanted a divorce(I don't), I would just start buying large quantities of expensive items and have them shipped to the house-in HER name!!

    Just listened to 11 track version of Bear's Choice and enjoyed the hell out of it. I probably hadn't played it in 6 or more years......Music Is The Best!!

    Edit: V-Guy, you should have said $150.00!!

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"When it came to 1973 Dead, I was always drawn to the big second-set jams, 'Dark Star' or 'The Other One,' and all of the places those songs could go that year. One week during my initial stint with the Dead, Dick was spending a lot of time listening to 9/8/73, and he could not stop raving about it. He was very intent on pointing out that despite the absence of the 'Big Two' from 1973, every song, every solo, every moment was out-of-this-world excellent. He played me the first set, giving a play-by-play of each song and what made it special. In those listening sessions, Dick taught me a lot about how to listen critically and objectively. Of course, the subjective self always creeps in, those moments when you whoop and holler at how good a performance is, but that objective listening is critical. After many days of listening, Dick moved to other eras, as was his wont, since he carried the responsibility of selecting the best Dead shows from all eras to represent the Dead’s recorded legacy. But he made it clear and inarguable that he felt 9/8/73 was one of the best-played shows from one of the Dead’s best years." - David Lemieux

Despite the gloriously blustering artwork above, the forecast for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 38: NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY, 9/8/73 is blazing hot! With a double endorsement from archivists Dick Latvala and David Lemieux, you know it's a MUST HAVE. This one's got inspired playing from start to finish, with soon-to-be-minted Wake Of The Flood classics, a first-ever "Weather Report Suite," Keith polishing his chops on "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away," Jerry tapping into era-defining sound with his Wolf guitar, and we'd be remiss if we didn't mention Bob's exquisite playing too.

Among our 2021 Dave's Picks subscribers? The subscribers-only bonus disc featuring nearly an hour and a half from 9/7/73 is coming your way too. (P.S. there's 35 minutes of 9/7/73 on Dave's Picks Vol. 38, to boot)

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 38: NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, UNIONDALE, NY, 9/8/73 was recorded by Kidd Candelaro and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Didn't subscribe? You'll want to jump on this one now as it is guaranteed to sell out.

 *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Sadly I never got to see them live. I don't think they ever made it to Europe but I may be wrong. I did get to see the esteemed Mr. Lindley twice, once with the excellent El Rayo-X at The Venue in London and once at a strange gig with four solo guitarists, namely David Lindley, Richard Thompson, Rory Gallagher and Juan Martin. That was at the Dominion Theatre in London in 1984. It was a weird gig that almost worked.

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Got my copy #11488 today, bonus disc comes with sticker.

@simonrob
Also saw David Lindley two times in the 90th - Hamburg and Kiel
and taped both shows. Hamburg with Wally Ingram and Kiel with Hani Naser,
the tape from Kiel is excellent audience.
And I still have 2x C90 tapes from the acoustic concert at the Dominian Theatre in
London with Gallagher, Lindley, Martin ant Thompson.
As fas as I remember it's a lousy recording. Got it in a trade years ago.
Stay safe and healthy
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Perhaps it's the alarmist in me.. but I took my sticker out of the sleeve with the bonus disc and put it in the sleeve with the liner notes. The last thing I want to see in ten years is opening up the bonus disc and noticing that some of the glue degraded and seeped onto the CD.

A pretty harmless precaution.. if I'm wrong, no harm no foul.

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Ready to play in the coming days.

I only saw David Lindley one time, I think with Jackson Browne maybe, in the mid-70s, but I remember he was one of these guys - like Larry Campbell - who could play anything with a string on it, and play it amazingly well!

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Keithfan - in the sleeve notes for Dicks Picks 26, referring to the Chicago show on 4/26/69, Bear writes that " We generally did psychedelics on Saturday." Sounds like a plan!

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Thanks Daverock, very interesting.
That's less often than I assumed lol. I'm going to guess then, it was psychedelics on Saturdays and weed the rest of the days. I simply can't imagine they went up there completely unaltered. I've read that Pigpen wasn't into psychedelics, but (I've heard) a little weed after a drink or two (I've heard) makes for a nice all-over buzz, no paranoia. I wonder if that was his bag.....

I put my Bonus sticker right on the fridge. No harm but definitely a foul. Sometimes I just plain behave like a bachelor first and deal with the aftermath as needed.

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Nappy, I'm so jealous you saw Danny Kirwin and Christine Perfect in San Diego. I am so in awe of both of them. Any memories?

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From the original May 1977 Box Set, I went with today's anniversary show, St. Paul, MN. I'm up to Sugaree. I always listened to this one and 5/17 the most from this Box Set. The Scarlet / Fire is probably in my top 5 (as is 5/17). Whole show has a lot of cowbell. The SNL cowbell. But I'm sure Mickey has some literally cowbell in here somewhere. Looking forward to the whole Wharf/ Space / UJB / Brokedown Palace.

That Sugaree's a set closer, right? Listen for the pre-breakout (5/19) China Doll notes from Phil before Wharf Rat.

Lot's of stickers and magnets on mine. Sometimes it feels like I never quite graduated from college. Which is fine with me.

@daverock
very funny, pissing in the wind, in France we have a similar saying, "pissing in a violin"; meaning is you won't change any event, like the way the wind blows!!!

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Doc came, preached The April '71, and then disappeared. Poof - just like that he's gone. I suspect we won't hear musical tales of that magnificence again until October.

Sixtus, good to see you're always out there. Speaking of always out there, Icecrmcnkd hasn't been "as" around as usual. I think he's been sucked into the Bonus Disc vortex.

Daverock, I've been pondering the words of Freewheelin' Frank...I guess he means you don't feel the weed after several drinks. So.... (I've heard) the trick is to have only one or two drinks....which means Pigpen probably only smoked at breakfast :D God bless him, he was one of us.

Jim, I'm on the same page. I feel like I've been in suspended animation since college - not always a bad thing; youthful shenanigans make for a lot of household laughter. I was mildly surprised by the ruckus I caused with the fridge sticker. It's bringing home the sorority girls that usually raises the alarm.

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I believe what Frank is trying to teach is not to get drunk THEN get stoned as that can lead to bad things.
So make sure you get good and stoned boys and girls before you start drinking! 😀

NOTE: This service add was paid for by doggies against dumb drunks

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Arrived yesterday, finished the ripping process this morning.

Has Phil's bass EVER had anymore knobs on it??? A couple more knobs and the strings wouldn't have fit!!!

I like the sticker, thought about sticking it on my work locker, but, wasn't sure if set would "lose" value without the sticker!

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Got email from Real Gone today about a Bob Willis collection. Sounded great. If you like the Bob, check it out. Didn't know about volume 1 so had to buy 1 and 2. :-),,,, no rest for my wife's money.

....David Grisman is doing an AMA on the Grateful Dead subreddit on May 21st which is my birthday as well. Thanks Dawg!

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there are a couple of May 71 dates

5/29 "Acid Punch"
5/30

I gotta check out 5/29 again....I recall it being good-n-weird...it IS referred to as Acid Punch, after all

thennnnnnn

6/21/71

7/2
7/31

August........................................

RnR Hall of Fame

JayZ is not rock n roll
The GoGo's

THE GOGO'S??????????????????????????????????????

But no Motorhead????????

W
T
F

no X, no Joy Division, no Smiths, no Bad Brains, no NEW YORK FUCKING DOLLS, no Husker Du....

As the Sex Pistols said, the RnR HoF "is a piss stain"

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Sheik Yerbones - also, in France a dandelion is known as pissenlit (translation, piss in bed).

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In Dutch a woodlouse is known as a pissebed.

You couldn't make this stuff up.

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Well, my copy did even more yo-yo-ing around the country than usual this time. Got it yesterday. Listening now, and well worth the wait!!!. . . Here’re links to my corrected scans of Helen Rebecchi Kennedy’s covers – hope some of you still need ‘em. Thanks to Jack Baller, PKB et al who posted art earlier! If you're interested, mine are probably a little higher res and maybe closer color-wise. Check 'em out. And be sure to pass around as needed.

Dave’s 38 & Bonus Covers: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yx2532a3jyvuh3n/AAAJbH8t4zC5bfmZRWC8xfa8a?dl…

All Dave’s & Bonus Covers: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qx5j9ydoc7bzm8z/AAD8yK_vCv_kQ-oLkLJQVCEla?dl…

Onward

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I’m always lurking.
But with spring weather I’m outside more too, so less time surfing the internets.

Thanks for the scans Jeff.

Dave, your Box Set announcement is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy past due.
Load us up with some more Plangentized/Normanized ABCD scores.

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I'm not really keeping track but delivery less than 2 weeks after the shipping notice arrived, has to be a new record for me. I wonder if having Dave living around Victoria has anything to do with faster delivery to the PNW?

screw 'em...it should've been The Runaways not the Goo Goo Foo Foo Go Go's...anyways...Dennis are you spying on me? Just got my Bob Wills Tiffany Transcriptions Vol 2 in the mail a few days ago...Ahaaa!!! Nitecat, The Mac were one of my top five faves from the Peter Green days and even up to Bob Welch...they played a lot of LA gigs both as headliners and support...sad about Kirwan though...a few times he was incrediblely on fire...others he was too drunk to play or even give a damn which of course led to his being kicked out of the band...The "Kiln House" LP was a fave and Station Man and Tell Me All The Things You Do were always a gas to hear....some day I'll tell you my Jeremy Spencer story...SimonRob glad to hear you saw Lindley at that gig...His El Rayo-X gigs were always a blast...for one great weekend at Laguna Seca in Monterey it was El Rayo-X, Los Lobos & Grateful Dead...some stuff...

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Mucho thanks Jeff for the DaP covers...awesome

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might be also seen in the little town of Pissen in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Anyone ever seen a woodcock in proximity to a pissenlit? I was fortunate to observe a woodcock strutting across the road near a forested area about a year or so back. It's lucky that it didn't get run over by a passing car. Because there's nothing sadder than a smushed woodcock. Have a Grateful Day all :-)

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Maybe just a close eye. You always mention these "older" people, I count on hearing about stuff here. Speaking of the older stuff,,,, we have a new kid at the store, worked with her for the first time last night. She told me Nat King Cole is a relative!!! Uncle? Related somehow. I was blown away, I know no one famous, certainly not related.

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Jeff - Thanks for the covers, your timing was propitious! (It was Word of the Day on an elevator screen!). Seriously, I was burning 38 & bonus yesterday, and could not find a good copy of the Bonus cover. Gracias¡

I had a girlfriend whose father called her "Crisco". ....... Fat in the Can. Great dad, huh? :-)

Jeff - interesting looking at all those covers of Dave's Picks., thanks for that. But it surprised me how unfamiliar I was with a lot of them. I have got them all ( fingers crossed about Dave's 38), but I wouldn't have known it from looking at that post. In fact I went up to check I had number 12, and I have - 4/11/77, but I've no idea what it's like. There must be quite a few up there, in the post 1974 era, I have only played the once.

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I'm sorry, this is possibly inappropriate, but three words must be said:

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!!!!!!

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Now that Bluetooth joke IS funny! I’m ashamed to say I had to read it twice.

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If every band that ever had a hit or two gets into the R&R Hall of Fame it becomes irrelevant.

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I'm pretty sure it's always been irrelevant ;)

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I visited there two times over the years and liked it just fine (was visiting relatives in Pittsburgh and made the trek to Cleveland)

but I give up now. what a joke. what a travesty.

the GoGos....GOOD GRIEF.

Go listen to Motorhead "Overkill" album right now to understand true rock 'n roll

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