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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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May 21, 2021 - 10:28pm

#1311

carlo13

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Sixtus

Since we live the next town over from each other, i can see playing disk golf since it looks fun. I will have to psyche myself into hanging out since I am a very shy dude. Thanks for the invite. Beer and montecristo cigars and disk golf seem to go good together.
May 21, 2021 - 9:49pm

#1312

JimInMD

Joined:
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Re: 5/21/82

The very next show after my first. ...but I don't believe I have listened to this yet.

On my radar now, maybe tomorrow?
May 21, 2021 - 9:07pm

#1313

Angry Jack Straw

Joined:
October 2, 2012

My Beloved Oilers

Suck
May 21, 2021 - 8:27pm

#1314

nappyrags

Joined:
January 24, 2013

More on 5-21-82...

My first visit to the Greek for a weekend series of shows...it was a great great time...I was in line very early Friday morning and had a blast with friends old and new waiting in line...about 20 minutes before the gates opened a person from event security told me i would have to check in my backpack around the side of the venue...I told him I had been in line all day and didn't want to lose my place in line...he walked me through the gate to the side where I checked in my pack in a large Ryder truck, my check stub was like 00001...Since he had seen my ticket he let me go into the seating area as the gates opened and the mad dash began...I had about a three minute head start and made my way to the first step riser above the pit, dead center...I spread out my blanket and waited for friends to help me fill out the space I had grabbed...as the place filled and the energy of the crowd rose and rose I knew I was home...It was a short but oh so swell 2nd Set...for me the highlight was the sweet fluttering down from space into The Wheel, so fine...the whole weekend was a blast...the only other time I hit the Greek was when I drove an equipment truck for Los Lobos who did a Cinco de Mayo weekend show there along with some other fine East Bay groups...a friend laid tickets on the crew for a Jerry show that night in Berkeley so all and all a fine Cinco...another thing about the show on the 21st....as the crowd was filling up the Greek a gentleman walked by me and stopped...he looked back at me and walked over and introduced himself...he then asked if I had been at the UCSB '74 Wall of Sound show...I said yes and then he asked if I had been sitting stretched out on a foldable garden lounge chair...I laffed and said Yup that was me...he said he had kept looking over at me thinking Man that guy looks comfortable...I told him I had been very comfortable...we laffed again and he went on his way...the things that happen at a Dead show...
May 21, 2021 - 4:29pm

#1315

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Thanks Sixtus!

I am really looking forward to these shows. I have the 6/24 Dark Star medley show, but the recording is a very bad audience recording. So bad I titled it "Bear Ain't There". That was a while back so I'm sure this will be a nice audio upgrade. And of course the 6/6 show is the one I'm looking for, thank you. I don't have 12/27 so this is going to be a real treat. Jimbo, I'm taking the Wayback machine to 1970. Hope you weren't planning to use it this weekend.
May 21, 2021 - 1:36pm

#1316

Sixtus_

Joined:
November 8, 2014

re: 6/6/70; Attics Of A Year

KeithFan indeed, this one has been on the radar; pretty sure the >Jam coming out of drums/Alligator made it onto a Sixtus' Picks from back in the day (it was a later Volume, a Late Discovery). It has a touch of that 'Darkness' jam that popped up a few times, toward the end. I went on a mad 1970 binge a few years back and uncovered a bunch of gems, previously unknown to me, the 6/6 show included.

This Pirates World show is also one that comes to mind as some solid Seventy:
https://archive.org/details/gd70-03-24.sbd.miller.32054.sbeok.flacf

(BTW, I was initially intrigued by the Pirates World show, if for no other reason than it taking place at....Pirates World? I did some internet dumpster diving and found some fun facts along the way)

Another unearthed was this one from later in June 1970 from the late electric show on 6/24; while an audience recording, I find it to be incredibly powerful, feeling like its from right off the balcony looking down. There is some ferocious playing here out of the gate (I mean a RIPPING Not Fade Away with a sickeningly subtle and utterly smooth transition into Easy Wind? C'mon) and also note the Attics intertwined with a protoplasmic Sugar Magnolia embedded within a Dark Star journey: https://archive.org/details/gd1970-06-24.late.aud.harlan.9330.sbefail.s…

A final find was this (more Attics and lots other else):
https://archive.org/details/gd70-12-27.sbd.miller.23530.sbeok.shnf

1970 has some seriously good $hit.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

P.S. Oro yes FOUR! Indeed. A flying disc to the noggin is bad; hurty, some may say.
Had the sign idea in my head (we indeed live at a dead end on a hilltop) and drew a picture of my vision for a friend who lives in Colorado and has what I think is a 3-D printer/saw type thingee. He digitally scanned/sawed the image onto 4 blocks then put them all together, painted it. Voila. It went in the ground yesterday!
And He is The Man.
May 21, 2021 - 12:21pm

#1317

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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6/6/70

I was going through the Attics of My Life that I have, after being inspired by the 5/15/70 Fillmore East Road Trips. Not many. But there is a fine performance with great audio from the June 6, 1970 show, which was a Bonus Track on the American Beauty re-release several years ago. The audio is so good I thought, why not release this show? Anything from 1970 that starts with Morning Dew, ends with Uncle John's Band, and has Attics of My Life in the middle is a winner in my book. And considering the latest release we have from 1970 is 5/15 (due to Bear's incarceration), why not? Fill in extra space with food Bonus Tracks from the era. The setlist:

Morning Dew, Me and My Uncle, Casey Jones, Dancing in the Street, Next Time You See Me, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, Good Lovin', Attics of My Life, Dire Wolf, Alligator, Turn on Your Love Light, Not Fade Away, Uncle John's Band

And there's a good chance Dancin' features a Tighten Up.

I'm going to dig this up on archive.org and hope the audio is nearly as good as the Attics official release. Anyone have the scoop on the show?
May 21, 2021 - 11:11am

#1318

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

I am jealous, marye

:)))
May 21, 2021 - 11:04am

#1319

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Sounds good,

But what about the Hort’s eh?

VGUY, sweet shirt!
May 21, 2021 - 10:52am

#1320

That Mike

Joined:
November 1, 2014

Keith

I love the face-off line!

Two jumper cables walk into a bar. One of them says “We’d like a couple of beers, please.”
The bartender says “Okay, but don’t start anything.”

It’s a long weekend north of the 49th this weekend (Victoria Day, or known better as “May 2-4 weekend”, as everyone grabs a 24 case of beer and heads to the country). Enjoy your weekend, all!

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow

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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.

Changes

Something's different with the interface here.

Don't we sometimes see changes right before an announcement?

#BoxMe

changes

Yes, it all looks a bit odd. After logging on a box appeared asking if I wanted to translate from Russian!-despite the fact that the text still seems to be in English.
Then the format is different, and a message appears telling me I can no longer post new messages on the forum. So it will be interesting to see if this message appears.

Re: Changes

Translate to Russian?!

They are going to have to get this box set announcement out the door today. They're going to need many bitcoins to pay the ransom and get their website back!

Sending a PM is nearly impossible.. Count Vlad has taken over the website.

Wake up to find out

That the website has been redesigned.

A little disorienting at first. Glad I’m sober or I would have been really confused.

Edit:
reCRAPTCHA appears to be the same.

#boxme

Come on Dave,
What’s the hold up?

Time to hire a Vault assistant or two.

me no likey

soon there won't be anything left of the old guard

Mmmm. Double fail

😬

Fail

So they can't even get a website update right. If I scroll down to below the 10 displayed posts so I can add a new post, I first encounter another version of the header text followed by a buttload of posts in ascending order starting with the original Vguy post #1. The avatars on these old posts are huge, so I can now fully appreciate the broken fragments of Vguy's glass. After this multitude of old posts I then come to where I can type this in, but the text box is wider than the screen on my mobile. Tragic really.

Re: Vault Assistant

I just applied and got an immediate response. It looks like I got the Archivist Intern job at Rhino, my mom is so proud. First things first.. what to do with Dave for the next couple years?... mmmmm

#RFK1973orBust

Edit: You're right SimonRob.. we get a close up view peoples Avatar's when we reply. It looks like someone went to town on VGuy's glass with a WorkingMan's Dead Hatchet!

Speaking of the hatchet.. it's the perfect weapon for an angry mob to wield and take over the vault. Just saying.. how many of us are there with these hatchets that have yet to see our favorite 1973 set of shows released? I'm not sure they thought this one through.

Steal your interface

Next time you see me
Things won't be the same

re: 2/17/73

ConeKid...this show and in particular, the transition of which you speak is as good as you have discovered. Sublime, smooth, like buttaaah. It's just sooooo good, makes me wonder why they didn't do that more often. Love this show, it is release worthy IMHO.

Sixtus

P.S. I feel like I am back on dial-up and using AOL with this new website design. It almost seems as if someone did something half way then just said fuck it.

Sorry about your glass VGuy...the picture says it all. Consider it the most challenging 3-D puzzle ever. And it appears my glass is out for delivery. We shall see if we can swap shards.

Steal your interface

Next you see me
Things won't be the same

Storming vaults...

Or Stormy Daniels? It’s too early for this I’m all confused?
Well Jim if it’s obviously ok for a mob of traitors to storm the capital with no repercussions, storming the vault seems like a no brainer!

Re: Glass

VGuy.. get some super glue and two part epoxy. You can rebuild it..

better, stonger, faster than it was before.

Oh, right on Oroborous.. alright everyone, get your Workingman's Dead Hatchets.. meet you in Burbank. I'll be the one wearing a tie dye waving my WMD hatchet in the air getting tased by TSA.

Let’s do it!

I’ll be the one in the sweater...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDcl75xZSaQ

What the deuce?

"Why are things so Strange around here?"

I think it has something to do with Gainsville... obviously.

Better (Grateful) Dead Than Red

What is with all this Russian garble on the site!? And this new format! Set
phasers to stun.

Regardless, here is something y’all may find interesting. It features Bob
Weir, and while I’m not a big saxophone guy, I am intrigued.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dave…

Go AVs, go!

Mr. Thin

So what about Gainesville?

First the Colonial Pipeline....

....then JBS, now this hack. Smells like pelmeni.

Gainesville

Banesville
Canesville
Danesville
Feignsville
Hanesville
Janesville (Wisconsin)
Kanesville
Lanesville
Mainsville
Painsville
Rainsville
Sanesville
Tamesville
Vainsville
Wanesville
Zanesville

Robotsville (eyeroll)

How do we edit a post???

....this is a test of the emergency box set system.

Test failed....

....once you post something, it's there forever. Watch your drunk posts people!!

This is like the beginning of a trip (I've heard)

Normal things begin to appear stranger and stranger the longer you look at them...

"I'll take Gainesville for $500, Alex"

"This Florida city heard a sick Shakedown Street at Alligator Alley in Nov., 1980."

"What is Gainesville, Alex?"

"Gainsville is correct. And that transition to Franklin's is pretty dope too".

"Indeed"

Ha..

"..transition into Franklin's is pretty dope."

Wow.. you cannot edit posts? Fuck.. what if you make a mistake or curse or something.

Edit: Shit. I cursed.

Edit 2: Apparently you can edit and recursively erase your curse worded posts.

New design looks better on an iPad than an iPhone

But the titles look better in bold than plain text.

The most recent site version didn’t show the post that you were responding to, whereas older site versions did show the post.
It’s helpful when you are typing a post and forget what you were responding to.

Edit:
The box that you type in is still really small on an iPad, hard to see what you are typing.
But the member photo is huge.
The web designer screwed up and switched which box was supposed to be large.

Random musings about the reason for a new website design

1) The old site was old and outdated.

2) The old site was overloaded with spam and needed a flush.

3) This site is now being hosted by Fancy Bear.

4) A revved up website is needed so that it doesn’t crash with the upcoming Box announcement.

New site design did nothing to stop spam

https://www.dead.net/forum/30-trips-around-sun-box-digital-usb

Good news, bad news

Okay, I think I've figured it out. The person previously in charge of shipping was promoted to the head of web design.

Re: JP1119

You are correct, sir. Too funny.

...and Conekid, your top 10 list of reasons they needed to update the website is spot on.

PM's are twilight zone weird...

And what's with the Russian thing. I mean, really? How did that get into the mix?

DaP 2014 Bonus Disc

Been a long time since I spun this one. Not too shabby. I literally type off the side of my phone on this and can't read either margin when I type. Somebody didn't test this on Android phones. Or maybe we're testing it for them. I think they were unprepared for Flash deprecation.

Omg Oroborous your dog is eating his tail.

Sure, this upgrade looks like a mess to me...

..but at least we get a close-up pic of Daverock's awesome 6120 with Eddie Cochran's mods.

Pop in the clutch

Let the wheels roll free

Heading south on I5 to Oregon thick traffic

Wife driving

About 100 ft ahead a big collision occurred

She steered through and kept going

Sobering moment, gents

This new format suck balls....

....but at least Vegas won.
The edit button is on the left.
Got it.
Stoltz's wife can drive!
So can my wife. She drives big rigs for a living! New format is definitely not Android friendly at all.
Why is there an APPLY button on the screen?

The APPLY button.

That button is there so that you can apply for membership of the Garden Club.

Coming on here now is a bit…

like waking up in a strange house.

hate this shit

these guys on this site could fuck up a wet dream, why? why did they do this? Hey, who ever did this, you suck. Oh well, just like the rest of the what's left of the Grateful Dead, fucking awful. Who ever designed this, stick to knitting or gardening, cause you can't redesign a web site, that's for sure. BTW, it can't be UJB when Unkle John has passed on.

I am confusion

This mew format is...

The first rule of Garden Club....

....is that we don't speak of garden club.

May the Dead WebMaster

That created this mess, be moonlighting on the Boston Bruin’s webpage.

VGuy - Nice to see the “team colours” avatar back. Enjoy the game tomorrow.

Perhaps They Were On To Something

I noticed half the gardening items are sold out. I started impulse buying for my kids who have a garden....

As I went on this spending rampage, I noticed there are fewer than 500 PNW box sets left. I wonder how many Winterland 1973 and 1977 box sets they produced? Because I was able to get both of those 5-6 years after release. Either they produced way more than 15K or some of these box sets are doing better than we think.

Perhaps Indeed

You stoned babbling monkey.

You Stoned Babbling Monkey

I have little to say, but repeating that phrase made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I get the feeling they will improve on the interface a bit.. (I hope). I am finding that except for PM's, which are a fucking train wreck, most of the functionality is ok. It's clear to me they outsourced a good bit of this, or we would not have gotten the "would you like to translate this page" bs.

But let's give them a chance to make good.

I feel a need to reach out to HendrixFreak. I hope he is not lost in the back country.

Peace all.. have the best rest of the weekend you can possibly have.

Postcard to Sixtus

Ever since last week when you steered me toward that Jam on 6/6/70, I have been deep under cover of the night, searching low and high for 1970 soundboard treasures. I began with what I had but seldom visited: Dark Star 3/24/70. It goes straight into an equally mind-bending Other One. Send lawyers guns and money.

Vguy

Have fun tomorrow. Your boys are looking good.

Nice job Isles.

Playoff hockey is the best.

Angry Jack

I have to agree - way to go Isles!! Any time Boston loses, it is a great day. A few good dust ups in the game too. I love the intensity of the playoffs.

Good luck with your AVs today. Prediction: AVs vs Tampa Bay for the Cup. My dark horse is Vegas.

New interface is bollocks.

Bollocks, I say.

You Stoned babbling Monkey

Heeeyyyyyy, I resemble that remark!

Yeah, go Isles eh!
@&&&*&$& you Marchand, ya Hemorrhoid!

Good luck today Vince, it should be a hell of a game/experience.
The only thing better than playoff hockey is live/in person playoff hockey!

Looks like it’s going to be Tampa, and what about those pesky Habs!
There is nothing like a hot goalie in the playoffs and Price is looking strong.
Hell, the whole teams playing well.
I know the league restructured etc, but how the hell is Montreal possibly playing the AVs or Knights in the conference final? Seems like they should be taking it to the Bs or Tampa? Weird...

Today’s games SHOULD be sweet, let’s hope the refs don’t ruin it...
Both games are big ones. If the Habs go up 3-0....
And If the Knights tie it up that series is going to 11! If the AVs win, they “should” be in the drivers seat. Chever way, should be a big, no “HUGE” day of hockey!
But until then, I need to find me some great sounding dead; mamas at work and I’ve been stuck listening on a iPad at work all week, I need a dose of real audio, sorry neighbors ; )

Oh, could this font be any smaller? Ahem, some of us are old and don’t see so well anymore, like if I can’t read it even with glasses it’s to damn small!

Full capacity @ T-Mobile Arena....

....getting excited here. I haven't been in a large crowd since my last Knights game in early March 2020.
Time to tie this thing up!!

Jim, did you'all call?

Just back from O-Wi-Yu-Kuts, mountains where Utah, Colorado and Wyoming meet... Lots of headroom out there. Working my way through a jar of psilocybin capsules... Not lost, not found. But pretty much coated in dirt after a few days. Back now, checking in on possible box news.

Keen to know whether the box-to-come is fall '72 or spring '69. Loving the latest Dave's, especially the Eyes at the end of first set, 9-8-73, my seventh show to see release. Only 68 more to go.

Cheers, HF

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