Grateful Dead

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My daughter's boyfriend cannot understand how I survived the early 1970s. Sometimes I wonder myself. All I can say is that that period was the best of times in so many respects. Ah, nostalgia.

Did somebody mention 1974?

I can find myself in all eras of GD music. If you poke around there's usually something interesting happening just around the bend. ...but like the long and winding road that leads home, 1974 is comfort food for my mind. It never disappoints.

And that Wall of Sound Road Trips, one of the best.

In the middle of revisiting some of the recent Dave's Picks right now.. but eventually I will drift in and out of the pre-hiatus period and I am sure it will deliver the goods.

“ Dave, look for examples of this sort of space in shows, and release them as future Picks. Not get so hung up on the songs, which we have all heard a million times”

Best thing I’ve read in awhile.
Yeah Dave, more big jams, more Dark Stars etc
If I here another Me & My Uncle Im gonna farsee! ; )

Gary - you sound like a true survivor - good for you! I got most incapacitated in my teens - overdosing on alcohol and downers when I was 18, it could have been the end of me before I had got started. Also in my teens, ignoring Freewheelin' Frank's advice, I found smoking after drinking invariably had me throwing my guts up. Smoking first and then drinking was no problem. But I I'm a slow learner. My last misadventure was drinking on prescribed meds about 12 years ago, when I was 52-nearly had a fit. I don't bother with alcohol now...but drink and drugs are surely there to enhance life and help you enjoy it - not screw everything up.

Listened to 6/16/74 from Road Trips last night. I have to say, I really like this version of the Dead-and June 1974 was one of the best months ever in my reckoning. I love the way the jams go into free fall, where they leave the song they come out of and float free of the one they are going into. A great example from this show on the bonus disc, from Truckin' to Wharf Rat. If I was the other Dave, I would look for examples of this sort of space in shows, and release them as future Picks. Not get so hung up on the songs, which we have all heard a million times. It occurred in different eras to a greater or lesser extent - even when I saw them on 11/1/90-the drums and space were out of this world-not just heard, but felt, too.

In 2026 you will be celebrating 250 years of independence (inshallah).
What better way to commemorate this than by dead.net announcing on 4th July 2021 that they will release 5 full shows in each of 10 months of each year leading up to July 2026. That way they will release 250 shows by the time of the anniversary. Once they have completed the box set (crate?) then those who have survived long enough to order them all will be able to claim a storage container to hold them in.

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It’s lucky that Joni wrote ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ or I might have failed the test. Our taxis are not usually yellow. Perhaps I am a robot!

If you listen, be ready for a few episodes of...intrusive noises.

Pretty unique

I don't mean to hang onto bad vibes.. I saw some good shows at the crap.. but the venue both a) had terrible acoustics (unless you had million dollar tickets) and b) they had these cops on horses that arrested and beat the crap out of people for just doing what one might expect from 'us'

I was always white knuckle driving in and equally scared driving home. Once I was there, it was usually pretty fun despite the poor acoustics.

So many better venues...

Dennis, that's a helluva quote you've got there on the box set: "I just want something big and expensive. Just so my wife can say "what the fuck???" What indeed.

Angry Jack, there's nothing that'll get me drop everything and listen faster than someone saying, "<insert song> from that night is one of my favorite pieces of music from the entire tour." Clearly I missed the bus on that version. I'm just finishing up the bonus show from DaP 30 and then I'm going to play all three installments of The 5/3/72 Other One in order.

Crow Told Me, I don't think anyone's cut to chase quite so effectively as, "if it was up to me, they would just release everything prior to the haitus. A giant box for each year..." Count me in for three of each. Raising my Guinness for that one - well said.

Gary Farseer - you weren't about to slip that one under my radar :D

Looking for some feedback from anyone who purchased it.

Even though I don’t own a turntable, I have been purchasing these releases for the past few years to help support our local record store. As the day has become more popular, it’s no longer worth waiting it line. I’m considering purchasing a copy in the secondary market but have some concerns.

TOO from that night is one of my favorites pieces of music from the entire tour. I really enjoy listening to it in its entirety. As I look at the layout, it seems to me that they split that specific song in really poor spots. I understand they are constrained, but it’s not even on a single album. Plus the transition to Wharf Rat is on another side.

I am wondering if any of you find it too disruptive. Thanks.

By the way, it’s a lot easier to score with six skaters.