Listen To The River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 (20-CD)

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What's Inside:
7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000

Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the "gateway" to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won't you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band's affinity for the River City.

LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973.

The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.

The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe ’72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who’d played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.

All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through “Beat It On Down The Line” and “One More Saturday Night” and wistful takes on “Row Jimmy” and “Brokedown Palace” (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through “The Other One” and “Dark Star.” Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis’ biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through “Run Rudolph Run.”

Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band’s tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others.

Due October 1st, LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net.

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March 4, 2022 - 10:18pm

#61

DeadVikes

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Adedhed68

Hey, we are hoping..... Needs to happen at some point...
March 4, 2022 - 9:00pm

#62

adedhed68

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Boxset 2022

Deadvikes, is that a definite on the next boxset? Wow that would be something
March 4, 2022 - 7:04pm

#63

DeadVikes

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Box Set

We will resuscitate him after he hears the news of the 2022 box set:

Alpine Valley, East Troy Wisconsin
Three shows from 1987
Four shows from 1988
Three shows from 1989
Video to boot.
March 4, 2022 - 6:40pm

#64

JimInMD

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Interesting

Well, interesting, but it puts a damper on the fall 72 box. Hopefully HF isn't on suicide watch. Quick.. take some anti-depressant fungal cure caps.
March 4, 2022 - 5:50am

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KeithFan2112

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One More Comment on Audio

I found this article on dead essays blog spot a while back. It talks about Bear's recording history with the Dead, with quotes from the man himself from his site:

Regarding post-jail-time:

"I came back to a crew that was totally different when I left, and the job that I had been doing was split up amongst three other people, none of whom were willing to yield the territory. I met a lot of resistance in the scene, and after you spend a couple of years locked up, your social adaptability is not very good."
And another comment on '72 in his site:
"I was having some problems with the crew, many of whom had come to work after I had gone, and resented my drive to improve things onstage and with the equipment, which I decided was obsolete for the most part. They preferred to let things stay the same - an attitude I thought was due to simple laziness. The various problems, particularly the one of getting those who did my job while I was away to back off and allow me to return to my work, eventually inspired me to design the Wall of Sound... "

*****************
Also he said about late '72:

Bear recounts a mishap at the Vanderbilt University show on 10/21/72, when Bob Matthews didn't show up: "I had to recruit some of the kids from this college to carry the stuff back. Two of them took half our PA and split. At the next show, there's no PA. I said, 'I sent it to the truck.' A roadie picked me up and threw me into a water cooler."
Apparently some recording equipment was stolen as well, which may account for the rather poor mixes of many of the shows from 10/21 to the rest of the fall tour - either that, or personal squabbles & disputes at the board! (Did anybody listen to the 11/12 mix?) Some shows have missing or incomplete SBDs (from 10/21 to 11/13, though not everything could be in circulation). There are several shows where Bear actually resorted to "audience-taping", making nice room recordings of 10/27, 10/30, and 11/13.

None of our tapes from '73/74 seem to be Bear's work - apparently after the hassles of fall '72, Bear became more a 'behind-the-scenes' equipment tech rather than the on-site sound mixer.
March 3, 2022 - 9:56am

#66

Oroborous

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Jim’s correct,

But the mastering process can also change the overall sound.
This is why so many of the original CDs released after that format came out sound terrible.
It’s a stigma that has unfortunately continued even though they’ve made incredible advances in digital conversion, and stricter coherence to using original master tapes.
They were mastered poorly, especially the A/D conversion, which coupled often with not using the original master tapes, made them sound horrible. Not just CDs, DVDs etc also can be all over the place depending on transfer and what source was used. I’ve seen DVDs that looked better than Blu-ray’s because of this.

There’s a lot you can’t mess with in mastering, but there’s much that can be done too.
I think that’s a lot of why some of the newer releases sound better: Mr Jeffery has had significant time to adjust and perfect the mastering of the recordings. Like Jim says, you can’t re-eq or re-attenuate individual instruments etc on a 2 track, but you can adjust the overall eq, so perhaps that’s why one show from the same run for instance can have different “flavor” like your describing.

Multitracks, besides allowing for individual tweaks: (think Donna turned down to a normal volume with some auto tune) usually do have much more openness or spaciousness. Check out the 71 Capitol shows to see how big a difference there can be!
Oh, tape size and speed make a big difference too. The faster the speed and/or the fatter the tape, the better the frequency response and spaciousness.
March 2, 2022 - 5:29am

#67

1stshow70878

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Thanks Jim

I thought it might be something like that. That may also explain why folks are discussing a re-release of Europe '72 or a box with some of the other shows from that tour. I've got Rockin' the Rhine and Hundred Year Hall but only on tape, so I'm all for that. I need to revisit some of my old vinyl now that I have improved my main system. I don't ever remember Europe '72 sounding this good through my old amp.
Cheers and thank you.
March 1, 2022 - 8:17pm

#68

JimInMD

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E72 vs. 10/18/72

The obvious answer is E72 was recorded using a 16-track professional recording system inside a truck they carried with them from venue to venue and 10/18 was recorded to stereo via two-track reel to reels. So starting with a 16-track professional master tape allows one to change the mix vs. a stereo master where the mix was already condensed to stereo at the time the recording was made (so you can't change the output of the bass or any other instruments/vocals). You can't really alter anything on the two track masters except the volume and some wizardry like compression. With a multi-track you can completely change the mix and the output / location of every instrument, panning the sound, etc. The sky's the limit with a multi-track master.

There's a good bit of low-level hiss on the 10/18 recording. This was recorded by Bear. I have a sneaking suspicion these master reels were played a few times over the years. They just have this flavor of being used a bit which weakens the quality of the master. I'm speculating, I am certainly not in the know here. To me, it still sounds very good and the performance so strong, I am not complaining. I will take the win.

Sorry for the detail, I bet you already knew most of this and to be honest.. I am not a recording aficionado, so I reserve the right to be fall on my face wrong. But this is all I have. Where is One Man when you need him?
March 1, 2022 - 9:09am

#69

1stshow70878

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Europe '72 vs. Light Into Ashes

Listened to these two on vinyl today and the sound is very different. The LIA is way more bass and mid focused and noticeably a bit lacking in treble. The LIA thread talks about the sound quality at more length. Hadn't listened to Europe '72 in many years and the sound was startlingly good on my copy from around 1975. The high end was so spacious, clear, and well defined it really surprised me. Lacking in bass by comparison but I hope they reissue that vinyl this year and balance that out. Maybe some of the recording aficionados here can clue me in as to why the totally different sound from these recordings from the same era.
Cheers!
February 22, 2022 - 7:45am

#70

bigbrownie

Joined:
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Three is the Charm

I've just completed my third go-round of this box set: once on the big JBLs, once on the house system with the HDCD player, and once with headphones on the Marantz player...a unique experience each time. Two thumbs up! For all those responsible for making "Listen to the River" happen, I say "Way to go"!
And, yes, I can't believe this is not sold put.

BTW, inside my 30 Trips book I found:
ticket: 10/27/91 Oakland
backstage pass: 6/16/93 Louisville

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What's Inside:
7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000

Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the "gateway" to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won't you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band's affinity for the River City.

LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973.

The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.

The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe ’72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who’d played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.

All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through “Beat It On Down The Line” and “One More Saturday Night” and wistful takes on “Row Jimmy” and “Brokedown Palace” (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through “The Other One” and “Dark Star.” Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis’ biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through “Run Rudolph Run.”

Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band’s tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others.

Due October 1st, LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net.

CD Case Size?

hello, i'm sure this has been brought up before, but does anyone know if the CD cases for this box set will be standard size or the larger kind they do for some of the box sets (a man has to plan out his bookshelf layout you know).

Box size

Not yet known, but at 20 cds, it is the largest box other than 30 Trips since Spring '90 The Other One, and only one more cd than PacNW '73-74 but a whole extra show, which is in a massive box, but as a design aesthetic, and it was a much more attractive box than Spring '90 Either One. The picture we've all seen reminds me of Get Shown the Light. Kinda hoping not. I hope they do the digipaks for the shows like those Spring '90s and PacNW. I love the size of July '78 and June '76, but not the packaging for the cds. For 7 shows, I'm expecting a hefty box, and I'll rearrange things to make room. Which is also the solution to the future problem posed by my attainment of a Europe '72 steamer trunk, but with the rest of those lotto winnings, my Dead collection may just get its own room.

Old newbie

Fulda - hello to you, too ! You have joined at a stellar time, and hopefully have the box on order. Though of course, its not compulsory. I agree with Alvarhanso-this is a weighty release, and needs a weighty box to house it in. Nothing flimsy or tricky.

CD cases

Hopefully they come in the digipacks like PNW. Not a fan of cardboard sleeve cases.

Listening Party

Quite an interesting mix! Keith is waaaaay up there in the mix, as is Bob, especially on Black-Throated. Jerry scratches above the surface on his solos, but he is not nearly as prominent as we're used to in 1972 tapes, especially ones recorded by Bear. But he's also now getting familiar with recording that piano. But a very interesting sound from these snippets. Comes a Time is gorgeous, and Jerry's lead is back out front. This is the box I have been wanting since PacNW, I just didn't know it. Man, this Comes a Time is really pumping! Didn't recall it kicking like that on previous listens, but I admit mainly going back to that Playing> Dark Star> Dew> Playing segment more than anything. And very interesting vocal mixing by Bear on Jack Straw. Phil doing some of those Veneta slides. Phil very prominent on this 10/19 track, very much akin to Bear's mixing of 11/18/72 Hofheinz, and Phil does not disappoint.

We're now inside two weeks! Are we expecting shipping by 10/1? What a foolish question, but hopefully soon after.

Ok....time for me to start getting pumped for this box....

....hope y'all are staying safe and sound.

AL

I agree on the bobby and keith on BTW. Comes a time is as gorgeous as a beautiful blond deadhead chick. The tinkling of Keith and the sweet sound of jerry on comes a time is soothing.

Box Size

Allow me to pontificate on the box size. In the description tab it specifically says "the collection comes in a slipcase." a slipcase is "a protective box with one open end or more," clearly this suggests to me it will be like Veneta, July 1978, or June 1976. I very much doubt the CD's will be in a digipack.

You're welcome.

More box size thoughts

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking about this. I think it's going to be similar in form to the Get Shown The Light All-Music edition, except slightly larger (10 x 10 inches instead of 9 x 9) with three disc folios, one for each year*; the larger dimensions would be necessary so that each page of each folio can hold two discs instead of one.

* or maybe two folios for 1972, since otherwise we would be looking at a 5-panel folio.

slipcase

Check out the August 2021 Grateful Dead Bulletin. It's a picture of the slipcase. I personally wish they were individual also, like the PNW so they are easier to transport and less of a potential to scratch the discs then sliding them in and out like most of the box sets. So is life, I just can't wait to have this great music in my possession!

The design

Musicnow is correct, there is a picture of it in the August Bulletin.
A square slipcase with a tray that slides out.
In the tray are the square cardboard sleeves that presumably hold the CD’s.
Can’t tell how the CD’s are arranged within the sleeves.

Box Size

I agree with all comments on this. I myself have completely given up on the topic and have been out of room for years.. I just scatter them about the house and try to keep them out of direct sunlight so they don't get a dreadful tan.

The only rooms off limits are the attic and the basement because of excessive heat and flooding.

Sage strategy? Perhaps not.. but it is what it is....

ConeKid, kindly post the Lancelot Linq for the box design so I can take a peek.
(kidding of course)

Edit: All jokes aside.. I finally took a close look at my almanac email and I'll be damned if I can find a pic of the box set. ..but really, it's two weeks out and I doubt if I will finish the addition to my house needed to give all the friggen box sets the space they deserve. In any case, I am really very, very happy to see these shows get released and especially happy to see them get the Full Norman and make it here in one box. I hope they do the same for the remaining BCT 72 shows. This is truly a special offering.. I cannot believe Dave did not over-hype it. Perhaps that was on purpose. Save the hype for the shows that need it, this one does not.

Dos Edit: A kind soul sent me the email. It still took me some time to find the box set reveal, and I think all we are seeing is a digipack, right? So we still know not the look of the box. Which is completely fine.

Box size

Yes, my boxes are all over the house, on on the top of book shelves, in clothes draws, in the attic - I think the bathroom is the only room where there aren't any. I keep the curtains drawn and place old L.P.s in front of them to protect them from sun light at certain time sof the day. Needless to say, I live alone.
With boxes where the cds are shoved in tightly in cardboard apertures, I simply take them out and place them in paper sleeeves and keep them in shoe boxes. In one box I have- a King Crimson one, the adhesive glue came off the inner cardboard sleeve onto the the cds! Luckily I managed to salvage them - but its not good.

Box Size

The Fare Thee Well Box is 8x8 inches and has 19 discs and a small book.

The STL Box could be of similar dimensions.

I think that some lucky folks might get a shipping notice this weekend.

SHIPPING NOTICE!!!!!

oh...never mind, it's my wife's new oven mitts.

Box Size

I have it on good authority that the new box will be called "the Loaf".

It will be a 6x6x12 inches long, cd's just stacked one behind the other.

box sets in the bathroom

I currently have 3. Both Spring 90s and E72. Am I inviting disc rot? Time will tell...

Shipping to Germany: 70$…

Shipping to Germany: 70$.
Does this include the new European Tax?
Does anybody know anything about this?
There must be some way out of here.
Somebody please help us Europeans!

Shipping?

Nothing from Deadnet, but UPS just sent me a tracking notice from WEA ECOMM GNARLYWOOD. Could it be
Drp out

UPS shipping notice

I too received a shipping notice from UPS. It says the package is 2 pounds. Dead.net has my St. Louis order as “processing”.

2 pounds

Sounds a little light to be St. Louis. But then again what do I know?

Re: box sets in the bathroom

Originally posted by: wilfredtjones on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 12:28 box sets in the bathroom
I currently have 3. Both Spring 90s and E72. Am I inviting disc rot? Time will tell...

XD (LOL)
1.) Are they using the facilities? If not, ask them to leave or get kicked out. Human fecal matter and human urine just love the compact disc as a magnet, the human waste will gravitate to the discs along with the humidity during a shower or bath. But... If you invite me over, I'd probably take the 2nd Spring 90 box.

2.) To heck with the dirty off-color jokes and all kidding aside, yes, I believe you should take those box sets out of the bathroom. Reason my aforementioned possible/probable humidity problem.

Disc rot? I have never encountered that problem with pressed discs or CD-R or DVD. My first CD: "So" Peter Gabriel - USA release: May 1986. I bought my copy during the Memorial Day 1986 weekend at an independent record store. I still have the original copy in the original jewel case and I just played it in late August of this year with no problems with the disc itself or playing it. Last time I played it was in the last couple of days of 1999, maybe NYE day '99, local time.

Re: GratefulFrog

$70 could be about right.. for a multi-hundo dollar box, I would think they would include some protection, but even without it.. go to your local post and take what might be a similar sized box and try to send it back to the US. I bet they give you a number higher than $70 US. I know it's a sin.. wish it was easier and cheaper.. but in 2021 getting crap shipped across the pond is not as easy as it once was.

We Have Lift Off

No shipping notice, but at least it says "processing." Which is progress! Unless it isn't.

Notice here, too

And also baffled at 2 pound weight, including Light Into Ashes. I got a box for a buddy last week, and the shipping went from $11.99 in July to $26.99 last week, so that made me think it was going to be hefty...

the dreaded disc rot

I don't know about anyone else here, but I have it bad. After I ripped all my discs I started noticing it on my DaP's 1-4. I suspect there are more, too. Could it have been from storing them in the car? Just think how hot it gets in there in the WI summer with the windows rolled up. I still regret my duh pretty bad, but I also remind myself at least I have it all digital (and the packaging).

Two Pounds Figured Out

Two pounds is the weight of the two LP Light Into Ashes. I received my Dead.net shipping notice and that’s the only thing being shipped so far.

Disc Rot

The culprit seems to be storing hits of acid covered with aluminum foil in your Dave's Picks.

For all you people out there that do that.. quickly take the acid out of the sleeves in your dave's and dicks picks and put them in a queen or foreigner cd.. or led zep if you never purchased pop music. Do it quickly...

Disc rot. And the rest.

I've probably looked after my music collection better than I have looked after myself over the years, so physical deterioration and brain rot may be more of a problem for me than disc rot.

Light into Ashes

On the way shipping notice form dead net store. No word on the CD set. still says processing

Wilfred

I’ve checked my CD’s before when you reported rot and all mine played fine.

I never stored any of my commercial releases in my car.

I did store over 600 CD-R’s burned from torrents in the car (two 300+ CD cases in the trunk, and would rotate them into a 100 CD case in the cockpit), and after 10 years about 10% of the CD-R’s had the silver starting to flake off from the plastic. The remaining CD-R’s still play fine, I gave them to a friend for his car since my current car can play from a USB drive.

Not a good idea to store your ‘valuable’ CD’s in the car, make CD-R copies for the car.
Probably shouldn’t store them in the bathroom either.

All You Smart People

So I'm listening to the Ark shows on the Archive. So they sound too bass heavy to be enjoyable?

Or do I need to reassess my medication?

Thanks bunches!!

Shipping Notification

Anybody receive a shipping notification for this box yet?

Not here, Deadvikes

In fact, I just logged on to see if anyone had rec'd one. Crickets so far...

"THAT" Shipping confirmation email

I have that strange feeling that I will get this box set BEFORE I get a shipping confirmation email. That has happened to me several times, but not too often. 1 Dave's Picks, Vol 10 (Thelma 12/12/69); Road Trips 2.4 (Cal Expo 93).

Shipping for LP only

I got a shipping notice for just the Light Into Ashes double LP. Nothing about the box yet.

Sept 27th

Two things stand out. This date is the anniversary of Dicks Picks Vol 11. 9/27/72 is a favorite of mine from a peak era tour. I remember ordering this from the Home Shopping Network. The only time I remember Dick Latvala doing anything like that. Somewhere I have a VHS recording from the broadcast.

The concert itself is stellar.

....also it happens to be my next revolution around our interplanetary orbit around this star we call The Sun. 54 of them.

Check Back Later For Further Details

Light Into Ashes shipping notice but not moving yet.
Don't really care when you printed the label.
Bought something once on fleaBay and the jerk took 9 days between printing the label and getting it to the shipper!
Pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel sticking out of his pants. Bartender says, "Hey, you've got a steering wheel sticking out of your pants!". And the pirate says, "Arrr, and it's driving me nuts!".
That's all I have to say about that. F. Gump.
Coming soon enough I guess. Cheers all!

Edit: Happy Birthday Brother!

Edit 9/28: Light Into Ashes now expected delivery Oct. 1st. Right on target for the small vinyl package.

Happy, happy,

Joy, joy to space bro!
Hope it’s a good one, perhaps fire up that KILLER DP 11, one of my favorite disc threes! Come on, a DS, Cumberland, and Attics! Fo git a bout it!

Rut, roh, Ist show is going after Vguys dead.net comedy chair!

Re:

Happy SpaceDay, BirthBrother.

Each new situation requires a new architecture…..

50 years ago today………..

September 1971 is the only month of the year in which there were no live Dead shows. However, the Dead did hold rehearsals with Keith Godchaux in late September and early October 1971, supposedly at the Santa Venetia Armory in San Rafael, California.

For an excellent discussion of the Dead’s rehearsal spaces/places, see the following:
lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2013/01/grateful-dead-rehearsal-spaces-1965-1995

For an excellent discussion of the circumstances of Keith joining the band, please see:
deadessays.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-keith-joined

The rehearsals themselves appear to have been held on September 28-30 and October 1, 1971. Variable quality recordings from these dates have circulated for quite some time, and predominantly consist of run throughs of short songs, including new material (such as Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, One More Saturday Night, Mexicali Blues) and some material that subsequently was not played later in 1971 (Deep Elem Blues, Attics Of My Life, Ripple). While there are some short jams, no longer, free form jams appear on the commonly circulating recordings.

If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change……

Rock on!!

Doc
Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you…..

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