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    18,000 happy Dead Heads could not be wrong. Deer Creek, my how you deliver.

    We're closing the books on DAVE'S PICKS 2021 with not one but two - nearly - complete shows from Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90. Yes, we've packed it all on four CDs, save for that second night encore which we promise you'll get to hear in the very near future. Sometimes there really is just too much good stuff.

    For now, we'll invite you to cozy up with two exceptional back-to-back shows, shows with precision and clarity, shows with more than a lion's share of exploratory jams, and most importantly, shows that were simply a damn good time for all. Highlights from night one include the bookends of a spectacular "Help>Slip!>Franklin's" and an epically intricate "Morning Dew" followed by a classic cover of "The Weight." Night two, is the sleeper hit, with flawless playing from start to finish, the set list inviting you to find new favorites in top-notch renditions of "Foolish Heart" or "Victim Or The Crime," and if that's not one of the finest versions of "Desolation Row" Bobby ever did do! We would be remiss if we didn't mention that these shows were among Brent's last and they are some of his finest of the era at that.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL. 40: DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, NOBLESVILLE, IN 7/18 & 19/90 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

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  • #621
    simonrob
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    Portsmouth Guildhall

    The December 1963 appearance by The Beatles was their second visit to the venue that year, having played there in March. They were due to play in November but Paul McCartney was ill so it was rescheduled in December. My brother and I, together with two sisters that we knew went to the show. My mum was good enough to take us. It was more a visual experience than an aural one. The PA was the utterly inadequate house PA and the band used small amp/speaker combos (Vox AC 30?). Most sound was totally drowned out by screaming girls who were also busy throwing jelly baby sweets at the band. It was easy to see the band as the hall was small, having a capacity of around 3000. I can't remember exactly but I understand that the boys played a standard 10 song set on that tour so it must have been a pretty short show. The setlist for that tour comprised: I saw her standing there, From me to you, All my loving, You really got a hold on me, Roll over Beethoven, Boys, Till there was you, She loves you, Money (that's what I want) and Twist and shout.

    I saw many shows at the Guildhall over the following years up until the late 1970s. In 1969 The Mothers of Invention had the dubious distinction of being the first act to be banned from the venue. Their shows were apparently lewd and unsuitable for general public consumption. Unfortunately I only found out about their shows after the event. I did get to see them the following year at another event. Also at the Guildhall, in early 1972 the Pink Floyd played the complete Dark side of the moon for the first time. It is alleged that they played the complete thing a few days earlier along the coast in Brighton but due to equipment problems they were unable to play it in its entirety. The Tubes had the honour of being banned by the City Council before they ever got to the Guildhall. They were scheduled to play on Remembrance Sunday 1977, the day that Brits honour their war dead. Portsmouth is a major navy city having a large dockyard so the day is extensively honoured in the city. Members of the Council had heard rumours about The Tubes, so a delegation was sent to an earlier gig to check 'em out. They were sufficiently unimpressed to ban the band there and then. Mrs. Elsie Fudge (63), a magistrate, said that the sex scenes were totally unnecessary although the music was good. I was going to see them so I was not happy. I managed to see them at Knebworth the following year.

    Fortunately the Guildhall was not the only venue in town, the South Parade Pier being the best of them all. I saw some great gigs there, right up until it burnt down in 1974 during the filming of Tommy.

  • #622
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    Acoustic Attics. 9/24/94

    I saw an acoustics Attics on 9/24/94 at the B.C.T. Lesh, Weir, Garcia, & Welnick. I was at the S.F. Blues festival earlier in the day, and we ate at Everett & Jones BBQ that night, big fun.

  • #623
    icecrmcnkd
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    First shows

    I got a late start compared to others.

    7-4-87 Jimmy Buffett
    9-12-87 David Bowie
    9-25-87 Pink Floyd
    (Summer 88 - pause due to DUI legal issues)
    10-6-88 B.B. King
    4-6-89 GD (still on probation for the DUI)
    7-17-89 GD
    7-25-89 Who
    11-6-89 Jethro Tull
    12-9-89 Rolling Stones
    3-8-90 Rush
    3-25-90 The Guess Who
    6-16-90 Steve Miller
    6-24-90 David Bowie
    7-1-90 Jimmy Buffett
    7-21-90 GD
    7-22-90 GD
    8-18-90 Santana
    8-25-90 Allman Brothers
    10-28-90 Fleetwood Mac

    I was benefitting from the nostalgia/reunion tours of the Classic Rock bands I had been listening to through the 80’s.
    I picked up momentum from there.

    Got an Attics Of My Life 9-10-93:
    Space>Wheel>Watchtower>Attics>NFA.
    Had mail order tix row 21 floor Jerry side.

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    First shows

    May 1972 - CCR @ MSG - AWESOME!! (Saw John Fogerty last night. This guy still brings it and his voice is strong!)

    First Dead show, 3/23/73 @ the Buffalo Aud - great Tennessee Jed & Casey Jones - NRPS opened

  • #625
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    Simonrob takes the freakin' cake!

    Great stories, gentlemen. I'm voting for Simonrob -- first show, the freakin' Beatles in '63. No one's gonna top that.

    Okay, pal: spill! We want stories and we want them NOW!

    I got my first Beatles album in 1964. Begged my mom to buy it for me. My folks had a very old mono turntable, an unhoused tube amp and a giant piece of furniture my dad called "Lenin's Tomb." It had a 12" speaker. I'd put the Beatles on low volume and sit by the speaker and rock out. I was 6-7 yrs old. Maybe February '65 a President's Day sale made handheld transistor radios available for like $10. I BEGGED my dad to buy us one and he did. At that point, the Stones and Beatles and Motown ruled the airwaves, despite, yes, the one-hit wonders making the charts.

    Okay, Simonrob, start talkin'!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    First Rockers

    '74 Feyline's Sun Day #1 ABB, Marshall Tucker, Steve Miller, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie all day event at Mile High.
    Too hot to really enjoy it after 5 bands.
    '74 Lynyrd Skynyrd at Ebbet's Field, a small club in downtown Denver.
    This is the one with the 27 minute Free Bird and I think every song from their first two albums. Smokin'!!!
    $5 at the door and two drink minimum. Underage stamp got us $2.50 ea. soda back when a soda was $0.25.
    Got talked into going by a friend (RIP Dave N.) who was learning to play guitar but had no car.
    '75-'76 Eagles at Red Rocks, Bob James and the CTI (label) Jazz Allstars at Red Rocks, Elton John, Yes w/ Gentle Giant, ELP, B.B. King, Les McCann, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Hancock, The Jazz Crusaders, and every free show Colo. State Univ. put on at the lagoon.
    And it was uphill from there.

    DHB: There were no hotties at the X-mas party ( I had mine at home) but as a new employee I didn't want to show up in the middle of dinner. It was hard to focus coming down as I remember. Only one cool fellow employee surmised my state of consciousness after hearing I had come from the Dead show.

    Edit: HF, agreed it is pretty hard to beat '63 Beatles! And I love the N.Y. Rock Ensemble, Freedom Burger and what was the other one on my early tape, Let It Rock? I was taping cassettes of everyone's albums to save money and I had a car deck too. My first TEAC had a separate little black Dolby box.

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    Ist shows

    T.Rex May 1972 - the concert had to be called to a halt after about 20 minutes as hundreds of hot panted, screaming girls were getting crushed at the front of the stage. Bolan came back on, played a few acoustic songs then reverted to rock n' roll and more mayhem. I'd never heard anything so loud in all my life.

    David Bowie December 1972 - a much cooler affair at Manchester Hardrock - hippie type people sitting on the floor gazing at the future.

    Early 1973 - Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Uriah Heep, Genesis and in September... The Stones.

    I first saw The Dead in March 1981 at The Rainbow in London, by which time I felt like my wild years were behind me, to some extent with a sensible haircut, job-all that baloney. I knew what I was doing by then. Or thought I did. Little did I know. Anyway - what had turned me on to them were the albums - Anthem and American Beauty particularly - so the show didn't really reflect why I liked them. Still enjoyed it though. It all seemed very civilised!

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    I don't know one note from another……

    50 years ago today……..

    November 14, 1971
    Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, , Texas

    Set 1: Bertha-Beat It On Down The Line-China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider-El Paso-Sugaree-Jack Straw-Big Railroad Blues-Me And Bobby McGee-Loser-Playing In The Band-Tennessee Jed-You Win Again-Mexicali Blues-Casey Jones-One More Saturday Night

    Set 2: Truckin'>drums>The Other One>Me And My Uncle>The Other One>Wharf Rat-Sugar Magnolia-Johnny B. Goode

    Deadicated to Matt's_On_The_Way, boblopes, Hoopsie, lowspark75, muleskinner_blues, Gary Farseer, DaveStrang, Guss West, Ridin that Train, and Coconut Phil, because gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind….

    This show was relatively unknown until it was partially released as part of the Road Trips series in February 2010, and now, eleven years later, one still hears very little about it.

    The 16 song first set, one of the longest of the year, is very fine, with major Bakersfield flavors. Nice early first set China/Rider. Serious dose of country-western-Weir material. The first live version of Hank Williams’ You Win Again, a cover song I always enjoyed. I thought Garcia did it well………..

    The second set is slightly shorter, with a more convoluted Other One than in San Antonio , with the somewhat typical Other One/MAMU/Other One sandwich leading into Wharf Rat.

    Very solid show, underrated, definitely worth checking out!

    Rock on!!

    Doc!!
    No matter how I struggle and strive, I'll never get out of this world alive…..

  • #629
    Deadheadbrewer
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    So 1stShow, who was the lady?

    No one leaves a Dead show early, unless the woman you're trying to meet up with is pretty special. :)

    First concert--Culture Club in 1983 at the Met Center in Bloomington, MN. The Dead played there a few times.

    Oro--Foreigner and Jethro Tull were my favorite bands in high school. Still love listening to both bands' early albums.

  • #630
    Oroborous
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    Cool stories.

    The Beatles in 63, nice! Bet that was something.
    HF always entertaining and reminiscent of the glory daze.
    Doc, too funny, thanks for sharing!

    Nothing historic here, but good sheet none the less!
    First was a huge obsession early on between my BF then and myself with the Beatles, but alas we couldn’t see them. And I was way into Hendrix in HS, but couldn’t see him. And I had a ticket to Zepplin later, but that show got cancelled.
    So as many 15 year olds would do back then, I went to a band that was all over the radio. Here’s my first dozen to illustrate that I’d go to pretty much anything I could until the full, GD addiction took hold.
    1/25/78 Kiss
    7/28/78 Bob Welch, Pablo Cruise, Foreigner, and Fleetwood Mac (Stevie like a goddess!)
    10/16/78 Uriah Heap, Jethro Tull
    1/20/79 Grateful Dead third row at small theater)
    1/24/79 Rush (10th row, might have been 1980?)
    6/1/79 Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton (Muddy waters should have been the headliner!)
    6/7/79 Supertramp
    7/23/79 Triumph (at the Philharmonic hall, first song flash pots almost ended the show lol)
    10/15/79 the Eagles
    11/9/79 Grateful Dead
    12/3/79 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, and the OutLaws
    12/4/79 the Who (day after Cincinnati, very powerful)

    By this point it was only opportunity that would keep me from seeing the Dead as much as reasonably possible for the next 15 years! Aaaaaaa the good ole daze!

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18,000 happy Dead Heads could not be wrong. Deer Creek, my how you deliver.

We're closing the books on DAVE'S PICKS 2021 with not one but two - nearly - complete shows from Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90. Yes, we've packed it all on four CDs, save for that second night encore which we promise you'll get to hear in the very near future. Sometimes there really is just too much good stuff.

For now, we'll invite you to cozy up with two exceptional back-to-back shows, shows with precision and clarity, shows with more than a lion's share of exploratory jams, and most importantly, shows that were simply a damn good time for all. Highlights from night one include the bookends of a spectacular "Help>Slip!>Franklin's" and an epically intricate "Morning Dew" followed by a classic cover of "The Weight." Night two, is the sleeper hit, with flawless playing from start to finish, the set list inviting you to find new favorites in top-notch renditions of "Foolish Heart" or "Victim Or The Crime," and if that's not one of the finest versions of "Desolation Row" Bobby ever did do! We would be remiss if we didn't mention that these shows were among Brent's last and they are some of his finest of the era at that.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL. 40: DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, NOBLESVILLE, IN 7/18 & 19/90 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

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Submitted by deadfeat1 on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 19:26

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Blows Against the Empire
Plunkt.Vert.Plastik - Somet
The Record Company - Play Loud
Otis Redding - Live at the Fillmore
William Parker - Painters Winter and In Order to Survive

Bonus - Terry Reid - Superlungs
Latest Dead - 12/10/71-BK is the man - excellent drumming

Need some very good high value headphones? HiFiMan headphones has been running some excellent clearance sales. Re400 Waterlines were $100 and now can be had for $19 - great for travel and working around the house. Also the HD 400 line - on par with Sennheiser 600. Be sure your orders are available in your part of the world.

Take care ...

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 21:15

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Fav of your 5's - Estimating profs Gary Burton Eberhard Weber Passengers. So good. Saw Gary and Chick in '76 era in Boulder. Fun with Fungi.
Everyone's jazz references have me starting a long put off project dividing all the vinyl into categories. I need to be able to go to what I'm in the mood for, not what I may be lucky to find alphabetically. A heretical thought but it must be done. I just can't remember all that's there anymore.
Starting my next 5 in the ECM label area.
Cheers

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Submitted by Willysin4wd on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 22:25

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Hudson, Dejonette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield
Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle (!!!)
Humble Pie- Live at the Fillmore
DP 34 Rochester, NY 11/5/77
Light into Ashes Lp 10/18/72. :-)

Music filling the days

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 01:48

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50 years ago today…..

October 26, 1971
The Palestra, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Set 1: Bertha-Playing In The Band-Sugaree-Me And My Uncle-Tennessee Jed-Big Railroad Blues-Me And Bobby McGee-Cumberland Blues-Cold Rain And Snow-Mexicali Blues-Loser-Beat It On Down The Line-El Paso-Comes A Time-One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Ramble On Rose-Sugar Magnolia-Truckin'>drums>The Other One-Johnny B. Goode

Deadicated to Nugent7453, Lovemygirl, 1stshow70878, CaseyJanes, Born Cross Eyed in 1956, 80sfan, Vguy72, jminner, and woodstock950, because Tuesday’s gone……..

For some reason, there was a weird dip in western New York…………

Solid, if unspectacular, first set, followed by a weirdly short second set. Go figure,,,,,,

For some strange reason, in 2005 it was officially released as part of the Digital Download Series. Go figure…,.,..

Still, the Truckin’ and Other One are nice. Here, Garcia’s tone and approach are different than the usual creamy smooth late 71----ragged, jagged, angry, chaotic. Not first tier, or even second, but still worth an occasional listen…….

Rock on!!

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 04:30

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I'm not so sure I would welcome more 1977, my self. I think I've got all that has been officially released so far. Having said that, I dimly remember both 10/1/77 and 10/2/77 as being shows I liked back in the day. Very long Casey Jones to open the first set at 10/2/77 as I recall.

I wonder if 1972 will be celebrated next year in any way, it being 50 years since it passed. Given the recent box, maybe not. But that is one year I never feel I have too much of. A trip back to the 60s is long overdue, too, of course.

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 05:37

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Notification. Either this is on its way to me and I’m just not going to get an email, or I’m getting royally screwed.

Either way, I’m done with dead.net.
It drives fu%^*++ing crazy

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 06:35

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GD - 6/10/76
Misfits - Static Age
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Harvey Mandel - Games Guitars Play
Harvey Mandel - Cristo Redentor

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 06:59

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Otherwise known as our supermodel ex girlfriend. Yea.. she was great but after a while...

I do love and respect 1977 GD and do look forward to 5/26/77 Baltimore getting released, which would make a great season opener.. other that.. Dave, some 1968 please, immediately followed by some 1969. How does that song go, we haven't seen that spirit here since...........

1968 in 2022 or we storm the vault and free the reels.. last warning, we are gathering pitchforks and torches as I write this. 1968 or bust.

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Submitted by Crow Told Me on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 08:34

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Isn't it cool they still call it "shipping"? You know, like it was going on a ship? Across the water? Anyway...

No shipping for me. Yet. And that's FINE (as mom used to say).

Lately, I seem to get stuff from dead.net about a week after the official release date. I get a shipping (shipping!) notice about two days before the release date, and then it sits in the warehouse for a 3-4 days, and then when it finally starts moving, it gets here in 3-4 days. Could be worse. It kinda surprises me that, being in California, it still takes that long. But, it do.

Ah well. Still working through the StL box anyway. Not to mention Road Trips 4/4, which I ordered when it was on sale at Real Gone, came yesterday. Just kind of filling in a gap in my collection with that one. Listened to disc one yesterday, which was solid.

One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're movin much toooo slooooooooooow.

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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 09:27

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Says mines arriving Friday. I'm really looking forward to this one. I have a couple of decent versions on tape but look forward to an extra crispy copy directly from the masters. It's so sad that these are among the last of Brents performances, but he went down at the top of his musical game. He pushed the band at this time in their history into some truly transcendental jamming. There are other great shows from this tour that should also be released.

The term "shipping" is one modern use of terminology born of of seafaring. Downriggers and those who work the rails in theater still use nautical terminology.

50th of 72 next year should be interesting. The big enchilada being E72 should have some good company from some of those monster Summer shows.

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Submitted by JoshByTheBay on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 09:37

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Hey ADedhed68, haven't gotten my notice either and just like the last 3 releases it seems the show will only be sent out the day of (or a day before) the official release. Super disappointing, I know, but my best success has been to either directly message Marye or write to the Daves Picks Priority Service email. By no means will it hurry it up but at least you can get confirmation that your Dave's Picks is still on the way. Hope this helps quell any worries but I totally feel the frustration :/

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 10:36

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Thanks for your comments man! I appreciate it

Thanks to all of you. I sent Marye a PM

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 11:00

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For some reason, shows from summer of this year tend to be a bit off my radar-apart from you know what. I divide 1972 up into Europe and the New York shows leading up to it, and then Fall. So....definitley a yes for me for a summer 1972 box next year.
Currently listening to 9/24/72, from 30 Trips. I never particularly rated this show - which is a bit perplexing to me now. I don't knpw what I was looking for and didn't find. Maybe it was because the 1967, 68, 69, 70 and 71 shows in the big box ar so transcendent that this one seemed a bit disappointing. Anyway - it hits the spot now. Better late than never.
Friend of the Devil is much more pleasant to me at this faster clip.

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Submitted by Mr. Ones on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 11:23

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Love the Harvey Mandel in your last 5!! That dude is soooo overlooked. I have about 6-7 of his albums, and they are all fantastic.
Don't need Dave's 40 just yet, I still have 1 '72 show, and 2 '73 shows to plug into my brain.

Music is the Best!!!!!!

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Submitted by unkle sam on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 11:24

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cant believe it's been 30 years since that day. Last 5 have been San Francisco bands in his honor, he did kinda start the whole thing rolling:
Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails
Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary of Skull F@*k
Santana Abraxas
Jefferson Airplane After Bathing At Baxters'
Jefferson Starship Blows Against the Empire
Thank you Bill Graham for that San Francisco sound.

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Submitted by billy the kidd on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 11:26

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#41. 12/12 & 13/68 Avalon Ballroom, #42 2/5,6,7/70 Fillmore West, #43. 4/27,28/85 Frost Ampitheatre, #44. 2/9/73 Maples Pavillion.

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Submitted by nitecat on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 12:43

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I haven't received a notice either.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 13:55

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to tunnel into the Vault. He's got the right ideas, or at least 3 out of 4 ain't bad. BTW, I have an outstanding bootleg of 10-12-68 that is advertised as from the broadcast, but it sounds more like a soundboard.

Did anyone on this forum ever buy (and receive) the cartoon book ("graphic novel") that included an LP of an October '68 show? (Unsure of the date.)

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Submitted by nappyrags on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 18:49

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here go to The Bill Graham Memorial gig at Golden Gate park???

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 10/26/2021 - 20:37

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....I was busy courting marriage to a psycho. Long story.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 02:00

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50 years ago today…..

October 27, 1971
Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York

Set 1: Casey Jones-Me And My Uncle-Deal-Jack Straw-Tennessee Jed-Beat It On Down The Line-Sugaree-Playing In The Band-Comes A Time-Mexicali Blues-Big Railroad Blues-Cumberland Blues-One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Bertha-Me And Bobby McGee-Ramble On Rose-Sugar Magnolia-Brown Eyed Women-Truckin'-Not Fade Away>drums>jam>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away

Deadicated to stopbath, sherdeep, Butch, Syracuse78, unkle sam, snoone, seabird17, iGrateful, baltimoretool, and Erikandjenn , because hump day…….

Even an “average1971 show” has its high points…………

Speaking of which, here the Dead start off high. Decent doses of country-western-Weir-Bakersfield. Fine, hard rockin’ conclusions to both sets. Maybe not classic, but certainly worth a listen!

Rock on!!

Doc
But what is a memorial, when you come right down to it, but a commemoration of wounds endured……

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Submitted by billy the kidd on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 07:01

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37 years ago today, I was at the B.C.T. for the start of a cool run of shows with the Grateful Dead. Rick Griffin put out a great poster for this set of shows. Going to see the Dead in Berkeley was always nice, because we would go to Everett & Jones B.B.Q. after the show.

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Submitted by JoshByTheBay on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 09:08

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Check Dead Net just opened to preorders but releasing in April of '22 looking very cool! Would love to see those shows also released on streaming platforms but I'll wait. Also Dave revealed Dave's Picks #41 and I should say it is a mighty fine show. Looks like it's gonna be a great year!

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 09:37

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Inquiring minds want to know.

Saw Phish last night. The crowd was high energy (Molly), and they did a nice Sneakin' Through the Alley with Sally, and an Oye Como Va jam. Not too familiar with their tunes, otherwise.
By my count, there were more Dead shirts than Phish shirts.
Vegas is next with a four show run. Recommended. Two thumbs up.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 10:23

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Boooo!
Oh well, can’t win em all.
Hey,I know Jim’s been waiting on this one so there’s that at least ; )

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:15

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I'll never say no to some clean-sounding Spring '77.

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Submitted by billy the kidd on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:23

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I think I'm going to go ala carte this year. If I find out that Dave's #42 is two shows from 1968, 1969, or 1970, I may jump on board and subscribe.

No, I take no credit.. it was wissinomingdeadhead that pulled this one seemingly out of thin air. I just seconded that emotion.

Good pick. If we get a '74 in the second slot.. well, that would be humorous and formulaic.

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Submitted by nappyrags on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 13:10

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I received my shipping notice...we shall see...

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 14:38

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J/K:

Saw 14 shows of Phish from 95-03.

Been meaning to catch another just haven't done it. They hit Nashville and places around me almost every tour.

The city closest to me is building a $45 million new amphitheater. It is a classic Greek amphitheater like Berkley.

Ben Lovett of Mumford and Sons is the artist representative on the board. A year ago he discussed that this will be one of the greatest musical venues worldwide. He said he has played everywhere around the world from the toilet, i.e. diver bars, to the greatest theaters arenas and stadiums. Paraphrasing at best from memory. The audience is going to be blown away, but the backstage amenities will draw even the biggest of acts. Rumor is Phish will be grand opening act. That would be nice. Who knows this old fart may go psychedelic if that were true (maybe).

If anyone wants to read more, do a search on Mumford and Sons' Bob Levitt discusses new amphitheater.

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Submitted by stillwaters on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 16:26

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Got a shipping notice for DaP 40. Of course, when it will show up is another matter.
I think Listen To The River is splendid!!! I could criticize the flaws and inconsistences. But considering the tapes were made fifty years ago without the intention of producing them commercially, I'll gladly take we have.
Got permission to order Dave's Picks subscription for next year. You folks in relationships know what I'm talking about when I say "permission." ;D
Great time to be a Dead Head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Submitted by carlo13 on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 21:51

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Monday. I am not married I am single. I do have a girl friend with benefits. I don't need permission, but I am very reasonable with myself.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 01:46

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50 years ago today…..

October 29, 1971
Allen Theater, Cleveland, Ohio

Set 1: Truckin'-Sugaree-El Paso-Loser-Playing In The Band-Brown Eyed Women-Beat It On Down The Line-Brokedown Palace-Jack Straw-Tennessee Jed-Mexicali Blues-Big Railroad Blues-Casey Jones

Set 2: Cryptical Envelopment>drums>The Other One>Me And My Uncle>The Other One> Cryptical Envelopment>Deal-Sugar Magnolia-Ramble On Rose-Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away-One More Saturday Night

Deadicated to rivrain, direwulf, helena buckett, hockey_john, 101874winterland,
rdevil, samthardman, wjonjd, and wharfratwhitey, because the past……

No rough road here, this is a wonderful combination of smooth, rockin’, country/western, and Bakersfield. Fellow rockers, I have to admit I love this show!! It’s one of my great guilty pleasures from late 71, although nobody should feel guilty about liking a show as fine as this!!

Really fine Truckin’ to open the very Bakersfieldish first set. The Dead come charging right out in the second set with a great big jam, and wrap things up nicely with a solid NFA suite followed by Bobby’s new-at-the time rocker One More Saturday Night.

Possibly the best of the October shows, and worthy of official release!!!

Rock on!!

Doc
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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 08:37

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40 landed here yesterday, I've taken-in the first show in an inaugural listen.
The mix is a bit rocky out of the gate, which is unfortunate cause I love me some Help- Slip -Franklin's opener; things get pretty dialed-in by the time Slipknot rolls around. Bobby jumps into Franklin's a fraction of a moment too soon, but it doesn't ruin anything at the end of the day. Things move along at a decent clip and the first set is enjoyable; a notable Peggy'O with just the right amount of reverb on Jerry's hauntingly beautiful solo and a nicely jammed Cassidy paired with a rocking Deal close out set 1. I really dig the Chinacat and the transition swells and builds multiple times until Bobby nudges Jerry into the climax before it settles into Rider. The Looks Like Rain is actually really good, with some great sound techniques being utilized. The Terrapin is sprawling and the little jam coming out the other end is definitely interesting - was that Mickey who prompted that entire little run at the end there? One of the drummers coaxes this jam out of the band and it's cool. The Other One doesn't let up at all once it gets going with a couple of raunchy Phil Bombs in there for good Measure; followed by a typically epic Dew. I always loved The Weight, so it's fulfilling to see it pop on a Dave's as an encore.

Looking forward to the 7/19 show, it shall be spun today.
Happy Friday Deadfreaks.

Sixtus

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