Dave's Picks Vol. 40: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90

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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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November 2, 2021 - 5:06pm

#761

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

10,337 reasons why I love the Grateful Dead

Because #10,337/25,000 is playing now. It arrived yesterday but - GASP! - I waited until tonight to rip and listen because we had people over who aren't really musos. I know, letting riff raff like that into the house... blame my wife.

After indulging in that last box set from St. Louis, then seeing Dead & Co. on the Rocks last month, and now this two-show set arriving, I realize how much I like to mix up all the eras to keep the ears fresh. Dave does a masterful job of era surfing. I know he can't please everyone, but I have zero complaints about this series from day one.

30 days of Dead is a nice little pre-holiday gift every year as the days get shorter and the nights get longer.

I lined a basement wall with bookshelves, each of them different sizes and styles. I picked them all up used off Craigslist or whatever when we moved in here, I said, that wall in the basement will be my wall of sound. There's dozens of rock and roll books and cds and music dvds, blu ray etc. Box sets are stacked along the top along with Germanic beer steins, old absinthe bottles, decorative skulls, signed baseballs, and other random tchotchkes. My guitar cases and amps fill a hallway next to them, with two full stage racks of electrics lining another wall.

The cd's only get played on a boombox when I work out on Sunday mornings or in the garage when performing some manly task... the rest of the time all that shit just sits there, except for the guitars. My kids are getting older and moving their scene down into the basement gradually, trying to bust in on my space. I worry about their idiot friends getting their hands all over my shit but haven't been into boxing it up or anything. I guess we'll see how that plays itself out.

Never had enough vinyl to fill up more than a couple of old fruit crates (thank God) or I'd need a storage locker.

Out in the garage there still remains an old hard-sided suitcase that looks like something out of Kerouac, filled up with unboxed cassettes and 45 rpm singles. My last friend with a cassette player in his car has finally moved on to a smoother ride, so it looks like those cassettes are headed to the grave at long last.

Last 5:

Rolling Stones - Tattoo You Deluxe cd (none of the 'new' songs are worth a shit, but the original lp remains a classic)
Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks 40 (show one, as bad as Brent looked he still sounds great)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (more people need to make that choice)
Various Artists - The Metallica Blacklist (eclectic as fuck and not half bad)
Elle King - Love Stuff (Sassy!)

\m/
November 2, 2021 - 4:56pm

#762

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Storage

My CD rack was getting full when the DaP series started. That rack now holds DVDs, Blurays, and non-GD CDs.
GD CDs are all stored in plastic storage boxes where they are protected from sun, dust, dog drool, etc.

Music files on HDs are in chronological order and in AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, and AAC formats; backed up extensively.
ALAC files are played in the living room from an iBasso DX120 connected to the stereo.
AAC files at 320 kbs are played in the car from a USB drive.

Vinyl is stored in tie-dyed Victrola record storage cases.
Interesting fact: when I was buying the Victrola storage cases (I have 7 currently) there where a lot of different colors and patterns, and tie-dye was the lowest price. Score!
I think that most people don’t want tie-dye. All the more for me.
November 2, 2021 - 4:33pm

#763

carlo13

Joined:
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#3021 - dr.demento

I just opened the mailbox and what do you know, dap 40. The first disk is sounding good. Thismikebenz, yes it dr.demento. He is now 80 yo and still kicking. I just bought his book on great blues players of all time. He was a big blues fan. He writes about leadbelly, srv, blind lemon, and others. The book came out in 2000 and he signed it twice with his real name Barry hansen and dr.D.. The book was also a rhino release. For twenty clams you can get one on his site. Good quality paperback too.
November 2, 2021 - 4:11pm

#764

Crow Told Me

Joined:
October 15, 2020

The Dream of the '90s is Alive ...

... in Deer Creek!

Just received #40, listened to the first two discs. A really good show! Enough so that I feel I've probably been missing out by not listening to more 1990.

I think I'm always going to prefer the early '70s, when they were still playing theaters rather than arenas: I always get the feeling, with these really big shows, that the Dead feel obligated to keep things moving and deliver a rockin' good time, whether they feel like it or not, and I kind of prefer the more intimate feel of smaller places where they seem like they felt they could just relax and play whatever.

You can hear a little bit of what I mean at the end of disc one of this set, when they do the final a cappella chorus of 'Rider.' In a lot of the best (IMO) versions, they take the dynamic way down at that point, sometimes slowing the tempo, and sing it quietly and kind of wistfully before they bring the volume back up for the final chords. In this case, it sounds like they were thinking of doing that, but then the crowd was hooting and stomping so loud they can't slow down or ease up. But it still winds up being a pretty good China-Rider.

Seems like a very welcome addition to the collection, and I haven't even listened to discs 3 & 4 yet, which are supposed to be the better show! Clearly, I need to rethink my bias against the '90s.
November 2, 2021 - 3:10pm

#765

nitecat

Joined:
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Shelving or lack thereof...

10213 arrived right on time today! Looking forward to listening.

I'm really impressed with different approaches to shelving. I proudly display on my office shelf Dead by order of release for DP, DaP, Road Trips and Garcia releases. Box sets are displayed on the office shelves wherever they fit. I moved recently, and don't yet have a shelf unit for my non dead cd's, except for a few in a shelf in the dining room.

A few years ago I purchased two used library card catalog units, which cassettes fit perfectly if you take out the center rod. When I moved, I got rid of one of the units, and most of my cassettes. I held on to the cassettes I recorded myself at a show, and they live in my office card catalog. I am slowly digitizing my recordings and plan to upload them to Archive.org. My LP's have had a hard life, they were ignored for 20+ years, living in the garage. They are in bad shape, in plastic boxes in the current garage, and I hope to clean them and store them better some day.
November 2, 2021 - 2:29pm

#766

JoshByTheBay

Joined:
July 9, 2020

A request if I may...

Just got my copy of #40 today and to my disappointment Disc 3 was scratched up along the edges. I've already written emails requesting for help but now I turn to y'all and ask if anyone can send a FLAC file of Foolish Heart. It's the only song I'm unable to burn due to the scratches and it's a favorite. A massive thanks and a small gift will be given in return. Thank you and hope everyone is having a great day!
November 2, 2021 - 11:23am

#767

estimated-eyes

Joined:
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#40

Good comments Spacebrother. My era for shows was this as well, 1988-95. I have gotten through most of the first night and it sounds just like a solid GD show from the era. I like this as a change of pace from the St. Louis box. Nice show, so far (halfway through Dew). Can't wait to hear the rest.

My first 4 shows were Alpine Valley (when is Dave going to release Alpine 89 in video and audio) and then went to Tinley Park in 1990-- first and third shows for us. The venue sucked from the parking lot to the acoustics. It all had a bad vibe. The first night at Tinley was a good show, the third night was fine but not stellar. We were in the pavilion that night and even 31 years later I remember we all noted how Brent looked that night (bugged out eyes a few times on the big screen). Come to find out he was not well in mind, body and spirit.

I was also at the blues summit show at Alpine (Clapton, SRV, Cray and Buddy)-- first night of two. That was my first time seeing SRV and he blew my mind. I walked out saying he sold me all his cds. Just a stellar show. Then I heard of his passing on the radio. I really don't listen to SRV too often, it makes me damn sad. It was very foggy the night of our show, too. I remember my buddy driving and ending up on the wrong side of the highway at a spot where a divider appeared. The fog got SRV the next night.
November 2, 2021 - 10:16am

#768

Sixtus_

Joined:
November 8, 2014

re: The Shelf is Actually A Time Machine

....I actually house the vast majority of my Dicks/Dave's/Official GD Releases in numerical then release order within my 1/3 scale British Telephone Call Box....the red version of the Dr. Who TARDIS; it's about 4 feet tall. It serves as my GD time-machine, capable of exploring the greatest depths of the known musical universe.

The other myriad artistical boxes are displayed all around the house in various, notable locations.
Sixtus
November 2, 2021 - 9:41am

#769

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

DaP 1 Vinyl

I'm a little surprised this is still available.

I would have thought these be gone in a heartbeat since the cd's of 1 go for so much>
November 2, 2021 - 8:05am

#770

Deadheadbrewer

Joined:
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Dennis--LOL!

I'm glad I had JUST swallowed that mouthful of coffee before I hit your closing remark! :)

And I should have mentioned--the shows in the box sets stay in the boxes, next to the GD CD rack; they aren't on the chronologically-sequenced rack. That sometimes bothers me . . .

John Perry Barlow

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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.

Here we go!

Received on Monday, finally ripped last night, heading into the stereo rooom to give it the full treatment….now!

Re: Today in 1971 History

I am a fan of the Harding Theatre show. One of the 71's that caught my attention years ago.

Thanks Doc.

This here release

Summer 90 was awk af for me
This release makes me think of those times

Yin and Yang, ninos.

Anyone notice the cassette in the cover art? 4/15/78

It truly blows mule that Brent would be truly and literally dead shortly after these shows

Harding Theaterre ja gerne

RELEASE 6 10 73 ALREADY WITH 6 9 73 AS A COMPANION SHOW.

a person wants pizza but we keep getting crackers with velveeta

I will have a nice glass of whine with my crackers please

Mr safety here

I saw a couple of pedestrians come within 3 feet of being struck by a left turning car this morning

Drive alertly, my fellow Deadheads of the Corn

Really quick delivery

Arrived home to find 10327 had arrived in Scotland via Royal Mail with no charges. Promised the Mrs we’d watch a movie tonight so the shows will have to wait until tomorrow. Love the artwork with all the wee details such as the tape, the Batman skull tshirt, the children of the corn allusions and many more to discover.

11/7/71

One of the joyous shows from Fall 71. I like the cool way they slip "Hideaway" into the set-not showing off or "look at me , I'm playing the blues" but sweet and easy. The technical problems at the beginning of the show give the band the chance to talk to the audience. They do this in such a way that suggests that at this time they were still playing music from within a community, rather than being stood on stage playing at one.

Great 1990 release

This is a fine 1990 release, as someone said a great showcase for Brent and the band at their peak. And for those that don't have the Spring 1990 boxes, it is a wonderful opportunity for fans to appreciate this band playing with both cylinders. Sound is excellent. Jerry sounds like he's having fun. Thanks to Dave and all for releasing this gem.

7/18

Holy cow, this show is a monster. When Phil is on.. the band is on and right out of the gate, Phil plays like a man possessed.

And that second set is a powerhouse, which still leaves 7/19 for tomorrow. Peak late era Grateful Dead. Have a great weekend all.

Bobby Desolation

How he can remember Desolation Row and routinely forget Truckin' is one of life's great mysteries.

For those looking for great Brent shows, try 4/8/89, Cincy. I took my college roommate to this show. It was his first. He was a big Pink Floyd fan. Opened LTGTR. Wang Dang. Blow Away (best one ever, sorry Philly). Also a great Fantasy/Jude that night. Anyway, he turns to me during LTGTR and says "Who the f#ck is that guy on kee-boards?" He got it right away. Still going to shows to this day.

7/18/90

Overall a fine show.
HELP starts out perhaps a tad tentative? Perhaps pre-occupied with sound etc.
Sound is pretty good for opener, perhaps the bass and/or bass drum is a bit tubby?
SLIP transition is not flawless, but it is the openers, and if I was seeing this live, I’m sure I’d had no complaints.
So far I’m actually liking the crowd mix. Adds more realism for my taste, not so unnaturally dry.
Like the guy yelling lol.
MINGLEWOOD Kick still a bit tubby. Strait forward well played but not powerful.
Bobs vocals sound good, JG’s still work in progress, like in PEGGY O, he sounds good performance wise, but sound wise a bit dry and too out front? He does awright with just one little miscue.
Maybe their a bit tired near the end of the tour? It’s almost like they have a cool west coast laid back vibe going?
Perhaps it’s just the slow first set build up!
EASY saw 3, first one in 79, then 3/22/90 & 6/8/90, with this one being last of the 9 returns, and last one ever.
Not a perfect version, but nice, and nice to hear him go with some positive energy that sometimes lacked in latter days. After all these years, still mind blowing that he’d be gone so soon after!
MASTERPIECE this is a nice, smooth version, and Bobs vocals already seem really dialed in, while JG’s aren’t quite there yet. Another relaxed but well played song. Everything: Music/Sound keeps progressing subtly with each song.
BEW JG muffs the first line, but moves on nicely and by now Healy has him dialed in also, with the overall vocal blend sounding nice!
CASSIDY/DEAL as was often the case, by the time the set hit these 2 to close things out, the band and sound would be finally building up nicely to the big crescendo. JG careful, concise, not manic or forced.
Overall a pleasant, well played set if perhaps lacking a little in fire?
THE SECOND SET analytics slipped away on me as things were sounding mighty fine. Kinda status quo for the times with the slow build up of the first set and coming out in the second all guns blazing and the sound pretty damn good all things considered. Cruising nicely at a super clean 90 to 95 dB peaks, sounding great!
I’ll leave the hyperbole to others, especially in regard to the China/Rider. Great energy. The set progresses nicely, with the drums/space causing me to giggle! I like the the psychedelic vocal effects on Bob during TOO, and though I can understand how some folks don’t like it, I didn’t think it was too overdone, though I have heard it done so. I’ll just say on to a great finish and leave it at that.
The sound eventually was so good I’d forgot it’s lineage. Like if I just listened, I didn’t consider the source, versus if I thought about the source, then I noticed it a little, if that makes sense?
Best of the tour? Don’t know the tour well enough to say, definitely a consideration? Best of the year, I respectfully disagree.
I’m sure after stadiums it was way cool to be at these. Really look forward to tomorrow!
Overall, not flawless, but pretty damn solid! 3.8 outta 5 Red Sweethearts

EDIT: oh, one thing to note, the nasty distortion in space. Guessing it’s MIDI related. Seems more the recording than CD production. It didn’t last too long but if your blasting this at loud volume you may want to spare your tweeters and turn it down until it passes.

Most jokes state a bitter truth…..

50 years ago today…..

November 7, 1971
Harding Theater, San Francisco, California

Set 1: Truckin'-Brown-Eyed Women-Beat It On Down The Line-Hideaway-Sugaree-Jack Straw-Tennessee Jed-Cumberland Blues-El Paso-Big Railroad Blues-Comes A Time-Mexicali Blues-One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Ramble On Rose-Me And Bobby McGee-Loser-Sugar Magnolia-Dark Star>drums>The Other One>Me And My Uncle>The Other One>Deal-Brokedown Palace-Playing In The Band-Casey Jones-Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away

Encores: Johnny B. Goode-Uncle John's Band

Deadicated to bolo24, because I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail……

Great and classic show and a long-time personal favorite. It has pretty much everything you could ask of the Dead in this era. Rockers, Cowboy songs, hot jams, the unusual coupling of Dark Star and The Other One, an unbelievably smoking NFA transition jam (maybe the best ever?), plus even the often-expected equipment difficulties, AND jokes from the audience! The circulating broadcast copies are excellent quality and highly recommended. The band sounds loose, and the crowd sounds juiced. OK yes there’s no Pigpen, but still highly highly recommended, a classic of the first rank!!

Rock on!!

Doc
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes

90's drums>space

this release has two from two different shows, thank you Dave and Rhino and of course, the Good Old Grateful Dead. These two are smoking, especially the 19th.

Unkle Sam

Yes, I am also a Drums/Space fan.

A few days ago someone asked why D/S wasn’t cut to make room for the Useless Blues encore.
The answer?
Because Drums/Space is better.

Jason Willder

My first show was 4/6/89.
I walked into that stadium with Pink Floyd as my favorite band, and walked out of that stadium with Grateful Dead as my favorite band.

Drums and Space

A reeeeeal luck of the draw for me

Sometimes I dig 'em
Sometimes I think of it as "well, we gotta fill 2.5 hours SOMEhow..."

Blurt bleeeet...that can be an alien dandelion baking cookies wearing day-glo orange socks

Or a

"Why did I pay money for this" moment

This is a great one!

Happy Sunday Heads!

I'm really enjoying Dave's 40 so far. Listened to the whole thing once. I've always enjoyed 1990 Dead and these shows are new to me. I have to agree with Dave, the second night is the one for me. Band sounds really in sync with one another and the show is full of energy and a lot of little musical moments. Enjoyed the first show also. I anticipate listening to these a good bit in the coming months. Foolish heart is a highlight for me. I've always enjoyed that song. One of those later era tunes that could have been jammed out more. Epic China Doll here also.

Count me among those who like Drums/Space. Especially the later years. I remember being particularly blown away by drums/space when I saw the band in the 90s and playing a cassette of infrared roses as background for some good smoke sessions. Seems like most of Infrared Roses was from 1989-91, maybe even mostly 1990?? Great versions on these shows. I like the audience recording in this also. I could feel some summertime outdoor vibes as I was listening to these.

Thanks Doc for the 71 anniversaries. I've never heard the Harding shows or the Cleveland show from Fall 71. Seems like I need to give those a listen.

So much good music. Play it loud if you can

7/19/90

Gots dat peaceful easy feeling.

As was often the case with the second night, the sound is more dialed in outta the gate.
Though it does build nicely throughout to where later on you had to think/remember the lineage.
In other words, I thought these sounded good all things considered.

And speaking of hot outta the gate, Phil starts out a tad loud but quickly dials it in during a decent JACK STRAW opener. TLEO continues the refined easy feeling with some sweet harmonies.
It’s like the boys knew they’d cleaned up and did the working man’s thing at the stadium shows and now they could chill in the backyard. Same with DESOLATION, a nice, well played version, though I wouldn’t say Goat.
I dug the first vocal hallucination on the Phantom of the Opera line, but the second one may have been unnecessary?
PICASSO MOON moving along nicely then, whoa? Whhaaaa happen? Lol.
Tight ALTHEA/PL to bring it home, we’ll played but perhaps not quite the fire of the previous nights set closers?
First set overall perhaps more consistently well played with less time needed to dial things in, but after first run through I think my gut goes slightly with the first night? But that could change going forward?

Now I keep mentioning relaxed, mellow, laid back etc I mean these as good descriptors, not negatives, it’s how I felt at the June Cali shows. A band relaxed and confident and enjoying the situation. They may not always have the roller coaster energy, but good in a different way.
VICTIM starts kinda the same, more relaxed and not as violent or dissonant, which to me is what makes the song. I know many do not like this song, but it’s one of my favorite Bob songs lol. They do wrap it up nicely though and I can only imagine what it really sounded like live! It’s a shame JG jumps ship so quick as I could of seen them weirding that one out a little longer. Phil seemed to be digging it!
But JG is raring to get to FOOLISH HEART and he does a fine job with it. But next perhaps the crown jewel of the show, CHINA DOLL. A sweet, nice combo with UJB, but unfortunately no groovy space jam into Drumz.
But that’s awright as the D/S is quite nice, until that nasty MIDI signal distortion. Much of which is Bob as evident by when it’s just he and JG out there. I Turned down again until it passed, Into a status quo WATCHTOWER, and then another top highlight for me, the sweet BLACK PETE everything JEP by now!
Only wish sometimes he didn’t Segway quite so abruptly with some of these, to instead linger on those sweet transitional moments! But on to a status quo NFA to end another fine, we’ll played show! I’d say another 3.8 outta 5 Red Sweethearts. Emotionally I may have identified to the first night a smidge, but I’m kinda tired today so who knows, next time could be different!
I guess the clincher is that luckily they gave us BOTH shows so we don’t have to think too much about all that lol.
Thanks for giving us both and for two great shows from a so far lightly scratched tour!
Look forward to more plays of both of these.

11 10 79

During NFA...a glorious moment...

Brief and brightly!!!

I get the house to myself...

Wednesday Thursday Friday 95% of Saturday

:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

GRATEFUL DEAD

Not fade away

‘You know our Love will not fade away’, I chanted this, and believed it then, and I’m living it now.
It really brought me back and into the present hearing the crowd at the end of NFA…

Re: ProudFoot

Make good use of the week and re-arrange the entire house.

Everything.. every piece of furniture, closets, down to the smallest kitchen utensil. Move it all to a new location/different drawer/different room, etc.

Before you start, ask yourself... what would Captain Lysergic do?

Thanks for the tip JiminMd

I do want to keep "ping" as well as "pong", so I will need to find an alternate activity...

I did get a grin or two out of your idea

When you grin twice....

....there is no turning back.

“Decorate” your house

BITD if we were partying at someone’s house and they passed out wed do what we called decorate their house.
Rehang pictures or clocks upside down. Change the time on the clocks. Reverse things like the way the fridge door opens. Nothing they’d notice immediately, just tweek things a little. The classic move, if possible was to just flip something that used to be right so it hung left etc. subtle, but affective!
Things like swap which side of a dresser drawer had the socks and which the undies etc
great fun and when the victim woke up they wouldn’t notice, sometimes until much later.
We hit Prezman up on his wedding night. They were finding things weeks later and having a great laugh about it!
So try that PF, I’m sure the Mrs would love the surprise lol ; )

11/9/73. Winterland

What a show! What a run ! What a great box set! This box set is still in my top 3 of box sets, 1). Fillmore West, 2). Europe 72, and 3)Winterland 11/9/10/11/73. My brother went to this show, I know other folks on this forum went to these shows, as good as it gets..

The second show works for me

Enjoyed the first '90 show, really enjoyed the second one. Jer giving it his all on both nights. Really good '90s GD.

Now, um, looking forward to the announcement of #42 w/ bonus disc.

Dave, could you make that a 4-disc '69 show(s), now that your first shows have been Dave's Picks? Asking nicely, for a friend.

DP40 arrived in Germany

Got my copy #23421 yesterday
Had to pay EUR 4,00 for taxes and EUR 6,00 for additonal fees.
Disc Two doesn't work on my regular player, the other runs it.
And with 07/19/90 one more show for my collection, have had
the previous show since decades. Both shows smokes!!!

DP40 arrived in the Netherlands

Got my copy #8447 today
Had to pay EUR 5,60 for taxes and EUR 4,00 for additional fees.
Haven't had a chance to play it yet.

anticipation

anticipaaaaation

tonight through Saturday at 11:00 pm: GRATEFUL DEAD marathon

Dave Kloc Posters

Dave Kloc, who created the great art covers for DaP 33-36, has a few new posters on his site, including a darn cool Billy Strings poster. Great gift ideas. I’ve purchased a few from Dave in the past, and he is a serious hockey fan and all round good guy! The site is easy to find. Really a great artist that I wish Rhino kept on board for further work on the Dave’s series (no disrespect to any of the talented artists who have contributed so far), because it is pretty bad-ass stuff.

Now, where is my DaP 40!?

Bell’s brewery sold

To Lion, subsidiary of Kirin, and owner of New Belgium Brewing.

New Belgium!

There goes the neighborhood : (

But before the marathon begins...

Black Sabbath Paranoid

Their first two albums are immortal to me

In the car...

11 22 72

Tonight will begin with 7 18 72 disc three

Stoltzy has the house to himself....

....should we crash it??

My response is from Black Sabbath lyrics

"NO! NO! PLEASE! NO!"

GD 1990

3 @ cal expo
2 @ eugene

Their sound at that time
Jerryz voice uh...at times...
Phil thunk thunk aint like it used to be: "BOOM BAH BOOOOMMMM!!!!!"

i still dig it

Fine release, Dave and pals. Thank you.

5079 is in the house!

Still working my way through the St. Louis box so DaP40 will have to sit on the shelf for likely another week or so. Too much good music is not a bad thing, right?

The rainy season has begun in the PNW and as my wife likes to remind me, "you don't freeze to death in the rain". Meanwhile in Regina, they are expecting snow tonight. Be well everyone.

Radical politics tend to be simple minded…..

50 years ago today……

November 11, 1971
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia

Set 1: Bertha-Me And My Uncle-Sugaree-Playing In The Band-Tennessee Jed-Jack Straw-Casey Jones-Me And Bobby McGee-Big Railroad Blues-Mexicali Blues-One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Truckin'-Sugar Magnolia-Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away-Johnny B. Goode

This is deadicated to John McCook…………

With the right vibes and the right people, it's easy to create something magical…..

Ah, what might have been! Sometimes, radical politics and rock and roll don’t mix well. And sometimes, the vibe effects the music……

Based on first hand accounts, as well as the audible stage banter on the circulating soundboard tape, this may be one of the most “unpleasant” shows of 1971. This is a difficult show to evaluate. Unlike some shows like Chateau d’Heronville and Terminal Island, which at least have “venue novelty value”, here the vibe is cold, confrontational, even hostile. Did the negative vibes effect the music? Hard to judge nearly fifty years after the fact, but I think that somehow it did.

The first set is about as long as most from this period. The “continuity” or “flow” is severely disrupted after Bertha. As usual, there are “equipment problems”. The second set is markedly shorter than most second sets from the Fall tours (six songs), there is no big jam number, and there is no encore. All that being said, overall the playing is pretty decent, and the Truckin’ and the NFA are strong. Still, I think this show generally falls well below the level of the other November 1971 shows. In fact, I’ve always thought of it as a somewhat oddball show, but maybe it’s just me……………

Rock on!!

Doc
Beautiful things can happen when you act intuitively and instinctively in a moment of anxiety and do something radical…..

Master of Reality

That one and the fourth aren't bad either. It all went a bit south after that though - Rick Wakeman?

Ha!

I don't know much about Sabbath, but if I have my story straight, I'm pretty sure Rick Wakeman was so bored with Topographic Oceans he was wandering about during downtime and found the Sabbath party much more to his liking (Sabbath was in the session room next door to Yes). Put a bunch of drunk musicians in a studio together and some unplanned things happen I suppose. I have a feeling that's how Pete Townsend ended up singing some backup vocals on Sway.

11/11/73 - I think I'll take a break from the new box set and put this old Classic on. Keith takes over on the Loose Lucy here. Dig it.

"Experience Regina"

Always a fun visit

11 11 71 is the one with the...

"NO PIGS ONSTAGE!" chant at the start

("NO WAR PIGS ONSTAGE!")

I look forward to the take on 11 12 71

"The back of my memory" says it's a good 'un.

Black Sabbath

First four are great
Sabotage is good
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath has a few good tracks

Then...meh.

But those first four albums are keeeeeeeeeeepers

Fairies Wear Boots and You Gotta Believe Me

On election day in 2016, I got up a little early so I could stop by the local grade school and cast my vote. At that time, I was still using my ipod to play music in the car, so I got in, turned the key, and hit shuffle. Out came the first chords of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath."

Normally, this was not the kind of music I’d want to hear first thing in the morning. But in this case, it perfectly reflected the dread I was feeling, and I cranked it up as loud as it would go. I just had this feeling horrible things were about to happen, I couldn’t do shit to stop it, and the music mirrored that feeling perfectly.

Where can you run to, what more can do? No more tomorrow. Life is killing you. Dreams turn to nightmares. Heaven turns to hell. Burned out confusion, nothing more to tell.

There might not be that many people who love the GOGD and also listen to Sabbath, but I’m one of ‘em. Paranoid is, hands down, the Greatest Metal Album Ever. They were fucking unstoppable, then. All the albums up to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath are good, but Paranoid is the peak. Iron Man? Fairies Wear Boots? Hand of Doom? Are you fucking kidding me? When I'm in the mood for metal, that's what I reach for. (Or maybe some High on Fire. Or early Mastodon.)

Anyway … nice long drive ahead of me today, and I’m in much better mood than I was in 2016. But I might crank some Sabbath anyway. Or DaP 40. We’ll see.

So I went to the doctor see what he could give me, he said sorry son you gone too far.