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    "When we began discussing audio projects to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead back in 2012, we knew we wanted to do something completely unprecedented. We could think of nothing more exciting or ambitious than a career-spanning overview of the band's live legacy focused on what best tells the story: complete concerts. Our first criterion was the very best live music to represent any given year in the band’s history. We wanted to make sure that there were not only the tent-pole shows that fans have been demanding for decades but also ones that are slightly more under the radar, but equally excellent. For those who listen to the entire box straight through, chronologically, the narrative of the Grateful Dead's live legacy will be seen as second to none in the pantheon of music history." - David Lemieux

    We are more than pleased to announce the Grateful Dead's most ambitious release ever: 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN. Available as both an 80-disc boxed set and a custom lightning-bolt USB drive, the collection includes 30 unreleased live shows, one for each year the band was together from 1966 to 1995, along with one track from their earliest recording sessions in 1965. Packed with over 73 hours of music, both the boxed set and the USB drive will be individually numbered limited editions.

    The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies, a nod to the band’s formation in 1965. Along with the CDs, it also includes a gold-colored 7-inch vinyl single which bookends the band’s career. The A-side is “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)” from the band’s earliest recording session in 1965 with the B-side of the last song the band ever performed together live, “Box Of Rain” recorded during their final encore at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 9, 1995.

    The box also comes with a 288-page book that features an extensive, career-spanning essay written by Nick Meriwether, who oversees the Dead archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, along with special remembrances of the band submitted by fans. Also included is a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years.

    The USB drive version* will be shaped like a gold lightning bolt with the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary logo engraved on the side. The drive includes all of the music from the collection in both FLAC (96/24) and MP3 formats and is an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies. Digital version of the book also included on USB.

    Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This release is sure to sell out quickly so pre-order your copy today and stick around as we will be revealing a mighty fine selection of music, art, and much, much more right here.

    (Looking for a smaller 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake? September 18th will see the release of a four-CD version of the collection titled 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995. More on that here.)

    ROLLINGSTONE.COM SONG PREMIERE AND EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEMIEUX INTERVIEW
    Head on over to Rollingstone.com for the very first listen of "Morning Dew" 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, David Fricke's exclusive interview with archivist David Lemieux, and the reveal of 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN's '69 and '84 shows.

    *Helpful hints for using your USB:

    Running the 30 Trips Player / Reader program:
    On Windows – Navigate to the USB drive and double click the PCStart.exe file to run.
    On MacOS – Open the GD 30 Trips drive, and double click the MacStart to run.

    Viewing the digital book:
    You can either view it within the program that comes on the drive, or by opening the PDF directly.

    To view the PDF, open the PDF folder on the drive and the USB_bk_spreads_08-31 file within. Selecting the option within your PDF reading application to view as a “single page” might be preferable to viewing as a continuous document.

    Importing music into iTunes and other library programs:
    When you import the songs from the USB into your library, the information used to identify the track will likely leave them sorted incorrectly. Please use the song list found here to re-number the songs for each show so that they playback in the correct order.
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    jrf68@hotmail.com
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    The ACE OF SPADES.....
    Sad news.We lost Lemmy from MOTORHEAD today.Didn't listen to 'em much,but when the right occasion called for it there was no substitute.(A very loud motorcycle & the open road at 80 or 90 mph comes to mind.) Iron Horse/Born To Lose(No Sleep 'Till Hammersmith) was my favorite. :( & Medowlark Lemon from the Harlem Globetrotters...those guys were a special joy to watch when I was a kid in the 70's. :(
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    @Dave - Strummer Picture
    I'm also pretty sure it's Joe Strummer with Bob, but I think it's from 1979 when the Clash played the 2nd Tribal Stomp in Monterey.
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    Happy New Year All
    Did a little road trip to Philly to see a little GD related live music. Ended up blowing the speakers on my car getting the most out of the '67 trip. Ooops.. Add another couple hundred bucks to the cost of Boxzilla. May everyone eek a little extra out of 2016 then they thought they would... Happy new Year.
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    Vguy72
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    Just found out...
    ....that Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat King Cole, passed. There's three....
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    Vguy72
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    "You should have booked ahead....
    ....come to think of it, you should have booked the rest of the body as well". Classic muleskinner, classic....I'll miss you Trap.... ....that was from season two I think. Circa 1973. Think I'll spin the San Diego 30 Trips show later. That was a great year. The Miami Dolphins were the cream of the crop then too....that seems so long ago....sigh....
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    Dave & Vguy...Yankee Doodle Doctor
    Dave - Agree on the tagging for sure. Alot of them you can tell the master when it get's there, since the phrasing, etc, is so recognizable, but many are very similar and it would also be very useful to know where the master take fits in the sequence when browsing. Not to rehash the whole USB / bolt discussion, but it's kind of sad how far behind meta-tagging is, given the prominence (dominance even?) of digital media nowadays. Kids.. I believe I read somewhere, either in the box or on an article about it, that they used the original mix of the masters or mixed them down so they did not stand out among the other takes. I agree with that for sure, but at least tagging them would have been nice. Vguy - RIP Trapper. Lemmy too, though I don't really know Motorhead at all. MASH was before my time but I got into it in 2014 and am a devotee now. I'm a Hawkeye guy but Trapper was fantastic, as were the rest. One of my favorites of the 'first wave'... Harpo Trapper. RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZ8gsN796A
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    Happy 2016 freaks!!!
    ....I made it to 12:10 last night. Woo-hoo!! Woke up Mrs. Vguy at 11:57. Gave me a dirty look. Lol. Hope this year brings you all grate times. Looking at the setlist, those at the Forum last night for Dead & Company got off to an awesome start. Looks rocking on paper. Wow... ....next week, I may be posting sparingly. Family is moving eight miles down the road. Packed up all my music yesterday. The lone soldier on the battlefield is my 30 Trips box. Always marching on. My highlight for 2015. Thanks Rhino, dead.net and Dave.... ....on a down note, the world lost Lemmy and Wayne Rogers the past couple days. Listened to Motorhead quite a bit back in the 80's when I was deep into the metal scene. The Dead popped my cherry in 86. Fast and loud. Born to lose, lived to win was Lemmy's motto. Cool motto. Rogers was Trapper John on MASH. One of my late father's favorite shows. He passed the torch to me. Interesting, since I've been Netflix binging MASH for the last few days. Strange coincidence....RIP gentlemen. Actually, Lemmy should rest in loud....
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    Kate / Subjects?
    Kate, I swear it looks like Bob Weir and a very young Joe Strummer from The Clash! Backstage at the US Festival? Were the Clash even on the bill?
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    Hey Muleskinner / Happy New Year To Everyone
    Muleskinner I know you purchased the Dylan deluxe 18 CD Bootleg Series as I did - while I thoroughly enjoy the notating of "Take 6" "False Start" etc. I found it kind of odd that they didn't denote the 'Master Take' for each of the songs, unless you consider "Take 6 Complete" as that indication. Any thoughts on this? In either case I'm enjoying the set greatly. Again may the coming year be kind, joyful. and prosperous to you and yours.
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    muleskinner_blues
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    Happy New Year
    Here's to 2016 being better than 2015. I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you. And since you didn't ask..best Spring '90 show? 3/14. Arguements to prove me wrong welcome. Thank you very little.
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"When we began discussing audio projects to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead back in 2012, we knew we wanted to do something completely unprecedented. We could think of nothing more exciting or ambitious than a career-spanning overview of the band's live legacy focused on what best tells the story: complete concerts. Our first criterion was the very best live music to represent any given year in the band’s history. We wanted to make sure that there were not only the tent-pole shows that fans have been demanding for decades but also ones that are slightly more under the radar, but equally excellent. For those who listen to the entire box straight through, chronologically, the narrative of the Grateful Dead's live legacy will be seen as second to none in the pantheon of music history." - David Lemieux

We are more than pleased to announce the Grateful Dead's most ambitious release ever: 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN. Available as both an 80-disc boxed set and a custom lightning-bolt USB drive, the collection includes 30 unreleased live shows, one for each year the band was together from 1966 to 1995, along with one track from their earliest recording sessions in 1965. Packed with over 73 hours of music, both the boxed set and the USB drive will be individually numbered limited editions.

The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies, a nod to the band’s formation in 1965. Along with the CDs, it also includes a gold-colored 7-inch vinyl single which bookends the band’s career. The A-side is “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)” from the band’s earliest recording session in 1965 with the B-side of the last song the band ever performed together live, “Box Of Rain” recorded during their final encore at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 9, 1995.

The box also comes with a 288-page book that features an extensive, career-spanning essay written by Nick Meriwether, who oversees the Dead archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, along with special remembrances of the band submitted by fans. Also included is a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years.

The USB drive version* will be shaped like a gold lightning bolt with the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary logo engraved on the side. The drive includes all of the music from the collection in both FLAC (96/24) and MP3 formats and is an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies. Digital version of the book also included on USB.

Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This release is sure to sell out quickly so pre-order your copy today and stick around as we will be revealing a mighty fine selection of music, art, and much, much more right here.

(Looking for a smaller 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake? September 18th will see the release of a four-CD version of the collection titled 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995. More on that here.)

ROLLINGSTONE.COM SONG PREMIERE AND EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEMIEUX INTERVIEW
Head on over to Rollingstone.com for the very first listen of "Morning Dew" 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, David Fricke's exclusive interview with archivist David Lemieux, and the reveal of 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN's '69 and '84 shows.

*Helpful hints for using your USB:

Running the 30 Trips Player / Reader program:
On Windows – Navigate to the USB drive and double click the PCStart.exe file to run.
On MacOS – Open the GD 30 Trips drive, and double click the MacStart to run.

Viewing the digital book:
You can either view it within the program that comes on the drive, or by opening the PDF directly.

To view the PDF, open the PDF folder on the drive and the USB_bk_spreads_08-31 file within. Selecting the option within your PDF reading application to view as a “single page” might be preferable to viewing as a continuous document.

Importing music into iTunes and other library programs:
When you import the songs from the USB into your library, the information used to identify the track will likely leave them sorted incorrectly. Please use the song list found here to re-number the songs for each show so that they playback in the correct order.
PDF
Text

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