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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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  • #521
    simonrob
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    Hilarious
    It is hilarious the way some here feel the need to try and prove that the medium they chose to buy their 30 Trips on is better than the other, and even funnier that they try to prove this by attempting to define the ease with which they can make a backup and the time this takes. The baseline here is of course that all things are ephemeral and the real question here is what is going to survive the longest, a set of CDs, an USB stick or the owner of the 30 Trips set. I opted for the CDs and I expect them to still be working when I shuffle off to another realm. What happens after that is immaterial, to me at least. On a different note, I think we are all aware that Rhino are great at bringing us fine music on a regular basis but they are not good at production, quality control, customer service and public relations. Almost all aspects of their products are done as cheaply as possible which is fine in a way as it keeps costs and prices down, but nobody should be surprised at the faults and problems that crop up with every release. Every time there is a new release, the same sort of problems are highlighted in these posts and year in year out nothing much changes. This is a great shame as the music really is worth better than this. Finally, I would like to thank all at Rhino for another year of musically excellent releases and of course to MaryE who is always there or thereabouts to help those in need.
  • #522
    wilfredtjones
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    where is wjonjd?
    I just wonder, because I think this conversation would be right up his alley. I'd certainly be interested in what he'd have to say.
  • #523
    Willysin4wd
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    Burning the 30 shows
    It took me about 4 days to burn my box set. But i was able to clean the kitchen 6 times, insert CD inner sleeves i got from 'soundsource cds' (round bottom inner). I had to re-name each disc to my format '1966-7/3 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco 30 trips' and load up the disc picture. I also folded a few loads of laundry and overloaded my family with 4 solid days of Dead. I like the idea of plugging that USB into the Oppo or the car player. Have USBers been burning these onto another USB for portability like a car or coffee shop laptop?
  • #524
    Dennis
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    Maybe I missed it, but,,,,,,
    A big THANKS to all those who made this box set happen. I know this was no small undertaking and there were unforeseeable problems. Complaints and tempers seem to run high at times, ok, and still do. But I think most understand you didn't plan for this to happen, not like you stood around in meetings and said "how can we fuck with them, I know the file id's". There were times I laughed about the complaints, because, generally as a group of fans, Deadheads have to be the most "fucked-up" (drug-wise), group there is and I'm sure many have made more than their share of errors. So at this year end and this holiday time of the year, I just want to say thank you for this set and all the other releases that have come at. I know you all work hard and care about the fans and it's not "just" about the money. I look forward to Dave's picks in 2016, fan night at the movies and what ever box set comes next summer. Merry and Happy Dennis ps - oh yeah and get Dead and Company to schedule some dates around Dallas, there's a lot of fans here. :-) pps - and to the people in the forums, merry and happy and chill.
  • #525
    nab
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    RE: nab
    ""Sure, on low quality settings." I'm talking CD quality WAVs, i.e. 44.1/16. Takes less than 5 mins." - Let's use a simpler analogy. Lets say you have a digital picture. The file is 4.5 mb and it is a jpg. You can archive the file straight from your camera or print it out, scan it, and archive the scanned image. The scanned image is also a 4.5 mb jpg. Which one is closer to the original? The printed and scanned copy or the one from the camera? Lets expand the scenario. This time the picture is a print with no digital file or negative. You want to scan the picture so you have a digital copy. You can use either of two scanners. One is a consumer grade scanner you got for Christmas a couple of years ago and the other is the professional archival scanner at the library. Both produce a jpg image. All things equal, which one would you choose? The files on the usb are copies of the original that haven't been printed and scanned. Cds are printed copies of the originals. To make a digital copy of the cd, you need to scan the print. It's all moot anyway, my original point was that ripping took more time and effort. Even using your estimation of time it takes to rip a cd, and ignoring all the bits about accuracy, it still takes more time and effort to rip cds than it does to transfer files from the usb. ""...I don't trust my hearing enough for it to be the only metric I judge correctness." You don't see the irony of that statement?" - There is no irony in that statement. What I hear and the information stored in a digital file are two different things. If I'm archiving something I want to archive as perfect a copy of the thing itself, not my impression of that thing.
  • #526
    marye
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    Mbarilla
    Please pm me. Thanks.
  • #527
    mbarilla
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    Ziffle , GDM is long gone
    not sure what to call these guys
  • #528
    mbarilla
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    Fuck Rhino !!! X 100
    after reading OldeEnglish800 post ,, happy for you OldeEnglish800 they could get out some replacements, but its inexplicable I sent an email stating the same issue and they shrugged me off.
  • #529
    Kayak Guy
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    The Scroll
    Is at the end of the PDF, prepare to be underwhelmed.
  • #530
    Mr. Pete
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    USB stick...scroll?
    With the usb stick where is the scroll? Mr. Pete-------> aging hippie
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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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