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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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  • #7291
    owlshead
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    appears to be an academic... certainly a researcher - nonetheless, an interesting point of view
  • #7292
    dantian
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    check your PM
  • #7293
    fourwindsblow
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    can't stand 80's/90's that's harsh.
  • #7294
    grateful prof
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    Dave talks about...
    ...the historical importance of this box. It has none. The Europe '72 box definitely does, which is why I had my library purchase it. This is just a collection of random shows, happens to be one from each year, so what? This is a case of manufactured, both literally and figuratively, importance. If you happen to like this selection of shows, and happen to like most/all of them, and happen to have a pretty big cookie jar, well go for it, but don't think you are getting some document of historical interest.
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    WharfratWhitey
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    allman I truly hope so. This is a special occasion thing. The last huge box was what? 2-3 years ago. The May 77 box was a very well put together concept at a very good price I felt. Even the Spring 90 boxes seemed a lot to me and I skipped them. This box for a lack of a better term has it all. This is the gift that will keep on truckin' for awhile. But I do hope and believe this is as big as it will get for some time. Ugh isn't there a new Jerry release coming out soon too?
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    KeithFan2112
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    It's tough to say how many should have been produced. The only thing I think I can say without having statistics at my disposal, is that the record company wants to make as much money as possible without sitting around with overstock in their warehouse. I think we would need the following data on every LIVE box set they've produced in the past: 1) How much did it cost to produce the box set (per unit cost)? 2) What was the price tag of the box set to the consumer? 3) How many units of each box set were produced in the past? 4) How many units were sold of each box set each week, until it sold out? 5) How much other product was produced in the past year (this would impact the market's available capital). 6) Compare statistics from the period of the bands career that the box set spanned (i.e. 1977 vs 1990 for example) 7) Compare statistics from the overall price tag (i.e. $199 vs $450, etc) So, I would need to know a lot more about the past numbers to make an intelligent guess at the right number. I'm sure there are other valuable pieces of data that could be used from the past to project a good number, but I don't actually get paid for this, so I'm going to stop at what seems immediately obvious to me. It must be a difficult task for Rhino - they're dealing with a band like no other, in terms of the profile of their followers and the quality of their music (by quality, I mean every show is unique - as someone pointed out earlier with Yes - 7 shows of the same set list performed the exact same way is a much different story than what we get with the Grateful Dead). The two big x factors I see in this particular release: price tag and the years it covers. $700 is a lot more to consider spending on this than the $450 on Europe '72, so it's in a class of its own. And the years of the band's career that this box set encompasses is unique, as it combines all eras (and clearly there are market stratums that exist with this band). I will say this - I read in interviews with both Dave Lemieux and Dr Rhino that Europe '72 sales far exceeded expectations. That tells me there is a certain "I don't f@#kin know" factor to all of this, that even the professionals at Rhino can't account for, as demonstrated by the comment made in the advertisement for this box set, that the number 6500 represents the year the band came into existence. They guy who wrote that is going to read my comments and offer me a job most likely.
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    owlshead
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    Hm...
  • #7298
    stoltzfus
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    whining about whining is bitching
    or maybe kvetching. gone are the days.
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    JimInMD
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    Yes, we will most definitely see $100 box sets again. These shows come to mind: - April '69 Ark? - Dec '69 Ark???? - Aug '72 Berkeley Community Theatre? - Oct '72 Fox Theatre? - Jun '80 Midnight Sun ?? There's half a decade's worth. I would gamble with the pre-order gnomes for each and every one of these offerings.
  • #7300
    grateful prof
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    I just don't get it...
    ....if you are not interested in the whole package as a collectable item (I am not), then who in their right mind, or even pretty wasted mind, would ever pay one penny for any single disc? I mean every single show will be available on youtube that afternoon, and in higher quality on assorted sites, that same week. Pay $65 for a mastered recording of a '93 dead show?!? Hell, you can actually send any digital version of any show you have to any number of websites these days and get it mastered for free! A guess the whole relationship/attitude towards Dead show collecting is different if your relationship with the band is also later than the period when you got copies of shows for free from folks like me who recorded live. $65 for a show, the mind doth boggle! I would LOVE to throw a garage sale and have all the folks willing to pay this show up, I would be a millionaire at the end of the day!
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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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