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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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  • #7441
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    Calling the few people that express an opinion "whiners" is insulting. Perhaps it time to stop whining for a certain shortstop to be entered into the hall of fame? Actually it's a democratic society, therefore whine away. I have no issue with all the recent postings. Let's just avoid making the discussion contentious. One thing we can agree on is that we all are wildly passionate about GD music.
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    It's about the music, and then the music. After that, the music.
    So having made the $700 decision quickly and without sleeping on it ... I am as happy today about that quick decision as I was yesterday. I have all the physical CDs, tapes (yes I still have my tapes & good decks to play them on, as do other family members; when they fail they'll be gone but we sure enjoy them in the meantime!)and Grateful Dead artwork I need. But of course like other DHs just can't get enough of the music so I am thrilled about the USB option and really looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to Santa Clara but have some trepidation. As noisy as some were getting in the 80s and 90s, apparently thinking their chatter & off-beat clapping & what-not was better than the music, I'm thinking it will be much more pronounced now. So I will expect that and if it doesn't come to pass, even better :-) On the cost, my perspective is to think about about many years I'll get to listen to it. If I only have 10 years to live let's say (likely more but who knows) that's $80 per year. Think about the weekly let alone daily cost of that :-) Given that I'm still benefiting from shows I spent a few dollars to see, all those decades ago, I think I've made a good investment in my quality of life :-) For those who thought to check with your spouses, good for you for respecting the family finances! Everyone just needs to do what works best for them, whatever that is.
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    donahue.luke-I agree, I don't want any more of the thin sleeves. I haven't had any glue-sticking or scratching on my discs yet, that I know of, but humidity can be a problem for it. The Europe sleeves look really cool when they're all in the steamer trunk thingy, but they're too thin and it's too hard to remove a disc so my drunken friends just ripped practically every sleeve getting a CD out. The '77 box was the coolest aesthetically AND the most practical so far, I think. Great artwork. People would probably be bitchin less if they had allowed some kind of two-part payment on this of $350 each four months apart maybe in sept. and next year. Guess that's impractical. The boxes that are well over $10 a disc are the worse deal-one of the spring '90s was almost $230 with shipping and taxes for an 18 disc set. But I remember paying $45-$50 for a 3 disc Derek and the Dominos in the early '90s in a retail store. I wish I could've held off on this but the gotta have it impulse takes over. I always thought I wasn't a big retrospective of the whole career kind of deadhead, but I've enjoyed So Many Roads a gazillion times over the last 15 years, so I guess I am partial to everything. The europe box remains the best deal in bang for the buck of all of these monster boxes, though. I'm pretty low tech-can someone explain why exactly FLAC USB is higher quality than box CD? Just more bits? I'm amazed they're the same price, since it's gotta cost more to produce the box set materials.
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    direwulf
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    What's that Johnny cash song about building a Cadillac piece by piece?
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    @DJMac520 - I like you, man. You're crazy, but I like you :)
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    send you a PM.
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    Great release at a GREAT price, THANKS
    This old band, soon to meet their maker and hopeful re-meet #1 money maker (Jer!!) is pulling forward YEARS of archival releases, at a discount to their NORMAL GREAT pricing. Be happy for them and the poor 80s/90s fans who suffered through all that AWFUL (kidding!) legendary epochal 60s/70s shit that we love. The bitching is so misguided, distasteful, and points to an ugly sense of entitlement. I cannot abide, nor afford the set.
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    Great release at a GREAT price, THANKS
    This old band, soon to meet their maker and hopeful re-meet #1 money maker (Jer!!) is pulling forward YEARS of archival releases, at a discount to their NORMAL GREAT pricing. Be happy for them and the poor 80s/90s fans who suffered through all that AWFUL (kidding!) legendary epochal 60s/70s shit that we love. The bitching is so misguided, distasteful, and points to an ugly sense of entitlement. I cannot abide, nor afford the set.
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    Maybe Mercedes can sell you component parts piece by piece instead of the whole car. Transmission today, chassis next year, etc. Shouldn't they just do that rather than greedily sell you their whole product the way they want to package and sell it in accord with their vision of the car?? Not to mention, you may really not care much for airbags and a radio and even a spare tire in the trunk. Really anything after the first half of the car is of little interest to you, so why should you have to buy that which follows. You should go over to Mercedes-benz.com and post about that on their forums.
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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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