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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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  • #7471
    Chris Grand
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    06/28 GA Floor are sold, to a happy deadhead06/27 sec 301 row 8 2 tix still available, face value plus fees chris@grandconstructionla.com
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    hbob1995
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    The Spring '90 TOO box still has over 400 units sitting in the Rhino warehouse.So don't equate tix sold to the Fare Thee Well shows with cd sales. Big difference apparently in the target audience. I think a lot of folks going to the concerts are going for the parking lot party and not necessarily for the Dead. Rock on
  • #7473
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    It likely is profitable for them to sell the shows individually. But not until the box set is sold out, otherwise they run the risk of people using the box set as a buffet table to order the shows they want and ignore the ones they don't, resulting in a backlog of full box sets sitting for years, after which the value and interest diminishes. We have seen how this works before. Europe 72 box sells out, eventually individual shows available and on iTunes. Conversely, Spring 90 have not yet sold out and no individual shows are available. Be patient.
  • #7474
    thursday's child
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    For mine to be shipped! This seems to be too good to be true. What an incredible collection of shows. It seems that this release should make everyone happy, and yet people are complaining. Sigh. As my wife said, 700$ is one night out in NYC. I cannot wait to listen to 30 shows year by year. If someone would have told me 30 years ago that so many great shows would be released...... I just feel so lucky to be a dead head at this time. I hope everyone enjoys, and no matter what your favorite year is.......you just got a show from it!
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  • #7476
    iiwi777
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    Is it a questionable business model?
    I have no problem with the box - great idea, great selection, even a great title! What I don't understand is why the business model (for several years of box sets now, excluding Europe 72) requires that no individual discs be sold. If they made these discs individually available, I might spend $250 or even $300, where I won't shell out $700 (though I don't begrudge those who do). My question is this: Is it really not profitable for them to sell the shows individually? Because it seems like this business model promotes piracy and leaves a lot of folks unhappy. They could solve those two problems if they sold discs individually, and extended the print runs a bit.
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    Had to sleep on it, but bit the bullet. Would have ordered the USB version if it were discounted, but alas . . .There are 4-5 years I am un-enamored with (83-early 87, and late 94-95[Jerry sounded so weak, it felt like he was dying in front of us]), maybe these new shows will change my perception. I'm open to it in any case. My favorite years are 71-78, but have really enjoyed the Dicks, Dave's Picks and all the recent boxes, so I'm sure I will get lots of listening pleasure from this one also. I find it humbling the amount of work involved in all these releases, and just how many great shows the boys played over the years. So until it shows up in the mail - nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile . . .
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    Stealing music is a crime
    3. Unless you have never partaken in an illegal drug, driven over the speed limit or broken any other law, kindly stay off the high road on "criminal" accusations. Seriously? That attitude would allow criminals to pretty much do anything wouldn't it? The music belongs to the musicians and those they've licensed it to. Unless they have authorized the torrent it is a crime. If it doesn't belong to you don't take it. The reason that this edition is a limited edition pre-order and so expensive is that people will steal it as soon as it's released (or before - I'm sure it's already out in HK and will soon be ripped and online). Rhino and the Dead have to factor that into the price and the release format.
  • #7479
    kyleharmon
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    if shows wont be released individually(or most) on cd from this box set then im pretty much done doing buisness with grateful dead. which may be all just as well the last few releases i've bought had pretty crappy sound quality for what i paid for (spring 90 box sets and may 77). Dave's picks vol 13 shouldnt even have been released as a whole show it was riddled with sound problems. oh well phish does it better anways decently sized/priced box sets with out the whole "limited edition" hype crap. i'm more than happy to focus my buisness with them instead
  • #7480
    WharfratWhitey
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    Next Daves pick is from a year that has only been released once in the series or a year that has never been released in the series.
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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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