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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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  • #471
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    Man I feel terrible for everyone who bought the USB. I am sure that 700 dollars was a big sacrifice for most who purchased it and the way the product has been handled from beginning to end is really inexcusable. I mean, out of order tracks (really!), importing problems, miss labeling, over a 2 month delay with NO communication, silence from from Rhino and Dave, a product that isn't going to sell out limiting resale value, I could go on. It is hard to believe that everything has transpired this way and really feel that the USB purchasers deserve compensation, and I am not talking about Christmas cards and ticket stubs........
  • #472
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    Has anyone assembled a comprehensive "Error List" for the Bolt?
    I've been re-tagging in hour-long sessions-- all I can stand at one time-- but I keep reading about isolated Errors in the PDF manifest they emailed us. In that document, I don't get the random appearance of roman numerals-- there is often a "I" without a "II" so why is the "I" there in the first place? Including the Disc# along with the Track# certainly would have sped this process up quite a bit and in turn, the proper use of the universal punctuation standard character for "into"-- the "»" symbol-- to denote song-to-song segues-- would have helped a lot too. They always use it on the Liner Notes for their commercial releases, why not this one? I can make time to Tag all this content but I don't have time to individually audit each Track as I go-- I need to work from an ACCURATE manifest so I can do this task only once, do it efficiently and do it correctly. Has anyone assembled a comprehensive "Error List" for the Bolt? I'd appreciate being pointed in its direction if such a thing exists. Even better would be to get a corrected version of the original PDF, now that both Dead.net and Rhino are well-aware the original one they emailed us is fucked up.......
  • #473
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    I Second That
    Right, always a nugget of morbid inspirado from the doc, and I am anxiously awaiting results of wjond's hi-def audio test. Hope they are both having fab holidays and finding time for their fave trips.
  • #474
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    Gettin' that "Feel Like A Stranger"
    feeling here lately. So naturally I popped on the '84 Trips version, so fine... PS and btw, I miss ForensicDoc and Wjonjd, haven't seen either of them post in quite a while. Take care all.
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    I think that "Alhambra" from 3/18/77 is actually the "At A Siding" movement from the suite. 3/18/77 is unique in that it is the only live version which includes it. Love that version, and that show. Anyway, here is the studio version ("At A Siding" comes in at about 9:20): https://youtu.be/53NSgs5nG40?list=PLxmCyo4jldzXGNoWkykqxbscmTHjbwn4H
  • #476
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    Haven't posted here before, so hello. Highly recommend dp20. 9/25 has the great set list, but a little sloppy. Thought I'd rarely listen to disk 4 when this was released, but love this 2nd set, clunky moments and all, it has spirit. Which shouldn't be surprising after hearing the first set.
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    I like DP 20, I always liked Jerry's final solo in Supplication on that one.. not sure if it is Syracuse or the Crap Centre.. As for DP 9 or DP 17.. that's a real coin toss. I did not like the sound of DP 9, a little muddy and congested. DP 17 spoke to me a bit more, but its a matter of personal preference. I always that part of the show with That Would Be Something, a little novelty item for sure. ..and Mr. Jack, yes.. love the second set of 12/28/79. Its been a while since I listened to that, but I always loved that pic. Then DP 6 came out and gave me sonic schizophrenia that took many years to recover from. You just can't release two shows back to back with such a different sound and expect brains and ears not to get a bit schizo.. can you?
  • #478
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    DP choices...
    Tough call there. The picks you listed aren't known for being among the upper echelon, although they're certainly not bottom of the barrel (DP32 and DP27) I'd go with DP20, as this is two nearly complete '76 shows, with several good moments (I recall the CR&S, LIG, GTRFB, and Sugar Mag as highlights). If you get a second choice, go with 9/16/90 (DP 9). There's a great He's Gone that was clearly for Brent, as well as a good latter-day Dew. DP17 is a decent example of the GD's last great run of shows. The opener of Help> Slip> Frank is the highlight, but there's other decent moments too, like the Terrapin. How ever, I think the bonus tracks of Samson and Delilah and Eyes of the World is the best material on this release. DP 21 can be a struggle. The sound isn't great on the main release, and it's absolutely horrendous on the filler material from '80. There's great versions of She Belongs To Me and Comes a Time, and a rockin' Gloria, but this issue very uneven show.
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    I received a B&N gift certificate for my bday and have as choices to buy DP 9, DP 17, DP 20 and DP 21. I think I can snag two, those with copies, what do you suggest?
  • #480
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    I'm with you on the album version. The strings and choir are too much for me. The feel of the main part of the song and the "for good or ill again" part really do it for me. I would have liked to hear the original studio conception of the song before Keith Olsen got his hands on it and essentially transformed it.
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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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