DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MD 5/26/77

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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away."

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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March 1, 2022 - 7:38am

#631

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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Just to clarify...

Jim, you may not have heard the phrase "cosmic yawn" before because I made it up on the spot as I typed that comment. Good one, though, huh? Now that everyone is growing mushrooms in their closet, the supply is bounteous. Denver recently decriminalized them, a wholesome development. Though that won't help me in the rural counties, so I try to behave.....

Daverock, a pronghorn is essentially an antelope, but not technically speaking, I believe. These freakin' things typically rove in bands on the Colorado Plateau and you have to watch out for them. They can run 60 miles per hour for fairly extended distances. In Wyoming, highway signs warn you -- a band could be streaking across the prairie and cross a paved highway at any angle at high speed.

I once was returning from a sojourn and spotted a band off the road. I watched them for a half a minute, at 100 yards, wondering what they might look like close up. Oh boy. As I returned my gaze to the road ahead I saw to my momentary horror a pronghorn just clearing my bumper as it streaked right to left across the highway. I'm doing 75 probably. I probably missed it by two seconds. I got a real good, close-up look. And promised myself I'd never again take my eyes off the road for more than a milisecond.

Yeah, sitting around, staring at a candle, listening to some self-appointed "guide" sounds like serious BS! I get the visceral attraction of tripping with the original Pranksters, but personally, I seek on my own.

Now that #41 is tucked away on the '77 shelf, I've been looking at the shelf with the 1965-1975 shows and man oh man do I have some listening to do while it's still winter and I'm spending the evenings inside. If a big storm crops up, I'll microdose, take a long walk in the snow, come home, make a fire, and plug in a guitar. Last time I did that, I played for about five hours straight and my fingers hurt like hell. When that's over, I have a couple hundred GD shows and a stack of Miles and Coltrane for the stereo. Life can be good!
March 1, 2022 - 6:03am

#632

billy the kiddd

Joined:
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3/1/69

What a show, especially that 1st set! I wish the Dead would have played China Cat Sunflower at these shows .
March 1, 2022 - 4:48am

#633

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

micro dosing

I have been interested in the recent scientific and public interest in psychedelics, and the increasing evidence of their positive effects. It certainly seems true to my experiences with mushrooms. I would never have said that I was depressed prior to my experiences, but looking back, my life changed in all sorts of positive and unexpected ways during and after my time of taking them. It seems a bit contradictory, but they seemed to straighten me out. I also wonder now if L.S.D use in the 60's and 70's may actually have set psychedelic culture back decades.

With acid ,I never knew how strong the stuff was before taking it. The differences between the strengths of the few trips I had on it were massive. Like with most drugs, the biggest danger in it, to me, lay and still lie, in it's illegality. As far as I could make out, no-one - certainly as far down the chain as me - had the faintest idea what they were taking. I can remember when I was on the social work course in 1991, the police gave us a list of all the drugs they had picked up one recent weekend that had been sold in clubs as "ecstasy". Everything from caffeine to STP. I remember one guy who told me he sold dogs worming tablets as ecstasy.

At the end of the day, I feel it is important to take care of ourselves, and of other people, in the best way that we individually can. I wouldn't want to be a part of any group that disregards the welfare and happiness of it's most vulnerable members.
And driving - I am sorry PT, you are a prince among men - but I have known several people-I am sure we all have - who have killed themselves or others in motor accidents. Horrendous experiences all round - for the victim, the family and friends left behind, and the perpetrator. Any activity that increases the possibility of creating such a tragedy should surely be ruled out.

Incidentally, what the heck's a pronghorn ? I think if I had seen one of them in Oldham in the 70's I would have thought it was the devil.
February 28, 2022 - 7:17pm

#634

JimInMD

Joined:
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Re: Cosmic Yawns

I've never heard that term used before, but it happens to me every time.

There was a period mid-career where I did not indulge, plus it seemed hard to get for a while. ..but I still seem to dip my big toe into the cosmos at least once a year.

In terms of place and setting, early on I found myself either wanting to be in a small group and away from phones and random people or in such a large group as to be ambiguous. So it became nature, camping, backcountry or frankly dead shows. That seems to work.

The last decade I find myself liking to be alone, mostly kayaking/hiking/biking where I won't run into some unexpected situation where somebody needs me. Concerts too when I don't have to drive or the show is long enough to fit it in. I want no responsibilities whatsoever. Oh, and headphones, music is good - almost a must. So I still explore when I can find the time and tranquility to pull it off. I can't speak for everyone, but I find it helpful for me. It gives me a chance to reformat my internal hard drive and reorganize thoughts, priorities and who I am.

Those are my tricks.. but I have to admit the HF approach is quite appealing to me. If you notice some unexpected rando behind you on the trail, I'm the one with earphones and a tie dye (and the bad orange hair and pasty white complexion). :D

Cosmic yawns.. so true. That cracks me up.

There's a lot of great research on micro dosing that's come out lately. Encouraging to me.

As to tripping with the pranksters or at an acid test, be it a good idea or not, I would do it in a heartbeat. But alas, I was born too late. That ship sailed while I was playing in the sand box out back. Babs.. I am here, once you come out of your heart injury, if you want to have one last foray into the unknown, give me a call. I'm all in.
February 28, 2022 - 3:01pm

#635

PT Barnum

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driving with your eyes closed

driving under the influence can be fun, and frightening. I knew a guy who wanted to drive, he said he could see so well that anything that could have collided with the vehicle he could see long before it would happen. He was a great driver and drove us all to and back many a show. We in the back seat could only jiggle as he navigated the roadways so gracefully, with a huge grin on his face (aka Neil like). The road always seemed to get away from me whenever I tried, like a ribbon that would unravel. On deserted roads, it was fun, on the freeway, not so much.
Back in the day when I first started (69) it was the thing to try and freak each other out, aka pranksters, with double talk and echo talk and endlessly trying to get each other to lose it laughing, especially in a crowd of er...non dosed. After hearing about Leary and his way of spiritualizing psychedelics it just wasn't as much fun sitting around trying to concentrate on any one thing for very long. Pranking and laughing was way more fun.
Not being a musician, never really wanted to hang out with bands, but I always wanted what they were smoking, drinking or taking in any other form. Would have loved to hang with Kesey and Babbs, what a trip that would have been.
February 28, 2022 - 2:09pm

#636

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

My own approach these days...

may be (probably is) just one man's approach, possibly idiosyncratic. First off, know your materials well (potency) and decide if you want a micro-dose, a medium but significant journey or a little over the top approach. Because I'm in the backcountry alone, I need to be confident that I can get somewhere and back in a day, handle the terrain, maintain my orienteering skills, and calmly apply my behavioral knowledge if I run into a bear or cougar. (Don't surprise 'em, talk, wave arms, don't look 'em in the eye, give 'em room to avoid you, take the guard off the pepper spray, be sure you're upwind, etc.) I get moving early in the day and have an objective before dropping so as the agent (psilycibin for me) comes on, I'm in my element in terms of orienteering, body and mind synch and thus avoiding the initial, potentially debilitating awkwardness of the limbs and thoughts that comes with the cosmic yawns at "onset." And make sure I'm actively striding and finding my way as the peak comes and goes. I usually don't stop for any length of time. Occasionally I miscalculate the powder at the bottom of the bag and get a little walloped. But an 8-hour hike through spectacular terrain where I won't see humans -- this is trackless country, no trails -- typically does the trick. And there's nothing like a shot and a beer and a toke back at camp or, if camp is the truck, then a chair and guitar. Last fall I did just that across a wild plateau called East Cactus Flats, returning to my truck in a forsaken place called Disappointment Draw. I cracked a beer and started fingerpicking when I heard a strange noise. A good-sized pronghorn, traveling alone, approached to within maybe 50 feet and kept querying me -- no mistaking that querying sound. Essentially, who or what are you? What the hell is that sound you're making? And, have you seen my peeps? I've noticed that wild animals, as well as domesticated dogs, totally key in to a person who is psychedelic. The other major part of this approach is what I'd call "digestion." Take the time to fully absorb the lessons of the day and seek ways to incorporate those insights into your ordinary reality and dealings with others. Be patient and kind. (I do not always succeed; this is a work in progress after 50 years.) Too much repetition of the experience without "digestion" and, to me, it's just repeating the high without drawing the lessons. Note that I did none of this the first ten years. We'd find out the LSD's potency the hard way. Lessons might be impressed upon us without our consent(!) The chaos and human interactions could be frightening -- usually to others, but sometimes to me. (Don't try driving!!) But over the decades I kinda honed an approach that essentially comprises medicine for the soul, for me. I think the currrent surge in interest by scientists and the general public is good up to a point, as psychedelics, used constructively, can help bolster our humanity and -- perhaps -- ease difficulties. But I could not recommend them. Either they work for you or they don't. And finding out can be tricky. Sure makes me a better-adjusted person -- and now I'm echoing Paul McCartney, I believe!

That's all the blathering for today. As you were........
February 28, 2022 - 11:05am

#637

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Leary or Pranksters?

If I had to choose.... I would choose neither of them. While the pranksters now seem a bit ghastly, Leary seemed a bit over ambitious. I still have some of his books -that one which is a psychedelic version of The Tibetan Book of The Dead comes to mind. I think the idea was that you read it to someone who was tripping, as a means of helping them locate the light. I wonder if anyone ever did that. That idea of set and setting does ring true though - and I would say that advice has stayed appropriate down through the years

Mr Ones - I still haven't got round to listening to Planet Waves. I always assumed it was a weaker one, but I read recently that it was very much a part of a trilogy, with "Blood on the Tracks" and "Desire", so I am hoping to check it out soon.
February 28, 2022 - 10:03am

#638

Crow Told Me

Joined:
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The Very First Word is How Do Ya Do?

My sister lives in Mill Valley, and she used to see Weir around town all the time. (Not so much lately.) She’s not a fan, so it’s no biggie for her, but I’ve sometimes thought about what I would do if I saw Bob getting coffee or something while I was visiting her. I wouldn’t want to bother him, but I think I’d have to at least say hello, right? Say ‘thanks for the music’ at least? My other sister lives in Kauai, where Kreutzman lives now, and I’m going to be visiting her in a couple weeks. Wonder what I should say if I see BK grabbing a shave ice?

I can definitely relate to what hendrixfreak sed: shows just got too big for my liking in the ‘80s. As a rule, I’d usually much rather see a decent band in a small club than go see some superstars in a sports arena: better sound, fewer assholes, fewer cops, room to breath. Throw psychedelics into the mix and the gap gets even wider. It’s one thing to be shrooming at the Warfield with 2,000 of deadicated Heads, quite another to try to deal with 50,000 people who seem like they just got bussed in from MTV’s spring break special. Not to mention all the security.

In principle, I always thought it was cool that the Pranksters had such a wide open, “let’s get high and freak freely” approach to tripping, as opposed to the Millbrook thing of sitting silently in a room with a candle and saying Om or whatever. That said, I’m not sure I could’ve passed the Acid Test. My best experiences, aside from Dead shows, were always out in nature: a deserted stretch of shoreline on the Lost Coast, backpacking the Sierras, etc. I think if I would've had to try to simultaneously process Babbs' babbling, Cassidy's hammer juggling, the Dead, and 500 mics worth of Koolaid my brains probably woulda dribbled out my ears.

Last thought: how lucky are we? The StL box continues to delight. Seven shows from three different tours, all in good-to-great sound. And the last two DaPs have also been great. I mean, millions of people love Zeppelin, the Stones, the Eagles, and other bands from back in the day, but nobody (well, except the ABB I guess) has anything like the Dead's archival release thing. Blessed be us.
February 28, 2022 - 7:43am

#639

Mr. Ones

Joined:
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Last 5

Comus-First Utterance-Tip ‘o the hat to DAVEROCK!!
Beatles-Get Back Rooftop Performance
Elvis Costello-The Boy Named If
Shuggie Otis-Inspiration Information
Bob Dylan-Planet Waves

It’s a crazy, mixed-up world, but Music is a consistent balm(for me at least!!).

Dave’s 42 anyone?? It’s only about 62 days away!!
February 28, 2022 - 7:08am

#640

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Phil Zone

Billy - thanks for jogging my memory - Viola Lee Blues from 4/26/69 is included on The Phil Zone too . I didn't know they interpreted What's Become of the Baby at this show either. Bit of a missed opportunity there - if that had been included, then this show, as released, would have been unique. In a way then, Dicks Picks 26 short changes 4/26/69 a bit.

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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away."

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

Be careful with that axe, Eugene! s

Now I have Jack Nicholson's face plastered on my mind's eye of JimInMD's appearance.

So you made those shows at the Rocks and Telluride in '87, too? Excellent.

I was the guy with the whitewalls and tombstones in my eyes.......

today

frost (Ampitheatre) on my windshield
go out to scrape and warm up my highly collectible 2005 Prius
in the car 4/7/72 Playin' while inner windshield clears
daybreak on the land indeed
OOOOHHHHHHYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHYYYYYEEAAAAAAHHHHHYEEAHHYEEAHHHHH....
also crescent moon and Venus in the sky

Careful with that axe, Eugene Oregon...my only attended 87 show...which SUCKED except for the Dylan set

2/3/79 I have 2nd set
comin' around after "Steppin' Out" is heard/experienced

almost February folks

some coworkers need a smack in the head

Dave's 41 is on the way

Wallet found? that's cool.

Onward, my fellow Deadheads

41

Got mine yesterday.

I already own way too much 1977, so did not give it a full listen. The sound is exceptional of course. NFA is probably the musical highlight so far.

However, my favorite part of this release is the newspaper article comparing this Grateful Dead concert to one performed by Led Zeppelin a week or so earlier in Baltimore.

Jethro Tull released a new record today....

....first release in 20 years. 41 to be delivered here on Monday.

help with missing package

for the first time, i've had a pick lost in the mail. I was hopeful someone who's had this unfortunate experience could point me in the right direction. What is the best email/contact to get a new one sent out?

Mr. Jack

send me a PM with the details and I will ask the Doc to get on the case.

Guess the Show(s) Contest

Doing some pre-spring cleaning, so I figured it's time for everyone's favorite game, "Guess The Show(s)"! Winner will get some lovely GD schwag items that I find around the house, including one guaranteed to be unique (that's called a teaser). Amuse yourself and your party guests with stuff I send you that will most certainly encourage conversations and may lead to long-lasting, meaningful relationships!

Maximum of two guesses allowed per screen name (no names created today or later). State date(s) of show(s), venue, and how you deduced the answer. Send your conjecture to me via PM here, first correct answer wins the loot.

Here's the clue:

Fishnets Banana

Good luck!

Anniversary show 1/28/87 S.F. Civic

35 years ago today , I was at the S.F. Civic for another night with the Good Old Grateful Dead. The Dead pulled out Get Back that night. I heard that Bob Weirs dog had died that day, he must have been really sad. My favorite Dead show in 1987 was the Dylan/Dead show in Oakland, the Dead played a great show and Garcia played pedal steel, that was very special. My favorite shows of the year were the Jerry Garcia acoustic / electric shows at the Warfield Theatre and the Eel River.

Bolo's tough clue, 1987 shows, last five

Bolo that's a pretty tough clue, maybe others can guess but not me.

Billy you called out all the shows I was at in 1987, except that Jerry show with Bonnie. I was wrapping up an edit on a documentary and couldn't go. 1987 was a great year, we drove out to Red Rocks and Telluride, seven of us in a van and a car, what an adventure!

Last six:
Dick's 16 11/8/69
So Many Roads box discs 2 and 3, with special attention the the Watkins Glen Jam and the extra texture Eyes of the World from 10/19/74 Winterland
Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers, live at the Avalon Ballroom 4/4,5/1969 (recorded by Bear)
Garcia Live 17 - Norcal 76 - this has that gooey guitar sound from 76. I liked disc 2 best with a lovely Russian Lullaby. Kieth can be heard really well in this Betty Recording, and takes some creative solos.
Greek Theater 5/21/82 - from my original audience recording, as I digitize it to upload to Archive.org.

Fishnets Banana

I got the show:

Flibberty Jib on the Bippity Bop

3/11/93……that must be it

Greek Bonnie

That was a great show. She joined Jerry (or vice versa?) for a tune or 2. They traded guitar licks for a bit until Bonnie did the "I'm not worthy" bow to Jerry. I remember they touched foreheads - sweet moment. I'll be seeing her perform in a couple months.

I also met her around that time backstage at the Oakland Coliseum. She was with Jane Fonda, who was dressed head to toe in black leather (wow!). Jane was a bit stand-offish, Bonnie was quite friendly. While we were talking, Bear came over and tried to sell us some jewelry. I'm familiar with his enamel stealie pendants, but I'm pretty sure he was peddling one made of sapphires and rubies for $5000 - unless I imagined that. Wish I had the dough back then!

Jane Fonda stand-offish?

nah...can't be.

"I'm not Fonda Hanoi J..."

oops, nevermind

what will the Captcha be THIS time? How about identifying nubile maidens? (apologies to Marye)

Fishnets Banana

Are we back to John Waters again?

Wait a minute Bolo

You saw Jazzercise Jane in black leather?
Past teenage me is drooling.
And talk about young me in the 80’s, who could imagine that Chrissy from Three’s Company could make thigh exercises so entertaining on tv?

3/1/69 vinyl

Got it at a local brick and mortar record shop for $75 (including tax) tonight after work.
Haven’t listened to it yet but that is the plan for tonight.
Credits say Plangent.

Heading out to check out Melvin Seals & JGB....

....catch y'all on the flipside.

Jewel in the crown

3/1/69 was delivered here today - I noticed a card on my mat to say a box had been left behind my front wall-about 6" away from the street and with no gate to protect it. It was still there whan I looked thankfully. I have removed the cardboard cover, but not the cellophane - it's propped on my mantlepiece next to the "Think I'm Going Weird" and "Sun Blues Box" at the moment. What a great thing - irrespective of the playing, I love the fact that it focuses on self penned material from Anthem and Aoxomoxoa - with Dark Star of course. The other nights are fantastic too - but I have always thought of this one as the jewel.

Daverock 3/1/69

I'm glad you got your box, mine is coming on .Monday. That 1st set is a real knockoiut, like you, I like all 4 shows. My two favorites are 3/1/69 & 2/27/69., The Dark Star on 2/27, is The Dark Star that all other Dark Stars are judged against. Kick in 5/2/70, and you have my top 3 Grateful Dead shows of alltime.

3/1/69 vinyl, DaP41, etc

Listened to 3/1/69 last night and it sounded great. That’s It For The Other One is spectacular.
The 3rd album had a lot of static and crackling that I couldn’t remove with a small hand held cleaner so I’m going to run it through the Spin-Clean system today.

If you have a lot of vinyl I recommend a Spin-Clean, it works great. I bought 5/8/77 vinyl factory sealed but long after it had been released and when I opened it the album with Scarlet->Fire had a huge smudge across it that I couldn’t get off with dish soap. I eventually got a Spin-Clean and that worked.

My DaP41 was accepted by USPS from UPS this morning. Hopefully it was handed off to my postal worker before they started their route. Otherwise it will be Monday, although I have received a Sunday delivery before when USPS was out making Amazon deliveries. Fingers crossed for delivery today.

Talkin Cosmic Charlie Garage Rock Blues

I had the same problem with my 3.1.69 vinyl: lots of crackle of disc two. Hopefully the Spin Clean will fix it. The music is effing great, but you knew that. The Cosmic Charlie from this show is a hoot, a solid dose of rowdy garage rock blues that got me thinking: whatever happened to the original Aoxomoxoa studio recordings?

My understanding is that the Aoxomoxoa we know is actually the second version they recorded (because they decided they needed to re-do it using the then-new 16 track recording tech). So, whatever happened to those original tracks? I assume they're lost, or they probably would've been issued on the 50th anniversary edition. There's people here know Everything. Anybody know That?

My copy of #41 is wandering around central Cali. It'll get here, eventually.

New ones coming as the old ones go, everything moving but much too slow.

Disc 3 Dave's 41

Greetings from blizzard island... Anyone have any issues at all with 3rd disc not playing. Lucky I got mine in mail yesterday... no luck getting 3rd disc working... have a good weekend. bob t

Operator error

Disc 3 is working better than I am... sorry to post!!! "What a maroon"..... Bob t

Itz not 3 /1/69 but...

if you are a Sugaree fan, you might want to check out 11 14 78.

The band must have found some crank.

11 13 78

1/2 step franklins is good

Crow/ Aoxomoxoa studio outakes

Just type in Aoxomoxoa studio outakes and they come up on the Archive. Barbed Wire Whipping Party, is that a top ten hit?

Live Dead

Yes, 3/1/69 vinyl sounds superb - every note, from acoustic guitar to organ to bass sound crystal clear. Also one of the best guitar tones I have ever heard.
I haven't played the 3rd disc yet - but that's useful information, Cnkd, about tbe cleaning device you use. I've just got a little brush, so I could do with something a bit more substantial.

Looking at my "Live Dead" cd, it's amazing that none of the performances here were deemed worthy of inclusion. Just goes to show what an incredible peak they had reached at this time. As Billy said, Dark Star, and then St. Stephen are from 2/27/69 and the The Eleven and Lovelight are from 1/26/69. I wonder when that one's coming out?

Incredible opening Other One into New Potato Caboose. And that introduction to Cosmic Charlie fair rips out of the speakers.

Aoxomoxoa Studio Outtakes

I have this on vinyl, plus many other bootleg vinyl's (numerous live GOGD, NRPS, Bowie, even Mott the Hoople) that I ordered from somebody in NJ back in the mid-70's. I'm in the Midwest. "Barbed Wire Whipping Post", according to Jerry, was recorded on 16-track recording gear, tanks of nitrous, and, in his words, "it turned into total gibberish". This song was never played live. I don't understand why.

filler

I know this has been stated here before, but -1 on the choice of filler. So uncreative! Why not 5-22-77 leftovers? Seemed like a ripe opportunity. Oh well. Here's hoping they can redeem themselves with 5-18-77 if there's room on that one...YMMV...As you were... :-)

Wilfred

The DaP41 filler didn’t fit on DaP40, so rather than not give it to us at all, Dave gave it to us on 41.
He explained it on the seaside chats.

@ICC

I got that. Still uninspired and a rather non-sequitur choice IMO. YMMV.

P.S. Could have simply distributed via 30 Days or otherwise. Maybe free via email download?

3/1/69 vinyl

Cleaned all 3 albums and the crackles were still there. Under bright light it looks like micro scratches. Fortunately they’re near the edge and can only be heard during quieter parts. On side 5 St. Stephen the crackles are in the Dark Star end overlap so not really a big deal.

Sounded awesome the second time through, and I noticed parts I didn’t remember noticing on the first listen.

Looking forward to 3/2/69 vinyl. That will give me the complete Box in vinyl format.

No DaP41 today, looks like Monday.

Yes Wilfred

When first announced I said that a download should have been the method of distribution of the Useless Blues.
If someone gets DaP41 but doesn’t have DaP40 they are going to be “WTF is this business?”

Whatever the case, I’m glad that Dave gave it to us since complete is always better than incomplete.

And even better, when Dave discussed it in the DaP41 seaside chat he said that it could be a model going forward where a show that requires more than 3 CD’s wouldn’t get chopped but would have it's end as filler on the following release.

SNL

Wow, appears that Katie likes mushrooms.

Hope that can be traced back to when Mayer brought her to 7-4-15 FTW.

"Even" Mott the Hoople?

Rasta5Ziggy - shouldn't that be "especially" Mott The Hoople? On the other hand-maybe you got it right first time. Get a couple of them and you would never complain about the sound of a Dead recording again.

"Busted down on Bourbon Street". 1/30/70

52 years ago today, the Dead were busted down on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. They played in New Orleans on 10/18, & 19/80 at the Saenger Theatre ,acoustic & electric shows. I think these Saenger Theatre shows would make a great official release

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I think you are off by a month. 10/18/80-10/19/80. I will give the shows a listen, I am not familiar with them.

I May Be Ignorant, But at Least I'm Lazy

Sheesh, all this time all I had to do was google "Aoxomoxoa outtake" and I could hear 13 tracks of vintage GD that I'd always wondered about? Well blow me down.

Not surprisingly, the outtakes are not as good as the finished record. If the digital music age, with all its reissues and barrel scrapings, has taught us anything, it is that 90% of the time the artists and producers in question made right decisions and issued the right takes. But that doesn't mean we don't want to hear them, and I've certainly head worse outtakes than these. Now, having heard them, I'm really surprised they didn't clean 'em up a little and issue 'em with the Aoxomoxoa 50th reissue.

Sick today. It's not Covid--we have tests, and when I woke up with a fever I took one, and it was negative. Still feel like Shite. Ah well. Since I can't really go anywhere, I guess I'll run my 3.1.69 vinyl through the cleaner and give it another listen. And some Neil (still sticking it to the Man all these years later!) Won't be bbqing as I'd planned (the notion of spicy food is kind of nauseating at the moment) but I can still watch football. Go 9ers!

Rowjimmy 10/18 & 19/ 80

Thanks

Nils Lofgren joins Joni Mitchell and Neil Young....

....regarding removing their music from Spotify due to Rogans disinformation on his Spotify podcasts. Joe is a fucktard, but freedom of speech and such.
I am a Spotify member btw.
Thoughts regarding this?
Gets touchy.

money grubbing fucktard

GD should take a stand and pull it's tunes as well.

Not a spotify member, never have been and I don't aspire to be. Freedom of speech until you start hurting other people.

Did you see what happened to the state trooper lemay from WA? Wonder what was going through his mind at the end.

We are in trouble as as nation. Good luck all.

RIP Dr. Johnny Fever

Apparently Howard Hesseman has departed.

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HH had a steal your face thingie on his microphone. "An always reliable source, the GD"

Re state trooper...you cant fix stupid. One of our state senators.. same thing. It would have been such poetic justice if a certain other person who got covid had...well whatevs.

Spotify: JR what a dweeb. So many ignunt doofusses in this world.

Got second shingles vaccine yesterday been wasted tired ever since

Bengals win! Didnt watch, but wow.

For you, Dwayne G!!!

Cinci/LA....

....kewl.
Hesseman passed on the day the Bengals reached the SB.
I have no words.

7 1 79

Seattle

Good show

Worth a listen

spotify

Never used it and up until yesterday had never heard of Joe Rogan. Inconceivable that someone should take the comments of a guy like he seems to be seriously. About anything. He's not an authority on anything, is he?

JR

the way I know him is as a support character on an old sitcom called Newsradio (1995-2000)

no, he's not an authority on anything but publicity, apparently

"the truth will set you free"

Give 'im the Aoxo!

Cancelled my Spotify account (blows against the empire, I 'spose).

Pretty sure some of the tracks from AoxomoxoA Outtakes on the Archive were cleaned up and included as bonus tracks on recent re-releases of Aoxo (2003 reissue; 50th Anniversary edition).

well....

...according to the all powerful USPS website I should have my 41 by tomorrow...and speaking of '77 I was in Phoenix this past weekend to attend a Los Lobos show in Scottsdale on Saturday...I went to my fave music shop and plopped down the ca$h for Dickus Pickus 34...it helped plug a hole in my collection...I need about ten more to complete the series...also went Sunday went to an Imax there to see "Get Back - The Complete Rooftop Concert"...great stuff and crazy good sound...kudos to Peter Jackson & Giles Martin for this...

Hey Now Nappy

How is your back/knee? I hope you are on the mend. Take care, take it easy and be well...

BTW, enjoy your new Dickus Pickus and DaP 41 once it arrives! :-)

@ nappyrags

What is the name and location of your favorite record/cd shop in Phoenix? I have never been to Phoenix, but, given the cold snowy weather here in the north east USA, I would love to visit Arizona and this music shop. Thanks.

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