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    Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

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  • #1191
    Oroborous
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    Sorry 1st show, forgot twice, ha! Thank you, Yes very nice DP 20 review and I concur: all is very good, but perhaps the first shows playing trumps the second shows sexy set list? And is that not one of the best (for last) Charlie’s?
    Great song, but being difficult sometimes it could be a bit Sloopy, but this one shines.
    So awesome we have all these gems to contemplate, hopefully, for years to come!
    Onward

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    Hey OB, I don't think we ever hit this one. I will check it out tomorrow. Thanks.

    Nice review on Dicks 20 Firstshow. I liked both shows quit a bit, but yes, that second set of Capital Centre is hot!

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    Not sure if we did this one, if so, I forgot to mark it down. (and please excuse).
    Perhaps I tried/started at work but wasn’t able?
    Anywho, looks interesting and I think I might have heard locals at the time who went speak highly off it?
    Unfortunately I was still too young, at least according to those who supplied food and shelter ahem—to be going “all the way” to Cleveland lol.

    EDIT: POTD MUST LISTEN!
    If nothing else, you MUST hear this IIHTWTG!
    Really, the whole second set as it’s very unusual, but the Playing sandwich is like a whole separate show, and the meat (Shakedown>World to Give) is simply delicious and should be enjoyed!
    World to Give, another of those weird awesome but much too brief Jer tunes, and this one is phuching awesome!

    Overall, the show is sorta all over the place. Especially the recording.
    1/2 Step>Franks opener is always nice, but this is average and suffers from weird technical anomalies. Next few perhaps underwhelming? It’s all good, just doesn’t seem to have the usual 78 spark. PEGGY O is always welcome but prefer Goldilocks version: not too slow, or not too fast. This one perhaps a tad too slow? Decent Lightning/Supplication to round out the first. NOTE: Bob is present throughout and seems fine thus far.
    Why dat? Weeeeeeeelllll, depending on who you ask this was either the worst show or one of the best lol.
    Also much todo about Bob being sick, with some accounts claiming: he missed the set opening jams (he did); to he missed jam, came out to begin playing and left again until end of show…
    Well, inspector Clue so says you can hear him throughout the whole show on tape, except the aforementioned Jam>Drums>Jam.
    The jam sounds more like waiting around then the spectacular inprov mind melt that some describe? Though I bet it was interesting there in real time. Bob is back for the era typical slow Jack a Roe, but then things seem to really step up.
    PITB seems more energetic and though not a pre hiatus beast, nice just the same, then…., then they slide into an awesome Shakedown to take it higher, but then! Jer bear breaks out the gold, it’s gold i tell ya! and JG wants to give it to you! The last of three World to Gives is just plain sweeeeetttt!
    By the time they segway back into the PITB reprise you can feel the relief? definitely positive vibes, like phew, we made it!
    The band, the crowd, even the sometimes inconsistent recording is on when it matters. Though the recording does slip into an extended section of aud, it almost helps this vibe! Plus, sometimes it’s nice to feel that in the midst happy communal energy often missing in boards. So big A&A to end it and the crowd loves it. No encore guessing due to time?
    So I wouldn’t call it top shelf, but cool, unique interesting show, which don’t know bout you, but that’s why I come here to explore. Definitely not the worst show, in fact, as often the case, the adversity helps step things up and makes the show. When the going gets weird…indeed.

    Ha, told myself only one show today but I’m already into the next night in good ole Crotchfester. 11/21/78
    Sounds like typical crazy Rochester scene, kinda like the Spectrum lol. But they sure sound more like usual fall 78 so far (Big River…) recording too, not a Beatty, but so far so good.
    If only I’d been just a wee bit older, this might of been my first?
    That’s ok, I’ll take the first I did get lol.

    Ok, onward, must be fired up after sleeping with the Elk! Literally, several slept within feet of us just outside our bedroom window last night! Cool sheet Mon!

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    Had lots of time yesterday afternoon and this morning with steady drizzle coming down here. Gloomy the last month or more and no big accumulations but over our average moisture already for this time of year. San Juan basin snow pack at 150% of normal. Best in the state?
    The Cap. Center, Landover beats War Mem. Syracuse hands down in my book. Expected more out of 9-28-76 with that set list and continuous 2nd set. Just didn't have the energy that 9-25-76 has. I noticed that in 2001 only two years into Dave L. taking over from Dick there were no liner notes yet from Dave. But that letter from a Deadhead from 1976 was prescient. The idea came from Relix where he read the Dead were "toying with the idea" of the eventual Dick's/Dave's series' which didn't come about until 1993(?). Man, can you imagine how many more we would have had? (edit: wouldn't have worked until CDs came out around 1984, wouldn't have put them on tapes and vinyl would have been economically unviable?) Anywho the start of 9-25 is so up-tempo with Keith well up in the mix and twinkling marvelously. The Travis Bean has such a vocal quality to it on this Cassidy. Not so great on Loser where it didn't have that chippy sound that song is known for. Keith and Jerry so pretty on Peggy-O. Nice long set lists still then. Nice stretched versions of Let It Grow and Sugaree for a solid set closer. 2nd set is just exactly perfect and whoever coined the disco dead slur just isn't reading it right. It's more like Dancin' Dead with Jerry dancing up and down the frets on Dancin' like a wild man. I mean they're a dance band, right? I know I would have been boogying to that! Audience has minds blown when Cosmic Charlie appears and there is so much newly reworked material in this era. Stand alone Scarlet is TIGHT! The drummers seem to be driving the bus by then coming on strong. And where Fire would usually come in it could have gone anywhere. That's the game isn't it? Guessing where they're going in real time? Do they even know? The St. Stephen samwich has Jerry saying "Yes it does" to one man gathers what another man spills. Smooth vocal harmonies and a Phil moment stomping with the drummers coming back into the St. Steve reprise. And a tight Sugar Mag finish. This has the '77 deliberateness but great energy too. So imagine my surprise when I found 9-28-76 a little slower and predictably mellow. Not that there's anything wrong with a great show with those characteristics but I was ready for a mind blower after reading the set list. The true tango was a real surprise though and overall a fantastic two show release. A fair number of repeats only three days apart but it didn't influence my opinion like the tempo comparison did. Glad we are still getting those two show releases every once in a while. Thanks Dave L.! And thanks to the POTD posse for suggesting these. Onward and upward. Got the jones for JGB - Don't Let Go from 5-21-76 now.
    Cheers
    It's not on us, Dennis will buy anything. Bless his heart!

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    Hit 3/20/70 for a lil snack, now I need to hear some 80s to regain my energy as I’m pooped after digging first round of Sierra cement. Plenty of moisture today brother vguy and you other desert rats.

    3/20/70 was ok. Not much of a HTH jam. Weird, no weir acoustic numbers? Cool acoustic set though, lil Jer fest going on with an always welcome Katie Mae! Electric set alright, but not mind blowing. Pig has some extra spunk in LL: “ put your hand in her pocket, take out her Id and make sure she’s 18” etc.
    Viola always cool, but so so version? Not the best 70 we’ve heard, but not bad for a 53 year old boot.

    10/17/83: another coulda, woulda, shoulda.
    Always wondered what this one was about?
    EDIT: yep, wish things woulda worked out and I made it to this one, sigh.
    So what do you do after 2 Stephen comebacks and a Revolution.
    Just the usual GOGD! Nice Sugaree to open a solid first set. Status quo fall 83 second but with the return of Lay Me Down, and the second Revolution for an encore. Really enjoyed this show, mostly good recording though I think levels during peaks might occasionally have been a tad hot. Perhaps not the tape level, but some instruments being fed to the tape? Fall 83, another sorta under the radar excellent tour. Guess that’s why there’s been four shows officially released from it so far. Check it out!

    Buckeye 88: I’ve had a tape that I combined the first set with the 3 new songs. I think I did that because I didn’t think (at the time) the second was worth another tape? I’ll have to hear the whole show again…

    Yeah Dennis! I NEED to know! tap, tap, tap (sound of foot tapping) lol
    Look forward to more GO reviews. Need to acquire some more new music, but only so many spots on the team, so might wait and see. Mostly wondering if I should get the studio or live album?

    Ok, this Sugaree from 10/17 is jumping. Get coffeed up, cop some 83 energy…then probably time to shovel again ; )

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    had a long post last night that got shut down because of perceived lynx (there weren't any - booo). below is abbreviated

    1st Show - I have the GO studio on vinyl, bought it as a cut out ca. 45 years ago probably same time as Heavy Traffic and undoubtedly because Winwood was on it. I had been confused by your references to a 2 lp release until ConeKid solved the mystery. Turntable is mothballed so streamed it (2x/3x) through the Sennheisers after my post last week (and again last night). first listen in a few years. Really enjoyed it, particularly the spacier passages. Then streamed previous album by Yamashta (no Winwood), Raindog, and dug that also. Where my head was at. I'll get to the live album soon.

    Want to highlight again an obscure Wayne Shorter album, Moto Grosso Feio, 2 tracks in particular, title track and Iska. very cool and out there. Turned onto that by aquarium drunkard. Cool discussion there, as always.

    Also Dave might be listening in (surprise). After my recent comments re summer '88 and fact that most of Buckeye wasn't circulating in soundboard (just a chunk of Set 1 i think), he has Set II predrumz on Tapers Section this week. Has Set I from next show Pittsburgh on Jam of the Week. Listened to the Buckeye segment last night. Victim (3rd time)>Blow Away (2nd time)>Foolish Heart (3rd time)>Terrapin>Drumz. Of much greater interest to me now (I was sorta/kinda fried from Alpine). Def would like to hear rest of the show. What Dave served up is a straight board, not an ultramatrix. Also none of the panning back and forth across stage that is so prominent on the board portion of the Alpine '88 run ultramatrixes. Buckeye was 1st show for several younger folk that I knew at the time. They had a gas.

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    GO Dennis!

    I hope you read my review(s) beforehand.
    Where is BC? I'm not taking the heat alone here.
    The pressure! Give us a review when you get them Dennis.
    Inquiring minds, like Oro, want to know.
    Cheers

    Firing up DiP 20 Syracuse 9-28-76 now. Only got through Landover 9-25 yesterday. Holding the review until I've got both done. But dang, forgot that disc 4 is one > solid > jam > ? Orange Tango indeed!

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    Just bought the two cd's off amazo, Go and Go Live.

    If they suck, it's you's people fault. If their great,,,,can I find great music or what!

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    Apparently I have the Live in Paris LP.
    It really feels like a concept album, different sequence of songs live.
    Not as rare as I thought and appreciated more widely too.
    Thanks and cheers

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    I googled Steve winwood go

    Because I had never heard of it.
    There’s a Wikipedia page and you can buy it from Uncle Bezos, CD or vinyl.

    Edit:
    That’s the studio album Go I saw.
    After rechecking, the 6-12-76 show is also available on CD from 3rd-party sellers at Uncle B’s house.

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.
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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Wed, 03/02/2022 - 04:37

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Mornin', rockers!!!

Last 5:

2/13/70 early show
2/14/70 early show
Two short, sharp, savory shots of early 1970 Dead. Recommended................

PF Wish You were Here
For long lost friends who've shuffled off this astral plane...........

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen---Family Dog 1970, official OSF release. Ace recording, I've heard rockabilly is good for what ails ya!

Mingus Ah Um
Needs no explanation.............

Not a note of 71 going on two months now. Been jonesing, but Europe 72 helps ease the pain................

Rock on!!

Doc
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire............

Gets the worm!
Was gonna say 4/6/78, but vguys already on it with 9/18/91.
Rollin!

EDIT: solid show, nice pick! Good Healy/Pearson matrix, though I’m at work so not full immersion…

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Submitted by bluecrow on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 06:32

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Managed to get in the 1st set last night. Really nice. Some interesting and cool midi work by Jerry in there. And during Wang Dang Doodle, Hornsby is quoting Thelonious Monk! That's was pretty out there. I think the Monk tune was Bolivar Blues. Years ago I remember reading about an interview where Monk was asked about writing a song for Simon Bolivar, the Latin American hero. And he replied, no man, that's about the Bolivar Hotel in NYC. At some point I need to listen to a lot more from the Hornsby era.

Again just want to mention that Colgate 11/4/77 show. Its got that Jones Band Set II Phil is weirdly hammered intro. Set starts out with a great Samson that just on a dime segues into a kicking Cold Rain and Snow. Great show.

On way back home last night had the bonus disc spinning from Road Trips 3 No. 3, 5/15/70 Fillmore East. It is a jewel. I love the acoustic material from that release. What a great Cumberland on the bonus. And a few songs later it was Attics of My Life as the sun was setting. so sweet.

Have a great day folks.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 09:32

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So no pick?
How’s aboutta 4/6/78? Betty board from that fine spring tour?

BC, funny, I’ve been thinking about 11/4 for no real reason? Ive scrolled past on my music server several times recently and for whatever reason I see it and go, “hmmmm, been awhile”…so perhaps this WE when I’m home I’ll spin er up!
Did the Chrotchfester show a month or so back. Crazy how much more intense these later 77scare compared to the smooth perfection of May?

Bruce quoting: yeah if you really pay attention he’s always throwing little quotes in there. The best is when he and Jerry throw stuff back and forth like that. Think JG really dug having someone to do more of that.
Good sheet Mon!

Still working my way through 9/18/91, which is excellent by the way. I mean, the whole MSG run, is outstanding. So many good shows and the Brandford show.

4/6/78, Tampa, alright in the que. Good idea OB.

Yes, Bluecrow, I am a huge fan of RT3. 3, such a great release. I think I paid a pretty penny for this a couple years ago new with the bonus disc and it was worth every penny.

Stay well out there all.
Hope they consider a MUATM this year. It is time.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 18:33

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A Bruce Box needs to happen.
Some good stuff there, as evidenced by the 91 shows in the Giants Box.

Listened to 6-22-91 a few days ago. That’s a good one.
So is 10-31-91.
And there are many more.

Dave,
Give us a Bruce Box.
The 2 Box-per-year release model allows you to make even more $ for Rhino and keep everyone happy. And for those of us who will buy both Boxes, we get even more official releases per year than with the current model.

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Thu, 03/03/2022 - 18:47

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My personal favorite show with Bruce is 9/22/91. It’s just got everything going for it……

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 03/04/2022 - 05:20

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Another tidbit. I am reinvigorated and will use up another one of the three guesses.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 08:12

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A lot of talk on the LTTR thread recently about late 72 shows.

Made me want to revisit Dave's 11 from Wichita, 11/17/72. Who is up for it?

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 13:33

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I did 9/21/72 this morning. Why not continue..

Edit: Hit the spot. Did the bonus disc too. Added the second set of 5/2/72 for good measure. A DHB Hattrick?

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Sat, 03/05/2022 - 17:12

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I am currently working my way through the series. I started the excursion with Vol. 19. I might as well continue through and then start over maybe with some diversions along the way.

Well, I still really love this release. Shorter show for 72, but high energy and great recording. Monster first set, nice Sugaree, Bird Song, Box of Rain. Great second set Cumberland, El Paso-He's Gone, the Truckin into The Other One is a good example of the greatness of their improvisation. Great show and the bonus tracks from 11/15/72 are really good as well. Probably one of my favorite liner notes. Great story.
Jim, the Colgate 77 show is always worth a listen as well, I think Bluecrow had this going recently as well. I really like the show but the early Iko Ikos are not fully developed yet.

Where we headed next?

I keep running across shows that look interesting in my quest to answer the latest Bolo contest, but unfortunately haven't cracked it yet.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Tue, 03/08/2022 - 01:32

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Hey, rockers!!!

Pick of the day: Star Theater March 8 1970

What to do with uninvited, unexpected guests? It can get problematic, whether it’s your house or your concert…………..

Interesting little show and a nice example of the early 1970 electric/acoustic/electric format. Bob Weir’s attempted humor. Interesting China/Rider/High Time trifecta. Bouncy Dire Wolf. Greasy Hard To Handle. Hunky dory so far…………..

As with many early 1970 acoustic sets, this one has a casual, warm feeling. Tasty Monkey & The Engineer, Been All Around This World, Me & My Uncle and Black Peter. Things start to go a little sideways at the end of Katie Mae, as a local high school student---part rock and roll cheerleader, part blues screamer---joins in the festivities as they evolve/devolve into a spontaneous and quirky blues jam. Sounds odd now but sounds like at the time the audience was digging it………

Cap it all off with a hot NFA/Lovelight with more screaming and an unknown harmonica player sittin’ in…………

The available recordings, while a bit rough, are actually pretty listenable. However, given how sonically spoiled we’ve become, I’m not sure it can be brought up to official release standards. Not even sure it should be an official release, admittedly it would be way down on my wish list.

By no means a classic, but I’m glad I have it………………

Doc
This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough……

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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 03/09/2022 - 08:44

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Any intertest in 5/14/74 Missoula? It's been forever since I listened to it.

3/8/70 Santa Monica Civic Cntr was an interesting little show.. clocking in at just over 91 minutes it's approachable.
A varied little show, it has a little dose of everything except the big wide-open jam. I guess it was Elvin Bishop that sat in for the last few songs?? They must have been sharing a ticket (Paul Butterfield Blues Band??). Anyway, a nice little ear opener.. it should go well with 5/14 which has quite the big wide-open Jam on one of the scarier, more dissonant Dark Stars of '74.

Onward.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 03/09/2022 - 22:17

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Only made it halfway through but it was quite good. Set two queued up for tomorrow.

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Submitted by bluecrow on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 10:12

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Theater in the Round sounded really good, at least as far as I got. Must admit I bailed as things went sideways out of Katie Mae. Wasn't in the mood for that. Will probably revisit sometime. Show seems really short to me and think there would have been more if not for that ego display. Side note - has anybody seen a photo of Pig singing and playing the guitar during those 1970 Katie Maes?

In that early acoustic/electric show space. After 5/15/70 (and the 5/14 filler) dusted off DiP 8 (5/2 Harper) earlier this week. Been a real long long time since I listened to that legend show. Simply amazing. Of course love the acoustic material. The Cryptical > Other one > cryptical was mind blown (once again). Nonpareil. A testament to Dick working to get some big shows like this and the Fillmore 2/13 out early in that series.

Dug deep into a drawer with some lost releases (at least for me). #1 - Fallout from the Phil Zone. That Disc 1 was an awesome sequence, both then and now. some has been released in fuller context many year later, but not all of it. #2 Rockin' the Rhein. Really good to have those stand alone releases from Europe 72 tour, with a mix that is true to Keith's playing as being an integral part of the sound.

Yep - definitely up for going to Montana soon.

And Senator Oro - "pot calling the cattle back" is top shelf humor for me.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 11:56

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Well put. If I drank enough alcohol, I could sing like that too until the police arrived, put me in handcuffs and to the liking of all hauled me off to the county jail.

Well, set two awaits.

but I had some thoughts rattling around in my bluecrow brain : )

Now back to a rockin NFA> Going Down The Road > NFA on the Rhein

edit: waiting for a recaptcha that asks for tractors and one of the pics is a Ukraine farmer hauling a tank.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 19:24

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Made it through this release today. For me, good, enjoyable show. Good first set, the PITB is great. Good US Blues. Nice combo of WRS into Dark Star that goes off the rails for a bit.

I love the February 74 shows and I am looking forward to #42. I have always felt they picked up steam in June through August and of course the October mega shows. Still want that Winterland 74 complete run box. Give it to us Dave.

Looking at 3/31/91 from Greensboro NC for tomorrow. Who is in?

Came across this one as I was looking through the Bruce era trying to figure out Miami Greyhound squid. No luck yet.

That underwear draw must be bursting at the seams Bolo.

We tried.. your clues are friggin hard.. but we tried. I, for one, had not given up.

#FU Count Vlad

Finished Montana. A nice show and a good warmup for #42. The PITB came in focus for me. The DS still contains sharp shards of broken glass that pierces my ears. Sometimes when I listen to the Dead and it becomes too intense, I have to remind myself.. tension, release, repeat. There are some jazzy moments, but that DS has some unresolved demons.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 09:01

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yer moving much too slow.

Yeeesshhkk, interweb was out at house I’m working at so no streaming all week. Now it’s back up but the new equipment I’ve installed has no analog inputs. Meant to bring a A/D converter with me, but once again we’re a day late and a dollar short! Doooaaahhh!
So I’ll hopefully get 3/8/70, 3/31/91, and gulp, the scary moons 74 show in this WE.
LOVE that Dark Star, as I believe HST once said “it never got weird enough”
Thanks again Otis!
Speaking of the good Doctor, check out the new docudrama Fear and Loathing in Aspen!

EDIT: hey Bolo, I still got a headache lol. So how bout giving us the answer after we all hurt ourselves trying to figure it out?

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Submitted by bolo24 on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 09:22

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From my post on 2/19 -

here's the clue for Today: Miami greyhound squid

You may notice that the "T" in Today was unnecessarily capitalized. Hence, show date is 2/19.

The Dead played seven times on 2/19. But where and which year?

"Miami greyhound" was the nickname for Hall-of-Fame basketball player Rick Barry of the Golden State Warriors. The team played their games at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. But not on 2/19/91, because the Grateful Dead played there that night.

For extra credit, I was going to ask if anyone knew the historical significance of that show. That's where "squid" comes in. If you Google "Grateful Dead squid," a video pops up of a band called Squid playing "New Speedway Boogie." Rick Barry's jersey number was 24, and 2/19/91 was the 24th time the GD played that tune. It was also the first time they played it since 9/20/1970 - on hiatus for over 20 years!

Over and out.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 09:39

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do you know who your dealing with here?
This ain’t MIT, I think as a senator from the great DH state of altered consciousness I can speak for the majority here and perhaps respectfully remind you who your dealing with here. It seems perhaps you’ve mixed up your on line routing/addresses and sent us senile, nearly brain dead acid casualties, some firmly in the horrible grasp of our golden years, a mind puzzle perhaps meant for your extra intelligent intelligence cohorts?
No harm no foul, but I will be billing you for the extra analgesics required to dull the on going throbbing headache that many of us have endured due to your unfortunate mix up.
Hopefully your IT specialists can rectify this idiosyncrasy in a timely fashion, thus ensuring that the next contest will be just exactly perfect and thus more appropriate for the smoking crater of what’s left of our minds? Thank you!
Or? I Dunno, maybe it was the ibogaine?

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 14:43

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more depraved than a man in the height of an ether binge!

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Submitted by bolo24 on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 10:50

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Years ago I used to make sampler CDs of some of my favorite Dead tunes and leave them in random places around whatever town I happened to be in at the time. Included was an email address the recipient could respond to with comments about the music. Overwhelmingly, the most common feedback was something along the lines of, "Wow. I had no idea this is what the Grateful Dead sounded like."

So here's the challenge: compose your ultimate GD show for a target audience of non-deadheads. That means no scary Dark Stars that might fry a newbie's brain. Limit the time to what could fit on 3 CDs, so maximum of 4 hours, and roughly follow what the Dead might do regarding first and second sets, etc.

My first "CD" will start with the Intro/H/S/F from "One from The Vault" (8/13/75) and end with "The Music Never Stopped" from DP18 (2/3/78). I'll figure out the rest as inspiration moves me brightly.

Anyway, if you're game, share your "best in show" so we can have something else to contemplate besides our navels. When I finish mine, I'll put the tunes on thumb drives and scatter them around town in some mysterious fashion to mess with unsuspecting, uptight humans. Time to expand their horizons!

Have fun!

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 12:51

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1st set: Easy Wind, High Time, Greatest Story Ever Told, King Bee, China Cat/ Sitting on top of the World, Promised Land, Next Time You See Me, Attics of My Life, The Music Never Stopped. 2nd set:: Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Alligator> Truckin> Space> Death Don't Have No Mercy> Viola Lee Blues>Feedbck. encore. Casey Jones. & Broke down Palace

Another really good spring 91 show. This one is worth checking out if you have never heard it. Great first set and the second set Eyes-Playing is special.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 16:28

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Tomorrow's Pick of the Day?

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Submitted by bolo24 on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 16:56

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I'm not sure it's possible in the time allotted. I'm well over 4 hours already and I haven't even decided which version of "Jack-A-Roe" to include yet.

So, screw the time limit. I'm probably going to end up closer to 6 hours. If nothing else, this exercise has clearly demonstrated to me that there are just too many great versions of too many great songs.

What a band!

My one CD abbreviated version.

A Voice From On High - 5/15/70 Fillmore East
Cold Jordan - 5/15/70 Fillmore East
Cumberland Blues - 5/8/72 Empire Pool
Hard To Handle - 4/23/69
New Potatoe Caboose - Anthem of the Sun or 2/14/68
Eyes of the World - Bobby and Phil w/ Trey acoustic 3/3/18 Radio City Music Hall
Los Lobos Bertha (just because)
To Lay Me Down (studio)
Unbroken Chain (studio)
Help/Slip/Franklins from the Swing
Attics of my life, (tonight's version will do)

Tomorrow's choices will surely vary and contain a mind melting Dark Star

Edit: Oh hell.. toss in just about any 68 Viola Lee Blues as a litmus test. If they don't like it, we don't need em. :D
And I guess the Morning Dew from 2/27/77 to end the disc. You're right, six hours is not enough.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Sun, 03/13/2022 - 05:07

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Hey rockers!!

SET I: Truckin'-Beat It on Down the Line-Loser-El Paso-The Rub-Bird Song-Playing in the Band-Cumberland Blues-Ripple-Me and Bobby McGee-I'm a King Bee-Bertha

SET II: Morning Dew-Me and My Uncle-Deal-Hard to Handle-Cryptical Envelopment>drums>The Other One>Wharf Rat>Sugar Magnolia-Dark Star>St. Stephen>Not Fade Away>Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad>Not Fade Away

By the way, that would be April 28, 1971. Everything any sane person could need or want to know about the Grateful Dead, all in one show. Rock and roll, originals, covers, country western Bakersfield, greasy Pigpen, big jams. It's all right there............

Not too mellow, not too crazy. Well, maybe, lol, Hard To Handle gets a little crazy. Listen and prepare to be amazed.......

Rock on, rollers!!!

Doc
A good mind should tell the difference between noise and music........

I did a tape for my brother, over 30 years ago, which had The Other One, Dancing In The Street and Viola Lee Blues from 5/2/70 on. He had heard me playing the official releases over the years and thought they were...okay. But that selection really impressed him. He had no idea they could play like that.

Sometimes it's the easier listening stuff that is harder for non Deadheads to get into than the heavier stuff. You've got to point Percy at the people.

5/14/74: always surprises me just how much I like this one! So much good sheet besides the awesome Dark Star! That whole disc three just kicks ass! When I think of DaPs, this one, Scooby House, and Skeletor Skater are the first ones that pop up in my minds eye.

3/8/70: liked the short show format. Agree with others: sound ok considering, ok show until the unfortunate take over. Especially during Katie Mae! Talk about rudes interuptus! Couidnt he let pig finish the song, yeesshhhkk!
Gotta love how JG always takes these situations and uses them as a way to support whatever was going on. Like when he plays on others songs, he’s as good or better supporting others as he is leading!
This is the kind nugget I’m looking for here on Pot Day, doesn’t have to be a great show, but the chances of just stumbling on this were low. So thanks to Doc for digging up this historical little nugget.

3/31/91: First set looks great on paper, but? Not a bad set, but seemed kinda average, comparatively.
The second set made up for it though. Like many of the Hornsby lineup tunes, the Samsons are like big fright trains that take a little time to get going outta the station, but when they do get up to speed, woo, woooo!
They mesh that into a nice eyes with a awesome dreamy sequence that eventually comes out the other side and back to earth with the Wheel, including a couple of obvious Dark Star teases, but alas that would have to wait for the following night at that excellent Greensboro show Conekid turned us into a while back.
Big Chuck B double scoop of R&R to bring her home, and sweet knockin to bring ‘em back to earth.
Perhaps a tad short, but an overall enjoyable show. Don’t think I’d call release worthy since there are so many other strong 91s, if only they give us a 91 box…

Ok, what next? I might hit 4/17/82 today!
Onward!

Bolo the taskmaster lol. Boys tough!
I’m sorry, I don’t think I can do a live version, there’s just too much: too many must have songs, from different must have eras etc.,
BUT, I’ve already done a “album” version back a few years. I was asked to make a disc of the most known, perhaps main songs for someone who had causally seen the band and had some interest BITD. I was asked to keep it simple, no 36 minute songs etc lol. So I started thinking the same way Bolo presented this to us and realized if I tried to pick live stuff I’d die before I finished lol, so thought I’d use album versions, like I was teaching a GD 101 course.
My criteria was to use the most well known, most easily accessible, sometimes the hits, but not always, and at least one song from every studio album, with at least one song from the main band members, in chronological order.
Well it became quickly apparent that I couldn’t do that on only one disc, but did not want to go more than two. So it was a tough but fun process but here’s what I came up with. Like all final cuts I’m sure there’s room for “discussion” LOL

NOTE: I use “album” loosely since there are several must have tunes that were never recorded on studio albums, so versions were taken from Skull Fuck and E72, which, are arguably hybrids. I Mean you HAVE to have a Bertha for example..Also, I used Must of Been Roses from Compliments, technically a JG album, but much of it in actuality of course is a band album similar to ACE. This song is slightly not chronological too, in order to keep the normal Jer/Bob sequencing. Days Between is from the So Many Roads box, which at the time was the closet thing to a studio cut I had.
The Cryptical Suite was edited because of time constraints of the Redbook CD format, so I cut the last couple minutes and faded out using the trusty ML 9600 right after JG sings the last “has to die” part.

Pedro’s GD Chronological Album Retrospective
DISC 1: GD 101.1
1- The Golden Road (to unlimited devotion)
2- That’s it For the Other One p/o
3- Saint Stephen
4- Uncle John’s Band
5- Box of Rain (Phil)
6- Friend of the Devil
7- Sugar Magnolia
8- Operator (Pig)
9- Truckin’
10- Bertha
11- Playing in the Band
12- Brown Eyed Women
13- Jack Straw
14- Ramble on Rose
15- One More Saturday Night
16- Eyes of the World
17- Stella Blue

DISC 2: 101.2
1- U.S. Blues
2- Scarlet Begonias
3- Ship of Fools
4- The Music Never Stopped
5- Samson and Delilah
6- Must of Been the Roses
7- Estimated Prophet
8- Shakedown Street
9- Alabama Getaway
10- Althea
11- Hell In A Bucket
12- Touch of Gray
13- Just A Little Light (Brent)
14- Foolish Heart
15- Days Between

Ok, your probably like “where’s Terrapin, where’s Feel Like a Stranger” etc. Again, I was asked not to use jammy, obscure or other less accessible stuff. I’m sure there are a few I might of used instead, but I was thinking about what was most well know and easily accessible to newbie, ya know, ya learn to walk before you can run…
My intention was to follow up with a second term GD 201 course version which would have hit the next level of songs: Terrapin, Stranger, H/S/F, China/Rider, etc. That could theoretically be followed up by GD 301 getting into the extended TOO, DS, Playins etc…
I think this is a decent attempt at presenting the unpresentable to the often accessibly challenged ; )
Oh, the gal I made this for loved it, said it was great except a couple of the first weird tunes lol, but she said she liked them and had her interest piqued!

That one would probably catch newbies off guard. ..and when their guard is down, slip em 220 mics and a 68 Viola Lee Blues. They will either love the GD or they will never be seen or heard from them again.

Edit: Or become the next dictator of Russia. #FU Count Vlad.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 03/14/2022 - 08:53

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I'll do 4/17, good pick and a new one to me. The next night has that Phil California Earthquake space. Phil was on a roll with good contributions to space that week.

The Miller sounds great, just a couple small patches.