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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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February 18, 2022 - 4:20pm

#791

Mr. Ones

Joined:
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Just what nobody wants(my 2 cents)

I love the discussion of live shows vis a vis, shows we attended vs. shows we love to listen to. I will always enjoy having a cd of a show that I attended, regardless of which band we’re talking about. It’s just the ultimate souvenir.
But when it comes to the Dead, my first show was 8/31/80, and while I would flip my lid if it was ever released, what I really want more than anything else, are shows from 1967-1974, with 67-70 being the real hot spot for me.
I realize that there are most likely not too many shows of that era in a releasable form. Do I like shows from all years. Yes. To a point. If it is a superbly played show, I’ll give it many listens. If it’s not, it’s probably a 2 and done for me.
While I’m perfectly ok with that, it’s human nature to want what I want(and right NOW).
ANY show is desirable for me between 67-70, regardless of how sloppy or how much repeat of set lists, because they were absolutely PRIMAL at this time!!
Of course, that just one idiots opinion. I gladly take whatever Dave gives me. I don’t feel the need to ‘threaten’ him by saying I’ll stop buying stuff. If I were to stop, there are certainly many punters ready to take my place. My music addiction does not seem about to subside anytime soon.
As far as box sets go, I don’t see me buying anything from after ‘74. Again, that’s just me, I know I’m in the minority.
I think I’ll let Dave worry about choices and sales figures, and I’ll just keep subscribing, and pick and choose which boxes to buy.

Anyway you look at it, my opinion only applies to me, and I welcome opinions from any and all who contribute to this site.

And keep the Last 5’s and other recommendations coming, because I sure as hell want to be on the receiving end of your much anticipated suggestions/favorites!!
February 18, 2022 - 3:21pm

#792

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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Daverock, thinking, thinking....

So I saw the band 1972 to 1992, with a ton of shows in '73. I have found that magical '73 sound to be my favorite in many ways, probably because I tripped out back then as a very young man and the sounds made an indelible impression. Yet I'm a stone Pigpen fan and love the early band's energy. I bemoan the lost of ... "spirit" let's say in the later years that to me reflected Jer's decline due to H. That said, something some folks call "attendance bias" or something like that suggests that people do enjoy hearing the shows they attended. Therefore, if they released the two '92 shows I went to, I'd dig it. But I'd go apeshit for a release of my first show in Sept '72 because that would overlap with the band's best year(s).

I'm babbling but I guess it must be difficult to intuit what the GD fans will purchase. Some suggested that younger fans (those under, say, age 55!) might have snapped up the Giants Stadium box (I skipped it, always looking for opportunities to stop spending on GD music, though not really succeeding). Are older heads (I'm 65) really a monolithic force jonesing for '60s shows? I do not pretend to know.

I suppose they can always analyze the sales for any given release, but who's to say what the demographics behind the sales #s really are? We're currently fixated on chronology and specific years for the band, which seems natural, but does that really influence sales? It has to, but how much of a factor is it? Versus, say, longtime buzz about a certain show and its circulation on tape, etc. (Example: Barton Hall '78, said to be "the greatest of all time" show doesn't really impress me... As in, I have NO IDEA what the hype is all about. It's a fun show, that's all -- for me.)

The whole thing is a mystery to me. And for Dave, and Rhino, how much of their release decisions are based on data and how much on intuition and wishful thinking?

I'm going to solve this conundrum by immediately retreating to my music room with a whiskey and spleef and play around on slide in standard tuning on my 1964 Gretsch as the day's last light slants across the room... Hey, I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to kick stuff around and goof off on this forum. Thanks gang!
February 18, 2022 - 2:36pm

#793

daverock

Joined:
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Age related

HF - your comment that older heads might prefer 67-69 shows and younger heads 80's and 90's shows got me thinking. I only saw The Dead in 1981 and 1990, but my taste in listening to live recordings has always been 1967-1974. With different years within that timespan being my favourite at different times. It was 67-69 that originally got me interested in them.
Curiously perhaps, I don't really relate listening to their live recordings to my experience of actually seeing them. It doesn't feel nostalgic when I listen to them - a forever now band.
February 18, 2022 - 1:39pm

#794

That Mike

Joined:
November 1, 2014

Bobby (Bobby?) Weir & Wolf Bros

“Live In Colorado” just arrived!
New persona, Bob!? Asking for a friend.
February 18, 2022 - 1:03pm

#795

Jason Wilder

Joined:
September 21, 2011

Prognosticating: Box + Last 2 Dave's

Well, we know that #42 is 2/23/74. Making this another year where Dave has selected at least 1 show from both the late Keith & Donna era (with Mickey post-hiatus) and the early K&D era (post Pig pre-hiatus). The only exception was 2018 with no early K&D. 2 late K&Ds + Brent + Pig/TC. Also got PNW Box that year, so plenty of early K&D.

On the chat Dave said a good year for variety. Pig, Brent, & Vince/Bruce are the other eras. Hope the Box + 2 DPs touch them all. Have not had a Pig Dave's since 2019. Have had 2 Brent's the last 2 years, the only times Dave has done that.

Last 5 boxes: STL 71/72/73, June 76, Giants 87/89/91, PNW 73/74, May 77 GSTL. I think we are gonna get early (Carousel '68?) or late (Brent 80s or MSG fall 90).
February 18, 2022 - 12:56pm

#796

Atron

Joined:
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February 18, 2022 - 11:56am

#797

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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OMG! I just had ANOTHER thought........

Perhaps this is too obvious, but the Listen to the River box is just so good in concept, execution and content, that
WHAT IF ... ole' Dave decided to couple up shows from
- fall '67
- spring '68
- fall '68
- spring '69

To show the early band's evolution. Fall '67 to spring '69 is quite the arc in their ability to deliver, from surging beast to well-oiled psychedelic band. That approach could be done in 5-6 discs. I think the barrier to my own "ideas" relates to Dave's story on how "Listen" came together. He went to Rhino, if I recall correctly, with the "Listen" concept but only a 10 or 12-disc product and they responded, "could you do a 20-CD box?" I guess we'd have to review the history -- shorter boxes have been issued -- to see what the pattern is. Or maybe 20-disc boxes are Rhino-favored going forward? For my money, it'll be tough to surpass the "Listen" box because '71-'72-'73 is prime material for me. Okay, maybe older heads want primal 67-69, younger heads might favor 80s-90s? My thrashing about here confirms that I don't belong in merchandising. Just purchasing...........
February 18, 2022 - 11:11am

#798

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Primal box

Said it before, I’ll say it again: only have fragments of primal, no problemo, center the box around some primo 69, say April 69 Avalon/Ark, and tack a few discs of 67-68 on it, voilà!
Say frags of 67 on one or two discs depending on quantity/quality, three or four short 68 shows, and the majority of the Avalon and Ark shows…
February 18, 2022 - 10:57am

#799

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Norman et el

I don’t really compare or pay that close attention, but it does seem overall like they’ve gotten better with time/experience. I try to judge each show singularly, on their own merits.
Later, I might compare to other shows within that tour, but any other than that it seems futile to me.
The only recent one I’ve thought was audibly subpar was the 73 from last year, and I think that was more to do with the recording. Most folks couldn’t even tell though, I think you need certain ears/equipment?

Think sonics the last couple years have been great except the above mentioned, and perhaps a smidge too much ambient mic on the 87? (But I really prefer a good matrix! SBs don’t sound natural to me)
Still blown away how well the 78 (37?) sounds. 41 too.
Really, all formats have marked improvement, If you compare apples to apples: meaning i.e., say 40 to other summer 90 DATs, and say, 41 to other May 77 Beatty reels etc, and Philly 83 to other cassettes, there seems to be an audible improvement over early releases of similar formats.
My only complaint Is that sometimes Dave picks a good city and street, but goes to the wrong house…
February 18, 2022 - 10:40am

#800

Slow Dog Noodle

Joined:
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Phish 12-4-91
Phish 11-30-91

Dub Apocalypse 5-6-18
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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.

VGUY

I've seen Pearl Jam about a half-dozen times(give or take) going back to 1995(most recently in 2017), and I consider them a top shelf live act. I base this on a couple of factors: They ROCK HARD and mean it for a good 135 minutes easily. They change set lists every night. You always get some good stage banter from Eddie. Their audience is totally INTO IT!! They go nuts. I'd be shocked if you didn't come away with a feeling that you just saw a fantastic show.

Edit: Their first 4 albums are all top shelf, and #5 is pretty damn good. They lost the plot briefly, but they're back
in the saddle now, with the last 2 releases.

Last 5(I can't resist):

Patty Griffin-Silver Bell
Alan Parsons Project-The Instrumental Works
GOGD-5/17/77(Thanks Dennis!!)
Beaver & Krause-In A Wild Sanctuary
Julie Driscoll-1969

Music is the Best!!

Grumpy Grumpkins saw Pearl Jam

in Seattle 9/20/92

I wasn't impressed

Never much of a Pearl Jam fan...Eddie Vedder a bit full of himself
and I heard him diss the GD one time
thpt.

#FUCountVlad indeed

wattapriq

Grumpy Grumpkins wasn't impressed....

....yet remembers the EXACT date. Hmmm. Lol.
Btw. The senate voted unanimously to keep daylight savings time permanent. I can't recall the last time that happened and I'm all for it.
That's my political post for the week.

(GG looked up the date)

Whatevs

Still no GD
Its been weeks

Last 5

1. Buffalo Springfield- mr.soul
2. Aerosmith- one way street
3. A- lord of the thighs
4. Sabbath- a national acrobat
5. Deep purple- burn

Happy Belated

Happy belated to BOTH the Phil of Bombs as well as KeithFan!

Cool to share a BDay with someone so awesome.
Now go put on 3/15/90 and when they start singing happy birthday before Chinacat, you can pretend it's totally in your honor.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

Last 5

Merl Saunders and Melvin Seals - Live on tour
The Cobras - Caught live at the Continental Club
Don Leady - Cumbia wipeout: Blues explosion
Jorma Kaukonen and Tom Constanten - Embryonic journey
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs - External combustion.

Pearl Jam

I've seen PJ three or four times, and I agree, If you like big rock, you won't be disappointed. Not showey rock but good old fashioned loud rock. I don't know many of their songs, but I have loved every show I saw.

Road trip bonus CDs to trade

Hey Now, Haven’t posted since last April. Thank you all for the constant entertainment and good vibes as I view often. I have been bitten big time by the GD on vinyl the last couple of years and really want to find the Venetia Sunshine Daydream release on vinyl. It’s outrageously priced on eBay and other places. I don’t have the much sought after 73 bonus disk or the 68 one, but I have the other ten bonus CDs. Anyone want to work out a fair trade? Does anyone have any recommendations for another site or thread for potential trades. Pm if interested,thanks. Since this is aDaves thread, I have to say that I really like the last two picks. 39 not so much. 38 and bonus cd from last year are sweet!

Annalee

Try dead dot net slash forum slash search-stuff

If it's too loud....

....you're too old.

Re:

What?

for something completely different

Have an opportunity to see Bobby and the Wolf Bros. next week, any one seem them on this tour, last tour? Price is ok and it's only a 15 min drive. Planning a trip to the box office today or tomorrow so any thoughts would be appreciated. Been watching the set lists and guests showing up on Bob's facebook page, looks like a fun time had by all. Could very well be my last opportunity to see Bob and be with the tribe one last time. captcha says traffic lights and they are all green, interesting.

The Cobras sound alright !

Simonrob - I had never heard of them before, apart from the fact that I think you may have referred to them in the past. Their name suggests vintage rocking music to me, though, so I checked them out online. They sound great...love that guitar sound, but they seem to tick all the boxes for up tempo blues and soul. If I ever work out how to verify my identity with itunes I might get me some.

The Cobras...

The guitar player was Denny Freeman. He also played on Bob Dylan's "Modern times" and "Bootleg series, vol. 8" as well as loads of Texas sessions. Top player. Up tempo blues and soul describes The Cobras perfectly. The album I referred to, "Caught live at the Continental Club" was recorded in 1981 in Austin, TX.

@BigBrownie...How was Taj?

Going downhill to the land of the midnight burrito...gonna see Taj Mahal tonight at the Musical Instrument Museum (Fabulous place by the way) and hit the music shops and a couple of Book stores I like in Phoenix where it will be 80 degrees instead of 48 degrees here at the edge of the world...It's the small things that matter after all...

@SIMONROB...

yes yes yes on Denny Freeman...one of my favorite recordings that he's on is a live one, "I'm Gonna Move" by Hook Herrera...great playing on a killer blues set....while we're talkin' unsung guitarists, don't forget Danny Gatton...another cat who could play ANY style of tunes and rock them...Danny's wiki page starts with "Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. was an American guitarist who combined blues, rockabilly, jazz, and country to create a musical style he called "redneck jazz"... Sadly neither of these fine musicians are with us today....

Keeping it (kinda) loud

Last 1:

Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

a CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nappy, Taj Mahal

As a sextet, the band is superb. Taj is backed by his old time rhythm section plus dobro, acoustic guitar, and Strat/ steel guitar. The man himself is unencumbered by guitar so he is free to let loose on vocals and harmonica. They did a nice Sittin' on Top of the World>C.C. Rider. When I saw him last fall, he was solo and seemed to be struggling a little bit.

He's still got game, and you will love it!

Bill Graham/Sex Pistols story

The Sex Pistols played Winterland in Jan of 1978, when they got off their bus to do a sound check on the afternoon of the show, Bill Graham was there to meet them. Sid Viscous was wearing a Swastika on his pants and when Bill Graham saw it he got really pissed off at Sid Viscous and got in his face and said " Is that supposed some kind of political statement. Take it off!" ! I heard the great photographer Michael Zagaris tell that story.

trades and bonus discs

I would be happy to burn any bonus discs or any discs needed to complete a set or show. I have a decent collection of officially released material.

No Future

I think Danny Gatton is incredible too - well, it's beyond dispute. That record he plays on credited to Robert Gordon, entitled "The Humbler" features the most mindboggling rock n' roll playing I have ever heard.

I don't think Sid Vicious knew whether he was coming or going. And sadly he was going. I saw them live, before he joined, among many punk bands from 1976 to 1977 - but I never did hear "Never Mind The Bollocks". Those first 4 singles were blistering though. I can remember long haired types being offended by them at the time - which I never understood. I was a long haired type myself - and I thought they were great.

fk Sid Vicious

looooooser

NMTB was recorded with Glen Matlock, as I understand

anyway, it is one rocking record. lightning in a bottle.

What to you call a bulletproof Irishman?....

....Rick O'Shea. 🍀

No Fun

He shouldn't even have been there. He wasn't a musician in any way. His only claim to fame was being friends with John Lydon and for beating up NME journalist Nick Kent and Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris. An absurd and extreme example of how behaving badly somehow means you are "rock n' roll".
It's hard not to feel sorry for him though - poor bugger. He was a terrible influence, all things considered - other people starting acting like him, which made punk gigs a bit of a no go zone for sincere and peaceful hairies like me.

Danny Gatton

Isn't he the amazing guitarist who died young? Wait, that could be anybody. But what I do remember is some guy shredding on guitar while playing it with an open bottle of beer as a slide? Even some sloshing as I recall. Couldn't that get one electrocuted? Gone too soon, that one.
Cheers

Reno / Davis 82

What fun that run was! We stayed in Tahoe Friday night, skied Saturday, then went to Reno for the show. Rested in Tahoe Saturday night, and then it is a short two hour drive down the mountain to Davis. I taped both nights and I'm digitizing my masters to upload to the Archive!

Reno 82

Reno 82 was a blast! I also stayed in South Lake Tahoe at a friend's house and we had big party on Friday night with a bunch of friends. Fun city.

My jealous ass is drooling...

....pilgrimage to Lake Tahoe.

Trivia

on this day in 1968
Jerry and Mickey jam with Traffic outside KMPX studios on Green Street in San Francisco after stations staff goes on strike. According to reports Jerry sat in on Dear Mr. Fantasy before the cops broke it up. We could use a primal Dead box for sure.

re: Drool

VGuy if your ass is drooling, might wanna get that checked out.
Just sayin.

[initiates childlike incessant giggling]

Carry On with your Friday and Dreams of a Primal Ooze Dead Box,
Sixtus

Oh my

Last night's show at MIM was awesome...Taj and his band killed it...and I spent yesterday afternoon watching one of my fave movies "The Quiet Man" at a TCM special event...had a great time drooling over Maureen O'Hara (I'm old) on a big screen!...leaving my hotel in a bit for some fine fine superfine Mexican food at Carolinas...and then it's a day of record shops and bookstores before I head back up north to the edge of the world....

Ron Miles

Sad to hear of the passing of underrated trumpeter Ron Miles at 58. Miles (you couldn’t have a better jazz name!) was a frequent collaborator with Bill Frisell, and his “I Am A Man” LP is a tour de force IMHO. No one except Putin should die at 58, but real sorry to hear this one.
There has got to be one great band “up there”.
A great weekend to all!

Happy Holi

peace and love will win the day.

3/18/67 Winterland, official release please

A great show from start to finish, and it has a Golden Road, not many of those out there. If it takes more then 1 cd, they can fill it up with some extra from 1967.

THAT MIKE/Ron Miles

I an SO sorry to hear that news. I only got to see Ron in person twice. in 2007, he was with Bill Frisell at the Village Vanguard. And just before COVID, he played a show at the Kennedy Center in D.C.(The show was titled "I Am A Man" and Bill Frisell was in the band as well).
I only have 3 of his albums, but I like all 3. Perhaps I shall seek out the others(although I know some of them are rare and expensive).

New Zappa box being delivered today!! Sorry everyone, I'll be pretty busy this weekend.

Music is the Best!!

Mr Ones

That is great you got to see (hear?) Ron Miles play, and with Frisell, too! I always had him on my “to see” list. I thought he was a really passed over player, not flashy, but really had a tone that hit the spot. I think I have maybe 5 of his CDs, but he is on numerous Frisell ones (funny how some musicians can attract great side players on their albums, and Frisell is one of them - Ron Miles and Greg Liesz being two examples - likely due to his producer Lee Townsend). A tremendous talent lost, and if you happen on his discs, they are worth the listen.

Your words are so true Mr Ones: Music is the best!

NW Box Relisten

With all the exciting releases recently, I felt I had not given the NW Box a good listen in a couple years. So I've been working my way through the box, 73, then 74. What a great box! Really scratches my 73-74 itch!

Last 5:

Vancouver 73
Portland 73
Seattle 73
Vancouver 74
Rockin the Rhine 4/24/72 (thanks kiethfan!)
Greek Theater 5/13,14,15/83

I need to revisit those '73…

I need to revisit those '73 shows too Nitecat. Glad to hear a couple of people going to the Rhine show too.
I've been into those two "Doc" shows lately, where Jerry breaks out the Les Paul 8/14 & 8/15, 1971. The Other One from 8/14 is really one of my favorite post-primal versions, largely in part from the tone of the Les Paul; but it's also a no-nonsense wallowing of a rocker.

Hey Nitecat!!!

Seattle 5/21/74 was one of the things I took with me for my ride down to Phoenix yesterday...that 45 minute PITB just kills me...I also played St Louis 12/10/71 (just disc 3)...Had a great shopping trip today, loaded up on some new books, music and of course I brought home the to die for BBQ!!! My Honey just loves burnt ends! And aside from the previously mentioned tunes I played my last five would be

Sonny Sharrock - Seize The Rainbow
Keith Richards & The Expensive Winos - Live In London '93
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Blues In The Dark
Los Lobos Live In Arden DE 3/11/22 (great sounding Aud from the Live Music Archive)
Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - Shoutin' In Key (Live)

One of the things I got today but ran out of time to hear is John Hammond - Wicked Grin Live In Bremen 2002, that'll be first thing tomorrow...and BTK I just DL'ed that 3/18/67 show you mentioned...that will be second thing tomorrow!!!

Nappy/ Rod Piazza

Nappy, I've seen Rod Piazza play a number of times, he's a great blues harmonica player. I actually taped one of his shows. Saw him play with George Harmonica Smith at the S.F. Blues festival in Golden Gate Park, it was very cool.

Blues for your briefcase

Great "new" Son House cd delivered to my house this morning - a previously unreleased show from 11/23/64. Top sound quality, and full of the raw incantatory power of latter day Son at his best. Like many musicians/artists I like, he seemed to exist in a dimension of his own. He won't come out to meet you - you have to go in to meet him.

Just like this little lot, that kept me amused yesterday
Tago Mago by Can
So Far by Faust
Carnival in Babylon by Amon Duul 2
Live at the Roundhouse 2/13/72 by Man
Live at the Roundhouse 2/13/72 by Hawkwind

Words of poetry often pop into my head at unexpected moments, and watching Putin address his fans yesterday on the box, I was reminded of these wise words, by the bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke -
"What kind of creature bore you,
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you,
But I can.....
Twat."
With apologies to any bats that might be reading. And all those people waving flags. I wouldn't trust any society that didn't encourage and enjoy a culture of dissent within it's ranks.

Last 5

Nitecat, I listened to one of the PNW '73 shows last night. So last 5 then:

PNW Box Set - 6/24/73
Dick's Picks 35 - 8/7/71
Dave's Picks 38 - 9/8/73
Dick's Picks 30 - 3/28/72
Aoxomoxoa (Live Bonus Disc) - 1/24 - 1/26, 1969

Yes! Primal Dead box

3-18-67 is an excellent start. Why not another '66 show, 3-18-67, a '68 show and, boom! That's 3 CDs, so it could be a DP or a standalone. Talk about documenting the band's evolution! From advanced garage band to psychedelic hydra, a 66-68 compendium would create a killer document. And probably cause me to knock back a stem or two....

Talk about serendipity...

The OSF just posted in the past 24 hours, check it out. They are mowing through the unlabeled tapes now and just disccovered a June 1968 performance and it sounds like a scorcher. (Doh!)

Dave, could you ensure that this tape is swiftly released as a special project? Ala the 4-18-70 tape that came from Mtn Grrrl's closet?

This particular find may just well break the logjam on primal Dead releases. At least, the news itself is making my day. A new '68 tape found in the unlabeled reels Owsley left. Bad ass!

Primal Dead Box

Yes.

Yes

I knew they were going to find GD tapes in his stash. As for 1968, wow. Honestly, I lump fall 67 with 68. It's all good to me.

Hendrixfreak

Thank you for making my day. Owsley? 1968? As George Costanza said once, "It moved".
Now back to your regularly scheduled March Madness.

Already drooling over those 68 reels

A 55-minute Alligator>Feedback with notes of “First There Is A Mountain”!

Hopefully they Plangentized the reels, or will for release.

Then it's settled: '68 NOW!!

Wow, okay, I'm resorting to all caps and making wholly unrealistic demands. That's concerning, except, on the other hand, what do you expect from a foaming-at-the-mouth '68 fan? (Hand me a bib...)

The GD's portion of this newly discovered tape (no word on whether Musselwhite was recorded) runs ~110 minutes or two discs. (Yes, mentally, I'm already in the production phase for DP 43... ) Tack on another '68 show of <80 minutes and I won't need DP 44.

Okay, then, wrestling with my own thoughts after the OSF folks typed "newly discovered" and "68" in the same sentence. Busting out the officially released '68 shows later...

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