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    One more Saturday night at Winterland! Yes, we're back to home base for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 42, the complete show from Winterland, San Francisco, 2/23/74. The one that featured the earliest amalgamation of what would soon become the Wall of Sound, the one that is so "loud, clear, and defined," it's been ripe for release for quite some time and we're glad it's finally getting its due.

    First set or second, there are no wrong answers here. From the unique show opener of Chuck Berry's "Around And Around" and an incredible "Here Comes Sunshine" that would then disappear for 18 years, to a medley of WAKE OF THE FLOOD tracks - "Row Jimmy," "Weather Report Suite," and "Stella Blue" - cementing their status in the canon and an unstoppable hour through the classic 1973-1974 Dead that is “He’s Gone”>“Truckin’”>“Drums”>“The Other One”>“Eyes Of The World,” it's all exceptionally hot.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 42: WINTERLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, 2/23/74 was recorded by Kidd Candelario and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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    Vegas birds....

    ....I see roadrunners here quite often. Hummingbirds (which are awesome btw), and doves are frequent. So are pigeons, but do those really count?

  • alvarhanso
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    More reading

    Tried posting this the other day, but kept being accused by the website of trying to insert Legend of Zelda characters, so will try again. Have been surprised not to see mention of another of my favorite authors, one who studied Faulkner and especially F. Scott Fitzgerald as well as Kerouac and Kesey: Hunter S. Thompson, the man, myth, legend, and author extraordinaire. Hell's Angels is very good, but Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is an absolute classic, and may be surpassed by Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72, because it may be the finest book on any election. It's full of as much keen political insight as it is with wild exaggerations, lies, calumnies, and libelous defamations. He continued to be brilliant and incisively witty, but when he turned from character to cariacature, his writing suffered. The collections of his letters edited by Douglas Brinkley have been very interesting reading as well.

    Another great one, perhaps a one hit wonder, Joseph Heller and Catch-22. Far better book than movie and mini-series. I'm still grateful they tried at least. But it is a hilarious book, and the sequel from the late 90s, Closing Time, about a septuagenarian Yossarian is suitably weird and entertaining.

    Also, two other wildly different books that I can't recommend highly enough: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is an ingeniously conceived and executed tale told by an autistic teenager who is coming to grips with a crisis in his life that he doesn't understand, he thinks he's solving a mystery like Sherlock Holmes. It is profound in its simplicity. Secondly, Victor Wooten's The Music Lesson, which is an incredible book for music lovers to experience a new way to look at the world, universe, music, and their interconnectedness. A struggling bassist in Nashville in the late 80s, Victor comes home one day and is visited by his idiosyncratic music teacher, Michael, whom Vic has never met before, and he encounters him on a skateboard wearing a cape, yet the guy goes on to teach Vic many important lessons about music, life, and everything in between, with other random teachers/disciples of Michael popping up along the way. If the story is true, it's a crazy and well written tale, if it's fiction, then Victor Wooten may be as good a writer as he is a bassist.

    To hendrixfreak, sorry for your loss. It's a tough thing to go through, and time does help, but John Lennon still had a point with his play on words that "time wounds all heals". Dwelling on the good memories helps. Also good music. Levon Helm's When I Go Away was one I leaned on.

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    The Birds

    The most visible birds in Lowestoft are seagulls. They seem to be increasing in number-and in size. If someone is eating their lunch outside on the seafront, the gulls sometimes swoop out of the sky and take it out of their hands. It's a scream.

    Sixtus-the Grenadier sounds like my kind of pub - although I don't go in them so much now. A lot are closing all across the land. First the smoking ban, then inflation, cheaper stuff from supermarkets.... I think people are happier glugging their ale at home now out of a can. Which ain't the same at all.

  • Oroborous
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    For the birds

    I’m obsessed now!
    Can’t find it Bluecrow. Non of your suggestions and now I’ve heard so many damn calls my reference sound in my head is getting lost lol.
    I think I have a new age sorta CD from the Southwest that might have it, I’ll have to check after work since I’m not getting any done!
    I know for a fact it was prevalent on that night raft cruise on the Colorado around Moab. I know I’ve heard it before and think it’s a common bird, but has an unusual sound
    Doooaahhh

  • billy the kiddd
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    My favorite bird ....

    is fried chicken.

  • nitecat
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    Book Club, Bob Fried

    Geez, I'm buying books discussed on this club, too! I love reading books, i have all my life. Thanks for the interesting recommendations.

    HF best wishes, that's a rough one. Lost my dad in surgery years ago.

    I was at the Bob Fried Benefit at Winterland in 75, also! We were inside, and just itching for when "Jerry Garcia and Friends" would come on stage, making only their second live performance in 1975. We weren't certain it would be the Dead, but we had high hopes!!

    Just finished listening to Boston 6/10/76 from the 1976 box a few times in the last week. What an incredible second set! Really jammy Help>Slip>Franklins, Let it Grow, Playin'>Dancin'!

  • bluecrow
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    nightjars

    where Oro lives, one native nightjar species known by its distinctive call would be a Poorwill, while east of the Rockies there are a couple of related species, a Whip-poor-will and the Chuck will's widow. Calls resemble their respective common names. Oro - I think the call and/or booming wing woosh of a diving common nighthawk, another nightjar species, is a good candidate. search sounds of common nighthawk - good representative recording of call and wing sounds at all about birds at cornell labs. Wing woosh is really distinctive.

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    Crow man

    Whippoorwill? Easy, Hank sings about them.

    I too know NOTHING about birds, past the obvious one, Bluejay, Cardinal, can identify a Bob White by sound, no idea what they look like! Guess a Robin Red Breast. All small birds are Sparrows.

    Had a vulture in front of house yesterday eating a dead squirrel. I say Vulture only because it looked just the cartoon versions.

    Can't id fish either. Ok, maybe I know Trey. Oh and goldfish,,, or are they koi?

    Growing up on the bayshore I know horseshoe crabs!

    Sorry about everyone's dying and sick people. I never really comment because there are no magic words that really help. Also too, I think everyone here kinda of likes things on the smooth side and not be in downer-ville. But trust me I may not post anything, but I do tip the head a little when I read about people's blights.

    Life is short, stop waiting for a starting gun to enjoy it. Enjoy it NOW!

    As Hank says,,,,

    No matter how I struggle and strive, I'll never get out of this world alive.

  • hendrixfreak
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    Thanks everyone....

    Hadn't meant to share that news, but then I thought it might be healthy to acknowledge it with the folks around me, as well as to cheer on JimInMD.

    I appreciate the good thoughts. And coming up on Dad Day, mine set a hell of an example, including some things NOT to follow! (I'll leave it at that.) Yep, he went all the way.

    I will raise a glass tonight. Gotta pour it in the left side of my mouth and let it run down the throat -- not supposed to get alcohol on the hole in my right-side gums. I can do that. Got some practice the last two nights.

    Paz from HF Land...

  • Oroborous
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    Birds and Bears and oh my

    Remember folks, a fed Bear is a dead bear, and I don’t meaning a dancing GD bear ; )
    So Unfortunately no humming bird or other feeders here : (
    To many Lions, Bears, Coyotes, Elk, Yeti, Mule Deer etc, which is nice.

    ISTSHOW: not an owl. Don’t have to much time to look now. Heard one audio file of western screech owl that sorts sounded like it, but upon further review no bueno. Besides, looks like there more out west of Rockies?
    Thought maybe a wipperwill was first thought, but looked it up and nope.
    Distinctly remember hearing them on a nighttime raft trip on the Colorado near Moab. It’s driving me nuts cause I should know what it is. Very unusual sound but not rare.

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One more Saturday night at Winterland! Yes, we're back to home base for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 42, the complete show from Winterland, San Francisco, 2/23/74. The one that featured the earliest amalgamation of what would soon become the Wall of Sound, the one that is so "loud, clear, and defined," it's been ripe for release for quite some time and we're glad it's finally getting its due.

First set or second, there are no wrong answers here. From the unique show opener of Chuck Berry's "Around And Around" and an incredible "Here Comes Sunshine" that would then disappear for 18 years, to a medley of WAKE OF THE FLOOD tracks - "Row Jimmy," "Weather Report Suite," and "Stella Blue" - cementing their status in the canon and an unstoppable hour through the classic 1973-1974 Dead that is “He’s Gone”>“Truckin’”>“Drums”>“The Other One”>“Eyes Of The World,” it's all exceptionally hot.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 42: WINTERLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, 2/23/74 was recorded by Kidd Candelario and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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Sorry lads but I believe the complete tapes are not there.
Supposedly much was chopped up for Skull Fuck?
I think that’s why they did Ladies and Gentlemen: used best of what they had?
But!
A) I could be confused and thus completely wrong, and
B) we don’t know what other sources may exist?
Or do we? Someone out there surly knows more about this?

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...and still not sold out! I just finished listening to each show, so this is my first pass. Took a while. I gotta say, disc 20 is a stand out. That's the third disc of the second 1973 show in the box. Course you guys already know that. Dark Star>Stella Blue>Eyes>Weather Report Suite! Sweet is right! I listened to this disc three times over three morning's breakfast, and it will bear re-listening for years to come! Multiple breath-taking jams, one after another.

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Some got a shipping notice late last week. A lot of others are still waiting for one…..

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he has said in interviews that they have put out all they intend to on the April '71 FE shows.

That leaves a ton of great shows in March-April '71 for a '71 box.

I am just one show shy of hearing the whole St Louis box. Then I'm going back to the second of two '71 shows in that box and CRANKING IT.

Hey, gents, ain't Nitecat The Man?? Thanks to the tapers...

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But I just gotta say 4/22/77 is INCREDIBLE it's been awhile (years) since I listened to this let me add that I've never heard a SB recording until today man oh man does this show SMOKE!!!!!!

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Received. Time to listen to other Dead eras so my ears are relatively fresh for 1974 when the Dave's arrives.

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For going to '77 when '74 is in the limelight. I just discovered a SB recording of 4/22/77& man it sounds gorgeous.

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I don't put much stock in shipping notices...In the past I have received product before receiving a shipping notice and at times I waited two weeks after getting one

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Gotta love the dove.
Wissinoming going in head first. Love it.
Posting my tie-dyed Easter eggs avatar. Because I can.

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Ship of Fools. 15’ from the stage that night. Flying high. Felt like an Alice D, million dollars.

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Another great show, from a historic run of shows. Big Boss Man, Warf Rat , and Mama Tried, all appear on Skull & Roses from this show. Duane Allman sits in with the Dead. My favorite version of Good Lovin.

Good Lovin'

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And a first set Dark Star into Wharf Rat

Wharf Rat is on Skull n Roses

Way back in 2001
Phil n Friends played east of Seattle
In the parking lot before the show I had some electric juice
As I sat there, suddenly China Rider from 4 26 71 came on

Yowzah yowzah yowzah

No electric juice since then

Great show by PnF

I wonder if the fact that Duane Allman and the Beach Boys guested means that the full run is less likely to be released. Although I think maybe one of the tracks featuring Duane came out on an Allman Brothers compilation a while back.

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Drive by Truckers in a few days, same venue either day before or after is Jason Isbell and the 400 unit. Jason Isbell is with EmmyLou Harris and others. DBT with Mavis Staples and others.

Saw DBT so many times in a small clubs around here, that was when Jason was with them.

For me, also Widespread X3 and Dave Matthews 1 show coming up. Plus Primus this weekend.

May even get my country music bangor and clangor on with many artists heading this way. Trying to make up my mind on seeing Vince Gill. Probably not Brooks and Dunn or the Judds. Live music budget has to be worked out.

Waiting impatiently Dave. J/K no complaints here. Operations have made substantial upgrades in the last 2 years.

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Also in cue possiblities are :

America
Joe Satriani
Black Crowes
Kenny Chesney
Skynyrd
are possibilities

In less consideration
Dierks Bentley
Styx and REO
My Morning Jacket

Music seen booming here.

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That’s great you saw the Truckers when Isbell was in the band, quite a line up then with his wife on bass. I think they are a kick ass band, and I’m looking forward to their new record in June. As for Emmylou, I think she still has the greatest voice in her field, and I’d never pass on a chance to see her play.
I was scouring the upcoming shows today, and you’re right, a lot to choose from being summer touring season, but budgeting for it is another matter.
Ordered the “new” Fabulous Furry Freak Bros hardcover today, one of a series of four in the series. Those comix never get old!

Thinking of Beach Boys, every so often I go back over to the tube to watch an old clip of the Beach Boys backing Chicago on their song "Wishing You Were Here." It is such a great performance especially vocally. Think it is NYE 1974. Trying to remember when Dick Clark started his NYE specials.

FYI, the remastered Chicago first couple of releases are mu-nay.

Nappy! Thanks for wheelchair taper post/lync. Lots of interesting stuff there.

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Notice received. Now the wait!

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A year of 2 sounds, pre 8/4/79-post 8/4/79 the difference being the sound of the Tiger & YES Fall '79 is my favorite era AFTER Fall '72 speaking of Fall 72 check out 10/28/72 the only thing I can say is WOW!!!!!!

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On April 26 2022.
My own idea of the estimated arrival date - is just before Billy's Birthday. Any time after that, excluding Sunday, May 8th, *talk cute* to the USPS Inspectors.

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Auston Matthews is the first US born player to reach 60 goals in an NHL season! I’ve said this before, I grew up with this game, and he is one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Now, how about bringing that Stanley Cup back to Toronto, AM….

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Orchestra to play shows in Europe to celebrate the E72 tour this September. The band will have Alligator being played by Jeff Matheson. Anybody over across the pond planning on going to any of these shows? I'm sure they will be epic.
Jeff channels Jerry very well, can only imagine the sounds he will get out of Gator.

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Vguy - sorry about your boys. I told you last year that trading Alex Tuch was a horrible decision. At least now he can go golfing with some of his former teammates.

Mike - good luck to the Leafs. We all know the outcome, but I’ll back them. Other than Toronto I find almost all the playoff teams in the East unlikable.

Colorado is the team to beat. Nevertheless, I still want Canadaland to win a Cup. I’ll take the Oilers in the west and the Leafs in the east.

Good luck to some.

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Definitely worth seeing.. Jeff can shred. He can't quite sing like Jerry, but he can play. If/when I venture across the pond again, I would really like to see some of those venues.

As for hockey and sports in general.. yea, the ups and downs of winning and losing. It's only a matter of time until you are on the losing end of playoffs and championships...

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Love getting the shipping notice email but hate that it doesn’t move for a week. Wish when you buy the “early bird” subscription that you can upgrade the shipping. I’m okay with paying more knowing the USPS isn’t involved. Play dead!

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I’m not even going to bother checking tracking, it’ll just make me nuts, but has anybody’s Cds started moving? It would be nice to hear some good news……

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RIP Klaus Schulze.
Saw TD in 1978, at least I saw the laser show and the banks of synths. I expect there were people behind them.

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sorry to burst anybody's nitrous bubble, but I would rather play any DaP then listen to DSO, D & C, Wolfpack or any other GD cover band. Local band around here called Hyrider and they are all the same: marginal, terrible garage bands. Unimaginative, boring, and lame.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

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Jack - You’re right, the Leafs have as much chance of winning it all as Herb Tarlek did getting Lonnie Anderson’s Jennifer character to go out with him, but dim hope is better than none. I think Tampa Bay is still the team to beat, with Florida and Colorado in the running.
I’ve received my shipping notice for DaP 42 a few days ago, but based on the “low octane”postal service in these parts, I’m thinking the first round of playoffs will be over by the time it arrives.

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I'd have gone to see DSO in pre covid times. See what they are like. I saw Live Dead 69 with Tom Constanten about 3 years ago, and Terrapin Truckin with Phil Lesh about 2014, I think. Obviously neither band could hold a candle to The Dead, but it was a night out with people who were into the Gratefuls, serenaded by a Grateful Dead type sound. I saw Jerry on stage at the LiveDead69 gig - his ghost, anyway. As soon as my brain registered it, he disappeared. All good harmless fun.

Sorry to read about Klaus Schulze. I may be wrong, but I think he only played on one Tangerine Dream album - the synth free first one "Electronic Meditation". Music of the Gods - it reminds me of Ummagumma a bit. Highly recommended if you haven't heard it and like pre Dark Side Pink Floyd. Klaus Schulze plays drums on it.

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I would also like to announce I am in the middle of a deep dive in May '77. Listening to every show during the month and am having a great time! Currently on 5/19 (Dick's Picks 29.)

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New Jerry release just announced, 1974, oh yeah.

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