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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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  • billy the kiddd
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    Anniversary show 6/17/75. Winterland

    47 years ago today I was up in the balcony at Winterland for a great night with the Good Ole Grateful Dead. The show was billed as The Bob Fried Memorial, with Keith & Donna , Kingfish & Jerry Garcia & friends. Hart & Kreutzman both sat in with Keith & Donna, Kingfish tore it up, then what everybody was waiting for, out came Garcia & Lesh and the rest of the Dead, the crowd went nuts. The Dead opened up with a killer version of Crazy Fingers and followed with a knockout show.. A great time, the week before, we saw Garcia and Weir play in El Camino Park downi Palo Alto, fun tines.

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    as a bluecrow, nice to see all the bird related reading suggestions. just love watching and hearing them at any time. the birdies make me happy.

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    Sorry to hear about your father. My condolences.

    Lost our old man in somewhat similar circumstances year and a half ago. Already in poor health - aspiration pneumonia and incipient sepsis, both having gone undetected, triggered a stroke-like event that left him in a coma with no chance of recovery. Hospital was on Covid lockdown so we were bedside via Zoom and an iPad and lucky to have that. Sucked.

  • proudfoot
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    Good health to all, JiminMD

    y'all be cool

  • 1stshow70878
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    Thanks Colin

    Great reading list for me. Haven't done any of those.
    Currently on Birding Without Borders by Noah Strycker on his 6042 species Big Year in 2015.
    My Mom had a beau named Pete Winter who built a record life list. His book The Adventures of a Bird Watcher chronicles his lifelong quest. He was a real pip. Always sending my Mom letters of his successes in life (a very rich fellow thanks to sand and gravel in St. Louis) and in birding to impress upon her how she picked the wrong guy. Or at least her take on the lost love. Made me appreciate my Dad when she told me about him later in her life! Glad she didn't pick THAT poppinjay.

    So on Dads: HF and Jim, keep on truckin' brothers.

  • proudfoot
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    A raise of the glass to your father, HF

    Saaaalute!

    And

    My condolences to you and yours

  • Colin Gould
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    Birding books

    These books are not ID guides, they describe various peoples attempts to see as many species as possible over a calendar year. Much like ‘The Big Year’.

    ‘Kingbird Highway’ - Kenn Kaufman
    This is a classic of the genre.

    ‘The Loonatic Journals’ - Stephen W. Perry
    A US 1987 big year on limited funds

    ‘Extreme Birding’ - Lynn E. Barber
    A US big year without visiting Attu.

    ‘A Twitcher’s Diary’ - Richard Millington
    An attempt to see 300+ species in the UK in 1980. These days 300+ in the UK is relatively easy but back then information was harder to get.

    ‘The Biggest Twitch’ - Alan Davies & Ruth Miller
    This describes their world travels to see more than 4000 species in a year.

    ‘The Big Twitch’ - Sean Dooley
    An Australian Big Year

    ‘A Mind-blowing Birding Trip to a Planet called Earth’ - Nigel Wheatley
    This is a little different. It’s a story of his lifetime of travels to see birds throughout the world. It’s well written and based on the few places we’ve visited in common it appears accurate. This is one of the books I am currently reading.

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    Sorry to hear about your father. My condolences to you. Sounds like a rich full life.

    Jim, rough couple of weeks. Hope everyone recovers quickly.

    Okay HF, back to dreaming of fall 72 box sets.

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    ...I was in London about 5 years ago and hit up this really cool/old pub type place called the Grenadier; it was sort of back in this alley behind the Romania Consulate and inside had some serious grub pub (I had the beef wellington, it didn't disappoint) and many classic/local brews. Tons of old dark wood, time-period paintings, various little rooms in the back, the smell of peat burning in the fireplace. The gentle din of happy conversation and the smell of pub grub in the midst. I recall there are all of these dollar bills stuck to the ceiling in one of the back rooms as we stuck one of ours up there, with all of our names on it. We got drunk and phat.

    It was fun.

    Be Well People!
    Sixtus

    P.S. 6/17 is a date....I love the 6/17/91 show and am SO GRATEFUL this got officially released in that box, along with the video as well as the other accompanying shows. I may in fact put this one on later today and turn it up to 11 to round out my work week

    P.P.S. Jimmy, glad your family members made it out the other side...getting old is tough my friend. Chin up!
    HF - my sincere condolences....a long life lived is a full life. Be well.

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    Best of luck, Jim...

    I can empathize with your father's and brother's plight. Hang in there. Where there's life, there's hope. And while "hope is not a strategy" it is clear that a positive mental attitude can actually make the difference. Even if it doesn't cure, it means the glass is half full for the duration and that is how we can triumph in hard times. Beat the ravages of time with grace, whenever humanly possible.

    My own dad passed away Wednesday after 93 years battling cancer, broken neck, covid -- the effin' works. He had more than nine lives, maybe eleven? Attended Princeton, Harvard and Oxford universities, served his country in the intel sector, traveled the world for 75 years (rarely home), and had the courage and some kind of innate toughness (not overtly visible) that carried him through. He did not have bad covid symptoms, but the docs think it weakened him for this last bout with pneummonia that he finally couldn't shake. The heart couldn't pump strongly enough to help the lungs rid themselves of fluid that he was aspirating. He'd been in and out of the hospital for weeks, so that was a hard road for my brother and me. (Mom is long gone.) Not complaining -- it felt like a mission from the gods to pull him through. I had oral surgery while my brother sat the final hospital vigil. Tough week indeed. No wonder I got excited about a book inscription.

    Time is not on our side, despite Jagger's optimistic take as a young man.

    Do the things you need to do. Say the things you need to say. And know that time is in short supply in this life.

    I hope your boys heal up, Jim. I really do.

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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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When mine got sent back we checked with the PO and they said it only had the physical address info, not the PO Box.
So for whatever reason the label wasn’t printed the same/correctly? It seemed like knowing that helped Rhino?
Like you, I’ve not had other issues. Fingers crossed it hasn’t happened since. Good Luck amigo!

Oh, is that avatar a Chork? Are you into Leftover Salmon? Played in a band called Wave Mountain Riders BITD. We had an original song called Chork: about being on Salmon tour and what happens when ya mate a pig and a chicken! Fun stuff lol, your avatar brought back fond memories!

....waiting for the mail carrier.
Playing disc 2 of Boxillas Cape Cod '79 offering.
You know whats on it.
My anticipation is high.
Edit. Leftover Salmon gets my nod. Great band.
Govt Mule and Los Lobos coming here soon.

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DP 42 and DP vol 1 Vinyl, the eagle has landed. I must say Dr. Rhino at customer service is the man or woman! Not easy dealing with crazy deadheads, but he or she is a whisperer!!

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I’m glad to hear your experiences have been positive, too.

My avatar is a “Buster” in reference to the song by my favorite working band, moe.

What the hell. That was a terrible first round draw for our beloved Leafs.

I know I said the Lighting won’t win three times in a row, but they’ve got a way better goalie. We may be looking at another first round exit. If they don’t win game one tonight that really puts the pressure on them. Good luck.

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....good to see.
Because, "music is indeed the best".
Especially when it's '74 GOGD.
It's baseball season here AJS. Lol.
Calgary is gonna ruin your day.

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Vguy 72 before I even ripped in 42!! at he's gone as I write this, Just beautiful! God bless the Grateful Dead and God bless Vinyl!

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Check pm

"It really was no miracle
What happened was just this..."

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I’m just waiting on the puck drop now. A big “Gulp” going against Tampa Bay, but I think this is Auston Matthews’ year.
Regardless, the playoffs are the best, and always plenty rough! Love it!
Deep breath….

(PS - I’m glad 42 is landing yonder and hither. Here is hoping those ole shipping blues are of another time.)

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Really stupid penalty, but it seems to have energized the Leafs. They had more SOG than Tampa during the PK.

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Breathing…just breathing…

(Clifford doth sucketh for such a stupid penalty!)

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But those were some pretty weak penalty calls against Tampa

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Normally I would say the game is over, but this is the Leafs.

Is anyone else having issues with the audio feed? On my broadcast, the audio is almost a full second ahead of the video. Really annoying.

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This Auston Matthews is something else. A kid that grew up in Arizona may be the best Toronto Maple Leaf I’ve ever seen in 60+ years watching.

Note to self: Must order new Garcia release. Expectations are muted, as there has been so many Keystone releases to date in both series, all his bands, so I’m expecting more of the same loose arrangements, and fun playing, with no surprises.

....aww. Phil laying it down.
Like a warm blanket.
Lemme get up in there. Thanks.
Edit.
That Big River raised both eyebrows.
That's what I'm talking about.
Slam dunk. It really doesn't get much better.
Had to shift down to Ramble-On.
Some gears were ground, but the foot found the clutch eventually.
Sounds awesome.
This is what we pay for.

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....I've caught at least 2 slipknot references....there are several runs Jerry makes in The Other One where he is clearly playing the primordial riff.

There is another brief moment another reference gets made toward the beginning of the Playin jam on the bonus disc.

Ears are astute, and will remain perk'd.

Now back to your regularly scheduled GD sammich of choice.

Sixtus

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Pretty good game there eh!
Yassss Clifford went a little over the top, but it got em fired up!

Let’s hope it’s not just one game where the Bolts were sleeping, but now they get woke after getting spanked!

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For those who still depend on the Pony Express to get our Dave's Picks...

How is the sound, and how does it compare to Dave's Picks 13 (one of my fav's)

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Wow. Evidently, the USPS has the ability to travel time!

Checked my DaP shipping progress this morning at about 7:30am. The website showed that at 5:30am, the shipment was in my city’s post office. (Yay!)

BUT it also showed that at 7:41am (ten minutes in the future!) it would materialize in San Leandro, CA, about 80 miles away. AND at 11:41am (more than four hours into the future) it would leave there. WTF?

So, I think we can conclude that either a) the postal service is capable of manipulating time and space or b) those tracking details are complete bullshit.

Ah well. Either way I'll probably get the DaP this week.

I finally found a show I am willing to attend

George Clinton and P-Funk

July 28

Maybe Daves will arrive today
Pleeeease

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DAP 13 has been one of my faves as well along with the 73 UCLA show as far as audio goes. This release is just a pleasing to my ear as #13. To me the pedal effects (especially Phil's) are extra meaty and dynamic to my ears a nice example are the Moog effects (sounds like they are Moog anyway) in HCS jams. Dare I say I like the audio dynamics more so than on 13?! Very nice release. Pleasure to listen to for sure.

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04/25 Order information received by UPS
04/26 Shipping mail received
05/03 Package received for processing in Fontana

It looks like it might be delivered this year.

...but how much will it cost? I'd forgotten about those three letters, USP, for a while, but coming on here, and seeing them typed out it all came rushing back. I went to check my bank statements, to see if they ever paid me back for the money they overcharged me for delivering the box in October. And they did - £32.59 paid back to me in March. I had to be firm with them, as I recall. Firm and persistent.. but fair, I like to think.

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Luckily Dave's Picks are sent by Mail Innovations. This means that UPS pass the parcel to USPS. It is USPS who ship it across the pond and give it to the national customs authority. The local customs then ask for payment of VAT and administrative costs and subsequently pass the goods on to the national postal service who deliver it to your door.
When it comes to box sets then the whole process is carried out by UPS with all their ineptitude and mistakes which, as we have experienced, can result in huge costs that have no basis in fact or law. It is a long and frustrating task to sort out their mess and get ones money back.
I can understand that our pals in the US of A prefer UPS to USPS but they don't have to deal with customs etc.

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The Me and Bobby Mcgee highlights how they were just learning how to use the microphones for the wall of sound. If they backed up a bit and instead of singing into the top mic they were singing into to both with the lower mic being out of phase, then the vocal signal canceled out. Fascinating to hear the learning in progress.

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DaP 42 showed up in the mail today. I immediately ripped it and loaded it into iTunes. I took Dave's advise and built a playlist with the Bonus Disc, DaP 13 and DaP 42 (in that order). Listening to (and enjoying it) right now!

Simonrob-yes, I don't remember paying excess charges for the last Daves Picks I ordered. Just the box.
With the box they told me that it had been classified as containing items of clothing-which for some reason are taxed more heavily than cds. That was just what one person said though-it seems a very random process.

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I don't know JJC. It sounds like they all fade out and fade back in at the same time as if there's something else going on.

JiminMD tough ti say. I am a few songs in and overall things sound good, but some bits sound distorted or overdriven. This could just be the sound people getting the beginning of the show straightened out. But I would say so far it goes to Dave's Picks 13. Just starting Sugaree.

Jerry sounds good. That's all I care about :-)

Count me among the minority, but I love my USPS. UPS can suck my kiss. In the end USPS bring my shit, ups takes forever to hand off to them, but once they have,,,, I usually get same day.

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Came yesterday, took to work and played. Sounded great there.

Home now and listening on headphones.

Great recording!!!

Not a Here Comes Sunshine expert, but this one sounds great. AND I have NOT heard anyone talking,,,,, AMEN :-)

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Glad you have good luck with these clowns.
Mine has followed its usual route: passing within a mile and a half of my house, and a quarter mile of the PO, twice! Once going to Denver, then all the way back across the state to GJ. So now it’ll be another day to come halfway back across the state again. Yeeesshhk, hey, as long as it gets here : )

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The Bonus Disc pic would make a GREAT sheet of blotter!!!

AM I RIGHT? CAN I GET AN AMEN?

also,,,, I surprised the glass hasn't sold out yet,,,, guess the "love of the glass" is over.

Time to bring back the axe!!! (givem the axe, the axe, the axe, the axe. right in the neck, right in the neck, right in the neck)

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Like Bill Cosby said,,,,,, "just a little snakie lick"

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Dennis, I haven't heard a reference to that Cosby album in maybe 40 years! Fantastic! .... SNAKES ... you get outta here!!! I will not comment on the whole Cosby saga, but WILL say that I enjoyed the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl for 15+ years (hosted by the Cos) ....

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no email, no tracking number, no bread in the breadbox. Sure hope this is not the one that gets "lost in the mail".

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