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    A sealed, unlabeled box sat undisturbed for decades on a shelf in the Grateful Dead’s San Rafael tape vault on Front Street, its contents an enduring mystery, even to those few with access to the vault. All David Lemieux knew about that box when he became the Dead’s archivist was that it contained tapes belonging to Bear—Owsley Stanley, the Dead’s first soundman and architect of the Wall of Sound. Even in the Dead Heads’ Holy of Holies, the taped-up box was tantalizing. But this was Bear’s personal property, and so he didn’t touch the box out of an abiding respect for the elder luminary of sound. Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes. At any time, David could have popped the tops and explored them to his archivist heart's content. But they were off-limits without the nod from Bear. - Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell, Owsley Stanley Foundation

     

    With a wink and a nod from Bear, we've peeled back those banana boxes to find some of the oldest and rarest of all recordings of the Dead including the double dose of shows that make up DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43. The two virtually complete performances from San Francisco 11/2/69, Live At Family Dog At The Great Highway, and from Dallas 12/26/69, McFarlin Auditorium, are complementary in their clarity and consistency thanks to Bear himself, and in their ability to foreshadow where the Dead were headed in the years to come. If the two killer 20-minute+ "Dark Stars" don't get ya, how about the Pigpen-centric sets featuring "Midnight Hour," "Next Time You See Me," "Big Boss Man," "Good Lovin'," and the once-lost-now-found complete rendition of "Dancing In The Streets," or the first full acoustic set ever performed? And we're certain you'll be fascinated to uncover the "Mystery Of Bear's Banana Boxes" as told by Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell in the liners.

     

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43 was recorded by Owlsey "Bear" Stanley and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

     

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • #551
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    Yes Oro

    The sun is over the yardarm as they say.
    FAC is on!
    Why do you think I'm always saying...
    Cheers

  • #552
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    What he said

    Unfortunately Crow I don’t think we’ll make it that long (mankind, not “us” specifically) as we seem hell bent on destroying our beautiful home. The planet might live on, but the way we’re going about it…

    But I totally agree with your last paragraph!
    Late seventies/early eighties there was a palpable sense that we were wining: we weren’t just a bunch of dirtbag good for nothing freaks like perhaps many civilians watching those old broadcasts would think, at least on first impression.
    Not that we cared. Being an outcast was a important influence on my becoming a DH. When the going gets weird and all that…
    I won’t say it became “popular” yet, but it started to not be a bad thing to be a head. The scene was growing, but as Crow said it was still self manageable etc. To me it peaked in 85, meaning too much of everything was just enough. It seemed like the last year before the regular stadium shows and the crowd perhaps getting too big and unfortunately all the less than acceptable behavior. Sure there were instances of this before, but it was usually frowned upon, where as later people started to think this behavior was somehow cool.
    Ah, well, ce la vie, anytime something good gets big it’s usually the kiss of death.
    Nothing lasts as the pranksters say!
    But hey, to end on that little positive JG uptick that Keasey eulogized: it was @#&*ing fantastic while it lasted and it makes me feel beyond grateful to have been alive and young then!
    “Those were the days my friends, we thought they’d never end…”

    JOAN JETT: one of the weirdest Dead parings we ever saw: poor JJ opening for Bobby and the Midnights in 82 at small Rochester theatre. Fans were not interested at all and unfortunately they eventually booed her off, ya know “fuck this, where’s Bobby”, but hey, not as bad as the Hollander stadium show where the Good Rats opened and the crowd pelted them off with these little Rat souvenirs they handed out!
    If you go down to Deep Elem, the DH will put you on the rocks!
    Oh sweet mama, I got them Friday afternoon happys!
    Happy Friday peoples, is time to crack a cold one yet 😃

  • #553
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    ....as some of you know, I was a metalhead before a deadhead. My granddaughter and new hubby flew down from Reno last night to attend a wedding gift I got them. Def Leppard/Motley Crue/Poison/Joan Jett tonight at Allegiant Stadium. It will be her first real concert as well as my sons.
    Saw Poison in a little club here in Vegas in '84 right before they made it big. Seen The Crue once back in '86 I think opening for KISS? Or maybe Ozzy. Never seen Def Leppard or Joan.
    The general consensus of the the tour in internet land are mostly positive and Vegas is the last stop. Lots of concern on whether Vince Neil's voice could hang, but hes doing it. Vocal trainers for the win! Looks almost sold out except for the nose bleeds. Rock On!

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    So I read this book called The End of Time. It was about physics. I understood almost none of it. But the tldr version goes something like this: eventually, the sun will expand and vaporize the Earth, all the stars will explode, and entropy will cause all matter in the universe to be so widely dispersed that there will be no light, no heat, no life nowhere (like Jimi sed!), and Time will End. Which, to me, suggests that we should all forget whatever minor shit is bothering us right now and just enjoy the miracle of conscious being while we can.

    (Yes, fuck it! That’s your answer to everything, isn’t it Mr. Lebowski?)

    (Well, yeah.)

    One of my favorite exercises in time travel is to search Youtube for tapes of local TV coverage of dead concerts in the early ‘80s. At that point, the Dead was mostly unknown to mainstream America, and the good people of Des Moines or Salt Lake City didn’t know quite what to make of several thousand tied-dyed and tripping heads descending upon their downtown areas. So you get these local news reports where you get the Guy in the Blazer doing a live shot from the parking lot and talking to the viewers about the “Dead heads” (you can see the air quotes around the words) and relate with amazement to their viewers the amazing spectacle of people lined up days early, playing hacky sack (still then unknown in the provinces) and selling grilled cheese for a buck. (What the fuck?) Sometimes you get a brief interview with a head or two and maybe even 5 seconds of the band onstage.

    There’s lots of ‘em, and they’re awesome. As far as the whole scene goes, the early ‘80s were kind of a sweet spot for me. We were all part of a self-contained bubble that was big enough that it was beginning to draw the attention of outsiders, but small enough to still be self-policing and generally reasonably under control. (Unlike late ‘80s and beyond, when shit got seriously outta hand on occasion.)

    No way can I list favorite Dead songs. It’s too too too too too to put a finger on.

    A big THANK YOU to everybody who posted about Little Feat recently. Hadn’t listened to ‘em in years, and it’s been such joy to revisit. Music is the best.

    There’s a fat man … in the bath tub … with the blu-ooh-ooh-oohs

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    Ha!

    Top ten: a fools errand!

    I mean Dark Star, Stephen, King Solomon’s Marbles, Help-Slip, Blues For Allah, New Potato, Brown Cross Eyed, Victim or the Crime, What’s Become of the Baby, 74 Eyes, 74 WRS, Days Between, Antwerps Placebo, Serengeti, Terrapin Station,
    Attics, Ripple, Saint of Circumstance…that’s just trying to get started, they doesn’t include covers, most of the ballads, or anything else!
    Fools errand I say!
    So what’s the best ten songs…the last ten I heard!

    DOUBLE HA!
    Of course Nappy was there 😃

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    Sorry, no way I can keep it under 30 or so, so I'm going to lay it out a little differently. Even then, I still left out another 20 or more of my besties. These are all ones that I almost always like to hear, rather than feeling so-so about them or having to be in the mood to get into them.

    My favorite rock tune presentation, not just from the Dead but from any rock band, which I think was also the most original and ahead of its time group of songs ever strung together. This first one is to me the very essence of the Dead:

    1969

    Dupree>Mountains>Dark Star>St. Stephen>Eleven>Lovelight

    Favorite other combos strung together:

    Scarlett/Fire

    China Cat/Rider

    Estimated/Eyes

    Not Fade Away/GDTRFB

    Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin

    Cumberland Blues/Big River

    Best Evolution from pretty good to great tune over a few years:

    Hard to Handle

    Best old timey Ballads:

    Jack a Roe and Peggy-O

    Most underrated:

    Operator, Second that Emotion, and Oh Babe it ain't no Lie

    Favorite outright rockers:

    Deal and Bertha

    Favorite cowboy tune:

    El Paso

    Favorite country-ish tunes:

    Friend of the Devil, Brown eyed Women, and Dire Wolf

    Favorite early cover tune:

    Baby Blue from 1966 (?) History of the Dead

    Best songs of the road:

    Jack Straw, He's Gone, and Mississippi Half Step

    Most haunting tunes:

    Morning Dew and Death don't have no Mercy

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    the majority of this show was on the Reprise Box Set "Lifelines"....and various boot sbd's have been released too...But I will definitely grab this CD set ($12 on the SA river system)...and before you ask Oro...yes...I was at this show...

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    on a toob of You

    "Jerry Garcia interview 1983"

    Worth watching

    A glimpse at GD performing in summer 83

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    £28 pre- order from that South American river online name, I'm tempted I know nothing of the history of the recording but judging by the previous vinyl releases from the estate it should be worth it. I haven't got around to listening to the newly arrived latest Bears Sonic Journals of The Chieftains it appears to be in a deluxe booklet style package.
    Not long now before the dispatch of MSG box set either,hoping to have it before the end of this month.

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    £28 pre- order from that South American river online name, I'm tempted I know nothing of the history of the recording but judging by the previous vinyl releases from the estate it should be worth it. I haven't got around to listening to the newly arrived latest Bears Sonic Journals of The Chieftains it appears to be in a deluxe booklet style package.
    Not long now before the dispatch of MSG box set either,hoping to have it before the end of this month.

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A sealed, unlabeled box sat undisturbed for decades on a shelf in the Grateful Dead’s San Rafael tape vault on Front Street, its contents an enduring mystery, even to those few with access to the vault. All David Lemieux knew about that box when he became the Dead’s archivist was that it contained tapes belonging to Bear—Owsley Stanley, the Dead’s first soundman and architect of the Wall of Sound. Even in the Dead Heads’ Holy of Holies, the taped-up box was tantalizing. But this was Bear’s personal property, and so he didn’t touch the box out of an abiding respect for the elder luminary of sound. Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes. At any time, David could have popped the tops and explored them to his archivist heart's content. But they were off-limits without the nod from Bear. - Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell, Owsley Stanley Foundation

 

With a wink and a nod from Bear, we've peeled back those banana boxes to find some of the oldest and rarest of all recordings of the Dead including the double dose of shows that make up DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43. The two virtually complete performances from San Francisco 11/2/69, Live At Family Dog At The Great Highway, and from Dallas 12/26/69, McFarlin Auditorium, are complementary in their clarity and consistency thanks to Bear himself, and in their ability to foreshadow where the Dead were headed in the years to come. If the two killer 20-minute+ "Dark Stars" don't get ya, how about the Pigpen-centric sets featuring "Midnight Hour," "Next Time You See Me," "Big Boss Man," "Good Lovin'," and the once-lost-now-found complete rendition of "Dancing In The Streets," or the first full acoustic set ever performed? And we're certain you'll be fascinated to uncover the "Mystery Of Bear's Banana Boxes" as told by Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell in the liners.

 

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43 was recorded by Owlsey "Bear" Stanley and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

 

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

I just pulled up the Los Lobos setlists Hendrix and those were two hot Lobos sets you all caught, too. NFA-Bertha to close night one and then a Mas y Mas jam with Trucks and company after a cover of Don't Keep Me Wonderin'! Plus an early Wicked Rain! And that is the opening act to be followed by scorching TTB sets. Lucky group.

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Submitted by PT Barnum on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 11:58

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Happy birthday Jer, miss your smile.
On a different note, just read Joe Walsh will reunite the James Gang for a show this November for VetsAid2022. Dubbed "The Last Ride" this is to be The Gang's last show. Tickets this Friday.

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Submitted by nitecat on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 12:10

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I gotta say, this 77 release is one hot show! I've been playing it over and over for the week. Awesome Surguree!

I too and awaiting the new Dave's with bated breath. Will check the mailbox soon.

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Submitted by kenny on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 12:41

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Number 215 has landed!!

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Submitted by nitecat on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 13:19

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As if dead.net forums weren't enough, now there's "discord"?

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Submitted by jp1119 on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 14:34

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Clearly we are all test participants in a new GD time warp LSD experiment.
Minutes ago, I received my DaP 43 shipping notice via email … and I picked up my copy 6 hours ago in my mailbox.
The next phase of this experiment will include (hopefully) receiving orders in our mailboxes even BEFORE we order them.
There is nothing routine about a GD recording or their online music ordering process.
Thanks Dave L and co…the music is great!

Don’t panic people.
For the last 2-3 years I’ve generally received DaP’s on Monday/Tuesday after release day, but would get the tracking number email a week before release day. But then tracking would say ‘no info’ for several days, then the DaP would start moving, and then I would get it.
This one still showed up right after release day, but I didn’t have any tracking info. And although I wondered where it was, I also wasn’t tortured by watching the tracking and seeing lack of movement.
So hopefully everyone gets theirs soon.

Sounds good so far, and a nice gift to open on Jerry’s bday.
Thanks Dave/Rhino and crew, and Owsley!

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Per the description for this release:

Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes
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So, the Sonic Journals are in the Vault, and yes, it is possible for Rhino to release the GD recordings.
I wonder if they have, and preserved, HendrixFreak’s adopted reel(s).
(I don’t remember what show he adopted).

My only Jerry bday show was 8-1-94.
Thanks for the floor seats GDTS!
The Jam out of Space and into Watchtower was pretty cool and had grate lights.

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Submitted by Gratefulhan on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 18:31

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I too have experienced the shipping notice/postal time warp. My DaP 43 arrived today. I have not yet received a shipping notice email. It was a nice surprise to come home and find it in my mailbox. I am ripping the CDs to my computer as I type this. I am looking forward to this listening to this one. I have short road trip tomorrow as I am heading out from the Burg' to Blossom to see Phish. So this will be playing on my drive to and from the venue.

Once again I have to salute Dave L. and the crew for this release and for the MSG Box set. We are really getting a nice variety of GD from different eras.

made its way here this morning. fastest delivery after an official release date in years. seems like they all went out at same time rather than in small batches sent over a week or more. a double dose of Dark Stars? Yes please! thanks to everybody who made this possible. we are so lucky.

speaking of lucky. wish I could have been there with the Red Rocks crew. pure myth time to see that level show in that crazy beautiful setting.

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Submitted by simonrob on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 00:09

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I have just received a shipping notification email for #43. Such mails seem to be rare so I may print it, frame it and hang it on the wall. But then again...

UPS tracking shows that it was received in Fontana, CA on 7/26 and it departed the international carrier facility on 8/1. It has also shown up in Asendia's tracking system.

Everything seems to be going fairly quickly apart from sending the shipping confirmation email. Normally the shipping confirmation email arrives before the package reaches Fontana.

Edit: Less than 2 hours after receiving the shipping confirmation email I received a second, almost identical shipping confirmation email. The tracking numbers are identical but in the second mail the quantity shipped is shown as 0 so I'm not expecting to receive two copies.

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Submitted by deadmike on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 01:56

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I have this morning recieved not one and not two but FIVE shipping notices! But only one notice with a promise of an actual copy of DP43. :-O

No shipping info yet though ... ;-)

Micke Östlund,
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Submitted by simonrob on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 02:04

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I have just received my third shipping confirmation mail. Still lagging behind DeadMike, but maybe I'll beat him to 10!

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Submitted by docmarty on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 02:53

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Today I have, so far, received 4 emails from Dead.net store confirming despatch of DP43 to uk. I wonder if I'll get 4 copies?????

Just looked and seen others with even more!!!!!

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Submitted by deadmike on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 03:51

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I am up to SEVEN e-mails so far ... but now I know the package was recieved for processing in Fontana, CA on July 27th. :-)

Micke Östlund,
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 04:20

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It's as if Dave thought he heard someone question whether they were scraping the bottom of the Vault. "This should allay any concerns".

Hendrixfreak I can't even imagine seeing that '73 show on Jerry's Birthday (or the two before it for that matter). Was the sound kick-ass in those days? I've always wondered what the fan experience was pre-wall of sound. Sometimes you hear the band asking the crowd if it's loud enough. But I digress. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I read 8/1/73 was the last show with a Strat. Whether it was the Nash / Alligator Strat or the Veneta brown sunburst is anyone's guess.

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Submitted by simonrob on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 04:27

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When I got my 5th shipping mail I thought I had caught up with you, but now I see that you are still ahead with 7. 😂

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Submitted by That Mike on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 04:59

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Thank you Mo for your belief in Rock & Roll as an art form, and for giving voice to scores of ground breaking acts (ex - Jimi Hendrix), and for believing in the Grateful Dead, when the corporate accountants said to cut them loose.
It’s not often you give light to record executives, but Mo Ostin is worthy of the shout out.
RIP

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Submitted by JoeyMC on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 05:11

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I recieved #24,015 on Monday without any shipping notification at all. I guess two days late isn't so bad, I'd love it one arrived on time though...

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Submitted by mato1949 on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 05:23

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August 2, I have not as yet received Davis picks 43 any reason for the delay no shipping notice either

So today I know Dave's 43 will finally land here in NYC why? because I have informed delivery with USPS I saw it 2 days ago for the first time, this morning out for delivery great. Stay with me here, just about 3 minutes ago I received a shipping notice from Dead.net telling me my order is on the way yet when I hit tracking it can't find it as if it had not been sent yet. On 7-20-22 the dead.net site was hacked or had a catastrophic crash, that is why if you look at the site you see all sorts of past items miraculously have reappeared! The resident computer geniuses obviously don't want to say this. What the hell would it take to tell everyone you have had some issues and to bear with us? Unless of course peoples data has been breached. What is it dead.net(actually warner entertainment) just to be clear? Customers deserve an explanation. That is the least you could do.

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Submitted by topchinacat on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 06:09

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No shipping notices, it arrived 3 days ago .... have been sampling bits and pieces with headphones .... I am absolutely blown away by the sound quality .... so very crisp and clear. This is a true gem and I can't thank Dave enough for making it happen.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 06:48

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I don't know if they nicknamed the system they hauled around in 1973, but it might have been better than the Wall, at least for vocals. It's not as if they had a crappy system, then the Wall became the standard for one year. The '73 systems ... you can hear it on the tapes of the outdoor shows: loud, clear, easy on the ears.

I got both my copies of DP43 on Saturday and Monday I got an email that they were on their way. It's almost like the early tapes that circulated: there was always some glitch on the tape. Always.

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Submitted by musicnow on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 08:32

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Mine like many came today in NC without notice. Holy crap this sounds GRATE! Luckily I have the day off and can just "melt into a dream".

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 08:39

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DaP43 arrived in Western CO yesterday afternoon with no notice.
Shipping notice for Lyceum 4-CD in yesterday's email, due Wed.
No complaints here.
Cheers

Edit: The trend is consistent anyway, just got my ship notice for 43 a minute ago. Got here a day ago.

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 09:48

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Received shipping notice at 9am this morning and received 2 hour later. Now that is USPS at work.

Of course, means their tracking network needs a lot of work.

Worked my way thru the Fillmore West box over the last 2 weekends to get my ears ready.

Forgot how great that box is. Have not listened to the box since I added a sub woofer almost 3 years ago. Man does the sub woofer change the entire dynamics of the box. The 16 track with Bob and Betty, and the alchemy of Bear's mind regarding sound really stand out.

Hope these can reproduce the sound stage as well as the fillmore west, but have not researched these tapes yet. Have some other Bear thought later.

G

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 11:24

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Yeah...Just got my shipping notice, but Dave's 43 arrived last Saturday.

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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 12:17

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Some of the sweetest psychedelic music ever played and recorded. A total trip even 53 years later. Thank you Dave Lemieux and crew and especially Andrew & Rebecca Kelly.

"How sweet it is!" - Jackie Gleason

I didn't get my shipping notice, yet. Ha! Ha! Ha!

I just checked my email - yes, it is "on the way."
Love, Peace, and Happiness to ALL!

"still waiting
I I I'm stiiill waiting"

Hey today is 2 years as "Proudfoot"

While I wait...

Some of 30 Trips
10 27 90 meh
10 whatever 91 mmmm....no
92 show zzzzzzzz
6 24 85 yeeeesssss. Nice n lively

Summer 85 box in 2023 Dave!!!

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Submitted by dmcvt on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 15:26

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Shipping notice arrived three hours later. Celebrated Jerry yesterday with a deep dose of the June76 box. A phoenix that, we hardly knew if/when/how they would come back after extended hiatus. Listening to second #43 disc now, zowie, been waiting a long long time for this sweet old stuff. Nice to know so many of us will be sharing this music over these next dog days of August. Thanks to all at OSF/dead.net/Rhino/WMG who made this happen. I should be able to stop asking about a 60s box for a few weeks.

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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 15:33

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Mine arrived yesterday. Listened to the first disc so far. Amazing how great this sounds for being such an old recording. Bear had his system down. Much respect to his foundation for taking the extra care to pass along the original engineers wishes. These Sonic Journals are truly special.

I love that these past couple of years Dave has been hitting such a wide variety of these pieces of history.

Maybe close out the year with 9/26/91 or a December 90 offering. It would be cool to show a little love for the Vince era with and or without Bruce after 43 of these releases.

Currently the 8-CD Waiting For Columbus Box is listed at the Rhino store as “not currently available”.

I didn’t think/realize that it was limited edition.
Or did the whole Rhino website get hacked so bad that nothing is working?

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Submitted by dissident1980 on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 17:42

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Astonishingly good ... epic release overall

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 19:04

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....I couldn't have said it better myself as I sit on my porch waiting for my sonic journal. Like Homer dancing for his pink sprinkled donut.
I'm telling you people. That trip to Red Rocks changed my attitude and focus. Magical place.
Major edit.....RIP Vin Scully. The best baseball announcer ever. F**K

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 22:15

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Excellent, said while rubbing my hands together like Mr. Burns.

This whole release is good, but disc 3 is stellar. Dig that both Dark Stars have a bit of the Soulful Strut interlude. It starts about the 23 minute mark and ends just before the 26 minute mark in the Dark Star on the Family Dog 11-2-69 show. On the Dark Star from the 12-26-69 show it starts at just before the 16 minute mark and mostly ends at about 19 minutes. If you don't know what I mean, check utoob for the instrumental tune Soulful Strut by Young-Holt Unlimited from 1968, beautiful song, covered on several Dark Stars and I think a couple of Dancing in the Street as well, I think the version on the 1970 show from the 30 Trips Box has it. The "jam" after the Dark Star from Dicks Picks 2 from 10-31-1971 is the closest to a straight up cover of the original song. I don't hear Tighten Up by Archie Bell and the Drells, that has a different sound and lacks the gorgeous melody of Soulful Strut.

Really dig that New Speedway Boogie too. More please.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Tue, 08/02/2022 - 22:28

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A real legend. I used to listen to him on KFI from L A broadcast the Dodger games back in the early 60s, it would come in later at night in the Bay Area.

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Submitted by msmiranda on Wed, 08/03/2022 - 00:23

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Today DP 43 #20707 and #20708 arrived in my mailbox. I've ordered two copies the last couple of years to have extras to trade for releases I've missed. This is the first time I've gotten consecutive numbers.

Started spinning the first disc after they were downloaded. Very impressed. Pig was an amazing soul.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 08/03/2022 - 07:19

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....my Dave's has been out for delivery since yesterday afternoon! 🥳
(edit for sarcasm).

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Wed, 08/03/2022 - 07:32

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(Tracks in the order they were performed)

11/2/69 FAMILY DOG AT THE GREAT HIGHWAY, SAN FRANCISCO

Cold Rain And Snow 6:19
In The Midnight Hour 8:23
Seasons Of My Heart 4:32
Mama Tried 2:55
Next Time You See Me 4:51
Good Lovin' 9:23
Big Boss Man 6:59
Casey Jones 4:39
Dancing In The Street 9:06
Dark Star > 30:32
St. Stephen > 9:43
The Eleven > 8:59
Death Don't Have No Mercy 11:47

12/26/69 MCFARLIN AUDITORIUM, SMU, DALLAS*

The Monkey And The Engineer 2:41
Little Sadie 3:57
Long Black Limousine 6:09
I've Been All Around This World 5:03
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet 3:10
Black Peter 11:05
Uncle John's Band 6:32
Casey Jones 5:12
Hard To Handle 4:54
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China Cat Sunflower> 5:55
I Know You Rider> 5:26
High Time 8:04
Me And My Uncle 4:14
Dark Star 24:52
New Speedway Boogie 5:36
Turn On Your Lovelight 14:54

* The Dallas "Cold Rain And Snow" is missing from Dave's 43 due to space limitations. Hopefully to be released on an upcoming Dave's Picks as filler.

STILL MISS YOU JERRY!

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Submitted by PT Barnum on Wed, 08/03/2022 - 07:41

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and just lovely that we get it during the Days Between, thanks everyone involved with this very special release. 69 was indeed a very magical year.
8-3-69 check this one out too, David LaFlamme on Violin and Charles Lloyd on Sax, another gr8 Dark Star.
"Shall we go, you and I...."

PTB: thanks for reminding us, among a number of 60s shows, that one is a special stand out for the eventual 60s box. Love to see others thoughts on which shows should be short listed for a 60s box. Give the people what they want! We might treat the "primal" dead concept as almost anything up to and including 1969, when things began transition that summer, cowboy tunes in, Jerry's down with lap steel etc. #43 shows this transition well, cover does justice too, LiveDead girl dancing with skeletal cowboy, Gibson SG crossnecked with an acoustic.

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