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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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  • #631
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    Daverock, of course I too went straight to the Red Rocks shows upon first listen before hearing the rest of the box. After getting to all of them I was calling 7-3-78 St. Paul the hidden gem. That must have been a peak period for them. The energy is there. Almost swaggering I'd say, like they need a pack of cigarettes rolled into the sleeve of their t-shirt.
    Cheers

  • #632
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    I also played Omaha 7/5/77 after reading Oroboros's post. The first set, last night-excellent - Jerry's guitar sounds as cool and clear as the driven snow. Own up time....for the last couple of years, when I have played shows from this 78 box, I have played the first one 7/1, missed out the next two and gone on to the two Red Rocks shows. I have no idea what put me off Omaha in the past - makes me wonder what other unidentified jewels I have here.

    Exile - I was unfairly dismissive of Black and Blue, too. It's a very entertaining album - I didn't like funk or disco in the 70's, but that's no excuse now. I wasn't keen at all when it came out-Spring 1976, I believe. With Mick Taylor gone, "Fool To Cry" issued as a single and punk waiting in the wings, The Stones, along with most of the great bands from 1965-1975 suddenly seemed a bit passe. I bought the first Ramones album in Summer 1976-that was the sound of the times for me. 40 odd years later... Black and Blue is still on my playlist, and I no longer even have that Ramones album.
    I saw The Stones at Knebworth in 76 - and I have the programme here-nothing to do with music, but it's curious how The Stones and their fans were presented. In the article on The Stones, it states, "Young boys eagerly flocked the Mary Quant make up department in Harrods trendy Way-In shop on Saturday afternoon.The disco pumped out "Hey Negrita" as the boys applied eye liner and lipstick to gaunt virginal faces." I don't think so. I was 19 then, and the article seemed to show how out of touch The Stones had become at that time, with my generation.
    They also apparently had a food stand where you could buy a portion of chicken curry for 0.55p. This in the middle of the hottest heat wave for decades.

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    That Estimated > Eyes is outstanding. That Eyes of the World has always been a go to post hiatus Eyes.. it's outstanding. I've always been big on that box. 7/1 never circulated and is outstanding, the first Red Rocks shows did circulate and are well.. not to overuse the term but outstanding. A great moment in GD history perfectly preserved for us to enjoy. Aptly timed as we are entering a holiday weekend and the box centers around the Fourth of July.

    Outstanding

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    Been looking at that July 1978 box when picking some dead to listen to lately, but keep getting sidetracked by a different choice, but Oroboros' post about the virtues of the July 5, 1978 Omaha show prompted me to give it a listen today. Currently on Wharf Rat. I always liked that show, and the recording is excellent. I imagine it was exponentially cooler to be there in person at the time. The artwork on that one is probably about my favorite from that box as well, and I liked all the art from that box, a lot.

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    Hey guys, I lurk more than anything but I saw some Stones talk and I agree with Dave Rock. It's Only Rock 'n Roll is an underrated album. The thing with it in my opinion, is that the songs are either dynamite (like the opening song fictional drummer) or B side material. The other problem is a couple of the songs suffer from Led Zeppelin IV / Dark Side of the Moon syndrome, meaning they've been played on the radio so much that they've lost a little luster (title track and Ain't Too Proud to Beg). I think these songs are pretty high quality once you're sitting back giving them your full attention (In their order of appearance on the LP).

    If You Can't Rock Me
    Ain't Too Proud to Beg
    It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
    Till the Next Goodbye
    Time Waits for No One

    Dance Little Sister

    The first 5 songs are all of side one and are solid. It's Only Rock 'n Roll has "Start Me Up" hit quality. Time Waits For No One makes us realize that Mick Taylor should have had at least one or two tracks on every album to stretch out like he does on this one and Can't You Hear Me Knockin' from Sticky Fingers. Missed opportunity. The thing with these songs is you may think of hearing Dance Little Sister on the radio and thought, meh, average song. Until you really listen to everything going on with the guitars. Keith Richards bass chops on If You Can't Rock Me are cool. Till the Next Time is on par in my mind with Wild Horses and Angie, but again, missed opportunity in that Taylor could have been used to play an electric solo or something, similar to Wild Horses. The remaining songs on the record don't do it for me. Luxury is borderline, but leans too far into funk. Fingerprint File is way too far into funk and not that great a song for me. If You Really Want to Be My Friend and Short and Curlies should have been put in the can for later. Between Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock 'n Roll, I think there's a great album in there.

    Black and Blue had some great songs with Hand of Fate and Crazy Mama. I think Hand of Fate was as good as 70s rockers got, with very few exceptions.

    Not much to say that hasn't been said about Dave's 43. I would never complain for this type of release.

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    you guys are so cool. Love this forum

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    ...It's like buying a book from the bookstore and then realizing the pages are all put together out of order, and there are pages from another book mixed in. And when you go back and say, hey, bookseller, they put the pages of the book in the wrong order, and there are pages from another book mixed in. And he says, don't worry, you can rip them all out and put the book back together in whatever order you want.

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    The other day I ordered a burger with fries. Instead, they brought me fries with a burger. So I complained. But dude, the burger guy said, you can eat them in whatever order you want. Mmfff, I said, eating my fries and burger.

    Received my shipping notice today for the TTB’s “I am the Moon” vinyl set. Because today is the release date. What a concept! You release the record on the release date! Genius! I just want to note that, when you bought the 4-lp set, they promised to provide a digital download of each separate album as each of the four parts of this project was released. And then they actually did! On the actual release dates! And the files actually worked! Amazing! And now they shipped vinyl on the release date. It’s so weird.

    A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Like the other other day I’m eating a plate of shrimp and listening to Electric on the Eel for the first time in years. And so were you.

    Last five:

    JGB: Electric on the Eel (discs 1 and 6)
    Derek & the Dominos: Layla
    Bill Evans: The Hilversum Concert
    Christian McBride: At the Village Vanguard
    Stones: El Mocambo

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    All is well in the middle of the country and I couldn't agree more with this esteemed group's statements on current and past musical topics.

    Phil and Friends has consistently displayed such exploratory and jamtasic shows which makes them a 'must see.' I recently attended another Wilco concert prior to that show and the inclusion of Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline in the friends in Chicago reflect excellent choices. Nels has sat in with P & F on multiple occasions and Wilco has covered the Dead on a variety of occasions including Bobby sitting in for Dark Star, Ripple, etc. I regretted that Phil got Covid and couldn't headline with String Cheese Incident's recent Red Rocks shows, but Billy Strings was a welcome replacement and we in the audience had a wonderful time. Still I long to see Phil play again and hope to have another chance soon. The SCI 'dead set' with Billy was a delight and I saw Billy rev up with the Cheese as they took on many of our favorite Dead tunes that evening. And I am quite relieved that Phil has fully recovered from the Covid and is back playing live.

    Besides attending the Wilco and SCI shows, I have also loved recent concerts with the Infamous Stringdusters, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, the Jayhawks, Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain, Mollie Tuttle, Sierra Hull, and several years ago was quite taken by previously mentioned Larkin Poe (opened for Elvis Costello). Such terrific music touring again and I'm very grateful to be able to make the journey (pun intended).

    However, given this thread on DP 43, to get back on how this Dave's Pick is stellar and echo others sentiments how the primal Dead are such an unmitigated treat. This is a special release and deserving of frequent rotation.

    And should any of you be inspired by the break-neck speed and turn on a dime of the early Grateful Dead, please consider attending a Joe Russo's Almost Dead show. Yes, Oro (my brother from another mother) those two Vail JRAD shows, along with the JRAD show at Red Rocks were stellar. These guys have the stamina and pace of the early Grateful Dead but along with the Dead's entire song catalogue. Simply remarkable jamming, truly exploratory, and much more in the vein of P & F as opposed to the D & C. JRAD is energy personified and each band member is truly infused with amazing grasp of these wonderful songs along with a jazz mentality and interplay.

    To add to the dialogue regarding 'rain stories' from concerts (discussed earlier in this thread), I got one to share. I recall back in 1978 when the Grateful Dead played at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in July. The venue was about half full (4,000?) but everyone was chomping at the bit as we had not seen the Dead in Nebraska since early in the early 70's. I took my Nak 550 into the venue and there was no hassle getting in the deck in this time, but remember this was before the days of 'taper's sections.'

    Out in the hallway, the Hell's Angels wandered about sporting full colors and big grins. They may have been transporting 'party favors' and decided to take in a show, or perhaps road tripping with the band? Although I did not see them at the subsequent Red Rocks shows. Anyway, I headed down to the floor to set up my Nak in front of the sound board. When I was getting everything ready, I saw this guy with a great rig setting up. Luckily this kind stranger (I have since discovered he was famous taper Bob Wagner) let me patch out of the back of his Sony, which was terrific as he had a tall (8 ft?) stand to get will above the crowd noise. We were about 15 to 20 feet in FOB. So Garcia treats us to a blistering Sugaree opener, the kind that drove the crowd wild. His leads mounted into a wave that crests, recedes, regroups, and roars back with such power and delight that adds to the synergistic effect causing our frenzied response as his rolling/soaring guitar work lift and subside within the band.

    Then BIODTL, TLEO, and then Bob took the spotlight with a "Look's Like Rain." About half way through the son, I suddenly noticed something shimmering in the air between the band and me. I thought "what a fantastic light show! Or have I shifted into 5th gear just a little earlier than I scheduled?" I staggered towards that visual disturbance in front of me to investigate. The crowd was dancing madly in the middle of the floor as a waterfall played over them. The waterfall was about 25 feet in circumference. I put my hand into the water...hand out, no rain, hand in, pouring rain.. I jumped into the waterfall drenching us all in the middle of the Civic auditorium. Then stepped out and there was none. I shook my head and then dove back into the deluge and danced through LLR and next came Direworlf and a delightful All Over Now, with Keith and Donna simply killing it. Candyman, Lazy >Supplication and Bobby informed "we are going to take a short break" (ha, it was never a short break!)

    I staggered back to reload a new tape (remember cassettes?) and I looked for some validation of my experience. I asked my friends if I was not in fact 'soaking wet' as I patted my wet t-shirt? And they grinned knowingly and affirmed that , yes, in fact I was 'all wet."

    Then this unique show continued (nice indoor water feature, boys!) with a killer second set, complete with a transportive Estimated>Eyes>Wharf Rat>Truckin'>Iko Iko > Around and Around.

    As I left the auditorium I noticed the water standing on the ground outside, a summer storm? Hey was this just a case of a leaking roof? Or did the Dead actually conjure up the forces of nature as they were so prone to do?

    Next to travel to their/my maiden Red Rocks shows. Would Phil bombs create reverse gravity and make us float up into the air? What do they have up their collective sleeves for us next (ah-oooo, Werewolves of London, ah-ooo)?

    Those were the daze.....

    Zen saying "teachers open the door, you must enter by yourself."

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    Jim - You bring up a good point that Phil is well into his 80s, yet is still bringing it with such new creations as Philco. I think he personifies that well worn axiom “Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”

    DaveRock - I personally always loved the subtle guitar work on “Fingerprint File” from IORR. Mick Taylor should never have left the Stones, they were a much better band with him (with due respect to Ronnie). Last week, I re-watched their “bootleg” release from the Marquee Club in 1971 - now THAT was THE best Stones lineup.

    Blues For Allah - what an excellent choice. Some really jazzy passages throughout that entire release.

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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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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 11:33

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Shipped on Wednesday, hit my mailbox this morning; they also sent several tracking emails along the way - great service.
Vinyl is flat, blemish-free and sounds fantastic! Nice to have a full size booklet(love the S.S.F. banner, which was my home for many years.)
Great mail day, also got a sealed copy of DaP 43. To top it off, I have the house to myself.

Maybe if they were to reissue some, but not all of them on cd, it would make sense to focus on the ones that are partial shows, and release them, in superior sound in their entirety. All the first 4 are excerpts only. Number 26 is-that would make a great release if the whole of 4/26/69 came out. This one has been re-released on vinyl, but as a replica of the old cd. Another one that would benefit from a move to whole show status would be number 31, from summer 1974. A real hotch potch, that one. You can never be sure what the heck you are listening to there unless you have a copy of a trusty Deadbase to hand. There may be others - 18 from 1978 is another one.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 15:13

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If they remastered 2/13 & 14/70, and put all the songs together as they appeared in concert, it would be an absolute knockout!

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 17:18

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I'm usually more of a whole show person, but do gravitate to particularly strong compilations. Funny Daverock mentioned DiP 31 August 74, which is another one I like, and whole show releases on those would be outstanding.

With mention of Plangent recently, I thought I should point out an oddity I saw today in that 2/28/69 has Plangent's logo and 2/27 and 3/1 do not have it.

A great release. 12 gets all the hype, but this one is just as good, maybe better.

Much like many of the later releases, I think it sounds better too.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 05:42

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"Don't climb on the fence idiot!"

Robert Hall Weir,
August 6, 1974

What would be even better with 2/13 and 2/14 would be if they included the early shows as well. And even better than that - if they included the early and late shows from 2/11/70. An all time great box in the making.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 08:23

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27 says ‘Plangent Process’ right under the line that says ‘Betty Cantor’ in the credits section of the insert.
28 says it on the outside of the box and also under Betty.
1 says it on the insert under Betty.

Dave, when do we get 3/2 on vinyl?

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 08:27

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Completely on board with releases of the entire DP shows. I grabbed the remaining songs from DP 2 the other day, 10/31/71, and the missiing tracks are fantastic. Would love to have them receive the Full Norman. But I can't imagine Rhino undergoing the effort to release on CD. I would think they would think it would make for a confusing catalog. You would want to remaster them for sure as well as include the shows as complete. You couldn't call Dick's Pick 31 Dick's Picks 31 anymore. But If they released all three shows that DP 31 is compiled from under separate titles, then they would be competing with the original series (and who knows what kind of deal they struck with real gone to release the originals). And also may seem to them, not sure but it may seem to be a risky venture in the way of sales. That's for CD releases. I think what could work is a remastered download series of all the original shows. While I would certainly prefer CDs, I think the digital download method prove to be the most economical way to get the music to fans. The only problem there is file sharing could hurt their bottom line. Not really sure what the solution could be that is realistic. Dave Lemieux what do you think?

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 09:39

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Daverock, what a great release that would be,, it truly would be the icing on the cake.

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 10:08

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Keithfan2112 I suspect that you are right in your post about Rhino's motivation to reissue the DP series and identified some of the issues that might deter such an endeavor, but I think that there may be more of an appetite for expanded reissues to the Dicks's Pics series than you would expect. I base this on the constant stream of remastered editions and expanded editions being put out by various classic artists.

An example that was talked about on these threads recently would be the release of the concerts that were used for the Waiting for Columbus album by Little Feat. It appeared that even though parts of these concerts were released previously, there is enough of a market to release a multi-show box of the material. Similarly, if I understand it right, the recent El Mocambo 1977 release from the Rolling Stones also contained a show that had been released in part previously. Jimi Hendrix Songs for Groovy Children included material previously partially released on Machine Gun. And then there is the Beatles section of my shelves, with the original CD releases, the complete set of 2009 remasters, and all of the 50th Anniversary Editions. Led Zeppelin, Rush, Dire Straits, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Jefferson Airplane, the Kinks, the Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac, and a number of others, all are bands that have released remastered, anniversary or expanded editions of their catalogue, and which are represented in whole or part on my shelves. There are box sets with complete recording sessions for several of the classic Miles Davis albums - the Complete Silent Way sessions, the Complete Bitches Brew sessions, and the Complete Jack Johnson sessions are on my shelf along with a single disc version of each. And the Cellar Door Sessions 1970 were used in part for the Live-Evil album, both of which are on my shelf.

So at least personally, I can say there is very little chance that I would be able to resist if they updated the Dick's Picks series to include missing material from the partial show or mixed show releases. Given the apparent appetite for an endless stream of remasters, anniversary editions and expanded editions of other band's catalogues, I suspect that I am not alone.

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 10:20

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Okay, good to know it's just labeled differently on 2/28 on the outer packaging. I didn't look at the inserts, just the back of the box and noticed the Plangent logo in the middle of the bottom of the box on 2/28 only. I haven't opened my copy of 3/1 yet as it happens. Replaced record players recently, and having an issue with the speakers now, so haven't enjoyed any vinyl for some months. Which didn't stop me from ordering DiP 33 on vinyl...

Wonder what the next Dave's Picks vinyl will be, much less Dave's 44. I'll just throw out my annual hope and prayer for 8/4/76.

Oh, and I did recently get the Bear Sonic Journals of Johnny Cash and the Chieftains (on cd). Really good stuff. Really like the book-like packaging they're using now. That is awesome, and long, detailed liner notes is also pretty fantastic. Really really hope they get to release that 1968 show with the 45 min Alligator...

And I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Bob's commentary on 8/6/74 about the guy who hurt himself climbing the fence. Truer words were never spoken.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 12:30

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Don’t know if you’ve tried this, but my turntable has a switch in the back for phono out or line out. It sounds bad if you don’t have the switch set correctly.

I might listen to one of the FW69 vinyl shows tonight.
But which one? I like them all.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 14:24

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....AC/DC. 1983. I was a sophomore in high school when that came out.
I went to a private Christian high school.
But metal has no boundaries.
Edit. The Miami Dolphins were down 21 points going into the 4th quarter against Baltimore and won that shit.
Ergo, I'm spinning 10.26.89 Miami. Dark Dark Star.
One of my favorite songs they ever played. Outstanding.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 21:37

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Release it all

7 18 82
8 4 76

Great great great shows

PNW box
6 24 73

Rerelease Fillmore West 69!!! I have the money for it now!!!

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Submitted by PT Barnum on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 05:52

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tried to post about those 2 dark stars. access denied

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Submitted by Oroborous on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 07:49

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Yes folks our one and only HF is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first show!
I’m kinda surprised Dave didn’t foster a special release of this momentous “fall 72” show, but at least we’ll be spinning it on pick of the day in his honor!
To many more amigo!

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 08:28

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To all our friends here that are part of the British Empire.
Or is it the Commonwealth?
God save the King

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Submitted by Nick1234 on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 09:25

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Commonwealth, the Empire thankfully is long gone, but thank you anyway.

I haven't watched any of it, why would you want to treat a family's grief as entertainment? No wonder they're all a bit weird, their lives must have been constant torture. Time to abolish the monarchy and let them live their lives in peace. I'm a republican on compassionate grounds 🙂

I was going to post about that show in response to the discussion about partial releases. As long as it included the Dark Star and NFA segment, I doubt anyone would complain if that show was released as an incomplete show. At least not after you hear it.

Don't get me wrong, I would prefer complete shows, but will always take something like that. The results from the recent small, informal survey suggest that I am probably not alone. DP 2, 4 and 12 fared quite well.

Years of hard living takes it's toll.

HendrixFreak looks rough for being only 50.

Get some rest HF, maybe some Noxzema on the wrinkles. Stay away from the hard liquor. I would say stop chasing young girls, but apparently, they were your age afterall...

As for 9/19/70, one of the great yet to be released shows of one of the more prolific years in their touring career. It's not if but when this gem will receive the Full Norman and grace our CD shelves.

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Submitted by daverock on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 12:05

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Istshow - thanks for the good cheer. My views on the subject are more in line with those expressed by Nick1234-but that's bye the bye.
I must say I am very impressed that some people on here seem to know the date of HF's first show. I don't even know the date of my own - and I only saw 5.

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 13:24

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Had an (Jimi thang) itch for something wild that I hadn't seen in a while. Have had the disk (Wild Blue Angels dvd) in the que for a couple of months, but last night got to it. So I watched it last night and wow it is so great. Just forgot how good a show that was, so many great song renditions, LOVE machine gun. I found it an odd coincide, that Jimi opens the show with a little speech about supporting your own people, and if you don't FU. Then opens with God Save The Queen. Sort of blew me away. Understand HF's name that much more. If you have bought the Wild Blue Angel dvd, your missing out. As I had not heard since I added a sub woofer, it was all new again.

Jim and HF, I think I remember both of you dealing with health issues and maybe folks issues a couple of months back. Meant to express condolences and well wishes for both of you. Getting old can really suck.

Finally, a huge Thank You to Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, Pete Bell, Dave, and Jeffrey (and all the others as well) for #43 . It has absolutely transformed me in so many ways. Have listened to the release 10 times now and it just gets better and better. I had this incredible epiphany of just how much Dead there could still to be released in the future and this Great Blanket of Joy came across me and I felt so fortunate that the band of merry pranksters found me 40 years ago. I am so very excited about the future of entertainment coming my way. Just extremely grateful. As someone wrote when this came out...these are some of Bear's Choicest releases. Can only imagine if the tape machine had been set at 7ips, how much increased clarity would be there. Makes me wonder if that clarity would be for Phil's sound.

Have a lot to post, wonder if anyone saw Trey Anastasios' booking for acoustic solo shows at the Beacon in NYC. The Beacon has just hard wired in a new immersive technology P.A. from Holoplot out of Germany. Looks like a wild P.A. but they act like they re-invented the wheel, when all they have done is copy Bear, Healy, and John Myers work. Would love to hear that system, but the immersive technology they speak about is what I and many others called Holographic Sound. I think ConeKid posted when I posted an article about Meyer's sound and seeing the FTW shows with his latest and greatest system (and that was 7 years ago). If you see this ConeKid, I wanted to post back about how great that must have been and ask, how Holographic did the sound seem for these shows? As I have posted, my first real experience with line arrays and holographic sound was 1987/09/11 at the Cap Center in Landover. I remember Jim commenting how bad the sound was unless you had choice seats. I guess I had choice seats as we were on row 2 behind Healy and it sounded incredible. So any way, more rants later.

But again, I cannot express my gratitude enough for the crew that brought us DaV#43.

G

The sound at FTW depended where I was.
First night I was upper level side (Jerry side), but 2nd row, aisle seat, with the first speaker tower pointing right at me. The sound was crystal clear.
Second night lower bowl near stage, Phil side, but just under the overhang which amplified all the voices behind me and muddied the sound a bit.
Third night I was straight back about half way up the bowl. There I got the full effect of the sound system and it was real and spectacular.

Here’s the video, the audio was recorded in mono and split to stereo when I processed the video.

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Let’s see if that works. Piece them back together. Yes, that period belongs between the u and b.

Wild Blue Angel,
I need to buy that.

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 16:38

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It worked...have bookmarked the show, will try to run through it the next few days. Thanks!!!

Trying to get ready for some time down on the gulf, been a while since I have been. A good week of friends and parties.

Edit: and if any body cares search for Immersive Sound at the Beacon and it will pull up. Going to be installed at MSG Sphere being built in Las Vegas that opens next year.

Cheers to all, no it is pushed back but can't wait for the new box. And my DiP top 5 the same as BTK, just little different order.

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Submitted by gratefulgerd on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 17:11

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Just returned from the DSO - Europe '72 - 50th Anniversary Tour - Frankfurt.
Awesome!
They played the original set from 04/26/72, over 4 hours in total. Great vibes!
What a scene, old memories came up, absolutely fantastic.
Their next shows are Berlin tomorrow and Munich on Thursday. Seems like Wednesday they have a day off. Would be good for visiting Oktoberfest.
Cheers G.

All are recovering on my end, thanks for asking. The alternative in both cases was grim. Everything is not perfect, but thanks to modern medicine they both have more fuel to add to the fire.

Speaking of fire.. I hit 11/30/80 a week or so ago and they played 10/31/80 on SiriusXM. Two hot early 80's Fires. Smokin' (pun intended).

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 11:49

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I hate watching friends and loved ones starting to struggle with this life. Life is a struggle, that is why we play Dead.

For some interesting reading on immersive sound check out interviews from Widescreen review with Wilfried Van Baelen of Galaxy studios and the founder of Auro 3D. I think the 2 in depth ones I read were from five or more years ago? I’d add lynx if I could.
Way better than Atmos but needs to be set up properly so it will produce phantom images in the vertical as well as horizontal plane.
I use it all the time in our theatre especially for concert videos as it adds a more holographic psychoacoustic effect than goofy placement of instruments in back speakers etc, very natural sounding!
Atmos is ok if your watching an Atmos encoded movie, but otherwise meh…
Being a fellow geek I bet you’ll dig it, if you can find the right interviews?

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Submitted by nappyrags on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 13:14

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Been super busy AND under the weather...Tivoli info was from an email I received...

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 13:36

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Jim check PM

OB: thanks I think I found them, will have to read and get back to you.

Makes me go back almost 40 years when I went to an friend's house and he and another freak had large tower Polk speakers. Will have to research some, maybe get back in touch with my friend about them. They had a cable between the two speakers to create (by software) an imagined center speaker. It worked really well as you may know. It was the same technology that Bear was working on with the microphones for the WoS. That is, if memory serves. Been a while since I went back through that stuff. My tv and my old stereo (2 stereo speaker sets with sub) create amazing sound at times. I mean hearing sounds to my side and behind my head. I know this has a lot more to do with software than hardware. I think it is awesome, except when it startles me, still getting used to it. Any way will be back in touch after I do a little reading, cant wait. Thanks!

G

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 14:02

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Thx Gary Farseer for your comments. Glad you're enjoying our man Jimi.

Back on the upswing here... lost the 20+ year cat, then my father, both of whom lived very full lives and their demises in May and June, respectively, were merciful. Lined myself up for a cardiac ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation, which is quite challenging to endure. Procedure in November. Prognosis: good. And just got a second opinion on my ankle for which I had arthroscopic surgery last December and which was not healing. Looks better now (MRI) for gradually pushing myself to recovery; shots lined up for the knee (fractured, inoperable cartilage cracks). Carpal tunnel syndrome demands attention and thinking, after enduring it 30 years, that surgery might be a rational option. Other than a few trivial things like those, LIFE IS FUCKING GREAT! Seriously, just a positive prognosis in several areas does so much to lift the lid of depression. So, despite the seemingly downer, TMI content here, I'm actually very optimistic for my physical and mental health. Talk about over-sharing.... But that's my message: glass is half-full, I'm gonna pull it together.

Heading to the Oregon coast tomorrow for two weeks to walk the beaches, eat a little psylicibin (and seafood), work on new tunes for another album of original music with a 6-strg and a neat newish 12-strg (then an all-blues project) and get outta Dodge for the first time in years. Well we did just do 50 miles in packrafts (all upper body stuff) on the Green River. (JimInMD: we did a dozen Class IIs and one Class III the first day, then we had beer coolers stashed at our camping spots, reachable by four-wheel drive, so a highly disciplined trip...)

I have been pummeled by time and age and now that I'm on Medicare, you all are kindly helping me with expensive but badly needed medical help. Looking foward to some smokin' '81 GD, Jimi from LA/'69 and a dozen other 'new' CDs I copied for the road. I asked a 29-year-old waitress pal to go with me, but she had to work. Nonetheless, that proves that I'm "up" for the challenges before me.... Yours truly, HF

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 14:07

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I cannot effin' wait for 90 minutes of live GD from E72. Man, we're gonna rock at a local theatre with local freaks in early November. Talk about a dream come true! No film of the band can best a night from the E72 tour.

Yet another reason to be glad to be alive amidst ... well, you know the score.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 20:08

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Yes, can't wait for the MUATM.

Keep breathing out there Hendrixfreak.

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Submitted by Jack Baller on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 21:05

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I don't often post here, but when I do... it might be with a few brews under my belt and an anniversary to consider.

Can't say how much I appreciate the way that this crew inspires me to break out discs I haven't heard in a while... DP 36 being the most recent. Wow.

Listening right now to an acoustic Truckin' (yep, process that) from 52 years ago. 9/20/70 needs to be officially released, with Full/Partial/Whatever Normanization...soon. If for no other reason than I need to determine whether I love the 5/15 Easy Wind better than the one on 9/20.

As posted previously, DaP (46) could easily carry 9/20 with a killer bonus disc of 9/19.

DaP 43 topical question: is the engineer worried that the train will actually crash?

Or is he concerned that his job has just been outsourced to a more competent monkey?

Good luck. It's hard to know at this age, when some new pain develops if it's something that can be rectified, or if it's something that is now a part of us. Should we be, like, really worried - or just forget about it?

I'd be all for 9/19 and 9/20/70 coming out officially. Top medicine.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 07:31

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You missed your party!
We even had cake!

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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 08:02

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With lots of acid in the icing.. Sorry you missed it.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 10:07

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Yeah that cake was tasty, but I still feel kinda funny?

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Submitted by PT Barnum on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 12:12

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u still sick? man, get well soon m8. Most anything from fall 1970 would be sweet. My list of aliments isn't that long, feeling better now. Hope we don't start comparing ailments here, gee, sounds like the talk I hear when I go to the old folks home to visit my 95 year old mother-in-law. All kidding aside, just this year I too have been feeling my age.

You're welcome HF. I started looking back at Hendrix and you know how it goes when the rabbit hole swallows you. Starting thinking back about how good the Experience Hendrix show I saw in 2019, wow, miss 2019. It was a great show, but compared to BWA it pales in comparison. Started me looking for other Hendrix official and unofficial releases. Going to find something I am sure, any recommendations would be most appreciated.

Uber space cake, smoke in the cake, acid in the icing? wow not sure I would handle that well now, would have loved in times gone by.

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