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  • #231
    1stshow70878
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    I only have two autographs I can think of.
    Both sports related.
    Carl Mecklenburg - ex-Bronco lineman. Came to where I worked for a tour of the Scott fly rod factory and signed with a bible verse that currently evades me.
    Justin Leonard - pro golfer and all around good guy. Helped him with a ski tune and rentals for his folks at Telluride. Have a great story about talking him into getting his bindings checked with my, " I met Phil Mickelson when he was on a patrol toboggan with a broken leg at Snowbowl - Flagstaff, AZ" story. Justin is somewhat short but skied the biggest size Rossi Bandits they made (then likely a 193 cm).
    Never bothered to get any stars' sigs as they come to Telluride NOT to be noticed, unlike Aspen. Only famous music one I can think of would have been Alicia Keys who I didn't know from Eve anyway.
    Cheers

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    4/5 of the David Grisman Quintet, 10-17-97.
    Grisman, Eakle, Craven, Coria.

    They played Nightingale Concert Hall, University of NV, Reno as part of the Performing Arts Series where people buy season tickets and see a variety of music over the year. There were a lot of older people dressed nice and then 20-40 people in tie-dye. There was a single taper with a DAT deck (the printed program says “the use of photography and recording equipment is strictly prohibited”).
    The printed program has a brief bio about each musician (also says that a family season ticket is $75 for one adult and one student under 17; not a bad deal if you want to expose your kid to a variety of different non-rock music).

    I got the autographs on the printed program.

    I was looking at my Festival Express DVD this week and decided that I will watch it this weekend some time.

    I stopped loaning out my CD’s in the late 90’s when I realized that my friend would just set the CD’s on the table rather than back in the jewel case. A couple CD’s came back with sticky residue on them, and he wondered why they skipped.

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    Read his obit and learned much I didn't know. He seems like the rare person who has their brush with Pop fame, yet regrouped, returned to who he truly is, and from a down-home perspective then created a new musical persona and put out music of real substance over the majority of his life, while keeping a ranch running. (The days are 6am to 6pm -- no good for an HF slug.) I think that's more rare than one might think.

    Marye, way to go with the Festival Express DVD. Kids these days, they don't know #@$%&!

    Maybe you just started a "Whose autograph did you get" thread. I go to see Charlie Musselwhite years ago (many times, but in this particular instance) my buddy and I wait in line to get my CD of his first album signed. One of Charlie's endearing (and profitable) schticks is to stay after the show and sell and sign CDs til the last person straggles out. We tell Charlie that we're learning to play blues. "It's never too late," he said, charitably. (We probably looked like stoned, middle-aged wreckage...)

    So after mine is signed, I walk over to his guitarist, Kid Anderson, who played a Gretsch 6120, because I happened to own one. We talked strings, action, etc. Then I asked if he records his own CDs. "Why ... yes," he responds, and reaches into his guitar case with one eye on the boss's signing table. Charlie wasn't watching, so the Kid sells me a CD from the stage while Charlie is banking coin at the card table. A cherished memory... Kid Anderson now runs and owns Greaseland in San Jose, where a lot of blues people (Charlie, Elvin Bishop) record.

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    Marye - I love the Ian Tyson story.

    VGuy - I had an album by Spirit that was like your Festival Express DVD - I ended up buying three (vinyl) copies of it over time, as friends kept borrowing/liberating it, and I could never remember who had it.

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    The Festival Express DVD....

    ....I passed that one around to a few of my friends. Going to look and see if it was returned.
    Library Vguy here stamping check outs.
    Gimme a minute.

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    At the Festival Express screening I'm sure I embarrassed my pals going "Holy crap, it's Ian Tyson!" Some years later, he was playing the Freight and Salvage in what may have been his last tour here but maybe not. I got some CDs and after he had signed those I asked him if he'd sign my Festival Express DVD. He looked startled. His band, a bunch of young Canadian dudes named Gordon, were mystified. "It was another time," he told them, as he signed it. I dunno how many copies of Festival Express are out there signed by Ian Tyson, but it was definitely a moment.
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    Sorry to hear Ian Tyson has passed at 89. Ian, along with ex-wife Sylvia, and their band (Great Speckled Bird), were aboard the infamous Festival Express, and we all know what happened aboard those rails all those years ago!. What a ride for the ages.

    Tyson’s band had a few great players go through it in their day, including ND Smart (Gram Parsons), Buddy Cage (NRPS), Amos Garrett (who played on Garcia’s 2nd solo record, and was a favourite of Jimmy Page), and Ben Keith (Neil Young).

    May the Four Strong Winds carry you home, Ian.

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    Gary, your so right, not many 12/29 Dead shows. Gary I hope you have a great New Year, your a friend and a cool cat.

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    Not sure of official stats, but most know a December 29th show was very rare, I think.

    12/29/87, off night, friends and I walked to the mid-point of the golden gate bridge and stared at Alcatraz and surrounding areas thinking about the escape. All while freezing our asses off. Wasn't that cold, probably mid 50's, but the ferocious win made the wind chill I am sure, near freezing. We had no idea how long it would take us when we left, but from my old memory, I am sure we were out there at least 2 hours. Great time to remember, would never attempt again.

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    Bought first vinyl since 1986 this year. Dave's #1 and then Little Feat "Waiting on Columbus" autographed by 3 remaining who played on the original i.e. Bill, Kenny, and Sam. Researching there history before they played here shows a long winding road of create, break-up, reform. It was a fun night, at one point I got up from my seat and walked down to where the second row of seats are. Kenny Gradney saw me and started laughing and gesturing to Bill Payne. As I have written before, when my hair and beard are the right length, I look like Jerry. While at Govt Mule, I was told 5 times I look like Jerry. So any way, when I walked down, my hair and beard were perfect. So did he laugh at me or with me? Not sure, but I was wearing an R. Crumb "Keep on Truckin" shirt. They were playing "Willin." I think they got a kick out of that. I am almost 60, but we were babies compared to the other audience members. I am sure the average age was approaching 70. Some had to be wheeled in and looked frail - go guys, hell yeah.

    Have not listened to either or any other of my extensive collection since 1987 or so. I still have my old turntable but have not hooked it up.

    I am sure many follow to some degree Jack White and his move to Nashville, and buying an old press plant there.

    Simon glad to bump into you again. Hope all well there for you and yours. Hope a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you, yours, and all here as well.

    BTW - was 6th time seeing Feats, not bad when you consider their broken history.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 08:49

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....this was a totally fucked up movie. But in a really weird, almost unsettling, but creative way. I had no idea what I was getting into when I watched it for the first time like 5 years ago. I sort of didn't no how to react to it....part awe, part fascination, big doses of squeamishness, a lot of eerie moments. Not for the faint of heart, but yes if you like shit that is totally off the wall. At this time, I'm not even sure what this movie was about in recollection, other than these images and feelings it conjures when I think about it.

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Submitted by wave-that-flag on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 09:38

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Every Saturday afternoon at 1 pm on Channel 56 out of Boston. Loved those old school, campy horror flicks. The Wasp Woman, Invisible Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon and all the other classic misfits.

Those were the days. Just remember to adjust your UHF antenna appropriately!

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Submitted by cdrtree on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 09:42

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Charles Theatre- now that brings back memories..they'd have themed events and J. Waters and Divine would make an appearance when his films would show...fog is lifting

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 09:43

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....Rob Zombies The Devils Rejects. That's a good one.
His Munsters remake though? Don't waste your time.
Stay with what you're good at Rob. Which is gore. Not family friendly drivel.
Regarding old school, campy films, Mystery Science Theater 3000 does a good job making fun of them 👍.

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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 10:43

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Nappy - that must have been great, to see Black Sunday at the cinema when you were young. Features the luminescent Barbara Steele as well.
It's selling Eraserhead short a bit, referring to it as a "horror film". It doesn't really fit into any genre. None that I am aware of anyway. I don't think the plot is actually that important. More of a mood - a waking nightmare that defies logic.
Suspiria is a bit like that. Some amazing set pieces, incredible over saturated colour and a great soundtrack by the Italian prog rock group Goblin. There is no need to try and follow what's going on - its just a real feast for the senses.

Dennis-they have some great B movies on British TV at the moment too. The Last one I saw was a William Castle film called "Homicidal." 15 minutes before the end they had what they called a "fright break" so if anybody found the film too much, they could leave, and be seen by a nurse in the foyer in case they were at risk of having a heart attack!

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 10:49

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On Me-TV maybe out of Chicago as he calls Berwin home.
Every week has all the cornball 50s sci-fi and humorous ones too.
Great selection but as it's on every week lots of repeats.
He avoids the gory stuff but you have to put up with really bad jokes, skits, and rubber chickens flying. I think the 50 ft. woman one was on a couple months ago. (We caught that car switch too Dennis!) Last Sat night he did Bride of Frankenstein. She's a hotty with that hair, LOL. And "just a little nervous from the fall" to bring it back to the Dead.
Cheers
Edit: The "store" weirdness continues. Just got an email from someone named Mac at support about my order status inquiry but I never placed any inquiry. Says my order went through and gave me the same order number I already had, so I guess it's all good even if confusing.

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 11:25

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Yes, there's one in Illinois too.
His accent is a dead giveaway as well.
Cheers

Agree, not his best work but Eraserhead came early in his career and was made with almost no budget. I think he was pretty much an unknown when it came out.

I read somewhere it was inspired by his experience having his first child and how weird/strange/whatever being a new parent can be.

This and the Wall have to be the worst moves to see on acid. Not speaking from experience but I know it's been done. I was with somebody that saw The Wall dosed. Didn't seem like a good idea to me.

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Submitted by itsburnsy on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 14:21

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Holy Crap! I just read vguy's post about the new Phish box. I had just moved to Seattle a year earlier, and everyone said "gotta see the Gorge" So I took a chance on Phish who I had never seen before but obviously knew about. These shows are legendary, I just didn't know it at the time.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 14:57

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....those were probably my 12th or 13th shows and I knew during the setbreak of the second night that we were witnessing something special. Then that second set of the second night started. Even my wife was like, "WOW!!!", and she was just a casual phan. Plus. The camping scene was stuff legends are made of.
Top shelf Phish.
Saw them there in '97 also, sans girlfriend/now wife. The only times I've been there. Need to go back one day.
After those shows. We drove south and saw the Shoreline show and the Ventura show, which is also officially released. The band was en fuego that year.
Now, my wife could care less about Phish. I think I overdosed her on them.

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Submitted by larryguate on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 15:03

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Is it only me? I tried last night and again this morning to order the 2023 series, and when I enter all info and click on Buy Now, nothing happens, except a red do not enter circle is over Buy Now when I move the mouse over it Help?

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 18:44

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that mine is on the way...also Revolver deluxe on the way. And the World Series starts tomorrow. What to do, what to do. Well, I just saw a Falcon 9 blast off from Vandenberg a few minutes ago, and I'm about to dig into 9/21/82 with some super silver haze. Saw Nick Mason's Saucer Full of Secrets last night. The tour ends in Oakland tomorrow and then Seattle. Go if you can! AAAAHHHOOOO

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 19:16

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....and Big Brownie just solidified it.
Saw that Revolver release. Expensive.
$110 on Amazon for 5 discs?
I love The Beatles. First music I ever got into, but damn. Laughs in Phish.
Actually. I unintentionally lied. My first music was K-Tel records. I was 8.

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Submitted by aikon.art on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 19:32

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The 10% off code worked for my Dave's 2023 subscription just now. (I didn't have any of the problems other folks have mentioned with submitting the order, but I ordered as a "guest".)
And, I received my DaP 44 shipping notice this morning.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 20:28

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sshhhh.. it's on the downlow. But we all love Vermont

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 22:19

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....Brownie got to watch a Falcon 9 launch live. And then super silver haze.
We have Wedding Cake down here.
So even I say.
Regarding the WS, I don't like either team. So to hockey I will probably go.
9.21.82 is really good.

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Submitted by Nick1234 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 03:52

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I like a 45 minute Playin' as much as the next man but sometimes less is more. My wife's playing one of her favourite albums, The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle and Sebastian, at the moment. The track Simple Things comes in at 1 minute 44 seconds and it's absolutely perfect. It's a good record, give it a listen.

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Submitted by JoeyMC on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 05:03

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Remember when they tried to deliver them on the release date? It actually happened once.

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Submitted by Dennis on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 05:28

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If you like them short and sweet check out The Residents' "Commerical" album,,, all songs are 1 minute long. Great album.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 06:10

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....may I suggest the classic release, Speak English Or Die by The Stormtroopers Of Death. Or SOD as the cool kids call them.

Glad to read the discount code is working, hope many might use it, it probably works for WMG to sell more product anyway. Too bad now is unlike back in the day when individual Europe 72 shows, Road Trips and more music from archives readily available here. Nick1234, good to see your post hope all goes well in Shetland. Sent a PM a while back but it might not have got through, regarding an anthology of Scottish Island poetry found, which seems excellent: "These Islands, We Sing". Great to see Gaelic language in verse, even if indecipherable as English is usually provided as well. Hearing Gaelic spoken is something else, know local dialect in Shetland is much influenced by Norwegian effects. Had first disc listen to Zappa '75 yesterday, two stop tour of communist Yugoslavia, Zagreb and Ljubljana. Its a bit rough for an official release, particularly some saturated vocals, but so historic... Frank's guitar work is outstanding and Terry Bozio, what a drummer. Since Vermont has been outed (thanks Jim!), notes for anyone heading this way, most of fall foliage color has hit the ground, ski season is just around the corner at the big mountains and the launch of retail cannabis is very typically super slow, growers were licensed a bit late and this being a small craft oriented place. Check Heady Vermont on line for details. New Hampster is now surrounded by states with retail and trying to figure out how to sell more booze, with no sales tax, their major revenue stream.

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 08:05

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DMCVT - I will concur, Vermont is a beautiful state, I have always enjoyed the sights. You mention New Hampshire, too, and I recall a family vacation on the NH shore in the 60s that was remarkable. My father made a really big deal of going by “The Old Man of the Mountain”, which was quite neat to see, then, and the times I saw it since (until it’s collapse, of course). The parents were big on Cape Cod for summer vacations, and we had family in Quincy (still do), so New England was a terrific place to visit, absolutely beautiful. Real nice folks, too! Thanks for the reminder of that memory!

Oro - If you are not charming the ladies of Colorado, or working hard/hardly working, please check your PM.

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 08:48

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Dennis: Blue Note Records has a big Halloween sale on now, some pretty spooktacular (sorry, couldn’t resist) savings on vinyl. Might be worth a look.

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Submitted by Nick1234 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 08:55

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Sorry for not replying to your PM, I never check them, and sorry to Daverock too. That anthology looks well worth looking into, thanks. Life here in Shetland is idyllic at the moment but winter's coming 😁. The Shetland accent/dialect is beautiful. Our closest neighbour's family has lived in the same house since 1854 and though I love to hear him speak I probably understand about half of what he says to me. I seem to nod and smile in the right places though 😀. The old Shetland language was Norn but the last speaker died in about 1850.

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Submitted by Dennis on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 09:32

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Ok, I ordered the Zappa 75 from Amazon, then I saw a good price on whippets (600 for under 200). By the time I got to the Blue Note Collection my wife was out of money. So Blue Note another day.

God this site could break a brother.

Looks like next week a lot will be pouring in.

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Submitted by Nick1234 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 09:46

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I've checked my messages for the first time here and I see there are messages that I haven't replied to dating back to 2009. Sorry everyone. Is there a way to be notified when a message is received?

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 09:57

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Is in the house, and no, I didn’t order from Amazon. Musictoday got it here right on time and it sounds mighty fine. Just wrapping up the first set now.

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:00

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Love me some SOD and Scott Ian.

"I woke up, can't wait to eat
Got my cereal; boy, was I beat
Opened the fridge, and to my dismay
There was no milk; my mother will pay"

Glad to report there's no pitch issues on any of the MSG box shows, speed is right on. Bob shows up for the '83 shows. Some really good stuff in there, notwithstanding Jerry's voice in 82/83

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:21

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The deluxe CD set is 25 bucks plus shipping.

I Like Wedding Cake, too.

Jerry Lee Lewis? Honestly, he had to be the oldest living rock 'n roller.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:27

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Nothing new PM box, just one from 10/25 about tracking etc?
Quincy? Isn’t Carlo from around there?
My ole man’s peeps are from Maaaablehead

The Killer, I’d say rip but I’m not sure he’d know how lol

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:50

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You say that your grandparents are from Marblenoggin?

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 10:59

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Oro - No, that’s the one, I wasn’t sure you had seen it, all good. So your Dad hails from Mass? Nice area. Saw my first (only) shark off the Cape while on a deep sea fishing trip there. A fantastic holiday place for a kid back then, no idea now.

Dennis - Blue Note generally aligns their biggie sales around major holidays, so I would expect a big sale as Thanksgiving approaches. Sure, the prices won’t be as spooktacular….(I’ll stop. Right after Halloween…)

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 11:26

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Gotta' love Billy Milano - not for the faint of heart though. Anthrax was a great live band!

Jerry Lee and the Dead shared a few covers: CC Rider, Me & Bobbie McGee, Lovelight, Seasons of my Heart, Green Green Grass of Home, Rockin' Pneumonia, You Win Again, Muddy Waters, and more...

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 11:32

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....Anthrax is STILL a great live band. Saw them open for Slayer a few years ago. Slayer played the complete Reign In Blood album 🤘.
Sadly, they are no more.

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 16:33

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Didn't know Anthrax was still around; saw them in '87 during the Among the Living tour, great show. Caught Slayer a year later for the South of Heaven tour. Tons of great Thrash shows in the Bay Area then, hard to keep up with on top of the Dead and more.

The 5 CD Revolver is $109, vinyl, 7 EPs Half Speed masters is $188 on the Amazons. Don't think it ever needed remastering, but the outtakes would be nice.

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GD 10-11-83
GD 10-12-83
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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 17:05

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38 years ago tonight, it was Sunday night with the Good ole Grateful Dead. 2nd night of a real fun run of shows. After the show it was time for great bbq down at Everett & Jones down on San Pablo Ave. Fun tines for sure.

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Submitted by Nick1234 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 20:45

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Last five:

5 classic albums from the Doobie Brothers, Toulouse Street, Captain and Me etc. A bit of a guilty pleasure for me the Doobies, they were always sneered at by my peers in the 70s but without love where would you be right now?

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 21:16

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....so much music. So little time.
Listening to Pepper currently. A nice reggae band.

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Submitted by DeeDeeMcTrivers on Sat, 10/29/2022 - 02:51

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does anyone write about the grateful dead around here? who cares about your vacations and hockey teams.

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Submitted by Colin Gould on Sat, 10/29/2022 - 03:13

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Grateful Who?

Go Phillies

Edit: I got the DaP #44 dispatch email on 22nd but after 7 days UPS still don’t have it.

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