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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

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June 29, 2020 - 9:06am

#6661

Deadheadbrewer

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Great stories, people!

You really made my coffee break Grate! (of course, if I've done no work yet today, is it really a "break"?)

I haven't really listened to much June '85, other than the TTATS show (the 24th), but it sounds like I need to . . .
June 29, 2020 - 7:53am

#6662

DeadVikes

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Dave's 31

Dave's 31 it is!

Thanks Otis.
June 29, 2020 - 7:45am

#6663

Thats_Otis

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Warming up the Chocolate Spot...

... sounds kinda dirty when you put it that way, Oro... :)

Rock on!

Peace
June 29, 2020 - 7:09am

#6664

Oroborous

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Otis

31, bring it!
Glad we got that Chocolate spot all warmed up for ya!
June 29, 2020 - 6:12am

#6665

Thats_Otis

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@ Oroborous, DeadVikes, etc.

Thanks, my man! I think it sounds pretty sweet - especially that Shrine 67 LP release, played LOUD!

Your Hershey story is great! Really wish I would have been around during those times! I would have partied right down in the mud with you!

Not the same, but my first Phish show was at Hershey in 96. We too found a spot directly in front of the soundboard, figuring that it had to sound good there. To this day, my friends and I refer to that area at shows as "The Chocolate Spot."

DeadVikes, everything's a-ok on this end. Thanks for the thoughts!

So, are we on for Dave's 31 today?

Peace
June 28, 2020 - 9:31pm

#6666

DeadVikes

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Otis/Oroborous

Good to see you back in the loop. Hope all is well. New system is always exciting.
I am willing to give Dave's 31 another try. Haven't listened to it since last year.

Took out Good old Dave's 25, the BINGHAMTON NY 77 show. Some of these shows keep getting better with each listen.
Oroborous, you are a wild man. What a ride!

Be well folks. I have heard rumblings in other pages about big announcements coming. Don't know about that but we do know Dave's 35 will be announced in July. Maybe they will give Oroborous an 85 pick?
June 28, 2020 - 9:27pm

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Vguy72

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6.28.85 Hershey Park....

....another one of my first tapes. Bird Song-> Comes A Time -> Deal. A rare Garcia trifecta to end the first. Music Never Stopped-> Tom Thumbs to open the second. How do you guys keep bringing up my first loves? And why does this band keep following me?
Here's kind of a story. I tripped balls listening to this tape in 1989. That's all I got.
June 28, 2020 - 7:19pm

#6668

wilfredtjones

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Hershey

You know it's on Dave's radar as he has played some of it on 30 Days in past years. Good show and one of my first tapes. Keep the stories coming! :-)
June 28, 2020 - 5:16pm

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Oroborous

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6/28/85

So after basically staying up for 2 days at SPAC, we finally pack it up and hit the road the next day. I believe it was a rainy, gloomy day most of the day. But that didn’t stop our idiot patrol from basically racIng at high speed through the fine but conservative state of Pennsytuckey, where they were one of the last to let go of the 55 mph laws, and back then there usually wasn’t much tolerance. So 2 cars of totally raging nutknicks, with probably enough cargo to keep us detained for decades, thought it’d be a good idea to race at speeds up to 90!, Idiots!.....yes, one car had a radar detector, but in those days smart cops would wait for some nut traveling high speed and click it on when they had ya dead nuts.
Luckily, all was well and it was one more “miracle” as we earnestly pursued our quest for “too much of everything is just enough”, aaaa, never considered back then maybe Bob was being sarcastic? Lol
So we roll on into Chocolate town late and all beat up. I’m guessing we grabbed some kind of drive through, but not sure and as we were hardcore vegetarian then, perhaps we thought we’d grab something there? It’s all such a blur, I do recall the lot we were in had no or little Shakedown action going on. That still wasn’t in full flight anyway, and don’t recall much there, so maybe we drank our supper? I know I scored some Carlsberg Elephant beer, and believe I may have finished it, though that is a tall order even under good conditions so perhaps not. I’m sure I put in dent in it at least! So, that and the last of one z of veggies, though the tricky part was it was mostly just powder and scraps and so no normal produce to properly gage etc, which would turn out to be a tactical error...
So it’s late, we’re tired, but tweaked, perhaps no dinner, and of course it’s horrible out. Dark, rainy, and cold is usually not how you want to do your Dead. Eventually we get in perfect time, slip right in front of the SB and try to make the best of the situation. Well I had a shirt, a black baseball jacket, and the electric Buffalo Hyde, but even still it was damp and cold at first. Eventually, when things started to take hold and we started boogieing, we began to warm up a bit.
Meanwhile, the set list is awesome, but the conditions, which necessitated all the stage and PA speakers being covered in plastic (there was no stage lid) thereby severely effecting the audio. It’s was such a weird show that way, loved the little “stadium” and the nice audiophile stereo set up, with surrounds, great set list, mostly good playing, yes JGs vocals are a little ruff in the first set, but you have to cut some slack as it was terrible, I mean depending on the wind/rain they were getting rained on playing electrical instruments! Weird indeed, but like so many times in adverse conditions our heroes seemed to rise to the challenge. Thus the playing was perhaps more relaxed, steady and together and not forced like the previous night. Really, besides JGs vocal issues in the first, its a top notch show!
The second set really starts to take it higher with stellar versions of Music Never Stopped, Terrapin, Miracle and one of the best Dews I’ve ever seen! I think I saw about 14 or 15 Dews and when I think about Dews I’ve seen, this one is the one I always think of first! Rocking Stones/NFA with a spirited Day Job. I liked Day Job, but by now it was getting a tad old, and was a disappointment for this show considering how high it was at that point. A She Belongs or Baby Blue would of been a perfect Cherry on top, but perhaps that’s being greedy?
Now since the weather was such a factor, we must discuss that and how it influenced this show. The second set starts out with their “signing in the rain” as Bob says, and it’s a good’n! Next they slowly slid into an unusual sounding Tom Thumbs which I had never heard yet, and wasn’t even sure at first what it was, but hey, it was Phil so that’s all I needed to know! Good but perhaps truncated Estimated, followed by an awesome Terrapin. So as the set started to progress, so did the weather until (I think?) around Estimated it really started to clear up and they started pulling the plastic tarps down. It was almost like you could immediately hear it get better after each one was removed. Eventually by about Terrapin, they tarps we’re gone, the moon and stars were out, and Healy started increasing the volume and tweaking the mix. I remember we were goading him to turn it up, and man eventually he sure did!
As the night wore on it began to warm up a bit too. But as you’ve heard this scenario, or been there yourself, many times I didn’t feel quite high enough so what the hell, one more time with the powder veggie crumbles just before drums......hee-hee....you know, “I’m not feeling it?” and then...Dooah!
So the problem with those baseball jackets is they don’t really breath and the electric Buffalo Hyde was thick plastic. We didn’t have all the nice technical outer gear we have now, or at least WE didn’t. I could barely afford the free plastic one from the old mans work.
Well a perfect storm mounted; little or no food, Elephants, veggies etc, no sleep, excess everything and underlying exhaustion, with me starting to overheat due to the above and dancing with that plastic shell on. Things were going unbelievable well, and partly influenced by the very recent passing of my Grandfather, during Dew, things peaked musically, the sound, the night, the stars, emotionally etc etc until I had one of the most powerful musical/emotional/psychedelic peak experiences of my life. Perhaps my all time GD moment, it was that powerful. But what goes up must come down and just like that the radiator blew and that last handful of shroom dust fully kicked in and somewhere in Throwing Stones, right during ashes, ashes all fall down, well.....I say i didn’t really fall down, it was more like an immediate realization that if I don’t sit down rapidly, I’m going down! LOL, so one way or another, depending on who you believe, I end up down in the soft, cool mud until near the end of the song, but I swear just as I tried to get up I knew it wasn’t going to happen, so right on que again I go back down. My friends to this day always bring up my perfectly coreographed “Dance moves” above all else that happened on this tour..35 years later and it’s still “ashes, ashes, Pedro falls down” !
That would of all been well and good except things were very strange and weren’t wearing off, and I was barely functioning. I never would of found the car etc If not for my homies. Honestly all I remember is them pulling into a Wendy’s or something, but I just sat in the car with my face literally stuck to the window and crackled! Zzzzttttt. I really thought I had finally fried some essential circuits and thought this time I really did it. At some point I snapped out enough to find some kids in another car staring at me with a look of concern if not fear. Luckily, the boys finished up and came out and got us outta there. Somewhere near the state line we finally grabbed a motel as we all had had more than enough rain and adversity. Plus the next day was off and the drive short. I remember they propped me up in bed and I just sat and crackled and worried. Eventually I slept and though I felt better the next day, I didn’t feel normal and don’t recall much except when we got to Merriweather and found a good spot just over the creek, right next to the path, in some trees, on the way to the big parking lots to the right of the venue. But now it was nice and I was feeling more normal so not so freaked out. I also remember going to a nearby sorta plaza with an upscale liquor store where I scored my first sixer of EKU 28 ever which was awesome!
So now we’ve moved beyond the insanity of TOGA, the adversity and majesty of Hershey, and ready for perhaps the best overall show of the tour on 6/30/85....

EDIT: Otis, congrats on the stereo. All that matters is if your happy with it. After all the specs and hyperbole etc, no matter how big, small, expensive etc, in the end, that’s all that counts!
June 28, 2020 - 4:14pm

#6670

Thats_Otis

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@ Bob T and Pick for Monday

Nice rec for the TDIGDH 6/28/76 show! I'd never heard that one before, and it is pretty sweet. The "Happiness is Drumming" is certainly a highlight!

I have been out of the loop for a bit - trying to deal with some personal stuff on my end, and I just kind of lost track of things around these parts. I hope to be able to participate more going forward.

To that end, how about a pick for tomorrow, Monday 6/29? I am thinking Dave's 31 - 12/3/79 Uptown. I feel like this pick got a short shrift on the DaP page, but I remember being very happy with it, though I haven't given it a proper listen since it first came out. What do you all think?

One positive thing that I have accomplished since I've been away has been the set up of my first component stereo system. I don't know if it compares to all of your "big boy" systems, but it certainly feels BIG in my little row home! Looking forward to playing it LOUD tomorrow when the wife goes to work.

Peace

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

Setting the controls....

....for 10/24/72.

Got on a side trip today and hit 2/19/71 (Three From the Vault) and 2/21/71 (WMD50th). I tossed in half of 2/20 for good measure but the other two sounded better. Go figure. It was beautiful here, I spent my day outside getting shit done but with good headphones and quite the little getting shit done outside system. I even have a big ass tube amp for my headphone system. It rocks, lossless wireless and works basically in the whole yard except for a few nooks and crannies where the digital gnomes take over.

A tip of the hat to our resident 71 in chief.

4/2/73 Dave's #21

Still delivers Jim. Good idea. One of the best sounding Dave's that has been released to date. Jerry was just on fire for this show. Top five China Rider, maybe even top three for me. I will say, I still can't listen to You Ain't Women Enough. Never really liked this in the mix. What a first set, close with a Playing that just puts me at ease. Great Stella Blue, HCS, Eyes, Sugar Mag, Casey Jones, JBG and We Bid you Good Night. And I believe this was the first Dave's courtesy of ABCD LLC.

Okay, hopefully those shipping notifications will start arriving soon.

10/24

I only saw soundboards for the second set (hoping I didn't miss something), so that's what I hit this morning. I had some straight forward work issues to contend with, this was good for the task.

Nice flow they got going during The Other One suite with a nice Philo Stomp squished between the layers. Got to give it to Phil for pushing some of these thematic themes along during this period. Collectively, they raise the bar in pre-hiatus sound. They shine.

7/1/73

Universal Amphitheatre - last show of a nice 3 show run. Got one of those dreamy jazzy Playings.

Looks like 12/16/78 got sort of swept down river.

On the road so not much listening. Solid start to 2023 Dave's with the two '77 Portland shows.

Take care everyone.

73

I'm in, but for tomorrow.

Edit: Sorry bluecrow. I did overlook 12/16/78. I bet I can fit that in tomorrow though. My calendar has a little more room than it did a week or so ago. Honestly.. one of the things that kept me busy when this came up was time on the river, so yea.. it got swept down the river. Beautiful fall colors and copious amounts of water have been keeping me busy.

73 and 78

Sorry Bluecrow, I did que up the audience of 12/26/78 last week but got delayed as I am dealing with some emergency home owner stuff this last week. Hoping to continue that show soon and add that 7/1/73 show to the list as well. Thanks.

Not that it matters

But 7/1/73 was a Bolo pick back when…
Don’t think we’ve done 6/29 or 6/30 though so I got those going trying to straighten out the garage now that Winter is here I guess : (

A Bolo pick?

that's like last century

not that I would have recognized that as a Bolo pick at this point, but guess I'm in good company

that whole Universal Amphitheatre '73 run would make a super nice mini box. of the lesser known shows of late Spring into Summer, still rooting for a Des Moines 5/13/73 release. I do think we'll get some, maybe all of Kezar, RFK, and Watkins, this year.

yep sorta felt like winter driving back today north of Cuba, NM, nice hit of snow for a few miles. Started out the drive pre-dawn with 3/10/81 from the MSG box. Didn't quite click, probably a reflection of the car audio. Transitioned to actual CDs of Dick's Picks #1 from Curtis Hixon. 12/19/73. And damn, as we all know, that is one very fine release. Really cool that Dick went to a show that was completely off the circulation radar at that time. Just one sweet song after another. Exquisite sonic weirdness transitioning out of The Other One into Stella Blue. As others have said, would love to have full show release of both this and the previous night.

73

Howdy BC.

I recall 7/1 being pretty good, and these other two were awright.
I’d call them average, for 73 that is. (I’d say the bar is pretty high)
The 30th is on Dave’s list so ya know that one will get out.
That’s the problem with 73, there’s still so many killer shows that you almost hate to “waste” a pick on an “average” show, if that makes sense?
2 Danes, 2 or 1 Fla., 2 RFK, Kezar, Stanford, and that’s just off the top of my pointy little head!
Still some good other spring and summers too!
So at the rate their trickling them out, chances are some really good shows are not going to make it!
If he continues for 8 more years, that’s 32+ DaP shows plus say five per box set average, so that’s another 40? Let’s say 80 more shows…taken from thirty years that leaves A LOT of of great shows stuck in the vault?
Why, why would they not capitalize on selling more product? I guess their making plenty as is, and like all things it’s all about money…

7/1/73/& 12/16/78

Glad you are keeping the list OB. My memory is not that good to recall all the past picks from the last 2.5 years.

7/1/73 is still good. Not too many low lights in 73, but some are definitely better than others.

12/16/78, pretty good audience recording. Nice Sugaree to open. Always enjoy a Stagger Lee.

Solid second set, Scarlet Fire, nice He's Gone. Good show.

Would love to see more releases OB, not sure they will be tweaking the format, but I think we would welcome it.

Was looking at Dave's #11 today and yes, we have definitely hit this before.

Any of you receive your shipping notifications yet? Still nothing for me.

Tracking

Yep DV, got a number but it hasn’t really started moving yet.
Daves 11, haven’t spent much time with that one since a nice person here turned me on.
I’ll try and get that in, sometime…still not much Dead and what little I’m hitting has been all box, which I’m loving!

FORMAT: I think they should up Dave’s to 5 a year, keep the other normal stuff, but starting with 73 pick like the 10 best shows from the year, and put a no frills box out. Then 10 for say 84 next year since there’s not that many 74s left which usually get out via DaP etc. Then since only one 75 which you’d think would be used for Allah 50th, you go 85. Then 76, then do we really need 10 more 77s on top of all that get regularly released? So say 87, 2028 78 etc…

Double shot!

2 for 1 special!

11/17/72

Nice little package on that one!
Wasn’t going deep, but it seemed to sound pretty good too.
Need to hit this again!

Love the Double Shot

Love the Double Shot OB!
Dave's #11.
Yes, I am a big fan of this release. Sound quality is so good. Not a long show, but it has a lot of high lights. Bird Song, Box of Rain, good to hear it again but it got better in early 73. Love the early 70 versions of Brokedown Palace. Really good Cumberland, He's Gone, Truckin, the Other One!

I love, love, love, Halloween!

Happy Halloween, tricksters!!!

Pick Of The Day: SUNY @ Stony Brook, October 31 1970

We all know that the Fall 1970 shows weren’t officially recorded, yet some recordings do exist. A few are fragments, a few are flawed, and then there’s Stony Brook. Two nights, two shows each night, NRPS opened, beautifully recorded, all very nicely remastered by the talented Mr Miller.

OK yes, a bit short, and they don’t blow us away with the kinds of crazy things they played at the Fillmore in September and the Capitol Theater in November, but this is a very good look at the Dead at the time, and gives us at least a hint, a fleeting glimpse, of their greatness at the time. Plus, you get two versions of Hard To Handle in one night!!!!

This has a casual, unhurried, even conversational feel, more akin to stoner Americana than big jam San Fran. For those with open minds, a very rewarding listening experience!

Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves…………

Rock on!!

Doc
For me, Halloween is year-round. But my Halloween is the real Halloween - dealing with the real dead……

Doc, I will see your 10-31-70

and I will raise you with 10-31-91. Such a wonderful show, with both a Help>Slip>Franklin's and a spacey Let it Grow in the first set but set 2 is the stuff that Halloween is made of. A real good Scarlet into a Fire on the Mountain, good stuff then out comes Gary Duncan and they head off into Spoonful into Dark Star with that Rap from Ken Kesey eulogizing Uncle Bobo into Drums>Space>Dark Star that spills out into The Last Time. In my listening experience, in these later years, if there is a Last Time outta Space, it means this might be the last time you ever hear such wonderful music. Standing on the Moon might be the best version ever and the Not Fade away is real cool. Encore...Werewolves of London what else? enjoy and thanks Doc for your recommendation, it's a good one too.

Halloween Shows

Don't forget 10/31/80, the last night of the RCMH run.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.........

I will see your 10/31/91 with a 10/31/69, raise you a 10/31/84, double dog dare ya with a 10/31/85, and triple dog dare ya with a 10/31/71. Take that!!!

Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly..........

Rock on,

Doc
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized..........

10/31/69 San Jose State

This show would make a great release.

Happy Halloween Doc!

Always good to 'see' ya. As usual, your show recommendations and way with words are spot on. Enjoy the fun!

Chocolate coated mushrooms anyone?

Spooktacular! 🎃

I’m familiar with that great 91, the magnificent 71, and the fun 85!
Not sure bout the rest, will have to check some of those out…
Duh, obviously familiar with 1980 also…

EDIT: 84 and 70 checked/dug.

Tapers...

has a chunk of that BCT 10-31-84 in today's selection.
And keep your fingers off my Butterfinger. Happy Halloween!
Cheers
Oro, PM for you please. Thx.

11/2/77

A show that is spread, in part, over Dicks Picks 34 and Daves Picks 12 as bonus tracks. The Lazy Lighthing-Supplication", tacked on to the end of the 3rd cd of Dicks Picks 34 is a highlight.

World Series

A Deadhead is obviously in charge of the commercial break music. Most between-innings tunes feature a snippet of sound from the GOGD.

Baseball and Grateful Dead...as it should be.

Bolo

Good to hear from you Bolo. Yes, good to hear a little estimated prophet tonight and shakedown and foolish heart last week. I missed most of the game last night as I was at MUATM. Great time. Good to be back.

Doc

That's a straight flush of Halloween shows, love that 85 show, will check out that 69 show today. thanks again for the great recommendations.

4/14/72

In honor of the MUATM selection, I was thinking about hitting the other Copenhagen show from 4/14/72.

100 years ago

King Tut's tomb was opened. 45 years ago the Grateful Dead played one hell of a show. The Jones gang preserved for us on Dave's 12. Check it out if you haven't in a while, or for the first time, only time cold rain>eyes>estimated>TOO played. 4-11-77 is my pick for today.

4/11/77

I am playing the November 1977 shows that have been officially released on Dicks and Daves at the moment - and very entertaining they are too. Razor sharp guitar from Jerry-you can almost see sparks coming out of his amp. Does 4/11/77 taper off a bit in the last quarter, though? From Iko Iko on, either me or the show seems to lose steam a bit.

Picks

Is this thing on?

4/14/72 good show, I think 4/17/72 might be a little better.

I have to admit the long dragged out Pig Pen Good Lovin's don't always do it for me. They seem to drag on way too long.

Hope you are all enjoying #44. I am still waiting on mine as it hasn't left CA yet.

Anyone have a pick out there? WTJ, Jim? Bueller?

Orphaned Stepchild

Sorry, been travelling a bit and when home, well the weather here has just been fantastic, sunny and in the upper 70's well into November in the mountains? 11 years ago this week we were without power and under 2 1/2 feet of hurricane snow and ice from Hurricane Sandy. I'll take sunny and 77 over hurricane snow any day of the week.

So how about the orphaned stepchild from the Winterland 73 Box Set, 11/9/73, the warmup Winterland show. It has a rare second set To Lay Me Down (the first one since 9.20.70 Fillmore East), a China>Rider PITB to close out the first set and a sweet Weather Report Suite, Eyes>China Doll in the apex of the second set.

Plus, I have it handy so it's easy for me plug and play.

A mildly famous show that's somehow off the beaten path at the same time.

11/9/73 Winterland

11/9/73, what a great show, and what a great box set. Winterland 73 box, is in my top 3 of all box sets released. #1 Fillmore West 1969, #2 Europe 72, and #3 Wintertland 73.

11/9/73

Jim. 11/9/73 sounds great to me. Thanks for the pick.

Enjoy that weather out there. Did you get Dave's #44 yet?

DaP 44

Not yet.. or I likely wouldn't have picked a 3 1/2 hour show..

Not to worry, it will arrive exactly when it's ready, not a moment early, not a moment late.

Winterland 73 Box

Thanks for bringing it up, think I’ll do the whole thing later this week into the weekend.
On my 3rd pass through DaP44, sounds good and Cumberland just started.

Finished 11.9

Midway through 11.10. I had forgotten just how psychedelic that PITB is. It ranks right up there with any crazy Dark Star from the era.

I finished the first set early in the afternoon and stepped out to run an errand. The China Rider Playing to end the set was just fantastic. Today's show on Satellite Radio was 5.21.74 Seattle with that amazing 47 min PITB. So I fire up the truck just as that 47 min beast started. Two stratospheric PITB's back to back and I was plenty mood enhanced. It's going to take some time to remember how to walk, talk, drive, dress myself and eat without incessant drooling.. but rest assured I will be back to norman before you know it.

Where A Man's Heart Is, There Is His Treasure Also..............

Mornin', rockers................

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid..............

It appears that a hidden treasure has recently leaked out---the Carousel shows from June 8 and 9, 1968. OK, it's fragmented, and incomplete, but it's choice primal Dead. Anybody who needs/wants, you know where to find me...........

One of Bear's fall 1972 recordings is already out----one of the Boston Music Hall shows from September. Excellent quality. So yes, those appear to be in there. Let's all sign the HF petition and get that Fall 72 box put out...........

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind........

Rock on,

Doc
If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.........

11/9/73

Funny, when you haven't listened to a show for a while and you go back to it and you think damn, this is so good. We are a lucky bunch to have the riches of so many shows.
Jim, yes, that Playing to end the first set really hits it. The whole show is so strong. Love the HCS, To Lay Me Down is beautiful. Great Big River, Half Step. Is there anything better than a WRS into an Eyes? That first couple of cords of Eyes, melts away the stress. Great finish!
Good reminder Jim.
I think Bolo was at this show?

I may join you on 11/10/73.

Patiently Waiting

..for 44. In the meantime I am plowing forward with Winterland '73. I didn't give it any thought when I picked 11/9, but these are anniversary shows. Ooops.

Winterland 73

These shows are so good, I need to listen to them more often Jim.

11/10 keeps the mother rolling.

Maybe OB will join back in on these?

Winterland '73

who knows, maybe even bluecrow will join back in

been in the backcountry a whole lot last month and a 1/2 so dedicated listening at home only a handful of days every 2 weeks. Winterland '73 where "momma hides the cookies" top shelf run and box set. Haven't done a back to back to back run through in maybe forever but like a moth to a flame I'll see what I can hit. Disc 3 from 11/11 was on constant rotation for months one winter for late night drives to and from project area in the canyon country outback. Gonna point out once again another release from a month later that has held that late night position lately - 12/19/73 Tampa DP 1. So freaking good.

take care all. onward!!

Sorry, not available

Lol, I was just going to post only that lol.

Ive had no time for any music lately.
Going through bureaucratic greedy hell.
Kid backed into my car while it was parked.
Simple fender bender…nope, greedy ins fuckers trying to steal a perfectly good car.
And of course, that kooont Murphy, all this at the worst possible time.

But if I get a chance this WE, I’ll try to fire up some of that.

I feel your pain Oro

Neighbor did that to me and never paid my $500 deductible.
Didn't know I could have taken him to small claims court.
Dent the size of a basketball on an easy fender to fix still cost $1700!
Insurance is a legalized racket! They "totaled" my wife's car.
We got it all fixed but now have a "salvage" title, would be harder to sell.
"Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning" - Neil Young
Cheers
Digging out the Winterland 11-10-73 today.

Edit: On that automotive theme, they busted the biggest nationwide ring leader in the selling of "hot" catalytic converters schemes. Huge fines, jail time, even had to forfeit his pricey cars bought with the ill-gotten gains. YES! Proudfoot should be happy about that one.

Legalized Crime

Yep 1stshow, that’s what it is, legalized crime!
Totaling a car that’s ten years old, but barely broken in with mileage 43% below national average.
The way I use it, the car would have lasted another ten years at least!
At my age I don’t need to buy a new car just to go to nasty construction sites where it will get dinged etc.
I’m just trying to limp through a couple more years ffs.
The really messed up part of all this is the only reason I’m even still doing this is Health Insurance!
So that’s 2 perfectly good cars, a 3 year old sink, and literally now a 5 year old washing machine in the last 5 months!
Perhaps this why folks are so angry all the time?
Fuck me, at this rate I’ll never get to retire : (

EDIT: they outta let PF and HF in the room alone with a couple of those scumbags! Beat them senseless with aCC.

Good Luck Oro

Insurance (in general) - some times it screws you over and sometimes it saves your butt. Been on both sides of that coin.

One regret over the years was that I hesitated changing companies (across the spectrum - auto, home, health) even when signs pointed to the getting screwed over side of that coin. Cost me a whole lot of money in premiums for substandard coverage.

so 12/19/73 bringing it again in BC world - sometimes you start peeling back an onion you thought you already knew and then you just got to listen to it again and again as each new layer amazes.

Bluecrow/OB

Hey Bluecrow,

Good to hear from you, of course everyone is always welcome, the more the merrier.

Sounds like you have an interesting occupation.

Hey OB, sorry to hear about that issue for you, not fun. Hope it all works out.

And 12/19/73 will be added to the list.

Thanks guys, hope you all have a good weekend.

Started snowing here a little bit tonight.

Winterland '73

just being a goofball DV, I mean I was here on POTD from day 1 and it was an island of fun and goodness in a sea of serious trouble, but nowadays don't have as much listening ability or time and obviously not posting all that regular at some times though I check in just about every day if I have cell service. Just returned this fall to the work I was doing pre-covid. has me outdoors. good for the body and mind. had to switch lanes as to work for about 3 years. Will try to get to some of the Winterland '73 run next few days. Had a good "deep forest" listen early this morning on the new Dave's from Autzen. Sweet memories of that weekend. Still remember that jam in Uncle John's - it was like I was surfing a big beautiful wave of music coming from Jerry's guitar, locked in, simply amazing.

take care everyone, enjoy the weekend. and again special good luck to you Oro on the insurance debacle. hopefully it gets resolved cleanly for you

Thanks to all!

Positive vibrations Mon!

Gonna sooth the ole battered soul with some of that gooey WL 73 this WE.
Sheeeooott, still have only heard 44 once, so there’s that too.
And yaaassssss BC Dicks 1 has always been top tier in that realm (nice RJ reference btw ; )
Deep Forest listening, sounds amazing. If I ever won the lottery, I think I would build some kind of fantastic deep woods stereo set up: all the gear in a hidden vault below, with a chair and speakers that rise up when you need them, and down to protect them when not in use. Preferably a Meyers system lol.
Press a button or 2 on your phone and the chair and speakers rise into place and pick a show and go!

But good to see ya BC, and I’m in the same boat with no proper listening time. So need to utilize the WE for strong medicine!

Well DV, I am truly worried about the big game mañana. Perhaps I shouldn’t have said go VIKS so much lol, cause their going awright. And now with Jah Shalin out….No Bueno! We are so banged up now. It’s kind of weird that people who spend their lives being in top physical condition (supposedly), that there can be so many injured? I think it’s not just us, but like the hole league? Anywho, hopefully it’s at least a good game, the refs won’t muck it up, and may the team that deserves it wins!
Onward Amigos!
Mucho Garcias!

Sorry for your woes Oro....

Grab 20 or 30 Catalytic Converters and you can finally afford that new car/truck you've always wanted. Get an extra 10 and you can be pimping it with hifi.

Just saying, Proudfoot will happily put you up for a week in the land where the getting' is good.

Back to Winterland 73. I finished the whole run in sequence probably for the first time in a decade or so. Some really creative stuff there. Wowwow Grateful Dead music. Fall 73 is a ok with me.

Hey Rocky.. watch me levitate Garcia (that trick never works)

Best of luck Oro..

Top Shelf

I got the RJ reference from you of course : )

A secret deep forest music system sounds great. I was in the "deep forest" of my mind of course, sorta referencing the fact that I think the 44 cover art has that magic forest glade inside Autzen (from what I see). And I was trying to find that space again like it felt at that show. That second set was something else. Opening with that laid back Eyes had me in a complete what is happening moment. Was not aware that had happened in the Spring. And the Crazy Fingers out of the thunder of LLR. And the Uncle Johns with the big wave jam. I was ALWAYS a D>S head. Wheel was super special for me and my girl. Even Jerry's jam out of Miracle is simply another level given what that song normally was at that point. He's flying right into the heart of the sun of Morning Dew.