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  • #481
    hendrixfreak
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    We have a winner!!

    And the trophy goes to Oroborous for "fungal foxtrot" -- my gawd man, you should be a writer. Oh wait...

    Another story: Roy Buchanan. We first caught Roy at Carnegie Hall in spring '74 and probably caught him a dozen times across that year into fall, most often in small theaters and clubs. (See: Roy Buchanan at Town Hall 1974...) At many shows, we had purchased "seats" and we sat in them -- for about the first 15 minutes. Then a half-dozen of us would emerge from our sometimes scattered seat assignments and basically make our way to the lip of the stage. It's not a Dead show and most folks remained seated while we formed a small cluster in front of Roy. He would smile to himself. His drummer later told me that the band referred to us as "Buchanan's rabbits," because we were always "popping up" at the lip of the stage. To this day, I've got more hearing damage from Roy's Tele and Twin Reverb (maybe 75 shows, 1974-1986) than from a roughly equal number of key GD shows (1972-1992). (Key shows: RFK '72, Watkins Glen '73, Capitol Theater/Passaic '76, Englishtown '77, Red Rocks '78 and every single subsequent GD Rocks show.) Not braggin', just happy lookin' back.

    One such event featured a double bill of Roy and Boz Scaggs w/Les Dudek on slide. We were in the first 10 rows and it was so loud, no need to get closer! After both bands played, Boz, Les and Roy jammed at supersonic volumes...

    Not to mention the many times we spent the day on the east stairs at the Rocks, then dashed in to actually cop front row (one behind the actual front row, reserved for handicapped) and at one ABB show realized that we had WAY better seats than the fairly large contingent onstage in the wings.

    Basically, my life has been one dash for the front or a judicious stance near the soundboard when I wasn't working, going to school, chasing tail or poking around the backcountry. I'm semi-retired from the big shows and, looking back, pretty effin' happy with the way I misspent my youth.

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    Up Front when it was cool

    The first six or seven years we’d go up front any chance we could if it was GA and we got there early enough.
    Half the fun was hanging out with the heads all afternoon waiting for the chance for the mad dash to the front.
    We’re talking small Auds we’re up front you were often less than 10’ away from them and the stages were often only 4 or 5’ high, very intimate! And the stage sound was amazing.

    Speaking of the dash: At the 7/1/92 show that we worked production, we were on the stage when they opened the gates and it was wild watching the throng come swarming over the hill and down toward the stage at Buckeye as Healy blasted the Horse race Trumpet Fanfare lol. Like some kind of psychedelic scene from Braveheart!

    It could be physically brutal and grueling though, especially if you weren’t in the very front row on the rail, where you could sorta lean and push back against the throng. Better ventilation too. Basically, it was on the wall or nothing, with the wall being only about 4’ high.
    If you knew what you were doing, and the circumstances were right though, there was nothing like it, but nothing comes for free so it was often a long grueling day, but we were young, prepared and it didn’t really phase us, especially once we got electric!
    So early on it was all about up front. Yes the vocals weren’t as prominent but you got the golden pure unfiltered sound of their amps/speakers, and in 83 when they started using the Meyers stuff full time they’d put small monitors on the stage in a half circle pointing out to help fill in the vocals better.

    But besides the sound it was like going to school to be able to see how they played things and to check out all that marvelous gear out up close! “Oh, Finger Ease, that’s the stuff Bobs always spraying on his axe”, like going to school!

    Perhaps the best part was the eye contact. If you were really paying attention you could see them communicating non verbally and they’d pick up on if you weren’t just some stoned civilian, but could tell if you were really catching all the little things they were doing. It was like you were in the band and if they picked up on you, they’d watch you and see if you caught little things they’d toss about. They seemed to really dig folks who could properly pay attention to all this, especially if they made a mistake!
    I can still picture any of them throwing some musical little tid bit out there, and watch your reaction, and then smiling because they knew you caught it, PRICELESS!
    It was big fun to joke around between songs with them too. We used to pick on Bob about songs and Phil especially always had a good time with that!
    Sigh, those were the daze!
    BUT!!! learning the fungal foxtrot in front of the SB was pretty damn sweet too lol.
    And aw those awesome summer nights outside with a big ole moon during a hot Terrapin…
    Sigh, yep, those were the daze my friends, we thought they’d never end…

  • #483
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    Getting close...

    So apart from Watkins Glen we had partaken of the GD/ABB gathering at RFK earlier that summer, the first day. The GD went on first, I think because Jer had an Old & In the Way show in Boston that night -- that's what we heard. (He 'coptered from DC to Boston with Peter Rowan, according to hearsay.

    So a good friend who had not eaten the blotter said, "Let's go up front." Plenty of room to manuever that day. We got real close -- definitely whites of their eyes -- and several things unfolded, no longer sure the sequence. First, some Deadheads being assholes, a few miscreants were tossing fireworks around. Some genius lobs an M-80 onto the stage and it lands at Jer's feet. He used to do a little shuffle when he was jamming and, without skipping a beat, he kicks the M-80 (prior to explosion) back into the crowd with one smooth movement. When they started He's Gone, the crowd moans and boos -- the feral animals on acid syndrome. But Garcia carries it off and I think they closed the set with China-Rider. (Just looked at the Setlist Program, and that's backwards -- set closer with China-Rider, 2nd set opener He's Gone.) During China Cat I get acid-confusion. Bobby is playing a Gibson SG (I believe) and Phil is playing a big brown hollow body, but in my youth and ignorance I always associated the solid body with bass and the hollow body with a Gibson guitar -- so I'm like, wait, which one's Bobby and which one's Phil?? (I knew from photos who was who, but go figure in that "special moment"...) I said nothing, but I think my buddy realized he was leading a potential casualty around and we retreated. Also, when you're 15, although tall, you are rail thin and still getting initiated, so we did not make a habit of pressing forward. It was a foray only.

    In 1976, during their theater tour, I had something like 7th row center, 3,000 people, I could the band quite well right in front of me and discovered for the first time the buzz of the amps in the back line. I was much closer in May '73 for Old & In the Way: 3rd row, audience left, right by Jer and his banjo.

    If that's not a great way to grow up, I don't know what is.

  • #484
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    About 20 rows up at red rocks

    Is just exactly perfect. My first show 7th row middle was too close for the best sound. Got there early as HF suggested and had our pick. But it was so loud I had to sit some just to give my ears some relief. Next two times there we figured out, as Vguy notes, the balance and full bass effect was better about 20th row middle. A few rows in front the tapers section and soundboard (duh, that's why they put it there). For Brent's RR debut in '79 we got back closer to 12th row as we wanted to see the new guy and the sound was pretty darn good and it seemed the crew had figured out the Red Rocks by that third visit and how to bounce Phil off them. All my other shows were pitifully far back or to the side with McNichols '79 the worst sound of all, upper deck right side and an echo chamber. The Denver Coliseum, where I saw a few other bands, had terrible acoustics. College halls that were designed for good acoustics like C.U. Boulder's were ideal. Pin drop perfect for the Chick Corea/Gary Burton show. You could visually see the notes, no wait, maybe that was the shrooms.
    Cheers

  • #485
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    close up Newcastle May 1970

    Probably late to the party on this, just discovered on utube , lengthy (almost two hours) coverage of the Dead's May 1970 trip to England, rough cuts, casual interviews, a few tedious moments, loaded with inside looks and about 35 minutes of concert footage from 5/24: "Grateful Dead England 1970 (The Lost Film)"

  • #486
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    Seeing the whites of their eyes

    As I remember it, it was quite easy to walk up quite close to the front of the stage when the Dead played at the Rainbow, London, in October 1981. It was standing room only down there.
    I was even closer the first night on the October 1990 run at Wembley. Brilliant! Seeing people you have read about and listened to so much, for so long, at such close quarters. Prior to this night it was hard to believe that they actually existed. Nobody I knew had ever seen them, or even heard of them. Like living in a world of your own. Which, given the alternative, might not be a bad thing.
    The last night I was up the balcony to the right, and that wasn't as good. I'll never know what was me - I was high as a kite - and what was really happening. The people around me appeared to be dancing and cheering before the band came on. It was like they could hear something I couldn't. When the band did come on, the only instrument I could clearly hear was Bruce's piano. I went bombing downstairs to try and get in to the stalls, but was easily ejected and went back to my seat. The balance improved during the show - but it was an odd sound. And as I have said before, drums and space was incredible.

  • #487
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    Being really close at the Dead....

    ....only twice. Vegas '91 and Portland '95. Sound sucks up there anyways.

  • #488
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    Getting up front

    Was fairly easy early on. Then it became a headache.

    Back in 93 or 94 we decided to go to the Spring shows on Long Island. You were still able to call in for tickets back then and somehow I got right through. To the customer service rep - I need tickets for Thursday and Friday, but purchase Friday first because that will sell out quickly. Of course when she reads the first order back it is for Thursday. Annoyed, but I got 6th row. By the time she put in the Friday order, we got the farthest section back in the upper deck. That was the last time we got up real close. Of course as any seasoned head would do, we brought our Thursday stubs to the Friday show. The usher gladly showed us to our seats right up front soon after the lights went down.

  • #489
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    Pretty much gave that up around 85-86. Combo of no more GA, getting a little older, and most of all…discovered the Lysergic shuffle which requires proper floor space lol

  • #490
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    ....yup. They have changed a lot since I first saw them in 1994. People up front on the floor tend to get very territorial. Throw down huge tarps and will say they are "holding spots for their friends" and will get hostile sometimes. A lot of times I never see their so-called friends ever show up. Sad really. I don't go up front anymore.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 16:30

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That would put a stop to the practice pretty quickly.
Of course, not everybody’s going to boycott, so it won’t work.
But, you can still go to the event and wait until it starts and you might get a cheaper ticket.
Kind of like buying a paper ticket from a scalper after the show has started, but you’re doing it digitally.

Of course, even at face value the price is probably ridiculously high.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 17:56

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Like if Jerry were still alive

I wonder how much they would charge

The TS juggernaut must be otter-pocket happy over this publicity

....if you really, really, REALLY like a band/artist and wanna stick it to the man, go to the venue anyway, make sure your phone is charged and has 5G, and buy tix at showtime. You might miss a song, but you're a damn fan man!
Those bastard resellers will shed tix at face or less faster than a husky sheds fur in summer and they will take the loss. 🖕
And apparently, there are millions of Swiftys. Amazing.

I never purchased them when they were initially released. The GD store was cleaning out inventory many years ago and I bought a bunch of them. Austin 71, Denver 73, Louisville 74, the Fillmore 70 and a few others. They are actually fantastic releases. Much better than I ever expected.

Pete Rose is not the most likable person, but he certainly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. My sense is that they won’t admit him until after he passes away. Which is a shame.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 20:13

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....I remember that AJS. Got Dicks 26-30 for approx $120 back in the day.
#27 is the only officially released Welnick only that I know of. Which reminds me....12.16.92 on tap.
It's got a Shakedown.

Started off a little slow and the packaging was subpar albeit made from fully recycled, non-bleached brown paper bags. There are a few that sound a little thin, a few that sound a little fuzzy, a few where the master reels got played a few times too many and a few that sound fantastic. I think it was during this series that Jeffrey Norman found his stride. It was around this time we last time we saw Blair Jackson grace the liner notes and the artwork was mostly decent if you could see it through the fog of the brown paper. It was almost a great series.. "missed it by that much."

......but there are a few stellar classics that reached super stardom mixed in. The best has to be Valentines day 1968. Holy smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away batman. If your brain isn't splattered all over the inside of your skull, add in the bonus disc and strap in for an additional ride around the solar system, brain = cosmic debris, check. FE May 1970, Louisville '74, Big Rock Pow Wow anyone.. goosebump shit, wowwow stuff. Some of the bonus discs were more than memorable also. Man, sometimes we don't realize just how good we have it.

Now where were we.. there's got to be a 1968 banana box in here somewhere, shine that light over here Lemieux.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 21:33

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....JiminMD sent me a burnt copy of that in the mail when we first started communicating because I wasn't paying much attention to the releases at that time in the past.
Thanks Jim! It's still on my GD shelves.
Putting it in now. For first few tunes at least. No setlist written down, so playing it by ear.
Edit. An acoustic Friend Of The Devil is a grate start. 👍

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 04:59

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Dig 'em. October 1977 may have been the biggest miss, but there a couple tunes worth the price if admission (The Music Never Stops, Let It Grow). It's also nice to have the last Help/Slip/Franklin of the Godchaux era, though I don't feel it's a great performance. This one may still be available.

Jimmy, you're right on queue with the Feb '68 show. Between some misprints on the dates I read about with the bonus tracks and disc, I believe we have all of the Eagles Aud show from 1/27 as well. Probably the biggest bang for the buck, considering the lacka good1968 recordings.

Same with 1974. Jerry comes through more prominently than pretty much all of the '74 two-tracks. One of my favorite Morning Dews on there.

1978 is great just because there's do little from the Shakedown era.

Still scratching my head on why there's no 1972 Road Trips.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 05:12

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Burnt meaning an original, paid for authentic CD that was unfortunately involved in and damaged twice by fire. First a barn fire started when one of my homemade tube amps from my big boy barn system was struck by lightning and caught fire. Don't fret as the disc, although damaged, was rescued and refurbished.. I do miss my barn though. Then while driving my vespa cross country in the winter to catch those rocking Further New Years shows.. the engine instantaneously combusted while crossing a snow crusted mountain pass in the Rockies. My first instinct was fortunately to hit the eject button on the stock CD player. Alas, although the disc ejected moments before the engine explosion, my prized bonus CD still suffered serious burns from secondary flames before I was able to safely put it in it's 'protective' sleeve. It probably would have survived if they used a different sleeve material, recycled brown paper bags are not very flame retardant, in fact as I learned in the subsequent moments it's actually quite flammable. Luckily, I had a spare and gifted VGuy my burnt copy which after some scrubbing with dawn dish detergent somehow still played amazingly well. Twice burnt but plays grate, what are the Vegas odds?

I'm sure this kind of thing has happened to many of you many times over the years. More common than one would think.

As you were.

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Submitted by dmcvt on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 05:52

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Jim, your avatar well bolstered by that story... witness the DANGER sign... and now I know what the round things are on the left, souvenir tires from the vespa incident. Who else has stacks of old electrical equipment cobbled together for a time machine? They can re issue or license for re issue all the RTs they want, why not the bonus discs and for that matter, the individual Europe 72 shows, please and thanks, if any WMG Rhinos reading.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 07:57

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Ah, yes.

7 31 71 and bonus disc (part of "Summer '71")
So many others

I avoid looking at and memorizing set lists as much as possible for cosmic surprises

Hey y'all
Tomorrow is 11/19/22. Which glorious GD show happened 50 prior???

One of my two "stop effing around Dave and release these!!!" shows.

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 08:14

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Yup, you clarified awrighty! No burnt CD's around here, but several on my desk just got sprayed with morning coffee. You packed a fat novel into that single-paragraph clarification. Haaaaaa!!! Nothing to do but smile, smile, smile. . . Onward.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 08:23

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So much great music there and hard to pick a favorite but I really like 1.4 from Egypt with Love, that Got My Mojo Working! Really good. 3.3 is a classic and 4.2 from 88 is a great change of pace.

I could be wrong Jim, but I believe Blair also wrote the liner notes for Dave's Picks 1-3 and than seemed to leave the Grateful Dead world. Not sure why. Always enjoyed reading his stuff.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 08:24

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11/17/73: I’m not sure why this one hasn’t hit me yet? Now don’t get me wrong, it’s fall 73 and I like it very much, but of the few listens I’ve had…? Obviously needs more love and attention!
Great show but look at Deadbase at all it’s lofty neighbors!
I think it’s just that tour is so solid overall that it has stiff competition in the foggy crags of what’s left of my mind.
And that RT 12/6/73 disc is probably my single favorite live disc released with that monster Scary Moons Dark Star etc, phew, big medicine!

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 09:00

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Nice to see RT get a critical re-evaluation here. I have most of the releases, and even repurchased one at a used shop just to get the bonus disc paired with it (the store owner would only sell as a set, and he knew he had an addict on his hands). Standouts to me were “Egypt” (Vol 1 No 4), and the November ‘73 “Denver”.

Earlier this week, there was a lot of talk about the TicketBastard fiasco with Taylor Swift and the Swifties! A great article in my news feed today worth reading about the fans going after TicketBastard, entitled “Radicalize The Swifties”, from Slate (?) magazine. One line I liked: “But the company has never shaken a beehive quite like the Swifties. Swift’s fanbase is as rabid as they are loyal to the megastar…”
What I found most telling is that Swift, herself, has been somewhat quiet about this, and perhaps she stands to score big on this. But do you bite the hand that feeds you??

A Jazz reissue out I’m intrigued to hear, and wondered if anyone has heard it before (apparently, it was ultra rare): “Secret Sauce” by Eric Ghost. The album came out in 1975, and this guy is credited as being the guy that “invented” blotter acid, after spending time in Morocco, while stationed in the military in the 60s. He subsequently spent time in federal prison, and dropped out of site, and now the album is being reissued. Not sure if it is good or not, just found the background interesting, and wondered if anyone has ever heard it?

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 09:05

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Individual E72 shows were on sale forever. Nobody purchased them. I suspect that is why Dead.net decided to have an inventory sale.

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Submitted by Dennis on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 09:41

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Pointed out the new Dylan bootleg,,,, bastard!!!

300 bucks before first cup of coffee put down!

Then rhino had Thick as a Brick LP on SALE! (came with the "newspaper",,, my copy doesn't have)

(listening to cd version now!)

watch the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ continue to roll in.

and keep stroking caressing fluffing an ego that is its own galaxy by now.

"oh the publicity...yesss....just like that....oooohhhhhh yeeesssssssss!!!! THE DOOOOOLLLLAAAARRRRSSSSSS!!!! ALL OVER ME!!!!"

sorry...a little Covid dementia there...

still testing positive. How much longer???

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Submitted by dmcvt on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 10:08

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Did pick off a bunch back in the days when they were $20-25 here, and foolishly stopped after deciding about half the trunk was enough. Would happily back fill a few more, my appreciation for that tour has only grown over the intervening. No reason why they could not allow reissues of singles shows imho. Or downloads.

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 10:23

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Sorry Dennis, but I’m helping you build what I already think is a very bad ass music collection!! (I bought the Dylan box set, too, but on CD). However, to stay in your wife’s good books, I won’t tell you that Blue Note, Rhino, and our very own Dead.net have a huge blockbuster sale going on. Huge.

PF - There seems to be some trifecta of Covid, Flu, and RVS (I had to look that one up) going around. Take care of your health, shake that viral death germ!

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 10:41

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Hola!
I’m with you: missed out on the E72 box for various reasons…
Started to slowly purchase ala carte, mostly for the big Dark Star shows.
Wish I would have caught the “AJS sale”…
Then they went away. I was hoping they’d do a reissue for the big 50th but I guess that might have cut into their vinyl sales? Though I do have most of the shows, several ala carte, several from the good folks here in Deadland (thanks again to those kind folks), it would have been nice for collection purchases to have all official releases.
I know first world problems for sure. At least I have ALL those magnificent monster Dark Stars!!
Reminds me, need to hear more of those!
Happy Friday folks, stay warm, be safe. To my peeps back on the balmy west coast of NY, hope you have those snowblowers ready!

Howdy Mike! You guys getting in on the lake effect action up there in Canadaland?
I think Dennis should be giving you a finders fee for all the “help” you give him with his awesome collection lol

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Submitted by proudfoot on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 10:59

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Her corporation could do a GDTS type thing to sell tickets to mortals instead of using the Ticketmaster iron sausage approach.

Or maybe that's another statement from Covid dementia.

anyway...no more TS comments from me.

7/4/84 plays away

roll away the dew
roll away the dew
roll away the dew

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 11:02

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Oro - Nope, pretty well snow free here! They are moving the Bills game to Detroit, though. But I really like your idea about the finders fee, Oro! I think if I ever meet Dennis’ wife, I’ll have to introduce myself as “Oro”, because I suspect she is pretty pissed at That Mike prick for enabling Dennis to abuse the credit card! ;)

Still no sign of 44 north of the 49th.

I did the exact same thing. Bought the individual highlight shows, 4/8, 5/26, etc. It got to be expensive after a while so I just decided to sucked it up and purchase the all music only version as a Christmas present to myself.

To be honest, it is nice to have all of them, but in reality, I only occasionally listen to entire shows anymore. When I do, it is the same choices, 4/14, 5/3, etc. I did play the 5/11 Dark Star while attempting to watch the Packer Titans game last night.

Is is just me or is the video quality on Amazon Prime football games just awful?

There are some really cool photos of the snowstorm in Buffalo. A literal wall of snow just south of the city. I would post them, but you know . . .

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 11:22

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That’s ok Mikey, like Nixon I’ll take the responsibility, but not the blame! Just hope Mrs Dennis isn’t an overly angry type…with weapons!

Yeah AJS, that video quality is unacceptable! Especially since your forced to go there.
We pay for the greedy DTV NFL package but can’t chose what feed to watch, while the ridiculously cheap NHL package usually does, go figure.

Just checked out some WNY vids, my old home has 3’ already with possibly 2’ more coming. Got me a little teared up and homesick.

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Submitted by itsburnsy on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 12:11

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Good God the man has suffered enough, let him in you jerks, and while you're at do something about the cheating 'Stros.
I really liked the RT series, but I think I was the only one. If El Paso hits my speakers I fast forward, same with about half of Bobbies other songs, I'm here for the Jerry. For a while there was a bonus disc with every release, that rocked. Louisville 74, Valentines 68, Austin 71, Pow Wow 69, and of course 5.15.70. I think that was the first time they offered a subscription too, maybe towards the end. Most were excellent, just not full shows which most here didn't want, too bad, they were/still are terrific

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 12:58

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Don't forget the one you salvaged for me after your Porche caught fire. I told you not to rush ahead and buy a new one until we pulled the CD player out. It's amazing what these things can survive.

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Submitted by nitecat on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 13:58

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Carlo so sorry to hear about your dog passing. It's so hard to let a pet who is a member of the family go. We had to lose our cat a couple years ago and it was rough. We waited two years before recently getting a new kitten. You have to give it time to grieve.

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Submitted by Coryopolis on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 14:20

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Reading through some other threads, looks like delayed shipping is a common problem. But this is the first time my subscription delivery has been this late. Tell me to be more patient or something. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! I emailed customer service to inquire and was politely told that it could take 10 days to process once I got the shipping notification, which was on 10/27 (way more than 10 days ago now). UPS and USPS both still say currently waiting on package so I'm at a loss. Is this normal? Will it ever arrive? The daily mailbox disappointment is a first world problem that is surprisingly depressing.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 17:30

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#1 5/15/70, #2. 2/14/68, also like the big Rock Pow Wow from May 1969.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 18:27

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Seeing a certain ruthless blowhard take over a company and everyone leaves.

I really hope the little blue bird crashes and burns. That would be soooooo sweet.

Fritter.

Schadenfreude ist ein Freund

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Submitted by Mr. Ones on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 18:32

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Big ups to Jim, Mike(you know, THAT one), AJS, Stoltzie and others, for the reminders about Road Trips. Jim helped me by providing the only disc in the series I was unable to obtain, the Cal Expo ‘93 Bonus Disc, and it is great!!
So, I dug into my bonus disc from June ‘74(Louisville etc.), and holy frijoles, I did not remember just how mind blowing that disc is. A mighty fine Greatest Story(not my fave at all), a fine Dew( aren’t they all fine??). But after a rollicking Truckin’, the 13 minute Jam(mind blowingly fantastic) into a sweet Wharf Rat. My God, just let me die now, I’ve gone to Heaven!!
So what to follow that with?? Why, the first subscription bonus disc, and the awesomeness of a 43 1/2 minute Dark Star.
Calgon take me awayyyy……

....damn. You are old Mr. Ones lol.
It's not margarine. It's Parkay! Hey. They both suck.
Going up to cold country soon. Northern Nevada. Realized I didn't have a decent coat/jacket because Vegas. Went with a Kuhl. Always nervous ordering shirts/jackets online because i have a long torso and arms and legs.
But this fits nice. Any of you frigid temp heads familiar with that brand?
Buffalo getting hammered with what some call lightningsnow. It's a mix. Of lightning. And snow.
So many new meteorological terms I've heard in the past decade or so. Don't tell me the climate ain't changing. Zip it.

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 19:46

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Like you, I began purchasing single Europe 72 shows for $25 each. If I recall correctly some of the more popular shows like 5/26, were $30. Maybe that’s just because it was four discs. Anyway, Dead.net had a 20% off sale around the holidays one year. So, I bought the whole tour for something like $350. I think that’s when I bought all of the road trip releases as well. Shortly thereafter everything was gone.

Still no DaP44 for me either. Both UPS and the USPS blame the other one. Maybe now they’ll blame the snow in Buffalo as the cause.

So, I spun the Austin 71 road trips disc. That NFA jam is something else.

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Submitted by Patrick L on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 22:04

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I appreciate your help. Enjoy the music!

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Submitted by That Mike on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 04:53

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Went with this RT selection, did not disappoint! Scarlet>Fire is always sweet. I forgot how good this series was. I have 2 or 3 I didn’t get initially, that I’ll watch for in the market.

VGuy - not familiar with Kühl gear, but looked it up, nïce! Very nïce!

same done for Euro72 shows, shows with Dark Stars came first... but that left out too many TOOs... happy camper to have about half the trunk on the shelf. Just two inches of heavy wet snow here on the east coast of Vermont a couple days ago but its cold cold cold. Takin' off my sailin' shoes. That Neon Park album cover with cake on a swing is on display in the music library. Killington has been pumping out snow for a big competition, opened to the public as have many other ski mountains this weekend. Melt down in the valley, weather people showing how lake effect plume dumping feet in western NY stretches all the way over to VT border. Feel sorry for those folks too much too soon like winter. This weekend, will have to fondle the RT collection, truly some outstanding stuff there. That Hard to Handle on RT1.3 bonus disc (from 8.6.71) one of my BOATs, Jerry on fire.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 08:37

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FALL 73 BABY!
And thanks for the 11/17/73 nudge. Broke out much of that for beery night session.
Forgot how amazing that jam sequence is! The songs just melt into each other!
Too damn funny: how many times does one of us go “sheeoott, forgot how good that one is” lol
We are truly a spoiled bunch! But that doesn’t mean we don’t want 2 boxes a year and 5 Dave’s lol
Hup, hup, nothing to it but ta do it…

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 10:05

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Proper. Hamburg, our old home with over 6’ and more coming, Orchard Park, the next town over and where the Bills play, has 77” so far…almost makes me homesick…almost!

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Submitted by That Mike on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 10:40

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Oro - I took the dog down to the lakefront park where I live, and I look across the lake towards the Western NY area, and cannot believe they may be getting buried under 4 feet of snow by the time this is over, an area I can see on the horizon, while I have a neighbour raking up leaves, absolutely no snow here. It is too weird! It is a Bermuda Triangle - Northern Edition.

Going to the Denver ‘73 RT next! I think Jim threw RT out there, so glad he did. A good series with some great highlights. Packaging? Well,…

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Submitted by Deadheadbrewer on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 12:49

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My spreadsheet comments read:
D1: Whoa
D2: A++/the best hour of Dead EVER?!
D3: Great, just great.
Great sounding show. Amazing.

I must've enjoyed it! :) When I'm turning people on to the GD, or when casual fans ask for a REALLY hot show, I often send them THIS one.

Be kind, rewind.

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Submitted by Mr. Ones on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 12:59

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VGUY, I knew somebody would catch that reference. Old, you’re damn right, and proud of it!! Just happy to wake up each day. I’m keeping the Road Trips rolling today. Now that some yard work is done, I’m taking Jim’s John Deere time machine back to Feb. ‘68!!
From there, who knows. I know one thing:

Music is the Best!!

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 11/19/2022 - 17:56

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....oh yeah. It's in the Road Trips.
Vol 4. No 4. Spectrum 4.6.82. Benjamin Franklin told me so.
It's a revival y'all!!
It's got a Shakedown and a Dew.
Let It Shine.
Nice John Deere reference Mr. Ones.
Jim only borrows it out for crypto. Oopsie.
I have weed and shrooms and some peanut butter flavored whiskey. Deal?
Hand me the keys. I'll even detail it.

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