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    What a setlist!... Made me jealous of those who saw this era live. Great sound… like ‘77 was yesterday. @derekb192 on 10/1/77, YouTube

    Wow! Just as when you think eyes is gonna go to drums out of the bliss comes dancing! One of my all time fave moments! Not just classic 77 but classic ever dead! - @emrysdavies1215 on 10/1/77, YouTube

    ...this show was off the hook from the very get go. The Casey Jones is the best I've heard... beginning a jam that goes through each member going off on an instrumental solo. The end has them jamming so hard you can no longer hear them singing through it. Now you know you're in trouble (The Good Kind) when a show starts like that... Weirtheir on 10/2/77, Dead.net

    Holy hell, the 10/2/77 Betty Board sounds incredible... I just wanted to pay homage to this unreleased gem, which features the lovely, tight playing you'd expect of a 77 show with some of the highest audio quality I've ever heard ... What a treat. u/monsteroftheweek13 on 10/2/77, Reddit

    I told my mother I was going into Portland with friends. I never told her where I went... @jamesmoore3694 on 10/1/77, YouTube

    We know where you've been and we're taking you back with the twice as nice DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 45: PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR - 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4CDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn't pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as "fire," "mind-frying," and "crispy" (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first "Dupree's Diamond Blues" since '69 and the first live "Casey Jones" since '74.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David's video) and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • That Mike
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    Jack - That’s hilarious! One can never go wrong with a little Europe ‘72 coming from the speakers!
    Agree on the Sabres - their goaltending was their Achilles Heel in the end. If they tighten up their defence in the off season, they are a definite team going places.

    Oro - My best friend growing up became a heavy duty mechanic, and he always believed in the KISS rule on vehicles - When it comes to accessories and thingamabobs, Keep It Simple Stupid, and party every night!!

    Go Leafs Go! My youngest told me today he tried to get playoff tickets, he said the resale on resale made Taylor Swift’s nightmare with TicketBastard look like child’s play. Ticket sellers are organized crime, IMHO. All of us grew up with $6, $10, $12 concert tickets, and now, all this!!!

  • nitecat
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    Wow 48 tracks! It sure is exquisite sound. Were both 91 shows 48 tracks? I will have to relisten.

  • Oroborous
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    Sabs are toast.

    Had to purchase a car unexpectedly last year.
    Not fun. Supply and demand bs being exploited by the man: no haggling, give us a down payment sight unseen and no test drive. I ask the guy “ what if we give you this big, nonrefundable deposit, wait a month for delivery, then test drive it and think it’s not right”? But I digress. So, since you either had to wait forever, or just take what little was available, we went with one that had more upgrades then we would have normally paid for, but it did have an upgraded JBL system, which is nice, but not sure it’s worth what it cost…ce la vie.
    But yeah Mike, it was all about the phuching screen and more crap to break that you don’t need.
    But hey, I don’t get to drive it, I just paid for it lol. The other one does love now having serious XM, though she’s become addicted to yacht rock lol. I really like the jazz station, and on the rare occasion I do get to drive it, it’s nice to have the GD channel!
    GO LEAFS!

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    My last in person car purchase - I brought a copy of 5/26/72 on CD. The salesman shows me car. I open and close the door. Sounds solid enough.

    Let’s hear the sound system. I put in a CD and listen for a minute or so. I get back out.

    Ready for a test drive?

    Nope. I’ll take it.

    The Sabres are running out of time. Too little, too late.

    Beware of the Oilers and Avs. Both are hot right now.

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    Hey Nitecat and OB,

    The 91 shows were actually 48 track recordings. I remember Dave talked about this when the box was released. And yes, the 89 shows were 24. 87 was definitely not a multi track.

    Hey aren't we supposed to get a new Dave's Picks this month?

    Just heard from Rhino, #45 actually sold out in January, they just forgot to update the site.

  • That Mike
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    Warning Will Robinson!!

    Companies can make shipping errors - that is expected. I worked for a major vehicle manufacturer in my career, and the wisdom was that customers should know problems may happen - a car has 10,000 individual parts, so if .5% of them malfunction, that is 50 parts - usually it is one part, well within an acceptable margin of error. So if a company makes good on their shipping error, costs absorbed, and apologies all round, it should be good. But to do it twice, after carefully explaining to them what the problem was in the first place - that’s on them, wholly. Not someone you want to do business with. Warning Will Robinson!

    Speaking of vehicles, we just purchased a new one. Instead of the salesperson running through features of the brakes or the steering etc, it’s all about the computer screen vehicles have now. I thought I was getting a Google lesson. You are buying a laptop with wheels now. Didn’t even cover the sound system, such as it is. The last car we bought for the wife about 4 years ago, I must have been thinking out loud and said “Oh! No CD player”. The salesman gives me this look like I was a Luddite, and I swear I was going to smack him if he said “Ok Boomer”, but he just mumbled about the “new technology”.

  • Dennis
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    GarciaLive 14 Vinyl

    Well the replacement copy of GL14 came last night.

    Failed.

    As I worried, it was another Reflections album wrapped in a GarciaLive cardboard shipping sleeve!

    I gonna try for another replacement,,,, maybe. Might just send back and order one from garcia com (and hope it's the right one). I think warner/rhino has labeled the wrong album,,, might get the same results from jerry's site.

    Anyone else buy this?

    UPDATE - I guess amazon is out of stock OR they've pulled copies because I'm not the only one to complain,,, but I could only return this second copy. I've ordered a copy from the garcia site. Cost a few bucks more than amazon, but I did get a free copy of Reflections! So at this point a few bucks up I guess,,,,,, as long as the copy from jerry is the right album!

    Now we just wait :-)

  • Oroborous
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    Hey NC!
    I just watched this last WE, and yeah, forgot how much I liked it.
    The audio alone is worth the price of admission!
    Extra fun in Auro 3D immersive!
    I believe they had something like 48, 64, or 96 channels or some crazy number since it was produced with I believe ABC for some late night In Concert show or something? So typical GD got the network to pull, all the stops lol.

    EDIT: I’m referencing the 91 shows, or at least the Blu-ray, the 89 shows are multitrack 24? as all shows from summer 89 through spring 90 I believe we’re recorded multitrack for the live album that became With Out A Net.
    Still boggles my mind they haven’t released more of them! Hashtag RELEASE THE MULTIs lol

  • nitecat
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    Giants Stadium 91 Video

    Just watched this video from the Giants Box last night-wow really enjoyable. The encouraging looks Jerry gives Bruce are priceless. And the sound...awesome! I think the later shows were 24 track, yes?
    Sure sounds like it. I think I will have to revisit this box after I finish the Garden box and Dave's 45. How lucky are we dead fans? Such a bounty of audio wealth.

  • bluecrow
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    Love the Day of the Dead box, every disc is great. Was recently thinking about the box and Bonnie "Prince" Billy because along with Reuben and Cherise, BPB covers If I Had The World To Give, which was at the heart of 11/20/78, a Pick of the Day a couple of weeks ago. He also sang it live in the studio of the CBS Morning Show, the video is easily found, and it is absolutely and completely beautiful. And yesterday evening, before VGuy posted, I had sought out another Bonnie "Prince" Billy video - No Time to Cry - which is from the vinyl of Best Troubador (a Merle Haggard tribute album I think.) Learned that No Time to Cry was written by Iris Demint. Another truly beautiful song. Saw Jerry and John Kahn play Reuben and Cherise at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago July 1982. Here's to a good week ahead.

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What a setlist!... Made me jealous of those who saw this era live. Great sound… like ‘77 was yesterday. @derekb192 on 10/1/77, YouTube

Wow! Just as when you think eyes is gonna go to drums out of the bliss comes dancing! One of my all time fave moments! Not just classic 77 but classic ever dead! - @emrysdavies1215 on 10/1/77, YouTube

...this show was off the hook from the very get go. The Casey Jones is the best I've heard... beginning a jam that goes through each member going off on an instrumental solo. The end has them jamming so hard you can no longer hear them singing through it. Now you know you're in trouble (The Good Kind) when a show starts like that... Weirtheir on 10/2/77, Dead.net

Holy hell, the 10/2/77 Betty Board sounds incredible... I just wanted to pay homage to this unreleased gem, which features the lovely, tight playing you'd expect of a 77 show with some of the highest audio quality I've ever heard ... What a treat. u/monsteroftheweek13 on 10/2/77, Reddit

I told my mother I was going into Portland with friends. I never told her where I went... @jamesmoore3694 on 10/1/77, YouTube

We know where you've been and we're taking you back with the twice as nice DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 45: PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR - 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4CDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn't pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as "fire," "mind-frying," and "crispy" (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first "Dupree's Diamond Blues" since '69 and the first live "Casey Jones" since '74.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David's video) and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Chill with lambasting the sound quality of Dave's 45. If you only listen to the first two tracks (Promised Land & They Love Each Other), as Dave himself explains on the Seaside Chat, you're listening to Bob Menke's audience recording. There's no soundboard of those two tracks and Bob kindly provided his tape. Some have said that the Smith/Miller/Clugston aud (140589) on the Archive is a little better than the Menke. In any case, once you get past those two, you're hearing "recently" recovered Betty Boards from the stash of soundboards returned by ABCD Enterprises. The changeover to soundboard actually happens before the end of They Love Each Other. Check out Dave's Seaside Chat for more.

The two shows on Dave's 45's 4 CDs are great sounding once they reach cruising altitude.

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I get where you're coming from. My main complaint on sound on many DiPs and DaPs is the drums are too loud. I used to blame Mickey for being involved in the remastering, lol. But to have two shows for the price of one totally outweighs the defects, and frankly that's what the tone controls are for on our stereos. And I also applaud Dave for being brave enough to get us the two shows with an aud. patch at the beginning. Patches are something they don't do very often and only when it's worth it. Especially, these two shows are so worth it. Don't give up on it.
Cheers

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I remember getting this on cassette in the late 80s and loved both shows even if there was "some" missing. I have listened to this release several times and I love it. My question is: how is this still available? I've noticed the last few Dave's releases have been selling at a slower pace than just a few years ago. Just wondering, maybe the uptick to 25,000 units was a bit much? Anyway, have a safe happy holiday.

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