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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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    Farming It Out

    They must be simply farming out the product.
    They could choose to have better vendors if they wanted to.
    Likely why everything costs so much. Double mark-ups.
    The vendor doubles his cost, then the "store" doubles that.
    More typical for fashion or jewelry at retail.
    But whoever is choosing what selection is offered is at fault in the end.
    Back to regularly scheduled programming.
    Cheers
    Playing DiP 29 today. The only 6 disc Dick's Pick: 5-19,21-77. Two shows + bonus material that matches up with the later RT 1, vol. 2 from 10-11-77 Norman OK.

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    The store....

    ....I've purchased a few tees from it. No more. They fade fast. My Workingmans 50th is barely legible after a dozen washes. Same with the Dave's Bonus tee with the crow. Hey now!
    I have some Liquid Blue tees from the '90s that are holding up better.
    Shame on you dead.net. Shame. On. You.

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    How bout the Fire on the Mountain flame throwing fire starter, a nice Pig Pen wife beater shirt (his face on front), Ground Score water resistant satchel (for upon scoring that 8 ball of blow you found on the floor on your way out the GA show, you now have a safe place to stash it), Wall of Sound headphones: they make whatever crappy gear your using sound like the wall, using special state of the art technology utilizing your head cavity via AI tech that accurately replicates the sound and sensation of a JBL 15” speaker resonating in your scull, and hey…”it’s not a purse, it’s a satchel”

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    Where's the fucking axe?

    Asked Jack Torrance in The Shining.

    Are you channeling Jack Nicholson, Dennis?

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    Might As Well get one of those plaid hunting caps with fur lining.

    Except instead of plaid it will be tie dye, and instead of fur it will be organic cotton, and instead of a hunting cap it will be called a cosmic mushroom foraging hat that your wear while whacking mushrooms with the cosmic axe.

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    These have been around for a while. (2008 or earlier?)
    The stupidest thing is you wear them over your ears.
    Why would you tuck your ears under?
    Pretty sure even a few pro golfers wear them.
    And of course one must leave on the holographic sticker to show it is genuine.
    Look! I'm stupid enough to pay extra for the "official" hat.
    I've got like 30 ball caps and I doubt if I paid for more than a couple.
    Well OK, I bought the "stealie" GD truckers (mesh vented) hat. Rant over.
    Cheers

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    We need an Axe

    And a Pigpen Bowler hat. We could replace the flint steel with the Primal Dead Flame Thrower. We could really get a fire started and camping would be fun again. Just don't point that thing at the car or the children.

    They really should just step aside and put us in charge.

    Note: Do not put Jerry's hand print on the axe, that would not be cool.

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    I saw that "flat brim hat". When did they stop calling them baseball hats?

    I was expecting a fedora type of hat or a porkpie hat!

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    I might be mistaken, but I think the first ever Dead T shirt, from 1966, had an image of Pigpen on it, designed by Stanley Mouse.

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    EuDennisGene

    The cosmic axe was replaced by the cosmic mushroom tool.

    And while typing this I got an email from Garcia merchandise marketing that flat rimmed hats are back!

    Focus on new releases of live music recordings people, not an endless flow of schwag.

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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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Submitted by JeffSmith on Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:22

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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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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:33

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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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Submitted by mugsie on Sun, 07/02/2023 - 16:25

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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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