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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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    Agreed Daverock

    Makes no sense why they release half the show. Was surprised about that Echoes, I had forgotten there was more cds in the actual box than the individual sets, which is what I went for and finally completed 18 months ago. I guess since I had first been gifted an mp3 copy, I never noticed the missing music the way the damn things are laid out. It has to be one of the most confusingly tracked and labeled box sets ever. The first run of boxes included a hidden 5.1 Meddle mix that was scrapped last minute as they hadn't let Roger Waters hear the mix yet. Then they screwed up and put a 2016 cd remix of Live at Pompeii in instead of the planned 2016 remix of Obscured by Clouds. Luckily, the 1972 individual box contains both, however, sadly, they cottoned on to the hidden Meddle, and subsequent boxes were bereft of this still unreleased, officially, epic mix of some incredible music. There is a 1971 quadrophonic mix of Echoes on the DVD/BluRay. Can never have enough Echoes. Never. Or Raving and Drooling and You Gotta Be Crazy and Shine On...

    I am not looking forward to Roger Waters's reconceptualization of Dark Side, complete with spoken word over On the Run and Great Gig and Any Colour You Like apparently. He also plays an instrument on just one track on it, so one has to wonder why in the hell he's re-recorded it, if he didn't really re-record it? I get petty band relationships, but the feud between Waters and Gilmour is childish, and maybe that's the problem, they've known each other since they were kids before any bands to even join.

    Though, I am looking very much forward to Peter Gabriel (and Tony Levin) in seven short months' time in Boston. That will be a hoot, I am sure. I think it was Vguy that alerted me to the tour announcement a week ago, thanks for that. My wife will thank you in seven months, for now she's skeptical.

    Edited to add: I forgot that I did a search on The Early Years Box because of my having forgotten that last little bit Continu/ation, and on Amazon right now, there are 12 copies available new at $363. Don't know why, or for how long, but thought I'd pass that along. For frame of reference, it was $550 on release.

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    half the floyd at wembley

    It's a shame they didn't release the whole show, instead of just the run through "Dark Side of the Moon". They opened with "Shine On.." then played "Raving and Drooling" ( Sheep on "Animals") and "You Gotta Be Crazy" ( Dogs on "Animals") Then "Dark Side of The Moon", with "Echoes" for the encore.
    "Echoes" from this show ( I think) was included in the Early Years box - the final section called "Continu/ation 1967-1972". But it will cost you - I don't think you can buy that without getting the whole box. Why it was included there, out of it's timespan, is a bit of a mystery.

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    Anniversary show 3/13/82. Reno

    What a blast! Along with Nappy, Nite Cat, and my brother Cousins, we all had a knockout of a weekend, entertainment provided by the Good ole Grateful Dead. Of course they did Friend of The Devil. Wow, 41 years ago, where does the time go.

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    Dark Side At Wembly vinyl....

    ....OK. I'm going to get that one. Pre-ordered.

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    MG article

    Cool sheet, hope she gets it published!
    Thanks Nitecat.

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    Dark Side at Wembley

    Should be a good one for those having difficulty sleeping. Only jesting - "Wish You Were Here" would be better for that.

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    Dennis
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    Dark Side at Wembley

    Seems Floyd releasing a live Dark Side (Wembley Pool).

    Order cd and lp.

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    That's a great late period album by The Electric Prunes. The 60's with attitude. Another unexpectedly great late period release by an original psych band is "Wake Up Where You Are" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock, which again came out this century some time.

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    Feedback. I was also listening to the first set on Dave's 35. Pretty hot.

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    Where Cosmic Charlie goes truckin'

    And then he takes it higher

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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.
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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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