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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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  • #891
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    Can you imagine: not only playing for folks who have little or no idea what your about, but also many/most who don’t speak the language! Yet after almost every set and especially at the end, you can hear the crowds love it!
    The power of music, the real language, the real form of communication!
    Amazing!

    EDIT: Heads, is that book any good?
    I have it but haven’t read it yet?

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    Oro.. good job, you must not sleep much.

    DRock, I'm sure you are right. Beyond the few Americans that ventured East for that tour.. most did not fully understand what their tickets brought them. SimonRob was at Bickershaw, not sure if he reads this thread though. I also wonder how prevalent the psychedelic scene was. Jessie Jarnaw speaks a bit about the travelling circus and when / how it evolved in his book, "Heads." Beyond the few that were exposed early on and could afford the travel with no work, it wasn't until a little self-sustaining economy emerged before it became widespread. By 81, a few, but 90 quite a few.. we probably all know one (Lemieux for starters.. still in college)

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    No Deadheads ?

    One thing about the European tour in 1972, was that they weren't, as far as I know, playing to Deadheads. I seem to remember one of band said in print that the Newcastle crowd was the coldest one they had ever played to. I would think that most of the people who saw then that night lived in, or fairly near Newcastle itself. Didn't the crowd at one of the shows head for the exit after the first set, assuming that the gig was over? That also suggest an unfamiliarity with The band and their way of doing things.
    If this is true - it certainly didn't harm the music. It may have affected the way they played - and for the better.
    Having said that, I don't know when the Deadhead culture started in America - by which I mean when people travelled the land to see them. Up to a certain point they must have been playing to new people in The States,too. People who had no pre conceived idea of what they were like, but just went along because it was a rock gig. By 1990 everyone at Wembley seemed to be a Deadhead. I can't remember 1981 being quite like that.

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    “Oh ooo, half way there,

    Oh ooo smell my underwear” 🎶

    Yep, just finishing 5/3 for the first time ever, and I still don’t have any damn time.
    So I’ve been listening, sometimes multiple times, in order, but I haven’t had time to keep track.
    Oh well, guess that would be more like actually being on tour.
    4/11 was a first time listen for me. Another great E72 outing but it felt like they let go of the stick a tad after perhaps grabbing it too tight at the Wembleys? I’m guessing back in 72 in some of these locations there wasn’t much media etc. But the bigger gigs, like the first ones at Wembley probably had a level of attention and possibly sales via that attention, that might have made them, aaa, not stressful, but, would definitely like to start right. Add to that the natural energy of itching to play etc, and yeah, can see how Wembley got the freight train and perhaps Newcastle received a more loose presentation? I definitely noticed more miscues, start offs like Jack Straw, Good Lovin, others. Now they all grooved past these brief moments, and delivered fine versions, but maybe they show a loosening that facilitated elsewhere?
    Like an unusual Truckin and jam that covered some cool ground including King Solomon’s teases/coincidences? and some free jazz like moments (think Phil might of been quoting some actual song too?).
    Another sweet suite, including a decent CAT, though I think the 4/26 is perhaps the bar? Nice to hear, especially as a change from the repetitiveness. Same with the even rarer Brokedown!
    4/14s a blur at this point, they start to expand out more I guess, in several ways…
    A nice DS, and a big pork fest ending. All good, but I find others more to my liking?

    4/16, yes, agree, always felt there was something just a little different about this one. Perhaps being such a small informal, perhaps totally away from the spotlight! A brief chance to vibe like the ole daze, perhaps?
    4/17 is just too much of a monster overall. Perhaps why I think this may be the first time I’ve done the whole show in one listen? I have the DVD, and Ive spent time with that 3rd set etc. So that was a treat to be sure! I’ll prolly go back and hit the dvd of there and Bremen after, but for now I want to go in order…
    First time Ive just listened to 4/21, though we saw the Shakedown stream. Actually hit this one a few times. Love the stop and restarts, another cool inside look.
    4/24 is another that feels a little more aaa, whatever the vibe I can’t name is, not stress, or pressure, their certainly having fun, but like Wembley, and the first non English speaking audience gig, that tenseness, yeah, that’s the ticket, tenseness, the good kind!
    I think Phil especially was emotionally invested a tad more in the German gigs, and man does he and the boys take care of bidness! There’s a reason this was the first complete show they released…
    And of course there’s a big reason they released parts of 4/26! Another freight train!
    But I had never down the whole show until now, and was rewarded with good versions obviously left off only due to space required for 2 disc chop job. So that was cool.
    4/29 I think I’ve heard the whole show at least once, I know I’ve heard the second set multiple times, though not the encores, until now! Another sick show and big DS, and a proper Caution Pork fest to close. I’ve really been enjoying the 2 Souls, Chinatowns, amazing Hurts Me Toos etc, but not so much the Good Lovin, Lovelights? Not dislike, just think that stuff doesn’t resonate the same to this old guy as it did the young one lol. Just burnout?
    All good, just really noticing the other goodness more. But the Cautions have always been a big draw for me on this tour, and this one’s a beast.
    5/3 was a first time for me, today. The whole damn show just sounds like the actual E72 album (streamed version)?
    Like the sound of it, it sounds like E72!
    The reverb etc. I’m sure having? 4 I think songs on the album from this show probably has something to do with it, but I kept chuckling about that reoccurring feeling. So many songs on this one could have been on the album. It’s a strong show, and by now you can feel the subtle morphing of band and songs into one that’s taking place over the tour.
    It would be cool to take all the versions of each song and listen to just them in order!
    None more so perhaps than He’s Gone! But that’s a task for another time, which I don’t have enough of to do this proper, let alone all that lol, but at least I’m finally getting to em all and enjoying the ride!
    ONWARD!

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    1stshow - I was going to jump ahead to Paris this weekend - the shows, not the city - but I think maybe I should give Aarhus another spin after reading your comments. I can remember it's good, but I'm damned if I can remember why!

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    Three more down, seventeen to go, lol.
    All excellent shows. It's hard to find fault in any of these mammoth first sets but Aarhus (4-16-72) hit the spot for me of the three. Had great song selection, pace, and order of the songs was more to my liking. The second sets are where the special goodies are so far in every show. I'm particularly impressed with how Keith really shines especially on Pigpen's songs. His beer barrel style just fits perfectly. Yet his jazz chops are evident too as in the Dark Stars. Donna seemed particularly "engaged" on 4-14 at Newcastle and Bob is definitely going to lose his voice by the end of the tour at this rate, lol. Aarhus had a stately smooth feel to the whole thing which I found to my liking and would put it at number two of the five I've done with 4-7 Wembley still in first place.
    Discovered I had on tapes the Stepping Out release which looks to be an odd compilation ala the road trips and I also had Hundred Year Hall on tape, which was not a complete show release BITD. Gotta look through my tapes more often! Also had burner CDs of Rockin' The Rhein which I had also completely forgotten. Has four CDs with the Academy of Music filler so likely a whole show. Can't go there, got to stay in order.
    That's the news from EU. Cheers to all

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    Dennis.. tried this, it did not work for me. Kayaking is proving tricky also (I keep going in circles), but I'm working on it. Your friend Hound Dog played with six fingers.. imagine the chord work and finger picking that could be done, a 16.67% increase in productivity. Cheating to be sure, but man he could play the blues. Interesting side note, a friend of mine's wife was born with six fingers and I think toes. So was her daughter. The had the extra digit removed shortly after birth.

    Somehow Jerry got by with 9 1/2 fingers. After burning his hand, Django Reinhardt had basically two working fingers on his right hand and he more than got by and was a big influence on Jerry, especially circa 1973.

    Thanks for pointing me towards that youtube. That black and white looks more like 1923 than 1973 until you see that Fender looking guitar. Great stuff. Convinced me to get that Natural Boogie LP, but I seem to have misplaced the PIN of your wife's card. If you'd be so kind to send me a PM. I don't want it to sell out while it's still in my cart.

    As you were.. on to the second set of 9/6/80 for my afternoon hike. Life is good.

    Edit: Looks like Hound Dog played a pair of Kawai-made Kingston S4T's, so not exactly a Fender but a similar looking headstock.

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    Give your right hand?

    If you were left handed you'd have nowhere to put your slide if you did that .

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    I would give my right hand to play well.

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    Yes it was me.. MDJim is my evil twin. JimInMD was in deadnet timeout for some reason and would not work. Initially I thought it was because let a curse word fly.. but I think my password got nuked for some reason and it took me a while to figure out what was going on.

    Now that I have this new E72 book (thanks Oro), I will be following along after taking a few steps back. Hitting Lewiston today, what a Sugaree, and I still have half of 6/9 and all of 6/10/73 to squeeze in.

    I tell ya, I really got engaged after looking at what all the venues looked like. I've always been a venue snob and have a soft spot for ornate, intimate theatres.. add in the Greek Theatre and Red Rocks for good measure.. come to think of it, Telluride was nice also.

    Well.. back to cleaning my house of all things.. and finishing the first set from 9/6/80.

    ...and Ventura, Riverbend was nice, blossom except for the bottleneck getting into the shows.. Venues are fun (except the Crapitol Centre and those nazi cops on horseback that came with it. Was happy to see that one get imploded).

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Submitted by bluecrow on Sun, 04/16/2023 - 05:26

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DL has the post-drumz section on this week's Tapers Section, with Believe It or Not in the ballad slot. I'm not familiar with any of the mid-summer West Coast '88 shows and this slice sounded really fine. When I've got more time will head back to the whole show. Also this week has the '74 Dark Star from the International Amphitheater, a personal favorite. Enjoy the rest of the weekend folks.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Sun, 04/16/2023 - 08:09

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Sounds good Bluecrow. Will definitely have time for this one today.

I am pretty sure we will get some sort of announcement this week.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Mon, 04/17/2023 - 04:16

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Right on BC, we are indeed getting some tasty official clips recently, aren't we? 8-1-73, too on JOTW....

I wore the heck out of my XLII S tape of 7-31-88 especially because it was a 1st gen DAT to cassette transfer and was so delightfully crispy...7-29 has that complete PITB officially enshrined on the SMR compilation, 7-30 tends to be the one I've not tapped into yet...

I still have 4-14-71 set for a headphone listen and, since it's been a while, the legendary Princeton Rap will be on deck after a revisit to Monterey California 1988.

P.S. Not Robotic

Really fun show - glad to finally hear that and whets my appetite to hear other 2 shows plus those from the Greek previous week. WTJ - did not realize the Playing was from SMR box (don't own) but listening to it last night I was like damn this one is pretty crazy and then it came back to the reprise! Jerry also went off on the Deal! Greek and LS had the West Coast debuts for all those songs like Foolish Heart that they broke out in the Midwest a few weeks earlier. Like i mentioned, the post drumz segment is really fine - Wheel > Gimme Some Lovin > Believe It Or Not . Sugar Magnolia

Went with the Miller SBD - sounds very fine but still a couple gens from the masters. Be aware that the track listing is off after Set I with a crowd noise > Black Muddy River encore dropped in before Set II but not reflected in the track listing (a not uncommon problem I've found.) Phil is solid in the mix and aggressive in his playing.

and, keep your cool, Dave is serving up some Vancouver '66 as the first clip on this weeks Tapers.

gotta head down to the mine . . . . have a good week folks.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Mon, 04/17/2023 - 11:37

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Enjoyed the show Bluecrow. Recording is good, has it moments as you stated. I like the IKo IKo start, nice Queen Jane. Interesting China-Crazy Fingers-Rider, can't remember a sequence like that. That Playing was funky. Thanks BC.

Announcement tomorrow?

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 03:04

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Good morning, fellow rockers!!!

Pick Of The Day: Purdue University April 18 1969

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own…..

There were many fine shows in April 1969, all of which get substantial love and respect. So instead of discussing those, let’s try something a little different………….

Greasy Hard To Handle to open, followed by a powerful Dew, after which the band dives deep into a raucous CE/TOO/CE suite, exiting seamlessly into Sittin’ On Top Of the World. The wonderful wired weirdness continues with King Bee, Doin’ That Rag, Lovelight (27:27), and Cosmic Charlie. The Dead then close out the festivities with Beat It On Down The Line—an unusual occurrence in 1969, or any other year…………..

Miller’s remaster is very decent and worthy of a listen……….

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder….

Rock on!

Doc
After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true......

I was able to get a headphone listen in yesterday, something I do when I want a closer listen and am not in a position to play it loud on a stereo. Soundboard could use some professional cleaning up but was decent if not a little distorted at times. I would call it a good, solid show but not with many moments that stood out more brightly than others. A show like this would be a swell addition to an April 1971 boxed boxy box set.

Anyway, I have a lot on the table with 7-29-88 I wanted to check out and 4-17-71 which I haven't listened to in forever and is a classic. Looking forward to more FUN picks.

Maybe we can do this Day in Grateful Dead history as an alternate for POT Day when we are in line for extra credit?

Here's some Grateful Dead you HAVE to hear!!! 8-14-81 is a permutation...(not calling it, but you see what I did there)

:-) :-) :-) Have a Grateful Day

P.S. Not a Robot

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Wed, 04/19/2023 - 06:40

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I am convinced this show is being saved as the centerpiece of an April 71 box, or series of boxes. It has x factor. What exactly remains from April, a lot is my back of the napkin.

The start of set II on 4-17 is sui generis and all of set I is on target. I am in the return jam after the drum solo in Good Lovin right now and I am going to stay tuned in. It has been a while for me on this one but it is a known classic.

Stay Grateful all :-)

-edit- Sold! Brooklyn Bridge for a buck and a quarter. What more you want for a buck and a quarter? :-)
-edit 2- Backing vocals in SMBH, is that Weir on falsetto?

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Thu, 04/20/2023 - 03:51

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To me, music is that which connects human hearts, it is something that takes you to unknown levels...........

Day off, up too early, walked dogs, not enough coffee, let's roll!!!

Providence Civic Center, April 20, 1983. The first of five shows we saw on the tour, and after the fine Boston show in the Fall of 82, the first tour where we really worked hard to see more than one show. Were parts of New Haven and Philly better, musically speaking? Maybe. As I recall, Providence was tons of fun and a fine show.........

A Cumberland that maybe even JimInMD could love. Fine China/Rider to close the first set. Esau---new to us but enjoyable---to open the second set. Ho hum, another Estimated/Eyes. And Morning Dew. I never saw a Star but I caught lots of Dews and enjoyed them all..............

Miller's remaster has some glitches and patches, but overall listenable and worthy.........

Not all the 80s were bad, in fact we saw lots of fun shows and even a couple of classics..........so.......

Rock on!!

Doc
Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes......

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Thu, 04/20/2023 - 04:09

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Has WilfredTJones fallen into the 1971 rabbit hole? Sir, what's gotten into you?!!!

Some people never go crazy, what truly horrible lives they must live.....

Rock on, more coffee,

Doc
I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy..........

it's a good day to have the day off! Happy 420 to all. Been traveling, catching up now. Looking forward to 46.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Fri, 04/21/2023 - 01:26

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Day late, but 4/20/83, now you're speaking my language. mmmmmmmmmmmmm...coffee. ;-)

-edit- It's been a while since I listened to 4/8/71 Boston, so I was thinking about hitting that big one if possible after 4/20. April '71 has been nice, but I've only done 4/14 and 4/17, with 4/17 getting the big nod from me.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Fri, 04/21/2023 - 04:31

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Hey rockers!!

Dare I mention Providence 1971? No, let's wait until next year...................

Although it is super crunchy!!!

Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan.................

Rock on!

Doc
You should be made to wear earphones

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Fri, 04/21/2023 - 05:46

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It's been a holiday as far back as I can remember.

Which was yesterday.................

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial............

Rock on,

Doc
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness......

4/19 just rolled on by - thought I might go with Dave's 20, 12/9/81 Boulder, which had cover art that referenced that momentous occasion. Not sure if its been a POTD anytime halfway recent. Doesn't seem to get much love as a release. I saw the Rosemont show 3 nights earlier with that gorgeous To Lay Me Down. High school buddy was at Boulder and he loved it. Remember getting a letter from him a few weeks later, written as he listened to a tape of the show with a big old smoking crater Other One.

4/20/83 was a fun listen. Will revisit.

Have a great weekend folks. With the hockey playoffs underway, and as a lifelong Blackhawks fan, all I gotta say is Go Cubs!!

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 04/21/2023 - 17:26

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Hey BC, #20 is a great release and I believe I offered it up a couple years ago. Would love to listen to it again. Let's do it.

Gave 4/20/83 a listen. Good show. Recording was in the decent range.

Minnesota's old team, Dallas at the Wild tonight in St. Paul, and still cold as hell here.

Hope you are all enjoying some warm weather.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Sat, 04/22/2023 - 02:31

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I hear there's a great Ollin Arageed Space>Shakedown from Fall 78, I'm not sure which show that is yet, 11/13/78?, 11/23/78?

Anyway, Happy Weekend! Stay Grateful :-)

-edit- Checking out the new Moskel Audience transfer of 11/23/78, the show before the well-known FM 11/24/78. Someone calls out for St. Stephen in the first set. Donna is in fine voice on the Looks Like Rain. May save set II for tomorrow, but that set II looks like a doozy... ;-)

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Sun, 04/23/2023 - 04:00

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Set II Samson for a Sunday, Rare set II FOTD (for a Sunday), Dancin' is catching fire on the AUD tape, eliciting a hearty East Coast cheer - we'll see what the rest of the evening brings.... ;-)

Nothing left to do but :-) :-) :-)

-edit- Oh, there's a Joani Walker. I just have to see how it compares, because the Moskal has been grate so far on a headphone listen. The East Coast crowd is psyched...traversing the drum solo now, on the way to.... :-)

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Sun, 04/23/2023 - 17:05

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I think there were a few set II versions. One from Cleveland in March of 81 comes to mind. Maybe I'll tune into that or sleuth out some more just for fun.

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Mon, 04/24/2023 - 10:42

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Perversely fascinating intrusions, but thanks for the quick boot! Sheesh.

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Mon, 04/24/2023 - 10:45

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I was getting creeped out.
Cheers to Marye

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Mon, 04/24/2023 - 16:56

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Well done Mary.

Looking at 3/21/90 for tomorrow. Copps Hamilton.

Any shipping notifications out there yet?

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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 04/24/2023 - 22:14

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My guess is 12/30/78. I am not seeing those songs played in the order listed, the second set comes pretty close here and the Space/Ollin Arrageed is indeed out there.

Set 2:
I Need A Miracle
Bertha
Good Lovin'
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Playin' In The Band
Shakedown Street
Drums
Ollin Arrageed
St. Stephen
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
Around And Around

Sure glad they got the spam thing tamed.. We Don't Need No More Trouble.....Trouble we don't need.

Check it out, 11/23/1978 Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Really nice little Thanksgiving show. It was on a Thursday and Bob wishing the Audience and crew a happy Thanksgiving before the encore.

I went through it with the Moskal source and wasn't disappointed except the cut at the end of Playing into Around. The Joani Walker is complete and does not cut.

Have a Grateful Day all. :-)

Setlist
Mississippi Half-Step
Franklin's Tower
New Minglewood Blues
Stagger Lee
Looks Like Rain
Tennessee Jed
Passenger
Brown Eyed Women
Music Never Stopped

Samson and Delilah
Friend of the Devil
Dancin' in the Streets
Terrapin Station
Playin' in the Band
drums (Ollin Arageed Space)
Shakedown Street
Playin' in the Band
Around and Around

U.S. Blues

P.S. They were jamming on Ollin Arageed out of drums quite a bit in 78 especially in Nov./Dec.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Tue, 04/25/2023 - 01:50

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Hey rockers!!!

If you haven't listened to April 25, 1971, then get crunchy!!!

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite......

Rock on,

Doc
I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back.......

about 3-21-90 :-D COPPS

-edit 3-21-90 set I Intense and Satifying, Loose Lucy stole my face. Tight Victim>SOTM combo. Set II I saw Estimated>He's Gone. Oh, and it's got a set II...you know what ;-)

Thanks DV make it grateful :-) :-) :-)

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 04/25/2023 - 09:02

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A local show for me.. but a couple years before I got hooked.

I was looking at a stale screen and replied before I saw your subsequent post. Ooops..

Funny thing about the Capital Centre, the tapes sound fine but unless you are in the sweet spot, that venue had terrible sound. Oh, and the Maryland State Police had a thing for the GD. Parish talks about Maryland having a phonebook thick document detailing the shinanagans that came with dead shows and the Capital Centre filled the parking lot with police on horseback to make sure we weren't smiling on a cloudy day. Saw quite a few shows there but was happy when they blew the thing up in December 2002.

Just getting back from a little time away. Mucho yardwork awaits.. then life as normal.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 02:32

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4-21-71. Going to hit it...

May be my inaugural listen here...

-edit- Truckin'>Drums in the first set, 5 songs in?!? Talk about youthful energy and exhuberance...I see what you mean FD (the) 11....

-edit 2- It's got a Cumberland and where the heck is the set break?!? I'm going with a blind inaugural listen here.

Have a Grateful Day all....

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 06:19

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Hey rockers!!

April 26 beckons...........

4/26/69-can't go wrong with April 69
4/26/70-the great unknown
4/26/71-crunchy, greasy, jammy
4/26/72-creamy smooth gooey goodness

Decisions decisions decisions, take your pick. I went with Europe 72, a tour that never fails to deliver. I was going to listen to York Farm, but I seem to have misplaced it......

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.......

Rock on,

Doc
Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.....

What a show hey WTJ. Funny to me at least I always thought 3/22/90 was the better Hamilton show, but wow this show is no slouch. But are there any subpar shows from Spring 1990? I don't think so.
Love the start to this show, Half Step with a Minglewood, Queen Jane, Loose Lucy and a first set Standing on the Moon. Love these Hey Pocky Ways, a Crazy Fingers, Cumberland! Yes. Interesting and good Estimated into He's Gone and a good finish after Drums and Space. Love the Multi Track shows from this era.. On my home system I can definitely hear the difference.

Maybe this year we get another Multi Track Box?

Who has a pick for tomorrow? OB? Jim?
No tracking here yet.

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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 01:33

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I decided to give this a show a listen, after people here did me the courtesy of listening to a show I suggested a few weeks ago. In truth ( you might need smelling salts now) this is the first 1990 show I have actually listened to for a year or two. Consequently, the songs I enjoyed most are the songs unique to the Brent era, rather than ones I am so familiar with from the Keith era. The highlight of set one, for me is "Victim - Standing On The Moon" a real change in energy from anything in the past. Similarly, I enjoyed "Hey Pock Way" most in the second set. I winced in anticipation, when I saw they were going to play"Crazy Fingers" - a seemingly difficult song to pull off live - but I was pleasantly surprised.
I think I'll look in the Taping Compendium later, and see if my observations tally with what they say.

Postscript - I've just had a look in the Taping Compendium, and I'm way off beam! Quite a short review compared to the others - maybe not the best show to start off with for 1990?

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 03:16

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It's where I intuitively went this morning. Tightness describes the first 3 tunes so far.

Going to explore furthur... :-D

-edit- fing jerry encouraging bobby with the estimated call out of scarlet . .. .lol haha prankster jerry edit 2 maybe a little too much into ship instead of the wheel big key change. wheel would have flowed smooth

how many estimated>wheels? there's a rabbit hole i'd like to go down :-) :-) :-)

*spoiling the suspense 12-14-80 (1 time only)

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 04/27/2023 - 05:38

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Alright WTJ, 3/16/90 sounds good to me.
Thanks!

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 00:44

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Trying to remember which Jan/Feb. 78 show had that Stronger than Dirt Jam. It's brief, but it's there.

Oh, BTW that Estimated>Wheel from 12-14-80 is pretty well executed, but different than it would have been in Spring 90.

:-) :-) :-)¯

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 01:45

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4/28/71

There, I said it. No regrets. Doesn't get any better.

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time......

Rock on, or not,

Doc
Music is my friend, my constant companion......

With appreciation for all you do, have done and will. I always thought time was invented so that everything didn't happen all at once. Which it did 13.8 billion years ago with the big bang. Before that, there was music. Isn't it just so human that up until a hundred years or so ago, we thought the dinosaurs were around until a few thousand years back, we didn't know how old our petroglyphs were... And it's taken almost this long before there's a primal, late 60s box set to be announced...

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 04/28/2023 - 12:02

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Another fine Spring 90 WTJ. Always enjoyed shows that started out with Let the Good Times Roll and then into Touch of Gray. Great Bird Song, Blow Away.
Nice Scarlet into Estimated, Bobby loved the yelling during this time period. Solid finish. The Last Time encore! Great show.

I will hit 4/28/71 next.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Sat, 04/29/2023 - 03:40

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Pre-empting the Doctor. Going with the Moore since the Board is incomplete and the Moore is moore than tolerable...

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Sat, 04/29/2023 - 04:01

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Holy Grateful Dead Batman, I've been pre-empted! Ouch, that hurts!!!

Here we are, April 29. The eternal debate, 28th vs 29th. Some shows are Overrated, with a cap O (8/27/72, 5/8/77, etc) and some are overrated-lower case O. I think the 29th gets the lower case version.

Does an Alligator, Midnight Hour, and We Bid you Goodnight trump the best ever versions of El Paso, The Rub, Cumberland Blues, Morning Dew, and Hard To Handler, along with a cracklin' Other One and short yet dreamy Dark Star? Listen and decide for yourself, Miller's remaster is top notch.

In years gone by, Deadbase polls always rated the 29th higher than the 28th, which I never understood. Don't get me wrong, it's fine as fine can be, but even excellent can fall short when it follows sublime............

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.

Rock on,

Doc
Whoever you talk to, I'm either overrated or underrated......
P.S. I will be listening---and cranking!!---the 29th on my way to my car dealer in just a few minutes......

Due the fact that I now only ever listen to this 4cd comp of these shows that came out twenty odd years ago, and only ever have done since it came out - I can no longer tell these shows apart. I know the Dark Star jam with T.C. is from the 28th and the Alligator jam from 29th, but apart from that, it's all a bit of a mystery. Strange how they used to release multi show comps like this without indicating which song came from which show.
Goes without saying that everything on it is essential wherever it came from.

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Sat, 04/29/2023 - 07:42

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Another one DR has found for me in my collection.
Likewise have not heard it in many years.
An anniversary listen does seem in order.
Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen.
Cheers

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Sun, 04/30/2023 - 10:17

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Hey Daverock, the Wikipedia entry includes show dates in the Track Listing. Think I'll head back down that direction myself. . .

Jeffsmith - thanks, I'll have a look later. Without looking, I'm pretty sure the "Cumberland " comes from 28th - I can still remember listening to that on a tape back in the 80's - one of the best versions.
Unfortunately I think I was a bit rash saying everything on this set is essential. While the rest of this first cd is as good as I remember - better if anything - I really can't be doing with the last 15 minutes of "Good Lovin'. To the extent that the next time I play it , I'll miss that bit out. The bit leading into drums is dynamic - but that rap......I notice we have a 22 minute Lovelight on the 2nd cd, which I can't remember. Hopefully more music than vocals.

I was quite surprised looking on wiki how many tracks on Ladies and Gentlemen are actually taken from 4/25. I don't know why, but I had always assumed that nearly all of it came from the 28th and 29th.

To me, the 2nd cd seems to follow the same pattern as the 1st cd. Some really well played shorter songs leading to a really well played longer one that unfortunately degenerates into another Pigpen atrocity. But that doesn't detract from the rest of it - hopefully. I don't know if The Dead ever played with such conviction and power on songs under 10 minutes than they do here. Truly great music that owes nothing to extended jamming. Songs that have become over familiar, like Sugar Magnolia sound fresh and energetic-this one gradually losing it's country stylings on the way to becoming full blown rocker. El Paso is another one - beautifully sung.

There are a lot of covers on this album- I counted 23 over the 4 cds, with Goin' Down The Road cropping up twice.

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Mon, 05/01/2023 - 05:20

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An atrocity is when innocents are killed. Which is what I have to deal with today.

A Pigpen song you don't care for is merely that, and nothing else. So next time, choose your words more wisely....

Doc

I am sorry my last post caused offence. And that you have such a difficult job.
I have to say, though, that your own choice of words left something to be desired. I am happy to listen to advice from anyone, but to be talked down to and told what to do? Forget it.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 02:53

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For some comic relief, google the horse race.

Anyway, who's got an 80's or 90's pick? Anything but Highgate or Boreal?

:-) :0) :-)¯

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 04:31

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Mornin', rockers!!

If it's May 3, it must be Paris in 1972.

The exquisite China/Rider. Garcia's sublime, country-tinged picking in Next Time You See Me. The dreamy, propulsive psychedelia of Playing In The Band. A soulful Sing Me Back Home. The very fine, weaving-and-bobbing, in-and-out, focally intense jamming in the Truckin'/Other One. The Dead never played better, or sounded better. It might not be my favorite E72 show (that might still be May 26), but it is classic. So give it a spin............

Oh, I almost forgot. For all you Pigpen haters, there's 16 minutes of an atrocious Good Lovin'. So you might wanna skip that.................

Somebody said The 80s???? How about Carrier Dome October 1984? Ask Angry Jackstraw about that one. Maybe New Haven Spring 83, that one gave me a brain melt. There is actually much to be enjoyed in the 80s, if I remember correctly.............

Rock on,

Doc
Rick (to Ilse): "We'll always have Paris"..............