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    Five complete, previously unreleased performances on 17CDs
    Des Moines, IA 5/13/73
    Santa Barbara, CA 5/20/73
    San Francisco, CA 5/26/73
    Washington, D.C. 6/9/73
    Washington, D.C. 6/10/73
    Recorded by Kidd Candelario, Betty Cantor-Jackson, and Owsley Stanley
    Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
    Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
    Liners featuring notes from Canadian author, Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, and Legacy Manager and Audio Archivist, David Lemieux
    Art and Design by GRAMMY® Award-winning Art Director, Masaki Koike
    Custom-dyed Tenugui and an exclusive poster featuring an illustration by Mary Ann Mayer
     
    Limited Edition Individually Numbered To 10,000 
    Exclusively At Dead.net
     
    "There’s the simple fact that the band members were old enough and experienced enough by now to be virtuosos on their instruments (what other group—rock or jazz or any other kind of music—could boast a trio of spectacularly singular talents such as Garcia, Lesh, and Weir?) but were still young enough to want to play and play and play some more, the happy, itchy inclination of youth. As a few of the shows in the Here Comes Sunshine boxed set attest, it wasn’t unusual for a 1973 concert to exceed four hours. And within the shows themselves, there are nearly nightly examples of hour-long orgies of tune-linked songcraft and juicy jamming." - Ray Robertson, HERE COMES SUNSHINE 1973 Liners
     
    8 years in and the Grateful Dead are a little bit of everything to everyone. They are putting up textures and tones of rock, of jazz, of country, with set-morphing vibes and long stretches of improvisations that are completely keyed into the sum of their parts. Keith Godchaux is here with his cascading notes. Donna Jean too. Both finding their footing and keeping things steady in the wake of Pigpen's unfillable gap. The spring of 1973 feels transformative for the Dead - no more so than the May and early June shows, complementary yet remarkably different, soon-to-be cornerstones of everyone's tape collections, and now, 50 years later, set to be part of the band's official canon.
     
    HERE COMES SUNSHINE 1973 is a limited-edition, 17CD boxed set with five previously unreleased, highly sought-after Dead shows, including: Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA (5/13/73), Campus Stadium, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA (5/20/73), Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA (5/26/73), and Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. (6/9/73) and (6/10/73).
     
    During the spring, the band road-tested most of the songs they would record that summer for WAKE OF THE FLOOD – their first studio album in three years – including early live versions of “Mississippi Half-Step Toodeloo,” “Row Jimmy,” “Stella Blue,” “Eyes Of The World,” and, the set’s namesake, “Here Comes Sunshine.” Also tucked into the collection are songs destined for the Dead’s 1974 studio album, FROM THE MARS HOTEL – “China Doll,” “Loose Lucy,” and “Wave That Flag,” a precursor to “U.S. Blues.”
     
    The new repertoire slipped neatly into the fluid setlists alongside songs honed on the 1972 European tour (“Jack Straw,” “Tennessee Jed,” “Brown-Eyed Women”), Chuck Berry perennials (“Promised Land,” “Around And Around”), classic country (“Big River,” “The Race Is On”), and incredible jam sequences: “He’s Gone”> “Truckin’”> “The Other One”> “Eyes Of The World.”
     
    Due June 30th, the individually-numbered, limited-edition 17CD set features vibrant graphics and custom-designed folios by GRAMMY® Award-winning Art Director Masaki Koike, a custom-dyed Tenugui and an exclusive poster featuring an illustration by Mary Ann Mayer, and liner notes by Canadian author Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, and David Lemieux. And, of course, it features newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes, mastered by Jeffrey Norman.
     
    Digital convert? We've got you covered too. On the very same day you can collect your hi-definition download.

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  • #281
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    Colin...is that Peter Brotzmann's pic?

    I saw his obit in the paper today...never heard of him...listened a bit on U toob...and now here is his image on your avatar?

    Verrry interesting...

  • #282
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    I can’t comment on the box, but the music is very good especially when you consider that they are demo recordings. I have streamed the contents on Amazon music over several days and enjoyed it tremendously.

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    Bad Discs

    I have no knowledge of how the manufacturing process for these sets work, but as someone who had no issues with my set (#4615), I'm curious if the edition numbers for the people with bad discs are close together.
    Is there anyone who had bad discs within 100 numbers of mine?

  • #284
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    I agree on the stax box,,,, looks GREAT. I've been holding off, because of price. I've spent a lot of money on "stuff". Thought I'd try and hold off till Christmas and tell wife or son to get me a copy. Maybe get it before then? :-)

  • #285
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    It arrived at the Post Office on Friday the 7th but I have only listened to the first CD from 5-13 this far. It played okey all the way through.

    Normally it takes a while before I listen to all boxes all through because I don't fancy being forced to do it right away. Some boxes from the past are actually still unopened because I listen to a lot of other music and don't like to be forced to listen to that music either as fast as I can. Besides these boxes all are in limited edition and I prefer to purchase them when they are made available here on Dead net rather than buying them from eBay-"sharks" to "fantasy prices".

    Now, 1973 is among my favorite Grateful Dead years, so I will go through this box "pretty fast". If some CD's are malfunctions then I do hope they will be replaced without having to send the entire box set back to California.
    I have no complaints so far on the box set as a whole visually speaking, except maybe that some CD's are not attached to the actual covers. But I don't think those CD's have been sliding around in the mail. I found the inside stuff pretty tight packed after all.

    Well, so far I feel good about the whole thing. Okey, so the "book" is only twenty-six pages but that doesn't matter to me. I seldom find time to read the thicker books that come with the box sets, so twenty-six pages are good to me unless the books are made up of mostly pictures.

    Micke Östlund,
    Växjö, Sweden

    Update! I had to know ... fourteen of seventeen CD's was read properly by my CD-player and three was read after some searching by the player. All seventeen started properly on track 1 though. This is all I can do for the moment. Hopefully they all will play through in a normal way. We'll see.

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    8 out of 17 discs will need replacement. Was attempting to film an unboxing and instead filmed the state of the discs immediately out of the box. I was able to get everything ripped, no chance to listen to all 19 hrs 46 min to see if it ripped correctly. I did notice issues ripping a few disc's. Reinserted them, tried again, seemed to work. Will find out in days ahead if any skips or other issues. I think I still have a couple skips on June 76 box to correct on one show, come to think of it.

    Oh, and a complaint I haven't seen here or on Steve Hoffman is that my poster was bent. They didn't make it flush, and the fold is in the middle of the poster. It sucks because there are only two "extras" in this box and one of them was deformed by poor quality control. And just under half the discs. Luckily, had some alcohol wipes from work for the few glue blobs. Just glad I have a video I'm going to include in my request for replacements, but disappointed my unboxing of Here Comes Sunshine turned into a sad Samba in the Rain instead. So far, through one disc of Des Moines, the sound is good. Not sure I'd go as gaga over it as I have seen, but also haven't hit the Betty portion.

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    Remember that complaints on issues are probably .0001% of the 10% of sales..........it's unfortunate when it happens but remember that it all gets worked out....enjoy the HCSS Boxset........it's da bomb!!!

  • #288
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    Born Cross Eyed. You got a grate first concert!...

    ....my first rock concert was Iron Maidens Powerslave tour. Blew my 15 year old mind. I was also escorted there by my high school friends mom, who told us when she dropped us off, "be safe and have fun!" It was the first concert for both of us and we abided by her wishes. We said to ourselves, "We need more concerts!" after that show.
    And 55 year old me still agrees.
    You toob that Powerslave tour. Great one to pop ones cherry at.
    Marco and I still go to shows. He went all in. Mtheoryaudio on IG. That's him. Heavy metal to the end.

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    Update - glue removal PSA

    Couldn't be patient any longer so went to the big city to get 91% isopropanol aka 91% isopropyl alcohol. Worked like a charm on the glue - took 2 or 3 quick attempts with a couple/few drops each time and a soft cloth to remove all residue and the cleaned discs look "min"t. Yay, very much Yay! Funny thing was, one of the specklets is not glue (the one the I discovered on Disc 1 of Iowa) - it had a slightly different/lighter appearance, maybe its acrylic or maybe its a true imperfection on the playing surface, whatever it is it, is totally impervious to the isopropanol. It was the first one I tried and I thought "this is a failure" but when I tried the others they cleaned right off. So not all spots are necessarily "glue".

    Like I said, all discs "ripped" but there were sonic anomalies where the spots are. With Iowa Disc 4 the glue speck was in Sugar Magnolia and the initial ripped copy had a ~10 second gap, and funnily, after the track was "finished", the last ~10 seconds of the track were played again. Just played the cleaned CD and play through was clean like I hoped.

    Anybody who got a defective/damaged CD should feel free to ask for a replacement no questions. I'm programmed to try to fix something if it can be fixed. Definitely will be asking for a replacement of the Iowa Disc 1 with the mystery substance/imperfection and in my reach out I'll detail every disc that had an issue. Before that I need to listen to all the ripped tracks to make sure there's nothing else lurking that I missed, as was the case with that Disc 1. At this point I just have to shake my head at the whole spectrum of ongoing issues with these releases. The only other time I had a glue issue was way back with the Wall of Sound Road Trips, Disc 1, a big ole smear of it on Playing in the Band. Didn't know how to clean it and asked for a replacement copy and that one also had Disc 1 glue but somehow I managed to still make it play (not sure how).

    DJMAC (and other ALAC folks) - glad to hear that help is on the way!

    R5Z - Yeah IOWA!! I fell in love with the jam sequence ca. winter 2010 as it was in regular rotation for a repeated night time red rock desert commute back and forth to Escalant. So awesome to have this show released and in this dream of a box set no less. I found myself streaming part of that '73 Indy show yesterday afternoon. Another great Fall '73 show. Hadn't realized they did a sweet Playing sandwich around Mississippi 1/2 Step and Big River.

    Jeff Smith - Yeah Boulder was awesome!! So glad you made it. Now I'm wishing I was at the Gorge.

    Charlie3 - funny that you should mention that WattStax concert - recently came across the film footage of Rufus Thomas performing Funky Chicken and my jaw dropped. What an awesome rave up it is and the whole crowd scene is glorious. It had me looking into that WattStax, never had heard of it.

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    Arrived in my "mailbox" on Friday, on the initial inspection was a small indent on the upper right front corner, no big deal after I unwrapped the cellophane shrinkwrap and slid the outer blue "collar" off and back on several times. Only one disc was out of its protective pocket, disc 1 of 5/13/73, all the rest are in perfect condition.

    The first show I played was 6/10/73 - was my first rock concert and my first Grateful Dead show. It sounds much better than my previous tapes and CD-Rs of this show.

    On page 25 of the essay booklet in the Jonathan David Sabin photo, if I recall correctly, I believe I am in this photo, although obscured. I remember seeing the guy standing on the sound reinforcement tower scaffolding with the white tee shirt. I remember the guy sitting in our row of seats not wearing a shirt and a short beard. I am hidden behind the shirt. I can see my cousin who was a student at American University at the time, making this box set a really valuable time tunnel for me. By the way, I was a mere 16-year-old teen who was escorted into this event.
    I first heard Truckin' on the radio back in early 1971 and that was the bus. Although the first time I heard Truckin', I thought it was a new Steppenwolf song as I thought session musician Howard Wales sounded like Goldy McJohn at the time.
    A great big thank you to Dave Lemieux, Mark Pinkus, Ivette & Doran, and whoever had the final say to include the aforementioned photograph.

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WHAT'S INSIDE:
Five complete, previously unreleased performances on 17CDs
Des Moines, IA 5/13/73
Santa Barbara, CA 5/20/73
San Francisco, CA 5/26/73
Washington, D.C. 6/9/73
Washington, D.C. 6/10/73
Recorded by Kidd Candelario, Betty Cantor-Jackson, and Owsley Stanley
Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
Liners featuring notes from Canadian author, Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, and Legacy Manager and Audio Archivist, David Lemieux
Art and Design by GRAMMY® Award-winning Art Director, Masaki Koike
Custom-dyed Tenugui and an exclusive poster featuring an illustration by Mary Ann Mayer
 
Limited Edition Individually Numbered To 10,000 
Exclusively At Dead.net
 
"There’s the simple fact that the band members were old enough and experienced enough by now to be virtuosos on their instruments (what other group—rock or jazz or any other kind of music—could boast a trio of spectacularly singular talents such as Garcia, Lesh, and Weir?) but were still young enough to want to play and play and play some more, the happy, itchy inclination of youth. As a few of the shows in the Here Comes Sunshine boxed set attest, it wasn’t unusual for a 1973 concert to exceed four hours. And within the shows themselves, there are nearly nightly examples of hour-long orgies of tune-linked songcraft and juicy jamming." - Ray Robertson, HERE COMES SUNSHINE 1973 Liners
 
8 years in and the Grateful Dead are a little bit of everything to everyone. They are putting up textures and tones of rock, of jazz, of country, with set-morphing vibes and long stretches of improvisations that are completely keyed into the sum of their parts. Keith Godchaux is here with his cascading notes. Donna Jean too. Both finding their footing and keeping things steady in the wake of Pigpen's unfillable gap. The spring of 1973 feels transformative for the Dead - no more so than the May and early June shows, complementary yet remarkably different, soon-to-be cornerstones of everyone's tape collections, and now, 50 years later, set to be part of the band's official canon.
 
HERE COMES SUNSHINE 1973 is a limited-edition, 17CD boxed set with five previously unreleased, highly sought-after Dead shows, including: Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA (5/13/73), Campus Stadium, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA (5/20/73), Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA (5/26/73), and Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C. (6/9/73) and (6/10/73).
 
During the spring, the band road-tested most of the songs they would record that summer for WAKE OF THE FLOOD – their first studio album in three years – including early live versions of “Mississippi Half-Step Toodeloo,” “Row Jimmy,” “Stella Blue,” “Eyes Of The World,” and, the set’s namesake, “Here Comes Sunshine.” Also tucked into the collection are songs destined for the Dead’s 1974 studio album, FROM THE MARS HOTEL – “China Doll,” “Loose Lucy,” and “Wave That Flag,” a precursor to “U.S. Blues.”
 
The new repertoire slipped neatly into the fluid setlists alongside songs honed on the 1972 European tour (“Jack Straw,” “Tennessee Jed,” “Brown-Eyed Women”), Chuck Berry perennials (“Promised Land,” “Around And Around”), classic country (“Big River,” “The Race Is On”), and incredible jam sequences: “He’s Gone”> “Truckin’”> “The Other One”> “Eyes Of The World.”
 
Due June 30th, the individually-numbered, limited-edition 17CD set features vibrant graphics and custom-designed folios by GRAMMY® Award-winning Art Director Masaki Koike, a custom-dyed Tenugui and an exclusive poster featuring an illustration by Mary Ann Mayer, and liner notes by Canadian author Ray Robertson, The Owsley Stanley Foundation, and David Lemieux. And, of course, it features newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes, mastered by Jeffrey Norman.
 
Digital convert? We've got you covered too. On the very same day you can collect your hi-definition download.

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Submitted by ladnarc on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 09:10

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Limited edition BS again. Pumping this all weekend on Sirius, telling us to go buy it but it's totally sold out. Jokes on us. Ha ha ha. So annoying.

Still wading through the box, I've been bouncing around, but holy guacamole the first set in Santa Barbara is chef's kiss. Race Is On through Playing is all A+.

I'm assuming this show has never circulated widely, because Headyversion doesn't have anything from it that gets high marks. Have to figure that's lack of ears on it, not lack of quality in it.

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Submitted by Elbow49 on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 13:54

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If you have received your box set, could you let us unlucky people know. Thanks.

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Submitted by wharfrat6969 on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 14:02

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How/who to contact for replacement discs? I have never had this issue in the past?

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 14:58

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One for me and one for my brother. He was at the Kezar show. I'm having a bbq today, so perfect timming.

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Submitted by rasta5ziggy on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 16:52

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Must be out of the loop, but a band that has recorded no new songs/music in 8 years, plays the same ol' songs for 8 years.......isn't that a cover band ? So happy for the younger generation that gets to enjoy the music that the Dead made, but,....well, I got nothing more to say. Drummer Bill made the right decision to enjoy Hawaii.

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Submitted by Alan57 on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 18:11

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Be sure to mention in any communication that you have become aware via Internet forums etc that this is a widespread problem with this release.Almost certainly caused by very poor and totally inadequate disc handling procedures somewhere in their chain.That the only acceptable solution is to give you replacement discs even if that means remanufacture.
Do not accept offers of discounts on future releases.

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Submitted by Gratefulhan on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 18:23

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I got my box set this past Friday and I immediately went to ripping them especially because I read some comments from others who had some issues. I got lucky as all of the discs came snug in the cardboard sleeve. So the good news was that the discs were not floating around in the package during shipping. The bad news was that I had to carefully remove them from the cardboard sleeve- I have had a few discs get scuffs because they were so snug in the sleeve that the seam was separated by the disc. That runs this risk of the glue getting on the disc and damaging it so I was worried about that.

Anyway I keep all of my CDs in those plastic clamshell cases just to keep them from going back into those cardboard sleeves and possibly getting damaged. I had no issues ripping any of them and I as soon as each was done being ripped, it went into one of those clamshell cases. I have been slowly listening to the shows, and I came across a few anomalies which I attribute to various Dick's caveat emptors sated for that series as that also applies here.

Hmph.

I mean, I have serious wood for this release.

Tomorrow holiday so no delivery.

Wednesday I am at work all day.

(I just don't want some asshole to steal it while I am away if it's left on front porch).

UPS or USPS?

Hang in there, Proudfoot. Hang in there. Steady....

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Submitted by Gratefulhan on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 18:48

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So I have to say that that this tour has been quite an improvement over recent years. I completely understand the criticisms of this band, especially the tempo issue. However not only have they picked up the tempo they are playing with more vigor on this tour. I miss Billy, but Jay Lane is tremendous drummer and I really dig his style. I am couch touring the Folsom show right now and they sound good. Except they just announcing that are having a lightning alert so they stopped the show for a bit.

Lightning notwithstanding, I am glad that this is the last tour. 8 years is long enough and it seems like they are playing some of their best music for the last tour. So they are seemingly going out on top at least when compared to some of the previous years to my ears. Good times!

....yeah. Disc inserts shouldn't be this frustrating. I usually trim my fingernails extremely tight. Let Them Grow!
Regarding replacements? I used something called damage control when one of those Libby glasses came shattered. Is damage control still around?
And apologies now for my non-music related rants at times.
I'll do better.

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Submitted by Chuck on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 20:20

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A cover band cannot have any original members of the music they play Dead and Co, Furthur, The Dead, Phil and Friends Any of Mickey's or Bill's bands Are not cover bands Dark Star Orchestra is a cover band

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Submitted by Speckled Jim on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 20:48

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Anyone who preordered the FLAC download have any luck yet? I've heard nothing back from dead.net "customer service" since the automated reply (received Sunday AM, after I sent a request for help with my non-existent download Friday PM), suggesting that I read the FAQ page :(

I know it's a long holiday weekend, but this should be an easy problem to fix, especially given that plenty of people seem to be having trouble with it... I'm really looking forward to listening to this music. But needless to say, I won't be preordering again.

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 02:35

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I would think you would need at least two original members of a band to move it out of the cover band category. Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, for example, could not be, and wasn't presented as Pink Floyd. LiveDead69 feel like a cover band, despite having Tom Constanten on keyboards. Both good bands - but basically cover bands.

The only time such a band could be passed off as the original article would be if members left gradually over a period of time while the band in question was still working, so that there was only one person left who was there at the beginning.
There is only one original member of Hawkwind left, but as he has been carrying the banner consistently for 54 years, no one seriously suggests that he should stop using the name. When he hangs up his hat it remains to be seen whether the others will carry one as Hawkwind. Gong have, under similar circumstances, and that works.
Ironically, concerning Hawkwind, circa 2000 there was another band gigging who featured about 4-5 original members - yet they were considered the cover band while the one with the lone original member seemed like, and was, the real thing.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 07:21

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to see these shows released: 9/20/70, great acoustic set, 2/17/79, Keith & Donna's last show, the Dead played fantastic, 9/11/81 my favorite Greek Show, you kinda had to be there, 7/13/76, seeing the Dead in the tiny Orpheum Theatre was very special. 6/17/75. the Crazy Fingers opener was worth the price of admission.

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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 07:39

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Just to keep the record straight.

Rupert Holmes porn soundtrack showed up yesterday,,,, guess I made the first 200,,, got an autographed copy!!!!

If interested the first 15K takes it! You know this is the one you've been waiting for.

Happy scare your dog day and Vguy I don't mind a political poke or two. Just for the sake of argument. :-)

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Submitted by deadegad on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 08:03

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I usually monitor the site every day and was watching for an alert regarding sales. For example: Only 1500 left. . .. Order before midnight tonight! Unfortunately, after logging in this morning, the 17 disc box is sold out. Serious bummer. Well, anyhow, I am on the "notify me" list if more become available. Universe bring me this box. . .. Happy July 4th to everyone! Wave that Flag!

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Submitted by VirgoHead on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 08:30

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New account from longtime lurker. Been buying/collecting commercial Dead recordings since One From the Vault at The Wall Music store in Piscataway (I think), NJ back in ‘91. Sometimes I go full boat for hard copies, other times, I go digital, especially if I don’t need any new tenguies, LOL. Usually, I find the attention to the product pretty good. Great, actually. However, I bought the HCS ALAC late on 6/30. Files downloaded fine. As good as the shows are, there are, unfortunately, many, many “frustrating omissions” in the files as the old DP caveat emptor used to say. Some prevent burning tracks to CD others burn with dead air. Made some adjustments/replacements to burn CDs and just finished listening to Kezar and I’m up to a total of 16 corrupted tracks. It’s mostly a track here and there but the content of disc 3 from 5/20/73 UCSB was almost completely corrupted. If anyone cares, I can get more specific when I finish “working” on all 5 shows. Otherwise, I’ll save it for Rhino customer service.

I’m gonna guess it’s got something to do with AUD patches that didn’t take in the files because I’ve seen comments mentioning one or two specifically that are problem tracks. Plus, I didn’t hear any of those echo-y transitions. Some of the corrupted tracks even make a sharp electronic buzz when they stop, like what I imagine it would sound like if some wasted roadie kicked the tapers plug out of the soundboard.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 09:10

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....I can attest to that. We have two. Our male will sit with us on the sidewalk and watch the fireworks go off with laser focus.
Our female? We'll be lucky to see her before noon on the 5th.
Mayormarionbarry with the good vibes!

Whatever you do, do not purchase the FLAC. You have your best shot buying the CD box on the secondary market. Still haven't heard a word from Dead.net regarding my FLAC pre-order. No product. No refund. Nothing.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 09:58

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Ribeye steaks, garlic bread, potato salad, lots of chips and salsa,
lots of ice cold Sierra Nevada beer, Grateful Dead and red hot blues music. Happy July 4th. ,

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Submitted by BedHead77 on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 10:46

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Mine arrived last Friday.
No fuss, no muss.
Not a disc out of place.
Nary a scratch, smudge, or scrape to be found.
All 17 ripped without a hitch.
My ear sockets have been in a state of bliss ever since.

Nonsense!
A cover band is people who did not write or perform the music themselves.
It’s others “covering” what someone else wrote and performed.
Last I checked Bob wrote his songs, and was part of the creation process on JGs songs.
And their not calling it The Grateful Dead, it’s called Dead and Company for a reason.
The shit people get uptight about shhheeessshhh.
How bout just listen to the music, ya might like it, if not, that’s cool, perhaps base opinions on the music, not what it’s called?

VGUY: imho you can post what and as much as you like!
Wish we had more VGUYs here…

BLUECROW: another good show, though it seemed comparatively more laid back and at times (ie., He’s Gone) a slight regression to the slow plodding Han mentioned from recent past. I enjoyed this year so much I might consider The Gorge and/or Shoreline. I mean $100 for 3 HD shows in Auro 3D immersive audio in giant leather chair with everything needed a few feet away…still seems like a value to me?
What’s one concert ticket, with fees, parking, drinks etc,….not including “fuel”…

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:01

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....both online and in person can confuse what is actually concern with supposed anger.
I'm not angry, but I do shake my head a lot.
One of my favorite lyrics of any song is from Phish's Bathtub Gin. "We're all in this together....(and we love to take a bath)".
I even have a Pollock print by my front door that says that to remind me every day.
Happy Independence Day everyone! We will survive.

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Submitted by Pigpen Lives on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:11

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Ordered the HCS box set on May 2nd and have a confirmation email. I haven't received a shipping email but see this on the order status page. Not sure what it means.

Date Ordered: 05/02/2023 9:04 pm
Order Status: In Progress
Shipped to: (my name)

So it shipped? Or is shipping "in progress"? Where's the confirmation email? Where's my item?

Something went off the rails with this release. I read here many people have had issues with shipping communication. Many people have had issues with digital downloads. Many people have received damaged discs. The release has been handled poorly. After many successful releases why would they suddenly have a bunch of issues like this? What a mess.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:18

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....and to also quote Talking Heads.
"Same as it ever was.'
Oh. And The Sphere here is doing test runs on the exterior display. Looks pretty awesome. There's a couple of neat videos of it on you toob. The news says they are going unleash its full power tonight.
Currently watching the Marlins/Cardinals game. Baseball is cool. Liking the pitch clock when originally i was against it. Arraez still flirting with a .400 batting average.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:21

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Release date was 6-30. I wouldn't sweat it yet. I'd wait til next week to start freaking...

Until then, freak freely.... :-) :-) :-)

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Submitted by proudfoot on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:31

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Every freakin' time.

My only issue is, like I said...I don't want a scumbag stealing my box set from my porch.

I would be more patient if I knew its delivery were going to be safe.

Meanwhile...what about Dave's 47???

"Mowr, mowr, mowr"

- Bill Graham

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Submitted by bluecrow on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:52

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Oro - mind blowing show. Whole bunch of folks flying eyeballs deep. Magic and more magic all night long. Couldn't ask for more. The Playing > lightning delay > crazy dark clouds just to the north moving so slow with a few big bolts > early Set Break > Playing > Uncles Johns > Playing Reprise was dream time stuff. Then Help > Slip > Frank > He's Gone > Other One verse 2 into drumz. No fucking way. Watchtower w/ Dave Mathews was absolute complete craziness. Nights 1 and 3 were my favorites - where Momma hides the cookies - and Night 2 damn fine also. And yes V-Guy there were the drone Space and it was super cool - "what is happening??!!" They kept flying the drones after the show was over - at one point they read "Please Be Kind" I'd write more but hitting the road now. Should be passing through Eagle in next 2-1/2 to 3 hrs if traffic up mountain ain't bad.

Wishing everybody a happy and safe July 4th with abundant good food and icy drinks and the company of family and friends.

Denver '73 Road Trips is my driving music right now.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 11:56

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....That's. The. Entire. Point.
Congratulations man.
You got the goods. Drive safe and enjoy the beauty that this county has to offer.
She's a beautiful.
I was just looking at Oracle Park tix. But, I shot a huge wad to see the Cup.
Ebbs and flows.

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 14:39

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Seems ironic that this is the first release that has sold out for a while, and most of the posts about it on here concern problems with shipping and/or packaging. Not exactly a recommendation for prospective buyers of future releases.
Maybe they should take more care about the way discs are stored within a box, and less on what the actual box looks like.
These box sets are sometimes referred to as "works of art". If they are, then this surely because of the music, not the packaging.

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Submitted by rasta5ziggy on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 15:14

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Like I said, I'm so glad that the folks who were not there when we were lucky enough to have been there can enjoy the music now, but the same 50-60 songs for the past 8 years from D & C ???? .....so much more to choose from. Seen one Dead and C show, you seen them all.

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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 15:17

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Received mine at the beginning of the weekend. Shows no movement but estimates it's arrival on Saturday. No sweat. Would have been surprised if this box didn't sell out before the release date. It contains at least a couple of highly coveted shows and perfect companion shows to go along with those. Any shows they performed with The Allmans are essential.

Hope Dave hits on a choice '91 show for a pick this year. 4/1/91 and 9/26/91 are two gorillas in that room.

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Submitted by Crow Told Me on Tue, 07/04/2023 - 18:07

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My copy of HCS arrived via UPS on Sunday, just a couple days after the official release date. Had a good time yesterday listening to the Kezar show (which I've heard, but never in such excellent sound) and now today checking out the first RFK (which I've never heard before). The music's great, of course. The Dead could do no wrong in '73 (unless we count Seastones, right?) and they are playing and singing at a creative peak here. But you knew that.

Sorry to hear that along with the standard shipping woes some folks have also encountered issues with corrupted discs. So far so good for me through 5 discs (and counting). It always worries me when I get a big box set that I might not get to some of these discs for weeks or months, so if there's a problem I might not figure that out for a while. But I have to say the one time I did have a problem (the June 76 box) TPTB sent a replacement quickly.

The fi is especially hi on what I've heard so far. I love it that KG is so nicely audible. He was really contributing to the jams during that period: check out his "dialogue" with Garcia on the Kezar TTO. And I always love it that Bob's guitar is equally well represented as it is here. Vocals are often a little low in the mix, but if you're like me, that's just fine as long as you can hear each individual instrument at any given time. Which, praise ye gods, is what we get.

So, big kudos and a giant THANK YOU to EVERYBODY who was involved in choosing and remastering and shipping this material. Now, on to the petty gripes!

Not super thrilled with the packaging. I prefer it when it's easy to grab an individual show and take it with me on a long car ride (such as with the NW box for example) and I don't like it that much when the CDs are stored in thin card board slip cases that are both unwieldy and flimsy (as with Spring 77 and this set). Kind of surprised there's no booklet with none of the insightful essays we've gotten with some other sets, just flimsy inserts with brief notes on each show. And it takes a lot of shelf space, which is an issue for me: I'm going to either have to stop buying these boxes or get a bigger house.

I suppose I could go with the FLACs, but those orders seem always to be plagued with technical problems, and they're almost as expensive as the physical product, for some reason. Seems like they should be a lot cheaper. Seriously, it's been a great run with all these lavish boxes with deluxe packaging, but I'm getting to the point where I might prefer cheaper, less lavish, cheaper and more compact physical editions. Just sayin.

Wah wah wah, right? Let me return to my origin point: I am beyond stoked to have this music, which is outstanding in every respect, in my collection. We're so lucky these recordings got made, and that there's this reissue program that brings them to us in such good sound. I was thinking about it the other day: Zeppelin was the biggest band in the universe during the time these concerts were recorded (and played Kezar shortly after the Dead did), and how many quality live recordings do we have from them? How much would Zep fans love to see a reissue program like the Dead has? But alas, you want live Zep (so much of which is outstanding) you have to listen to somebody's 50 year old cassette recordings and use a lot of imagination.

OK, I'm done. Back to the BBQ, IPA, and GOGD. Have a great Fourth y'all.

Sorry you feel that way, but certainly understandable and your opinion is always welcome.
Sounds like we both agree that it’s nice the “music” lives on, especially for those who missed out!

Seastones is great! (I do seem to be in the minority on that opinion...)

And Seastones was 1974, not 1973.

Not really mad. Just impatiently waiting for the box set.

Y'all be cool, CTM.

and Spacebrother...maybe a '91 will indeed happen.

It has been 38 picks since our one and only 1980…
But It’d be cool if they did 6/22/91 (especially with video) since they did some kinda work on it to show it, and a 68 for number 48.

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Submitted by djmac4289 on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 07:52

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Apologies if buried below as somehow a freaking DeadCo discussion and debate erupted in a thread about a 73 box set, but is anyone else noticing a whole mess of errors with the downloads? There are tracks that are corrupted and cut off and even a few tracks, notably 5/20 Other One Eyes, for fukks sakes!, that are listed as not available in your country, which is something considering I am in the US. I have tried downloading multiple times to see if perhaps the process created problems, but nope. Same crap, different download. I have been a loyal buyer of everything, I mean everything, in terms of DP and box sets and releases the past 20 years, but this is the first serious issue I have encountered outside of the annoying shipping delay, and one "never arrived" situation which was rectified very promptly. Its somewhat outrageous that this product gets delivered so haphazardly. Anyone else having these issues, assuming of course you even received your download, which seems to be another gem of a hiccup with this release.

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Submitted by nitecat on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 09:06

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Sorry to hear of bad discs with the new box. My box is SFSG. One disc was loose. I did my usual quick visual check of each disk, no scratches or smears. After reading about the discs, I realize I must do a quick test of each disc in my player. Will do as soon as I get back home.
I admit the disc sleeves are oversize and cumbersome. Personally I am impressed with the artwork. I think this box is one of the most beautiful boxes I have ever seen. I will proudly display it in my box bookshelf, which I admit has run out of space- need another bookshelf!
Besides mini books for each concert, there is a booklet for the overall box, its just smaller than usual.

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