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    Who's ready to boogie with a little Brent-era Grateful Dead from the Gateway to the West? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 47 features the complete unreleased show from Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, 12/9/79 and you're going to need stamina because this one is high energy from start to finish.


    By the time December 1979 rolled around, Brent Mydland had fully cemented his place in the Grateful Dead canon with his twinkling keys, harmonic tenor, and songwriting skills. No more is that evident than at this show boasting 25 songs including soon-to-be classics from GO TO HEAVEN like "Alabama Getaway," "Don't Ease Me In," "Lost Sailor," and the Brent-penned "Easy To Love You." It's also packed with whirling takes on fan-favorites like "Brown-Eyed Women," "Shakedown Street," and "Terrapin Station." And you've never heard a 2nd set quite like this with eight songs before "Drums" including an improvised "Jam" launching from the end of "Saint Of Circumstance." It doesn't stop there though, with a blazing finale of "Bertha>Good Lovin'" and perhaps one of the best versions of "Don't Ease Me In" the band ever did play. We've rounded out Disc Three with an extra nugget from '79.


    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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  • Gary Farseer
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    I am quite pleased with all the shows I have seen. Still an acid test would be great, especially the one at Big Nig's house. Reading about that one over at (jerrygarcia's brokedown palaces) makes me wish I could have been there. Stones the same night, city on fire, (although Stones near San Jose?)!

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    1st Show - The Rolling Thunder tour would have been great to see. A high school pal got to go and said it was awesome, for all the reasons you listed. I know film of the show you saw exists, but I’ve never seen it, and I’m not sure it is commercially available, save the Hard Rain soundtrack.

  • 1stshow70878
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    Nick's choice led me to look up my Hughes Stadium Ft. Collins, CO show.
    Apparently I have been conflating my two shows seen a year apart at that venue for years. I thought I had seen The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan on the same day. Turns out that Chicago/Beach Boys show at Hughes was 7-6-75 and Bob's Rolling Thunder (aptly named as it rained for that show) was 5-23-76. How in the world I ever thought Bob and the Beach Boys were on the same bill is laughable. But I have read that Bob claimed to be able to sing any Beach Boys song from memory and was a fan of Brian Wilson so maybe not that far fetched.
    The Rolling Thunder Review was panned by some for the different arrangements but that's just "Judas" talk. He was always mixing it up and admired the GD for never playing a song the exact same way twice. My memory of the show is obviously a little mixed up but at the time I thought it was very cool and hip. Very long show with a helluva set list. I had just turned 19 and caught a ride with a neighborhood classmate from high school who was a cute little cheerleader and way above my pay grade and social group but she had a friend we could stay with in Ft. Collins and was willing to drive so away we went with three others. We camped in a side yard and were harassed at midnight by cops who said there was no camping allowed on city right of way (which we were not on) so we all packed back into the party house on the floor. It rained later so it worked out OK. I guess I can check out the show on video as it was filmed for the Hard Rain thing. Not sure I've ever watched it so thanks Nick for the reminder. Highlight for me at 19 was that little cheerleader riding on my shoulders so she could see as we were back around the 50 yard line. The rain had stopped, sun came out and a girl is riding my neck. Not bad!
    Cheers

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    It is hard to nail down just one must-see show, so:
    - Dylan goes electric at Newport
    - Gram Parsons’ era Flying Burrito Bros
    - Garcia & Saunders at Keystone
    - Hank Williams (sober)
    - Dylan & The Band 1974 Tour

    Some great suggestions have been previously listed.

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    It was decades past his peak - one of the last performances he ever gave, I think - but I would loved to have seen Son House at the 100 Club in London during the summer of 1970. He was joined on harmonica by Alan Wilson on a couple of songs. Mesmerising. a great cd of this called "Delta Blues and Spirituals" came out twenty odd years ago.

    To me Robert Johnson had more sensitivity, and a more highly developed sense of rhythm than earlier country blues singer/ guitarists. But there are many, many wonderful musicians from the 1920's and 30's that are worth checking out.

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    Charley Patton

    Robert Johnson

    Leadbelly

    Beatles at Cavern

    GRATEFUL DEAD AT MAGOO'S PIZZA PARLOR

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    Leipzig in the 1720s to watch JS Bach conduct his cantatas. For me nothing has come close since.

    Son House in his pomp. I've never understood the hoo ha over Robert Johnson.

    Elvis at the start.

    Neil Young at the Fillmore in March 1970.

    Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.

  • proudfoot
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    Getting better but still plenty thick.

    Booooo!

    40 minutes later...

    Friday looks like smoke again

    Blech

    A week of rain would be very welcome

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    Very hard to pick one date, so Ill pick more then one. I would like to go to Chicago in the early fifties to see the likes of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Little Walter, Elmore James, and all the Great Blues men . I would also like to be in Binghamton NY on 5/2/70 and at the Fillmore West on 3/1/69 to see the two greatest Dead shows ever played.

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    Ten wildfires currently in WA state?
    That tropical system from Hilary is completely changing the wind patterns all over and will bring CO some of the monsoon from the next system colliding into TX tomorrow. Early fall weather next? It ain't the doldrums, that much is clear. On the bright side all our snow last winter has made my little local creek out in the BLM near us have a waterfall we haven't seen in years.
    Cheers
    - Doing some of Alvar's choice WRS selections mentioned recently today.
    - And after listening to the first Dear Mr. Fantasy from the Brent era on here last week I went looking for a good version of that as it was lame. I came across Steve Winwood himself doing DMF with The Dead on 6-20-03 and it and that whole show were great! Steve has the guitar chops and did it justice. (and he knows the lyrics, lol)That show also just blew away the one I saw at Red Rocks only 18 days later at my 25th anniversary show 7-8-03. Jimmy H. was superb and Joan Osborne killed it with her Lovelight duet with Bob. Why was she not in Dead & Co.? I think it would have helped.

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Who's ready to boogie with a little Brent-era Grateful Dead from the Gateway to the West? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 47 features the complete unreleased show from Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, 12/9/79 and you're going to need stamina because this one is high energy from start to finish.


By the time December 1979 rolled around, Brent Mydland had fully cemented his place in the Grateful Dead canon with his twinkling keys, harmonic tenor, and songwriting skills. No more is that evident than at this show boasting 25 songs including soon-to-be classics from GO TO HEAVEN like "Alabama Getaway," "Don't Ease Me In," "Lost Sailor," and the Brent-penned "Easy To Love You." It's also packed with whirling takes on fan-favorites like "Brown-Eyed Women," "Shakedown Street," and "Terrapin Station." And you've never heard a 2nd set quite like this with eight songs before "Drums" including an improvised "Jam" launching from the end of "Saint Of Circumstance." It doesn't stop there though, with a blazing finale of "Bertha>Good Lovin'" and perhaps one of the best versions of "Don't Ease Me In" the band ever did play. We've rounded out Disc Three with an extra nugget from '79.


Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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What would yo mama think
Pretty Peggy-O

Acid Mothers Temple

"Pink Lady Lemonade"

I discovered this walking Green Lake yesterday after a snack

Veeeeerrry nice

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Did I beat BTK to the punch with this one?
Two great shows I was lucky to attend. 76 was just exactly perfect. 1982 is the last year I really enjoyed, just couldn't take Jerry's voice, health and appearance going downhill after that.

Last 5(all vinyl):
Caravan: For Girls who Grow Plump in the Night
Misfits: 12 Hits From Hell
Jefferson Airplane: 9-30-66 boot
GD: 10/9/76
Motown Chartbusters Vol 4

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Good choice Cousin! I forgot that had been issued. RGM?
10-9-76 set 2 with a 10 song jam. And what a jam.
Cheers

It is indeed possible (and quite quick 'n easy) to download the JotW @ForensicDocEleven

However, I cannot seem to post instructions, nor even DM it to you; I tried my level best, removed all l1nks etc but it just kept saying that the site won't allow embeds or lnks and it even flagged me when I tried to send you my emial addr (misspellings deliberate). UPDATE: I finally got a DM sent w/ my contact info

Oro - what a great tape to get practicing on! I love to hear how 12/5/71 has stirred people, their hearts and minds or their souls or their ears or their hands. Or all of it. There's just some powerful magic radiating from that night's efforts. God Bless the Good ol' Grateful Dead

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41 years ago today I was up at the Frost to see the Dead put on a fantastic show. This was the first time the Dead played at the Frost and it might have been my favorite. This one is a must release, if they ever release any shows from the Frost.

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Mornin', rockers!!!

I was able to capture that 1/21/71, anybody who needs/wants, you know where to find me.............

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man................

Rock on!!!

Doc
Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters...............

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10.22.83: Carrier Dome

Chet Atkins: Almost Alone

11.23.73: El Paso

Howlin' Wolf: The London Sessions

10.23.73: Bloomington, MN

...leave nothing but footprints; yet in a digital world, one man gathers what another man spills...

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10.22.83: Carrier Dome

Chet Atkins: Almost Alone

11.23.73: El Paso

Howlin' Wolf: The London Sessions

10.23.73: Bloomington, MN

...leave nothing but footprints; yet in a digital world, one man gathers what another man spills...

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Per Reddit, Dave's Picks 48 is 11/20/71.

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I'll withhold judgement until I hear it in full processed form.

I listened to 11/17/71 over the past few days...it was OK, but no wood.

I hope 11/20/71 remedies that.

(I love ya Dave....1968....1968....1968....1968....1968....)

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Alan I haven’t rechecked but looking at my subscription order a few days ago the date you mention was shown as DaP #48. Unless this is a cunning plot by deaddotnet to throw us off the scent it would seem that it is more than a rumour.

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43 Years ago today, 2 rocking Grateful Dead shows! Casey Jones encore on 10/9, these 2 shows burned! I'm really glad that the acoustic sets for these 2 shows were released, hopefully we will see all these shows put out in one BIG BOX SET. Fun times !!!

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… received my Grateful Dead vinyl box set,
Over 5 Lp’s recording of the Madison square garden concert from 3/9/81 and it sounds awesome! Great job on this first pressing. Really nice performance & audio quality is primo! Any one else purchase a Boxset??!

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Enjoy hoisting the banner.

Connor Bedard initial thoughts. Young and skilled, but smaller than I expected.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Barry Melrose. Tough news. I wish him well.

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....the pre-game was extra over the top. Hey! It's Vegas!
Melrose. Ugh.
Not good news regarding Mary Lou Retton either. But I guess that's on her.

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Where's forensicdoc when you need him?

Doc??

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Around comment 62 or so when it first leaked.
Not a full review but it'll do.
We said his name 3 times fast and he appeared.
Good health to the Doc & wife.
Cheers

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Anyone else order this disc? Was supposed to release over a week ago,,,, I've had no word, see no tracking on order receipt.

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The 4th pick of the year is generally good but not grate, seems this year is no exception.

In Burlington, VT visiting my daughter for her 21st and leaf peeping, she's at UVM. Was at Nectar's last night for "Dead Night." It rocked, I was one of the oldest guys there, mostly 20's and 30's. Also, this town is FULL of Dead stuff, Phish music, flags, images, nowhere to be found. Cracking me up

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Good morning to HF and all you other rockers!!!

I am here, but in serious lurker mode. One only has to ask............

IF 11/20/71 is the next Dave's, I think people will enjoy it. I'm guessing it's a returned tapes type of deal, if it's an upgrade I'm thinking of quality comparable to Albuquerque/Ann Arbor. Solid show, especially the second set. The question is, what to put on the third CD? Maybe the recently exhibited 1/21/71? Ah, one can only hope.........

Don't really wanna get into details about health issues just yet, but here's a clue.......H/O.............and I don't mean trains..........

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.......

Rock on!

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There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.....

Maybe it would be as well to ignore the Keith era for the next couple of years. Unless something truly different can be found, like the Fall 73 shows with horns. Otherwise there's a risk we could be getting slightly inferior versions of shows we've already got.
And 10/12/68 would be brilliant way to start. No Dave's Picks released so far is remotely like it.

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… on the subject of future Dave’s picks , how about the performance at Tacoma Dome 10//20/85 ?!

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Billy's getting enough love and playing enough incredible stuff that we kinda thought he deserved his own thread.
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I'll see what's up with that...
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but hey, I'm a mod, so if you and/or others continue to have this difficulty I will pass it up the line. Sorry for the trouble! And if you have problems, describe the error messages you're getting and anything else that seems to be going on...thanks!
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10 8 81

From my Craig collection

Worth a listen

Also, another reason why I don't look at setlists: 9 25 81

A few nice surprises in that show

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I've been listening to a lot of October 83 and now I have Day Job stuck in my head... :(

Why hasn't 10/15/83 ever come out? Maybe Dave doesn't bother if there are already good boards around?

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I was at this show, lots of fun, th4e sun dome is a great place with a floating dome, place sucked you in and spat you out. Second set here is awesome, with a great Drums>Space into Jerry doing a great reading of "Comes a Time". Gimme some loving too, First time hearing the band doing that one. Good times had by all.

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...30 seemed so old.

Just reflecting back over the last few weeks and posts I had not been able to post.

Someone posted about Hampton 1988, specifically 1988-03-27. I went to the Atlanta and then Hampton shows. They were all very good, but the March 27th shows was spectacular. It had the first Space to open a set since 1985-10-31. That one was space>Werewolves of London. Know everyone around here knows that but just thought I would post just in case.

Then was discussed the 1988 Cap. Center shows. We did that run, so I was extremely happy to see the Ripple. One of my favorite songs. Although, it was sad why they played that Ripple. Did those shows, then hit Miami, Tampa-St. Pete, and New Orleans.

Someone posted about Eric Clapton 24 nights. I have the dvd and cd's. Watched the dvd a couple of weeks back. It is very good but has its flaws also.

Seems like there was one more but it slips me.

I also in the last few weeks listened to Chicago's first 2 albums remastered on cd, both are great. The first album is still my favorite.

Oh well, enough for now.

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are relatively brief. But fun.

Ripple....they played that in 88 immediately after the two blechy shows in the Northwest, Tacoma (actually, kind of OK with Touch of Grey out of Space) and Eugene (still annoyed by that show in 2023)

I like the idea of it. I am half way through Paris 9/18/74, so I will be having my brain drilled by Seastones later tonight. That opens set 2, as it did for a few other 74 shows, so maybe that was a sort of precedent for the set opening Spaces.

Too busy lately, whats happened to our daylight. Thank goodness for GOGD. Have been trying to review much of E72, including the couple shows never heard before like Newcastle and loving every minute. As much as I have banged on the primal drum and would love to have more 1968, 71-73 is such peak period too, E72 monumental. Just had the extra fun and unlikely experience of running into John Scott of Deadbase fame a few minutes ago in a place so close to my home as to be almost next door. John is a friend of a friend but we had never met, a student at Dartmouth, where I later worked. Quickly traded stories, both at the 1980 Lewiston concert, recent music etc. Am certain I made him late for something. This crazy world can be such a small place, we must keep love friendship and peace in our hearts, madness and hatred out.

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I just received my email about Vol 48, on sale next Tuesday the 17th...it is 11/20/71 at Pauley Pavilion as we all knew...faintly remember it...they had two lines...one for the floor and one for the upper level seats...some fun...

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