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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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  • Mr. Ones
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    Wait......What??

    You say you paid $150.00 just to have a conversation with music in the background?? Do you have all of your faculties sir/maam??
    I was at a Sunday Phish show at Merriweather and the youngsters were talking furiously during YEM. When it got to the vocal jam, I had to say LOUDLY, "yes the vocal jam is great, but how about we LISTEN to it??
    Sheesh, kids today. They seem to have more dollars than sense.

    Heads And Tails. Ideally, it would be a bit "budget priced", just by the cut-up nature of it??

    What was it Brian Wilson said??...I just wasn't made for these times. Yeah, that's SO right Brian!!

  • Sixtus_
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    re: Chompers

    I concur with disdain for Chompers - they can truly take you out of the moment and if they are persistent and loud it just has an overall negative impact on everyone in the vicinity. It's sort of inescapable but I am with others who are like, WFT are you HERE for if you just want to chomp all the damn time?!?!? One of the other things that I'm not too keen on these days is the need to have your phone with you to get into everything/everywhere. The days of paper tickets are over; no more keepsakes or mementos to hold on to as a physical reminder of the show. Instead we're left to have to whip out the phone 1000 times, hope the battery doesn't die, hope I don't lose it, etc., etc. And, let's just say, when I'm flying hiiiiigh during shows one of the last things I want to do is have constant interactions with electronics. Just leave me the music to deal with and the other stuff should fall away.

    All that said, hitting the 2x Goose shows last week in Boston were all and everything I wanted them to be (aside from the torrential deluge most of the evening the 1st night); the music was just incredible pushing every notable boundary with insane energy. So psyched their fall tour has begun - they'll be running pretty much through the fall and through November, so lots of new stuff awaits these eager ears. Nugs is your best friend for this viewing/listening - it's all there.

    In summary, Chompers suck; I prefer paper tickets, Goose rocks, and you All are awesome peeps.

    Be Well!
    Sixtus

  • billy the kiddd
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    Dave's #48 9/20/70. Fillmore East ?

    Lets hope so.

  • Vguy72
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    Led Zeppelin....

    ....minor rant here so bear with me.
    I like sports. Announcers? Not so much, depending on who it is. So when Collingsworth calls Sunday night games, I cringe, so I put on music and watch the game. I can understand whats happening without hearing all the blah, blah, blah. I've said this before, however, during the Miami/NE game I went with Led Zeppelin I after the first quarter. Then went with II. Then III.
    Funny how the music somehow coincides with what's going on during games sometimes. It can't just be me, can it?
    Anyways. Led Zep was the perfect choice.
    Heartbreaker was playing when Mac threw an int.
    Bring It On Home as Miami was doing just that.
    Celebration Day started as the game ended. Cool.
    IV is playing now. Been a minute since I went all Zep in.
    I just gave away my last five, didn't I?
    Oops. Megadeths Countdown To Extinction was in there somewhere.
    Edit. Spotify is funny. IV ended and segued into Driven To Tears by The Police. Momentum shifting.

  • billy the kiddd
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    Heads & Tails

    It does look cool, I may have to get a record player.

  • Vguy72
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    Heads & Tails....

    ....pretty cool. I like the artwork.

  • proudfoot
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    don't get me started on people talking during concerts

    GRRRRRRRRR.

    I remember an Elton John show...BLAHBLAHBLAH

    Some GD recordings:
    1/21/71. HOT music. however...BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH.
    6/28/85: first set sequence of Birdsong > Comes a Time > Deal. Look at that. During Comes a Time...BLAHBLAHBLAH.

    SHUT!
    THE!!
    FUCK!!!
    UP!!!!!!!!!

  • 1stshow70878
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    Garcia Family

    New series: Heads & Tails, vinyl.
    What do you think of this way of marketing his music?
    Very inventive.
    Will it catch on?
    Cheers

  • daverock
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    Psychedelic existentialism

    Less well known is the fact that Jean-Paul Sartre, like Cary Grant, also tripped out before it became commonplace. He was apparently injected with mescaline in 1935. Unlike Cary Grant, though, he seems to have had a terrible time. Good news for the likes of me, though, as their comparative experiences showed you don't have to be an intellectual to navigate inner space. In fact, it could get in the way.

  • delhead
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    Hell is other people

    This^^^^

    And I think people are so insecure these days they can't coexist in a few minutes of silence. If they would be split from their friends full meltdown would occur.

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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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If you see this, wanted to update you. Last years "Undertaking" turned out to be awesome. Getting ready for the second trip through the Series. Last year, by watching them in quick succession, I really harvested much knowledge on the overall story line.

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I say, well done! Going through a second time with the knowledge of the first pass can only enhance!!
Thanks for checking in.

Be Well My Friend!
Sixtus

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The filler on disc 3 from 12/4/79 is stunning! Stella Blue in particular is an all-timer to these ears!

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1979-12-04? could it be the filler you're looking for?
it would certainly round out that daP 51 very nicely, right?
1970-10-24, well, you know Dave won't be that predictable lol or...?
Peace All!
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