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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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  • 1stshow70878
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    It Didn't Sell

    Gary got me to look. It was an empty speaker or PA cabinet from the earliest days of the Dead. He did have a very early photo or two that seemed to verify it's authenticity. I loved the one with Phil standing next to it with his thumb out hitchhiking as if he were heading to a gig with it. The stencil was unique and not an official Dead image like the SYF bolt on later gear. But with zero description and no provenance that $10,000 price was ludicrous. Even a simple description of how he got it ("Yeah man, I found it in a dumpster behind their recording studio") may have added some value and if that chain of possession had direct ties to a person or place that was known to be associated with the Dead it is still an empty cabinet. No speakers or crossover and while cool it might be a few hundreds but likely well under a thousand. If the Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers have taught me anything it's that provenance is everything with items that belonged to famous people. It looks like it could have stories to tell for sure. Thanks Gary.
    Cheers

  • Gary Farseer
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    Tell me what is Happening?

    On ebay, 25 minutes left on an original GD stencil box. Only asking $10,000.

    Still cool to look at and pics of Jerry with it.

    Edit: Looks like there is a picture of a cabinet with the GD stencil at woodstock with a lightning bolt logo sprayed on top. Cool...hat to give them a low ball offer. Hope it finds a good home.

  • Gary Farseer
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    IceCream

    Sent email.

    BTW, like new Jerry shirt HCS over at family provisions.

  • proudfoot
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    My count...

    34

    Three were mindblowers (7/18/82, 7/13/84, 6/9/90)

    Most were "glad I wents"

    Only a couple were "ughs" (8/28/88, 6/25/94)

  • Vguy72
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    Billy & The Kids are playing in Baltimore....

    ....crab cakes.
    11.11.73. Hey! I know that show!
    I capped at an even 60 re Dead shows.
    Better late than never!

  • proudfoot
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    Making an actual list of "only 10" is nigh on impossible

    However, these come to mind...

    12 31 76
    6 10 73
    8 27 72
    3 10 81
    7 13 84
    11 11 73
    7 18 82
    7 8 78
    2 14 69
    5 31 69

    Luckily, I'll never have to make such a choice

  • billy the kiddd
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    Times to see the Dead

    Over 100. times. My brother has seen them over 200 times. maybe 300 times. I'm sure there are folks out there who. have seen them allot more times then that

  • Vguy72
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    Ok Billy....

    ....I finally have to ask.
    How many times have you seen the Dead.
    And the '76 New Years show is my favorite New Years show.
    I remember picking it up at Borders. I friggin loved that place.
    Are we going to start a list of only ten shows on a deserted island list?? Man. I'll need to sleep on that one.
    Pauley '73 would be there.
    And, I'm done for now.

  • billy the kiddd
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    Anniversary show 8/16/81 Eugene

    As we pulled into Mc Arthur Court early that morning, the marquee read , An Evening with the Grateful Dead and LSD. The Dead's equipment guys were unloading a truck underneath the sign and pointing up and laughing at it. Still buzzing from the Portland show, we picked up some beer went out and sat on the baseball field to relax before the show. Although LSD had been removed from the marquee, there sure was allot inside the show. Ken Kesey and some of his Prankster friends had the Thunder Machine up on stage strobe lights were flashing. We got a nice Baby Blue encore for the hitchhike back to the golden state. After the show we went up into the graveyard that was right across the street to watch all the fireworks being set off in the bone yard. Fun times!

  • billy the kiddd
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    If I could keep only 10 shows

    2/14/68, 2/27 & 28/69. 3/1 & 2/69. 2/13 & 14/70 5/2 & 15/70 , 8/13/75, and that would be 10.

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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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