Grateful Dead

GD didnt play Scarlet Fire in 76.

I also see how you put 76 at the front of the date. You clever....

....Cobo Arena. Detroit. Michigan.
Why do I separate dates with dots instead of hashes.
It's because I don't have any hash!

I'm so jealous you saw that. That must've been one of Entwistle's last performances. I have the dvd of the Mike Gordon film Rising Low about that album project and bass legend tribute to Allen Woody. Great stuff. Think there were deleted scenes that made it much better, could only interview that many bass players for so long in the movie. Not a huge Mule fan, but Warren is a great guy, and he's really been a bridge to different worlds of music for a long time, that project brought together guys nobody would ever think of playing together. Unbelievable that you got to see the culmination of all of that! Lucky dog!

Pretty much since late afternoon on Saturday, all I've listened to is the first 6 discs of the Who's Next | Lifehouse box, mainly the 5th and 6th ones, the Olympic Sessions from May 1971 and the Singles and Sessions across 1970-72. I listened to the remastered album, then the two discs of Pete Townshend's amazing demos for Lifehouse songs. It is just astounding how fully realized his demos were. And the rare songs that were B sides, like Entwistle's When I Was a Boy, and even Daltrey's Here For More are as much a treat as legendary demos tracks like Mary and Greyhound Girl, but even ones I'd never heard of like There's A Fortune In Those Hills and Finally Over. The Olympic disc features a newly returned tape of Naked Eye with Nicky Hopkins and Pete on acoustic. Which reminds me, the acoustic driven songs and Keith Moon's thundering stampede throughout them is simply delightful. Entwistle's genius shines on his wonderful basslines, great horns arrangements and playing, and love the single tracked vocal versions of My Wife. Notably, the Record Plant Sessions of March 1971 have a lot of the chatter left, demonstrating the fraying relationship with Kit Lambert. After those sessions, he never actually produced the band again. There's also an April 1971 show at the London Vic, and December 1971 at San Francisco Civic Auditorium. The talk on the Steve Hoffman forums has me leery of diving into that. But I must say, the balance of the studio stuff and demos of the first 6 discs, I'm more pleased with the sound than their chatter on those led me to believe I would. But gonna approach the live recordings with open ears. Maybe their audiophile ears aren't as adaptable as mine, thanks to years of listening to the worst Duane Allman era ABB tapes (or Derek & the Dominos for that awful sounding Tampa recording), or even Who tapes (my dad's first in Charlotte November 1971 on this tour), so it sounds good to me. Moon sounds great, as does Entwistle. So, I'm loving it thus far.

Rush 2112 side one (like, 4 times)

Black Sabbath Master of Reality (like, 6 times)

Black Sabbath Vol. 4

Motorhead Kiss of Death

David Bowie Diamond Dogs

I did Diamond Dogs at karaoke last month.

Rant

WHY DOES THE U.S. DO DATES 10/3/87 AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD DO 3/10/87???

is it a metric thing or something? U.S. pride and smugness?

....are you sure about that Mr. Ones? I list a lot of metal.
Cheapest tix for U2 at the Sphere that I read about was $145 in a lottery. Average seems to be around $300.
Phillies are good. C'mon Marlins seeing as how the Dolphins came back down to earth after facing a legit defense.

Last 5
Buddy & Julie Miller - In The Throes
Byrds - Byrd Parts Vol 1
Jesse Ed Davis - S/T
And some “live” music, because sometimes you gotta get your Ya Yas out:
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Steve Miller Band - Live Breaking Ground 8-3-77
(Recorded in Landover, Mr Ones!)
On Deck: Wilco - Cousins
Reading random stuff about the El Mocambo nightclub, it’s history, past musicians who passed through in its history since it opened in the 1940s. U2, who recently wowed at the Sphere, played the El Mocambo in 1980 right after their first release - “Boy”. They were paid $500, and tickets were $3.50. I’ll bet tix at the Sphere were a touch more.

Elvis Costello-All This Useless Beauty
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band-A Child’s Guide To Good And Evil
Grateful Dead-Wake Of The Flood-Disc 1 (see my enthusiastic review in WOTF thread)
Blind Melon-Nico (a fucking great album and artifact and loving tribute)
Miles Davis-Live Directions (boot of ‘71 Swiss concert)

And for the record, I also LOVE when y’all post your last 5’s-sometimes it gives me a direction to go in.

Music is the Best!!

The remastered 50th Blu-ray looks and sounds great.
Haven’t listened to the CD’s yet.

Ugghhh…