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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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    Aren't they HDCD's?

    I think Rhino is still using the HDCD format.

    It doesn't surprise me that it sounds like a cassette, it was sourced from the Cassette Master. It's a shame they did not continue using Reel to Reels.. hindsight. They had little to no idea this stuff would be so sought after 40 + years later.

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    SACD

    I thought I read somewhere that SACDs only play in SACD players. So I've always avoided them, even though it didn't really make sense to me.

    I'm listening to Dave's 27 (9/2/83) It actually sounds like a cassette compared to the HCS box...

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    Caribbean winds blow him safely to the Big Cheese Burger in paradise!
    Yeah, I had some weird thoughts about him yesterday. Hadn’t thought about him in a long time and my thought was a bit more than the normal quick kinda thing that often pops in there. Like, I was thinking “wonder if he’s still playing, how he’s doing etc, how old is he?” I shit thee not! Outta no where, I started thinking unordinary thoughts about a guy I never think of…

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    "Hmmm", indeed

    I love stories like that

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    I went with some friends to see Weezer last night....

    ....the beer selection sucked, so I got a margarita.
    Found out Buffet passed after the show.
    Things that make you go "hmmmm".
    Weezer was fun. Spoon, one of the openers, was really fun. I'll be keeping an eye on them. Missed White Reaper, the first band due to major rains here again. Stupid Uber driver went the long way. It was a Tesla. Neat car

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    A raise of the glass to Jimmy Buffet

    I heard margaritaville about 500 times on the radio in the 70s

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    I'm going to need a margarita

    Aw man, not Jimmy too?
    Weirdly, I just woke from a dream where someone served me a cheeseburger.
    But I was not in Paradise.
    Cheers to him.

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    Blues For Allah cover

    Intriguing that Scarlet Rivera has a sticker with this image on the violin she played during the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975. She is asked about it in the Martin Scorsese film, but disappointingly doesn't mention The Dead.
    It is a great picture. And album, come to that.

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    Blues for Allah in'shallah

    Great memory of hearing that in my dorm room on an "enchanted evening"

    Phenomenal cover art

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    Fantastic album! I think they only played the song Blues for Allah 3x, I saw them play one of the versions at Winter land on 6/17/75. Very Cool!

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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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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:23

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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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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 10/19/2023 - 10:31

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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!
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Submitted by jonathan918@GD on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 19:08

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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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Submitted by uncle_tripel on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 07:13

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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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