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    Anyone who has ever seen the Dead can testify that one of its shows will add quite a bit of color to the environment here at Stanford. Anyone who has not seen one of these spectacles should have the opportunity to do so. The Grateful Dead are an important part of the Bay Area's cultural history. Those of us who saw them last week can testify that the Dead are alive and well. The Concert Network would be hard-pressed to find an act which would bring Frost Amphitheatre to life as the Dead would. - The Stanford Daily

    As you know by now, we'd certainly have voted aye on this motion, so much so, that we've loaded up DAVE'S PICKS 49 with not one, but two complete Grateful Dead shows from the Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 and 4/28/85. The first shows from '85 in the series, these back-to-back hometown performances couldn't be more different while delivering the same level of passion and precision, five hours of it, in fact.

    In 1985, the band were celebrating "20 Years So Far," a feat that found them on these particular nights confident with invention in terms of both setlists and playing. There are old songs renewed, rare covers revived, undeniably nuanced Jerry moments, and a few surprises from Brent Mydland too. While it's impossible to select highlights, we can say with certainty that the overall clarity of these shows is unparalleled, courtesy of Dan Healy's recordings.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 49: FROST AMPHITHEATRE, STANFORD U, PALO ALTO, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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    nice

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  • nappyrags
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    Yup Billy...

    I did that weekend in Reno & Davis...I think I've told the story about driving over the Sierra in a light snowstorm and my friend's VW Van started acting up...one of the guys said he knew what it was so we pulled over at a rest stop to let him have a look...while this was going on I made a PB&J sandwich and decided to walk to the far end of the parking lot and see what the historical marker had to say...as I'm eating said sandwich I read something to the effect of "On this spot The Donner Party..." Also at Reno I laffed as they were coming out of The Other One and Jerry started noodling Dear Prudence before going into Black Peter...fun group of folks I went with to those shows...also went later with them to the three day fest at The Greek a few months later...

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    Ween memory recollections....

    ....may have come from me.
    Go.
    Although, they recently canceled some upcoming shows. To get their heads straight.

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    Ween!

    My first Ween show was at the little Ogden Theater in Denver, a dump on Colfax. It was absolutely amazing - Deaner (the guitar player) was chain smoking and pounding drinks and his red Stratocaster was way on fire that night. The set superb - Aaron (sorry, Gene) in fine voice and just an incredible vibe all around.

    The next time I saw them was at Red Rocks and we were bored. We just horked gaggers and yakked all show about anything and everything else. Then saw them again at Mission Ballroom, and again it was a mixed set and I was bored to be there. I'm not a Ween cultist, they have to have the magic or it doesn't draw me in.

    So it's a mixed bag depending on their intake (they're on and off the wagon in various ways), the setlist, and the night. There are others here who are way more into Aaron and Mickey (he runs a charter fishing boat service out of NJ in his offseason from touring!), but these are not lies.

    But I would say go if you're interested... some of my favourite Ween songs if you want to check them out:

    Bananas and Blow
    Gabrielle
    Piss Up a Rope
    Ocean Man
    Monique the Freak

    \m/

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    Ween

    Ween is coming to Portland, and I recall some conversation about them on this forum. Any recommendations? Opinions? Descriptions of their music?

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    Reno 82

    Yes we had a blast skiing in South Lake Tahoe before the Reno show, then the next night was the show in Davis! What a grate weekend!

  • Gary Farseer
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    Cant wait to review more 1982. I have my eyes on Frost '82 and now UCLA '82 and Reno '82. May take a couple weeks to get there as I have other stuff in the cue; is it Bar BQ? Nah, music que.

    Bet the '82 UCLA Shakedown is going to be funky!

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    82 Reno, BTK

    Just missed it !! My first show was at UCLA about a month later ... wish I'd seen & gotten on the bus earlier, but I guess at that point, I wasn't so much a "runnin" as I was "take my time" ! It might be just that it was so new, exciting, strange and wonderful, but I loved 82!! ..........tcc

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    @alvarhanso thanks for answering on the topic I feel like missing something about this one. Yes we have to be pertinent to escape the "Hey now". It feels like in the marx bros, what is the password?
    Swordfish!!!
    @Nappyrags semi retired is good, hope you may change your pseudo for a "H" instead of "N" when you give up semi.
    Sorry guys for robin Trower, I escape to procol Harum. I am struggling with my memory for my first ten LP, now I return to vinyl, But if you challenge me I can nearly in random tell the first ten?

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    Nice Write-Up

    Nice write up over at meyersound about John Mayer's solo tour in November (first leg of USA tour) then to over to Europe, and now starting 2nd leg of USA tour.. Killer Panther augmented by Leopard PA components. Incredible digital processing. Of course, Derek Featherstone and crew out with him. Assuming Dead and Company using Holoplot's PA unless they somehow negotiated use of the same system for upcoming Vegas dates. PA systems, they just warm the cockles of my heart. Well done Meyer, Derek, and Ultrasound!!!

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Anyone who has ever seen the Dead can testify that one of its shows will add quite a bit of color to the environment here at Stanford. Anyone who has not seen one of these spectacles should have the opportunity to do so. The Grateful Dead are an important part of the Bay Area's cultural history. Those of us who saw them last week can testify that the Dead are alive and well. The Concert Network would be hard-pressed to find an act which would bring Frost Amphitheatre to life as the Dead would. - The Stanford Daily

As you know by now, we'd certainly have voted aye on this motion, so much so, that we've loaded up DAVE'S PICKS 49 with not one, but two complete Grateful Dead shows from the Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 and 4/28/85. The first shows from '85 in the series, these back-to-back hometown performances couldn't be more different while delivering the same level of passion and precision, five hours of it, in fact.

In 1985, the band were celebrating "20 Years So Far," a feat that found them on these particular nights confident with invention in terms of both setlists and playing. There are old songs renewed, rare covers revived, undeniably nuanced Jerry moments, and a few surprises from Brent Mydland too. While it's impossible to select highlights, we can say with certainty that the overall clarity of these shows is unparalleled, courtesy of Dan Healy's recordings.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 49: FROST AMPHITHEATRE, STANFORD U, PALO ALTO, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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Sorry, but I’m not being allowed to respond to your PM.

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We don’t apologize for the inconvenience and thank you unkindly for understanding that we will continue to make this as hard as possible.
The fact is, we don’t really want you Dead Heads here messing up our space.

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What a stupid site.

In that case, here’s the whole thing:

Hey, No!
Due to increasingly stupid and/or incompetent actions on our part, and the desire to keep you from posting benign comments, we are no longer allow-ing words and commentary on our forums.
We don’t apologize for the inconvenience and thank you unkindly for understanding that we will continue to make this as hard as possible.
The fact is, we don’t really want you Dead Heads here messing up our space.

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If you want to honor her memory, I can think of no better way than a trio of clips from the Kids in the Hall's Amazon season. Look for Doomsday DJ wherever videos are housed. It was the sketch that won that whole season for me. Dave Foley is gold, and you will never heard Brand New Key in the same way ever again.

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Doesn't that go against the message I've been receiving from the music all these years?
We shouldn't let some "Hey Now's" ruin our good time.
"Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile."

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....because, to be honest, I had no idea who you people were talking about.
Now I remember.
32 albums. Damn.
Deep into the Lakeland Florida '80 offering from TTATS.
The gift that keeps on giving.
Drumz is incredible!
Edit. That went through without a hitch.
And Space is killer here as well!
And loud.
My loves bigger than a Cadillac!!

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Small; Red Rocks 1982. Bigger; A Greek box (in the style of the first "Spring 90" - a show from each year). Big; Complete New Years Eve 1979-91.. A man can dream, cant he.. ?

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Sorry to hear Melanie passed away. A powerful voice, I had a crush on her back in the day. That song - “Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)” - she did with the gospel group still gets me, as dated as it is.
On more contemporary topics, is everyone getting shipping notices yet, at least the subscribers? I’m al a carte, but an average of six phucing weeks from mailing to delivery, let’s get this edition OUT.

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Listening to preview of # 49 on sirius radio. Some stunning guitar work from Garcia on Tom Thumb Blues!!

Bring on #49

Rock on, gang!

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I saw her at a festival in England in the early 70's. I can't remember what or where - that's how it was in those days. Her performance was great with a really powerful rendition of Ruby Tuesday. Great stuff. She looked really cute too.

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OK folks, I am officially done here. I tried to post a completely benign and unoffensive paragraph about Melanie and A bucket list game for me on Sunday.

I'm DUCKING DONE wasting my time. Have a good life y'all. Eff this ess.

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Can’t anything be done to fix this site, or more accurately, will anything be done to fix this site? Lots of loyal Heads getting rightly peeved off. The Dead are more than just another band, and you’d be hard pressed to find better fans, and good people. Cut the cap-t-cha would be a start, it’s on steroids.

I was sorry to read about Melanie too. I only heard her singles - "Brand New Key" and "Look What They've Done To My Song". Also her cover of "Ruby Tuesday". Mott The Hoople covered "Lay Down" on their album "Wildlife". What a beautiful face she had.

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spring is heating up in them thar mountains, Mr. Bob Dylan brings his band to town in March for 2 nites and in April, Live Dead and Brothers will grace the stage. Hell of a line up Les Dudek, Tom Constanten, Mark Karan, Duane Berry Oakley, Scott Guberman and Pete Lavezzoli playing The Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead from 69 to 73. It's not the real thing, but it's close enough to pretend...

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Ship notice today. On paper only. Number not even active yet so it's just for show. Rhino saying, "See, we did something by release date."
Cheers and good luck all in the shipping crapshoot.

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….Daves Picks #31 was a 79’ performance & the cover artwork was a dragon. The Chinese New Year 2024 will fall on Saturday, February 10th, 2024, starting the year of the Dragon. I’m hoping the next Boxset is “chasing the dragon” of 1979 Grateful Dead’s magic!

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Excellent. At this point, I’ll even take a “just for show” notice. The preview on Sirius today of 49 whetted my appetite.
PS - Is Nate MacKinnon not MVP material, or what!

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Hat trick + one.
Bra and thong thrown on the ice.
Guess they don't need them?
Cheers

Edit: Maybe it's "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK"

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....let's see what he's got.
Looks like a mini-tour. Vegas, SLC & Boise in three consecutive nights.
My first concert in over three months.
I need my fix.

Vguy is meeting with KW to obtain some real estate, namely a parking spot in the Sphere parking lot so that in the future, after he pays $1k for a concert ticket, he doesn’t have to pay another $1k to park.
Planning ahead…..

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If I ever come to Vegas for a Sphere concert, I might need to rent your parking spot.

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....utmost respect to Keller. One man band and looping master. Very impressive. Even pulled out a Scarlet Begonias, Deep Elem, Life's Been Good To Me So Far, Another Brick In The Wall and Phish's The Wedge.
I'll be seeing him again if he comes back around. He also breaks out a cool mutron tone.
Very small crowd. Maybe 1000 people. That's OK though. Those 1000 people were getting down!

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He makes all look so easy!
But hey, them Leaf’s hanging in there so far!
And Bu faf is at least watchable this year if not quite there?
But hey it’s only January so…

Mike and AJS would be proud how much “best game in the land” if been watching this year. Secret is tunes…

Hey Amigo. I think Jack got pissed off at trying to post here, which I totally get.
Tunes during games are often a must. The worse my teams play, the louder it gets!
Big Nate is my vote for MVP so far. The great ones always make it look so easy. He’d look right at home in a blue & white jersey…!
Be well!

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As the subject line says. Just got home and got the confirmation email (lol can't seem to post the time it was sent or I get hey now'd)
(update: it's the colon that gets me hey now'd)
(update: no it's not, it's trying to put a number then a colon then a number.)
(yep that's it. Even something like six colon six triggers the hey now)
But I suppose I can say that the email was sent out at 1630 hours

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Good name for a band. NOT.

For the life of me, I cannot imagine why this 'upgrade' is so hard to undo. Unless, of course, it was outsourced and the specs were agreed upon in advance meaning to undo it means you have to open up another contract and get budget money💵. Then again, when you type money you get an emoji 💵 popping up, so clearly this is an upgrade even if you cannot type about the weather or time or say, the music of the best band in the land.

Ridiculous I say, everyone is frustrated beyond belief.

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In typical Dead fashion, I see a package coming from Gnarleywood in my USPS account. But I have not received a shipping notice. Oh well. I think
I’ve had all combinations of: Notice, No notice, Tracking with updates… One time it just showed up outta the blue. If history repeats, should be here by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Got Hey Now’ed, and then it posted twice. Oof…
In typical Dead fashion, I see a package coming from Gnarleywood in my USPS account. But I have not received a shipping notice. Oh well. I think
I’ve had all combinations of: Notice, No notice, Tracking with updates… One time it just showed up outta the blue. If history repeats, should be here by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Shipping notice received.
The actual package? Six weeks.
New Phish box set coming mid March - The Spectrum ‘97 - 6 CDs

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Going from that to 85 will be a shift

I haven't checked for a shipping notice

I predict it arrives on Tuesday 1 30

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