Dave's Picks Vol. 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (4/27/85 & 4/28/85)

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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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March 24, 2024 - 11:50am

#241

daverock

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That bonus disc..

..with "Beyond Description" looks a bit of a botch up. While it would be nice to have the "Blues For Allah Suite" the other tracks look like a random selection without any connection at all. Apart for the 1975 rehearsal, I suppose
March 24, 2024 - 11:40am

#242

dmcvt

Joined:
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Know you know snow

Hey Oro, its not quite the Rockies but these old green mountains do have a way of collecting real weather. Shovels and a little ryobi snowbroom that works like a charm though multiple passes required when deep. This was pretty light, whats dangerous is being under the metal roof edge when the load on top lets go. And yes, the compacted result is cement. Take the weatherproof blue tooth speaker out there and rock on.
March 24, 2024 - 11:37am

#243

1stshow70878

Joined:
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8-13-79 McNichols

And that Shakedown is just the beginning. The 2nd set was definitely the highlight with a killer Truckin' > Nobody's Fault Jam > Truckin' that really sealed the deal. As good as it was I think 8-12-79 was better (of course, it was at Red Rocks).
Cheers
Edit: BTW Miller's SB sounds way better than my nosebleed seats sound was.
March 24, 2024 - 10:50am

#244

Oroborous

Joined:
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8/13/79

Shakedown? Hey Hendrixfreak, isn’t that “your” Shakedown?

DMCVT: cheese and rice dude, at this time of year, that’s some serious cement!
Careful Bra, that sheet will kill ya! Hopefully you can just let it melt and not have to shovel ; )

Yeah, what Conekid said!
March 24, 2024 - 10:05am

#245

That Mike

Joined:
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Dave’s 32 for 3-24-73

Sunny and completely cloudless here today, so why not a playing of Dave’s 32 from the Spectrum in Philly 3-24-73, with a decent Box of Rain.
While on Philly and the Spectrum, this official Phish release “Spectrum ‘97”, is hands down the best live recording I’ve heard in a while. Kudos to my Phishing Guide VGuy, who got me onto these guys in the first place. Void filled.
I, too, obtained Beyond Description after it was officially released, so no bonus disc for me. I remember at the time reading a lot of press about the (at the time) rare appearance of the Dead on the stage, who had Ned Lagin on keys with them, if memory serves. A show to have seen.
March 24, 2024 - 9:01am

#246

dmcvt

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SNACK/Kezar

Pulling through a 21 inch snow storm yesterday, central Vermont into Maine was the bullseye, Boston just got rain. Before that, unusually the ground was clear and thawed, ice was out on the pond, crocus in bloom, daffodils budding, very odd for mid March. Several editions of the SNACK concert can be found on the archive including a Charlie, it can be downloaded via ATTICS, a great candidate for a future release. Landmark show during the hiatus. HEY NOW got to go.
March 24, 2024 - 8:14am

#247

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Reissuing previous bonus material

I got Beyond Description years after release, so didn’t get the bonus disc.
The extra tracks on the studio albums from Golden Road and Beyond Description contain quite a few songs that later were released when the whole, or partial, show came out.
So, Dave, clean up 3-23-75 to today’s audio standards and release it in 2025.
March 24, 2024 - 7:18am

#248

simonrob

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3-23-75

While the reissues of the albums on "Beyond description" had extra tracks added, as 1stshow said, there was a separate bonus disc that came with pre-ordered copies of the box. Tracks on it are:
Weather Report Suite (live 10/17/74)
Blues For Allah > Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey > Drums > Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey > Blues For Allah (live 3/23/75)
Showboat (8/12/75 rehearsal)
Shakedown Street (live 8/13/79)
Far From Me (live 8/31/80)
Estimated Prophet (live 10/10/80)
March 24, 2024 - 7:09am

#249

1stshow70878

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Not A Whole Show?

Blues For Allah from 3-23-75 is included in the bonus disc of the Beyond Description box. Likely never released as a separate.
Cheers
Edit: Thirty two minutes of Blues For Allah and an encore was all they did at that benefit according to Deadbase X.
March 24, 2024 - 4:06am

#250

daverock

Joined:
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3/23/75 again

Something of a hidden treasure on "Beyond Description", then. I can't see it advertised as a stand alone release anywhere. In fact, it doesn't seem to be listed in any of the available copies of the afore mentioned box either. Strange how such an important and unusual show should be hidden away like this.

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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.

Mike

Oh yeah, I gush back on February second…
85 baby!

Blue

I know this is out of the blue, but Dicks Picks #31 is fantastic!

straight up, fantastic!

4 disc, everyone of them is fire!

Peggy-O

yep, that's about as good as it get's

Go To Heaven -> South of Heaven

On the turntable this afternoon. Thanks for the news, Vguy.

Oro

Excellent. This is a great release, and hopefully everyone received it without much delay.
Oro, the Big Blue is in Vegas tonight, and out your way Saturday, and they are on a roll. McKinnon vs Matthews.

2/22/69 Dream Bowl

What a killer of a show! Time for that BIG 1969 BOX SET.

1st Show

Glad you finally got it!
Peace

Leafs are on a roll, yes....

....I'm more concerned about the Canucks currently.
Edit. Not a good start for the VGK.

Suck it Avs

Let’s go Red W I n g s

Pretty ridiculous that the name of that team is a Hey Now trigger.

Hey now test

W I n g s

As in chicken, Paul McCartney, Red, etc

Sure enough, that word is not allowed. Needs spaces between the letters.
Talk about an incompetent AI bot security guard.

some of...

... my FUNNY WORDS include:
e s t i m a t e d
w i n t e r l a n d
s e x t e t
these are just some off of the top of my head that I've noticed

As Homer Simpson once said

“Paul McCartney was only in the greatest band ever…..

W i n g s”

now I understand

why i got HN'd sending good wishes to Jim on getting his "w i n g" fixed

Thanks Cone Kid for solving that mystery

No W I N G S

is just weak sauce.

Tried to post and got IT again.

Edit: I Saw IT Again

February, the greatest Grateful Dead Month

2/14/68, 2/27/69, 2/28/69, 2/13/70, 2/14/70, and there ate so many shows that I didn't mention. February, the #1 Grateful Dead month.

2-23,24,68

Tahoe Bowl

February 1974

W i nter land

Yep, got hey now’d on W i n t e r l a n d

Tahoe Bowl 1968, 2/9/73 Maples

Those Tahoe shows are absolute knockouts! I forgot 2/9/73 , and so many more.

Speaking of February

First six shows of 73 would make a better box than HCS, with 2/9 being the weakest just as reference…

Problem with 69

FFS!!! Just wasted ANOTHER half hour of my rapidly diminishing life on the subject, but ya know….since this lane ass corporation can’t get their shit together.
Have no problem taking our money though!
Worst part is: your all happy etc, then this BS puts ya in a mood
Hey DN, yer becoming a major buzzkill!

Vol. 49

Got it today.. the first show is strong, but this should have been a 3-cd set and saved the extra disc for a summer 72/73 show.. Also - very dry recordings - a little crowd would have helped.. "She belongs" is wounderful, but we already have that on "Garcia plays Dylan".. BW to all

49 Art

The symbolism of the slice in hand for Magoo's pizza has been discussed but what of the rest? The kite, cat, bluebird?
Cheers

Edit: 2nd show as solid as the 1st. Again, no extended big jams but great transitions, setlists, and performances.

A Hey Now Hack?

Rather than use the “Post Reply” button, I launch the black “Reply” button on the previous post, and so far, it works.

DaneHead

49 sound is strong, but I wonder what a matrix of this could have been. Except, it is an outdoor show so not going to get the crowd noise like an east coast arena show. Hoping maybe more matrix recording are in the future like Dave's 8. Hope they find some MoTB shows to matrix with the board. Have a feeling they would be incredible.

Scored Pearl Jam tix with my friends today....

....rescheduled tour from 2022 when they canceled two days prior to the show due to Matt Cameron getting covid.
Let's try this again shall we?
They have a new record dropping in April. Dark Matter.
Speaking of new records, Mick Mars solo record, The Other Side Of Mars, was released today. By far the most talented member of the Crue. Will be checking it out later on tonight.

Dave's 49 cover

Hope this works. I tried a while back and got majorly Hey Nowwed. Here’s the cover art for Dave’s 49 that Copperdomebodhi found. Scroll down to 49:
dropbox dot com /sh/qx5j9ydoc7bzm8z/AAD8yK_vCv_kQ-oLkLJQVCEla?dl=0

If y’all PM me with your email, I’ll send future covers to you directly.

Onward

Re: 49 Artwork

Here's my thoughts about the artwork 1st Show, which are pure conjecture on my part.
If I'm not mistaken, kitesurfing is (or was) popular at Stanford?
I'm thinking the cat represents that pretty cool China>Rider on 4/28?
The bluebird possibly represents the Bird Song on 4/28?
Personally, I can't figure out which of the shows I like the best. They are both extremely good for that time period.
Much like the 11/1 and 11/2 '85 Richmond shows.

Art

TNJohn think you have it right. I think Dave writes in the booklet, one of the last china riders first set. Looked at deadbase. There were only six china ryders after this one first set. Last being 1989 same venue. Interesting only one china ryder encore if my eyes dont deceive me, April 1988.

Kite me thinks has to do with the eyes outa scarlet as kinda rare. In a tree eatin pizza daydreamling.

Bluebird = Birdsong.

40 minute Chalkdust Torture in Mexico....

....I miss Mr. Ones. Because music is indeed the best.
I'll carry the baton.

Nicky Hopkins

Reading today that Nicky Hopkins would have been 80 years old today, and it itemized some of the amazing records he played on (Kinks, Stones, Who, etc). Quite a remarkable player, and like many sought after session players (Jim Keltner comes to mind), they pop up on so many albums. The GOGD were never a band to utilize session players, had all the goods needed in-house.
On the darker side of session players, there is a new book forthcoming on Jim Gordon (“ Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon”).
I agree with VGuy - come back Mr Ones.

Let the games begin!

Go AVS! Lol
I dunno, Leaf’s been tough, AVS gave away another game to D.

Though D played tough and deserved it.
Sabs pulled last couple out their asses, but hey a w I n is a w I n!
Hopefully it will be a good game to watch regardless of outcome.
Maybe a little friendly scoring competition between Mathew’s and MacKinnon!

#6534 in Northern Germany

Got my copy last week. Sound is great but audience very low in the mix.
Remember an audience recording from Knickerbocker 1993 where the
audience singing is lounder than the PA (Cassidy, Casey Jones).
Like that recording sound.
Last 5:
Neil Young - Dume (Vinyl)
GD - Herouville 06/21/71 (vinyl)
GD - Fillmore 02/13/70 (DARK STAR!!!)
Mule - Beacon 12/31/23 (4-CD)
Neil Young - Year Of The Horse (got in finally on vinyl)

Oro

The Leafs are like ‘72 Dead right now, can’t be beat. Sorry Oro, a juggernaut has come for the AVs.

I’m completely surrounded!

TOO is rootin for the Leafs Too! : (

Prolly Vguy and Conekid, and Kraken boy out younder in See Aaaat le too!
That’s awright, harder they come mofos lol ; )
GO AVS!

What a conundrum

Is that word allowed by the hey now gestapo?

I still hold a grudge against the Av’s from the 90’s.
But the W i n g s are chasing the Leafs.
Ok, go Av’s.

W i n g s currently up 4-0 against the Blues.

D’oh

4-1

Yes, yes, yes

The rebuild is coming along nicely.

Let’s Go Red W i n g s!

Keep the momentum going to April.

Beating Saint Louey

Go W I N G S lol
Yep, those were the good ole bad old days when they were in the same conference and the rivalry was fierce!

Keeping it relevant

Had Grateful Dead night at the AVs game this week.
It must of helped as they beat the mighty Canucks…

Dead Night

What happens at a Grateful Dead Night? Does the team wear special warmup jerseys, and the PA blasts some great Dead tunes, etc? A very cool marketing idea!

That Mike

I tried to answer your question but the entire response was blocked.

icecrmcnkd

Hey Now doth sucketh!
Curious - Did you try launching the black “Reply” button, as opposed to “Post Reply”?

That Mike

I’ve been using both ways the past few weeks and have been Hey Now’d both ways.

Dead night

In D-town there was a GD cover band in the concourse before the game, and possibly during intermission too.
There were GD team jerseys from dead dot net for f r e e

F r e e is a banned word

I would say that the IT department is incompetent, but nobody can be this incompetent.
It has to be intentional.

I didn’t attend GD night

Watched it on tv.
Jerseys were a Stealie wearing a red Detroit hockey helmet, and a dancing bear inside the w i n g e d wheel.
The jerseys say dead dot net on them.

W i n g e d

Is also a banned word.

Upgraded my record stylus....

....whoa. What a difference!
Johnathan Marchessault just scored his 30th goal. Ties his personal record.
Let's go for 40 mister!

2-14-70

Turns out that’s the day The Who recorded Live At Leeds.
Spinning the vinyl version now.

Enjoy the upgrade Vguy.

Dead Set

Pulled this one down from the shelf yesteday.. The album was not as good as it should have been back in the day (mostly 1 set songs), but the bonus disc has me hoping for a box with the "leftovers" (3 songs from 10/13/80 has got my hopes up..) Fine re-mastering by Joe Gastwirt.. BW to al

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