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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January 28, 2024 - 9:08am

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mmckenna

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The more you drive, the less…

The more you drive, the less intelligent you become, RM
January 28, 2024 - 7:57am

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Dennis

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That Mike and Phish

thanks for the heads up on Spectrum 97
January 28, 2024 - 5:44am

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ronmarley1

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Tuesdayish

Still no shipping notice, but USPS had it in my account. Just showed up today in UPS, with an estimate of Tuesday.
January 28, 2024 - 4:18am

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It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.....

Hey rockers!

Alvarhanso check PM.

Every good jam tart deserves the finest preserve........

Rock on,

Doc
Any kind of peanut butter/chocolate concoction is my jam......
January 28, 2024 - 12:01am

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Obeah

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oooh getting close

ryxs your post made me go check my own shipping status, and I see it reached my local PO earlier this afternoon and now has a delivery date of Monday. This does seem faster than last year, that's for sure... fingers crossed ofc, as it ain't here yet!
January 27, 2024 - 10:37pm

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No clue

I just try it and see. I can get Hey Now'd for one sentence, as well. There have been several days where I tried posting recently and was forbidden by the Hey Now overlords. Yet these snuck through. I don't know, man. I just don't know.
January 27, 2024 - 9:45pm

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proudfoot

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Alvar

How do you post so much without getting Hey Now'd?
January 27, 2024 - 9:17pm

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alvarhanso

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Wowza

More gold nugget finds: 7-15-71 a short show without Gregg, Duane sings 2 songs, and and 2 instrumentals, but the second song he sings is the old blues Goin' Down Slow which he, Berry Oakley, and Johnny Sandlin (Jaimoe not being comfortable in the studio yet) recorded for the project that would have been his solo album, but became the ABB instead. The recording of Goin' Down Slow was one of two songs released on Duane Allman Anthology and then re-released on the Dreams box, Trouble No More Box, Skydog Box, but so worth it. And at a Montreal show 9-3-71 between Whipping Post and Revival is a Jam that features a snippet of Duane doing the Layla lick, then Dickey doubles it, and they do it for a couple bars. Made me wish they had done that back then, they had two fairly competent guitarists and Gregg could have sung the absolute shit out of that. I'm in hog heaven over here. Also, found one stinging regret in missing the Raleigh show in Sept 2000 with Jimmy Herring (did catch Charlotte 3 months prior and Xmas Jam 3 months later), where they did Loan Me a Dime, a Boz Scaggs song Duane played a 6 minute solo on. Never knew they did that outside a few Beacon shows.
January 27, 2024 - 8:24pm

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"Come hear Uncle John's Band..

by the riverside. Got somethings to talk about , here beside the rising tide" Go 49ets!
January 27, 2024 - 7:34pm

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Take that VGK.
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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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