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 31, 2024 - 7:09pm

#181

TN John

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Happy Easter

Salmon for dinner BTK [heart failure diet]
Ending the night with a few Coors, a tasty bowl, and DaP 25.
Peace
March 31, 2024 - 4:00pm

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What's cooking? /Happy Easter

Rib eye steaks. Drinking. Old Rasputin. Happy Easter eveyone.
March 31, 2024 - 2:50pm

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pine_marten

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Fantastic!! Raw electric…

Fantastic!! Raw electric Dead. Just part way into disc 1 and I'm enthralled. This ain't Dylan pluggin in at Newport. Plugged in band and plugged in home field crowd. You all will love it.
March 31, 2024 - 12:16pm

#184

JimInMD

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Wow

How many miles/km did that sand have to travel? If I took a shovel full of sand and tossed it as far as I could, it wouldn't fall that far from the shovel. I can only imagine the forces at work to carry that much of something as dense as sand so far. Note to self, do not breath that stuff in.

Sand castles and glass camels, unusual occurrences in Southern Germany.

Nice matching 3/29 Nassau Coliseum Avatar, VGuy.

Two back to back postings without getting rejected by the HayCow demons
March 30, 2024 - 12:32pm

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gratefulgerd

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The Sky Was Yellow And The Sun Was Blue

Hello,

a heavy sandstorm (it’s origin is the Sahara desert)) has colored the sky today, here in Southern Germany.

It supposed to be a sunny spring day with blue skies, the weather forecast said, with temperatures up to 20 centigrade.

But instead the sky was yellow, overcast and no sun at all. Temperatures only made it up to 12 centigrade.

Happy Easter
G.
March 29, 2024 - 10:02pm

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Vguy72

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3.29.90....

....I'm all in on that good shit.
Shit apparently passes the hey now test. 👏
March 29, 2024 - 5:47pm

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wissinomingdeadhead

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03/29

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March 29, 2024 - 9:43am

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Oroborous

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Fudge

Hey Nowed…
March 29, 2024 - 9:05am

#189

That Mike

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Sports & Concert Pricing

Oro - I read the (Dollar) Bills were introducing a seat licensing fee, and I honestly thought they already had it. The Leafs and Craptors charge an exorbitant Personal Licensing Fee ripped right out of TicketBastard’s book, that basically lets the owner of the teams control resale of tix. Gamgsters. This, of course, bleeds over to the concert industry, too, so that we get Taylor Swift pricing.
Why do they charge this Personal Licensing Fee? Because they can. Thankfully, there is enough decent sports coverage on TV to scratch my NFL or NHL itch, but when it comes to concerts? Woeful.
March 29, 2024 - 7:44am

#190

Oroborous

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NFL

Are nothing but greedheads!
Now their going to get you to purchase more apps just so you can watch a playoff game, AND, back in Bu faf, their now requiring a private license or some BS ontop of the exorbitant tic prices for season tix. Know a lot of long time season ticket holders that aren’t going to reup…
So for u T u b e sub plus package not including extra app games, and it’s like a grand and you have to listen to their blowhards.
NHL package is like $64 and you get every game, (81+ )either audio feed!

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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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