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 20, 2024 - 2:44am

#291

daverock

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Go Rimbaud..

and go Johnny go.
March 19, 2024 - 10:31pm

#292

Vguy72

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Nitecat....

....how was Umphrey's?
They just announced a tour with Blues Traveler and Donato.
SLC. 6.13.
March 19, 2024 - 8:58pm

#293

Obeah

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January 14, 2017

3/19

Indeed Jonathan918 -- 3/19/90 II is a blissful tape. I say 'tape' bc that was a tape I played over and over back in the day. I think Hartford was the very first show from 1990 that I ever had on tape - it was that or Copps 3 nights later

a March '77 box set seems like such a no-brainer. There are so many amazing jams over those three nights. Sometimes I wonder if maybe a reel is lost from one night... if that's why it hasn't been boxed up and released. But if that were the case, I sorta think that one of the existing nights would already be a Dave's Pick by now.
March 19, 2024 - 8:36pm

#294

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Danato

I'm leaning on a custom too. It was the headstock that really made me think this might be a telecaster 'like' guitar. Some bright, clean, psychedelic curly maple, not something you would pick up off the shelf at Sam Ash or the local guitar shop. As to his voice, gotta admit, he fit right in with the country tunes.

Anyway, he was a big surprise in a good way.

Agree on the HeyNow BS. What gets me is this is really counter productive. I copied word for word they heyynoww language the put up when they censor and deny your post and included just that as a post and even that got heycowed.

It's not remotely looking for lin k s it's looking for language patterns and denying based on that. I noticed too many periods will trigger it. It's weird censorship and it is keeping legitimate, productive language from the conversation. You know, the kind of stuff that actually sells CD's but it lets through the hostile f u hey cow I'm pissed off now stuff through, that clearly does nothing to promote goodwill and sell CDs.

My thoughts.
March 19, 2024 - 7:13pm

#295

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Is it time for the annual 1990 Spring anniversaries....

....again? So much music. So little time.
Last Five
The Cult - Love (vinyl). One of the
records where side 2 kicks side 1's ass.
Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (vinyl)
Phish - Philly 12.3.97 (CD)
BOC - Spectres (vinyl)
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (vinyl).
Moving on....discovered Karl Strauss's Red Trolley Ale out of San Diego.
Those bottles are clean and will never be dusty in this house.
"Boldly brewed with a half-ton of caramelized malts for notes of toffee and dark fruit."
Yup!
March 19, 2024 - 6:44pm

#296

billy the kiddd

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November 8, 2021

Anniversary show 3/19/77. S.F.

47 years ago , I was up in S.F. for a knockout evening with the Grateful Dead. 3/18,19 & 20/77 would make a great box set, but first lets get that BIG 1969 or 1970 box set out.
March 19, 2024 - 2:28pm

#297

Oroborous

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June 19, 2007

Thanks DMCVT

It’s been driving me nuts lol
Body sure looks like a Fender, but yeah, can’t place that crazy Headstock?
Well, I figured at least you’d find it interesting, and now we have another mystery lol
March 19, 2024 - 1:52pm

#298

dmcvt

Joined:
April 4, 2013

DD's "telecaster"

Good eye Oro, I should have written telecaster type, what you said, its not Fender issue. Like Mike Stern's not telecaster. Not sure who made it, almost looks like a Sadowski headstock but its not. Its a Nashville 3 p.up config, humbucker at the neck. The November 22 RollingStone has an article on him with a good photo of that axe.
March 19, 2024 - 11:25am

#299

jonathan918@GD

Joined:
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Thoughts

Go, Phil!!

You're right, Jim, 7/13/89 RFK is a great show frpm a cool little box!

Played 3/18-19/90 on my daily dog walking/exercise routine the past two days and found it's a nice soundtrack!

Additional tip of the hat to 3/19/90 set II
March 19, 2024 - 9:16am

#300

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

C

Overall, a nice enjoyable ride. Sure old Philski’s gettin on, but he’s experienced enough to lay back and let the great musicians he surrounds himself with be the focus. And always, a very group effort vibe, which is nice.
Guaranteed some DH will shit on it, but since I try to take things in the moment etc and not start comparing, I experienced many great musical and emotional moments and hey, nothing lasts so…

Hey, glad to see the one armed wonder back with us! ; )
Hope your feeling better and healing up!

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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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