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 5, 2024 - 4:27pm

#411

Oroborous

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4 W I N D S Blow

George Bross of GDP merch, “Big Bross Man”.
I only met him a few times, but my cousins knew him well.
He seemed like all the crew folks: professional, good dude, unless you unintentionally mess up the merch semi at Shoreline on 96 Furthur fest tour and thus deservedly get summoned there for an “informative session lol. Actually, considering, he was pretty cool about it!
March 5, 2024 - 4:20pm

#412

icecrmcnkd

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Vinyl gravitational pull

It has Vguy…..
March 5, 2024 - 4:07pm

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Vguy72

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It seems that Thin....

....needs to change his username. Ba-dum-dum-tssss.
Re RSD, it seems that there is going to be a 40th Anniversary Zoetrope picture disc of Dio's Last In Line. I had no idea what a Zoetrope record was, so I youtoobed it.
It's going on my list.
March 5, 2024 - 2:38pm

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Gary Farseer

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Nitecat

Stoked for Electic on Eel. Still one of my weakest touchpoints.
March 5, 2024 - 2:36pm

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Gary Farseer

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wow

today, harder than ever to post. does it hit different days for different people?
March 5, 2024 - 2:07pm

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nitecat

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Vguy

Vguy good luck with the Phish tickets. Then you can tell us all about the Sphere.
March 5, 2024 - 11:56am

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Thin

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Thin checking in

Hi All - I haven't posted here forever, haven't been keeping up with the dialogue but on a few topics....
- DaP49. Dig it. Jerry's voice is toast but MAN they could play, and I love all the quirky song choices and bust-outs. Fun stuff.
- Bobby on slide: Ouch. How can a guy who's so inventive and melodic be so bad on slide, and never seem to improve, at all? Duane became a virtuoso on slide after like 9 months. After decades, Bobby still sounded like... that.
- I have been playing "Guess the Year" on podcasts. They put on a show for a minute, then ya gotta guess the year. Very fun and a cool way to apply all that useless info we have in our heads from years of listening.
- Going to Vegas' phere for Dead & Co. Can't wait.
- Looking forward to DaP50 5/3&4/77. Setlist on 5/43 looks unremarkable, but those shows can be sleepers...
- What will the box this year be?
- Oh yeah, I got fat drinking too much beer during COVID. Recently trying diet and exercise return to form and live up to my handle. Getting there.

Hope y'all are well and that Space and RV3 (80's fans) are digging DaP49
March 5, 2024 - 10:27am

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gr8fulgal77

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Good luck!

Good luck!
March 5, 2024 - 9:58am

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Vguy72

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Record Store Day....

....I finally got smart and took a PTO day. Afterwards, planning on heading the The Sphere and hope for a Phish ticket at a decent price. We shall see.
March 5, 2024 - 8:43am

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Danehead

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Mars Hotel..

I think the bonus-disc with MH will be the "left-overs" from 6/22/74, that were not on the bonus-disc with vol. 34 (one of the great ones BTW..) BW from Copenhagen

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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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