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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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  • JrPasquale
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    TTB and Derek Trucks

    Great band. Amazing live, tons of soul. It made me think of a great buddy of mine wishing they would turn him loose more.

    Posting because of the 1st time I saw Derek Trucks was with Zero at the Maritime Hall. 01/31/98. I loved that period of Zero. He sat in for the entire show and its a wonderful listen. A guest sit in that does no detract from the band and gets plenty of time to shine. Awesome show.

  • Vguy72
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    Voice of discord....

    ....so discordy, Ledded posted it twice!
    Lol. Just kidding.
    At least Derek didn't fall too hard into the Joel/Brinkley category w/ Tedeschi. Ha!

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    77

  • LedDed
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    TTB... my voice of discord

    I first saw Derek Trucks in the Allman Brothers Band. I thought Warren Haynes was special, but Derek was phenomenal, still making a name for himself. An early master of slide guitar.

    I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade here, just offering that, to my ears, the fire in Derek is rarely turned up past 5 or 6 in TTB songs... all the edges are rounded off.

    It's real, organic music played by good people and in a good spirit. Unfortunately, it bores the shit out of me.

    I got all excited for their take on the Layla album which they played live. It sucked.

    Later

  • LedDed
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    TTB... my voice of discord

    I first saw Derek Trucks in the Allman Brothers Band. I thought Warren Haynes was special, but Derek was phenomenal, still making a name for himself. An early master of slide guitar.

    I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade here, just offering that, to my ears, the fire in Derek is rarely turned up past 5 or 6 in TTB songs... all the edges are rounded off.

    It's real, organic music played by good people and in a good spirit. Unfortunately, it bores the shit out of me.

    I got all excited for their take on the Layla album which they played live. It sucked.

    Later

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Latvala’s opinion on ‘73

    w w w

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    gd/dick_1973

  • Oroborous
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    73

    The first six shows of the year, including 2/15, would make an as good as, if not better, box than HCS, with 2/9 being the weak show, for point of reference.
    Don’t believe me, go listen!

  • RyXs
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    Good call Crow! I agree fully there are some hidden gems of 1973 left to release. I should check out the one you mention in particular(thks 4 the tip!). Dark Stars in 1973 very heavenly indeed. I do tend to break up the year in three chunks, with Weather Report Suite as the defining separation. So there's them fall shows post Dave's #38, and then the "Glen" & all the May and June stuff. Preceded by shows early in the year with a vibe of Dick's #28. Dick's (in name only after #14) released more late 1973 gigs and Dave's done more of the spring shows but not to any one extreme. Personally I have a penchant for the mid year May & June shows, {HCS 2023 box & pNw 2018 box} and a 1973 release will probably have a slot in 2025 or 2026 by my estimates. Still awaiting a Watkins Glen! ****Est. Prophesies*** #51~Primal Pig, #52~Post Brent, #53~1982, #54~1978, #55~1976, #56~1973? I've got cases for autumn 1972, & any 1988 as well.

  • Crow Told Me
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    TTB Tix

    I will be trying to tickets to at least one of the Red Rocks shows and at least one of the Berkeleys. Fingers crossed for better seats than I got last time.

    Over and out.

  • Vguy72
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    ....no Vegas, but San Diego is on a Saturday!
    Happy Anniversary to Dave's 29. San Bernardino 1977. Spin it today!

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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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Had to look that up.
The spoken part between:
Redemption funds,
Stocks and bonds.
Scruggs, the master of the three finger rolling style. Changed everything.
Cheers

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For a real good time!
Hopefully we won’t have to wait another 10 YEARS for some 85 love!

Well 49 old friend, it’s been a gas but I guess it’s happy trails for awhile.
Tanks for the memories

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Yes, good to see at least this one sell out. Such a great release. Just revisited this last week. Shows the depth of the vault if you like most eras, which I do.

Can't believe the others are still available. Might have to revisit #46 tomorrow.

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Smoking 🚬

How about a big announcement tomorrow?

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...hmm, how's about wave that flag day june 14th, great day for smokin' OUT a new box...read the signs, connect the lines, pay your fines, read the rhyme

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...how that 49 resurfaced...

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I am just wondering, since all of the early brent shows have the keyboards way too loud, is this the same? I can't listen to any of them, I have to go to audience recordings. Can't hear Weir enough, which is not the Dead as far as I am concerned. After Betty left, the soundboards are useless unless it was mult-tracked...and most are not. I was at these shows and they were very good!

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