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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February 22, 2024 - 10:11am

#561

daverock

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50th anniversary for these, too

Looking at my old Dead albums this afternoon, I realised both "Tales of the Great Rum Runners" and "Compliments of Garcia were released in 1974 too.I played the Robert Hunter one and really enjoyed it. The vinyl is as thin as ancient parchment - no 180g deluxe bobbins here. But it sounds great.
February 22, 2024 - 9:57am

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1stshow70878

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Liner Notes

Mention Danny Scher as an employee of Bill Graham (For 24 years I found out) and a guy who started promoting at 16 years of age bringing Thelonius Monk to his high school? He was a Stanford grad. Can't seem to find if he is related to John Scher, famous N.J. promoter and Dead exclusive booking agent (east of the Rockies?) who also started his booking career young with his high school prom (The Chiffons, who didn't show. His only no show he says).

By the way, the sound on this release is AMAZING! Great tight performance so far. Starting 2nd set of 4-27 now.

Edit: A spectacular show that just has no weak spots. No mind blowers in 2nd set but the transitions were seamless and the 1st set really had some energy! Think I'll save the 4-28 show for tomorrow.

Cheers
February 22, 2024 - 9:41am

#563

That Mike

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1st Show

I’m glad the Eagle has landed your way, 1st Show, it’s a stellar release, as you shall see.
We must have switched postal services, because normally mine takes six weeks post-Covid, but 49 arrived door to door in less than ten days, which is remarkable. Enjoy.
Oro - Did yours arrive, too?
February 22, 2024 - 8:48am

#564

1stshow70878

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21642/25000

In the house. Sorry to keep you waiting for the review but the mail comes late here and I just got it out of the box this AM. Love the big fold out stage pic. McIntosh amps and a Colorado "ALIEN" bumper sticker behind Phil on a speaker. Mickey's kit is enormous! Will edit in a review as it rolls.
Cheers
February 22, 2024 - 8:46am

#565

Vguy72

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Slayer is getting back together!....

.....🤘.
February 22, 2024 - 6:59am

#566

uncle_tripel

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UNCHAIN/LIBERATE/RELEASE...

...that LAST 1974 DARK STAR...GREAT point ORO. this VERSION is downright CHILL and never FAILS to provide me with good resting heart rate :) so whichever form of release TPTB decide, I'm all in... and maybe, just maybe, they'll want a STRONG bonus/2nd disc to propel sales of 'From The Mars Hotel' 50th anniv. release? again, would be a cruel blow to the faithful to hold-out for 5+yrs. or 10+ yrs before this ONE is UNVAULTED

ROCK ON!

uncle_tripel
February 22, 2024 - 4:02am

#567

icecrmcnkd

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Vguy

My suggestion would be not to play old, dirty records on your new turntable. You’ll make your new stylus dirty faster.
On the other hand, the sooner you wear out that stylus the sooner you can upgrade it.

I originally bought some used vinyl but they were dirty and scratched and didn’t sound that good. Ran them through a Spin-Clean record washer but that didn’t help.
I won’t play them now that I upgraded my headshell/cartridge.
February 21, 2024 - 9:58pm

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Vguy72

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I realized the stacking spindles reason....

.....shortly afterwards.
My grandmother had one.
All her records were scratched.
February 21, 2024 - 9:45pm

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Colin Gould

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VGUY

NGDB album.
If you had an old fashioned stackable record player you could place the three discs so that sides 1, 2 and 3 would play in order. You then lift the three discs off the deck flip them over and load them individually onto the auto changer to play 4, 5 and 6.
It would have been more efficient to have the three discs as 1,6 then 2,5 and 3,4 then you could have simply flipped the stack and reloaded them together but nobody is perfect.
February 21, 2024 - 8:39pm

#570

Vguy72

Joined:
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1st Show....

....well? We're waiting.
Gonna segue into a different conversation.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Remember that box of records my wife salvaged from a sidewalk on garbage day a few years ago? The one with the box set of The Glenn Miller Orchestra?
Well, I delved into that box of records tonight the found a Dirt, Silver & Gold compilation released by United Artists in 1976. Triple gatefold with a pristine poster in it. Very nice.
Funny though. Side 1 and side 4 are on the same record. Side 2 and side 5 are on the same record. And side 3 and side 6 are on the same record.
Doesn't effect the flow, but, why?
Good band by the way.
One man's trash....
From their Wiki.
"The band continued to gain publicity, mainly as a novelty act, making an appearance in the 1968 film For Singles Only and a cameo appearance in the 1969 musical western film Paint Your Wagon,[2] performing "Hand Me Down That Can o' Beans". The band also played Carnegie Hall as an opening act for Bill Cosby and played in a jam session with Dizzy Gillespie."
Novelty act? Sign me up for more of that.
I'm on side 5 now. Which is on the 2nd record.
Don't ask me. It's like sports playoffs brackets.
Apologies for the Bill Cosby.

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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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