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 20, 2024 - 8:03pm

#581

Vguy72

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I'll take any 1970. Any....

....chopped or not.
Dicks Picks 1 vinyl in the house.
I remember this one vividly.
Guess what? Holds up. Just as great as the first time I listened to it.
February 20, 2024 - 7:56pm

#582

alvarhanso

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8/6/74

Funny, with chop job posts and Mars Bonus talk, I was thinking that Sugar Mag sequence would be great, but no Mars tracks, and might be just over run time limits, definitely would be with Loose Lucy and Ship of Fools added. I'd love if they released one of the Unbroken Chains from '95, maybe Charlotte on the disc itself, since there's plenty of room.
February 20, 2024 - 7:28pm

#583

JrPasquale

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chop jobs, bonus discs, releases

08/06/74 should have been released as a full show.
the Dave's picks releases do have a taper's mentality (trying to complete or fill in holes of the collections), ie, bonus disc being best of the day before/after the show being released, or to complete something that already was released. I appreciate this, but feel the bonus disc should be something special and a great way to put out a 30-60 minute selection from 1968, 1970, etc.
Did Dicks Picks do better on skipping around years than Dave's? I think so but haven't sat down and figured it out. The more skipping around the better. I was not thrilled that #50 was from spring 1977. It was very Dead-Like in that they never do what we think they should do! The variety of the band and this music and our opinion is rich.
February 20, 2024 - 7:21pm

#584

hendrixfreak

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February 26, 2014

Oro, you corporate executive you..........

Well, I figure (meaningless phrase, like clearing the throat) that Mars 50 will drop before the box. Maybe summer by the time Dave starts hyping this year's box?
February 20, 2024 - 5:21pm

#585

diw

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On the 2/22/74 bonus disc,…

On the 2/22/74 bonus disc, it includes all of the Mars Hotel songs that were played at that show. I think that was done deliberately, so there will be no duplication of songs if the rest of 2/22 is included as the live disc.
February 20, 2024 - 5:13pm

#586

icecrmcnkd

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October 20, 2015

So many ‘74 chop jobs

Some of the remaining fragments could be included with Mars Hotel 50th so that we could start piecing things back together.
February 20, 2024 - 4:59pm

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diw

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I think you were looking at…

I think you were looking at the prior remastered Mars Hotel. The 50th Anniversary version has not been announced yet.
February 20, 2024 - 4:56pm

#588

DeadVikes

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RYXS

Where are you seeing that info on the Rhino site?

The live Money Money's were all released on the PNW box.
February 20, 2024 - 4:30pm

#589

RyXs

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Mars Hotel (vacancies?)

********Corection********* Mars Hotel from Rhino web site {this was indeed an older release, 2006?} Well, here's hoping for a fabulous 50th for Mars Hotel with some great bonus tracks!!!!! .....I was browsing on the Rhino web site and ..blah, blah, yadda yadda, and mis~read some shit dead wrong!
February 20, 2024 - 3:00pm

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diw

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Mars Hotel 50th

It’s pretty clear cut what the live material will be. It will be remainder of 2/22/74 that was not included on the bonus disc from the 2/23/74 release.

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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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