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 10, 2024 - 7:18am

#741

Danehead

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August 28, 2023

Give-aways..

Hello all - going through all my stuff - I found disc 2 and 3 of Dicks 17. No cover, but if someone wants this - send me a few words.. BW
February 10, 2024 - 3:55am

#742

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Dicks Picks 1 on vinyl

Has just been delivered. And very handsome it looks too. Immediately noticeable is the bold claim on the sticker that it "Includes Previously Unreleased Material". How exciting ! Looking closer, and getting my old cd out, it seems that the jam going into "The Other One" labelled "Jam" on both editions has been expanded from 8 mins 11 secs to 13 mins 8 secs and "Weather Report Suite" has been expanded from 15 mins 56 secs to 17 mins 26 secs. How about that?
The red on the cover is a bit smudgy - ask me if I'm bothered.
February 10, 2024 - 2:19am

#743

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Hey now - me too

The Dead's cover of Iko Iko may have been sullied forever.
February 9, 2024 - 6:37pm

#744

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

Sense? Or Ship?

I don't think it's really "censorship," as I too have had posts rejected that contained nothing profane or even controversial... it's just some weird filter they've employed that's 'orribly inefficient and damnable.

We'll see if that last word makes it through.

I got the Chefs on Sunday... the Niners are the better team on paper, but the game ain't played there. They haven't been for four years and most of the players have never been on a stage this big. The Chefs on the other hand are used to the limelight. Add the Swiftie factor... I sense a happy Hollywood ending for all but the most ardent San Fans.

Got our tickets to see D&C at the big black ping pong ball... I see some fool just scaled the outside of it and did like $100k in damage breaking off lights for footholds. It won't be long now before they dig a moat around it.

Enjoy the "big game" everyone! We're having HoneyBaked ham (weird, I know, but a guest insists on bringing it for some reason), tons of chips and dips and just total crap food... I'll be pouring Basil Hayden smoked old fashioneds for anyone who wishes to thusly slake their thirst.

Last five:

Eric Clapton - Forever Man (listen in progress!)
Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks 50 (advance copy!)
AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak
Meat Puppets - Too High to Die
The Police - Certifiable (live)

Peace

\m/
February 9, 2024 - 6:29pm

#745

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

Hey now'd for what

Not another penny from me.

Phu q d d net
February 9, 2024 - 6:20pm

#746

1stshow70878

Joined:
September 11, 2014

Tico Tico

My favorite tuning ditty. Followed by:
Finiculi Finicula (fully developed one on this week's Taper's Uptown '78)
Hideaway
Beer Barrel Polka
I'm sure there are rarities as well.
Cheers
February 9, 2024 - 5:51pm

#747

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Or maybe. Just maybe....

....Little Bunny Foo Foo.
Frost Amphitheater. 5.3.87.
I mean, it's not Iron Butterfly, but what is?
It's a full blown cover. Not a finiculi finicula or Mexican hat dance tune up.
February 9, 2024 - 5:09pm

#748

dmcvt

Joined:
April 4, 2013

Or Maybe Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida??

Hey Ho, Mr. Crow. THANKS for saying something I have struggled to stifle. Bout the latter period songs. One of the things that made the Dead so special were their own songs, lyrics and music like no one else. Sure, I like Chuck and Bobby songs, little red roosters, but hey now.
February 9, 2024 - 4:45pm

#749

Crow Told Me

Joined:
October 15, 2020

Hey, Ho, Let's Go!

The Dead shoulda covered Blitzkrieg Bop. You know Weir would've been up for it. Probably Mickey too.

But seriously now. I've often thought the Dead did too many covers, not too few. Especially in the later years. Especially since we're talking about a band with one of the all time great songwriting teams in Garcia-Hunter. (And Weir Barlow being non-slouches, too.) There were many Dead-penned tunes that never got played enough. Mountains of the Moon, Mason's Children, Till the Morning Comes, to name just a couple. Why yall playing Louie Louie, fer chrissake, when you coulda pulled out Mission in the Rain?

Pigpen's blues tunes don't count as covers cuz Pig owned 'em.

I'm not a robot!
February 9, 2024 - 4:04pm

#750

1stshow70878

Joined:
September 11, 2014

Yes, Correct Mark

UPS answer to being too busy for small packages. UPS claims 49 was handed off to USPS, but USPS is not acknowledging that. It has helped the USPS bottom line but worse for us unfortunately. Been getting slower and slower after the handoffs the last two years. Gets rerouted 5 hours drive away to the Denver hub when it was only 1 hour away on day 3. On day 15 now.
Cheers

John Perry Barlow

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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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