Grateful Dead

Just finished my first listen to 49. Love the mix, Thanks Dan Healy! Thanks to all who worked on this release. I can hear all the instruments so clearly.

I was thinking when I listen to 1974 period, its like listening to jazz, very intellectual and improvisational. When I listen to this 1985, it's more powerful and yet still improvisational, but more edgy.

I like all periods, to be clear. This release is easily one of my favorite Dave's. I will listen to it often.

Well, I could imagine a cover version of "White Bird" by: It's A Beautiful Day.
But on the other hand, this song is in it's original version a 100 %er.
Nevertheless I wonder what the Dead would've made out of it.
Cheers
G

....Los Lobos. Angels With Dirty Faces comes immediately to mind.

If the Dead had covered a Pink Floyd song, I would have preferred something a bit more open ended, with less vocals. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun by the 1969 version of the band for example.
And how about Careful With That Axe Eugene in 1974 ? Donna could have done the scream...

Songs the Dead coulda done? Woody Guthrie all the way. Pretty Boy Floyd, I Ain't Got No Home. And then More Woody.

Finally a double Bob/Jerry encore played as a reminder of our shared humanity, relevant to today's times: What's So Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding. (Followed by crowd call and response like knockin hopefully?), then a 2nd encore, "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos). We exit the venue with tears in our eyes, as Jerry's last chords continue to play in our heads.

I’ve had the same thing happen a few times: makes it to Denver in good time, then no one scans at the handoff to usps and then it seems to disappear?
Fortunately, it has always eventually showed up, but at least a week or so after it should/could have arrived, bastids!
Just what us old timers need, more unnecessary stress!

I still cannot understand why we can’t choose our shipping method, so what if it costs more!

Still no 49. Monique at Deadnet no help at all. UPS supposedly gave it off to Mail Innovations (what a bs name) in Denver (?) but no tracking for that handoff or a USPS tracking number. USPS won't help without a tracking number, which I have always gotten after the handoff. How much is that better shipping option for next year's subscription? Likely worth it!
Cheers

U s & T h e m. W o u l d h a v e m a d e a g o o d E n c o r e a l s o, o r u s e b e f o r e o r a f t e r D / S. A g a i n, j u s t s h o w i n g t h e b i g p i c t u r e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n s o c i e t y a t l a r g e a n d t h o s e t h a t d r o p o u t, o r p u l l b a c k f r o m b e i n g s o i n t e g r a t e d w i t h t h e m.

S t i l l m o r e.

I threw Barbie heads together on my own :-)

For people that collect everything Barbie.

In any event, if you missed. VMP is offering a "box" of Barbie. Two lp's in pink, a driver license for Barbie (that's actually a cardboard single), a picture of Ken and a pink pocketbook, that I assume holds the albums.

Only reason I thought about getting was Barbie-Heads. 10 years from now might be worth a few bucks. I'll go out on a limb here, maybe BH's don't watch LP releases and you could have one of the few for sale someday.

I bet they get a good buck for a beach house!

This is my seventh attempt to post. I keep being told the recraptcha answer was wrong but I’m not getting another set of pictures.
I hope other European customers are getting theirs.