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 8, 2024 - 12:55pm

#781

Angry Jack Straw

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Dmcvt

I spent a ton of time at Hunts in college. I loved that place.

I had more to post about it, but the censors are back. Wtf.
February 8, 2024 - 12:12pm

#782

Gary Farseer

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GD covers 1

guess more later, been an hour working on a psot with about 20 sentneces.
February 8, 2024 - 12:03pm

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Gary Farseer

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1) Continued

Saw a killer WsP show in 2000, where they did Wish You Were here as a 2nd encore, really a great bonding experience for the hippies. Had VW Vans, quite a few, from states out West like Colorado and California.
February 8, 2024 - 11:59am

#784

Gary Farseer

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1)

Wish You Were Here. Great encore song for after a very strong show, and capping off what those off the bus for that date missed.
February 8, 2024 - 11:58am

#785

Gary Farseer

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Covers

I was thinking about GD covers, when I thought 2 Pink Floyd covers would have been good for GD.
February 8, 2024 - 11:36am

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Gary Farseer

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Too funny, not really

won't even let me post the hey nowd statement
February 8, 2024 - 11:23am

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Obeah

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Obscured By Clouds and Pilferers

I love that album. Been a LONG time. I had this on LP - which I think was made in Germany - but at the end of college I bunged a lot of my stuff into the garage at my parents' home and left it there for a few years. When I went back to retrieve my stuff, a fair amount of it had been 'thinned out' by my brother's friends.

All the Hendrix and Zeppelin was gone; most of the Marley, Tosh, Bunny Wailer... and ofc the Pink Floyd. They left Dark Side of the Moon, but I'm guessing that's bc nearly everyone had a copy. Same with the Marley "Legend" album. However, they didn't realize the value of the SST collection, so I still have all of my Black Flag vinyl xD
February 8, 2024 - 11:09am

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Danehead

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Sing out..

Hello all - today the 3-cd set Sing out landed at my door. Disc 3 - the Garcia/Weir (with Kahn and the drummers) set is soo sweet.. The sound is wonderful - Owsleys last GD recording.. Get this while you can.. BW Danehead
February 8, 2024 - 10:57am

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Gary Farseer

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difficulties

posting

have to break up stuff.

Danggit
February 8, 2024 - 10:56am

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daverock

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Bluesman

HF - absolutely. None of us were there at the time, and it's curious why we believe what we do. Apart from the Buddy Guy documentary, I read a great biography of Howlin' Wolf last year by James Segrest and Mark Hoffman. "Moanin' at Midnight" it's called. The references to Willie Dixon suggest he was quite astute in his business dealings and approach. Drummer Francis Clay says that Willie was basically a lyricist and the music was constructed by the bands who made the records.
"Spoonful" is a case in point. Is he credited with that one? It was based on a Charley Patton song, and the incredible power of the original Howlin Wolf record is down to Wolf and his amazing band. Jimmy Rodgers also states that Willie took ownership of many songs that were actually band compositions.
But this is only what I have read - and those people mentioned above may be wrong. But the more you read, the more a picture builds that all wasn't quite what we have been led to believe.

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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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