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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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    Willie Dixon

    Dixon wrote every song he is known for. As for stolen songs the reverse is actually the case. Most 60’s 70’s and 80’s rock bands did at least 1 of his songs and frequently didn’t give credit. The worst were of course Zep and of course Chess Records . He finally got his rights back before he died and set up Blues Heaven Foundation

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    Not to be conentious, 1st show, but

    Willie Dixon was one of the, if not the, most prolific composers and you can tell his craftmanship. I'd be surprised, very surprised, if he put his name on anything he didn't write. Contrast that with the infamous Don Robey, who often took credit with a gun in his hand.

    Vguy -- don't jinx it!!!! I've posted (too much) since I returned and no hint of you-know-what.

    Farseer, welcome back!

  • That Mike
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    The Postman Finally Rings

    I received #6580 today, when my average time for the last few releases has been six weeks! (Oh Babe, it ain’t no lie). For once, I might have beat Oro’s delivery. What dark arts are these?
    Plus, no Hey Now, no fifteen-twenty Crapcha images. What is this sorcery?
    (Thanks Marye for fixing things so well)

  • Gary Farseer
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    Oh yeah!

    Thanks Dave and crew for this wonderful release. Will be cherished much by me, and thanks for such a low number!

  • Gary Farseer
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    Me and My Music

    I have always been a fan of the mathematical nature of music. So it is the jam for me. Never cared about Jerry's vocal issues at all. As I have gotten older, the words or poetry of music means more but still pails in comparison to the music.

    Oh and btw, A Happy 2024 to all here!

  • Gary Farseer
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    1971 ESP shows

    Guess there is a lot of truth to that.

    For the last several days I have had running over and over in my head -

    "And my best friend my drummer, won't even tell me what it is that I dropped."

    So much so, that it kept me up one night.

    Hmmm Synch-Chronos

  • Deadheadbrewer
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    I met #22,658 in Saint Paul, Minnesota . . .

    And it's tearing me up! I wasn't so sure at first blush, what with Jerry's vocal difficulties and the slightly-ridiculous tempos Jerry took off on, but a second listen has convinced me that the first show is really quite a treat. Now for the second show . . .

    (p.s. I got "Hey Now-d") It doesn't like when I type the message that was on a sticker on every rented VHS tape . . .

  • Vguy72
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    Haven't seen anyone complaining about....

    ....being hey nowed recently.
    Did we reach the light at the end of the tunnel?

  • 1stshow70878
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    Blues Cover

    See this week's GD Hour for Pigpen doing The Same Thing in 1967. Isn't that one of Willie Dixon's "stolen" songs? He was known for not giving people he managed due credit.
    Cheers

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    covers

    That's a gruesome thought..the Dead covering Stairway To Heaven. On the whole I preferred their country covers to their blues ones. They fitted so naturally into the sets in the 70's that they could almost have been Dead originals. Me and My Uncle in the middle of The Other One in1971 worked like a charm. The blues covers always stuck out like a sore thumb to me - especially after Pigpen slipped this mortal coil. I can't hear "Smokestack Lightning" without recalling Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. But I don't think of Merle Haggard when I hear "Sing Me Back Home".

    Uncle Tripel - cheers. That echo/reverb was one of the most distinctive characteristics of the 1985 Dead show I last played.

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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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Had to look that up.
The spoken part between:
Redemption funds,
Stocks and bonds.
Scruggs, the master of the three finger rolling style. Changed everything.
Cheers

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For a real good time!
Hopefully we won’t have to wait another 10 YEARS for some 85 love!

Well 49 old friend, it’s been a gas but I guess it’s happy trails for awhile.
Tanks for the memories

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Yes, good to see at least this one sell out. Such a great release. Just revisited this last week. Shows the depth of the vault if you like most eras, which I do.

Can't believe the others are still available. Might have to revisit #46 tomorrow.

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Smoking 🚬

How about a big announcement tomorrow?

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...hmm, how's about wave that flag day june 14th, great day for smokin' OUT a new box...read the signs, connect the lines, pay your fines, read the rhyme

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...how that 49 resurfaced...

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I am just wondering, since all of the early brent shows have the keyboards way too loud, is this the same? I can't listen to any of them, I have to go to audience recordings. Can't hear Weir enough, which is not the Dead as far as I am concerned. After Betty left, the soundboards are useless unless it was mult-tracked...and most are not. I was at these shows and they were very good!

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