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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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  • 1stshow70878
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    Oro - Meet up at the liquor store

    I whizzed by you twice Wed.-Thur. as I white knuckled I-70 to Golden and back. God I hate that Nascar track. I'll hunker down so HF doesn't talk me into a vision quest. (which we all could use right now)
    Cheers

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    #49

    Debuted on the Billboard charts at #25.
    The Grateful Dead just surpassed Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra for most top 40 albums of all time.

  • Vguy72
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    If they decide to do an '82 Dave's like this release...

    ....I hope it's 8.1 Zoo Amphitheater and 8.3 Starlight Theater. Both worthy of release.

  • SPACEBROTHER
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    To my ears, the first night of this Frost set finds the band playing everything in a unique groove. It feels different than most shows from the era in the bands rhythmic approach. The second night feels more like a traditional groove.

    Either case I'm thoroughly enjoying this release and hope to see a lot more released from 85.

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    Dave's Picks 49

    I just want to thank wholeheartedly Dave for the excellence of this new pick and for all of the others as well! I read a lot of negativity on here, some of it legit, but I am really impressed with the quality and selection of all the Dave's Picks series and also the awesome box sets. Thanks Dave and crew for all your hard work!!!

  • Oroborous
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    Hey 1st show

    HF’s coming up the mountain…time to lock up the women and children!

  • Colin Gould
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    Gerd, I’m told that #49 is on the way. It took several days from the initial message before UPS agreed that they knew about the package. No update since 3rd of Feb when it appeared to still be in California. I’m fairly confident that it will turn up eventually.

  • ronmarley1
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    Good Monday

    49 showed up, and I got tix for 6/20.

  • gratefulgerd
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    Hello dh community,
    I wonder, if anybody here in Europe/Germany has gotten a shipping information for DaP #49.
    Any arrivals yet? I'm sitting on hot coals (an expression here).
    Cheers
    G.

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    Check thy PMs, good sir.

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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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