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Dave's Picks Vol. 50: Palladium, New York City, NY 5/3/77

Reviewer: WolfmansBrother - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - February 11, 2008 - Online Review

Subject: setting me on fire

left the orchestra section during ship of fools and arrived in the loge for the basso profundo MNS - it's the best of the tour so far, i think, and the balcony is shakin' to its raging outro leading. i sit to take a short break, too.

yet another night of the first set seeming to spill over. first half of this second set is well-played, indeed, but the sugaree is the INSANE highlight, and keith and jerry are battling it out. one of the strongest estimateds of tour and i, for one, am happy for the FOTD break. the second half belongs to jerry - eyes is short but stellar and bridges to yet another rip-your-heart-out wharf rat, and NFA showcases some down in the weeds jamming. we're stomping and clapping and grinning our faces off, and then joint is jumping for sure as they close it down. another fine UJB encore sends me out the door, so very deeply in love with this band and its music. is there anything better than being a deadhead?

Is there anything better than being a Dead Head when one of your favorite shows is officially released in its entirety? We'll double down on your sentiments WolfmansBrother, with DAVE'S PICK VOLUME 50: PALLADIUM, NEW YORK CITY, NY 5/3/77, and we'll bring the fire extinguisher to cool you off after you listen to Betty Cantor-Jackson's complete recording. Don't want the party to end? We'll stoke those embers with a few hot tracks from the first set of 5/4/77. Dave's Picks Subscribers score the monstrous second set from 5/4/77 featuring "Scarlet>Fire," "Terrapin," 'Playing In The Band," "Comes A Time," and more. Woowee!

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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June 7, 2024 - 10:34am

#701

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The Bong You Say

Late '70s in Ft. Collins had friend whose brother owned U.S. Bongs (fancy plastic models mostly) and they had one in every room of the party house. He would get sent a prototype almost every month. My first good glass one an Odyssey Glass MIB (mini ice bong). When the glass pedestal broke off in clumsy cleaning I epoxied it into a glass ash tray which lasted a long time. Toker 2s were too expensive so went plastic after that. Became a wood pipe smoker eventually and made a few as well. Favorite a tulip wood hash pipe.
Cheers
June 7, 2024 - 9:59am

#702

Oroborous

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Bongs are us

Lol, man, I did alotttt of crazy shit but never smuggled in a bong lol
Aaa the lap of luxury!

Hey Gary, was Lil Red one of them what they called portable, or “airplane” bongs? (Ok, airplane I did do back when they still allowed smoking!)
Bout 6” long, not even an inch diameter, sorta dark red plastic with brighter red plastic end caps so you could seal it up and go mobile. Not big hits, but could be quite stealth with the right lungs lol. Used to do oneys out the window at my folks. My XR 7 speakers had big heavy front covers on a hinge with just enough room on the bottom to stash “lil red”.
They’d just walk in without knocking, and with the wall of sound, couldn’t hear em comin. One time pops comes in so just able to stash the tube, but I had to hold my hit and nod that I’d be right out to move driveways cars.
Kids, lol

Yep, Gary, it’s all one! Cept maybe the Dark Matter?
Saw a cool show on that recently, wild sheet Mon!

Six shooter…pshaw! My old buddy Joe Gondeek worked in a shop and used to make real nice bongs with a spinning bowl piece that did a dozen, and dammed if that crazy bastard couldn’t suck em all down himself lol, just reflexed coughed thinking about it. Old BOO469 can tell ya all bout Joe.
In short, if you took three of anything, he’d have to do five!
Probably give Neal a run in the energy department, even without help.
Dude had so much energy his heart exploded (from genetic issue) at age 38!
Super nice and fun guy! Miss ya brother, shit ain’t been the same….
Boo could tell ya quite a story about those two front row Crochefester 77 lol.

Fortunately, today with edibles, and vapes, it’s pretty easy to get right!

Can’t wait to hear Mr Vs inside report. And
“Where’s that confounded box? Has anybody seen the box? “

Edit: 86 Box O breakout, I was there. And here I thought they’d broke that out just for me ; ) I coulda swore the big eye above the stage spoke directly to me lol (watch the move the Stoned Age and the BOC concert and you’ll get that joke)

DBL Edit: oh yeah, where isss Kiethfan, PF, Angry Jack, That Mike and ? other good folks scarred off by the mean old HN goblins. Jump in folks, the water feels fine now!
June 7, 2024 - 9:18am

#703

Gary Farseer

Joined:
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Everything we do is intentional

I absolutely believe that. They payed way more intentional attention than we can fully understand. They were/are forever Grateful Dead. Was speaking to a head friend of mine just this past week about how they busted stuff out. Referenced Box of Rain at Hampton 1986, which he was there. Had to go back to Deadbase to see the notes. It was 777 shows since the last Box of Rain. Was that coincidence? (An O'mage to that every going battle). I think not. Even GD had their list out. The last time played was 1973-07-03, Watkins Glenn.

Edit: Love Babylon by Bus. Still listen to it 1 o2 times a year.
June 7, 2024 - 8:43am

#704

rasta5ziggy

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LAST ONE/FIRST ONE

Does everyone remember their first purchase with a credit card? Mine was a big bong and a cassette tape of The Wailers' "Babylon by Bus"........ Bill's Unclaimed Freight store in Indy. Went to the parking lot, put the tape in, loaded the bowl (maybe that order was reversed}, and off I went.........1978
June 7, 2024 - 7:41am

#705

Gary Farseer

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Last One

Last Bong hit (Lil Red) at a show was the "Ticket to New Years" Show. So, a little over 36 years ago. But that was because I knew you could bring one into a show in California. Now it would be a rolled one or a pipe...locally.

At the NYE 1986 run, I bought Lil Red at a head shop - probably the psychedelic shop, a 6 inch bong. I still have Lil Red and occasionally use it.

Vguy knock em dead.

ConeKid Hempishere...nice. I read it as my brain would naturally, as Hemisphere. Took me a second to read correctly. Where is Keithfan when we need him?!

Anyone have or remember the 6 shooter. A bong bowl with six individual bowls to fill. Made it easy for my posse to load and pass around and around and around.
June 6, 2024 - 6:09pm

#706

bigbrownie

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VGuy Sphere Bong

Last Friday these four dudes in front of us chain-smoked joints the entire show, no problem there, and then one of them lit up a cig, and security pounced. Good luck. Last time I did a bong in a theater was at a Leon Redbone show in a small theater some time in the late seventies. Let 'er rip!
June 6, 2024 - 3:48pm

#707

icecrmcnkd

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Dave

Where’s the Box announcement?
June 6, 2024 - 3:46pm

#708

icecrmcnkd

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Hempisphere

Good luck Vguy
June 6, 2024 - 3:37pm

#709

Vguy72

Joined:
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Sphere bong....

....I'm bringing mine anyways. Stick it to da man!
June 6, 2024 - 2:34pm

#710

uncle_tripel

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as...

mr. garcia once said in an interview, "everything we do is intentional", so guessing it still stands

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Dave's Picks Vol. 50: Palladium, New York City, NY 5/3/77

Reviewer: WolfmansBrother - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - February 11, 2008 - Online Review

Subject: setting me on fire

left the orchestra section during ship of fools and arrived in the loge for the basso profundo MNS - it's the best of the tour so far, i think, and the balcony is shakin' to its raging outro leading. i sit to take a short break, too.

yet another night of the first set seeming to spill over. first half of this second set is well-played, indeed, but the sugaree is the INSANE highlight, and keith and jerry are battling it out. one of the strongest estimateds of tour and i, for one, am happy for the FOTD break. the second half belongs to jerry - eyes is short but stellar and bridges to yet another rip-your-heart-out wharf rat, and NFA showcases some down in the weeds jamming. we're stomping and clapping and grinning our faces off, and then joint is jumping for sure as they close it down. another fine UJB encore sends me out the door, so very deeply in love with this band and its music. is there anything better than being a deadhead?

Is there anything better than being a Dead Head when one of your favorite shows is officially released in its entirety? We'll double down on your sentiments WolfmansBrother, with DAVE'S PICK VOLUME 50: PALLADIUM, NEW YORK CITY, NY 5/3/77, and we'll bring the fire extinguisher to cool you off after you listen to Betty Cantor-Jackson's complete recording. Don't want the party to end? We'll stoke those embers with a few hot tracks from the first set of 5/4/77. Dave's Picks Subscribers score the monstrous second set from 5/4/77 featuring "Scarlet>Fire," "Terrapin," 'Playing In The Band," "Comes A Time," and more. Woowee!

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

Blue Moon ice cream

Look it up if you’ve never had it.
Best flavor and color out there.

50 arrived today, spinning CD1 now.

So I finally had a listen

Unlike others, I can’t watch hockey and listen at the same time as I run both audio and video through the same receiver.

The sound is good, but a bit muted. DaP49 jumped out of the speakers and really impressed me. It does get better as the show progresses.

So I would say this. It’s kinda like going on a cruise to the Bahamas for your 50th wedding anniversary. It’s fun and all, but really? I would have much rather preferred a trip to Bariloche.

Bariloche

Now we're talking. How many desert island shows can one take for two or three weeks in Patagonia?

I'm hoping we can meander our way through some of these show discussions passively. In the big picture, I learn a lot more from the bunch of you than I can possibly contribute myself. I was thinking about something this week, one of the things the Grateful Dead taught me. That it's ok, even preferred to not be like everyone else. We embrace individuality and are accepting of modest to generous amounts of weirdness. I mean who wants to be part of the moron majority anyway?

I really enjoy hearing from all of you and with a few exceptions no matter what you have to say. Full disclosure I do have a soft spot for many of the Jerry Ballads, but I love the rockers too. Yin and yang.

RIP Duane Eddy indeed

Another one gone

Duane Eddy

I was really sorry to read of his recent death. I was lucky enough to see him live twice about 10 years ago. Once in a beautiful converted cinema in little Yorkshire village called Holmfirth. His guitar playing was as great as I'd hoped, and he had one of the most engaging personalities I have ever witnessed from a performer. Genuine humility and warmth. One of the best shows I have ever seen. One where you come out taller than when you went in. I always hoped to be able to see him again.

5/2/70

If I had only one show I could go to ,5/2/70 would be that show What a show!

5/2/70

BTK - amen to that. I'd come along with you!
Not long ago, if anyone demonstrated any kind of discernment between years or eras, they would b referred to on here as a "picky Deadhead". It was as though you weren't considered part of the gang if you didn't like everything.

Most human beings, there's a spectrum of bad behavior......

Gentlemen:

Stop being such bad boys and take those Harper College comments to the Pick Of The Day thread, that kind of input is NOT welcome here!!!

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could......

Rock on,

Doc
It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people......

Asking for it...

Why does everyone love Harpur College so much?

I'm missing something i think...

Happy Harpur Day

God Bless the Grateful Dead

Have you experienced Harpur Joey?

That's it for the other one

Viola lee blues

And a whole lot more

Check it out

You'll be glad you did

I have, I'll check it out…

I have, I'll check it out again...

because of you, Oro!

Had to get the ears tested... kidding, but it was time and no, I did not think you were trolling on audio fidelity. Just glad I can still hear cymbals. Phil and Friends birthday at the Cap was about at my current limit for live decibels. At home, crank it up to low 90s peaks in celebrations, monitoring with my trusty Radio Shack meter, careful with that cochlea Eugene. Started off with the bonus disc of course, at volume... this is the joy, this is the glory of the remastering, making it easy to listen loud comfortably, experience the timbre of Phil's bass, crisp cymbal work and detail that is barely discernable on the mid fi downloads.

Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary....

Recordings of Harpur College have been around since the dawn of time. It has a well deserved reputation as classic due to the intense, exceptional music they played that night. Everybody should have a copy...........

With that being said, I actually prefer the Fillmore East show of May 15, 1970. Not sure why, probably because I was constantly dropped on my head as a child.........

Contrary to some self-serving reports, I am okay and strong, I have not hit rock bottom.......

Doc
But I'm working on it......

5 15 70

Another phenomenal show

Super model without makeup?

5 3 77 Have 2 listens in, one loud, one not.
Status quo Beatty beauty sonically, especially now I finally have my room treated etc to tame the sledgehammer bass/drums of this era.

More mellow than you’d expect, in a good way, like 76.
More clams than you’d think too. Not terrible, just not full on supermodel flawless. Pretty noticeable one in LL/Sup, and I love how in Sugaree after almost getting out of sync around six minute, they pull back, regroup, then patiently build up where eventually your like and Holly crap from then on! I think that’s what I like about this “time”, like Fivebranch said, it’s wave music. It just slowly ebbs and flows, and when their patient and together it can be quite spectacular.
I’ve been checking out some of the previous nights and kept coming back to what FB said! Wave music!
I’ll have to hear more, and not really being a 77 guy, hesitate to compare, but I’d say I like better than 45 but maybe not as much as 41, and it won’t replace my current 77 fav go tos on the rare occasion I go 77.
But as always, I’m totally enjoying it and all the hard work that went into it, even if it’s not what “I” would have preferred.
I’m glad so many others are really digging it!
Onward! On to 5 4 dot dot dot

Hey, glad I could help DMCVT ; ) and glad you didn’t think I was messin with ya.
I’ve always taken hearing very seriously, perhaps why I still can lol.

There's a Crazy Doctor I've Found

In the Space track noticed a very brief Crazy Fingers tease, and at the end, it sounded like Jerry stumbled upon There's a Doctor I've Found from The Who's Tommy, one of the shortest ditties on that double album. Also, at the end of that Sugaree crescendo, around 11 and a half min, it sounds like Bob stumbles upon Walk On the Wild Side and plays with that a few times, not quite the same take on that part he does more often. Or so it seemed. Still digging this one. Though, in the car it was not as loud as on the stereo. And the downgrade to mp3 may have helped that hum, hasn't bothered me in the car.

You People Need to Act Like a Mature Responsible Audience

What's good about Harpur? That's like asking what's good about bacon. Um, everything?

But seriously. It starts with one of the great acoustic sets ever. Listen to the Garcia's vocals on Rider and tell me this isn't a special night. A great example of a show where the exchange of energy between band and audience just sent the music through the roof. Listen to the jam out of Good Loving just for instance. Great audience riffs. (Hence my header here.) The whole thing has wabi-sabi: feedback shrieks that seem to add to the energy, sections of wobbly rhythm that suddenly lock into hyperdrive. A killer closing sequence of Dew into Viola Lee.

Anyway, glad you brought it up. One of my all time favorite shows, and yet I hadn't listened to it in years. (So much music, so little time,) Sure would like to see this one get the vinyl remaster reissue treatment.

Still haven't cracked the seal on 50. Not sure what's up with that.

2/5/70-vinyl

Crow - a remastered version of this show did actually get released on Brookvale Records in 2017. Although the acoustic set is in stereo, the electric is still in mono - but it's still a monster. The record also includes "Cold Rain and Snow", which wasn't featured on the cd. It's nothing to write home about, to be honest. But I am definitely in the camp that says this show is one of the all time greats.

Harpur College.....

....currently streaming it @ work.
Top shelf? Resounding yes!

#9764

First listen, tonight. Bonus disk looks good. Listening to "the guess who" pain train. Pretty groovy song. Nice little jam at end.

Harpur & cochlear Oro

Harpur was my gateway into Dicks Picks... which led to investigating the previous 7 and so it dawned upon me, I was back on the bus after a near ten year hiatus. Oro, just kidding about trolling, your comments on re-release formats etc. I know you know audio very well, it continues to please me upon first listens, how lucky we are to have 98% of the music retrievable and upgraded from proverbial bygone eras. Do seem to find a slight 2-3db bump up in the EQ for mid bass, notable with Phil and kick drum, but earhaps that's the best they could do given 18/24db slopes. We are good for 1977, so where's that primal grease box announcement?

Half Assed 77 Thread

Looking good!

First listen underway. So far so good. Really good sound quality as expected.

Yes, when is that box news coming? I am ready.

5/2

Thank you guys for articulating some...

Hey now

Psuq my wiggly diq

Hey now

L a m e af

Hey now

Go die

Hey now

You are communicating that you dont want my money

Hey now

The Hey Now creator needs to get punched in the nose

Hey now

Angering your customers is a bad idea

Hey now

I hope you get syphilis

Hey now

In the long run all this doesnt matter anyway

But if I could I would bash your knees with a bat

Several times

JOTW

07/30/66
Early primal DEAD!!

7/30/66

That is also early primal me.
That's the day I was born. Lol
Peace

Double Post

Damn Hey Now
Peace

#8877

...has just arrived. That was a very fast Atlantic Crossing!
And perfect timing too, May 3rd!!
What a beautiful day!
Cheers
G.
Is the HN-Police with me?

JOTM

You'll find this, and more, on the expanded version of the band's first album. Would have loved to have been there. This is actually from 7/29/1966, not 7/30. My favorite extra treat on remastered issues, right up there with American Beauty reissue extra treat.. Incredible Baby Blue

So unnecessarily lame

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