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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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  • jonathan918@GD
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    I've been really enjoying 9/24/72 lately. When 30 trips was announced I wondered how Dave & Company would handle the peak years, and this 9/24/72 show proves they handled business well!

    Dark Star>China Rider!!

    Rock on, gang

    Happy 4th

  • jonathan918@GD
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    Nice to see some love for this show. It was part of my first batch of tapes, first set anyway. Finally scored second set a little while later. Fantastic stuff!! Might just be my fav from spring 77

  • daverock
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    Is something that has always appealed to me. If everybody agrees on something, there must be something wrong with it - and if no one likes it, maybe it has qualities that are just harder to discern. That's why it disappoints me that I seem to prefer 5/8/77 to 5/9. I prefer the material played on the 9th - but what sets the 8th apart for me is Jerry's sparkling guitar playing on virtually every track. Even something which I usually find a bit mundane - like Peggy O, has some superb guitar playing on it that elevates it above it's normal station.
    And yes, as Obeah said 5/5 is always worth a listen too.

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    In no particular order...

    @Daverock yes haha that shot of Ed Davey is basically the only photo of him that has been circulating widely here in the US. Reminded me of Boris and his zipline. Anyway, thanks for your reply, I appreciated it.

    Boston-Cornell-Buffalo - back in the day I scored all 3 fairly quickly (I didn't know at the time, but I guess it was because of that big Betty drop.) So I always think of them as a triumverate. Now that we've got those Palladium shows from earlier in the week it seems just like a continuum. (Spare a thought for 5/5 - does anyone ever play that show?)

    OTOH I don't think of other eras like that. Certainly Blossom 6/25/85 doesn't seem like the same vibe as SPAC 6/27 or Hershey 6/28. Maybe my perception of that week in '77 is just an artifact from the way my brain worked/was trained back when I only had a few dozen tapes

    And continuing this borderline word salad: I'm with Doc on the BCT part lol (at least 8/21 and 24)

    Well if you have read this far, happy 4th, everyone. Or happy General Election day. I think it's also the King of Tonga's official birthday, so there's that too

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    Tanks Mikey!

    And a belated Dominion Day to you amigo!

    Gonna try to enjoy today like it might be the last time to do so : (

    Right on Joey, and
    What Doc just said, cept maybe the BCT part lol

    I’ve bitched about the lack of perspective Doc sights, which I call the taper bias, for years. What’s even worse, THE INTERNET. No offense, but if more folks actually sat down and listened to shows on their own instead of reading about what someone else thinks and without all that bias noise in their head they might be surprised…
    Fuch the internet, screw all the taper hype BS…if you get confused, just
    LISTEN TO THE MUSIC PLAY!
    Oh, and wash yer hands, and try not to blow yourself up today ; )

    Bring Back Al!

  • JimInMD
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    Happy 4th All

    Play Dead

  • Forensicdoceleven
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    With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated..........

    ..........and so are Veneta and Cornell. VASTLY overrated. Not bad shows, but back in the day we lacked perspective. Now that tons of 1972 and 1977 have been released, they can be relegated to their proper place.

    Veneta especially is one of those "you had to be there" type of show. But just one man's opinion, musically there's probably at least ten E72 shows that are better, and maybe even a couple of the August BCT shows are better.

    Never understood all the buzz surrounding Cornell, always liked the next night better. Different material, more to my liking. We did see the show immediately preceding Cornell----good but not great show.............

    This is why there's different flavors of ice cream---we all know chocolate peanut butter cup is the best, but there's always some holdout who prefers pistachio............

    Rock on and watch out for wayward fireworks!

    Doc
    I think I've lived long enough to understand that plans really are very overrated......

  • That Mike
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    Wave That Flag

    Happy birthday to my American pals on your 248th birthday(by my count).
    You don’t look a day over 220.
    Enjoy the holiday, all.

  • JoeyMC
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    5/9 is better. :)

    5/9 is better. :)

    Edit: So, that is something that I used to say all the time just to rub people, but I do think that it is.
    It annoys me that a a lot of people don't poke around and decide for themselves.
    As if nothing could ever compare with Veneta and Cornell.

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    Don't vote, it only encourages them!

    I saw that piece of graffiti outside Ladbroke Grove tube station in 1978 just before I was old enough to vote here in the UK. I never have. Democracy my arse with the system we have here.

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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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Bucket as set 2 opener is great and then the Scarlet>Fire is worth hearing if you haven't... the Aiko is "way too effing slow". Check it out.

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1972

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....I do like to post this cheers emoji every now and then. A week or so ago I got hey nowed. Removed it and my post went through.
Testing it again. Well. What do you know. It went through.
It's random shit causing this. There is nothing to decifer.

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I've got the world up my ass
And I'm gonna move fast
Be the first
Won't be the last
I've got the world up my ass
Society is burning me up
Take a bite,
Spit it out
Take their rules
Rip 'em up,
Tear them down
Twisted mind,
Withered brain
You know I'm going insane
I just tell them to get back
When they tell me how to act
I've got the world up my ass
You know I've got the world up my ass

It worked!! Go figure!

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Finally got around to playing DaP 50 the other day, and what do you know? Disc two doesn't play all the way through Roses. And taking a close look at it it's clearly defective. So here we go again.

in the past, I've always gotten replacement discs in a reasonable amount of time. (A couple weeks.) And I know these things do happen. And it's been a couple years since I've had an issue. But still. I can't remember the last time that I got a new CD that would not play from any other company. I can't understand why this is such a constant problem with the Dead releases.

Anyway.

DaP is a good show, once it gets going. But the boys sure took their sweet time waking up for this particular gig. It's pretty low energy until that Sugaree that everyone is (justifiably) so excited about. I think the Bill the Drummer (belated hbd bro!) is the hero here: he starts pushing some triplets on the toms, and he won't stop till everybody picks up on it, and suddenly the music really starts happening. A good show from there on out but I doubt if I'll return to that first disc anytime soon.

So this is a good show, I'm glad to have it, yada yada. But it's hard for me to get too excited about it. There are at least 5-6 shows from the same damn tour I like better. I guess I'm pretty jaded, no?

Last five!
Flaming Lips: American Head
Billy Strings: Home
GOGD: DaP 50
Zappa: Make a Jazz Noise Here
Sonny Rollins: A Night at the Vanguard

After listening to this for the first time earlier today, I would agree that the first cd is very unexciting. The three slow songs is just too many at the same funereal pace. I really like the "Peggy O' played on 5/8, but this one here is nothing special.
Things do pick up though during the second set - sparkles like snow flakes on a curates garden, you might say. Although you probably wouldn't. The whole show doesn't sound that essential really - but pretty good once it picks up a gear.

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please send me a PM with the details and I'll ask the Doc to fix this. Sorry for the aggravation.
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Yay

You are still among us

I thought they had removed you

Please tell them the Hey Now stuff is bad for business

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Blocked from posting ad nauseam Hey Now. Not fully caught up yet, first run 50. So far same original impression way back, second night with all its flaws, a little more magic. Speaking of magic, holy smokes, been checking out the outrageous and stunning video from Phish at The Sphere.

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Better cyber-security. Strengthen the huge holes that are obviously open.

Makes me wonder how good is the front door when I am putting in information.

Thats all i have to say bout that.

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:)))

9 2 85
4 8 71
Surprise filler from 71 with Keith
Big Black album Atomizer
Ministry a mind is a terrible thing to taste
A few tracks from Dave's 50 disc 2

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....to see Blues Traveler tonight.
An hour drive. Haven't seen them since the early 2000's. Tix are $40.
Pleasantly surprised to see the line up is still the same.

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…I would really Love another “New Year’s performance release from the vault for the masses! If there’s one annual event I miss most was the groups New Year’s Eve celebrations they held at the Oakland Coliseum. The last was in 91’ I believe. Something was always special about them in my IMHO. I’ve never seen a larger sea of smiles from all the fans & attendees shine, with the house lights changing colors like great Roman candles in the sky. Phil s playing making the floors vibrate under your feet. Everything felt Special!
One of my favorite & gig is 1987! Believe it or not being from 1987, it’s an excellent show from start to finish! I believe it was also networked on television and radio for the entire country! Any other fans of the New Year Eve performances and would welcome a New release from the vault?….

Not spectacular.

I saw Jerry's Middle Finger the other night, those mofos can play. I absolutley loved it.
I do think that name in kinda dumb though...

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Not the most tactful name I agree

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....5.12.77 Chicago in the car. She's a thirty minute drive. Just exactly perfect.
Did not see Blues Traveler. Took an extended "nap" after that post and missed it lol.

The Strokes is this it
Dave's 50 disc 2
Ministry a mind yada
Big Black atomizer
Dave's 50 disc 3
Selections from 3 24 71
Opening track 11 25 79
David Bowie heroes

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from a two part road trip over the past week...on Monday off to Phoenix to see old friends and Tuesday night hit the Stones at the stadium the Cardinals play...Wednesday was a day of shopping and driving home late... I hit various book stores and music shops I like...one of the stores never fails to delight in their clearance sale section for blues & Jazz at 99 Cent$ each...grabbed about 20 of them...I also bought a copy of RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73...got some great books too...I spent Thursday sleeping and Friday I headed out to Las Vegas to hang with an old friend and treated him to my extra tix for Saturday's Stones show at Allegiant Stadium...all in all a great time...

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post positive review of new release

Apparently the word double u eye en en ee r is verboten

Beyond l a m e

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Ist show in last years big box. The whole might take a while to get off the ground, as you might expect from such a humongous show, but Jerry's guitar is spot on from the first note. Beautiful tone and playing.

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I've very much been enjoying our latest offering from DL & CO.

I've always been a big fan of Peggy-O, and this is yet another stellar spring 77 version!!

On the morning of, 8/9/95, after hearing the news, I went and drove to my friends house to share in the grief of the day. As I started driving the tape in my car (10/17/94) was silent as all I could hear was the band tuning up. Once the music started it was Peggy-O. A very stunning moment, to my new stunning reality.

Rock on, gang!!

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Argh. You guys, I feel your pain. The extremely short version is that, as previously noted, the tech folks are hard at work on many things, one of which is a newer and better site for us. And as with so many things in life, it takes longer than we'd hoped. Your cries are not falling on deaf ears and we are sorry for the aggravation. Thank you.
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1972
The front cover from the E72 CD box is just so tres francais!!

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Thanks Mary!

And when will they announce that October 74 box?

Still can't get that W word past the Hey Now.

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We've b****ed about the sheet enough. At least I have.

Apologies for the whining.

Looking forward!

HF

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I don’t have it. There was no CD, just an LP if I recall correctly.

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New and improved coming soon…….

As Homer Simpson previously stated: “They have the internet on computers now”.

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...phila spectrum,
3 friends: Brian ("The Load" RIP), Dan ("The Man" RIP), and Mike ("Chumpweed", btw r u still in DE?) miracled me to my 1st show (I had just returned home on 4/30 after 5 weeks in a Brooklyn hospital) and I was in a fragile all-around state, and needed some LIVE MUSIC to get back to reality.

Thank You Guys, my life has never been the same since hearing the GOGD on that Saturday night.

Mike, if Penndel and Cobalt Ridge sound familiar please PM me. I would love to meet up with you. I believe I saw Aunt Shelly @ the Sunshine Daydream Meet Up @ the Movies several years ago w/ her piercing blue eyes.

...now I'm off to the archive for many more smiles : 1978-05-13 Identifier #116978 : and lovin' life

I went down to the sea
try to see what's going down
maybe read between the lines
had a feeling I was falling, falling, falling
turned around to see
heard a voice calling, calling, calling
you was comin after me
back to me

Peace All!

PS - if you like early '78, Truckin'>Black Peter>Sugar Mags>SSDD 🤯

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.....is on the case.

You will never regret being kind.

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I am going to pass the being kind sentiment on to my students

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....are smaller bands working their tours around it.
There are a few playing the Brooklyn Bowl that I'm interested in.
Eggy is one of them. Daniel Donatos Cosmic Country. Circles Around The Sun. Melvin Seals and JGB is playing there again. Pink Talking Fish changed their name to Pink Talking Fish Are Dead for the two shows they are playing.
The downside? Most doors are at 11. And it looks like the old man's getting on.
Got Pearl Jam this saturday evening.
Pretty good seats. Upper bowl center. 3rd row.

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....This week, The Venetian will open the "Dead Forever Experience", which includes more than 22,000 square feet of interactive exhibit space across two floors.
I'm as happy a a pigpen in shit.

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Looks like this one will go fast. Initial sales were 20397. Right on hopefully Dave is right and we get another 50. Of course not sure I’ll make it that far.

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