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  • JimInMD
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    Dark Star > El Paso

    Especially since you can hear Jerry flirting with the opening chords for Morning Dew just before Bobby takes the reigns and steers the ship towards the West Texas town of El Paso.

    But hey.. if every Dark Star melted into a gorgeous Morning Dew, they wouldn't be so special. I'll take what we have and am a bit thankful it wasn't me making the calls. They clearly did a better job than I ever could.

    Happy Labor Day to those in the US.. for those abroad there's no harm in giving thanks and taking a breather for all those who move the world and make it shake. From another angle this marks the end of summer, the days are getting shorter and fall is coming. Darkness falls and seasons change....

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    Sunshine Daydream

    That's a great film of a Dead show - for me the best one out there. "China Cat-Rider" is the highlight of the film - although I have read that some find it a bit sexist.... with the camera lingering on naked women instead of the band. It doesn't come across that way to me - but then I ain't a woman.
    "Playing", "Bird Song" and "Dark Star" are also among the best versions ever, I would say. I still don't like the way Dark Star goes into El Paso, though.

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    Springfield, MA
    DiP 25 second show.
    Can't just leave it hanging.
    And it has a Werewolves.
    Cheers
    A little more laid back 1st set than 5-10.

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    gotta do it...

    ...thanks for the nudge...1978-05-10 new haven diP #25 lookin' for
    that BIG smile today,
    got the car for the day, after I drop my better half off at work...
    play dead,
    play dead LOUD!

    Peace for All!
    uncle_tripel

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    Hartford Civic Center

    Oroborous,
    I'll try to remember to sit down and type some notes on that '90 MSG run next week when I'm on vacation.

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    Some decent stuff
    It was a rainy day

    Rain
    Saint of Circumstance
    ATTICS OF MY LIFE

  • proudfoot
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    MSG 90

    I simply love the entire run

    Things that stay in my memory from my recent listenings are

    9 14 The Weight to open 2nd set

    9 16 Hes Gone > end of show
    9 18 second set
    9 19
    9 20 Drums > end of show

    Its hard to believe they could play so well after losing Brent 46 days earlier, as I went on about a while back

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    Ok twist my arm, but not hard lol
    Hey, these floors aren’t gonna clean themselves ; )

    Edit: just finished the fine MSG 90 run, Berry interesting.
    Lots of cool jams, and JG is obviously digging Bruce etc, so the energy is big!
    Perhaps a bit much from so many folks trying to go hard?
    Only criticisms: personally sometimes don’t like so many folks as it gets a bit sonically crowded, think they dialed that in eventually, and hey, under the circumstances it’s understandable here.
    Didn’t always like the mix, especially Vince OCCASIONALLY too loud, but you’d think that’s not his fault…I.e., Dicks from the 16…?

    TN John, noticed you were at these fine shows, would love to hear your thoughts and/or any good stories! Do you have a fave?

    And PF, thoughts/Fav?

  • TN John
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    Harpur College

    Guess I'll join y'all with this show. I had it on my soon to play list anyway.

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From a podcast of Deadshow of the month I recorded about 15 years ago. No break between tracks unfortunately. So if I stop listening after half an hour, I have to go back to the beginning. Anyway, it opens with China-Rider, and is well good.

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...DOWN > > > April 26, 1983, Spectrum Phila; daP vol. 39 and a HELP > SLIP > FRANK

peace all
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Bought my ticket the night before and hit the road next morning on a near 500 mile drive. Fantastic show. So glad I didn't f*** that up! Don't own yet the nugz sbd so np Z-Man _Brian Lee transfer 165840 which is an excellent pull.

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...don't dominate the rap, Jack, if you've got nothing new to say;

today IT is 1970-05-01 Alfred Acoustic

it's got no signs or dividing lines and very few rules to guide

Peace for All!
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busy GOGD day TODAY...gonna have to start today with PHL 1981-05-02, because,
as we all like to say, 43 years ago...my friends and I piled into someone's 1970's or was it a 1960's station wagon for a ride down to the Spectrum...that's right I've got some high-test GD with my morning java...

but, of course...this afternoon's acoustic set will be 1970-05-02 [diP#8] @ SUNY Binghamton

Everyone enjoy your day, with Peace & Love for All!
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I was at that Spectrum show. One thing in particular I remember was peaking during Scarlet>Fire and saying to myself, "whoa, they just played that backwards, note for note". Funny, the things we remember. Finally got a copy of that tape, and, no, they did not. But it was a damn fine show!

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...is Dawning" as Pig escorts us thru Good Lovin' @ L'olympia theater PARIS
1972-05-03; was thinkin' about 1991-05-03 calexpo, but, nah, it's gotta be '72 today!
I'm all set, and I'm OFF...

...and I can hear the drums, voodoo all night long
Mr. Charlie tellin' me, I can't do nothin' wrong...

y'all enjoy your Friday!

Peace and Love today & everyday for ALL!
uncle_tripel

BigB: you know it, always enjoyable jack>sugaree, birdsong, good lovin'

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...in the New York groove, well almost...but very close; Englishtown, NJ after 3 months away from performing LIVE 1977-09-03 Raceway Park outdoors in all it's splendor, let's ROCK...
just awesome sounding ("amazing show" per Mr. Latvala)

Peace All!
uncle_tripel

edited after listening: '77 is nice, but this performance is fah king SWEET!

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...through to Baltimore...with the 23rd installment in the Dick's Picks series, uncle_tripel has selected Balt. Civic Center
1972-09-17 for today's listening party :)

everyone, if you can, enjoy your weekend!
PEACE!

PS: this will be a 1st time CD listen, just picked this up for under $48 "new", found in a record store a couple of weeks ago; it is a 2013 re-release from Real Gone.

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good eyes but we still don't see, 1973-05-13 SET 3 @ Des Moines State Fairgrounds, and that'll put a BIG smile on my mug, how's about you?

...and you know that notion just crossed my mind, Peace All!
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...I ain't superstitious, but...
when my right hand itches, I gets money for sure

1985-06-28 Hershey Park Stadium
outdoors you know, big humidity, big rain, thick air, so PLAY DEAD LOUD and they DID!

...so if you're lookin' to get silly, you better go back to from where you came, because the cops don't need you, and man, they expect the same...

and to a peaceful day
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to Vancouver and the PNE Coliseum for Set 2, 1974-05-17
...check my pulse, it don't change, stay seventy-two come shine or rain.

have a Great Day everyone and with Peace for All!
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Right now I am listening to May 15, 1970 early show (at low volume) while I work on autopsy reports.............

Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me.....

Rock on!

Doc
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.....

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...just a Mile to Go---> Anchorage 1980-06-20 West "High" School Auditorium; have you ever heard...? when's the last you did a listen...? best do it, and this one WILL keep you smilin' even on a cloudy day

--->if you get confused, listen to the music PLAY

everyone have a peaceful day
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Hey rockers!

Right now I'm listening to San Antonio November 12, 1971. Maybe not classic, but a solid, fine show. Lots of the new material on display and an Other One that bobs and weaves through many different spaces. Underrated and rarely spoken of. Always worth a listen.....

When it comes to Texas in 1971, Austin gets the love, TCU gets a hug, San Antonio gets stood up at the prom.

Our memory is and always will be as good as time travel gets, and in the meantime time will do the travelling for us.....

Rock on,

Doc
Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.....

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...so this must be The Dead in Wonderland, 1984-06-21 Kingswood Music Theatre; taped this FM broadcast and it was always a fun listen, especially Wavy Gravy improv on his two great secrets about the GD lol; solid '84 show with special guests (Levon Helm & Rick Danko from the Band) for the 3 encores :)

Peace All!
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Hey rockers!

Right now I'm listening to 2/11/70, not sure why but it sures sounds great!!

My best friend and I were at the 6/21/84 show, we rode up on the motorcycles and had a blast. The three song encore was super sweet. Hey now!

And then we caught the SPAC show on the ride back. Those were the days!!!

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain......

Rock on!

Doc
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.......

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...begins with 2020 bonus 1974-06-22 at the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami,
then moving on to 2024 bonus 1977-05-04 at the Palladium in NYC,
and finally 2022 bonus 1974-02-22 at the W interland Arena in SF
everyone enjoy your weekend!

Peace for All!
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and super dark roast Columbian Supremo.
Time to brew up a second cup.

So glad you liked it BC. That's her family's place there, the old golden cruising, extra texture. Heading to Maine, further up the coast near Bay of Funny, Canada tomorrow for the heat wave. For more chuckles, check out her OMG video from Philly where she plays a small piano bar and does her version of Tweezer, Mike Gordon shows up totally out of the blue (crow). Hey Now!

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DMCVT - Definitely was watching that sweet old doggle woggle as it came and went during the set. I had skipped over the much of the intro text that detailed Holly's personal history as to Casco Bay - thanks for pointing it out and thanks for recommending the show!

This morning decided to stream another from the Wilderness Sessions - Beartooth Mountains, WY - 10/1/2020

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...with the 50th anniversary Skull & Roses bonus...1971-07-02 Fillmore West :)

Peace for All!
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...2016 daP #18 filler and bonus disc 1976-07-16 @ the Orpheum in SF...ROCK!

Peace for All!
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...stopped in 'cause I want to say, 1985-06-30 merriweather post pavilion...well, well, well

nothin' here that could int'rest you

Peace All!

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Dear friends

I truly believe that it is impossible to listen to the Grateful Dead while being unhappy. They won't banish unhappiness from your life, but will go a long way towards enhancing the joys that life brings.

Currently listening to "Dear Jerry: A Celebration....", with The Yonder Mountain String Band playing "Shakedown Street". The woman fiddle player's voice adds a great dimension to the song. Well well well....

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...well, yeah...for some GOGD outdoors on the patio today...so get ready neighbors, fire up the grills, chill down the beverages, and play dead, PLAY DEAD LOUD
1977-11-04 Cotterrell Gym (Colgate Univ.) in Hamilton, NY

enjoy the holiday everyone!
uncle_tripel

...there's nothing you can hold...
...for very long

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started with Ball, then went to Heavy then to In-a-gadda-da-vida, then Metamorphosis (my favorite). What a great band, Via con Dios Doug.
Back in the day, every would-be drummer played that drum solo from the in-a-gadda-da-vida lp, it was like a rite of passage.
Personally, the guitar solo in this lp, the "iron butterfly" screeching during that solo is a sound that was coined as "Heavy Metal" before such a thing was thought of.
What a time to be young.

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living......

In memory of the late Mr Walton, I am listening to 11/20/71. Bill, I salute you and wish you safe travels!!!

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Doc
Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me, the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality......

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"How do you do?"
1976-09-25 at that Cap Center in MD, can't resist that Set 2, and no need to explain, just listen and BTW thank that mr. latvala for diP #20
[inside diP #20 don't forget about that fan letter stating "always felt it to be unfair to force Dead Heads to turn to illegitimate & poor quality bootlegs"
and suggests that the band "put out a line of recordings of your concerts."]
and so to TPTB I say "keep them COMING!"

A little bit quicker and...
we might have time to say "How do you do?"
before we left behind

Peace and Kindness to All!
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Spinning now, didn’t get to it on the anniversary.

Yes Rhino, pick up the pace of releases.
2 Boxes per year please.

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1988-07-03 Oxford Plains Speedway and outdoors you know, and that means we are fired-up everywhere!
...Laugh in the Sunshine, SING!

this show was / IS HOT, but you already knew it, and thanks to mr dan healy for giving all of us attendees the opportunity to become part of GOGD lore by leaving the soundboard tape running to conclude the performance, listen did you hear what I just heard...not fade away!

Peace All!
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Hey rockers!!

It's my Friday, paperwork day, working on autopsy reports while listening to the Detroit shows of October 23 and 24 1971. Worth a listen..............

Release of June 1970 Hawaii shows would be awesome!

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.....

Rock on!

Doc
Music is the medicine of the mind......

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...MUCH talk about box sets; yup, beginning the weekend with the Here Comes Sunshine Box...
1973-05-26 sets 2 & 3 kezar...

...I'm on my way, on my way

enjoy the weekend everyone
Peace!
uncle_tripel

I saw comments when 1-22-78 vinyl came out that it was a bad pressing.
How was your copy?
I suspect that some are bad but that there are some good ones too.
I didn’t buy it because of the bad reviews.

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Cnkd - luckily mines 100% proof. No scratches or any audible interference at all. I have to say also, that whenever I have bought some L.Ps off deadnet, and one of them is less than perfect, it has always been replaced by them with no problem. I'd go for it!
Great show of course. I'm now back into 1978 for a while - Dicks Picks 18, featuring the two shows from 2/78, is a stone cold classic as everyone knows.

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Yes, ‘78 has some good stuff.
Wonder why RedRocks 78 hasn’t been chosen for a vinyl pressing.

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What about the Red Rocks "Werewolves" show in vinyl?
I'm in.
Cheers