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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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  • #1121
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    More 78

    Sounds good to me, however, how about some post Egypt 78? Not much released from that time period yet with a few exceptions.

    Hey Now chopped off the rest of my post.

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    Think the box was well mined already in the Dave's Series, and Dave has alluded to that, saying William and Mary 4-15 DaP 37 with 4-18 filler, Nashville 4-22 DaP 15, and Normal 4-24 DaP 7 were all candidates for April '78 box, or even mini-box of Nashville, Lexington, and Normal. If they release any more if this tour, I hope it's 4-12, even if it is at the Devil's Den. I think Dave also hinted more of Pittsburgh 4-18 could come out as filler, I think.

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    I was at this show. I took some great 8 X 10 black and white photos of the show as I was involved in my college newspaper. Still have them. Inaugural Werewolves.

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    April 78 Rocks!

    And their all prime Beatty’s!
    What’s not too like ; )

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    I'll put in a vote with Oro for a Spring 1978 box. The April 19 Columbus snippet on this week's Tapers has the swagger.
    Cheers

  • #1126
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    Could be both

    Like some Blu-ray’s: you get the Blu-ray, a dvd AND a digital DL…

    But as Conekind mentions, they can’t get anything to reliably work, not even this site…

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    Always wondered about that album title. Like, as opposed to what? Metaphysical Graffiti? Duuuuude.

    Anyway. Here's a thought about physical format vs digital files: why not release ALL limited edition archival releases, all DaPs and box sets, as digital files AFTER the physical copies sell out?

    I can understand the idea that Rhino might need to sell out the physical copies of the limited editions (or come close to that) in order to keep the series going. I can understand thinking that selling digital files might undercut sales of the physical copies. But why not make 'em available as downloads after the physical copies sell out?

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    rmarley1 - I do the same. External CD/DVD drives are inexpensive, and plug n play (no setup). I convert all my Dead CD's to digital so I can play them in the car. My car doesn't have a CD player. Streaming services (at least the one I use) do not have Dave's Picks or the box sets.

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    Yup

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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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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Fri, 04/26/2024 - 07:12

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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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Submitted by Oroborous on Tue, 04/30/2024 - 15:33

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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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Submitted by DeadVikes on Wed, 05/29/2024 - 07:43

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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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Submitted by DeadVikes on Wed, 05/29/2024 - 21:17

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Smoking 🚬

How about a big announcement tomorrow?

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Submitted by uncle_tripel on Fri, 05/31/2024 - 05:14

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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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Submitted by uncle_tripel on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 05:18

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...how that 49 resurfaced...

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Submitted by umrkwazoo on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 01:26

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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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