Without music, life would be a mistake.....
Morning rockers! And happy Friday!!
Right now I'm listening to the Dark Star from September 21 1972. I was completely unaware of this show until its releases as Dicks 36.
Very solid, even gargantuan show. New and old, rock and roll, jams, cowboy songs, Dark Star, Not Fade Away..........
Absolutely worth a listen!!!!
If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.....
Rock on, enjoy your weekend!!!
Doc
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence......
...BUT OF COURSE...
today is JUNE 28th and it will be HERSHEY 1985...
..."with our highly trained equipment crew, equipment crew, equipment crew"
I remember the rain leaking through the blue tarp that covered the top of the stage onto Kreutzmann's cymbals, and each time he hit it he closed his eyes to avoid the rainwater from splashing into his face.
I remember Garcia dressed in his blue sportcoat/blazer and he too watch as the rainwater was dripping down onto his left shoulder during the 1st set with a look of WTH is this, (hence he sings "I feel the rain, and I taste the rain")
Rockin' the headphones after this next cup of coffee and will be smilin' while cutting the yard for the next 2 hours (Birdsong > Comes A Time > Deal anyone?).
everyone enjoy your weekend!
Peace for All!
uncle_tripel
Hershey '85 and Spectrum '72
Yasss. How I dearly love the 6/28/85 show. And I appreciate and value the reports from folks like Uncle Tripel who were there! *edit* -- I meant to mention you as well Oro :) and of course Doc mentioned it recently too. Y'all are the best, ty for taking the time to share your memories with those of us who couldn't be there
And that 9/21/72 show is incredible. I was also unaware... I've said elsewhere that it was just a random idiosyncrasy of my tape collection back in the day, but the latter half of '72 was simply unrepresented. I had some Europe material of course, and I had 8/21 and 8/24 from BCT and of course Veneta, but then nothing at all until Maples Pavilion to kick off '73. So all of that amazing Fall and Winter Tour was unknown to me until fairly recently. When I first heard the PITB from Houston in Nov '72 I thought my headphones were going to catch fire.
The silver lining: I am still working my way through this INCREDIBLY fruitful and musical period in GD history, most shows being heard for the 1st time. What a treat. Someone - was it you as well, Doc? - mentioned Dave's 46 recently, and I'm about to give that one only the second full listen since I got it. Wonders await...
Listened to 6 28 88 this mo'nin'
Splendid stuff
That Summer 85 bunch of shows
GREAT IDEA FOR A BOX SET
Fall 72 is Grrrrrate
Longer Playing in the Bands than in spring for one.
Doc, bummer you missed the 28th.
When people are brought to their first show by someone with more experience they should be informed that the next night will be a different set list, so come again.
Different situation if each show is in a different city though.
My second show was 7-17-89, I didn’t know that I should go to all 3 nights. Of course, I didn’t have the funds for a 3-night run, and I had a job that I was expected to show up at.
Then made it to 7-21,22-90 but didn’t buy tix for the 3rd night due to the job, but then I had to call in sick anyway on 7-23 from a pay phone at a rest area on I-55. We left the campground late and I forgot to factor in that I was in a different time zone and was going to lose an hour getting back to my time zone.
David Gilmour
Live at Robert Wyatt's Meltdown - Royal Festival Hall 2001 and 2002 (DVD)
"David Gilmour In Concert"
Love this
Ozric Tentacles
Thanks to Dave Rock for the recommendation. I’ve streamed several albums over the past few days and none have been less than excellent. I thought that since I’d played so much where the band wouldn’t see a lot of cash I should buy some. I’m playing ‘Travelling the great circle’ at the moment. The DVD that’s included has some fantastic music on it., although the visuals are, almost, unwatchable given the level of flickering in the image. My wife certainly couldn’t watch as she can have migraines triggered by flashing lights. She loves the music as well.
I ordered another box set ‘Trees of Eternity’ and expect that to be delivered later today. Highly recommended.
Sploosh
Colin - excellent, thanks for letting me know. I was watching that dvd last night, and I feel the same way. Mind melting music, but terrible picture. The extras are a bit better - the ones from Glastonbury ( shame they aren't on tonight) and Reading have the best picture, and the guitar playing at Reading is stratospheric.
These two box sets you have are considered to feature the most effective Ozric Tentacles music. There is an earlier one called "Vitamin Enhanced" - I missed out on the remastered version in the same style as the two you have - but the earlier one, on the Madfish label is okay - and has a great booklet. It's more formative, though. Quite a few tracks featuring Ed Wynne on his own. If you were just to get one, I'd go for "There Is Nothing". "Live Ethereal Cereal" features some thunderous live tracks from the mid 80's, but the sound quality is a bit poorer than the others.
I discovered them through the Dead fanzine "Spiral Light" - must have been about 1990. They were amazing live, as you can probably imagine!
quick...
...pop your mirrored sunglasses on...buckeye lake 1992-07-01...ending summer tour with special guests and listen on the archive #140128...
...they are bigger than a drive-in movie...,
but you already knew that
Peace All!
gonna wait wait wait wait, until the midnight hour; oh yeah those guests are steve miller and norton buffalo on harp
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order..
Hey rockers & happy Monday!!!
Even as we speak, as I continue my deep dive into late 1972, I am listening to 10/17/72. Very fine indeed, I shall enjoy it!!!
So, today is the day TPTB announce the 1970 Fillmore West box, right????
Every once in a while, it seems like the cosmos part, and something great plops into your lap.....
Doc
I don't think I know better than what the cosmos has in store for me......
Recent and still waiting
I’ve been listening to Ozric Tentacles quite a lot. I think I missed them because they appeared in 1983 just as we bought a house and so didn’t have any cash because the mortgage was around 50% of our income.
Currently I’m streaming some acts from Glastonbury. The Kim Gordon set is fantastic and I also enjoyed Confidence Man. Still got more to watch.
I have a backlog of CDs to play like Mars Hotel, Garcialive 21 the latest Joni Mitchell reissue box and at least 10 others. Hope to catch up one day.
Glastonbury
The only acts I recorded were Orbital and Seasick Steve. I saw the first 5 minutes of Orbital's set and it reminded me of a guided meditation session.
The whole event looks very different from my sole visit to a Glastonbury festival back in 1978. An event so small it's virtually off record. Just about 500 people, I think, huddled in tents wondering if Hawkwind were going to appear. If they did, no one can remember. Including them.
And
7/31/74
Not sure I’ve actually sat down with this one?
Received in a big batch of goodness from kind person here, and is sometimes the case with big scores, some shows fall through the cracks lol
Horrible problem to have: Too much Dead ; )
I’m sure it’s been on in the background etc, but finally sitting down with this one. ONWARD!
(and thanks again you know who)
2015 Dave's bonus disc
Academy of Music, March 72. Oh myyyy this one stirs my soul
good evening we welcome you...
...will you welcome please The Grateful Dead !
1975 AUG 13
@ G.A.M.H
...did you grow-up with this version of Franklin's Tower on a cassette from the fm broadcast and it was your go to;
it forever puts a smile on my face, how about you?
Peace All!
uncle_tripel
35 years ago, right about…
now…
Well, ya know ; )
Nice to revisit such a fine show!
Clubhouse Sessions - July 4th Special
Nice video by Phil and friends from Terrapin Clubhouse, posted on u know where tube. Love ya Phil.
Good morning...
...little schoolgirl, Can I go home, home with you?
3rd times a charm since Pig (played in '87 & '88),
1992 June 25 set 2 in CHICAGO and with special guests James Cotton & Steve Miller
who doesn't love this GOGD?
Peace All, stay cool and enjoy your weekend!
uncle_tripel
edit: as the '92 summer tour draws closer to its conclusion, the hot weather does impact several of the shows energy and generally it does plateau early on; the special guests also help to provide some added intensity
Just got done with 6/28/92 set 2 & encore
First set is great
Second set is shockingly bland except for China Doll
Encore is really great
My GD92 exploration continues with 6/20/92
I took a side trip to 2/24/92
It's a fascinating set list with several "firsts", methinks.
Next will be 6/20/92
Archive stuff
Just stumbled across Guilty Pleasure on the archive. They only have 3 shows up, but 2005-05-06 is nice.
David Gans in band, taped the show and Charlie Miller worked and posted it. The Kid Charlemange and Wheel are very nice.
Enjoy
I intend to live forever, or die trying.....
Hey rockers!!
At work, but case done, nobody's around, so cranking Scranton from 1971. Couldn't help myself.............
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.....
Rock on!
Doc
Loss and possession, death and life are one, there falls no shadow where there shines no sun......
Memorial Day weekend '92
I was there for that Shoreline run. Saturday 5/23 remains my fav by far. This owes both to the impeccable song selection (well otoh OMSN... but it *was* Saturday) and the excellent blotter. We were up on the lawn but right on the rail, too. Afterwards we went into the Safeway down the street from the venue and it was just awash in happy heads. The post-show energy was incredible that night. But then... well, 5/24 had that Shakedown opener, one of the best I can remember from the Vince era, but after that it felt like a peaks n valleys kinda show. I remember getting in a headspace during 2nd set where I was thinking, basically, "where has energy from 1991 gone?" but then Mickey and Billy brought me back up. And the Morning Dew closer was glorious. However 5/25 was mostly forgettable, although I'm a sucker for Phil singing Tom Thumb's. I do remember that while Garcia seemed listless at this show, he came alive during NSB. And tbf the crowd loved Baba O'Riley->TNK. We'd all heard that it had debuted at Expo the week prior (I guess there's a one-off performance from early 1970 but few if any of us knew that, so we genuinely believed it was brand new) and hearing it on Memorial Day infused things with energy for while.
'92 was just like that for me: peaks and valleys. It was hard to get a handle on it at the time. In retrospect it's more obvious but in the first half of '92 I simply didn't realize how spoiled we'd been by the past 3 years. Sure, the loss of Brent was massive and it really hurt, but it felt like they came back as strong as they could, and '91 with Hornsby (even without him at times) was a really fun time. Come '92, I saw JGB at the Kaiser in February and again at that one-off show in San Jose in late April, and those were fun shows so it kind of made me think everything was fine, but then when I'd go see GD shows there was this lingering vibe that something was off. Anyway, I hope y'all will forgive me if I'm getting too negative. There are still a lot of great moments in 1992. Fast-forward to the Halloween return at Oakland... that moment that Garcia said, "how y'all doin?" and flashed that grin and then looked over at his bandmates made it feel like everything was alright in the world once again. We sure could use more moments like that today!
Listening to 5/31/92 II now. One of those great Vegas Spaces...
Time moves in one direction, memory in another.....
Mornin', rockers!!
On morning commute-2/11/69 early show. Now sitting at desk, another paperwork day, 2/11/69 late show. These short sharp sets surely satisfy. Try saying that five times fast.......
Or, conversely, you could merely listen, and enjoy some good old Grateful Dead!
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.....
Rock on!
Doc
Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.....
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.....
Morning rockers!!!
Right now: March 14, 1971. Because why not...........
Based on my limited knowledge of 1971 Dead shows, it seems that there's something rare & unusual about this show. What could it be?????
PM me your answers, first correct reply gets ten shows of their choice. No charge, no muss, no fuss, no customer service issues................
I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine.....
Rock on!
Doc
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.......
Gave it a shot, Doc
the best I got.
"We're a regular shoot 'em up saloon band"
- Jerry Garcia
"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
Poster Is Available
I don't know the answer but a copy of the very cool poster for this show is available from the WI Historical Society for only $15.50 (and up depending on size).
Cheers
For the first time in ages
I am listening to JGB
Keane College 1980
Nice
I missed it
Prize is still open for those intrepid and observant.
"It ain't what I don't know that gets me into trouble, it's what I know for sure, that ain't so." - Mark Twain
But who can...
...the weather command?...1974-08-06 SET 2 jersey city @ ROOSEVELT stadium with a wonderful beginning to a NEW day.
Peace for All!
uncle_tripel
...the people might know but the people don't care...now let's go run and see,
run and see, RUN and SEE, run, run and see and see
I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.....
Forgive me friends, I'm on a March (rock and) roll..............
Iowa City, March 20, 1971. Poor March, betwixt and between Port Chester and April, oh such a fate!!!
Maybe that's why it rarely gets the love and respect. Yet, it's worthy. Very generous dose of grease, mix in some Bakersfield/country/western, stir with rock & roll, and there you go---good old Grateful Dead!
OK, so maybe not a "Desert Island Show", but if I was stranded it would help me survive until the rescue party arrives................
Sorry, rockers, no quiz this time---unless somebody wants to venture a guess as to how many chairs were stacked on the sides of the floor at this show. Good luck! Oh and by the way, congratulations to Proudfoot, he had the first correct answer for the 3/14/71 quiz---stand alone Wharf Rat................
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.......
Rock on,
Doc
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder......
DiP 20
The 9-25-76 show.
Just exactly perfect.
Was using it to A/B test two CD players and the music never stopped.
Oddly the mid 90s CD changer sounds better in the bigger better newer system, and the newer (4 years old) cheaper player sounds better in the 70s college era system now in the bedroom. Didn't expect that.
Cheers