Also on Amazon Germany.

I second that emotion. Great to see you back, Mr Ones, and best wishes to you and your wife.

Oroboros - nice review of 6/16/74 - that would have sat nicely as sleeve notes for the Road Trips release of this show. Along with 6/18/74, one of the best of the series. One of the best of any series, come to that.

Imwan is listing this show as a 3CD release from Rhino for September with links to pre-orders on Amazon for the UK and Canada (it looks like the US link has been removed).

Possibly part of the forthcoming box set?

I still haven't received my copy of #51 yet. This is the first time a Dave's Picks has shipped using DHL and it was going so well. My package was flown direct from LA to Frankfurt where it was put on another plane to Amsterdam where it arrived last Sunday. That was the quickest an order has ever reached the Netherlands. Better still, for some reason it was given directly to the Dutch postal service, avoiding both the customs and the dreaded payment of VAT and administration costs. It was all going so well. On Monday I received a message from the Post Office saying it would be delivered on Tuesday. Great! I would get it before August 1! On Tuesday morning I got another message from the PO saying "Sorry, delivery time has been updated. We are unable to deliver your package today." They also said it would now be delivered on Wednesday. Fine, that means I would still get it on July 31. Once in a while one gets such messages when its really busy at the sorting office. Today, July 31, I get the same message once again and was informed that it would now be delivered tomorrow, on August 1. It is summer holiday time so it isn't busy regarding the post. I guess all the postal workers must be on holiday or on strike. It is really frustrating to know that my Dave's Picks is sitting idly in a sorting office about 10km from my house. Hopefully it will actually be delivered tomorrow.

On the bright side, major thanks to the Dead net Store for sending it by DHL instead of the usual slow UPS/USPS Mail Innovations. I hope they use DHL every time in the future.

Edit: Back to elation...
Despite this morning's message that it would be delivered tomorrow, less than two hours later, #4790 dropped through my front door. It appears that Deutsche Post stuck a new address label on top of the original US one, thereby confusing the Dutch customs into thinking it originated within the EU. Additionally, the package seems to have been immersed in water at some stage as it is very damp, almost falling apart. This has resulted in no damage whatsoever to the contents - thank you for the shrink-wrap! Also the outer package seems to have suffered quite a lot of abrasion, making the address details almost totally unreadable. Almost, but not quite, as someone at the Post Office had taken the trouble to work it out and had hand-written the street name, house number, postcode and city in ball-point on the package. Thank you PostNL, all is forgiven.

Yo Mr. Ones, I am sorry to hear about Mrs. Ones health crisis. See: "phuqt up situation."

Listen to 10 24 70s Attics of My Life

Sincere wishes for a full recovery and a return to normal

....a new Hard To Handle I've never heard. The thing is, in my personal experience, it is the most flubbed song they ever performed. Finding one just exactly perfect is like catching a unicorn.
Pigpen was this close to nailing it here though. Cred where cred is due. 🍻 🦄

....albeit with not so great news.
Thinking of you and your wife sir.
And yes. Been through that.
Chin up and play music. Soothes more than just the savage beast.
A Cumberland just started. Yee-haw!

Hey y’all. I’ve been away for quite a while. It’s been a very tough trip around the sun. I first got fed up with the hey now BS. Shortly after that found out that my wife had colorectal cancer.
6 weeks of radiation & 2 weeks of chemo. Became a full time caregiver and stopped working for 8 weeks. Somewhere in there I got #50 with bonus disc. And just now spinning set 2 of the Scranton show. It’s difficult to describe what it’s been like (for both of us). Some of you folks have been through this and you know.
I WILL say music has been a lifesaver, but it’s been extremely difficult to fully enjoy these last 4 1/2 months. The wife finally was able to get out of the house last Wednesday. A corner has been turned. I was so heartened by the couple of folks who mentioned me. Been back to work for 2 weeks now and life is a struggle. Maybe now I can really LISTEN to #50. I have not read any reviews of 50. I guess I should go back and read them. I’ll post when I can, but I appreciate the brotherhood (and sisterhood) around here. Don’t really care what #52 will be, I just hope to be somewhat back to normal and semi-rested by then. I guess you really CAN’T keep a good man down. Peace & love to all.

My first show was 6/16/74 (50 years ago?) and it was an awakening.

We entered the Des Moines Fairground horse racetrack area with the Wall of Sound sitting in the middle of the track area. It is hard to describe how striking that 'Wall of sound" was sitting in front of us. It was simply immense.
The Dead ambled out to tune up. There is Keith on his grand piano, Billy at his drums in the middle under this cylindrical-suspended-speaker-section, Phil in his shades, and Bobby with a flannel shirt (to ward of the cool breeze blowing in). But who is that in a red 'Mars Academy ' sweatshirt? It looks like a chubby Dustin Hoffman? No it's JERRY, he shaved off his beard! He still had massive sideburns ala the sixties.

The Dead tuned up and began playing and off we go-"Bertha" yes!!!!!!!!! and the crystalline sound of that system. unbelievable, and Phil's bass took your breath away. And the Grateful Dead took me on a journey, of Americana, country, space, rock, jam, fable, fun, roller coaster, turn on a dime.

My first Scarlet Begonias (which I thought it was going to be China Cat when I heard those first simmering leads), but I was then gifted with my first China Cat> I know you Rider later. Scarlet was a 'stand alone' back in those days, but was so perfect to hear that song that I would delight in hearing for decades to come. Mexicali, Row Jimmy, Around and Around and others were in that first set. Then the first break.

Second set included a ethereal Eyes of the World that magically segued into Big River. That segue required a psychedelic whiplash collar to keep my head from spinning off the planet. Other new and old tunes. This is stupefying, I was thunderstruck with Phil's bass bombs and then a staggering Playin' in the Band to end the second set. My mouth was hanging agape, I look to my buddies, and they stared wide-eyed back at me. The Dead will be back for more? Another set? How much more can they show us?
This was the old days and this was to be a 3 set show. I thought that I was saturated, no more wonder will fill this cranium. My buddy who had been at last year's show smiles knowingly at me and leans back with that Neal Cassady guffaw and we all break up giggling. Then yes, the Dead come out to astound us with more tales, mysteries, and celebrations,.... Set 3 Truckin' >Wharf Rat> Nobody's Fault Jam> Going Down The Road Feeling Bad and the encore was Casey Jones. Beyond belief...........

Yes, I am constitutionally incapable of making a long story short.

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself"

My 51 is seated in limbo a few hours away since Saturday afternoon. Brown doesn’t have it anymore and Blue says they didn’t get it yet. Don’t ever bother with customer service chat bots for either outfit.