OB
You are correct sir! It is only money and it seems to fly out the door faster and faster as time goes by.
Good to hear you enjoyed TTB.
Yes and the new box for 2024, not sure anyone had this on their radar. I am excited, as this is a big box with 8 shows from a great time period. Plus they get the Plangent treatment.
Okay, since I still don't have my #51, how about 9/8/73 (Dave's #38).
10/17/72 by the way was great again. What a box!
DV and Oro
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But, other than Bender, we probably don’t need any bots around here.
Drown AI bots in the pond
>:(((
Dead is capitalized, derp
Best song? Best show, ya AI schmucklicker
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Welcome
I just flashed on john belushi smashing that guitar...
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You’ll be rewarded when the bots are our masters.
Obviously the bots can get around reCRAPTCHA, yet the humans have to keep taking the quiz.
Picks of the day
Road trip
So far
11/11/67
Disc 3 of 51 thru Wharf Rat
More on the way
:)))
More road trip pix
Rest of 51 disc 3
5 15 70 road trips disc one. The TIFTOO is H O T
9/8/73
Hey Johnathan,
I agree, this is a great show and I haven't listened to it much. Didn't even remember that we get a double encore with Stella Blue and OMSN. Solid show. Need to hit the bonus disc on Monday.
I think I only had one double encore, in Alpine in 89. Oh yes, and it was spectacular!
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are Dead.....
Morning rockers!!! Happy Sunday!!!
Triple encore: Toronto June 21 1984, New Orleans-Big Boss Man-Iko Iko. Hey now!!!!! Big fun.............
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self......
Slightly big rainstorm heading my way................
Rock on,
Doc
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.......
My Triple Encore
Terrapin>OMSN, Werewolves
Bet you can guess which show.
Just look at my name.
Cheers
Show with no encore because the show is so good
5 4 77
I just listened to the 5 4 77 bonus disc
A m a z i n g
Triple Encore
Now that is impressive!
Might have to que up 7/8/78 tomorrow Firstshow. You in?
I always loved the anticipation of the encore.
Kind Of...
Just did 7-8-78 on tape (my earliest copy of the show from 1996 taken from an Italian boot CD on Red Robin label that cost my buddy $70! The sound is raw and unfiltered SBD and amazing) on July 16 to keep the cassette deck lubed, so I will defer to the 7-7-78 show from the box which has one of BC's favorite 1st sets. I heard some of the 7-7 show from the parking lot as I had to work and got there late with no ticket and no plan. Long story short I got chased out by security and ended being needed as a spare driver when my posse came out after the show. But I did have a ticket for the next night. Nothin' like jumpin' in with both feet!
Cheers
TTB
We made it to the show at The Armory in Minneapolis on Friday night. Big thanks to all for the nudge in the right direction.
Went on StubHub on Thursday night and bought two tickets on the floor in row 20 for $125 for the two of us. No brainer at that point.
What a venue, so much fun. We had a blast. Maybe 8,000 people. Sound was great. Huge bars surround the full length of the venue. Really cool, no waiting. Band was outstanding. So great to see a band live again. The anticipation, the living in the moment and being around all kinds of different people.
Teschedi and Trucks definitely know how to deliver live. Would love to see them again and can't wait to get back to the Armory.
Armory/ multiple encores
Place looks cool DV. Bigger looking than you’d think?
From outside, reminds me of old Syracuse War Memorial Aud.
Glad you dug it! Sounds like first time back to live music? Nice!
Multiple/encores? Ok, I’ll play lol
4/12/83
6/21/84 (3)
6/24/84
6/27/85
7/1/85
6/28/86
6/29/86
6/22/87
6/25/88
4/3/89
7/17/89 DB says only 1?
6/6/92
7/1/92
7/9/95
Ahhh, Good ole summer tour!
The 1st Red Rocks Shows
Trying to compare the July 7th & 8th, 1978 shows is like trying to pick your favorite child (or grandchild for some of us). Both shows have that crazy energy and all out playing that often characterizes last shows of a tour. And that follow up Aug 30-31, 1978 (Hey Dave! Release the hounds!) was the just exactly perfect style having just come from the studio for Shakedown Street. Quite a different beast altogether but no less satisfying. Finishing up 7-7 this morning at Dead volume and loving it. That NFA with a Nobody's twist in the middle is the stuff!
Cheers
Red Rocks 78
Hard to beat these shows, Firstshow.
Such an interesting little tour and then to end up at Red Rocks. What a box. Looking forward to more 78 in September!
The Dead always made it a priority to play in MN for most of the late 70s to 1989- Then never again. And not in my second home state WI.
8/13/75
Purely by chance, I found myself listening to the Great American Music Hall show from 8/13/75 today- without realising it was it's anniversary. I'm not pulling your leg here. As everyone knows, it is a great and unique show. If I was compiling my best 10 or 15 shows, I would make room for this one. It's a level playing field of excellence from the opening HSF triumvirate through to U.S Blues.
I also love the closing "Blues For Allah" which is so off the wall it's in a category of it's own. Seems more weird in the way "What's Become Of The Baby" was than anything else in their repertoire. Shame they didn't do more with it in the later years. It would have been perfect for Egypt.
Cnkd
Yes, it was listening to 8/13/75 on vinyl yesterday - it does sound really good. I have Two From The Vaults on vinyl, but not Three - I've been on the verge of getting it for some time.
While we are on the subject, I wondered what the quality of the vinyl was like on your copy of Daves 2 ?On the first few sides, every now and again there is a loud crackle type noise on a song. It's over immediately, but then reappears a few songs later - and again disappears a soon as I've registered it. The last few sides are fine all the way through.
stylus cleaner
Cnkd - I'm not so sure about that...it's only that album that suffers in this way. Both the vinyl versions of 8/13/75 and 5/25/72, played this morning, are completely free of surface noise. Maybe I should get a better record cleaner.
8/13/75-OFTV
The beginning of the release of the vault tapes! Yes!
I beat the hell out of this release when I first got it in 91. And listening to the remastered version in 2024 still makes me smile. I can't get over how good the audio is on this release. From the iconic intro into Help Slip Franklins to the Blues for Allah finale. Love the Eyes into King Solomon's Marbles.
These are the kind of releases that keep me wanted more.
Also hit 6/14/76 from the Beacon, probably my favorite show from that Box.
Might have to hit the capitol theatre show from 6/19 today as well.
Be well out there.
1 from the vault
That was amazing when it came out on CD.
Of course, I couldn’t afford the CD (had to use my money on beer and cigarettes), so had to make a cassette copy of a friend’s CD.
Now I have the original CD, the remastered CD, and the vinyl.
8/13/75
The first time I heard it was when they broadcast an hour of it on the radio shortly after the date they played it. I recorded that on a cassette. I think it became the basis of quite a well known bootleg in England called "Make Believe Ballroom".
I didn't know about the remastered version that has been mentioned as having been released this year. I am very happy with the vinyl version...I'll give it some thought.
Remastered OFTV
Daverock, it was remastered in 2007 to HDCD specs and it is a huge upgrade. This was the same timeframe they discovered Three From the Vault was produced and ready for release in the 1990s but never released.
At the time in the 1990s they were trying to have multi track releases as a separate track from the two track Dick's releases.
Long live Don Pearson!
Might As Well
Might as well hit Three from the Vault, 2/19/71 tomorrow!
Love
Love TFTV. I am so happy they cleaned up and released most of that Capitol Theatre run.
I will gladly queue up that show tomorrow (today, oh the time). I have so much freaking yard work to do that will help pass the time and take me to another place altogether while the work does itself.
Thanks DVikes.
Hello, hello, hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just keeping the page active,
So nod if you can hear me.
Alive and Well
Still alive Conekid.
Do you have a pick for us?
Finished Three from the Vault III over the weekend. Love that Smokestack and Easy Wind. Never understood why that wasn't played more live and zero times during Europe 72.
The Dead always kept you guessing and that was part of the fun.
Those Port Chester shows are special! Let's get the rest of them out.
I mean they don't compare to the Scranton show, do they?
Just keeping this page going
The “what are you listening to right now” page is the current place to be.
Conekid
Appreciate it.
Yes, we need a pick of the day. Conekid, couldn't piece together your last one.
Maybe we need a Gene pick or a Vincent pick?
The new box hasn't sold out yet. With just 10,000 copies, I thought this would sell out in 30 days. I am looking forward to the end of September.
Study the past, if you would divine the future......
Hey rockers!!
August 26, 1971, because why not? The bittersweet end of an era. Not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning......
In this bright future you can't forget your past...........
Rock on,
Doc
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness......
4/30
Sorry for being the erratic participant. Lot's going on, the summer when I was never home, exception being today.
I did manage to get this one loaded just in time to do start what turned out to be a big yardwork day with perfect weather.
First Let the Good Times Roll. A great late-era collaboration, Jerry and Bob get extra points for effort > Feel Like a Stranger. A great song to hear when 'it's just starting to kick in.' Let it grow, strong effort. Second set, fun, a good balance of energy and relaxed vibe. Sound seems more dialed in. Jerry is outstanding in parts, at home with Tiger.
88 is one of those years. The Healy tapes vary a bit, probably the peak of the ultra-mix before the multi-tracks of 89 / 90 and Don Pearson's increasing influence thereafter. I'm not a huge fan of dan's experiments with audience mics, (sorry) but after the first song or two the audience portion seems to behave itself.
A good show for the era. I like the 88 Greeks too, sort of similar.
Thanks dvikes, a new one for me. A good Jerry centric show.
Not even wrong.............
Morning, rockers!!
Day off, tending to my wife after round one of new chemo, all I have to say is......
1988?????!!!!!!
1968? Sign me up! 1978? On rare special occasions. 1988? Sorry, way too far outta my comfort zone...........
However, if folks dig it, great!!! Whatever floats your boat, as long as it doesn't hurt too much, break too many local laws, or create extra work for your local medical examiner...............
Time for more coffee, and 8/29/69.................
Doc
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.....
The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant.....
Hey rockers!!!
1/17/68? Oh yeah!!!
Jim, if you turn up 1/17/68 loud enough, it'll cut the grass for ya!!!
Rock on,
Doc
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.....