Pick of the Day, with Discussion

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April 6, 2020 - 9:47am

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marye

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

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December 31, 2020 - 5:34pm

#4941

DeadVikes

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Happy New Year

Goodbye 2020 and Happy New Year to you all. 2021 has be better.

The 76 Cow Palace show is still the tops in my book. What a show and the recording is sooo good. I am hoping to check out Ticket to New Years later from 87. Always thought this was a good show and the interviews with the band are great. "Bob Weir, when if ever are you going to get the lyrics to Truckin right? "

Thank you all for making this part of the year a fun place to hang. I keep learning more and more about the band after all these years.

Looking forward to keeping the Pick of the Day going into 2021.

Everybody hang loose!
December 31, 2020 - 4:42pm

#4942

bigbrownie

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What To Watch?

Anybody going for the Wolf Bros. PPV? I'm thinking I might default to the Closing of the Winterland DVD.
December 31, 2020 - 1:29pm

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bob t

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Happy New Year everyone

Well our 8 days of New Year's Eve shows has been fun!!! Hope everyone has enjoyed it.... I remember taping the 1990 show off the radio when I was home from grad school. Being in Ohio the show didn't finished until pretty early in the morning or late at night... All the regular radio listeners were pissed because their requests for Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg couldn't be played!!! They didn't care about a Dark Star!! I've enjoyed our past year of Pick of the Day selections and look forward to reading everyone's thoughts and reviews.... Bob t
December 31, 2020 - 9:23am

#4944

Strider 808808

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New Years Eve

Listened to 12/30/69 yesterday, later checked 12/30/81. Will check 12/31/81 & 12/31/90 today. I also checked out 12/29/68 a couple days ago.
Good cheers and health for 2021.
I would like to add that the Joan Baez set on 12/12/81 and 12/30/81 were interesting and had high points. I feel lucky to have seen her.
Looks like I may need to also listen to 12/31/90 as that was my final New Years Eve Dead show I attended, 30 years ago (read sobering)
December 31, 2020 - 6:26am

#4945

The Good Ole G…

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Bill & The Winterland Gang

They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do.
Cheers

P.S. And so are you!

That sentiment really seems to fit the Grateful Dead's NYE show performances.
While they may not be the greatest shows in the cannon.
They were high on every heads list to attend, one big wild party, and they all sound Fun!

Listening to NYE 1989 yesterday it too meets the fun quota and we got the fourth Dark Star of the year, the first time in 15 years they'd played the song with that much frequency.
And that begs the question... "What's the Frequency Kenneth?"

Well it seems only fitting that our New Years Eve Extravaganza would end with Bill's final NYE show.
After his passing, nothing was quite the same.
And the show is off to a nice start with a rather varied song selection for NYE.

Alright, jump in and let's rock this old year out and ring in the new!

Happy New Year to all you radio listener's out there.
December 30, 2020 - 7:58pm

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Vguy72

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CCCCFFMC....

....Jerry going off on Cassidy. Good stuff.
Followed by Ramble On Rose.
Underrated tune. Loving this first set.
December 30, 2020 - 7:44pm

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icecrmcnkd

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NYE’s

76 playing now. Mighty fine.
90 yesterday. I thought I had listened to it a few weeks ago but actually had just loaded it on the music player but never played it.
82 - I forgot about the set with Etta, thanks for the reminder Good Ole. Will put that video on tomorrow’s playlist.
December 30, 2020 - 7:31pm

#4948

Vguy72

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NYE '82 fires up with 4 C's....

....Cold Rain & Snow, CC Rider and Cumberland.
I'm going in.
BTW. Theres an an app for that.
Deadhead Archives. It's in your play store.
December 30, 2020 - 5:53pm

#4949

JimInMD

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81

I really enjoyed '81. It's been forever since I listened to that show. Seems releasable to me.. envious of those that were there.

On to '82. Agree with GOGD.. that Tower of Power set rules.
December 30, 2020 - 8:15am

#4950

Vguy72

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New Years Shows....

....I'm still on '81. But making progress slowly but surely. I got HBOMax for the family for Christmas. Lots of good content. Only so many hours in the day.
edit. South Park Pandemic episode. Oh. My. God.

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

68 and Loud

I completely agree.

On occasion and if I'm not careful volume gets the best of me. One day I might live to regret this. Thankfully, that day was not today.

A new one for me. Some sound weirdness especially in and around banter, but what the hey.

I don't know what it is, but I have soft spot for The Eleven, Born Cross-Eyed and especially New Potatoe Caboose. Good show with some vintage grease to end the night with me feeling a little dirtier than I did when I woke up.

If there's no pick for tomorrow, I suggest the next in line. It's a partial, starts with a rare Clementine. 1/20/68 Euraka Municipal Auditorium. I think we should set up a go fund me to find all the missing reels, there's a couple missing from this show. It would be something for them to be found.

4/30/88 at the Frost

Hey Jim, I know you have had a lot on you plate this year. Thanks for checking this one out. Yes, the recording is decent, not great. Like a lot of 88 recordings out there. Still think they have some good ones in the Vault.

I liked the show, anytime I see a Hey Pocky Way, I am in. Nice Shakedown to open the second set. Love the triple Encore with China Rider OMSN.

It is good to get out of the comfort zone once in a while Doc.

Carousel Ballroom 68, okay Jim, Ok will have to que it up this morning.

Enjoy the weekend out there.

Edit. Oh and after the carousel ballroom I will be moving on the 12/9/79, Dave's Picks #47. Love this one and I need some 79. If I had the keys, I would be putting out a big 79 Box.

Lewiston, for your consideration

44 years ago today, there when Roy Buchanan along with Levon and His All Stars opened for the Dead. My last in person show, on the bus since their first album, however things had changed so much.... Doc was there, a wild late summer scene, part of my farewell to Maine.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.....

Hey rockers!!

Yes, we were there and had a blast. Beautiful day and tremendous music. A very fine show by the Dead, one of my all-timefavorite in-person Dead experiences.

Would make a solide offical release. It is worthy......

Doc
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.....

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.....

Hey rockers!!

Yes, we were there and had a blast. Beautiful day and tremendous music. A very fine show by the Dead, one of my all-time favorite in-person Dead experiences.

Would make a solid official release. It is worthy......

Doc
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.....

9/6/80

Hey DMCVT,

Love this show and will get it going again this weekend.

And yes, it would make a great releasen.

Pretty sweet you and Doc were there.

9/6/80 Lewiston

I'm in - hopefully sometime this weekend I can transport my mind and spirit into late summer beautiful day/evening Maine. Sounds like a dream show and setting. Very cool that a couple of you guys got to be there. Didn't realize this was the last show before the Warfield run. Long and heartfelt write up on grateful seconds (he was there). Comment at the end from a guy who was 8 at the time and lived a "bike trail" away from the fairgrounds. Listened to part of the show from his clubhouse. Rode his bike over and snuck in. Totally dug the Drums. Made major bank (for a kid) collecting cans and bottles for deposit afterwards (which is exactly what 8 yr old me would have done.) Think I might travel John Deere with the Jim Wise FOB.

Been Gone

But back this week. I can do Lewiston again.

As I recall there is not a good soundboard that circulates, right? And the one that does is first set only and it sure does sound like an audience (or ultramatrix on steroids at least).

High energy though.. like Gainesville, there must have been something in the water.

You have to wonder if this was recorded and if so where the hell are the master tapes? I think someone (Parrish??) tossed out the language that some of the master reels were left on the seat and when the truck pulled away they must have flown out the window or something.

I'd love to see more reels (and cassettes) returned.

Anyway, Lewiston Me for me tomorrow.

Edit: Started tonight - why not? Gave up on the "soundboard" and settled on the Jim Wise same as Bluecrow. Good news, Bluecrow.. The John Deere Broke down and was sitting in the yard for the last half of the week. I got it working today. Had to replace the solenoid. Damned electronics are always interfering with time travel. Just imagine if this broke back in time before Jebediah Solenoid created the first working model for riding mowers.. we would have been screwed.. I mean, nothing wrong with being stuck in 1980 but why not go back another 10 to 15 years...

High energy is right. Pretty good audience.

Follow-Up

While I was in the neighborhood, I took a quickie with 11/28/80 Lakeland Civic Center - Lakeland, FL (30 Trips).

I figured why not.. most enjoyable, especially To Lay Me Down. Not sure why I like that song so much, but I do.

More 1980

Ah, yes, more 1980. You don't have to twist my arm. A shorter show for the time period, but still really good. Will get it going after I finish up Dicks #36, which was mentioned on some other threads. Such a great show, but apparently didn't sell well at the time. No idea why.

My Favorite Non-Multi-Track 1980 Release

Random Musing - 1980

My favorite non-multi-track 1980 release has got to be Dave's # 8, 11/30/80 Fox Theater. Love how that Matrix worked out. If anyone remembers the seaside chat, he was spot on.

Crowd noise was not as big an issue in 1980 as they could play in some pretty intimate venues. Also, as the age of the cassette master replaced the lovely Ms. Cantor Jackson, a lot of those early soundboards are a bit sterile sounding without the crystalline highs and the booming lows. Blending those early 80's soundboards with one of those near perfect audience masters works. When they aged out of the smaller, cooler venues (thinking after Jerry's coma and In The Dark) audience tapes had to compete with hundreds of the guy next to you screaming "JERRY!!" at 95 decibels, this was no longer possible.

That SBD/Dr. Bob matrix is almost exactly perfect (or as good we are going to get for the time).

On the opposite side of the same coin, I think some of the Ultra Matrix's have a bit too much of the guy yelling JERRY! then I sometimes want to hear. Thinking a lot of 87 suffers from this, and by then the audience tapes were no better.

Anyway, if Mr. Norman can pull of similar wizardry I wish they would do more like DaP#8.