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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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February 23, 2022 - 1:23pm

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DeadVikes

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8/31/80

Started out with the 2017 SBD and switched back and forth to an audience. Second set seemed to sound a little bit better. These are all great shows and I would love to see Dave release some more. 9/3 and 9/4 from the download series are great shows as well and don't forget Lewiston from 9/6, super hot!
Good call OB, where are we heading next?
One guess down on the new Contest.
February 22, 2022 - 1:26pm

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JimInMD

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Re: Miami Greyhound Squid

Aye... I offered a humble guess on this one. If it's a killer show to boot, perhaps I get some extra credit.

I caught a good bit of the Baltimore show on SiriusXM today too. I still haven't added metadata to the Fall '80 show yet. We will see if I get this done before it gets too dark.
February 22, 2022 - 12:50pm

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adedhed68

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Indeed Wilfred…….

Baltimore ‘72 hit the spot today. All 3 hrs and 20 mins of it.
I have so much GD, sometimes I don’t know what to play, so on a day like this, I’m happy to let Sirius XM choose for me :-)
February 22, 2022 - 12:44pm

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wilfredtjones

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Good Call ADedHed

DP 23 Baltimore is a nice one with a terrific Other One. Lots of other goodies in there, too. I'll have to check that one out again sometime. Hey, at least we're in the same state of MD with our picks :-)
February 22, 2022 - 9:10am

#2605

adedhed68

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Sirius XM…..

Is playing 9/17/72 in its entirety today. That’s my pick of the day!
February 22, 2022 - 9:05am

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wilfredtjones

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8/31/80

I'm in. One from the cassette days. I've enjoyed spinning this one many times before. I even recall the yellow j-cards I had for it. May still have it, but I know I've let oodles of my tapes find new homes over the years as I've upgraded to digital streaming, FLACs and Cds. Also, a precursor to 9/2/80 one of the better shows of all time. Part of a fantastic run for the boys. Enjoy all, I know I will... :-)
February 22, 2022 - 8:55am

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Oroborous

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I’m trying the Rob Eaton

Aud…
February 22, 2022 - 8:43am

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JimInMD

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I went for the Charlie Miller

Looks like there was a pure soundboard (if you can call it that) uploaded by Charlie Miller in 2017 that's ok. Lots of ambient audience noise pumped in. It was a challenging venue to say the least.. the roof is concave up, it curves up on the edges which muddies sound quality for anyone that's not in the first 15 rows.

And a trip down bad trip memory lane, who can forget the ahole cops on horseback there that seemed to love cracking hippies with the wooden hippie smasher thingamagigs they carried on their batbelts.

As someone that suffered through many a show at the Crap.. You could say I am not a fan of this venue.
Back to your regularly scheduled China Rider.

Edit: Looks like DVikes found the Miller I settled in on at about the same time.
February 22, 2022 - 8:33am

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DeadVikes

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8/31/80

Did someone say 1980?

For sure in on this Oroborous. Jim it looks like there is 2017 Miller SBD. I have never heard this show so I will get it going.

PT Barnum, just finishing up 11/7/71. Another great 71 show. They did struggle with equipment again to start. Thanks for the nudge. Great performance and the recording is really good. You have got to love the FM broadcasts.
February 22, 2022 - 8:24am

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bigbrownie

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8/31/80

I have a really clean cassette of this show that I got off a community radio show (Lone Star Dead in Dallas) many years ago. It still brings me joy, and I'm not kidding about that non-stop second set.
On a side note: As Bob and the rest repeated "Sure don't know what I'm going for, but I'm gonna go for it, for sure",
the future Mrs. Big made a life changing decision which led to A) Her catching the Radio City run in October, and B) the two of us moving to Texas to seek fame and fortune. But that's a really long story. As you were.

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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.