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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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June 20, 2021 - 9:48am

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bluecrow

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earth paints

Strider - all towns i know and all share a name with a geological formation - some of the towns are type localities for the geology and some are not exactly so it seems. all have clays that can made into paint (or so i believe at least as to Moenkopi - we thought some nice pale yellow clay was from that formation.) And all beautiful as "painted earth" as exposed on the surface here and there in the west. There's the Painted Desert and a whole lot more painted desert. I had forgotten that the Morrison Formation, which locally is exposed just north of here (and big deal in terms of local geology and archaeology, a lithic and clay source) was named for Morrison, CO, all the way over on the front range and aka the home of Red Rocks! Saw the'87 shows there. You landed in the SW earlier than I but no doubt our paths have crossed. almost 25 in UT and work has had me spend a lot of time down in NM the last 10 years.
Fruit and nut update. All the peaches dropped, which was really sad especially since I thought it would be a bumper crop. guessing because we had some unusually cold mornings in mid-May, right at freezing and really late for those temps in spring. Funny thing though - I do have some apricots (just ripening now) and almonds (not quite yet), both of which bloom before peaches and are more susceptible to cold!! So yes some almonds, bro, this year. Ate a few raw the last time, good, and left the rest for my brothers the scrub jays. They loved them. They would pick out the nut, fly it to a nearby russian olive, and peck it open to get the seed. Stay cool down there.
June 19, 2021 - 10:46am

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Strider 808808

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Earth paint

I bought my last tickets for my last Grateful Dead concerts (Salt Lake City , February 1995) from school teachers from Tuba City. Blue Crow, I know all those places you mentioned intimately. And Morrison must mean Red Rocks. Saw the Dead there six times, 1984 and 1985. We’ve probably crossed trails many times.
And I used to think spam was just a canned meat product.
I do love Canned Heat though. Alan (Blind Owl) Wilson, Bob (the Bear) Hite, Larry (the mole) Taylor, Henry Vestine, Harvey Mandel, and “Fito” de la Parra.
They were NOT just another band from L.A.
June 19, 2021 - 9:59am

#3493

Oroborous

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Tunes

Still need to rehit 12/31/85. Think this is the year my buddy had a PPV party and we brought my big stereo over to his house so had like three or four rooms with TVs and some kind of sound going, with different vibes in different rooms.
Of course we hung out in the serious room, with the big system and full immersion lol, FREAKS!
Or was it 84?

Did hit up DaP 37 again, man I really dig that one. Really need to hear more of that spring tour...
Hit DaP 38 bonus disc on Wednesday. Played/enjoyed the actual disc and didn’t turn it up too much so not as distracted by the distortion noise...

Might try to read today so maybe no tunes : (
Jon Evison, my favorite “newer” author, and a cool dude (have had the pleasure of hanging with him a couple times), has a new book out: Legends of the North Cascades. New books by favorite authors is perhaps as good as new Dead releases!
June 19, 2021 - 8:39am

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icecrmcnkd

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Wallfart

My last several posts on the DaP38 page have been blocked because I tried to post a ‘connection’ (the ‘L’ word has been banned) to the list of returned reels.

Then I come here and there are still posts that can be called that greasy red meat in a can from Hormel (I suspect that the actual word has also been banned).
June 19, 2021 - 8:34am

#3495

icecrmcnkd

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Testing, testing

This is only a test.
We’re really just clever androids.
June 19, 2021 - 8:30am

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bluecrow

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no wallpaper for me

like my earth paints - Morrison, Chinle, Kayenta, Moenkopi
June 19, 2021 - 8:26am

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bluecrow

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5/3/72

Onward!
June 19, 2021 - 7:35am

#3498

Strider 808808

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Wallpaper

Start with white walls , in a room not the tires. Eat 500 micrograms of LSD. It really works swell .
It also brings out the 3D.
This is strictly a joke. Micro-dosing is a buzz phrase for a reason.
June 19, 2021 - 12:05am

#3499

rockthing

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After actually looking at 12…

After actually looking at 12/31/85, my tape is clearly labelled "FM", but that doesn't necessarily mean it's labelled correctly. ;) Bobby (and Phil) shout out to both the radio and TV audience at various times during the show, so it might have been PPV, or just on Bay Area public access maybe. lol.

Anybody up for 5/3/72 next? Did we already already do this last month while I wasn't paying attention?

Just got my Olympia Theater Record Store Day vinyl. Despite this being the Donna tripping under the piano show, I'm gonna get my exercise tonight gettin' up and down to flip the record. smh. lol. What can I say? I'm a vinyl junkie. Didn't even hafta order it from overseas. Wish I could post pics. It's a thing a beauty. The Euro72 box being made of unobtanium, this'll hafta do.
June 18, 2021 - 8:22pm

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Dennis

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12/31/85

I got mine on the radio back in the day. WNEW, NY

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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.