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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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April 16, 2021 - 10:13am

#3821

The Good Ole G…

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All credit goes to

Charlie Miller!

He's the man. Posting stuff as fast as he can.
Where oh where would we be.. without good ole' Charlie,
Listen to his fave show attended at the MSG

Tip of the cap.
Trips Captain!

Bolo congratulations grandpa!!!
April 16, 2021 - 10:10am

#3822

unkle sam

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congrats bolo

do you remember grandchildren's birthdates by box set release dates? I still used dead show dates and years to remember what I was doing back in the day, where I was at, where I was working, etc...
April 16, 2021 - 9:33am

#3823

Vguy72

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9.20.88....

SET 1
Jack Straw
Althea
Mama Tried >
Big River
Peggy-O
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Louie Louie
The Music Never Stopped
SET 2
Bertha >
Cumberland Blues
Looks Like Rain >
Terrapin Station >
Drums >
Space >
Truckin' >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Morning Dew
ENCORE
Johnny B. Good
....setlist looks awesome. Firing this up now!
Congrats Bolo. Vegas grandbaby incoming!!
April 16, 2021 - 9:18am

#3824

DeadVikes

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9/20/88

This matrix is sounding sweet so far. Good call GOGD.
April 16, 2021 - 8:37am

#3825

JimInMD

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Congrats Bolo

Ugly Rumors... word was you have spent the last couple weeks in a Russian prison. Good to hear your feet are firmly planted and your family is doing well.
April 16, 2021 - 7:40am

#3826

DeadVikes

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Today's Picks

Right on GOGD!

I am going to go for the 9/20/88 show. Never heard this one. Thanks for the picks.

Been thinking when they will give us that fantastic last run in Alpine in July of 1989.
Downhill from Here, released in 1997, still sounds unreal. I think these three shows are the best of the July run. The crowd was just unreal for those three days and so were the boys. And I was just a clueless eighteen year old. Wish I could go back in time to these three shows. First thing I would do is find myself and hand me a list of all the mistakes to avoid in the next 30 years. Anyway, I know almost all of the July shows have been released, but these still are a notch above. I also need to check out the Deer Creek Show before they hit Alpine. Anybody heard this show?

So, box up Alpine with three full night's of Video and watch the site go down.

Stay well out there folks.

Congrats Bolo!
April 16, 2021 - 7:31am

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bolo24

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Something new is waiting to be born

Grandbaby #2 showing up sometime today in Vguy land. #1 born in SF 3 months ago.

Old and in the way? Nah...blessed and happy!
April 16, 2021 - 6:35am

#3828

The Good Ole G…

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Remember Your Hippie Training Folks!

It's officially been a year hanging with you all, what a long strange trip it's been huh?!?

After lurking around for a few picks, I decided to step out and participate, super glad I did.
I've learned a lot, made some pals, swapped stories, shared quite a few laughs, made some killer trades, and have heard some great music and gone furthur into the GD catalog than I had before.
And one of the best parts is being a part of this GD community.
Community is key, and the GD community, is above all a very special one.
In a crazy world, when all was spiraling, twirling and careening off the edge.
I went back to my roots and enjoyed the ride with some friends and The Good Ole Grateful Dead.
I'm super glad I did.
It too was a Friday.

To all of you here and Dead Heads everywhere, I salute you. We're on the right track.

I guess the obvious pick would be 4/16/72 or possibly 9/20/88 (I heard Charlie Miller refer to this show as his favorite that he attended).
Besides they've got Cumberlands.

Together, more or less in line... we just keep Truckin' on.
Happy Friday!
April 16, 2021 - 4:46am

#3829

JimInMD

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Never Seen that Bumper Sticker

Too funny..
April 15, 2021 - 12:06pm

#3830

Strider 808808

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Like the old bumper sticker said

Please don’t tell my Mother I work in the oil field,
She still thinks I’m a piano player in a whorehouse.

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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.