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April 6, 2020 - 9:47am

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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 20, 2021 - 8:27am

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Vguy72

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Jim's first show....

....too late.
April 20, 2021 - 8:21am

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DeadVikes

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Jim's First Show

Let's check that one out tomorrow.
April 20, 2021 - 7:33am

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Vguy72

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4.19.82 also has a you know what....

....Happy Hippie Holidaze everyone!!
April 20, 2021 - 7:27am

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The Good Ole G…

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Early Bird

Gets The Weed.

4:20 happens twice a day. Good one Strider. You're funny man.
Scoobies Doobies Do!

Well.. for a year now, we've really neglected April 1982.
Based on what I'm seeing here we've only ever really given it attention on 5/30/20 when Otis recommended 4/6/82 Road Trips.
I feel like we've talked about the Earthquake & Raven Space before.
But I guess they never showed up on an official pick.

We can fix that.. as we live in the Garden of Eden!
I dig that Set 2 from 4/14/82 and both the mentioned shows with Phil Space.
Happy Anniversary Jim!

I'm hip for 9/15/88, that Playin > UJB > Playin sandwich is tasty.

I did listen to a little of that Audience pull from 2/24/74, it's good.
I forgot to focus on the drums, but that's not a hard problem to fix ;)

Alright, Happy 420 friends.
April 20, 2021 - 6:21am

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JimInMD

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2/24/74

This is one of my all time favorite Dave's Picks. A bobby dazzler.
April 20, 2021 - 6:13am

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DeadVikes

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4/19/82

Nice Jim. Looks like the set list would have been a cool first show and like you say that second set, looks really good. Ice cold nitrous!

Not sure if we ever hit this one up or when, but I will let GOGD weigh in.

Rockthing, yes, Dave's Picks #13, two track and it is spectacular!
April 20, 2021 - 5:35am

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JimInMD

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Right

It's 420 all day.. why wait until 4:20?
April 20, 2021 - 5:19am

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unkle sam

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happy 420

everyone.
April 20, 2021 - 4:52am

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JimInMD

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4/19

It was a dark and stormy night... wasn't it? The Raven Space was unique and memorable.

Good first show, the first set is interesting.. Jack Straw opener, On the Road Again, a poignant Pretty Peggy-O, Cassady.. it's got a Cumberland.

But the sweet spot is the first half of the second set. Stranger>Franklins>Estimated>Terrapin combo, for a first show, it was pyrophoric and left a smoking crater.. they had a nitrous tank hidden somewhere behind the drums which they melded into a really powerful space. Maybe I should have just taken one?? It was all very new to me, new and strange.

We might have done 4/19/82 here within the last year.. we will have to ask GOGD, our official historian. The show before it in Hartford had a powerful Phil induced Space too.. 4/18/1906 was the great San Francisco earthquake and Phil folded that nicely into the space that night. Two great Phil induced Space's, back to back. I think that's in a nutshell the importance of these two shows. I would call them very good shows for the period.

As for 4/19.. what an initiation. I have never looked back and never been the same. It was big, scary fun. My memories? Fear and loathing in Baltimore city. I think it was a school night and I somehow got away with seeing the GD for the first time. Didn't sleep a wink. Got good grades that term if memory serves. I had fun (somewhat) responsibly. My motto was if I get good grades, I can get away with more. That motto served me well back then.
April 20, 2021 - 4:20am

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Strider 808808

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420

420 happens twice a day. Be well friends.

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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.