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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 17, 2021 - 6:02pm

#3811

Oroborous

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English colloquialisms

Strider, That’s pretty good!
The ole lady and i have had a new favorite word since we binged Game of Thrones last summer; KOONT! or Koonts in the case of much of what we see on TV and the news...(watching the news for me is a participant sport!) big fun cept were worried what the neighbors are going to think this summer when the windows are open an im yelling “bloody KOONT” all the time lol

EDIT: it takes one of the most nasty, inappropriate words in the English language, but by putting the “English” on it makes it acceptable!
April 17, 2021 - 11:01am

#3812

Strider 808808

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Dave’s 38

You fockin’ A!
April 17, 2021 - 6:49am

#3813

Dennis

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Doc and Good Music

Once again, the 3 rules of music -

1 - Good Music is What I Like
2 - Music I like is never too loud
3 - Music I don't like is always too loud.
April 17, 2021 - 6:35am

#3814

The Good Ole G…

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Jazz is Dead?

Or do the Dead just get Jazzy?

7/27/74 was fun for sure. That jam between US Blues > Promised Land seems unique.
Of course, a lot of this band's jams are.. but you get what I'm saying?

Listening to 4/16/72 yesterday I totally flashed.
What a show!
I was definitely inspired last year after hearing it to participate in this here group, something I hadn't normally done in the past.
I think it was a time thing... and then the time space continuum shifted.
Anyhow, in case you're wondering I listened to 4/16/72 last year on 4/16/20 and got shook.
Listened to it again yesterday, and guess what?
Got shook.
Wow.
Phil is a monster.

And 9/20/88 dig it, need to give the show a more focused listen, but enjoyed what I was hearing.
Sounds like some of you all were digging it too.
Good ol' Miller Time.

Speaking of, couple fresh transfers of really good audience recordings by Rob Eaton 8/14/79 & Mark Severson 8/14/81 have landed and they are worthy of a grok.

Fantastic recordings. Pretty amazing the difference in Audience recording between say 1971 & 1979.
One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind.
April 17, 2021 - 4:02am

#3815

Forensicdoceleven

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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind....

Actually, right now i'm listening to Duke Ellington, Stuttgart February 12, 1963. With the great Johnny Hodges.......

Even in this wonderful 50th anniversary year, it not always about Grateful Dead....

Jazz on!!!

Doc
April 16, 2021 - 10:20pm

#3816

Vguy72

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7.24.24....

....Strider got the keys to Jim's John Deere.
Show me the way. I hear it's got a side car.
My fanny pack is stocked.
April 16, 2021 - 9:30pm

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DeadVikes

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9/20/88

Holy crap, this is a great show. Louie Louie! Nice Althea, Peggy O. TMNS to end the first set. Then we get a nice Bertha, Cumberland to start the second set. Need to finish this one up tomorrow and will definitely polk around the other MSG shows from this run.

Thanks GOGD.

These guys are pretty damn good.

Anybody else getting excited for Dave's 38?
April 16, 2021 - 3:25pm

#3818

Strider 808808

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7/27/74

Was a fun listen. Also listened to the 2nd set of 4/15/71 three times. Congratulations Bolo, the beat goes on. Oro , I love that bumper sticker. I also adopted a Newcastle, English Geordie expression many years ago; “Fuck me blue damn it!.” Used in the right setting at the right time has great social and political import.
April 16, 2021 - 2:41pm

#3819

Vguy72

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Bertha -> Cumberland Blues....

....might just be my new favorite thing ever!!
April 16, 2021 - 1:00pm

#3820

Oroborous

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Misc

STRIDER 👍
Best bumper sticker I ever saw was on a big old pickup truck said “wine me dine me 69 me” which was funny enough but when I pulled up to the red light beside it, it was being driven by a very elderly looking little old lady who could barely see over the steering wheel!

GOGD: sounds like your leaving us or something? This is Hotel California bubba, you can check out but....

BOLO: the world has enough Bozos already and not enough Bolos! Congrats. One thing (so far) I miss about not having kids...no grandkids : (
Think I would of liked being a Boompa, if only we could of skipped a step lol.

9/20/88: looks interesting and with THAT recommendation I’ll have to put it on my list...did do 4/15/71 today which I really liked.
On to my new RT 2.3 plus bonus. Been mostly sleeping and not up for loud after getting stuck. So missed a couple days but we’re slipping back into the mix here slowly.

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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.