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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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    JimInMD
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    Sorry Blue Crow & 1st Show

    freak flag is set to half-mast X 2

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    billy the kiddd
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    Bluecrow, sorry about your loss

    Bluecrow, sorry about you losing your pet, losing a pet really sucks. Hopefully the passage of time will make things better.

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    bluecrow
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    Thank You 1st Show

    Yes I want so much to be with Spirit again.

    Sorry to hear that you're in that same place. Hard and terrible place to be.

    Just listened to 5/8/77 Set II. Now DS>SS>Eleven>Death Dont Have No Mercy from 11/2/69 (DaP 43). I'll get to 8/7/82 later.

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    Condolences on your loss.
    Going through a similar choice with a 17 yr. friend.
    Someone said and I agree,
    I'm not interested in heaven if all my pets aren't there.
    Peace

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    late Sunday afternoon

    we had to put Spirit to sleep. the most profoundly hard and sad choice i've ever made. 14-1/2 years old. Pyrenees mix. drop-off from the Rez who wandered into our garden at 8 months of age. left hind leg had been broken and healed straight by that time. despite that, with love and care, the strongest runner for a big dog I've ever known. thrived on being outdoors. at first an exuberant young dog who "landed with his butt in butter" as a friend put it (to our very best luck) and in later years an old soul, all that while bringing so much joy into our lives. in last year that old straight leg (his dog leg that had no dogleg) started going south in an irreversible way but he still kept moving if he could, slow and steady, with the occasional short burst hearkening back to the those earlier days. A second leg suddenly failed him and that was too much, despite his heart and core still being so very strong and his mind very much present. such a beautiful sweet being. looking closely you will see that's him on that same rainbow day that was my original avatar.

    Sunday, 8/7/22, was the 40th anniversary of what i consider the most emotionally and spiritually "important" show I saw of a total of 50 - 8/7/82 (DiP 32). A strange and powerful synchronicity. Now Spirit is out there running free again in the High Desert.

    and here we are now, 8/9, the anniversary of Jerry's passing, a day I remember very clearly in terms of its own synchronicity, when I first was living and working here. a tape gifted to a coworker in a parking lot of the K&C, by a stranger, Cornell 5/8/77, Set II. Last day of a 10 day session and so my own car not company vehicle. Blasting that Scarlet>Fire loud as the new rising sun lit the clouds as we headed to the site. so beautiful and no idea that Jerry had passed.

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    Once their logic fails your post, it's hard to get that post through. I've had back slashes trip up a post, but they are often included in dates, i.e. 9/8/82. Perhaps slashes next to letters?? I know this issue has been passed on to their crack IT department, emphasis on crack as in they are probably smoking it as I write this..

    alas, it is what it is. Good luck man..

    5/24/70 was sweet. A nice little show that I somehow had not listened to before. Perhaps a snippet or two, but no the whole show. In addition to the big jams.. there's a nice Hard to Handle and the final Jam in Rider is strong. The recording I listened to became pretty saturated by the time Lovelight came around.

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    Let her pass by, let her pass by

    I tried pasting in yesterday's post that I'd saved, but no go.

    Anyway, I got into 8/6/82 based on a Jesse Jarnow tweet and am listening to that a second time. Also had a run through of the 11/30/80 Fox Theater show, but I hesitate to type anything of substance for fear of another error. My comments are saved in a text file, but the forum won't take'em. Think I'll circle back on that 5/24/70 tape while I dig into these two shows that were new to me... as the 5/24 show will also be.

    Also, thanks for the ID3-Tagit (Bag it?) tip. I impatiently spent money and got something called EZ Meta Tag Editor, which is brilliant.

    Now let's see if THIS will post.

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    Sorry sports fans, been busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest, and been spending much of my limited precious listening time getting down with my new Jazz gems! No at work listening for probably another week too : (

    That and I have one spin of 43 in. Going to hit Planet Drums new on In The Groove next.
    But I’ll mark em down and get em in when the situation allows.

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    Dennis
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    Rock and id-tag editior

    i use Id3-Tagit, works great.

    I also use a program called "file renamer". This allows mass file renaming (files, not folders). Sometimes I get stuff in that will have for a file name ..... 01 - mary had a little lamb (this can be a long descriptor that goes on and on). And this extra will be on every file. File Renamer allows me to replace that whole string with nothing. You can also insert "stuff" or change occurrences of things. Very useful.

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    JimInMD
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    And so it is.. 5/24/70 works for me. I am fitting in my second listen to Dave's Picks 43 too. Perhaps the brightest release in the third position of the subscription so far... I think they need a follow-up 1980 matrix to round off the year in the 4th position. #8 was real and it was spectacular.

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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.

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.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 09/06/2024 - 06:15

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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.

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.

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
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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
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Submitted by bluecrow on Sat, 09/07/2024 - 05:42

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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.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 09/09/2024 - 21:03

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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.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 09/10/2024 - 21:33

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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.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 09/12/2024 - 08:07

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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.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 09/12/2024 - 17:31

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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.