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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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January 26, 2022 - 8:26am

#2721

Oroborous

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18 it is!

Sounds like a plan Stan.

6/6/91 & 3/28/89. Just a couple more solid shows from the list fully enjoyed.
I need to get more familiar with spring 89. Gets overshadowed by its famous summer/fall…
Love how those 91 songs build up slow like a big freight train leaving the station: takes a little while to get all those players booking, but when they do….woo woo!

BILLS: still don’t know what to say? Why the fug Chicken McDipshit didn’t squib kick and try to burn out some time near the end of regulation…idiots!
Yeah,I feel bad for Josh and company. Those boys played their arses off. It’s going to take a lot of sleep overs this summer and Mrs Diggs s’mores before the boys will stop having nightmares.
January 26, 2022 - 5:50am

#2722

DeadVikes

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Dave's Picks #18

Perfect, yes, that sounds good to me Jim. Another great 76 show. Thanks.
January 25, 2022 - 11:52pm

#2723

JimInMD

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7/17/76?

10 extra points if you add the bonus disc.

It's been years since I hit this. Anybody interested?
January 25, 2022 - 6:37pm

#2724

DeadVikes

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OB

Good to see you back in the mix. I thought maybe you were doing a dry dead January. Sorry about the Bills, what a game! Allen is a star.

What's on tap for tomorrow?
January 25, 2022 - 8:59am

#2725

Oroborous

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Restraining order

Yeah what ever shenanigan’s you pulled down at the PO caused quite a ruckus round here. I’ve heard rumors from our insiders down there that Dejoy has it out for us Freaks: seems all the constant Dead mail is mucking up the works, so a specific insidious incident involving such has really got em stewing. Bastards haven’t given us all our mail in weeks harumph!

Always good to see Otis!
12/30/86: nice change up, another one off the proverbial list etc. not mind blowing, but enjoyed, especially always dig Hamza et el…maybe I’ll hit 6/6/91 today? Maybe follow up with vguys 3/28/89 pick after?
Snowing again today, have shoveled once all ready, but they’ll be more, and I’m burnt on my personal music project, so maybe a good day to sit and catch up on shows?

Maybe finish reading Who Shot the Water Buffalo by Babbs, that Strider reminded me to get/read.
Where you be Strider? Hope yer all good!
Santa also brought Babbs new book Cronies , but haven’t hit that one yet. He’s doing a lot of on line interviews, like the one we saw with he and Bill Walton. Fun stuff As you can imagine!
Just read His Brother John’s Prankster Memoirs. Funky little book with nice sketches of life back in the early sixties onward, with a few Dead references. Good fishing info too lol.
Really looking forward to our boy Jon Evison’s new one: Small World.
Yeeeshk, never enough time. I honestly don’t understand how people get bored?
ONWARD!
January 25, 2022 - 7:14am

#2726

JimInMD

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3/1/69 Vinyl

I have my 3/1/69 Fillmore West Vinyl in hand.. haven't gotten around to opening it yet.

Neighborhood Watch? And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids.

Edit: In hindsight, the free candy lettering painted on the van in an effort to get rid of the unused Halloween candy from the pandemic year was a bad idea.
January 25, 2022 - 4:51am

#2727

icecrmcnkd

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Making the almanac

It’s Hard To Handle
This fortune and fame
Everybody’s so different
I haven’t changed

Looks like my DaP41 is scheduled for Friday arrival. I’ll tell my neighbors to watch for a windowless white van with a kayak rack and MD plates.

Friday is also the release of 3/1/69 vinyl. A couple of people claim that they ordered it on Amazon but I can’t find it there. But, what I did see there was 8 copies of 5-15-70 Road Trips, presumably Real Gone reprints. So if you need a copy you know where to look.
January 24, 2022 - 9:58pm

#2728

JimInMD

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My Big Mistake

.. was heading out to CO with my windowless white van, stalking the mail carriers or the perfect Dave's Picks delivery boxes thinking I could get mine a few days earlier by grifting Oroboros' consistent early arrival. Had I known Cone Kid always got his first.. it would have saved a couple thousand miles on the van and about $1,200 in gas not to mention that uncalled for restraining order.

Live and learn.
January 24, 2022 - 8:53pm

#2729

DeadVikes

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The Bulletin

Ha! Now we know why Conekid always gets his releases first Jim.
January 24, 2022 - 7:57pm

#2730

JimInMD

Joined:
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Re: Dave's 19

Now I know they are watching us.. first, Cone Kid made the almanac, then for the second time in like a month.. they played the pick of the day on SiriusXM. Yesterday and today, we got 1/23/70 and 1/24/70 meaning I got almost a complete twofer both nights plus a listen a couple months ago. It's one thing to listen to a show and shelf it.. but getting warm and cozy with some of these classics is another thing altogether.

That's Your Groove, Take It With You. Can you really get too much 1970? Thanks Doc.

DaveRock, not a stinker on your list.. we share many favorite shows.

Was sanding a little red oak for a house rehab proj. the last few days.. which afforded me the opportunity to catch up on pick of the day.. After getting caught up, I decided to re-hit Dave's 40 with my free time before 41 hits my porch.. that China Rider through the end of the show the first night contains some powerful juju.. driving Terrapin, a really killer ha ha space into an thundering Other One/Morning Dew : The Weight to end the show. Great recording and a nice counter balance to everything else we have been listening too and everything else going on in the world. Goodness, those were two really good shows and the recordings shine.

Did I miss an Otis appearance? argh.

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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.