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    WHAT'S INSIDE:
    Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL 4/6/78
    Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL 4/7/78
    Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL 4/8/78
    Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/10/78
    Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/11/78
    Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC 4/12/78
    Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 4/14/78
    Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV 4/16/78

    Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
    Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
    Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
    Liners By Author Steve Silberman
    Artwork By Acclaimed Artist Matthew Brannon

    Limited To 10,000 Individually Numbered Copies
    Dead.net Exclusive

    It’s been said before but April ‘78 was an incredible month for the Dead. Like May ‘77, you could throw a dart and guarantee you hit a stellar show. - KyloRensPecs, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

    .... April/May '78 has a lot of the same qualities of Spring '77 but with some extra edge and a much bigger sound from the Rhythm Devils. A really special era that often gets neglected. - viewtiful_alan, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

    Sportatorium - April 7, 1989

    when drums started I thought, oh s*#!, i hate drum solos and Billy and Mickey stopped me in my tracks. Wow, these guys are really good. Little did I know the pervasive influence this phenomena would have on my life. - pearlybakerbest, Dead.net

    Huntington Civic Centre, West Virginia – 16 April 1978

    This is another must-hear concert by The Grateful Dead. The sound and mix are almost ‘absolutely perfect'... It’s difficult to pick out highlights because everything is played so well; the band are tight, Donna is great and the set list is strong. - Grateful Ted, gratefulted.co.uk

    We're hitting the bullseye with the eight previously unreleased stellar shows that make up FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978. Filled to the brim with peak performances from the Grateful Dead's post-hiatus period, this collection captures the historic tour where "Drums" begat "Space," morphed into "Drums">"Space" and cemented the Rhythm Devils' second-set power move from the music business to the "transportation business."

    Spring 1978 finds the Dead consistently weaving spontaneous magic, showing signs of great promise and potential - from the no-nonsense rock'n'roll in Tampa, where scholars cite the first "Drumz" leading into "Space," to the lengthy communal get down in Pembroke Pines to Jacksonville where the twain emerge fully formed, offering the primordial opportunity for "soul retrieval." It's evident in the dynamic range delivered on back-to-back nights at the intimate Fox Theatre and through the laid-back unity of the band's performance in Durham at Duke, a comfort that carries over to Virginia and West Virginia where the playing is unbridled, bursting with momentum, threatening to carry itself away. And nowhere can you hear that more clearly than through Betty Cantor-Jackson's original recordings, reliably crisp, bright, and vivid.

    Individually numbered to 10,000 copies and exclusive to Dead.net, FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978 has been mastered by Audio Engineer Jeffrey Norman using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction. Steve Vance designed the collection’s custom box, which features a removable wave drum. (We invite you to unleash your inner Rhythm Devil.) Acclaimed artist Matthew Brannon created the set’s original artwork. The collection also includes a 48-page book with original liner notes by author Steve Silberman and photos by James Anderson, Bob Minkin, and more.

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  • #231
    Colin Gould
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    FRANKPARRY
    Since you asked. Yes, the final leg of my delivery will use Parcelforce. DHL got into the country but then passed it on.The same happened with the NY box. Tracking on my GD box said ‘Cleared Customs’ for two or three days than several updates appeared at once saying it was held until charges were paid. I had to wait 4 days until a letter from Parcelforce was delivered detailing the charges. Delivery arranged for Tuesday and I live in hope they manage to do it this time.

  • #232
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    Good to see you OB. Glad the Hey Now folks didn't stop you!

    Hope you recover fast. Loving the box so far, but can't speak to a full review yet. Might take me a couple of weeks to get through all the shows. Which is okay.
    Yes, 3-0. Hard to believe.
    Bills out to a good start.

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    Oro - Do we say “Welcome Home!!!”? Quite a roster of MIA. Glad all is well - as far as alien abduction is well - and nothing grievous going on (sorry to TOO - The Other Oroborous - on his loss). That jazz book is one of had my eye on, may invest for a nice post-Hunter read! I preordered Miles’ Live In Paris bootleg, but I’ve been buried in lots of music to play in a short period lately, as it tis’ the season of the box.
    Sabres - This year! Believe.
    Besides, no team can be that bad for that long. ;)

  • #234
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    First pass through complete

    All CD’s played fine.
    Today copied to HD, converted to ALAC, and loaded onto a portable music player.
    Now going through the ALAC files to confirm that the CD’s copied to the HD without error.

    It’s fine with me that the Dead air was removed, we got 8 shows across 19 CD’s in the Box. Leaving the Dead air in might have required 24 CD’s which would have driven up the cost and made the Box larger.

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    They say laughter makes one live longer....

    ....if so, I just gained an hour!!
    Pulled the last minute trigger to see Blue Oyster Cult in Laughlin (coincidence? I think not!) tonight. About an hour south from here. Rumors swirling regarding Eric Blooms health, so might as well see them while they are still performing because I'm not a fan of regrets.
    I will be taking the first Fox Theatre show with me.
    Update....Close Encounters sighting in the Jacksonville Space.
    Is that the first "official" Space? I'm down for it. The band is on fire!

  • #236
    Charlie3
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    Nice

    I am digging this box. I am listening to the shows in order and up to the 4-10-1978 Fox Theater Show, and so far the sound is good and the shows are hot. Definitely cool to hear the genesis of the drums-space show format in these shows, I was always a big fan of the interlude and the transition to whatever came out of space, but I realize the sentiment was not universal. The design of the box is intricate but actually pretty functional and I find it pretty appealing, particularly now that fivebranch has explained the connection between the devil iconography and the deep south folk art. I'm pretty easy to please, so your appreciation of the box may vary, but if anyone is on the fence about getting this, I would pick it up. Thinking good thoughts for your smooth recovery Oro, good to see your sense of humor is intact.

  • #237
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    I was abducted by Aliens…

    at least that what it looks like after my robotic surgery lol.
    Fun to mess with people who don’t know any better: “hey, long time no see, how ya been” at which point I show em my scars and repeat the above header ; )
    In reality, it’s a long tragic tail involving collapsing vault tunnels AND Aliens.( DL has some serious security at that vault, bastard!), but the only way Bolo agreed to free me from my near impossible situation—(and as we KNOW, the situation is the boss not that douche from Jersey)—was after NDAs and blood oath to NEVER ever mention any details involved in my extrication, so yeah…

    Decided to go full cleanse of everything and anything, including Dead and dead related accessories for my somewhat “routine” procedure, but as things took a bit more than I had planned (all good, just takes longer to heal as ya get older) I kinda just kept with it, and as things have been slow here on DN, then kinda decided to have some fun and see how long it took to notice the absence of my usual over prodigious pontifications and general weirdness lol.
    Thanks to the kind folks who did notice, although that might have been directed toward the Other Oro, Oroboros who did lose his beloved mother recently. Condolences again as “a motherless child has a harder time” a the song goes…
    Chever way/intentions is good, and I’m ok, and hopefully he and his are doing better also!

    But we have been missing lots of good folks who used to add to the mix.
    Big names like Strider and Bolo, and Nappy, and one of my favorite DHs, GOGD, and SKULLTRIP, or even Gratefulhan, Wilfredtjones, Hendrixfreak, Angry Jack, Thin, Kiethfan (and more I’m unintentionally forgetting) and haven’t heard from the Onesies camp, hope things are progressing positively for you folks, and Mrs Doc, and big elephant in the room, PT Barnum…been like a couple months now…gulp. And Franks knee!
    Good to see Jimbo, Charlie, and Fivebranch, Fourwinds and some other “strangers” checking in! The more the merrier and less chance for me to ramble ; )
    Sorry to Mikey, but the fog from the drugs and alien mind erase incapacitated my ability to view said Bat signal until most recently! But do appreciate the RH book intel: of course TOO is such a hopeless book junkie that she already knew. As kind as she, is I’m starting to think her purchasing books for others is just a way to attempt to quell her savage insatiable book Jones…ahem, girls got a bit of a problem.
    Oh, to Mike and all jazz nicks, finished a great book during my time out:
    Three Shades of Blue: MD, JC, Bill Evans and the lost empire of cool.
    His prose is sometimes weird, but great research and detail. I’d call it a must read for anyone with interest in jazz!
    Also Spitz’s Led Zep Bio, good but? Left a weird after taste…
    And another, Once There Were Wolves, interesting fiction. Very informative, but perhaps a tad over the top story line?

    APRIL 78 BOX:
    Finally arrived after what seems to unfortunately have become normal MO of convoluted temporary lost in the ozone again fuckery,…but at least it’s here, ripped and ready and just finished an enjoyable listen to 4/6!
    “Sound sucks”…really? Maybe the sound of the band at the time might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I’d say the recordings don’t get much better, but maybe that’s just me? Certainly head and shoulders better recording than the previous last dog (ok show, perhaps worst released recording yet?).

    And ya gotta love DHs and our opinions lol. Now I dig Nitecat (and no offense intended!) and all he’s done here and on the toob of use etc, and I get what he ment about the tuning break pace, vibes/nostalgia, but after all these years I’m all for editing out unnecessary “dead air” though banter is always appreciated when space allows, but man I don’t miss the never ending tuning BITD before they had tuners, especially when after lengthy tuning break, they’d start playing and all ready be out of tune( like early 70s and primal) lol. Yeah, thank goodness for Korg tuners! Of course as any smoker knows, half those breaks were probably JG and that ole song (see Commander Cody’s take on ) Smoke, Smoke, Smoke lol
    Solid show and perhaps typical tour opener and already a step up from Jan/Feb run (did all those in order leading up to this box), but from what I recall things only get better, perhaps peaking at the Fox, especially the second night? We shall see, yum yum!
    Oh, dig the blown or overdriven speaker during 4/6 A&A being picked up on the instruments mic! Can’t figure out who’s speaker yet, but as a musician and roadie BITD I’d recognize that sound in my sleep. Just to illustrate how revealing these recordings are! Good Sheet Mon! Thanks to Dave and company for getting this awesome tour all gussied up and out to us!

    Ok, enough ketchup lol, good to see ya, now I need to call my BFF of almost fifty years (and awesome GD music bass player) to wish him a happy biff day, in spite of fucking cancer!
    Be well all, hope everyone gets their box soon and fully digs it!
    And
    DV, go VIKS! Lol

    Rombumzora: have you tried playing the discs on other players?
    The optics do wear out on players eventually…just a thought, good luck!
    ONWARD!

  • #238
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    Colin, did you say that Parcelforce is delivering your box? Mine is coming rom DHL and the tracking just says customs cleared but no mention of fees. It has supposedly been on its way for two days. Earlier I thought UPS had it, but that was another order.

  • #239
    nitecat
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    CMD 70's tuning

    Oh yeah, CMD, I recall those long long tuning breaks in between songs. Listen to 71 shows you can hear the long breaks. It was kind of part of their charm, low key and not so showy.

  • #240
    Vguy72
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    Must Have Been The Roses....

    .....maaaaan. That song holds a place close to my heart. It was the song that was playing on the tape in my car the day Jerry died. I don't remember the show, but I remember the song. 🎶 If I tell another what your own lips told to me
    Let me lay 'neath the roses and my eyes no longer see.
    Edit. Billy Strings wife's water broke and he had to leave his Renewal Fest.
    Social media all over the place regarding his decision. I can assume you can guess why.
    Treys birthday is 9/30 btw. The big six O. That would be cool if Ally can hang on just a little bit longer.
    His new record is phenomenal btw. 🍻

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Friend of The Devils: April 1978 (Dead.net Exclusive) [19 CD]

 

WHAT'S INSIDE:
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL 4/6/78
Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL 4/7/78
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL 4/8/78
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/10/78
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/11/78
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC 4/12/78
Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 4/14/78
Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV 4/16/78

Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
Liners By Author Steve Silberman
Artwork By Acclaimed Artist Matthew Brannon

Limited To 10,000 Individually Numbered Copies
Dead.net Exclusive

It’s been said before but April ‘78 was an incredible month for the Dead. Like May ‘77, you could throw a dart and guarantee you hit a stellar show. - KyloRensPecs, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

.... April/May '78 has a lot of the same qualities of Spring '77 but with some extra edge and a much bigger sound from the Rhythm Devils. A really special era that often gets neglected. - viewtiful_alan, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

Sportatorium - April 7, 1989

when drums started I thought, oh s*#!, i hate drum solos and Billy and Mickey stopped me in my tracks. Wow, these guys are really good. Little did I know the pervasive influence this phenomena would have on my life. - pearlybakerbest, Dead.net

Huntington Civic Centre, West Virginia – 16 April 1978

This is another must-hear concert by The Grateful Dead. The sound and mix are almost ‘absolutely perfect'... It’s difficult to pick out highlights because everything is played so well; the band are tight, Donna is great and the set list is strong. - Grateful Ted, gratefulted.co.uk

We're hitting the bullseye with the eight previously unreleased stellar shows that make up FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978. Filled to the brim with peak performances from the Grateful Dead's post-hiatus period, this collection captures the historic tour where "Drums" begat "Space," morphed into "Drums">"Space" and cemented the Rhythm Devils' second-set power move from the music business to the "transportation business."

Spring 1978 finds the Dead consistently weaving spontaneous magic, showing signs of great promise and potential - from the no-nonsense rock'n'roll in Tampa, where scholars cite the first "Drumz" leading into "Space," to the lengthy communal get down in Pembroke Pines to Jacksonville where the twain emerge fully formed, offering the primordial opportunity for "soul retrieval." It's evident in the dynamic range delivered on back-to-back nights at the intimate Fox Theatre and through the laid-back unity of the band's performance in Durham at Duke, a comfort that carries over to Virginia and West Virginia where the playing is unbridled, bursting with momentum, threatening to carry itself away. And nowhere can you hear that more clearly than through Betty Cantor-Jackson's original recordings, reliably crisp, bright, and vivid.

Individually numbered to 10,000 copies and exclusive to Dead.net, FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978 has been mastered by Audio Engineer Jeffrey Norman using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction. Steve Vance designed the collection’s custom box, which features a removable wave drum. (We invite you to unleash your inner Rhythm Devil.) Acclaimed artist Matthew Brannon created the set’s original artwork. The collection also includes a 48-page book with original liner notes by author Steve Silberman and photos by James Anderson, Bob Minkin, and more.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 08:01

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Dave's unboxing video is out. Glad to see he has his box. He is the producer and legacy manager so I am glad he doesn't have to wait.

Box looks super cool. I wonder how it is selling?

Last year's sold out in less than a month with 10,000 copies.

Can't wait to get mine next week.

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 08:08

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The drum has rattles inside?
Dave's fluffy cat photobombs him.
My shipping now says Saturday.
Cheers

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Submitted by Chuck on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 09:23

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My Dead Box set was delayed in New Mexico due to weather Now back on track to come on Saturday by FedEx, but my Dylan Box was put off for three weeks on Amazon?? Now coming on Oct.9th??? I see some people have received theirs?? Were these ordered directly from the Bob Dylan web sight? Which now says Sold Out?

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Submitted by marye on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 09:34

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So sorry for the trouble; I've brought this to the Doc's attention and hope for a speedy resolution. Onward!
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Submitted by Colin Gould on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 10:53

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CHUCK
I ordered mine from a UK record store called Badlands. Looking at the UK Amazon site I see they are now selling from the US site rather than directly. Delivery 7th to 22nd October!
I’ve noticed this with the last two Garcialive releases. The UK site sells from the US, all the earlier ones came directly from the UK.

Edit: It wouldn’t be deadnet if the downloads worked immediately. They appear unable to learn from past mistakes.

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Submitted by Chuck on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 11:12

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Colin......Thanks for the Info. I also noticed my original Amazon order was for $129.00 Now it is down to $106.00

Time for another Floor to Celling wall shelf unit in my (what used to be an extra bedroom) extra room

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Submitted by itsburnsy on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 12:09

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Box has arrived in Snohomish WA! Love it when a release comes on a Friday, doesn't get any better than that...

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 13:43

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Was in the grocery store, there was a gentleman in front of me in the produce section. He was coming toward me, and turned into an aisle. He was wearing an older tie dye. I ask him to see what was on the back, didnt wear correct glasses. It was not a GD shirt. He heard me and the first thing out of his mouth was "Are you a dead head?" So gave him the secret hand shake and wink. Riiiiggghhht. We started talking for a while and he said his first show was 10/17/70 at The Cleveland Music Hall. We ended up talking for 15 minutes, some in all eras but mostly his early years. He siad some people said it was a horrble concert to which I replied "some people always say was a bad show," most who were not there. Exchanged contact info. Any way here is his show as reported on some sites but not on others from best i can tell. Think it has some errors as cut and paste was struggling.

Set 1

Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
I know You Rider
Me and My Uncle
It Hurts me Too
Truckin'
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Sugar Magnolia
Candyman
Hard to Handle

Set 2

Good Love
Drums
Good Love
Cold Rain and Snow
Dark Star
Not Fade Away
Going Down the Road
Not Fade Away
Lovelight

encore

Uncle John's Band
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
-David Ryder (07/11/2016)

Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
-Kdead (10/17/2019)

Set 1

Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
I know You Rider
Me and My Uncle
It Hurts me Too
Truckin'
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Sugar Magnolia
Candyman
Hard to Handle

Set 2

Good Love
Drums
Good Love
Cold Rain and Snow
Dark Star
Not Fade Away
Going Down the Road
Not Fade Away
Lovelight

encore

Uncle John's Band
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
-David Ryder (07/11/2016)

Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
-Kdead (10/17/2019)

Set 1

Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
I know You Rider
Me and My Uncle
It Hurts me Too
Truckin'
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Sugar Magnolia
Candyman
Hard to Handle

Set 2

Good Love
Drums
Good Love
Cold Rain and Snow
Dark Star
Not Fade Away
Going Down the Road
Not Fade Away
Lovelight

encore

Uncle John's Band
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
-David Ryder (07/11/2016)

Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
-Kdead (10/17/201 - ooops
Set 1

Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
I know You Rider
Me and My Uncle
It Hurts me Too
Truckin'
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Sugar Magnolia
Candyman
Hard to Handle

Set 2

Good Love
Drums
Good Love
Cold Rain and Snow
Dark Star
Not Fade Away
Going Down the Road
Not Fade Away
Lovelight

encore

Uncle John's Band
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
-David Ryder (07/11/2016)

Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
-Kdead (10/17/2019)

Set 1

Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
I know You Rider
Me and My Uncle
It Hurts me Too
Truckin'
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Sugar Magnolia
Candyman
Hard to Handle

Set 2

Good Love
Drums
Good Love
Cold Rain and Snow
Dark Star
Not Fade Away
Going Down the Road
Not Fade Away
Lovelight

encore

Uncle John's Band
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
-David Ryder (07/11/2016)

Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
-Kdead (10/17/2019)

Set 1

Casey Jones
China Cat Sunflower
I know You Rider
Me and My Uncle
It Hurts me Too
Truckin'
The Other One
Cryptical Envelopment
Sugar Magnolia
Candyman
Hard to Handle

Set 2

Good Love
Drums
Good Love
Cold Rain and Snow
Dark Star
Not Fade Away
Going Down the Road
Not Fade Away
Lovelight

encore

Uncle John's Band
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
-Anonymous (10/17/2012)

While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
-David Ryder (07/11/2016)

Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
-Kdead (10/17/201 - ooops

I am downloading now.

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 13:54

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It sounds like it's breathing...in a Darth Vader sort of way.

Knew there were going to be some issues with last post. Dead slowed me down some causing double posts.

Also guessing even bustin the archive link up wouldnt let me post. Send message if want the link I can try again but show is out there.

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Submitted by Obeah on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 14:08

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:)))

And like Vguy, now my tracking info says to be delivered today. Our cups runneth over.

Glad people's boxes are arriving! I think I will put on 9/20/70 to honor the date and pass the time whilst I wait.

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Submitted by wharfrat6969 on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 14:31

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Got mine today. The box is an easy to shelf size. Thanks Dave. Beats the heck out of MSG box design.

I'm into runs of shows so happy also. Maybe next year Summer Tour 85' Greeks thru Chula Vista?

Drum rain sound item has already been used on my cats. Confusion & chaos abounds.

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Submitted by Dennis on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 14:43

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Everything ripped in and filed.

My quick pokes while ripping shows the recording to be very nice. Phil sounded real sweet.

Now to find a place on the shelf!

Dylan and Duke 78 have labels printed also and they are awaiting product.

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Submitted by jjc on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 15:19

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Mine still sitting at label created. Are the downloads working this time or not?

Usual. Thx. I got my ship notice but has been sitting at label created since the 18th. Thought about buying the downloads also but Honestly tired of dealing with this entity.

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Submitted by Junk1234 on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 16:50

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Avoided issues with the FLAC downloads by not pre-ordering (like I did with the Here Comes Sunshine box downloads), and purchased around lunch time today. No issues - when I completed checking out I was presented with 8 individual links on-screen for zipped folders of each of the shows. I also received the email with the links but didn't need to use them.

Spent the late afternoon cleaning up the tags. Now I need to find time to actually listen to the thing!

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Submitted by Birchwood on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 16:58

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Are these shows generally on the level of the excellent 4-24-78 that is Dave's Picks Vol. 7?

Peace!

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Submitted by TN John on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 18:17

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They took the arrival date off my tracking now. It was in OK at noon. Might not be until next week now. Oh well.

Glad to see other folks are receiving their sets.

Dave's unboxing video was cool. Looks like a really nice box.

Delivery date is gone from my tracking info, and has been replaced with "We'll add a delivery date as soon as your package starts moving." (UPDATE 8 o'clock pm - package has reached Tracy, CA - about an hour from here)

But yes indeed Dave's unboxing video was fun. Bonus points bc it included his cat!

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Submitted by Willysin4wd on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 18:52

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How lovely to get this on a Friday afternoon! Nice job Dead Net; This box set is a cool design. Fun stuff!
I recently played DaP 37 and this is the same great sound quality.

These aren't digipacs but cardboard sleeves. I got a great tip here on Deadnet, round bottom sleaves that fit pretty good in the cardboard sleeve for protecting CDs. I have them in all my GD cardboard shows.
search for: SoundSourceCDs Round bottom inner.
Happy Listening!

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Submitted by ronmarley1 on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 18:55

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I’ll never understand the logistics of shipping. I’m in the south suburbs of Cleveland. Mine was in Perrysburg, OH, outside Toledo, about two hours away. Then they sent it on a two hour trip to Plain City, OH, outside Columbus. So, they sent it on a two hour trip and it’s still two hours away. Oh well, maybe tomorrow? Maybe Sunday?

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Submitted by BedHead77 on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 19:06

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Got my ALAC files around 9 pm (Pacific) last night.
The actual box set arrived first thing this morning (I always nab both).
Been listening most of the day while I worked.
Was never the biggest 78 fan, though Dick’s 18 has always been a fave, but both 78 box sets have given me a new appreciation.
So far, this set is a gem to my ear sockets.

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Submitted by jonathan918@GD on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 19:27

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Very nice mix and the band is hot!!

Waiting on box, but streaming sounds fantastic!!!

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Submitted by ronmarley1 on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 05:24

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Will make for a nice Saturday/Sunday.
So pumped!

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Submitted by bluecrow on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 05:52

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The b/w video from Duke show is now up on the GD you tube channel synched with Jeffrey Norman's mix for the box. There's a nice historical intro by the GOGDeadcast. Had it on VHS back in the day and as many here already know it is killer.

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Submitted by RuthBacon on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 07:57

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I got an updated email as other did saying they are working on the problem. Has anybody received an updated link that worked?

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Submitted by Obeah on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 08:44

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Same here @TN John - wbu, Vguy? We three have seemed to be on parallel tracks with this one... hope yours is on its last mile too

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 08:52

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Remember old Family Circus comics where Billy would take insanely circuitous routes for simplest of movements?

The descriptions here sound like he is in charge of delivering these box sets

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Submitted by TN John on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 09:06

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Came home from grocery shopping, and was showing delivered. Not on carport or front porch so panic ensued. Looked on the next door neighbor's golf cart in his carport and spotted that box I saw Dave unpacking last night.
#4399 has arrived!

Getting the first show ripped to start on after lunch

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 10:48

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... in western Colorado.
Number 2778/10000.
At this point I'm sorta meh on the drum but it has to stay with the set for posterity, lol. The cat is not impressed either. This looks to be the most shows of any box I have. A great deal for less than $10/disc. Woohoo!
Cheers

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Submitted by ronmarley1 on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 11:06

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02824 has landed! Very excited!

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Submitted by Obeah on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 13:00

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1493 has arrived in the Bay Area. This is why I got all the vacuuming and other loud chores done this morning... now I'm just folding laundry, so it's time to put on this first show from Curtis Hixon Hall!

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 14:36

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....at least according to the picture on my phone.
Still at stupid work.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 17:18

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....secured. Packaging is cool, as expected. Going in order.
Ton of awesome pics in the Silberman book RIP.
I find it interesting that the length of the rhythm devils get longer every show up until Durham. My subwoofer gonna get a workout.

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Submitted by RyXs on Sat, 09/21/2024 - 18:29

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Just a bit outside PdXs, Oregonia!

Listened to this one on my Soundcore Q30 headphones yesterday, and making another run through it on speakers this morning. Sounds really good. Just like Dave's 38. The first set is pretty strong, but the second set is smoking! I did notice a problem in the left channel on Around And Around. It might just be the rip. Haven't checked the physical CD yet. The U.S. Blues encore is better than it would become in later years, but still doesn't have that '74 pep.

I'm happy with this box so far. Got the Sportatorium show ripped. I'll start it after breakfast when I head out for my walk.

Hope our brothers across the way start receiving these soon.

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Submitted by Lawdrone on Sun, 09/22/2024 - 07:18

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Received a shipping notice not long after my last post. Even though it said Sept 21, I held out hope for a Devilish miracle. Especially after I watched Dave’s video.
Not only did the miracle not come, the delivery date has now disappeared as the box has been stuck somewhere in Ohio since Thursday.

Something something… missing a Sunday show!

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