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Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)

I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the site and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from their breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories. - xxuncle johnxx, Dead.net
One of the best memories I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage, followed by a rainbow and then an awesome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain, Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddies went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one." - grateful hawaiian, Dead.net
In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome! - Johnny_A, Dead.net
The pot at the end of this rainbow is mighty fine, indeed. Our final Dave's Picks release for 2024 features the complete unreleased show from The Downs at Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM, 9/11/83 (fun fact, it was Mickey's 40th birthday) with just a squidge of 9/10/83 to round things out. A true trader's treat, this one is solid all around from the lively first set featuring soon-to-be minted 80s classics like "Hell In A Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" to the return of "Help>Slip>Franklin's," the incredible 2nd set surprise of "Let It Grow," and adventurous takes on "He's Gone,""Wang Dang Doodle," and "Morning Dew." It's all well played, my friend, well played.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 52: SANTA FE, NM 9/11/83 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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November 18, 2024 - 9:45am

#111

Cousins Of The…

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New stuff

Check out the Lemon Twigs, great newer pop/rock band

Last 5:
Skeeter Davis - Mary Frances
12/26/80
12/27/80
12/28/80
12/30/80 All fine Audience recordings. These December shows would make a nice little box.
November 18, 2024 - 9:31am

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Go Away HCS, Pretty Please?

...or if you linger, please only keep your topics to good ole grateful dead.
That appears to be more than a common sentiment.

(but, wait....F Your feelings and my right to say whatever I want defies your right not to be bullied!)
We get it.
We fully understand the tragedy that All Civility is now lost , and how truly shockingly this is viewed by so many, including yourself, as totally acceptable.
Pathetic and sad, but we get it.

You are adept at being a bully and pushing your disinfo agenda that has been cult-branded into your skull.
Which is really odd, considering you do appear to be able to string sentences together in a relatively coherent fashion occasionally.

But, we get it. Cult members gunna cult.

Be Well People!
Sixtus
November 18, 2024 - 8:42am

#113

Mr. Ones

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It Was Not Your Fault

"At Your Age"
"What we always believed"
"To maintain our worldview"
"Challenged your perception of reality"
"The ones who have hidden the truth"

NO, it's just that us OLD FOLKS remember Adolph Hitler, and do not wish to see that movie again.

Thanks for "teaching Us"
November 18, 2024 - 7:16am

#114

proudfoot

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Thank you for the Black Sabbath reference RXYS

Side 2 of 1st album is perfect "prep for work" music for today
November 18, 2024 - 4:25am

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gratefulgerd

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Maine Dave - King Buffalo

Thank you Maine Dave,
never heard of them. Found a video of them playing at Freak Valley Festival, June 2023, here in Germany.
Great music, great sound. Fantastic!!!
Got to get more.
Cheers, G.
November 18, 2024 - 2:21am

#116

RyXs

Joined:
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SabBatH

Sorry, gotta chime in for Black Sabbath, the Ozzy years for now anyway.
Sabbath jammed {instrumentally} in the 1970s more than many radio familiar casual fans would know. The Vol.4 & Sabotage albums got much of that extended jam codas in stellar songs, "Wheels of Confusion/Straightener " and "Symptom of the Universe" respectively.
I was too young to see them live so I can only imagine the performances of them tunes. Really all them early Sabbath albums had little instrumental diddlys. Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath is a classic as well as Paranoid, and the Master of Reality album is the Heavy Metal template of the looming future a decade later.
A number of years back now I started a deep dive into the last two '70s Sabbath albums, Technical Ecstasy & Never Say Die. I found some real rockin' hidden gems of songs there and also tones of experimental keyboardy 'proggy' stuff on them albums not oft played if ever on the modern radio I tell ya!........
.....Anyways, back to the Dead. Great autumn 1983 sound and pick for #52, I would be jamming it more but the 30 Days of Dead daze is a doozy this year!
November 18, 2024 - 1:11am

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Library of the Occult

Maine Dave - I also like checking out the Bandcamp website. I discovered an independent record label called The Library of the Occult on there earlier this year. From what I have heard, the music they release isn't really metal - I am not sure how you would describe it. The one album I have, by Magnetic Sunshine is full of groovy organ freakouts, backed up by clattering bongos and fuzz guitar. Great fun. I can imagine it being used a soundtrack to an Italian horror film from the 1970's.

I haven't heard Green Lung. Despite Black Sabbath being one of my 5 a day during the first half of the 70's, I gradually moved away from heavy metal after that. Those first 4 Sabbath albums still sound good to me. I fact, most of the albums I liked back then do. Maybe we always like the music we first heard in out mid-late teens.

What you referred to as "desert blues" sounds more like my cup of tea now. I'll do some checking out later.

HCS - cheers. I am heading in the general direction of 11/17/73 - I agree, one of the best Daves Picks. Fall 1973 features some amazing shows. The Playing - UJB - Dew - UJB- Playing jam from 11/10 rang out here last night - and I notice that was also a feature of the Pauley Pavillion show. But before that - 11/11.
November 17, 2024 - 8:39pm

#118

luis

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Hello friends!

As Mark Twain "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". You never know. But sure, we will survive! -;)
November 17, 2024 - 7:48pm

#119

Maine Dave

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Oh and I should probably also mention

I like Dave's #52 quite a lot!
November 17, 2024 - 7:45pm

#120

Maine Dave

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Haven't posted in a while...

...But I feel like talking about, y'know, music.

Interesting conversation about music (a few pages back) from the 70s as opposed to current day. I was born in 1963, and count me among those who grew up hearing (from my older sibs) that 1970s sucked, all the good bands sold out after Altamont, etc, or were dead like Jimi and Janis. Which maybe had some truth to it for some bands, but not for everybody of course.

Meanwhile, I think there's a lot of good music out there now... You just gotta poke around. My favorite current band is a 3-piece out of Rochester NY called King Buffalo. Check them out on Bandcamp, they're the real deal imo. My gateway tune from them is "Morning Song," highly recommended. They call themselves "heavy psych," which I think means lots of trippy loopy guitar effects but none of the macho posturing of a lot of guitar bands. They can get noisy.

Green Lung is a "pagan metal" band out of England (familiar to you, Daverock or Simonrob?) who I enjoy a great deal in a guilty-pleasure kind of way.

ToYo are from Japan and play an affecting form of psychedelia (yeah, I don't really know what that is either) with Japanese lyrics and odd tunings. It's great. Worth checking their album "Stray Birds From the Far East" on Bandcamp.

There's a fun site called Doom Charts that lists their top 40 heavy/stoner/sludgy/metal albums each month, as chosen by their worldwide network of listeners/reviewers. Want to find out more about Italian occult doom music? Here you go! There's a lot of unlistenable (to me) stuff here, but a whole lot of fun too. This is the site that turned me on to ToYo, for example. Or a band out of Scotland called The Kundalini Genie, which is sounds like someone built a time machine back to 1966 and came back with a whole bunch of great tunes.

Bandcamp is a great site to noodle around in general, btw. All kinds of stuff there, much of which you can download for free.

Amethyst Kiah and Rhiannan Giddens are terrific songwriters with great voices who release music both individually and as part of a quartet called Our Native Daughters, four Black women who play a kind of folk- or traditionally-inflected American acoustic music. Giddens has a song called "At the Purchaser's Option" which is beautiful and heartbreaking. You can find a live version on the Toob. Kiah's gateway song (for me) is called "Black Myself," and it straight out rocks.

And I haven't even mentioned Tinariwen, who are hands down the greatest band on the planet right now (and for maybe the past 15 years). I think they were mentioned on this board some time ago... Lots of vids on the Toob to check out. Either they grab you or they don't. Me, I find them trance-inducing in the best possible way. And there's a whole array of "desert blues" outfits that plow some similar territory (Bombino, Tamikrest, Les Filles de Illighadad, etc).

Oh and a couple more recs: Michael Kiwanuka and Leon Bridges. If you are open to hip-hop, then Run the Jewels are worth a listen, as is Killer Mike's solo album "Michael." Check out the video for RTJ's "Down."

Okay I'll stop. I only intended to list a couple of recommendations, but before you know it... Yeah. Anyway, thanks for putting up with my meanderings.

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Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)

I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the site and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from their breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories. - xxuncle johnxx, Dead.net

One of the best memories I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage, followed by a rainbow and then an awesome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain, Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddies went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one." - grateful hawaiian, Dead.net

In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome! - Johnny_A, Dead.net

The pot at the end of this rainbow is mighty fine, indeed. Our final Dave's Picks release for 2024 features the complete unreleased show from The Downs at Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM, 9/11/83 (fun fact, it was Mickey's 40th birthday) with just a squidge of 9/10/83 to round things out. A true trader's treat, this one is solid all around from the lively first set featuring soon-to-be minted 80s classics like "Hell In A Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" to the return of "Help>Slip>Franklin's," the incredible 2nd set surprise of "Let It Grow," and adventurous takes on "He's Gone,""Wang Dang Doodle," and "Morning Dew." It's all well played, my friend, well played.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 52: SANTA FE, NM 9/11/83 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

I am from the East Coast and…

I am from the East Coast and was in Santa Fe for a work related trip and got to this show. I have some pics from up close and one that stands out is Phil sharing the mic with Bobby (wish I could post it here!) - this was probably a rarity them both sharing one mic (like the Beatles did). I have a pic with rainbow in the background as well. Cool show!!

Shipping Update

Welp, it’s made it to the hub in Rossford, OH, which is about 1.5 hours from my house. It’ll be interesting to see how long it sits there before it makes it to me.

More Phil on vinyl

11-10-67.
Spectacular!
And I’m only in the first song, that being Viola.

Anniversary show 10/28/84 B.C.T.

40 years ago it was Sunday night with the Grateful Dead, great show. Fun times.

Phil

Alembic mission control. Groovy bass. So long, Phil. I dedicate Moby Grape - boysenberry jam to Phil.

#52

Anyone receive this one yet?

Mine is now scheduled for this Friday, November 1.

Would love an expedited shipping option.

14838

Arrived through time travel, here in Central New York.

It's amazing how fast they CAN come, but usually don't. I think it left Fontana on the 26th...

The Downs Of Santa Fe....

....scheduled to arrive on Halloween 🎃.

RGM & Rhino

RGM CD Sale -
Road Trips Vol.1 No.1 - Fall '79 $16.99
RT Vol.1 No.2 - Oct '77 $14.99
RT Vol.1 No.4 - From Egypt w/ Love $19.99
Dick's Picks - 14 & 28 are $39.99 each,
DiP - 32 is $24.99
For those that need to fill in.

Rhino -
Has a new Rush compilation.
Atlantic years '89-'96 on 6 LPs.
If you're into that sort of thing.

Cheers

Pending

Mine is here in NYC but acceptance is pending I suspect I will see it tomorrow. First time however I never even got an estimated delivery date. I ordered an LP from phish came damaged I replied to shipping email got help within 15 minutes and the replacement is out the door and on it’s way amazing how good customer service can actually be it is possible Warner rhino whomever.

mine arrived yesterday

not sure when I can give it my full attention, but sometime soon

Santa Fe

Arrived yesterday. Listened to first couple songs first set. Very punchy beginning.

It's that time of year y'all....

....time for my annual viewing of The Exorcist.
Good, scary stuff.
RIP Teri Garr.
Sucks that a lot of my favorites are passing away.
Que sera sera.

Shipping

My copy is scheduled to arrive in Maryland on Saturday 11/2...8 days after the "release date".

So frustrating.

52

Out for delivery.
A day early,
so to speak.
Cheers

Favorite Teri Garr performances;
- Original Star Trek episode - Gary Seven
- Mr. Mom
- Young Frankenstein

Waiting…

UPS Mail Innovations is horrible. Mine left Fontana, CA on 10/26 and arrived in Rossford, OH on 10/28. It took 51 hours to drive it 2,194 miles. It’s been sitting in Rossford for 50 hours, which is only 105 miles from my house. According to Google Maps, I could walk there in 39 hours. It’s scheduled to be delivered tomorrow, but there’s no way that’s gonna happen if it’s not even at my local post office yet.

Anniversary show 10/30/84. B.C.T.

40 years ago I was up at the B.C.T for a knockout show with the Grateful Dead, they kicked off the show with Dancing in the Streets and Dire Wolf. This was my favorite show of the run, but they all were great! I bought a cool poster outside the show from Rick Griffin, very cool. Big fun!

Mail Enervations

Mine took 36 hours to go from Carlsbad to San Leandro - not even 500 miles. And it was picked up late at night, or at least that's when it was scanned, so passing through the greater LA area on its way North shouldn't have been too slow. Ah well. I'm still working my way through the '78 Box so speed isn't of the essence for me with this release.

Something up with the store?

Something up with the store? Keep getting the oops something went wrong message.

Release date

Is not delivery date.

Got mine today, hope you all get yours soon.

Speed isn't of the essense....

....just wait until you hear it Obeah. Then get back to me 🍻.

you're on, Vguy

Sounds like this is the '83 I need! We'll revisit this after I take delivery <3

CD1 spinning

Currently on WLA.
Still got my subwoofer turned up, might need to turn it down a bit, house is vibrating.
This may the best sounding ‘83 recording I’ve heard.
The centerfold of the booklet makes it look like the show wasn’t all that crowded.

Ready, set, go...

Neighbors forewarned.

Set 2 qued.

Volume up.

Yes.

#16,749 Arrived

Mine went thru Rossford and arrived today in Cleveland suburb.

Let It Grow

Burning up my speakers.
It’s hot.

Conekid....

....damn straight sir!
I have good picks as well. I am so happy this got officially released.

Indeed RIP Teri Garr

She was cool

"Roll roll
Roll in ze hay!"

Interesting tidbit of info: my coworker's father's partner was a caregiver to TG (TG had multiple sclerosis)

Y'all be cool, TG

#17725.....

....Has arrived just a bit outside Rose City, Oregonia!
Downloaded to the computer and thoroughly enjoying.

Anniversary show 10/30/83 Marin Veterans Auditorium

41 years ago, I was up at the tiny Marin Veterans Auditorium for an absolute knockout of an evening with the Good old Grateful Dead. We really cut loose at this show, and it was a blast! Fun times!

Well, I Met #11,554 Accidentally, In Saint Paul, Minnesota

This space is getting hot inDEED! Listened to the first disc while trying out the new Joss Cocobolo pool cue that also arrived today--love them BOTH!

Left California.

At this moment, my Dave's 52 is on a flight from LAX to Frankfurt. After that it has to get from Germany to the Netherlands, through customs and on to PostNL who will deliver it. With luck, I'll have it sometime next week.

#24588

Has arrived in TN. It will be the weekend before I can delve into it.

#12297

Currently on disc one and the sound and playing are great!

West LA has some extra funk/zip to it. Very nice!!!

Hope every one waiting gets theirs soon, as the long shipping can be a drag.

In a nod to Warner Music, they have kept the price good on the Dave's releases.

Maybe priority option for shipping??

rock on, gang

In UK

Mine has arrived in the UK. The Hermes tracking link on the DHL site doesn’t work but entering the tracking number into EVRI tracking shows that they got it this morning. It’s not likely to arrive before next week as EVRI doesn’t usually deliver at the weekend. I look forward to playing it.

No Shipping Notice Yet

No Shipping Notice Yet
???

Shipping Update 2

First off, I’m not complaining. Even if I did get it today, I would not be be able to dive in until the weekend.
It did arrive in Cleveland yesterday, after sitting in Toledo for 2.5 days. It was then shipped down to Akron, where it sat for about an hour. Then it was sent back to Cleveland, where it’s been for about 15 hours.
So silly…

#10406

In the house 2 days ahead of original scheduled delivery. Been on the road for 2 weeks, got back last night, and it was delivered to the PO this morning. Lucky in that USPS and UPS in this small part of the intermountain west are both excellent and preferred for delivery and UPS Surepost generally operates seamlessly and as designed. My copies are never shipped in the first wave but when they hit the road they generally move smooth.

Spinning Disc 1 now. Sounds great! Cut my deck to the Queen of Spades but the cards were all the same!

BOOOO, Scary

Received notice the 23rd; still hasn't been received by shipper. Now I am scared, don't know what is going on.

As Eric once sang, "I'm Waiting!"

So waiting patiently, may be here today for all I know.

Smile, everyone have a Happy Halloween!!!

Dang, game 5 for a interested bystander turned out wild to watch. For me, no emotional ties.

Edit game 5.

BTK 1984 BCT

Love that run. I always got hung up on 1984/10/28. From what I remember had long, deep freak time on a short setlist. Again, very old memories indeed, over 20 years for sure since last go round. Haven't heard 1983/10/30. Look forward to it someday soon.

#7597

Has arrived on schedule. No issues. Not listening tonight.
"Night of the Living Dead" takes priority. "They're coming to get you, Barbara."
Happy Halloween, everybody!

Sante Fe / Red Rocks

Just got the new Sante Fe show and love it!! Almost went to this show but ran into difficulties after the Red Rocks shows right before . . . I have a question for Dave: When are we going to get some Red Rocks Shows?

Yeah Dave...

What he said.
August '78 pair of shows.
Lots of good '80s R.R. shows
Box?
Cheers

No Sante Fe today....

....shame. I was planning on giving out hatch chilies for Halloween.

Anniversary show 10 /31/83 The last St. Stephen

41 years ago I up at the tiny Marin Veterans Auditorium for a rocking Halloween with the Good old Grateful Dead. They played St.Stephen for the last time. I saw them play it one other time at the Orpheum theatre on 7/13/76. My favorite St.Stephen 10/12/68 but lots of fantastic versions.

52..

Looking forward to the new pick - never met a show with a "Dew" i didnt like.. so far I have liked/loved a Daves, save one; number 48 wich I found was a below standard show. My hope for 2026 ( I know..) is that Lemieux will expand the series to 5 yearly releases - nr. 5 beeing a New Yearsshow in December.. BW from Copenhagen - and I hope everyone will vote and be safe next week..

Arrived

#3954 has just been posted through my door. That’s only 12 days since the initial shipping notice and 9 since the release date. Congratulations to EVRI on getting it to me so quickly.
I hope for a large turnout in your upcoming elections and that whatever the result it will be accepted as a fair outcome. I, obviously, have a preferred candidate but I wouldn’t want to be accused of trying to influence the election!

RIP our sweetest friend. Everyone goes away, in the end.

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