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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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    Harsh comments, but a person is entitled to their opinion/feelings.

    The good thing is, nothing is mandatory, you have a choice. (which they're looking to take from women)

    I'll say it, I'm not the biggest fan of "primal" period, the song list was pretty short and I can generally live without feedback. (that's why we have drums/space :-) )

    I like "official" releases, even eras I don't root for. The anal in me likes being able to check off "officially release" stuff.

    In the end, every show I believe is on the archive and a lot of times they can be just as good as an "official release".

    And I agree, everybody thinks they can pick better than Dave. I think they can pick "just" as good.

    I like to see numbers, but, I'd bet for every 1 person who isn't happy with the release, there are 10 or more who are more than happy. (except for digital download customers,,,, hard to believe this is still a problem!!)

    Last thought, I wouldn't mind Dick's being redone with whole shows.

    Dave you're doing a fine job!

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    Hate seems a ludicrously over the top word to use in this context. I hate war. I don't hate Brent era Dead shows. I'm just not keen on them. I liked the 1983 show in 30 Trips when I played it last month. But that doesn't mean I want another one.

  • Forensicdoceleven
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    Hey rockers!!!

    Been trying to stay out of the fray lately, but here I am..............

    Not a hater, nor an apologist for DL and/or TPTB. Pretty good show. Not my favorite era, but saw many good shows in 83 and would have gone to more.

    Don't like DL's choices? It's a challenging balancing act, trying to keep everybody happy. Think you could do better? Good luck with that............

    Enjoyed the comment, which was right on, about getting an external hard drive and finding stuff on your own. Been doing that for years. If they never put out another official release, I would still be a happy camper. You could too!! How? LOL you know where to find me, always happy to share...........

    I shall now crawl back under my rock, while cranking 4/6/69..............

    Music is like an open sky., you know it's out there... and there you are......

    Rock on,

    Doc
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    Oroborous,

    Bravo! Thank you for being the one to say it! I could not agree more with every statement you made.

    We have sooo many releases from the 70s (and I love every one of them!). I think it's a blast of cool air when when something from the 80s or 90s turns up. I say keep them coming full tilt.

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    My expectations are low, so hopefully they get exceeded. One thing to know Butch is the 3rd and 4th picks are always the weakest, never a long tent pole show. Anyway, I do love a release with filler!

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    I’m down!
    Only heard these once working in the garage but I really liked em, especially the 10th, but the 11 is good too, perhaps best of the fall, although I’ve always been partial to 8/27 just for the Jack Straw Phil Phest.

    Anyone interested in this time might also enjoy 10/16, 17, 18, and 22, among others…

    Strider! Nice to see ya!

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    FFS, we get it, some folks are very particular with what THEY like.
    No problemo, just why do they have to be such a nasty pricks about it?
    Guess that’s what we’ve turned into in the modern world…

    And as far as unequal representation, hmmmm Id say over representation if you actually think before you spew, with 25 outta 52 picks from the 9 pre hiatus years of 66-74, so almost 50% of all Dave’s are from only 9 years, or less than 1/3 of all the years….really, only six years as 66-68 has for whatever reason been ignored.
    So almost half of all picks are from only 6 years, yeah Boo Hoo, totally under represented…

    And spare us the nonsense about everybody’s opinion is important etc,
    Once again, ad nauseam, I’m not suggesting that folks can’t dislike something or not have an opinion, just don’t be a dick about it!, because ya know what sucks more than being disappointed by a pick…waking up all happy to enjoy a new day, come to what is supposed to be the happy safe place, read about a new pick, and instead get such hostilities. Total Buzz Kill!

    Edit: FOTD box ?…yes, the DL situation is not cool, but your mixing apples and oranges cause the CD box is one of the best as far as recordings, sonics and production!

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    Strider! Can you please explain how someone calling attention to the repeatedly stale picks, as well as the recent technically deficient FOTD release, is a "buzzkill" ?? As stated, I am personally a huge fan of the Brent years - but the fact remains that the picks are getting stale. I guess if you are not blindly praising and paying Lemieux for whatever half-ass*d product he chooses to put out, then you are a hater. Happy to wear that label if so.

    Personally, I prefer when I purchase something for it to work as expected and not be laden with file errors or poor audio. Did you even listen to 51? Sound quality was utter garbage

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    My favorite show of the 80s.

    Remind me not to read all the comments. Hater posts about this Dead show. No buzz kill please.
    Thank you Dave. Great pick.

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    Home town shows for me (lived a couple miles away in La Cienega). It was the Best and the Worst of times....

    Best was 3 Red Rocks shows, then coming home for this, and even better, the night off in between was Zozobra night, the kickoff of Santa Fe's Fiesta weekend...ten thousand plus gathered to burn Old Man Gloom, a 50' puppet, groaning and waving his arms in full ritual glory, letting go all our glooms from the year. So fun to share that with a friend from back east and a couple new show-friends who tagged along as we came south!

    Also Best was the aforementioned weather magic, lightning in the foothills behind the stage as the first set ended, and the rainbow as they cranked it up for set 2 with Help on the Way. Classic!

    The Worst, I'm afraid, reared its head in both concrete and creative realms....The Downs was set up for these shows (as in the previous fall) with the stage facing the grandstand from across the track's oval. This created some awful echoes for those in the middle; of course, you could solve that by moving up close enough to the speakers to overwhelm the echo....or by being way back in the stands....but not ideal for those who like to wander! (a later Lyle Lovett show I saw there rectified this by setting up parallel to the stands).

    Sadly, this show featured what I felt at the time to be my clearest experience of Jerry's issues in these years. The way I heard the Help/Slip/Franklins sequence, Bobby was doing something really fun and creative at one point (I'm a "Bobby Fans are People, Too" guy), and ol' Jer just totally fell off the side of the train at just the point we were primed for him to ante up and raise the stakes. Just lost it. Happens to the best of us, I know....but it was pretty striking at the time.

    The next summer, my compilation of the few(ish) highlights of that year's set of Red Rocks shows was called "Are We Having Fun Yet?" It was a rough stretch for sure.

    Ah, well, not griping about the release or the band or the challenges Jerry was grappling with. Just my memories of these shows.... Which of course were still way fun in the moment despite the transient reminders of the deeper troubles lurking within.

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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.

You come across as a reasonable person, even if I don't come across as a "reliable source" in your opinion.

For the record, in regards to HCS, I said something along the lines of "I always thought it a tragedy that they removed it from the repertoire after '74" or words to that effect.

I didn't say they never played it again, but they did remove it from the lineup for what, 17 or 18 years? So the Associated Press deems your statement "mostly false."

But regarding your other statement, I am not holding myself up as an "expert" nor a "source" on the issues I was raising.

I did however cite the FDA and the WHO, and provided verifiable facts and data from said agencies, which I would assume a reasonable person might consider to be reliable sources on the subject matter to which I was speaking.

It is not my opinion. It is their data. I am not an expert. I was simply sharing what I had found.

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On this day in 1973, an excellent HCS at Pauley Pavillion, Dave's Picks 5. Not to mention an amazing PITB palindrome.

An all around great show!

I'm putting it on right now...

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My Russian handler told me, "Mention the Pauley Pavillion show, Comrade. Even in Russia it is famous! They can't argue with that."

Thanks, Boris!

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to the whole Pauley Pavillion show. So great, every tune. I forgot how great it was, to be honest. They are definitely in the zone. The mix is also superb.

Strongly recommended.

Actually, forget I recommended it. That might turn you off to it.

Pretend your friend recommended it, and just go listen. Whatever it takes. It is that good. Wow.

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Put on 10 24 71

China Rider

Ja, gerne

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Truthfully no one Seahawk QB ever ran like Russ, either for yardage or escapability. {Zorn was the next best, but only on his feet} Hell, for the most part Russ best and longest yardage runs came off broken plays. Though he wasn't too shabby with designed rushing plays either.
Geno has never struck me as a lateral mover, usually he don't escape the pass rush or he does but then makes an errant throw. I must say though, as a forward runner Geno ain't too bad at all & deceptively fast! Those quick improvisational decisions to just break forward and sprint out the pocket were the difference in that game.
Sorry! This is MY OFF SUBJECT POST of the month.
Go rip city! Blazers triumphed again! A hat trick of wins!

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...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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As Mark Twain "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". You never know. But sure, we will survive! -;)

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.

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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!

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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.

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"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"

...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!
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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.

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Finally got a label created.
I ordered in the 1st 4 minutes.
But some of you have yours already.
Go figure.
Pembroke Pines, I was just listening to a show from there.
Cheers

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Sabbath were a lot more ferocious live in the 70's than their albums indicate. I still have my ticket for the first time I saw them - 3/11/73 - which was recorded for their live album - "Live at Last" I think it was called - but it's best heard in the Volume 4 box set that came out a couple of years ago.
I remember it vividly - them coming on, a shriek of deafening feedback, Ozzy Osbourne yelling some profanity, and then this almighty racket started up as they went into "Tomorrow's Dream". It was like the gates of hell had swung open. All around was sea of hair flying in all directions and fists raised in the air, some waving peace signs.
They did feature some improvisation about two thirds the way through - what seemed to me like an overlong guitar solo, before they went into another pulverising riff which was a sign that the mayhem could start again. By the last two songs they were going so fast it sounded more like The Ramones than Cream. I was stunned. Couldn't hear properly for a week afterwards.
I do like the second side side of the first album listening at home - but live it dragged things down a bit.

Incidentally, when I rescued my ticket from the random pile I have left, another one that fell out was The Dead at The Rainbow on 3/10/81, which cost £6.00. The Sabbath ticket cost £1.25.

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Enjoyed the new “Hunter book”.
But caveat emptor: this is not his long lost memoir and has nothing directly to do with the GD.
It’s written by a young Hunter and focuses on only about a year (61-62) before anyone was anyone etc. But it is an interesting look at the burgeoning “scene” and examines perhaps how/why a certain guy named Jerry became who he was.
Interesting snap shot of history, Hunter, and some schlub named Jerry, (“he’s a bum who’ll never amount to anything”), but not a book about the Grateful Dead, just fyi…

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Nice heads up.

I've downloaded a chunk via boobtube. I like what I hear.

Will of course take forever to give a good listen :-)

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Hell yes, Cousins. I have been calling for this December 80 Oakland run to come out as a box set for a long time. Would throw in 12/31/80 as well to make it a five night release. I believe the last night they started with an acoustic set.

Congratulations OB on the Bills! Big win yesterday.

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Didn’t Nitecat record that run?
Or am I thinking 79? Gonna hit 79 run end of year!

Hey DV! Thanks, phew, similar to the VIKS in that they often don’t make it easy on themselves lol

11/18/72

who has the single disc release?

I have seen that for sale at Silver Platters for...$40? $50?

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I haven't delved into that year for a while

I think (think) this was listed in the compendium as one that wasn't recorded. Of course, that was published years ago.

GBtGD

"The GD are the antidote to the atom bomb" - Joseph Campbell, methinks.

True dat.

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I would like to see a box set from 1970 released. A box set from 1968 or 1969 would also be cool.

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PF - I've got that one, on cd and on vinyl. I wouldn't pass it by - some very clear and powerful bass playing as I remember .

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Agree with DaveRock. Phil high in the mix. One of those ripping Fall '72 Playings. Cool artwork to boot. Lowest price for CD used VG+ on discogs is ~$50 and next is in the $70s. New cheapest is ~$90.

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on CD is in my collection as well. The PITB is one for the ages. Mind bending, almost too intense at times. Definitely got to be in the right mood for that one. A must have for your collection.

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So sorry that my words hurt your feelings, but as bad as your feelings were hurt by having to read opinions that you disagree with, just imagine how it felt for so many others to be forced to wear a useless mask in order to enter the grocery store to obtain food for their family, or to go to work, or to bring their kids to school.

Imagine how it felt that they were forced to submit to an ineffective and dangerous injection in order to keep their jobs.

Imagine how much harm was done to the children who were forced to mask and separated from their classmates by plexiglass so they couldn't play together like kids are supposed to, unable to see people's faces at the most crucial stage in their development of language skills and social interaction. All this when the authorities knew that children were at zero risk from the virus. Yes, zero risk by the CDCs own numbers (0.002% fatality rate).

The masks, shutdowns, and shots were never about health or safety. They were about fear and control, and your subservience to and compliance with totalitarianism.

I stand by my statement that it was the biggest crime against humanity in world history. The ones who never questioned all the obvious contradictions in what we were being told and inconsistencies with the facts on the ground, and who bought into the "trust the science" mantra that was really just an order to the sleeping masses not to question authority or to think for themselves, are the true cult members.

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Yeah! I heard great things about the Oakland run, plenty of shows to pick from or just a box set of all them. Also heard positive reviews of the lead up to that great run with the two nights in Long Beach. Some songs from the Long Beach shows have been on the 30 Dead Days downloads.
I wasn't aware that the St.Louis 1972 show was out there for sale in any other form than the recently sold out 'River' Box. Glad I picked that up earlier this year.

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to the Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind Current events thread www.dead.net slash forum slash trouble-ahead-trouble-behind-current-events-continued?page=20%2C12%2C0 This is not the place., and further political posts here will be removed to that thread. And please be civil and respectful of each other. Thank you.

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Excellent song examples from those final Sabbath albums you mention there, in fact I was just jamming out to them on a playlist. A bit sample of the late 70's songs..... (in order),.. From {Sabotage},.. "Hole in the Sky" > "Symptom of the Universe" > "Thrill of it All" >>from {Technical Ecstasy},.. "Dirty Women" > "Back Street Kids" >>from {Never Say Die},... "Shock Wave" > "Johnny Blade" > "Junior's Eyes" > "A Hard Road" ....That there rounds out the tail end of my Black Sabbath condensed playlist with a bit of a gritty street theme. Sometimes I keep the playlists shortened to 80 minutes or less so I can burn discs. There really are so many awesome morsels of music from them oft overlooked albums.

****ALSO**** Thanks a bunch to DAVEROCK for enlightening us with an old 1970s Sabbath story. You really painted the picture of the scene and the show vividly in your paragraph! I always love the old stories! From the shows themselves to the street scenes.

.....Street, speaking of the street. Back to the Dead,.... SHAKEDOWN Babaaay!
More Shakedown Street releases please. A Keith & Donna version! Nov.~Dec. 1978ish?

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Speaking of which, I got a great live cd by Led Zeppelin a couple of weeks ago called "Inner City Blues". It's a recording of their show in Southampton on 1/22/73. It's not an official release - although it sounds like one. I don't know how available releases like this the States - but this is well worth getting if you like Zeppelin. Maybe the best live recording I have heard by them.

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Mosaic Records will release a box; Complete Vanguard Recording 1953-58. Many wellknown names in mainstream jazz are on this box - also the recordings of the great Jimmy Rushing. BW from frosty Copenhagen..

Daverock, instead of buying bootlegs, you should get into bit torrenting. It's easy and there's so much out there. I have a version of the Zep show you bought but haven't listened to it in forever. Firing it up now...

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They Rule! Simply put.

Also, please be Kind to one another, our strength is in our solidarity and the truth that facts always win over misinformation for those smart enough to understand the difference.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Estimated > Eyes

Be Well People!
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Came in yesterday. 561/2000.

Ordered Thursday, here on Monday!!!

The way it should be.

DANEHEAD - that Mosaic box looks very nice. Gonna request for Christmas. I spend way too much on things and I'm not working right now and Mrs Dennis has retired. I get the looks I don't need when albums arrive :-)

Like to hear the Billy shows from Hawaii later this month. Since the post mentioned "Doom Flamingo" who I know nuttin about but had 1 album from them. Her voice is very nice.

Don't know if anyone gets "The Funny Times", but they had a vinyl joke this month. Santa sitting with a trumpet, title above - "Kringle - The Decca Years". I laughed.

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Checked and I have Better Left Unsung.

I watched her do Terrapin Station, playing a live show from 2023 right now.

Know what stands out....... NOBODY is talking!!!!!!

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Just wanted to chime in and second your recommendation to check out Leon Bridges and Michael Kiwanuka, both are excellent. Check out Leon's two collaboration EPs with Khruangbin, Texas Sun and Texas Moon, some really cool sounds there, his solo stuff is pretty cool as well, especially his first album. Michael Kiwanuka has a really cool sound, I think his song Hero got some airtime on the local radio station a few years ago and it really caught my attention and lead to me picking up his albums, good stuff. I'll have to check out some of the other bands that you mentioned.

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