Grateful Dead

as i said about yesterday's quiz. ^

to maybe start a topic of conversation, does anybody else experience the music as texture ?
or any other synesthia ?

along with many other factors influencing how i hear the Dead especially, like seeing colors etc, is seeing Jer's guitar like a rose vining up a trellis of Bobby's chords, or Brent's B3 (and sometimes his voice) feels furry.

in some way, this helps me narrow down the different eras of the Dead's music for this game, because of the texture.

all the ways to *hear* the music !

nothing but net-count it

Well today's is a lot easier to tie down. And am so pleased that yesterday's hard work paid off with the right answer.

Been in from the start - a wonderful annual treat. Many thanks
(Appropriate today - we have snow here in North Wales for the first time this winter)

I don't ever recall one being that easy.

playing cold rain keeps cutting out and back
is anyone else sharing this awful dilemma

don’t hear dropouts on archive and syncs well hope downloaded piece intact

ps. relisten gives error compromised site on all my platforms…beware

I wonder if the drop outs are part of the source material, or just results of bad connections. Weird.

...before I ran my song lists checks with my sources. I can't say more without giving away too much info, but suffice to say that I was at this show, and so many around this time, that I recall dreaming I was at shows in my sleep. Drop outs are unfortunate, maybe they can be fixed, but even if they can't, there are other good sources out there. We were taping off our masters every morning after the shows, comparing different mic set-ups, getting all techno-geeky in the aural landscape.

Today’s CR&S is so THICK with those chugging notes and chords laid down by Phil- you can feel his bass. Truly the only hint needed- if you listened to every version of that song you could pick today’s right out…

ON THE ROAD AGAIN and THE RACE IS ON were played in the same show (and set) 11 times- ten of these were acoustic sets. The 11/26/80 show was the only time both were played in an all-electric show. What a treat for those Floridians who didn’t get to a show opening with an acoustic set! Forty-four years after the fact and I still regret not getting to Radio City for one of those shows…

Another easy one today. Like the sound of Phil up front at the beginning of Cold Rain... Started out with same cut as on the source I found for today.

I thought yesterday was easy. Even the "hint" which I usually ignore did give the first year to try right away. I thought I would 'zero in' rather than take that so called hint as a call to search a full 15 year span. As soon as I heard the guitar, lead vocals and keyboard sound/tones I thought, Hmmm that sounds an awful lot like the 1980-81 sound and it does state "second half of career etc". I will just try looking at 1980 first. Sometimes simplifying helps. Bingo, answer popped up right away.

I am getting cut outs in this mp3. I deleted and redownloaded - same problem persists.

One and Done!

I hear that Jer.
Interesting open to Esau.
This entire show is well above ave, to my ears.
Be Well You All

Yeah, I get cut outs, too.

David has been serving these trios on a platter for us.
Shouldn’t have to spend much time wandering the land looking for this grouping.
This space is getting hot with all these multiple offerings.
I’m just fine if we continue to be treated this old way for the next 11 Days…

or maybe it was those chilly winds that fouled up this first track download. Well played nonetheless. Esau is one of my favorite Bobby tunes. Althea is perfect. Phil's bass is extra strong and audible at this show.

Fun fact: There's something special in Grateful Dead concert history beginning the day before this show was recorded. However, I won't go into that now as I don't want to be a guess spoiler.

Edit: The jamming pre-drums is definitely worth a listen(I hope that's not too revealing for those still searching).

I have kind of a random question somewhat related to yesterday’s selection. One of my first exposures to the Dead was the Go to Nassau live album from May 15/16, 1980. To me it sounds just exactly perfect. So I’ve always loved the 1980 sound. Does anyone know if it was heavily overdubbed in the studio? Or were the boys just that on those nights??

I'm going with no on the overdub. I remember hearing tracks from the Nassau shows on the King Biscuit Flour Hour that didn't make the CD.

No drop out on the SBD I have…hooray for uninterrupted music. I love 30DoD!!