Grateful Dead

I went through a period where I frequently frequented the torrent sites, and yep, there's an astounding amount of good music to be had. A lot more, it turns out, than I had storage space for or time to hear! Eventually I stopped downloading because I realized I had hundreds of hours of stuff I'd never listened to.

But maybe I need to get back into it, given this 1971 Situation we have on our hands.

Just listened to 7/31/71 (aka Road Trips Vol 1 No 3) yesterday. Definitely left me wanting more! And wondering why there hasn't been a box from that year.

Maybe the fact that so many of the shows were broadcast live and therefore also bootlegged mercilessly is what gives pause to our man Dave? Maybe it's just more fun for him to put out something "new" rather than a much-bootlegged show? If so, I wish he'd reconsider.

Get a hard drive.
If you have an old computer that is not being used put it to work on the torrent swarms.
You’ll be glad you did.

Happy Halloween everybody. 10/31/69 & 10/31/70 would both make great future releases.

Hey rockers!!!

Got to work, paperwork day, so checked in with the all-powerful Amazon. The box set selling for $199. So do the math. You'd be better off to use that money on an external hard drive (lol yes size matters) and then make friends with somebody like.........well..........you know.........

There's a sh*tload of bootleg Dead music on Amazon. Bad Amazon!!!

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.........

Well, guess I'll cue up 12/2/71 and work on some autopsy reports.....................

Rock on,

Doc
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Several of these have already been officially released----7/2 (partial, that's all they have), 10/26, 11/15,17, 20, and 12/10. If I was in charge of stuff, which luckily I'm not, I would skip 10/27, 10/30, and 11/11 (chaos). But I would include 12/1 (only the fine second set circulates at the moment), 12/4, and 12/15 (really fine show).

We know for a fact that there are soundboards of several of these shows in the vault, like 10/29 (really good show), 12/2 (nicely quirky), and 12/31 (very solid show).

The "elephant in the room" here is the quirky gooey goodness of Felt 12/5. Right now, only the matrix-like broadcast copies circulate----some of which are very good. I have repeatedly asked DL if SBD of this show was ever returned to the band, don't usually get a response BUT TPTB tend to be secretive about "returned tapes". Maybe some day..............

You know where to find me.................

Play it loud, dance like nobody's watching..........

Doc
Time for more coffee, walk dogs, live life.......

Hey rockers!!!

I do frequent these parts, as a matter of fact I frequently frequent parts of these parts. Sorry, coffee not kicking in yet...............

Birchwood, have you a question for me? I frequently do get asked about "stuff", especially 1971 stuff.

1971 FM box set? Frequently discussed ad nauseum around these parts. Here's the bottom lines:
1) Good but not always great shows. But a few ARE great!
2) NOT an official release.
3) Quality is good, but cost is $$$$...........
4) Why buy the bacon when you can get as much pork belly as you want FOR FREE from frequently generous old souls that frequently hang out here......?

At least once a year I try to give this stuff away, but I get very few takers................

More in next post................

Keep it rocking,

Doc
Frequently known to be not even wrong

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Doc . . . ?

Does he frequent these parts?

Thanks for sharing this list, and to everyone who replied on this. Cool.

Rex Jackson