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October 23, 2024 - 6:39am

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ANNOUNCING DAVE’S PICKS 2025 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 53
"As we enter our 14th year of the Dave's Picks series, heading into Volumes 53-56 in 2025, most days we feel we're just getting started. Every volume of the series is still just as exciting for us as the first few releases in the series back in 2012, and we hope you continue to get as much joy out of listening to them as we get from producing them. One of the greatest thrills we get from working on them is the flexibility to go where the music takes us in making the selections. For 2025, Volume 53 has been selected and is in the can, and we've just entered production on Volume 54 (and the subscribers' Bonus Disc!), but beyond that, it's a blank slate, and we're spending countless hours listening to determine what's to come for Volumes 55 and 56 in the second half of 2025. After the great variety we saw in 2024 (1985 x 2, 1977, 1971, and 1983), we focused on great variety again in 2025. Come along for the ride! If you've never subscribed, this would be a great year to start, as we head into the Grateful Dead's 60th year. There's plenty of room on the bus for everyone!"
- David Lemieux, October 2024
For some of you, it’s a done deal. For those of you still on the fence or new around these parts, we’ll lay it all out right here, right now. Dave’s Picks subscribers score all four numbered, limited-edition releases (totaling a minimum of 13 CDs) featuring previously unreleased complete live Grateful Dead shows. You’ll also get the subscription exclusive bonus disc, which remains one of the most highly sought-after collectibles we release, and free U.S. shipping. Subscriber bonus discs are not released outside of this offer. As always, early bird subscribers can nab a sub at $99.98 (regular pricing will be $119.92).
Dave's Picks 2025 will once again be capped at 25,000 copies of each release. Your best bet is to subscribe, sit back, and relax as each show is delivered to your door quarterly.
DAVE’S PICKS 2025 SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS
• Four Limited Edition, Numbered Releases
• Highly Collectible Bonus Disc
• Free Domestic Shipping
• Delivered Throughout The Year
• Early Bird Pricing - $99.98
• A minimum savings of $39.00 versus purchasing a la carte

EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT 9:00 PM PT.

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October 23, 2024 - 9:21am

#101

Noah's Great Rainbow

Joined:
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4th Pick of Year - Survey Fans' Choice etc

I've already got votin' on my mind, obviously. How about suggesting two dates each year on the Subscription order form to vote on? The rest of the time, we will defer to our buddy Dave, of course. Voting for either of the vault "release candidates" would be a win/won regardless of the outcome.

On a related note, I'd also love to see Roadtrips style releases for Jerry. Since setlists are often redundant, with a few exceptions though, how about one for each year/era. I recall Grisman once said he has even more unreleased studio/home material, yet theres nothing from the So What sessions on the latest release. But those gems still exist thankfully.
October 23, 2024 - 9:05am

#102

SPACEBROTHER

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Betty Boards

My guess is this was among the recently returned master tapes. The Setlist Program had a partial setlist for this show. Someone already posted the full list in the comment section on that sight. I might assume that everything prior to the last 4 songs of set 1 were unknown until the return of these tapes.
October 23, 2024 - 8:51am

#103

drpryan

Joined:
June 9, 2007

Betty Board?

I couldn't find this as a lost Betty from the list (search what's become of the betty's). Dead list has only aud recordings for downloads. Any idea where this has been hiding
October 23, 2024 - 8:41am

#104

billy the kiddd

Joined:
November 8, 2021

Hopefully we get this year...,

10/9 & 10/82 Frost. 2/17/79, Oakland, 9/20/70, 10/31/70, 10/31/69, 6/27 & 28/69, and last but not least. some killer 1968, whole show preferred, but a compilation would be fine. Thanks Dave.
October 23, 2024 - 8:35am

#105

billy the kiddd

Joined:
November 8, 2021

2 subscriptions ordered.......

one for me and one for my brother..
October 23, 2024 - 8:25am

#106

1stshow70878

Joined:
September 11, 2014

No Chuck

Got a confirmation email within minutes as well. Were you signed in or doing as guest? Separate sign in for store from the rest of the site. I was signed in. Good luck!
Cheers
October 23, 2024 - 8:23am

#107

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

Getting closer?

O1>Stella Blue>O1

54 will be a ''73 or '74
October 23, 2024 - 8:19am

#108

Chuck

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Subscription error

when I subscribed to the 2025 Dave's picks an error came up??? I got an email saying it was confirmed but the page on the screen said "ERROR" ANY ONE ELSE SEE THIS???
October 23, 2024 - 8:01am

#109

SPACEBROTHER

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Subscribed

Have subscribed since the beginning when they were 1st offered on the final year of the Road Trips series.

1976 has some interesting song placements within the sets unique to that year, which to me is always an interesting listen. The Cobo show from the 30 Trips box is a good one, as Im sure this will be as well. Dave picks many shows that are new to me and this is one of those.

2025 wishlist -
- hit on something from 1991
- spring 89 (box would be awesome)
- 88 , not nearly enough released from this year
- fall 89/December 89/winter 90 box of the multitracks
- Fall/winter 90
- Blues For Allah 50th with Lindley Meadows show from 75 (the last unreleased 75 show)
- Something from anytime between 68 thru 70
- More bluray releases
October 23, 2024 - 7:50am

#110

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

10-2-76

This was my pick for 54...

John Perry Barlow

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ANNOUNCING DAVE’S PICKS 2025 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 53

"As we enter our 14th year of the Dave's Picks series, heading into Volumes 53-56 in 2025, most days we feel we're just getting started. Every volume of the series is still just as exciting for us as the first few releases in the series back in 2012, and we hope you continue to get as much joy out of listening to them as we get from producing them. One of the greatest thrills we get from working on them is the flexibility to go where the music takes us in making the selections. For 2025, Volume 53 has been selected and is in the can, and we've just entered production on Volume 54 (and the subscribers' Bonus Disc!), but beyond that, it's a blank slate, and we're spending countless hours listening to determine what's to come for Volumes 55 and 56 in the second half of 2025. After the great variety we saw in 2024 (1985 x 2, 1977, 1971, and 1983), we focused on great variety again in 2025. Come along for the ride! If you've never subscribed, this would be a great year to start, as we head into the Grateful Dead's 60th year. There's plenty of room on the bus for everyone!"
- David Lemieux, October 2024

For some of you, it’s a done deal. For those of you still on the fence or new around these parts, we’ll lay it all out right here, right now. Dave’s Picks subscribers score all four numbered, limited-edition releases (totaling a minimum of 13 CDs) featuring previously unreleased complete live Grateful Dead shows. You’ll also get the subscription exclusive bonus disc, which remains one of the most highly sought-after collectibles we release, and free U.S. shipping. Subscriber bonus discs are not released outside of this offer. As always, early bird subscribers can nab a sub at $99.98 (regular pricing will be $119.92).

Dave's Picks 2025 will once again be capped at 25,000 copies of each release. Your best bet is to subscribe, sit back, and relax as each show is delivered to your door quarterly.

DAVE’S PICKS 2025 SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS

• Four Limited Edition, Numbered Releases
• Highly Collectible Bonus Disc
• Free Domestic Shipping
• Delivered Throughout The Year
• Early Bird Pricing - $99.98
• A minimum savings of $39.00 versus purchasing a la carte

EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT 9:00 PM PT.

Day~Yoh!

DAaaaa~YO!
When Dave announce Fifty-Four
Bet it be a Banana Box Show!

My prediction is in. A 1970 pick prior to Bear's bust on 7/15/70.
Although some Autumn '70 would be good too. I dunno, maybe September 1969?

Sounds good Icecreamkid

Those would be very welcome additions to my collection. I sure hope they get released. As I said before, the 12/19 HCS is still one of my favs. The day before show is pretty good, too. As I recall, it had a strange warp or drop out near the end of WRS. If they could fix that it would be amazing. Those 8/72 BCT shows are also top notch. I'm guessing those that remain unreleased will be a box set at some point.

Fix Dick's ReReleases

They, {vault keepers} should rerelease them first few early Dick's picks as full shows. Preferably on disc but maybe on Lp too I guess. I'm sure this has been posted about before but I haven't read about it in awhile so here it is!

Just one thing I ask of you

And as I type this, I'm realizing the answer...

Does Monsieur TheBest reveal the second DaP before the early bird special closes? I feel like that used to happen...

Baby, I felt burned after I talked myself into believing that the 2024 subscription would include 9.20.1970 with bonus disc of 9.19 and filler of 10.30 from the revelatory seaside chats...

Physical media space is getting hot, the time has come to weigh these things...

Next year

I haven't bought any Daves Picks this year, as none of them caught my fancy. I'm hoping they don't release 9/19/70 and 9/20/70 as a Pick with bonus disc. Not intending to subscribe, I'd miss the bonus, and if I do, I'm likely to be paying for shows I don't want. And I can' t be bothered trying to sell them.

Nice logo

I hate to be disputatious now we are all getting along so well, but I'll be glad when that Trump logo - avatar - whatever you call it - is ditched. That in itself political.

Since we'll be waiting until…

Since we'll be waiting until May 2025 to (possibly) listen to some groovy stuff, go to YOU TOOB and type
Zep 6 28 70 Bath. You're in for a treat. BRING IT ON HOME! DAZED AND CONFUSED!

Great footage! In the pouring rain, for some of the show.

In the rain

It usually rained at British festivals. The soles of my shoes came off at Reading due to ploughing through the mud.
The last cd I played was also Led Zeppelin - "How The West Was Won". An absolute stonker -the highlight for me is the epic "Whole Lotta Love" with a rock n' roll blues medley in the middle.

Lost & Found Betty Boards

***26*** {someone had posted the query some time back}
Twenty~Six shows have been released as of 11/22/24 from the Storage Unit Stash.
All (26) shows were either Dave's Picks (7 shows), or off of Six separate Box Sets (17 shows), and finally as bonus live material from Two 50th Anniversary Deluxe Editions (2 shows) of the 1970 studio albums.
I had temporarily forgot about this due to national events & a flood of The Other One's posts but someone on one of these (recent) Dead Threads had posed the question. Maybe it was this one but if not then no older from that of Dave's #52 or the Devils Box.

singing...

...the praises of daverock
with a round of applause

Had subscribed every year…

Had subscribed every year but decided to pass this year. I was very uninspired by the 2024 selections and no longer see the excitement of committing sight unseen.

Jack Baller

#54 will be announced in December at some point.

If people don't support these releases at some point they will stop.

This happened to the Dicks Picks series when they decided to close the curtain as the last few (as great as they were) didn't sell well.

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