Dave's Picks Vol. 53: Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 10/2/76

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Garcia still works wonders on the guitar. His obbligato behind rhythm guitarist Bob Weir's vocal on the gun-fighter ballad, "El Paso," ranged from flamenco figures to blues lines. The latter created a humorous and musically interesting mixture. Slipping around the sunny Mexican-American rhythms were the riffs and diving glissandos of a music that grew up among the chilly winds of Chicago. - Cliff Radel, Enquirer Pop Music Critic The vocals and instruments blended perfectly into one cohesive unit. The artists themselves seemed to enjoy playing and the concentration they commanded was unshakable in the fan-filled Coliseum. - Douglas Fechter, The NewsRecord Cincy, The Nati, Paris Of America, call it what you will but when the Grateful Dead came to town, they certainly helped propel her to "Queen of the West." The previously unreleased complete show from the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 10/2/76 is all up from start to finish with xxx 70s-era first set songs like "Promised Land" and "El Paso" to Europe '72 staples and classic covers ("It's All Over Now," "Big River"), wrapped up with a unique second-set jam that opens with "Dancing In The Street" and closes with "Sugar Mag." An all-around good time! Limited to 25,000 numbered copies and shipping this week, DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 53: RIVERFRONT COLISEUM, CINCINNATI, OH 10/2/76 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. P.S. As a bonus, we have a quintet of songs from 5/4/77 (recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson), the rest of which was featured on Dave’s Picks Vol. 50 and its Bonus Disc. As we mentioned in 2012 when this series started, we’re determined to provide complete shows whenever possible. And even when a show is only partially included on a release as bonus material, we’re happy to complete it later on down the line, as we’ve done here. We hope you dig it. - David Lemieux

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February 23, 2025 - 11:32am

#161

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Daves 42....

....looks like that's just what I needed today.
February 23, 2025 - 10:03am

#162

ronmarley1

Joined:
October 24, 2008

Friends

Taking another tour of the Friend of the Devils box. The Estimated from the Duke show is a real banger! In fact, the whole third disk is a great groove.
February 23, 2025 - 3:33am

#163

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

2/23/74

:-} Slip in TOO.
February 22, 2025 - 5:35pm

#164

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

Never opened the 73 box?

Bruh...

My analogy: Nicole Kidman in her prime shows up at my door and says, "come on hey Joe you wanna give it a go?"

"Uhhh...maybe later."

Duhfuq.

Go listen to 6/10/73 RIGHT NOW. please.

You'll be glad you did.

:)))
February 22, 2025 - 3:57pm

#165

wave-that-flag

Joined:
October 7, 2015

Archive Guy

Still listening to about 2 shows a week. Just using archives for new shows. Also stream released shows from what I’ve got already.

Is too much of everything just enough? I don’t know. The big questions perplex me. Peace all.

Just realized haven’t ripped a new Daves since #48. The actual process of ripping the shows has been enough to slow me down .

Randomly shared while waiting for food @ Poke Bowl. That is all. Still subscribe and just throw the Daves in a drawer. Skipped 2 of last 3 boxes. Never opened the 73 box either.
February 22, 2025 - 3:28pm

#166

RyXs

Joined:
February 10, 2021

Braggin' 'bout a Box

More best of from that Box......
Eyes of the World(PdX73) Row Jimmy(Van73)(Sea74) Deal(Sea74) MS Half-Step(pdx73)
Greatest Story >> Bertha(pdx73) WRS~Let it Grow >> Wharf Rat(pdx74)
Looks Like Rain(Van73) Here Comes Sunshine(Sea73) PiTB(Van73)(Sea73)

.....Alright I'll stop with this madness!
February 22, 2025 - 3:17pm

#167

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

DaP 53, remember that one lol

Finally worked into the rotation.
As a representative example of the tour/year, this is a fine show.
I can totally appreciate why Dave went with this one.
You have to think there is some professional considerations involved in his processes that we civilian nuts might not consider?
The audio is nice, the playing solid, nearly flawless, good selection of tunes to compliment other releases etc. So why am I not shouting “RJ”?
I can see how some might find it a tad subdued, especially the JG tunes, depending on how your pleasure tends, but I think that’s kinda on purpose, and perhaps not as exciting, certainly not a fault?
But I’m struggling for the right word to describe how it made me feel? I thorough enjoyed it, but perhaps it didn’t hit me as much as, imho, the peak sweet spot of this tour, the four from 9/24 through 9/28. Fortunately, we’ve been blessed with 3 outta the four (so far 🤞)…
The next four are also quite good, but perhaps that’s it, too “good”, like some of 77 for me personally, their too shiny clean and sparkly good?
Jimmy’s “super model” analogy?
They’ve been on the road just long enough to get jiggy with it via those spicy unusual jams and sequences, work out the kinks, and by Ohio evolved into a smooth, velvety goodness? So all good, but personally, I think those four or five, “worts and all” were more up my alley? Ya know, more dirty but daring? Obviously subjective conjecture certainly influenced by bias…
Fortunately, David himself discusses some of this in his notes, which to me intimates promise for more of this tours awesome, underrated goodness!

Actually listening to 10/3 as we speak and this one’s even better than I recall, though admittedly I haven’t given it a good shake yet?
8/2 was perhaps a practice gig, and 9/4 takes a little time to get up to speed, but then, oh boy! I felt 9/23 was good, but comparatively the “warm up gig” for the tour. But from there onward, mighty fine indeed!
Next up will be those awesome Oakland shows, then the 2 shrines for the first time. It will be interesting to compare them all upon completion!
Onward!
February 22, 2025 - 2:34pm

#168

RyXs

Joined:
February 10, 2021

Event Horizons

Oh Yeah! Dave's #43 was an awesome primal pick, basically two full shows (minus 1 song) on only 3 discs! Such perfect example of the shift from the psychedelic late '60s scene to the country folk rock era of the early '70s. Even the cd cover was killer, it should've been a T-shirt, like the bonus disc #38 had a shirt.
Anyways, in two days there's another anniversary of a damn fine show, that also was a Dave Pick {#13} and has a Dark*Star, San Francisco 2/24/74 at the Winterland.
Dave's #9 from Missoula, MT is another good pick with that song.

As for Dave not putting out the long jams, I have my doubts. The single (chop)show 3cd release from the 2018 PNw box is my example. He put the behemoth 45 minute "PiTB" from Seattle on that, it took over half the time of disc two! Now, me personally I would've used that time and mixed the disc differently. Especially since I had decided to purchase the whole big Box and found what I had been missing!
For one, I would've included the 1973 Dark*Star from 6/24 at Portland Memorial Coliseum. Most certainly the "WRS~Let it Grow" from 5/21/74 Seattle, it would've gone nicely with the Seattle "China Doll" it naturally segues into. Also the "Scarlett" from 1974 Seattle 5/21 preceded by the "BlackThroated Wind" from 1974 PdxS 5/19 would've been a good combo. With any time left maybe a 1973 "Greatest Story" from 6/22 Vancouver B.C. or the "Ramble on Rose" from 5/17/74 Vancouver all sounded chop show ready.
Yeah, you should see how many playlists I've created from that Box of Boxes!
February 22, 2025 - 2:23pm

#169

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

A trip to the promised land

I have just been watching the second episode of Ken Burns "Country" documentary, which focuses on the migration of people to California during the 1930's, having lost everything. And of course the music they played. Stunning photography. That Bakersfield Box released by Bear Family a few years ago is calling my name.

I have noticed that Dave seems to favour shows that feature songs over jams. He comments on this in some of the sleeve notes. I can't remember which ones - one is from 1973. I'm not so keen when I look at a release and see about 12 songs on both of the first 2 cds. Still, Dave's the man with the plan !
February 22, 2025 - 1:26pm

#170

JackstrawJay

Joined:
October 26, 2016

Itching for Dark Star? Me too.

#43 had two Dark Stars.

Love this 1969 release.

But, yes, we are due. And, yes, we must wait.

Garcia still works wonders on the guitar. His obbligato behind rhythm guitarist Bob Weir's vocal on the gun-fighter ballad, "El Paso," ranged from flamenco figures to blues lines. The latter created a humorous and musically interesting mixture. Slipping around the sunny Mexican-American rhythms were the riffs and diving glissandos of a music that grew up among the chilly winds of Chicago. - Cliff Radel, Enquirer Pop Music Critic The vocals and instruments blended perfectly into one cohesive unit. The artists themselves seemed to enjoy playing and the concentration they commanded was unshakable in the fan-filled Coliseum. - Douglas Fechter, The NewsRecord Cincy, The Nati, Paris Of America, call it what you will but when the Grateful Dead came to town, they certainly helped propel her to "Queen of the West." The previously unreleased complete show from the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 10/2/76 is all up from start to finish with xxx 70s-era first set songs like "Promised Land" and "El Paso" to Europe '72 staples and classic covers ("It's All Over Now," "Big River"), wrapped up with a unique second-set jam that opens with "Dancing In The Street" and closes with "Sugar Mag." An all-around good time! Limited to 25,000 numbered copies and shipping this week, DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 53: RIVERFRONT COLISEUM, CINCINNATI, OH 10/2/76 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. P.S. As a bonus, we have a quintet of songs from 5/4/77 (recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson), the rest of which was featured on Dave’s Picks Vol. 50 and its Bonus Disc. As we mentioned in 2012 when this series started, we’re determined to provide complete shows whenever possible. And even when a show is only partially included on a release as bonus material, we’re happy to complete it later on down the line, as we’ve done here. We hope you dig it. - David Lemieux

Here's to 2025

A good show to start the year and 54 is looking to be even better.

Happy New Year to all you friends and freaks.

At Last !!

"New" music coming for this Head - already overdrawn by the various turds of late in the liberty & democracy punchbowl/s at this here party ... As the song says: "One way or another, This darkness got to give."

Alright

Alright, up and running.

Let the shipping commence.

Don't wait too long or it might sell out 🤠

The Nati

Ah yes, The Paris of America, of course, of course.

53

WELCOME TO 2025
PLAY DEAD
PLAY DEAD LOUD

Looking Forward To It!

Looks like a good show! Let the good times roll for 2025!!

Don’t know this one

Hope we get it 🤞

There's only one freak around here....

How's that for a sit-up-straight-spit-out-coffee-and-laugh-at-HF's-absurd-comment one liner?

Just doing a cannonball into the pool...

Back atcha JimInMD! A fresh hunk of GD meat thrown into my cage to soften the mid-winter blues, yes please.

Now where's the Candyman, I might need assistance... oh yeah, the freezer downstairs. Now I remember.... Rock on, boys.

Hey Oro, your copy is being held up at the Eagle County Detention Center. The Thought Police have a few questions for you...

comments up and running

welcome Dave's 53

Shipping noticed received.

With luck and a following wind I may get it here in the Netherlands in less than three weeks.

Much Needed

Hey folks! Hope you all are well.
Got to see Billy Strings in New Orleans on 12/29 (my birthday), and 12/30. Great shows! Such a shame with what happened on New Years.
Looking forward to this one to melt the cold NE Ohio nights. At my age, -20+ wind chills really suck…

Shipping Notice

I also have a shipping notice. Strangely, I can post this response on my phone but my iPad won’t let me post to the 52 or 53 threads.

Silky-smooth

That's 1976 Dead!!!

53...

Magnet, they should make the other 52 they're pretty cool.

I must say....

....the magnet is cool, but I have so many already that I forgot what color our refrigerator is.

Artwork

As always really looking forward to this but is anyone else getting tired of the skeletons?
Time to move on I think

DaP 53

Need a little ray of sunshine and normality - looking forward to some sweet Fall '76 - hopefully it makes it to the PO Box soon.

Dave’s Picks 53

…”Alright Alright Alright Alright!” Looking good
Looking Real Good 1976gratefyl Dead During the Fall Tour and with some “Betty” at the tail end in 77’ , is Welcomed Primo Audio Quality! Love the 76’ feel of the playing by the boys in the band , they are totally tuned in to each other’s Muse! Been really looking forward to this release , it’s all new to me. Heard and read a lot of positive reviews including the extra treats! 76 feels like a cool breeze to me. Definitely a grateful Pickfor the series to begin! Look out 2025! Let the jamming begin!

Pumped for 2025 (Dead that is)

Finally got a CD player after about 6 years, and have been enjoying it tremendously. These discs still sound good, and no rot as reported by others. I started with DaP 1-20 (so far), and definitely my favorite is 18 - San Fran 7.17.76! Always been a sucker for 76, the first cassettes I got from that year were the Tavern on the Green shows and it's been my go to ever since.
2nd is 09 - Missoula 5.14.74
3rd is 16 - Springfield 3.28.73

Ready for more 76. Bonus, dry January is mercifully, almost over!

SHIPPING

Notice received.

just sayin'...

...I have never listened to the
DaP listening party...
not gonna ruin the arrival
with impatience

all good things in all good time

I get it, it's marketing,
but let's just focus on
getting the process to work correctly
like maybe shipping confirmations

just sayin'

just sayin'...

...I have never listened to the
DaP listening party...
not gonna ruin the arrival
with impatience

all good things in all good time

I get it, it's marketing,
but let's just focus on
getting the process to work correctly
like maybe shipping confirmations

just sayin'

55 & 56..

My guess; 82 and 91..

Interesting?

My son sent this to me. Do a you tube search for Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - Full Album - If it was made in 1950.

The lyric cover is early 50's, at times Sinatra-ish. The musical parts, hard to hear the album.

Figured I pass along.

Enjoy?

Danehead

I like the predictions.

I have been predicting a 91 for several years and have been wrong every year. Maybe this is the year?

Maybe a two show release on four CDs??
A lot of good shows to pick from and recorded really well.

If there's one thing

that takes a long time to move on, its a skeleton.

Shipping

I got that Good News Joseph

Edit: I was gonna say, we've been ending the year with a '91 for a few years running now... :)

Shipping

Notice received at five o’clock tonight. I think this is the earliest shipping notice I’ve received.
Edit: UPS is saying Monday. That would be nice, but I highly doubt it.

Dennis, I need to borrow your wife’s credit card

Just saw this on Live For Live Music:

Also for sale is the ultimate experience for any devoted Deadhead, a private tour of the Grateful Dead tape vault for two hosted by Rhino Entertainment president Mark Pinkus. The winning bidder will get exclusive access to the 15,000 audio recordings, 3,000 video tapes, and nearly a quarter million feet of 16mm film stored in the Dead’s climate-controlled facility. Ahead of the tour, Dead archivist David Lemieux will speak to the winner and share his vast knowledge of the vault and its contents. The tour is valued between $1,000–$2,000. It has not yet received any bids.

No bids because nobody told us about it.

juliensauctions
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Here’s the auction page

bid.juliensauctions.

com/lot-details/index/catalog/589/lot/250142/

grateful-dead-vault-tour-of-the-tape-vault-for-two-people-hosted-by-mark-pinkus-president-of-rhino-e

Shipping Notice

Received my shipping notice at 2 PM today. I'm so ready for this one. Also, have a Big Rock Pow-Wow '69 Road Trips on the way.

Big Rock Pow-Wow

Do we like it?

Big Rock Pow Wow

Big Rock Pow Wow is great.

55 or 56..

Spring '89 4 Disc. The Mecca, Milwaukee.

TN John

Man, I don't know how you do it, but you seem to be high up in the shipping list for every release. What is your secret? Good for you.

No shipping notification here. Same old story, day late and hundreds of dollars short.

I like it Fourwinds. I was there. Crazy time.

POW WOW!

Big Rock Pow Wow!

Both shows blister with sweetness. According to reports, the band was heavily dosed for the Seminole shows (as they were on many nights)

Bookended LOVELIGHTs! Closed 5/23 with Lovelight then opened the next night with Lovelight. One continuous stream of rip-roaring explosivity. Magical psychedelia.

Shipping Notice

Also got one yesterday but it didn't leave CA until this morning. Says I'll see it Monday but likely add a day or two to that, lol.
Cheers

BRPW

yes...good stuff...

but....

too much Lovelight for this hater of Lovelight

I hear the opening riff and I get clenched

I really don't g-a-f bout Pigpen's erotic activities

Everything else is fine by me

Signed,

Grumpy Grumpkins

So Long Marianne

RIP Marianne Faithfull.

Marianne

Yes, R.I.P.

#55 revealed?

In the thread for 2025 over at the Steve Hoffman Forum a user posted a screen shot of their subscription order which included the date and location of #55. I won't post it because I can't confirm it; my order doesn't even include info for #s 53 and 54. (In past years my page was always kept up to date, and I was even able to see what the third and fourth releases of the year were going to be a few days before the seaside chat.) So check your order and report back. If the SHF info is true I think it will provoke more discussion than usual.

On the Bus

Interesting.

My order status does not reveal any additional information.

What are they showing?

Be wary of that Steve Hoffman Site and or Reddit.

Remember last year, the box was going to be The Shorelines Beacons.

Still waiting for that one.

Shoffman Amp

idk if I believe that posting either. I caught one of the shows from that run, and didn't think it was particularly noteworthy.

Speaking of that forum, in another thread there is a post saying that this year's box set will be "40 years so far" and will include a stand of shows from Summer '85. Who knows.

Never trust a prankster.

My order status shows no information beyond the 4 releases. How would someone (emphasis on ONE) get to see the details of the first three picks? Not being familiar with the alleged #55 show I can't comment on it objectively. Only 6 months to wait to find out if it's true.

Filler songs

I think Fillers on live releases should not have duplicate songs that are on the release. Sure they are from a different date but still.... I am picky.

shipping notice

early this morning

Running behind schedule boys....

Last one got lost in bag, had to re-ship

Hope all are having a great new year.

Been crazy cold this year, except end of december when we hit 70's.

Fool Me Once . . .

Deadvikes, I just checked that user's history at the SHF and found they had posted the Shorelines box rumor last May 29th in the thread for 2024 subscriptions. I should have done that as soon as I saw their post about #55. They clearly are trying to punk the Heads at the SHF.

*Re/ Dave’s Picks 53

… making me give Dicks Picks 33 a spin on my turn table,record player! My system loves the #33 Dicks Picks Vinyl release,a truly favorite of mine from the Dicks Picks Series!!!

Big Rock

Hey TNjohn ... can I ask where/how you got the BigRock PowWow ... I don't have it and it's on my list! .... thanks ..... tcc

Ships Ahoy

#53 on its way! Don't wanna get too excited though because it usually takes a week for these things to travel what is only, what, about 400 miles. Zig zagging all over Cali as if traveling via carrier pigeon. But it'll get here when it gets here and it'll be good. Like some others have said, a good dose of '76 sound mighty comforting in these strange times.

Big Rock Pow Wow? A pretty raw (not to say ragged) performance IIRC. But if you love 69 like I do you gotta have it.

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