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  • gratefaldean
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    Quadrophenia (Deluxe) I've never seen the Who, just got tix to see them in November performing Quadrophenia. The "deluxe" part is Pete Townshend's demos of the songs on the album. His demos sound better than a lot of bands' final products...
  • cosmicbadger
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    Been driving around listening to the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band this weekend This band supported the Grateful Dead at the Boston Tea Party in 1969! What a wild show that must have been.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-_1VK5Qsx4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGt9rcMJJXI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKxyoud_c-E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8mr-gcgoI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyGik7LVf8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyGik7LVf8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj2yikTmfKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxq5tvJH6tA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wJ-p0jyPx8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiK853jyutY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVw2STQrNo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0775-ogwUU -----------------------------------------------(-----@
  • M. Fazima
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    Is it just me?
    Or could they have picked better versions of a lot of the songs on Reckoning? I have a bunch of stuff from that Warfield run and Jerry's voice sound much better on the unofficial stuff. Also I hate how loud they mixed the crowd on that album.
  • zepthompson
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    got that in my car stereo just finished DPv34 sitting here at my desk
  • M. Fazima
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    Thanks, you've definitely given me some homework! So, do you think the "Great" 5-8-77 Barton Hall show is overrated, or great but there are better? I noticed you didn't mention it. I DLed it yesterday but haven't listened to it yet.
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    Free: 10-29-77 The Dead in '77 had a lot to do with raging, right? Get the recent Charlie Miller Aud - they were all the way on this night. (It was a Saturday) Dick's Picks 15. 9-03-77 After being "unable" to play for a spell, they bust out big time - Jerry is en fuego!!! My faves are 1/2 Step, Music, Loser, Estimated>Eyes... There's a radio broadcast out there with Jerry way more front-and-center than here - this is the connoisseur's version. (It, too, was a Sat) Dick's picks 29, 5-19 & 21-77. The first show has an electrifying Sugaree as well as a tremendous second set. The second show has Scarlet >Fire and is probably a hair better overall. (Thurs. & Sat.) AND there are three Winterland runs to be had via the Archive and Dead.net - for purchase, downloads and vines. Suerte, suerte.
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    Definitive '77 Show?
    There are obviously so many great live shows, but I personally feel like Live/Dead kind of best represents their late 60's sound, and Europe '72 (once I went and got the original tracks for about of it, those which were sped up so much on the offical release they sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks play the Dead) is just the best you can do to represent the 72-72 era. But I know '77 is thought of as another great year, and all I have so far is a rather underwhelming (In my opinion) show from 4-30 (Download Series, Vol. 1). What would anyone suggest as THE one, single show to have from '77, official release or otherwise? I tend to lean toward the officials only because the sound quality tends to be slightly better than the stuff available on Archive.
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Renegade Soundwave Track: The Phantom (It's In There) Label: Mute Cat#: INT 126.911 (12 Mute 88)
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I didn't know it was a problem.
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Deadbeat Track: Mecca (Drum Jack) Label: Wagon Repair Cat#: WAG 033
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Alex Coulton Track: Pointe Noire Label: Dnuos Ytivil Cat#: 899YTIVIL
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Paul Woolford Track: Erotic Discourse (Kowton Remix) Label: Hotflush Recordings Cat#: HFRMX011D
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September 1976~Good ol Grateful Dead Dick's Picks volume 20
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Touch of grey wake&bake Saturday morning!!
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Madalyn Merkey Track: Mend Label: New Images Cat#: NI 04
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12.03.79 scarlet> fire, terrapin....
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Sunshine Daydream Veneta Oregon 8/27/1972
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English Translation You are dead, you are dead, my dearest, And I breathe, you have left me, You have left me forevermore, Never to return, and I remain- No, no, if my verses have any power, I will go confidently to the deepest abysses, And, having melted the heart of the king of shadows, Will bring you back to me to see the stars again, Or, if pitiless fate denies me this, I will remain with you in the company of death. Farewell earth, farewell sky, and sun, farewell.
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Moritz von Oswald Trio Track: Pattern 3 Label: Honest Jon's Records Cat#: HJRCD45
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Emmanuel Jal Track: Kuar (Olof Dreijer Remix) Label: Innervisions Cat#: IV29
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with the Grateful Dead West Germany April 24, 1972 Truckin'
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Klara Lewis Track: Untilted Label: Editions Mego Cat#: eMEGO 190
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English Interpretation The night is quiet, the streets are calm, In this house my beloved once lived: She has long since left the town, But the house still stands, here in the same place. A man stands there also and looks to the sky, And wrings his hands overwhelmed by pain: Upon seeing his face, I am terrified-- The moon shows me my own form! O you Doppelgänger! you pale comrade! Why do you ape the pain of my love Which tormented me upon this spot So many a night, so long ago?
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What a long strange trip it's been/ The Best of the Grateful Dead
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summer '71/ volume 1/#3 Big Railroad Blues...Saturday, Sunshine and Grateful Dead...a perfect day!
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Musiciens Du Dompago Track: Flûtes Et Clochettes Label: Philips - Prophet Series Cat#: 9814309
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Playin' in the Band!
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Truckin' up to Buffalo 07/04/1989Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, N.Y.
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Jerry Garcia Band/after midnight Kean college 2/28/80
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JGB...soothes my soul
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Grateful Dead ~ View from the Vault IV ~ July 24,1987 Oakland Stadium - Oakland, CAJust like They are still there I know I was. Real good show which also had Bob Dylan join later for a couple of sets that ran pretty late. So much joy watching this and going back again tonight. "Where does the time go?"
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Thanks A.Cajun.Head, Cool. Sometimes I get those directions mixed-up like everything is happening at once in waves or something.
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A pleasant thing to come home to. Kudos to the United States Postal Service! The new Dave's Picks is pretty sweet, and not just because it's from '72. As usual, the latest release sounds great, but I love the context.... the Dead were in the middle of an amazing run that saw them perform over 50 shows in the last half of '72, a show every three or four days. They bounced around the country daring tour heads to keep up.While I enjoy the local perspective as expressed in the liner notes, I wish Dave (or whomever) would have included some historical perspective as it relates to this awesome run of Dead shows. This Wichita show is but one of many incredible performances that summer and fall. A slice of the Dead at their peak. I'm still deep into playing this for the first time, but already the standout tunes are the Jack Straw (yeh, yeh, I know... Jack Straw from Wichita), followed by a pretty new Box 'o Rain. Yeah, the Box is sketchy, but Phil's bass line from the previous J Straw had me distracted, I think he really is a God. Sweet China Rider transition, too. Truckin' Other One Brokedown looms.... we'll see how it goes.
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As I alluded to on the #11 thread, I've recently discovered Tull; despite the usual studio reccos for newbies from a couple JT boards, my first choice - after copious sampling on Amazon and iTunes - was a '77 live comp (specifically, "Bursting Out", which would be absolutely no surprise to Heads :)) ). Anyway, "A Passion Play" arrived in the mail yesterday and I listened with a sense of rapturous epiphany on the way in for some unscheduled (and blessedly quiet) time at the office. However, in one of those queer alignments of cosmic circumstance, my draw from the Toscanini RCA box - that is, for listening once in the office - was AT & the NBC SO's rendition of Haydn's Symphony No.88*; an extraordinary coincidence because I was immediately struck by a strong similarity between the powerful musical currents of the 2 works! Sadly, my lack of technical musical education or general knowledge correlates with a deficient vocabulary in this area that precludes a more satisfying explanation of these congruencies. Still, a pretty neat observation among pieces written approximately 185 years apart! *Given the forum, I feel inclined to specify that the piece was recorded in studio on 3/8/38 ;) ...deadheads and dates...(and yes, that's nineteen thirty-eight (magnificent sound, by the way)/ peace,kate
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Your canonization of PL is spot-on in my book! :)) The more I read, the more I understand that he is a seminal figure in the evolution of the bass guitar from a simple anchor line to rhythm support. Because of his quick wit and native intelligence, interviews are always an intriguing affair. Perhaps one of my favorite, and also the most surprising, responses came during a Jackson interview (of course!) in April 90, to which Phil averred, in response to a question regarding musical influences: "...I don't study other bassists, and I don't think I've really drawn much from them. In my own style of playing, such as it is, I've been influenced more by Bach than by any bassists. Actually, you can go back even further - Palestrina, sixteenth century modal counterpoint." Okay, now I could identify diverse influences of the blues, jazz, country, western, balladic, and even carribean (Aiko) musical traditions in the Dead's catalogue, but 16th century modal counterpoint had eluded me entirely!/kate
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Hot Chocolate Track: Put Your Love In Me Label: RAK Cat#: 5C 006-60 166
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William S. Burroughs Track: "Summer Will" Label: Industrial Records Cat#: IR0016
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#11 upon arrival most of yesterday, today back to my latest find, Tull (well it's a timely discovery for MY life's journey)...I suspect TAAB may well have just permanently catapulted into my all-time top 5 albums list. Holy cow! As proof that '77 was a gr8 year for someone other than the Dead, I give you the mad genius of IA and JT: peace, kate
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We all seem to post past one another here, but I must say that you undoubtedly have the most eclectic personal taste in music that I've ever encountered. While nothing has yet struck me, I do listen - and look forward - to your diverse audio samples! Keep 'em coming!/thanks, kate