Grateful Dead

I am glad that they are taking the time to resolve whatever issue(s) they had with production. The cost and size of this monstrosity make this deserving of exceeding all expectations. The microscopes will be at full operational capacity with the delay.

Shostakovich was a Soviet composer during the Stalin and Kruschev periods. Some of his music so angered the government he feared for his life, even to the extent that he slept in the hallway so his family would not be woken by his removal. But he continued to compose music that was accepted by the authorities even as it secretly mocked and criticized them. Except for his string quartets, which he composed for himself. You should listen.

I just finished reading the book "Grateful Dead '77 - The Rise of Terrapin Nation," which does a bang of job of (obsessively) reviewing every show from '77 and really analyzing what makes the year so special. After being reminded here that the show from '77 in the We'll-get-it-soon-so-stop-freakin' Box is from 4-25, I realize the author wrote no review of 4-25. I have what I believe are the best available recordings from every show in '77 and this one probably gets the fewest plays. Why? Because it's a somewhat bearable audience recording in a year when most shows were widely available as soundboards, I suppose. So, why do I mention this? I decided to take the rusty audience for a ride and I stumbled across an absolute revelation of a jam! PLEASE do yourselves a favor and go to https://archive.org/details/gd77-04-25.aud.goodbear.259.sbeok.shnf, and spend 5 minutes listening to the jam out of Wharf Rat. It's drop dead gorgeous and mysterious, concluding with a bit of a Tiger Jam at the end before becoming a Playin' Reprise. The interplay is magnificent.By the way... the rest of the show is no slouch. An outstanding Scarlet-Fire and Playin'. A deep, laid back vibe in this show. Quite stony sounding. I can't f'in wait to hear the new release when the box comes! It could earn the first listen of all the shows for me.

I don't think that set list is complete he had to leave off some songs they seem a little short for the most part not all of them...I think the problem is they left a name off of the box and now they have to redo the boxes...it would be nice if they included Santa Monica 2015

Rdevil & Maryland Jim, I know what you mean about waiting for the discs, and a book I can turn the pages of while I Iisten.... It's my plan, too, to hold out, but will I really, knowing now I can actually burn a set or two onto cd-r for a drive-to-work soundtrack. (Denver '73 RT has been it the last two mornings...that Playin > El Paso > Playin > Wharf Rat > Playin sandwich is just as stellar as I'd remembered.) I think what excites me most about the consolation link is that we're now days away from knowing the complete setlist of 7/03/66, whether I listen to it yet or not. No plans to go the chronological distance ~ I've been waiting too long for mid-80's, and I can't wait to hear 4/15/70 & 3/17/71 ~ but that'll probably be the first one I spin.

Fluffua, I understand your frustration and will add that your post yesterday put a smile on my face; actually, I literally laughed out loud. Not to be laughing AT you but after your long, angry rant you said something like, 'Sorry to all those I offended.' Somehow that just struck me as funny since most usually say, 'sorry if I offended anyone.' You just seemed to assume you were offending many and I got a chuckle out of it. It just seemed particularly polite after all that vitriol. Anyway, check your PM. Jim, I too will probably not listen to the MP3s. That would be really anticlimactic after spending weeks deciding on how to listen to this set (chronologically or just dive straight into Lindley Meadows or San Diego '73?) I listen to the archive on the computer fairly often but given the choice, I prefer "serious" listening on the big stereo.

Thanks for posting. Much appreciated. Can't wait for the box.

Once your paid up they will send you a link to look at PDF pictures of the enclosed book and files to listen to of the 30 concerts...I don't think they said anything about mp3 files to download you listen to it via your computer you won't have any hard copy...until they ship in mid October...I didn't know they were doing that until I read some of the posts on here...but that happens once your paid up...it's something of a constellation but i'd still be worried until the box does come I hope it doesn't become the replacement...which reminds me it'll be sick to get a dave's pick right behind this mammoth of a box set...when does the last dave's pick come? then you have to order another year if you want to keep getting them...wow being a grateful dead fan is a serious commitment...not to sound like an employee of the grateful dead but they are the ultimate live band because they were never slaves to being samey samey and it makes listening to their live stuff that much more likely...you couldn't do this with other bands...I know a lot of people are pissed off right now and it does hurt knowing just in a week we could've had these monsters instead we're going to be just paying for these monsters...then Christmas comes...it's got to be a grateful dead Christmas.

Funny you should ask. I went through the known setlists for the dates in the box and came up with this. I count 7 Dark Stars. Sorry for the length it is from notepad. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1966 - 7/3, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA Dancing [7:17] I Know You Rider [1:49#] He Was a Friend Of Mine [#6:55] Next Time You See Me [2:56] Viola Lee Blues [7:21] Big Boss Man [3:29] Top Of The World [2:32#] 1967 - 11/10, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA Viola Lee Blues [14:16] [0:08] % [0:22] It Hurts Me Too [3:53] [0:07] % BIODTL [0:00] % [0:22] Morning Dew [6:22] % Intro [0:46] Schoolgirl [10:17] [0:03] % Cryptical Envelopment [1:25] > Thats It For The Other One [3:50] > Cryptical Envelopment [6:03] [0:03] % [0:06] Alligator [3:22] > Drums [0:38] > Alligator [7:20] > Caution [22:20] > Feedback [1:50] [0:17] % 1968 - 10/20, Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA Schoolgirl [12:22] Lovelight [13:07] Dark Star [10:26] > Saint Stephen [3:48] > The Eleven [8:11] > Caution [10:12] > Feedback [4:#35] 1969 - 2/22, The Dream Bowl, Vallejo, CA Duprees Diamond Blues [#3:57] > Mountains Of The Moon [3:44] > Jam [1:40] > Dark Star [22:17] > Cryptical Envelopment [1:55] > Drums [0:13] > The Other One [8:16] > Cryptical Envelopment [9:34] > Death Dont Have No Mercy [7:06] Doin That Rag [6:46] > Saint Stephen [5:56] > The Eleven [19:17] > Lovelight [6:12] > Drums [1:22] > Lovelight [14:52] 1970 - 4/15, Winterland, San Francisco, CA Cold Rain [#5:45] [0:20] Mama Tried False Start [0:10] [0:51] Mama Tried [2:31] [0:56] Mans World [7:46] [0:39] Candyman [4:51] [0:52] Hard To Handle [4:45#] % [0:05] Cumberland [4:47] [0:28] Cryptical Envelopment [1:57] > Drums [4:23] > Jam [5:00] > Drums [0:49] > The Other One [8:31] > Cryptical Envelopment [3:20] > Dire Wolf [4:03] [0:51] Dancing [12:00#] % Lovelight [#12:34] > NFA [2:15] > Lovelight [6:55] [1:37] 1971 - 3/18, Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO Casey Jones Me and My Uncle Big Boss Man Bertha Bobby McGee Loser China Rider The Rub Playing Cumberland Truckin [#6:41] > The Other One [0:17] > Drums [5:53] > The Other One [12:#05] > Wharf Rat [11:50] Sugar Magnolia [6:13] Greatest Story > JB Goode (1) [6:09] NFA [6:27] > GDTRFB [3:#14] > Caution [15:02] > Feedback [1:36] UJB [6:37] 1972 - 9/24, Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT Big RR Blues Mexicali Blues Loser BT Wind Cumberland Sugaree El Paso Tenn Jed BIODTL Bird Song Big River BE Women Playing [16:#25] Greatest Story > Bertha > Promised Land FOTD Jack Straw Tomorrow Is Forever [5:15] Dark Star [34:32] > China Rider [11:35#] Sugar Magnolia [8:11] 1973 - 11/14, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA Big RR Blues [4:00] Jack Straw [4:49] Sugaree [7:32] Mexicali Blues [3:25] HC Sunshine [12:53] BT Wind [7:00] Cumberland [6:31] Row Jimmy [8:54] The Race Is On [3:09] BE Women [5:08] BIODTL [3:15] Tenn Jed [8:15] El Paso [4:18] China Rider [5:39] Around Truckin [16:24] > The Other One [15:31] > Big River [5:03] > The Other One [6:15] > Eyes [11:#24] > The Other One [4:31] > Wharf Rat [9:53] Me and My Uncle [2:58] GDTRFB [7:37] > Sat Night [4:58] 1974 - 9/18, Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France UJB [8:39] Jack Straw [5:11] FOTD [4:20] BT Wind [6:53] Scarlet Begonias [8:34] Mexicali Blues [3:09] Row Jimmy [7:26#] BIODTL [3:14] Deal [4:29] The Race Is On [3:08] To Lay Me Down [8:08] Playing [23:31] Seastones [13:06] Loose Lucy [5:11] Big River [3:44#] PeggyO Me and My Uncle Eyes > China Doll > Hes Gone [14:24] > Truckin [23:19] > Drums > Caution Jam > Ship Of Fools [6:32] JB Goode US Blues [5:10] 1975 - 9/28, Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA Help > Slipknot Music TLEO BIODTL Franklins Tower Big River Roses Truckin > Jam (1) > Drums > Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin The Turkey > NFA > GDTRFB > Sat Night 1976 - 10/3, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI Sugaree Minglewood Ramble On Rose LL Rain Loser El Paso Scarlet Begonias Music Samson Roses Playing Drums [#0:45] > The Wheel [5:29] > Jam [5:32] > Good Lovin [4:20] > Jam [3:51] > Comes a Time [9:54] > Dancing [8:29] > NFA (1) [14:04] > Dancing [3:00#] Around 1977 - 4/25, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ Minglewood [5:05] Deal [5:07] Mama Tried [2:45] TLEO [6:55] LL Rain [7:51] PeggyO [8:47] Lazy Lightnin [3:31] > Supplication [3:30] Ship Of Fools [6:13] Estimated [7:51] BE Women [5:14] Music [6:19] Scarlet Begonias [8:35] > Fire [10:58] Samson [7:04] Terrapin [9:39] > Playing [9:29] > Drums [4:06] > Wharf Rat [10:34] > Playing [10:05] US Blues [5:31] 1978 - 5/14, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI Half Step [11:14] Cassidy [5:26] TLEO [6:55] LL Rain [8:28] Roses [6:23] Me and My Uncle [2:57] > Big River [6:03] BE Women [5:24] Let It Grow [17:22] Samson [10:05] Ship Of Fools [7:17] Estimated [13:38] > Eyes [15:57] > Drums [12:#42] > NFA [15:36] > GDTRFB [7:52] > Around [8:15] US Blues [5:12] 1979 - 10/27, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA Jack Straw [6:24] Candyman [7:05] Me and My Uncle [3:05] > Big River [6:40] BE Women [5:15] Easy To Love You [3:47] Minglewood [5:#43] Stagger Lee [7:56] Lost Sailor [6:35] > Saint [5:27] > Deal [5:21] Dancing [13:39] > Franklins Tower [16:49] Hes Gone [16:18] > The Other One [8:10] > Drums [6:34] > NFA [9:17] > Black Peter [9:35] > Around [7:36] Sat Night [4:51] 1980 - 11/28, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL Jack Straw [5:24] PeggyO [6:30] Rooster [9:17] Tenn Jed [8:33] Passenger [4:55] Deep Elem Blues [4:53] LL Rain [7:55] Deal [6:37] Stranger [8:28] To Lay Me Down [9:11] > Let It Grow [11:24] > Terrapin [12:09] > Drums [9:32] > Space [5:43] > NFA [5:56] > Black Peter [9:34] > Sugar Magnolia [9:13] US Blues [5:15] 1981 - 5/16, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY One Stranger [8:20] FOTD [9:34] Me and My Uncle [3:04] > Big River [5:54] Althea [9:10] > CC Rider [7:44#] BE Women [4:59] Passenger [5:04] High Time [8:28] > Let It Grow [11:07] > Dont Ease [3:18] Shakedown Street [16:07] > Bertha [5:44] > Lost Sailor [6:18] > Saint [6:47] > Space [8:21#] > Drums [#7:43] > Space [5:43] > Truckin [8:25] > Stella Blue [9:44] > GDTRFB [6:15] > Sat Night [4:00] UJB [9:21] 1982 - 7/31, Manor Downs, Austin, TX Alabama Getaway [4:56] > Promised Land [4:13] Candyman [6:17] El Paso [4:35] Bird Song [9:25] > Rooster [7:58] Ramble On Rose [6:59] All Over Now [8:43] BE Women [5:44] > Music [7:40] > Deal [6:19] Scarlet Begonias [12:27] > Fire [10:51] > Estimated [11:25] > Eyes [11:53] > Jam (1) [2:40] > Drums [8:55] > Space [7:06] > UJB [8:28] > Truckin [8:56] > Morning Dew [11:05] > Sat Night [4:40] Dont Ease [3:00] 1983 - 10/21, The Centrum, Worcester, MA Music [8:41] Loser [6:56] CC Rider [8:49] Cumberland [7:15] Cassidy [5:55] Ramble On Rose [7:11] Esau [5:03] Big RR Blues [7:37] > Promised Land [4:33] Scarlet Begonias [12:58] > Fire [15:35] UJB[8:22] > Playing[11:40] > Drums [7:#07] > Space [15:09] > Truckin [7:56] > Wharf Rat [9:54] > Miracle [3:36] > Touch [6:06] JB Goode [3:57] 1984 - 10/12, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME Stranger [9:40] Roses [5:48] On The Road Again [3:05] Jack a Roe [5:14] All Over Now [7:46] Cumberland [5:34] Music [8:38] Cold Rain [6:29] Lost Sailor [6:37] > Saint [7:20] > Dont Need Love [6:18] > UJB [10:30] > Space [5:43] > Drums [10:#33] > Space [6:31] > Playing Reprise [7:58] > UJB [2:02] > Morning Dew [11:46] Good Lovin [7:20] 1985 - 6/24, River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH Alabama Getaway [6:25] > Greatest Story [4:42] TLEO [8:53] Minglewood 9:54] Tenn Jed [7:47] Esau [5:51] Loser 6:59] Let It Grow [12:47] Iko Iko [8:26] > Samson 8:27] > Hes Gone [10:02] > Smokestack Lightnin [4:16] > Cryptical Envelopment 1:47] > Drums [10:17] > Space [8:24] > Comes a Time [5:49] > The Other One [5:08] > Cryptical Envelopment [:40] > Wharf Rat [8:30] > Around [3:47] > Good Lovin[8:14] US Blues [4:49] 1986 - 5/3, Cal Expo Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA Cold Rain The Race Is On TLEO CC Rider High Time BIODTL Promised Land Deal Scarlet Begonias [9:40] > Fire [9:46] Woman Smarter [7:18] > GDTRFB [6:17] > Jam [0:57] > Drums [4:48#] > Space [7:14] > The Other One [7:53] > Comes a Time [7:52] > Sugar Magnolia [9:44] 1987 - 9/18, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY Bucket [6:14] > Sugaree [10:32] > Walkin Blues [6:10] Candyman [6:44] Masterpiece [4:08] Bird Song [9:57] Shakedown Street [11:56] > Woman Smarter [6:58] > Terrapin [13:06] > Drums [8:25] > Space [6:#50] > GDTRFB [5:58] > Watchtower [4:45] > Morning Dew [10:53] > Good Lovin [4:11] > La Bamba [1:31] > Good Lovin[ 2:33] Knocking [8:14] 1988 - 7/3, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME Bucket > Sugaree Walkin Blues Tenn Jed Queen Jane Bird Song Touch Of Gray Hey Pocky Away LL Rain Estimated > Eyes > IWTYH > Drums > Space > GDTRFB > Miracle > Mr Fantasy > Hey Jude Reprise NFA 1989 - 10/26, Miami Arena, Miami, FL Foolish Heart [8:04] Rooster [7:59] Stagger Lee [5:44] Me and My Uncle [2:39] > Big River [4:43] % BE Women [4:40] Victim Or The Crime [7:32] > Dont Ease [3:11] Estimated [12:32] > Blow Away [9:58] Dark Star [26:#17] (1) > Drums [8:22] > Space [6:02] > The Wheel [4:33] > Watchtower [5:06] > Stella Blue [7:45] > NFA [7:07] and We Bid You Good Night [2:07] 1990 - 10/27, Zenith, Paris, France Bucket > Sugaree Minglewood Jack a Roe BT Wind Ramble On Rose Masterpiece Bird Song > Promised Land China Rider Saint > Crazy Fingers > Playing > Drums > Space > Playing Reprise > Stella Blue > Throwing Stones > NFA Sat Night 1991 - 9/10, Madison Square Garden, NY, NY with Brandford Marsalis Shakedown Street CC Rider > It Takes a Lot To Laugh It Takes a Train To Cry BT Wind High Time Cassidy Deal Help > Slipknot > Franklins Tower Estimated > Dark Star [13:10] > Drums [12:00] > Space [1:32] > Dark Star [12:40] > Miracle > SOTM > Lovelight Baby Blue 1992 - 3/20, Copps Coliseum, Ontario, Canada Bucket Althea Same Thing BE Women Mexicali Blues > Maggies Farm Bird Song Promised Land Shakedown Street Woman Smarter > Dark Star > Drums > Space > The Other One > SOTM > Lovelight US Blues 1993 - 3/27, Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY Bucket Bertha Same Thing PeggyO Queen Jane Broken Arrow Loose Lucy Cassidy Casey Jones Eyes > Estimated Comes a Time Corrina > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Watchtower > Days Between > Sat Night I Fought The Law 1994 - 10/1, Boston Garden, Boston, MA Help [3:20] > Slipknot [5:32] > Franklins Tower [10:55] Walkin Blues [5:31] Althea [7:38] Me and My Uncle (1) [2:44] > Big River (1) [5:29] Tom Thumbs Blues [5:28] So Many Roads [7:13] Promised Land [4:26] Scarlet Begonias [10:58] > Fire [16:17] Way To Go Home [6:18] Saint [7:42] > Terrapin [16:08] > Drums [7:#21] > Space [17:50] > The Last Time [5:55] > Stella Blue [11:13] > Sat Night [4:48] Liberty [7:42] 1995 - 2/21, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City FOTD Wang Dang Doodle Tenn Jed Broken Arrow BT Wind So Many Roads Music Foolish Heart Samba In The Rain Truckin > I Just Want To Make Love To You > That Would Be Something > Drums > Space > Visions Of Johanna > Sugar Magnolia Liberty

@ Claney, I've always used the word chuffed as a good thing,like being stoked, like "Even though there are some manufacturing delays, I'm chuffed that i'm getting this box set before the end of the year." I'm chuffed i only paid 699 dollars and 98 cents, it looks like others paid $700. I'm chuffed i got another 7 days to put off telling my wife i paid 699.98 for more Grateful Dead shows.