Grateful Dead

My exact sentiments (again) - bring on the multi-track box sets!!! Gives Winterland '74, give us Fillmore East April '71, give us Port Chester February '71, give us it all (unless it's post-1978). My box set wish while we were all guessing what the big box this year would be, was something called "Mulit-track Masters" with just a crapload of multi-track shows (I may have said one from each year between '68 and '78)

No, they'll press all 6500; it's a lot more expensive to repress a smaller amount.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul. Seth, I had forgotten 5/15/70 was a comp; although, so close to being complete. I was thinking the bonus disc (which I don't have) was a few select tunes from 5/14, not some leftovers from the Filmore. Obviously, they were trying to get both early and late shows on to 3 discs and thus made selected cuts. Ashame. It would have been so easy to give us four cd's (5/14 just becomes disc 4 filler) and put in a bonus disc of another partial show they had in the vault. Did not even need to be from 70'. I also second (or third or fourth) the call for releasing the entire October 74' Winterland run. Also Filmore East 71',Port Chester 71' etc. Pretty sure most if not all of Winterland and Filmore are in the vault. mbarilla? Sammy T

....hey keithfan! Is that Jerry quote for real? If so, good job bring that to light....I love that version. The hidden Scarlet Fire from DP 13 is a great one too....Brent's swirling all over the place....I like Brent. So sue me.... ....listening party redux. The MSG Shakedown is a bit underwhelming. Vocal flubs abound. Plus, there's that strange echoing going on. Must have had the same speaker setup as Long Beach Arena '88. They had speaker stacks set up at the back of the venue. Awesome live. Difficult to translate to a live recording however....

since so many had a picture I figured I try one. This is a painting from my father in law,,,,"Vermont cool".

On a recent flight back to O'Hare, listening to DP13, I had an Ipod WTF moment when Scarlet/Fire crawled into my ears for 35 minutes of bliss. I never knew it was there.I love it when stuff like that happens. Have a Grateful Day.

That Scar>fire is from 11-1-79 Nassau. Took me months to realize it after I'd bought it, but if you've had it since it was released, you must hold the record. Like finding $50 in the pants you haven't worn in months. No, cooler than that, actually, that's only money. Was months later that I heard Jerry's voice at the very end of the fifth disc on So Many Roads, and apparently they removed that from further editions as it was an engineer who put it on there just for yuks but didn't have "permission" according to Gans or somebody. So if you have the first edition of that box, it's rarer.

....when I was still cutting my teeth on the Dead, whenever I saw a Nassau tape, I thought it was from Nassau, Bahamas. Said to myself, "how many fans could be on that little island?". Face palm years later....

....Manor Downs post drumz. Space->Uncle John's Band->Truckin'->Morning Dew->One More Saturday Night. enc. Don't Ease. Get some!!

The 5/15/70 Road Trips, after factoring in the bonus disc, covers all but 1 Dead song from the two shows. Pretty good job! Why then would I want a "complete" version so badly? Omitted was lots of between-song banter and tuning, including an angry speech by Pigpen about the recent changes in the band's musical direction. To people wondering about the path of Pigpen from Frontman to Sideman in the band, this speech is important data! All the GDM releases elide long stretches of emptiness between songs. This increases casual listening pleasure but distorts the document. I suppose that means no GDM release is a historical document! Score one for G Prof! The standard of research in Academia is the "primary source", which in this case would be the original reels of tape (or DATS or ...), but for all but a very few of us, the primary sources are out of reach. GDM sells entertainment, so I generally agree with their choice to edit between-song time. But dropping that speech bothers the hell out of me...

Was wondering who in the Boston area had any luck finding the Newsweek Special Edition magazine on the Grateful Dead. I have not found it. I've tried my local CVS, Barnes & Noble in Saugus, Target in Everett, not to mention a couple of local supermarkets without much luck. Any local suggestions??? Thanks, Bob

....Plenty here in the SW. I could mail you one Bob....

Save your gas money. You can get it at Amazon for a few bucks over the regular price. Better then driving all over town. I did that to, found some at the grocery store. Ebay has some listed too. I think it will display until July 16, so you still have some time. Good luck. Peace

I fully concur, I don't want anything eliminated and tracks in the correct running order. Tunings and banter are as much a part of the experience as the songs themselves.

Okay. So i'm not going to bash this project on any level. But really the 1990 and 1992 selections are weak. Zenith, Paris ,10/27/1990? Looks WAY better as a setlist than the actual performance quality. There were MUCH stronger shows played in the second half of 1990. The first half of the year was pivotal playing from a strong band of eleven years. Equally impressive was the comeback and continued stamina after the untimely passing of Brent Mydland. So they already released material from the September MSG run. Clearly the choice for 1990 is December 12th McNichols. The second set is masterful and very Jerry led. Madison Square Garden 9/10/1991 Is one of the finest live performances by the later Grateful Dead. Certainly their deepest exploration with tenor sax collaborator Branford Marsalis. All the better with the depth that Bruce Hornsby's grand piano was bringing to the Dead's sound, Branford really cliqued well at this gig. For all the hype that the 1990 Nassau show gets deservingly, this show is perhaps their best collaborative performance. THIS DESERVES ITS OWN RELEASE. BIG TIME. Copps Coliseum 3/20/1992? You didn't have a bunch of outstanding shows to choose from considering the Oakland December material was partially released already, but really? this dinky show? So they broke out a lackluster Dark Star... notable. Clearly the choice should have been either May 30th or 31st, Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas. Both OUTSTANDING shows for any era of Dead. Leads me to believe the masters might be missing on these ones. Thanks for the efforts of all involved. I'll pass on the 700$ box set and listen to my quality bootleged masters.

For anyone who *hates* Brent, listen to this one again, and the crazy off the hook 42 minute hidden Scarlet Fire. Maybe the trippiest Scarlet ever, thank you Mr. Mydland.

6500 boxes @ $700 = $4.55 million dollarsYeah, they could afford a couple hundred boxes in the warehouse for a month or two.

While this is a huge, cool, wow filled, massive load of music, I still am passing.I am hoping sets like Winterland 73/77 will come back in favour. Those are the perfect size I think because I can just grab that box and have more than a weekend of tunes to play on the run. Yes I have an iPod with a gazillion songs on it too, but I much prefer the discs spinning. Anyway............... Who cares right? Enjoy the Weekend.

A great show, but one that would greatly benefit from being released with 12/14 in a single package. Still, I would be more likely to buy this box if 12/12/90 replaced 10/27/90!

> Omitted was lots of between-song banter and tuning, including > an angry speech by Pigpen about the recent changes in the > band's musical direction. To people wondering about the path of > Pigpen from Frontman to Sideman in the band, this speech is > important data! This is on the non-GDM, circulating version of 5/15/70? Where? I just went and built a composite version from Road Trips V3#3 + SHNID: 29473 and I didn't hear any Pigpen speech. Is it from an old cassette? I did find a few jokes and banter removed (plus a Candyman in the late set), but the GDM version did give us a Deep Elem and an uncut St Stephen. It seems like there is another spot where they were able to fix a tape flip, too. They did move some chatter around a bit, and it is annoying that it's reordered, but man, what a release. I'm glad it's out, however we can get it.

Still got some left from my box, if anybody wants to call dibs. $50 a piece for each year after 1975 from this set. Here's whats left: 1976 1978 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1988 1993 PM me if you're interested.

I think this release is amazing. Really some great choices and shows I wouldn't have expected. That's Dave always keeping us on our toes ( or is it his toes?). I do understand that the price is "large" for frankly everyone. It's alot of scratch, no doubt. But if I calculate the amount of music I buy quarterly, it becomes a non factor almost. I think it's the large chunk of cash all at once that is unnerving. I would guess that eventually they will be individually released via iTunes. They can't ignore that revenue stream forever. Just like Europe 72, and Road Trips. They did put these up. So, hang in there folks. I would have to say, for me, the shows in the 1970-1979 look mighty rad in my opinion. I love 73 and 74 and look forward to these. I also think the early shows from the 60's will offer me further insight into that era and growth as a band. The 80's shows I'm anxious to hear more of because I don't have a lot and some of yinz on here claim they have much to offer. Finally, I'm curious what the 90's shows have in terms of band dynamics with Brent gone, new members, and Jerry "changing"...... Basically, I'm saying it's got it all for me and I thank Dave and Rhino and all involved for this. Can't wait. Remember, It all comes back, so be kind.

Single shows for $50? Nice; copy the discs before you sell them and make ~$750 profit.Why did't I think of it?

IMHO -- -- This box set strikes me as a pretty opportunistic venture by GDM. Talk about "sticker shock." Wow. And, after 36 editions of Dicks Picks, another 12(?) of Dave's Picks, the "So Glad You Made It," and "May '77" box sets, not to mention "Road Trips" and various exceptional -- and some not so hot -- single disk releases, I couldn't honestly even think about plowing more $$$ into another "epic" box release. I'm a deadhead, and I can find reasons to appreciate even some of the "lamer" shows and tours, but I can't see plunking down so much mooola for stuff that, basically, has been duplicated many times on other GD releases. Do I really need another '77 show? Or another '84 show? '93? No.

Here in Connecticut I found many copies in my local Stop & Shop supermarket. I believe they're in the Boston area too.

Thanks for the offer to send it from Vegas Baby!!! I'll look at Stop & Shop on my way home from work and if I can't get it there, will order via Amazon. If no luck on either of those fronts, you'll be hearing from me Vguy... Thanks for the help!!!

....some fans have stated there is nothing "new" in this box. My opinion is as thus. If I haven't heard it yet, then any given show is "new" to me, and that's all that counts....this box is for me, not anybody else. Don't mean to sound presumptuous, but that's my take. Do with it what you will. ....as far as packaging, this release is gonna be pretty big and heavy. I fear the discs might be packaged ala Road Trips style. I hope I'm wrong....

Paul Kantner was back with the Starship last night at the San Mateo County Fair, after recovering from a heart attack last March. He sounded pretty good too; great seeing him as well as David Freiberg who still sounds fantastic at 77. Fantastic version of Codeine!

I reviewed my LMA MP3 derived set of the complete Dead sets from 5/15/70 and can't find the Pigpen rant I have been angry about GDM removing during the Road Trips editing! I must have imagined it years before. It was so firmly entrenched in my mind that I never discovered it WASN'T THERE until you're disbelief made me check in with reality! Well, I am still right and accurate with any other comments I make. Everyone forget about this regrettable incident. My credibility is totally blown... Got a lot of hateful thoughts towards GDM to make up for. Maybe buying this box will balance the scales? There's a $700 see-saw rocking in my head, me on one seat, my wife and baby on the other. When will the see-saw settle to one side? Which side will it be?

Seth, go with the box; if you really needed a wife and child, Rhino and GDP would've sold them to you years ago! ;)

1966 - 7/3, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA Dancin' In The Street I Know You Rider He Was A Friend Of Mine Next Time You See Me Viola Lee Blues Big Boss Man Sitting On Top Of The World Unknown Title New Minglewood Blues Cold Rain And Snow Gangster Of Love ? Beat It On Down The Line Cream Puff War Don't Mess Up a Good Thing Cardboard Cowboy 1967 - 11/10, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA Viola Lee Blues It Hurts Me Too Beat It On Down The Line Morning Dew Good Morning Little School Girl Alligator > Drums > Alligator > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 1968 - 10/20, Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl Turn on Your Lovelight, Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) > Feedback 1969 - 2/22, The Dream Bowl, Vallejo, CA Dupree's Diamond Blues-> Mountains Of The Moon-> Dark Star-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Death Don't Have No Mercy Set 2 Doin' That Rag-> Saint Stephen-> The Eleven-> Turn On Your Love Light 1970 - 4/15, Winterland, San Francisco, CA Cold Rain & Snow China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Mama Tried It's A Man's World Candyman Hard To Handle Set 2 ? Cryptical Envelopment -> Drums -> Jam -> Drums -> The Other One -> Cryptical Envelopment -> Dire Wolf Dancin' In The Streets Turn On Your Lovelight -> Not Fade Away -> Turn On Your Lovelight 1971 - 3/18, Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO Casey Jones Me And My Uncle Big Boss Man Bertha Me And Bobby McGee Loser China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider The Rub Playing In The Band Set 2 ? Cumberland Blues Truckin' > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat Sugar Magnolia Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks) > Feedback Encore ? Uncle John's Band 1972 - 9/24, Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT Big Railroad Blues Mexicali Blues Loser Black Throated Wind Cumberland Blues Sugaree El Paso Tennessee Jed Beat it on Down the Line Bird Song Big River Brown Eyed Women Playing in the Band Set 2 Greatest Story Ever Told Bertha Promised Land Friend of the Devil Jack Straw Tomorrow Is Forever Me and My Uncle Dark Star drums China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Sugar Magnolia Encore One More Saturday Night 1973 - 11/14, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA Big Railroad Blues Jack Straw Sugaree Mexicali Blues Here Comes Sunshine Black Throated Wind Cumberland Blues Row Jimmy The Race Is On Brown Eyed Women Beat it on Down the Line Tennessee Jed El Paso China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Around and Around Set 2 Truckin' The Other One Big River The Other One Eyes of the World The Other One Wharf Rat Me and My Uncle Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Encore ? One More Saturday Night 1974 - 9/18, Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France Uncle John's Band Jack Straw Friend of the Devil Black-Throated Wind Scarlet Begonias Mexicali Blues Row Jimmy Beat it on Down the Line Deal The Race is On To Lay Me Down Playin' in the Band Set 2 Loose Lucy Big River Peggy-O Me and My Uncle Eyes of the World China Doll He's Gone Truckin' drums Caution Jam Ship of Fools Johnny B. Goode Encore U.S. Blues 1975 - 9/28, Lindley Meadows, Golden gate Park, San Francisco, CA Help on the Way> Slipknot! Music Never Stopped They Love Each Other Beat it on Down the Line Franklin's Tower Big River It Must Have Been the Roses Truckin'> The Eleven> Drums> Stronger Than Dirt> Not Fade Away> Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad> One More Saturday Night 1976 - 10/3, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI Sugaree New Minglewood Blues Ramble on Rose Looks Like Rain Loser El Paso Scarlet Begonias Music Never Stopped Set 2 Samson and Delilah It Must Have Been the Roses Playin' in the Band The Wheel Good Lovin' Comes a Time Dancin' in the Streets Not Fade Away Dancin' in the Streets Around and Around 1977 - 4/25, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ New Minglewood Blues Deal Mama Tried They Love Each Other Looks Like Rain Peggy-O Lazy Lightnin' Supplication Ship of Fools El Paso Brown Eyed Women Music Never Stopped Set 2 Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Samson and Delilah Terrapin Station Playin' in the Band drums Wharf Rat Playin' in the Band Encore U.S. Blues 1978 - 5/14, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI Mississippi Half-Step Cassidy They Love Each Other Looks Like Rain It Must Have Been the Roses Me and My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Let it Grow Set 2 Samson and Delilah Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Not Fade Away Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Around and Around U.S. Blues 1979 - 10/27, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA Jack Straw Candyman Me and My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Easy to Love You New Minglewood Blues Stagger Lee Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Deal Set 2 Dancin' in the Streets Franklin's Tower He's Gone Caution Jam The Other One Drums Not Fade Away Black Peter Around and Around Encore One More Saturday Night 1980 - 11/28, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL Jack Straw Peggy-O Little Red Rooster Tennessee Jed Passenger Deep Elem Blues Looks Like Rain Deal Set 2 Feel Like a Stranger To Lay Me Down Let it Grow Terrapin Station Drums Not Fade Away Black Peter Sugar Magnolia Encore U.S. Blues 1981 - 5/16, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Feel Like a Stranger Friend of the Devil Me and My Uncle Big River Althea C.C. Rider Brown Eyed Women Passenger High Time Let it Grow Don't Ease Me In Set 2 Shakedown Street Bertha Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Spanish Jam drums Truckin' Nobody's Jam Stella Blue Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad One More Saturday Night Encore Uncle John's Band 1982 - 7/31, Manor Downs, Austin, TX Alabama Getaway Promised Land Candyman El Paso Bird Song Little Red Rooster Ramble on Rose It's All Over Now Brown Eyed Women Music Never Stopped Deal Set 2 Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World Drums Uncle John's Band Truckin' Morning Dew One More Saturday Night Encore Don't Ease Me In 1983 - 10/21, The Centrum, Worcester, MA Music Never Stopped Loser C.C. Rider Cumberland Blues Cassidy Ramble on Rose My Brother Esau Big Railroad Blues Promised Land Set 2 Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Uncle John's Band Playin' in the Band Drums (Sage & Spirit Jam) Truckin' Wharf Rat I Need a Miracle Touch of Grey Encore Johnny B. Goode 1984 - 10/12, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME Feel Like a Stranger It Must Have Been the Roses On the Road Again Jack-a-Roe It's All Over Now Cumberland Blues Music Never Stopped Set 2 Cold Rain and Snow Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Don't Need Love Uncle John's Band Drums Playin' in the Band Uncle John's Band Morning Dew Encore Good Lovin' 1985 - 6/24, River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH Alabama Getaway Greatest Story Ever Told They Love Each Other New Minglewood Blues Tennessee Jed My Brother Esau Loser Let it Grow Set 2 Iko Iko Samson and Delilah He's Gone Smokestack Lightnin' Cryptical Envelopment Drums Comes a Time The Other One Cryptical Envelopment Wharf Rat Around and Around Good Lovin' Encore U.S. Blues 1986 - 5/3, Cal Expo Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA Cold Rain And Snow The Race Is On They Love Each Other C C Rider High Time Beat It On Down The Line The Promised Land Deal Set 2 Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > GDTRFB > Jam > Drums > Space > The Other One > Comes A Time > Sugar Magnolia 1987 - 9/18, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY Hell in a Bucket Sugaree Walkin' Blues Candyman Masterpiece Bird Song Set 2 Shakedown Street Man Smart/Woman Smarter Terrapin Station Drums Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad All Along the Watchtower Morning Dew Good Lovin' La Bamba Good Lovin' Encore Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1988 - 7/3, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME Hell in a Bucket Sugaree Walkin' Blues Tennessee Jed Queen Jane Approximately Bird Song Set 2 Touch of Grey Hey Pocky Way Looks Like Rain Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World I Will Take You Home Drums Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad I Need a Miracle Dear Mr. Fantasy Hey Jude Reprise Encore Not Fade Away 1989 - 10/26, Miami Arena, Miami, FL Foolish Heart Little Red Rooster Stagger Lee Me and My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Victim or the Crime Don't Ease Me In Set 2 Estimated Prophet Blow Away Dark Star Drums (Theme from ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’) The Wheel All Along the Watchtower Stella Blue Not Fade Away Encore We Bid You Goodnight 1990 - 10/27, Zenith, Paris, France Hell in a Bucket Sugaree New Minglewood Blues Jack-a-Roe Black-Throated Wind Ramble on Rose Masterpiece Bird Song Promised Land Set 2 China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Saint of Circumstance Crazy Fingers Playin' in the Band Drums Playin' Reprise Stella Blue Throwin' Stones Not Fade Away Encore One More Saturday Night 1991 - 9/10, Madison Square Garden, NY, NY Shakedown Street C.C. Rider It Takes a Train to Cry Black-Throated Wind High Time Cassidy Deal Set 2 Help on the Way Slipknot! Franklin's Tower Estimated Prophet Dark Star Drums Space Dark Star Reprise I Need a Miracle Standing on the Moon Turn On Your Love Light Encore It's All Over Now 1992 - 3/20, Copps Coliseum, Ontario, Canada Hell in a Bucket Althea Same Thing Brown Eyed Women Mexicali Blues Maggie's Farm Bird Song Promised Land Set 2 Shakedown Street Man Smart/Woman Smarter Dark Star Drums Space The Other One Standing on the Moon Turn on Your Love Light Encore U.S. Blues 1993 - 3/27, Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY Hell in a Bucket Bertha The Same Thing Peggy-O Queen Jane Approximately Broken Arrow Loose Lucy Cassidy Casey Jones Set 2 Eyes of the World Estimated Prophet Comes a Time Corina Drums The Wheel All Along the Watchtower The Days Between One More Saturday Night Encore I Fought the Law 1994 - 10/1, Boston Garden, Boston, MA Help on the Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower Walkin' Blues Althea Me & My Uncle-> Big River Tom Thumb Blues So Many Roads Promised Land Set 2 Scarlet Begonias-> Fire on the Mountain Long Way Home St. of Circumstance-> Terrapin Station-> Jam-> Drums-> Space-> Last Time-> Stella Blue-> One More Saturday Night Encore Liberty 1995 - 2/21, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City Friend of the Devil Wang Dang Doodle Tennessee Jed Broken Arrow Black Throated Wind (Weir Acoustic) So Many Roads Music Never Stopped Set 2 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 Encore Liberty

Seth must have missed out on the precursor to Dave's Picks, the yearlong series where the spouse ships out in February followed by a limited edition baby in May, August and November. Subscribers also received a bonus family pet that shipped with the first child.

What are used Box Set Families going for on EBay? Just curious what I can get for mine??

probably has the best deal. /don't throw tomatoes at me

I haven't been reading all the comments on this box, so this question may have been asked earlier. I am wondering what other shows were in the running to be selected for inclusion in this box? Let's say 1972, what other unreleased shows were reviewed with the selected 9/24/72 Waterbury show. How about 1990? What other unreleased shows were reviewed with the selected 10/27/90 Paris show? And 1975 was a no-brainer. I am still thinking about buying this boxset, and with my luck it will be sold out by the time I decide to order it. As I said before, although a lot of time and effort went into this box, and everybody involved needs a handshake and a pat on the back ... but for me THE MUSIC IS MOST IMPORTANT part of this project.

1970 boxes left for sale right now.

Excellent.

....welcome back to the flock. A spoiled flock at that....

....the more I salivate over that '73 San Diego show. HCS, Cumberland and Race Is On in the first set! Get outta here!! ....and if I recall, Mother Nature rolled through that '85 Riverbend second set with authority. One of my favorite tapes from back in the day. Never thought I would see it officially released in my lifetime. This box kicks serious ass....and you all know it.

This box-set is stunning. Though it is out of my budget, I can certainly appreciate the work and love that went into getting this monster to market. I hope someday there will be an a-la-carte digital release of these shows. I have long wished the Vallejo Dream Bowl would be a Dave's Picks. Obviously that is not happening. But what a wondrous thing to behold.

Since The Powers That Be have declared that these shows will not be made available individually, my request is that once this box set sells out that some no-frills just the CD's mini-boxes of perhaps 5 to 7 shows each be made available so those of us who can't afford a $700 one shot sticker price can either piece together the box over time or buy our favorite stuff.

Thanks, Scott1129 for posting the setlists!!! My 2 cents...The Grateful Dead have always put awsomeness before money. Examples...going deep into debt for unlimited studio time on Anthem of the Sun to figure out how to mix live and studio music....Going deep into debt to re-record Aoxomoxoa because there is an awesome new 16 track board....Taking said awesome new 16 track board to a club to record an album (live dead)...taking all of their family and friends for a European tour in '72...Building the Wall of Sound...Taking all of their family and friends to Egypt to play the pyramids...Lets not forget how being awesome first took a toll on their health, sanity and relationships. You can debate the show selection, and it is expensive as F$@&, but you cannot debate the fact that having a full concert from every year they played is totally awesome. So for me this is in character for how the Grateful Dead have operated since the beginning. (Sorry for the over use of "awesome")

The setlist from the 1977 show does not list an Estimated Prophet, (unless I misread it multiple times) BUT the 4 cd set lists EP as the chosen one from that year. Am I confused??? Welcome back Kate. My quest for HQ Furtwangler and the Yes Progeny box is going to have to wait, since I finally got the E'72 All Music earlier this spring and I'm in for the big box. The two single two most expensive music related purchases not including the gear to play it on I've ever made and both in same year - my deadhead buddy thinks I'm nuts and should get a signed print instead... Those that are on the fence, I would suspect if you purchase now and decide a couple of weeks before ship date that you want to cancel, should be no problem with no "restocking fee". And someone who missed out will be psyched to suddenly be able to get it - win - win!

El Paso should be Estimated Prophet https://archive.org/details/gd1977-04-25.sbd.130529.MrBill.flac16

Right On! The GD have been truly the most fan friendly band during their on-going career. God Bless Them!

Whenever I put the GOGD on the stereo, she appears a few moments later, plops down on the floor and appears to be basking contentedly in the music. My old cat (RIP) was a jazz head, and especially loved Miles Davis' "Someday My Prince will Come." He would always come running for that. I can also obtain the opposite effect on my wife by putting on most any Dark Star or Playing In The Band; it sends her running away. She loves Eyes Of The World and Uncle John's Band, though. Cats and wives are funny creatures.

Per the release above: Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. I'm no lawyer, but to me this opens up the following potential revenue streams: 1) Individual shows for sale on iTunes and/or here for download. IMO, this is a definite. 2) For the "CD crowd," they could in fact sell mini boxes by decades, or, perhaps more likely, in five year mini-boxes. FWIW, it would be fun to me, if they pursued option #2 and subsequently published sales data for '65-'70, '70-'75, '75-'80, etc. But that is not likely, since they never officially release sales data that I know of, other than saying a limited run of x is sold out.

Welcome back! You were missed. This bunch needs to hear the female opinion from time to time! Lol. Especially a female who is well versed in the Dead. Rock on

It takes a good person to admit that they are wrong. Well stated Seth Hollander. People make mistakes. This was as easy one. No reason to get all shitty. Good work, everyone. Good work, Seth. Anywho, I'd love to own it, but I'm going to have to say "No." $700 is too pricey for me.

It looks like Bucket is the show opener for '87, '88, '90, '92 and '93. This seems a little weird to me, in that 5 out of 7 concerts during this time definitely did not open with Bucket. Just a strange coincidence I suppose.