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"When we began discussing audio projects to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead back in 2012, we knew we wanted to do something completely unprecedented. We could think of nothing more exciting or ambitious than a career-spanning overview of the band's live legacy focused on what best tells the story: complete concerts. Our first criterion was the very best live music to represent any given year in the band’s history. We wanted to make sure that there were not only the tent-pole shows that fans have been demanding for decades but also ones that are slightly more under the radar, but equally excellent. For those who listen to the entire box straight through, chronologically, the narrative of the Grateful Dead's live legacy will be seen as second to none in the pantheon of music history." - David Lemieux
We are more than pleased to announce the Grateful Dead's most ambitious release ever: 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN. Available as both an 80-disc boxed set and a custom lightning-bolt USB drive, the collection includes 30 unreleased live shows, one for each year the band was together from 1966 to 1995, along with one track from their earliest recording sessions in 1965. Packed with over 73 hours of music, both the boxed set and the USB drive will be individually numbered limited editions.
The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies, a nod to the band’s formation in 1965. Along with the CDs, it also includes a gold-colored 7-inch vinyl single which bookends the band’s career. The A-side is “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)” from the band’s earliest recording session in 1965 with the B-side of the last song the band ever performed together live, “Box Of Rain” recorded during their final encore at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 9, 1995.
The box also comes with a 288-page book that features an extensive, career-spanning essay written by Nick Meriwether, who oversees the Dead archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, along with special remembrances of the band submitted by fans. Also included is a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years.
The USB drive version* will be shaped like a gold lightning bolt with the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary logo engraved on the side. The drive includes all of the music from the collection in both FLAC (96/24) and MP3 formats and is an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies. Digital version of the book also included on USB.
Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This release is sure to sell out quickly so pre-order your copy today and stick around as we will be revealing a mighty fine selection of music, art, and much, much more right here.
(Looking for a smaller 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake? September 18th will see the release of a four-CD version of the collection titled 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995. More on that here.)
ROLLINGSTONE.COM SONG PREMIERE AND EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEMIEUX INTERVIEW
Head on over to Rollingstone.com for the very first listen of "Morning Dew" 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, David Fricke's exclusive interview with archivist David Lemieux, and the reveal of 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN's '69 and '84 shows.
*Helpful hints for using your USB:
Running the 30 Trips Player / Reader program:
On Windows – Navigate to the USB drive and double click the PCStart.exe file to run.
On MacOS – Open the GD 30 Trips drive, and double click the MacStart to run.
Viewing the digital book:
You can either view it within the program that comes on the drive, or by opening the PDF directly.
To view the PDF, open the PDF folder on the drive and the USB_bk_spreads_08-31 file within. Selecting the option within your PDF reading application to view as a “single page” might be preferable to viewing as a continuous document.
Importing music into iTunes and other library programs:
When you import the songs from the USB into your library, the information used to identify the track will likely leave them sorted incorrectly. Please use the song list found here to re-number the songs for each show so that they playback in the correct order.
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Jamaica 11/26/82
I had no idea they ever played a show in Jamaica...
I'm currently listening to this show and I'm up to the middle of Men A Smart, Women are Smarter...
can some please tell me what's wrong with this show? It sounds pretty good to me...
EDIT: I'm on Althea now and its certainly as good as ever.
Equation: The Final Chapter
100% will have a subjective opinion on the music based on their tastes0% have a right to question the subjective opinion of others
nice write-ups
Oxford 88 nice writing
and Mr. Jack Straw nice writing as well on Brent
and reijo29 - good point about "sounds of the time"
Neptune + Jamaica
> Did anyone else notice that Neptune's the only Planet not > represented on the cover
Isn't that Neptune down in the lower left corner, right by the red lettering?
I am listening to the Jamaica show now, as it's been a while since I've heard it. Let it Grow is the first time during the first set that there sounds like any life to me. The first several songs were fine, just a little boring to my ears. Granted, the time of day had to affect the band, but until Let it Grow, it seemed like a pretty low-energy affair.
Set Two is better, but I'll stand by my earlier statement implying that there are several stronger shows from 1982 deserving of release. Give me August or October 10th. I like both of those. Heck - I even like the '82 Veneta show, but there may be bias there ... I am a sucker for Oregon shows.
ARRGGGHHHH!!!
I have been refreshing this page every ten minutes for the past week hoping that there'll be an update showing the box and/or its contents and/or another fantastic wind-riddled Dave video. PLEASE......GIVE US SOMETHING lol.
Jamaica, Mon
Mustin -
The Clash also played on that festival. Dead got there via Jerry's connections with Jimmy Cliff.
Kentucky Scott
30 Trips Box Set > Dave's Picks #15
I for one am thrilled with the box set, really couldn't ask for more....and price is not really bad considering what you are getting.
That being said I'm always interested in how Dave decides on his next DP releases. DP#15 is going to have to be pretty unique/special also to get folks attention away from box set. I could see him going with 5/8/77 just to finally get it out there, and of course a part of this 50th celebration. that show was recorded by Betty, and was not recorded in multi-track....that being said I think Dave will now focus on early to mid-80s. I believe that is what he has been listening to, and I think we will probably see another 1984 show w/extra disc released for DP#15. There was some chatter on archive.org forum about 4/26/84 being looked at, we'll see?!?!
Bottom line grab the box set if you haven't already bought it!
Song play counts...
Interesting. Only 1 Half-Step? Really? Nothing with A Box Of Rain? But we get to hear how crucial the evolution of One More Saturday Night was over 8 different versions! LOL
Alabama Getaway - 2
All Along The Watchtower - 3
Alligator - 2
Althea - 3
And We Bid You Good Night - 1
Around And Around - 5
Beat It On Down The Line - 7
Bertha - 4
Big Boss Man - 2
Big Railroad Blues - 3
Big River - 9
Bird Song - 6
Black Peter - 2
Black Throated Wind - 6
Blow Away - 1
Broken Arrow - 2
Brown Eyed Women - 9
C C Rider - 4
Candyman - 4
Cardboard Cowboy - 1
Casey Jones - 1
Cassidy - 4
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) - 3
Caution Jam - 1
China Cat Sunflower - 4
China Doll - 1
Cold Rain And Snow - 4
Comes A Time - 4
Corrina - 1
Crazy Fingers - 1
Cream Puff War - 1
Cryptical Envelopment - 4
Cumberland Blues - 6
Dancin’ In The Street - 4
Dark Star - 6
Days Between - 1
Deal - 7
Dear Mr. Fantasy - 1
Death Don't Have No Mercy - 1
Deep Elem Blues - 1
Dire Wolf - 1
Doin' That Rag - 1
Don't Need Love - 1
Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing - 1
Don't Ease Me In - 3
Dupree's Diamond Blues - 1
Easy To Love You - 1
El Paso - 4
Estimated Prophet - 7
Eyes Of The World - 6
Feel Like A Stranger - 3
Fire On The Mountain - 5
Foolish Heart - 2
Franklin's Tower - 4
Friend Of The Devil - 4
Gangster Of Love - 1
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad - 8
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - 2
Good Lovin' - 5
Greatest Story Ever Told - 3
Hard To Handle - 1
He Was A Friend Of Mine - 1
He's Gone - 3
Hell In A Bucket - 5
Help On The Way - 3
Here Comes Sunshine - 1
Hey Jude Reprise - 1
Hey Pocky Away - 1
High Time - 3
I Just Want To Make Love To You - 1
I Fought The Law - 1
I Know You Rider - 5
I Need A Miracle - 3
I Will Take You Home - 1
Iko Iko - 1
It Hurts Me Too - 1
It Must Have Been The Roses - 4
It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry - 1
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World - 1
It's All Over Now - 2
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - 1
Jack Straw - 5
Jack-A-Roe - 2
Johnny B. Goode - 3
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - 1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - 1
La Bamba - 1
Lazy Lightnin' - 1
Let It Grow - 4
Liberty - 2
Little Red Rooster - 3
Looks Like Rain - 5
Loose Lucy - 2
Loser - 5
Lost Sailor - 3
Maggie's Farm - 1
Mama Tried - 2
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) - 3
Me And Bobby McGee - 1
Me And My Uncle - 8
Mexicali Blues - 4
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo - 1
Morning Dew - 4
Mountains Of The Moon - 1
My Brother Esau - 2
New Minglewood Blues - 6
Next Time You See Me - 1
Not Fade Away - 10
On The Road Again - 1
One More Saturday Night - 8
Passenger - 2
Peggy-O - 4
Playing In The Band - 7
Playing In The Band Reprise - 1
Queen Jane Approximately - 2
Ramble On Rose - 4
Row Jimmy - 2
Saint Of Circumstance - 5
Saint Stephen - 2
Salt Lake City - 1
Samba In The Rain - 1
Samson And Delilah - 4
Scarlet Begonias - 7
Shakedown Street - 4
Ship Of Fools - 3
Sitting On Top Of The World - 1
Slipknot! - 3
Smokestack Lightnin' - 1
So Many Roads - 2
Stagger Lee - 2
Standing On The Moon - 2
Stella Blue - 4
Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey - 1
Sugar Magnolia - 5
Sugaree - 6
Supplication - 1
Tennessee Jed - 6
Terrapin Station - 4
That Would Be Something - 1
The Eleven - 2
The Last Time->
The Music Never Stopped - 7
The Other One - 9
The Promised Land - 7
The Race Is On - 3
The Rub - 1
The Same Thing - 2
The Wheel - 3
They Love Each Other - 5
Throwing Stones - 1
To Lay Me Down - 2
Tomorrow Is Forever - 1
Touch Of Grey - 2
Truckin' - 8
Turn On Your Lovelight - 6
U.S. Blues - 6
Uncle John's Band - 6
Unknown Title - 1
Victim Or The Crime - 1
Viola Lee Blues - 2
Visions Of Johanna - 1
Walkin' Blues - 3
Wang Dang Doodle - 1
Way To Go Home - 1
Wharf Rat - 5
When I Paint My Masterpiece - 2
Re: RV3
I don't think Dave will put Cornell out as a Dave's Pick. That's one show they'll want to milk for all of it's "best show ever" monetary value. I see those Betty Boards as a May '77 Too box with Cornell as the standalone in store everywhere. The 40th anniversary is just around the corner in 2017. So many of the shows in this box have great 'companion' shows that beg to be released as well, who knows. With Dave's track record I'm guessing we're getting something from '73.
Video of the 30 Trips box
I too would love to see a video on the contents of the box as they did with the Spring '90 release. I emailed Dave about it last week.
I think that perhaps these boxes have not yet been produced? Maybe that is why they are having us order them 3 months ahead of time. I think they want to collect the coin and then pay the manufacturer for the production.
Rock on
May post more later, but I
May post more later, but I was at the Cincy '85 show and was a little surprised that it was selected. I hope DL2 gives us some thoughts on how the shows were selected . . . I mean, after all, that's part of the fun of being an obsessive Deadhead is engaging in such arcanity (and why the Boys still make lots of money off us!). I thought a good show, better than most during that period in which Jerry was so obviously seriously impaired, but would have thought Saratoga a few nights later or one of the Red Rocks shows, or the Halloween show in Columbia, SC with the Space opening of set 1(which was quite good).
Also a bit confused why none of the anniversary shows from 1980 were selected instead of a pretty pedestrian Lakeland, FL show. Any clues on that one? I mean, is it correct that the NOLA shows were not recorded by Healey or Betty? I've always loved the AUD of that second show with the Brokedown encore.
Please don't take this as whining . . . it's not. I bought on day 3 (had to fix debit card max charge and didn't realize the snafu for a couple of days) and think this will be superb. This may be the product that my kids (25 and 21) really come to grips with the importance of the Dead as a musical phenomena as opposed to a social and commercial one.
Anyway, just rambling gambling thoughts!
DCFHOF. It's time.
Kentucky Scott
Speaking of Brokedown Palace...
Noticeably absent from the box altogether. Was always my favorite encore, just perfect.
Choices of shows
Really impressed by the choices made here, especially post-1978. Dave really put together a fantastic set. I'm wondering if there are any choices that people are second-guessing, and if so, what would they replace them with (knowing what we know about the contents of the Vault). Remember, I'm not complaining! I love this set, purchased one, and can't wait to dive in. But we've got to pass the time somehow until 9/18 and keyboardist debates can get old (and sometimes violent).
I feel the choices for 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994 are spot-on. Wouldn't change a thing.
I don't know much about the choices for 1968, 1983, 1986, or 1990, so I won't comment on them.
I love the choice of 4/15/70. Great show. But I would have gone with 9/20/70 to get some of that Fall 1970 sound. If that's not in the Vault (unclear), then I'm fine with this choice. They also could have used 6/7/70, which is in the Vault.
I also love the pick of 3/18/71, but its the exclusion of December '71 material that has me second-guessing. 12/5/71 or 12/15/71 are up there too! A complete 8/6/71 would also have been nice, but much of that show is out with DP35 and RT 1.3.
The 1972 choice is interesting. The one that circulates could use some cleaning up, and that may catapult the show into top-tier status. Much of October 1972 is not in the Vault, so choices like 10/18/72 and 10/28/72 aren't options. I would have gone with 9/28/72 from September or either of the Berkley shows if not 9/24/72. That said, I'm looking forward to the Vault's copy of this show.
Again, 11/14/73 is a GREAT show. Love it. Happy with the choice. But I would have picked 6/10/73, 10/25/73, or one of the March shows over it.
1977 is a unique case. I would have taken a number of shows over 4/25, but they're not in the Vault. 2/26, 5/5-5/9, 10/29, and 11/6 aren't there. 3/18 could have been a great pick...perhaps someday? However, I'm happy with what I've heard of 4/25 and this is a worthy choice.
I'm a bit baffled by the choice for 1978. I've always felt that '78 got worse as the year went on, with January > Feb > April > May. I know 1/22/78 and Red Rocks aren't in the Vault, and all 3 would have been great options. Maybe 4/21/78? With DP18, From Egypt with Love, COW, and DaP7, some of the best shows are already out there.
Similarly, the 1980 choice is confusing. Obviously, I would have hoped for an acoustic set from Sept or Oct, but those were chopped for Reckoning and Dead Set. I always felt 11/29 was a superior show to 11/28, and 6/20 would have also been a better choice.
I like 6/24/85, but it pales in comparison to 6/30 or 7/1. Hopefully, those are a mini-box at some point. There are some good November shows, but I'd still go with 6/24 over those.
I'm no expert on 1988 or 1995, but I always felt 7/2/88 was the best show of '88 and 3/30/95 was the best of '95.
What do you think?
Brent, et al.
Just a Little Light, Blow Away, Easy to Love You, I Will Take You Home, all fine by me. Do the people railing on IWTYH have children? Hey Pocky Way cover was a highlight. I agree the Blow Away rap was cring-inducing at times, but the song structure and way it jammed out to an unexpected stop, particularly '89 versions, was great.
My reaction to much of the "90 boxes was that the band was lucky Brent was there, because he was working like mad to keep these songs coherent. A little like Garth Hudson for The Band--the more you listen, the songs are really his keyboards combined with all the sweet singing. Except for the Dead you had not so sweet singing, at that point, usually.
Bob's 'angular' later songs? Throwing Stones, Picasso Moon, Feel Like a Stranger--love them all.
I expect some of the highlight shows not included in this newest box are to save for later DPs and boxes.
Re: Choices of Shows, Brent
In response to Mr. Jack Straw...here is my quick 2 cents. Overall, I am very excited about most of the selections in this box set. He was either spot on (10/27/79), or very close (6/24/85) with a lot of the choices...in my opinion. However...here are a few dates I would trade out for.
1981: 3/6/81 ...amazing show...Let it Grow>Deal is a must hear, as is the Estimated>Franklin's. Would have loved to have seen 7/10/81 also...awesome 2nd set. Hope this could be a Dave's pick soon.
1983: Most of the Spring tour, especially 4/13/83 (one of the best Scarlet>Fires EVER), and 6/20/83 would have been incredible to see in this box.
1985: 6/27/85, Saratoga: great playing, inspired setlist...including Feel Like a Stranger> Eyes, a 1st set Crazy Fingers, and an exciting Supplication jam
Whoever does not know these shows should check them out.
Quickly on Brent...I did not learn to appreciate him until well after even Jerry died. I love his early singing more than his later years, but I LOVE Blow Away these days. I also love a nice Far From Me. I would have laughed myself out of town 20 years ago if I heard myself say these things...but there you go.
Ten years from now....
....when I'm pushing sixty, I imagine them releasing a huge box to store all the boxes. Hopefully in the shape of a vintage VW bus, circa '74, with a pop top. That would be neat...really neat.
....some of those buses were awesome eye candy. Even in the late eighties, they turned my head, Dead that is....
4.13.83 primo
Included in the Jeebs stash, as was Riverbend 85. Jeebs was always trying to find some of the more quality recordings from all eras. I suspect a few of these 30 trips shows were picked based upon higher quality sound compared to others in the same year. And a few were also picked to save some meat for releases in other series. 1980 does standout considering August, September, October all have some very special stuff.
One show Jeebs didn't recommended was 6.24.83 probably because only Audience are circulating. But this one is a dandy. Sets fire from first contact. And the Candyman > Red Rooster is full throttle.
April 84 showing up lately, and 4.29.84 is going way under the radar.
Anybody have Dave's Picks 1 for sale ?
For a Reasonable price ? Can do cash, credit, or trade. Lots of good stuff showing up at my doorstep lately, make an offer if ya got it and are willing to part.
Or Fillmore West Complete Recordings ? If you are searching like me, I may have what you are looking for.
Hey Forensicdocevelen, what is the good word in regard to 3.11.71 - U. Centre Ballroom, Dekalb, IL ? Was this show cancelled ?
4.18.71 going a few days ago,, excellent Truckin : Hard To Handle.
And the Drums during Good Lovin' ,, so nice Billy K is killing it. I may just have to call him "Billy Killin'IT"
Edit: Is there any truth or can someone confirm if the Grateful Dead played a show at Kent State on 4.2.71 ? One person says it happened at a small bar and not a large venue. 2 days later they would be in NYC, but no local records show they played at Kent State. Being the middle of the semester I suppose school newspapers would have documented this, but nothing has turned up.
Free the Fillmore West Complete Recordings - Re-Release Please!
To TPTB:
Please, please, please free the Fillmore West Complete Recordings from their captivity.
Make it a brown box special so the original pressing is more valuable. Just like old Beatle records - 1st generation pressings are worth the most!
Re-Release for the 50th Please!
Thank you!
Pass
At $700, this collection is far beyond the price I would be willing to pay. Besides, there are only a few shows in the box I would consider buying if they were available individually. For me, this is an easy decision.
I don't like this trend of selling limited edition collections for top dollar. I particularly don't like the practice of selling mystery titles a year in advance based on the promise that they will be something special and of limited quantity. Please stop the games and make the music readily available for a fair price.
Ummmm
The music is all readily available.... For free! What price could be more reasonable than that?!!? If you don't want to buy the marketed releases, then don't. But please don't bitch about availability or prices for music that this band has continued to allow to be streamed on the internet at no cost to you.
To TPTB - Make it all available digitally once the sets sell out
I've bought many of these limited edition items (including 30 trips) but would rather they all became available for digital purchase once the physical sets have sold out.
I don't like the idea of limiting how many people can own this great music. And what about future fans? I pity the deadhead who hasn't been born yet. Is it fair that they may never have a chance to own the best quality versions of these shows? I can't stand the totally inflated prices for sold out items in the used market. Let's give everyone a reasonable alternative.
One last thought. I have been very sick for the last two years. I only mention that because there can be many reasons why someone might not be able to buy something when it is first released. That doesn't mean they should never have the chance at a later date.
Pardon the rant.
Available for free?
None of this is available for free on the archive... Yes there are ok sounding BOOTLEGS...that's why its free on the archive...
Me And Bobby And Company...
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free, now now...
And it shouldn't be for free...
11/08/1969
Anybody hearing this Good Morning Little School Girl from DP16 11/8/69? Right out of the gate for this show!
The Dire Wolf, Easy Wind, China Cat>Rider! Wow.
I like kind trades too
I can't get the box but would love to have 66-70. I have LOTS of Dead to trade I also have the BettyBoards from CRB's run of shows at Great American Music Hall in 2012 if that's you"re flavour. Flac of course.
Wharfrat Whitey
Dick's Picks 16 may be my favorite GD release ever. May be. I know there's a lot in the running. But this one has everything. First set crammed full of some of their best songs. Second set a glorious acid drenched non-stop jam that veers into Stockhausen Varese Coltrane territory but is always rock and roll and Grateful Dead. Nothing anyone anywhere ever could do but the Dead. All recorded in glorious sound by Bear. My most played Grateful Dead release.
Re-dig! Dig?
It's amazing the depth and breadth of this band. Twice today I have revisited shows after substantial dormancy and I have been re-stunned at the playing. 11/08/69 and 4/24/78 respectively. Holy smokes! I'm glad to have such a treasure trove to dig and re-dig.
Really?
https://archive.org/details/gd75-09-28.sbd.fink.9392.sbeok.shnf
I'm pretty sure that's in the magical box! Would you like 29 more examples?
Until September
And so begins the self-imposed 30 show hiatus until September. I sampled a few after the announcement, which is a breach of protocol, in my world of crazy rules. Though from now on, September is the next time I'll hear any of the chosen 30. If I was a betting man, and I'm not, because my luck generally smells foul, all 30 of these shows will be available for download purchase- and likely (and hopefully) on an individual basis. My two cents is that the faster this sells out, the sooner the download option is available.
Trade request for Dave's Picks 1 - Sealed
Seek: Sealed, preferably numbered, copy of Dave's Picks 1. I have, to trade: 4 Santa Clara Tix, 2 each night, awesome sealed, rare, music and...........if interested best contact is my name, the server is America. The name: originalpdawg is better. And, I thank you. ;) Oh BTW, If you're asking why. I understand. ;) Hey Now....iko-iko all day!
Soldier Field tix philledawg and..
People would be banging at your door step,, but Santa Clara it looks like folks are more than happy to part ways with those tickets.
I just came across a 3 day pass to soldier field for $250, but figuring out a place to stay and all the other hoopla could be costly. Although the website couchsurf is very cool for short stay on a budget.
archive
29 more examples of bootlegs. I recorded many shows on my phone....nope not the same. Your being misleading to people by stating they can get the box on the archive. Yes you might be able to find many of these shows in decent quality from the bootlegs on the archive. Keep in mind downloading of soundboards is prohibited, so you are limited to audience recordings from the 60-90s....hahaha. I love the archive, but I'm most definitely paying for something not available on there.
The Archive
The big difference to me, between the Archive and the Official Releases, is sound quality. Plus the beautiful packaging, liner notes and artwork. But to dismiss the shows on the Archive as just bootlegs seems inaccurate. Many copies of the shows on the Archive are leaked recordings from the Vault, beautifully remastered and sound pretty brilliant. That's not to say anything on the Archive achieves the level of quality like the Releases. But if you grew up on mediocre sounding multi-generational cassette tapes, the quality of many recordings on the Archive is nothing short of fantastic.
love me some bootleg
without these, most of us wouldn't know how fantastic this band is. Illegal to download SBD's? What? Been doing it for 20 yrs, now all of a sudden it's illegal? Just kidding folks. This is old discussion territory, we all hashed this out long ago. Personally, I'll take a good bootleg as you call it over some of that overpolished factory released stuff that has been put out. Thought the fall of 88 was a bit stronger than the spring or summer and 95, my fav is the Memphis show, also the Birmingham shows are top notch, early spring tour 95 beats any summer tour shows. Concur ie 1980 pick, good show, outstanding terrapin on that night, but the next night, Gainesville, was the show of that little deep south tour, hell, they went there for the Gators homecoming dance. Entire school dosed for 3 days, gators lost the game in a big way, but the Grateful Dead put on a great dance concert that night that is still being talked about in the halls of that university. I have heard that there is no tape of this show in the vault, of course there isn't, I'm sure one of those deadhead frat boys lifted that right after the show. :) Ok, whoever got it, please give it back.
It's been 20 yrs since we lost Jerry, sad kinda that some can actually say that he was not the center of this band.
Mr. Dc
I think you're missing the entire point of my posts. Someone on here inferred that the GD and Rhino were "playing games" and that they should make all the music available and for a fair price. I am merely pointing out that it is ALL available for free. You don't even have to buy the official releases. I do buy them. But I don't bitch when they don't release a particular show, and I don't complain about pricing. Hell... I think the price for this box, given the sheer volume of good shows is more than fair. Then after you throw in the extras, and the packaging, I'd go so far as to call it a bargain. No one should expect something for nothing, but with the archives the Dead give you almost everything for nothing.
Tomorrow is a Long Time - Dylan and The Dead
http://songmango.com/footage-bob-dylan-and-the-dead-the-other-show/
Jerry on the pedal steel - fast forward the video to hour - 1:55:00
"I can't see my reflection in the waters...
Most for free
Yes..you can get most of this box for free, and in better quality then what archive.org has, but some of these shows will be upgrades..like 1972. Also, 1966 and 1970 will probably be more complete then what is out there. I ended up buying the box. Don't really care about the 80s or 90s, but I'm not going to pay for all the single 1960s and 1970s shows on ebay. People are going to sell a lot of these shows, but not a lot are going to pop-up on ebay from those two decades.
Old battle rages on
The debate regarding official releases vs. bootlegs has been going on forever; only the playing field has changed. Gone are the days when 10 of us would hunker down with boxes of cassettes and tape decks daisy-chained together to record WHRB's Dead Marathons. For any New Englander in the late 70's, early 80's, your tape collection had more than a few of these shows for sure. It was hard to build a collection; building a relationship with other traders, dubbing in real time, adding killer Philler-actually that was a very fun part of trading, mailing boxes back and forth and the cost. Imagine paying (without inflation) $3.00 for one 80 minute CD-R or over $6.00 for 1 gigabyte of storage on a hard drive. I had over 500 cassettes of live Dead. Many of these sounded awful, but I loved them all. The opening of the Betty storage locker hit like a sonic tsunami with great performances captured in crystal clear recordings (leading to the rise of Cornell 77 to instant "GREATEST!" status)
Being a taper was even harder. Buying and schlepping equipment, hassling with security, finding a sweet spot, remembering to flip the tape. Not to mention the people begging for a copy. We owe everything we have today to the traders and tapers who built the infinite audio history we have at our disposal. If this did not occur, would we even be having this conversation? The tape trading world created the hunger for official releases, not the other way around.
As I sit here with the majority of official releases over my shoulder and a few TB of gathered shows to my right, I once again consider some of the classic questions: Are the sharing sites, still so vibrant, illegal in posting soundboards? Does the highly professional work of Charlie Miller or Hunter Seamons exceed the quality of shows officially recordings? Who cares? Goodness, gracious, sakes alive! (Sorry, I just finished reading a John Wooden biography) We really do have it all at this point. Consistent official releases with top quality sound and packaging, access to streaming and torrent sites. Internet speeds that enable us to pull in a 3.5 hour show in about 7 minutes (back in the stone age of DSL, it would take a couple of days). Should we be continuing to trade soundboards online? I believe that if the band wanted to shut down the more blatant sites, they would. As these sites quietly operate in the quiet corners of the www, I am guessing it is not worth the bother. The Archive decision made a statement, but it was by no means the end of the game.
Some of my longtime fellow travelers have never spent a dime on an official release, others are avid collectors, awaiting each new release with great anticipation. I am pretty much down the middle. I spend more on the official releases than I should, I have way too many shows on my hard drive. I have stacks of shows that I haven't even listened to (just like I did in the cassette days). I look at the limited release scenario as similar to going to shows. Most of us didn't get in every night, yet we still enjoyed the music.
Trading is still alive and well. If you have any questions or want to get involved just let me know. There were many, many people who took great care of me and this is one part of the Dead spirit that I am very happy to keep alive. Shoot me a PM
Extra copy of Dave's Picks 14
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