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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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  • #5511
    allman
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    The "Celebrating Jerry" section of dead.net has the following:Our fourth and final listening party celebrates Jerry's finest moments from our upcoming 30 Trips Around The Sun release. Listening to it now with earbuds, sounds amazing. First up - Dark Star.
  • #5512
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    KYTrips, that is a moving story - sounds like your priorities are just right. I was actually with my father in Florida staying with my grandmother for a week, painting her house. She broke the news to me - she was a gentle southern woman with a soft Georgia accent, basically conservative. But she said, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I know what that man meant to you." Wissinoming, as Dantian confirms, 5/4/77 holds a special place for me too. Dantian, wow man, it makes my day that you remember that. Yeay! Think now that my wife is in bed, I may just need to pull out that and give it a spin...(or look for a better version on the archive!)
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    Today my wife found out that the Kenyan Governments' Department of Land & Preservation will hear her case on property that her family has in Kenya, Kenyan law states that every 10 years any land owned by a family must be transferred to another family member, originally the land was owned by her grandfather until 1975 who turned it over to his daughter my wife's mother, etc, etc you get the idea now the land has a home built on it, the very home my wife grew up in until she became a student at The University of Penn in 2003, now the land & home must get deeded to the wife or the government seizes it as part of eminent domain. As of now the land is in her sister's name, has been since 2005, hopefully in 2025 we can put it our daughter's name. The problem is it takes about 2 weeks to get this done as no computers exist in gov't offices so EVERYTHING is done by hand. How she explained it to me is no deed exists as what they call them is "land titles", so you have to go to one office to get the "old" title take it one office to get a "new" title issued, then take that to another office 2 days later to have it revised than 4 days later get the "new" title, then take it to another office to get it stamped, then get it revised again, then a hearing is granted just to make sure the property is titled to an heir & not just some fly by night "family" member. The whole process takes about 2-3 weeks for something we can do in mere minutes, the power of technology "gotta love it". Now the conversation the misses & I had was in regards to her being out of the country for at least a month, as she's looking forward to seeing family & friends she hasn't seen in 5 years she also has a fear about the kids & I, which to me is highly understandable as even I have an understated fear. Now the very question she asked me was when is this "thing" you ordered scheduled to arrive? I say because I went for the NBD shipping option it should be September 18th or Monday the 21st at the latest, she then says to me her exact words were, "don't forget you have 2 school age children, don't get so wrapped up in your music that you forget to feed them, clothe them, get them to school".. in other words don't let them starve to death, don't let them run around like naked savages & don't let them get dumb I say to her the day my love for the Grateful Dead allows me to ignore my most precious gifts, divorce me, take the kids & RUN don't walk away from me, she said to me "that's all I have to hear". When was the last time anyone checked out 9/26/81? I think it's to revisit that one as it's a good one, a rather unusual set list, CHECK IT OUT!!!!! HAPPY MONDAY, DEADLAND!!!!!
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    What a great show, Claney actually turned me on to it with his post here long ago extolling the virtues of that Comes A Time out of Playing. Love it. @Dennis Wilmont, I remember those days just as you described. I'm a few years younger than you, but remember as a kid in the 70's having lots of freedom to run around and play outside unsupervised in NYC. They called kids like us "latchkey kids" since we came home from school to empty homes due to our parents (or parent) still working and not there to supervise us. I remember going to the corner store on 11th street and Bleecker, buying a Spalding rubber ball, and playing stoop ball for hours with friends. They don't even have such neighborhood stores anymore, and no one would let their 8 yr old walk home alone, or play in the streets until dark. A different world indeed. @Deadheadbrewer, thanks for the info. Got to go now, wife says my bacon-wrapped ham cubes with melted butter are ready...
  • #5515
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    Since it's been brought up twice now,,, I figure I'd pipe in.First time I went to New Hope was in 8th grade, this was 1970 just before we graduated. This is where the class trip was to. They let all the kids run wild around New Hope and of course the Now and Then shop was a big hit with 13 year olds (it still was hippie time) After letting us run wild we went to the Bucks County Playhouse and saw the play "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off",,, it was very good to this kid. I think back on this and think "they let us run wild",, the teachers wandered around by themselves and the kids just ran wild. I remember in 6th grade we had a class trip to NYC, and they let us run wild in Central Park. (that was about 68) But the let 11 year old kids loose! You see that woman had the cops called on her for letting her kids walk 3 blocks to the playground by themselves (heaven forbid) I think about being 6, leaving home at 8 in the morning and being told to be home for dinner at 5. The four kids in our group would be miles from home,,, hell we played in the swamps (they call them wetlands now :-) I guess it was just a different time!
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    Wow... it's hard to believe that 20 years can go by so fast. That was an especially trying day for me. I was 25 and I was getting ready to relocate from Northern VA to Louisville, KY to attend law school (no jokes, please). I was in my hometown for a few days (in PA) so that I could see some friends and family before relocating to KY, since it would now be a much longer drive to go home than the 2.5 hr drive from DC. Late that morning, I was on the way to the hospital to see my grandpa, who'd suffered a pretty serious stroke about 6 weeks earlier (oddly enough, he had his stroke on the same day I saw my last GD show at RFK Stadium in June). It would be the last time I saw my grandpa alive, as I headed out to KY the next day or so, and he ended up dying in September as a result of the damage done by the stroke. As I was pulling into the parking lot of the hospital, I heard the news on the radio. It hit me like a sucker punch. Sure, we'd all seen Jerry's condition deteriorate over the years, but this was Jerry F'ing Garcia. He was larger than life, and I suppose that we all thought that he'd be fine and straighten himself out. I had to get it together though, as I had a more pressing concern in visiting with my grandpa (sorry, but if you knew my grandpa and what he meant to me as a kid growing up, you'd understand that statement completely). I went in and had a nice visit with my grandpa. He was still very fuzzy from the stroke, and communicating with him wasn't as easy as it used to be, but the connection was certainly still there. On some level, I suspected all the time that I was there that the visit could be the very last one I had with him. It was. And then I went home and spent the rest of the day and night having to hear over and over about Jerry's passing, and that just made things worse. All in all, it was a bittersweet day. Now, when someone mentions the death of Jerry Garcia, I relate it to the death of my grandfather. In some ways, I suppose that's a bit appropriate.
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    20 years shit! I had the pleasure of spending thanksgiving with Jerry at the Warwick hotel in i believe 78. Was at a Garcia band show the night before in NJ. Meet Donna Jean in the parking lot after show and she invited us up the next day. Went right in to front desk asked for Jerry's room the desk guy dial the phone spoke to someone and said go on up! What a great time Jerry was so animated that night showing us his art work, animation for the not yet released GD movie and a couple of his ties! Partied like rock "rock stars". Jerry had ashes and coke all over his black t shirt. Keith sat there like a mummy for 5 hours not saying a freaking thing!
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    Wissinoming.....get this....the Now and Then Shop in New Hope, PA...my folks live in New Hope and I found that store back in the mid-90's as well....back when bootlegged CDs were really the only way I could find to get decent sounding GD (although it was really hit or miss once you opened up the package). BUT, I found the same "Dead in Cornell", 3-CD set and still have it to this day. That was an awesome store that sold tons of music as well as infinite paraphernalia...pretty sure I bought my first piece there too. Small World, Many Heads. Peace and Rock On.
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    Chuckling doesn't make you a bad person…but your daughter is incredibly empathetic…you've done 'alright' with the child-rearing as evidenced by your daughter trying to share your pain…Michael Jackson was her Jerry.
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    I sell home, auto, health, and life insurance, and the bad news for Dantian's wife is that his life insurance policy has an exclusion for sky diving. Slow death by bacon would be covered, however . . . Drove from Saint Paul to Milwaukee this weekend (with DP33) for the Brewers/Cardinals series with my Steal Your Brewers shirt on (there's a Brewers logo inside the face--wore my Steal your Cubs shirt Sunday-the Brewers shirt says "Steal Your Base"). On Saturday I happened to glance at the scoreboard while they were running fan messages, and I caught, "Jerry, we miss and love you". Amen.
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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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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 07/26/2015 - 16:59

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....this discussion has merit. You could put all the shows in a Captain Trips hat and pull them out one by one if you can't make up your mind, which may apply to me. ....next up on 30 Trips neighbors, Cape Cod 10.28. Always liked a Half Step->Franklin's opener. Especially an over thirty minute one?! Can't go wrong with that pair up....
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Submitted by Dusty.rambler@… on Sun, 07/26/2015 - 17:04

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I plan on listening to this from the early years though the late. Not because this is the only way to do it... Just because this makes the most sense to me. I would really like to discuss / digest / criticize / praise the shows with other like minded folks (and different minded folks). I find the dead net forum to be cumbersome. Everyone should listen to this box in the order they find fit.... But if anyone wants to commit to 30 weeks of music, I want to find the best venue. Love the chats at dead.net, but I don't think it fits my paradigm. Edit: not criticizing the conversations or contributions of what is discussed here. Just the format. I'm looking for different threads for all 30 shows. All contributions welcome.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 07/26/2015 - 17:26

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....perhaps she could set this up. Hello??....I agree. This site is all over the place. Needs to be streamlined....who is their IT guy?
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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Sun, 07/26/2015 - 17:39

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The discussion threads for each show are still there, but just not viewable from any of the menus at the moment. My understanding is "stay tuned" for an update.http://www.dead.net/shows-by-year
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Submitted by Kate_C. on Sun, 07/26/2015 - 19:57

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...Vg: glad you discovered chat, Columbus! :O We had a small group of regulars who met in deadnet chat while listening live to the FTW shows and it was great fun...in fact, I just came from the c-room where I synched up with clutchcargo (a frequent denizen) who was streaming a Dead show on the Ark from 2009. WTJ: Great call! I'd never really looked at the yearly archive pages - what a terrific resource for our 30 Trips community needs! In fact, I think we can consolidate everything right here on deadnet with the "Shows by Year" forum, this page, and the chatroom for (hopefully) some collective listening and contemporaneous editorializing! WOOT! Dusty: I'll be listening in progressive chronological order, too, and, after checking WTJ's link, am hoping you'll reconsider sticking around...we'll have a lot to discuss! Should you establish an alternative forum, I do hope it's not Facebook - not even the lure of erudite Deadheads waxing poetic over 30 Trips could induce me to join :( ... I feel the gravitational pull of collective excitement as we accelerate toward the event horizon...Open the pod bay doors, HAL.../peace, K
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Submitted by rdevil on Sun, 07/26/2015 - 20:22

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I'm with you, Wissinoming, that show is probably my favorite Brent era show and 9-18-87 is right there with it. I had long been under the assumption that Cape Cod '79 was not in the vault so was doubly excited to see this in the box.Thankfully my wife doesn't read these boards as your honey-do list exposes me for the slacker that I am. Wilfred, GREAT idea! I hope many here go for that if there's not an alternate option put up later on the site.
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Submitted by garciaddicted on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 04:53

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"At certain points in a better Dead show there would be that distinctive heightening of intensity as the entire audience's awareness would become more and more in sync - increasingly connected - until there'd be that awesome instant when everyone was suddenly joined by the overwhelming realization of complete psychic connection with everyone else in the venue, like an amazingly intense and powerful bolt of awareness shooting through everyone instantaneously, in that incredible moment exposing the underlying, overarching, and inherent truth of the nature of existense. It was like having the cheap, silly clown mask torn off the face of reality, and the ineffable, mysterious, terrifying, amazing intensity of existence is suddenly so perfectly, so unambiguously experienced, understood, and appreciated. Even the soul shattering, infinitely depressing horrors of reality (if you're paying attention to reality you know what I mean) are somehow made to seem to be tolerable in that transcendent instant. In a mind blowing flash! What I'm describing is a unique phenomenon which The Grateful Dead band members themselves came to value above all other experiences which one might encounter at a performance of live music, and they'd labor each and every night to arrive there. They'd have to get themselves in tune with the emotional and psychological energies of that particular night's audience. Through the process of improvised, spontaneous creativity they'd search for the precise frequency with which to be in sympathetic vibration with the audience's collective psyche". Quote from Snidely Q. Dooshbaghe on AVCLUB.COM
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Submitted by snafu on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 06:19

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Audio. ..Once again a person who will not be named isn't happy with how this posting is going and wants TPTB to do something. Enough, skip over the parts you don't like stop trying to fit us into your idea of what and who gets posted. Most of us just like reading other's thoughts on deadstuff. It's nnot like we're writing scientific research here
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Submitted by Travis Loscher on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 06:44

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Would like to trade the 79-89 shows for spring 90 vol.1. PM if interested
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 12:27

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Dead.net, show us some pictures of the contents of this box set - the open box itself, several spread open show containers, the book, the 7" vinyl "single", maybe even the scroll. Perhaps this will sell off the remaining units of this 6,500 unit offer. But keep a few just for prizes.
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 12:42

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10/27/79 was my 23rd birthday, I very much wanted to go, but my family had other plans for me. They weren't too keen on my driving 6 hours just to see two GD shows. Besides that I had *just* seen them only 14 miles away at Lafayette College on May 7th in Easton Pennsylvania, which we, my local Dead Heads, had tickets for.
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Submitted by dantian on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 13:08

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is now up. Mine auto-started for some reason. Edit: the auto-start on the listening party makes it impossible to listen while also having another 30 Trips page open for viewing comments, as a refresh of the page restarts the listening party again. This is only happening in Internet Explorer 11, not happening in Firefox. I take that back, it auto-starts in Firefox too, just without the pop-up window. By the way, the "That's It For The Other One" sounds fantastic!
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Submitted by David Duryea on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 13:29

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Less than 250 left (USB) Less than 500 left (80-cd box)
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Submitted by Romberg on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 13:31

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After this sells out please consider a music-only version of three or more smaller box sets issued a few months apart. There are many fans who would love to purchase this music on CD who could never afford $700+ in any given pay period. (Something compact that doesn't take up a lot of shelf space is always appreciated too.)
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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 13:57

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I'm using IE 11 and it downloaded as an mp3 to my desktop. Not sure if that was intended or not by the webfolks, but that's what's happening to me...
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Submitted by ToddWCorey70 on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 14:22

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For the record, it should be "fewer than" 500 left, not "less than." At least they said "than" and not "then." End of rant.
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Submitted by David Duryea on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 14:28

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No box set for you! Come back one year!
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:00

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Not a big fan of the auto play feature. I guess its better than having them ask me for my email address each and every time I log into Dead.Net (Chinese Water Torture and Waterboarding come to mind).. I'm keeping track of how many people are getting chewed out by their bosses vs. how many people got fired for blasting The Other One from their work computer today as a result of logging into this site while at work. PM me if you were one of the kind folks getting a pink slip. :D Perhaps we have some dead head bosses and someone got promoted!
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Submitted by ToddWCorey70 on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 14:40

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Can I still get soup, Dave?
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Submitted by David Duryea on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 14:42

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Dave's not here.
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Submitted by Cactus_Jack on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 14:43

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Here's what's left of the the individual shows I'm selling from my box if anyone is interested: 1978 1985 1993 PM me if you want 'em.
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Submitted by drshakedown74 on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 14:54

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For those who want this, yet whine about the price: Whats your cable bill? Cigarettes? Drugs? Booze? Gas? Soda/Chips? How much could you cut back for a year and really really really make this work. Just a thought. Cut out one tank of gas a month: done Grow your own: done Quit eating crap and grow your own: done I understand some people just can't But... I have yet to hear someone with a sacrifice who figured out how they could maybe afford it.... without being completely selfish or criminal. This is priceless....Thanks
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:02

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I literally had to check to make sure DP 22 hadn't somehow started back up on it's own (I had just hit pause on it, within 60 seconds of coming to dead.net). Not a fan of the auto play either. Grammar Nazi - that's more or less accurate.
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Submitted by Cactus_Jack on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:16

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Sorry, 1980 is also available ...I'm not that selfish, but I'm definitely a criminal cheers!
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Submitted by dantian on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:23

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"For those who want this, yet whine about the price: Whats your cable bill? Cigarettes? Drugs? Booze? Gas? Soda/Chips?" You forgot hookers and fireworks.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:33

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Here's a quick tally of people whose jobs were impacted by music blasting at work as a result of the auto play feature. JimInMD - Pink Slip. So begins a lifetime of muttering to myself and periods of uncontrollable face twitching. 30 Trips, cancelled immediately. KeithFan2112 - Pink Slip, in the process of evicting his cat, dog and goldfish. Bolo24 - Fired on the spot. Life of crime ensues. mbarilla - Stern warning from close-talking, mean-spirited boss. Begins 6 month probation tomorrow. HendrixFreak - Promoted, no more weekend shifts. More to come.
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Submitted by claney on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:44

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For those who whine about those who whine about the cost: Please stop acting like you some of us are idiots who don't know how to figure out our finances. That is not the problem for most people - it's not an issue of saving enough money. Take my case: I can technically afford this. I HAVE the money. My wife is a farmer - so yes we grow our own food. We are careful and smart with our money. The problem is, there are many "optional purchases" in life, and when you have a family, justifying one that is only for you and no one else in the family, well, it's tough. This is the cost of a fridge; or the replacement of those bad cedar shakes on the house; or a couple of tickets to see my aging parents who live very far away and who we should see more often; it's books for my older step daughter for at least one or two semesters of college; it's a couple of kayaks for me and my six-year old daughter. Or fifty other things. So you know what? If it bothers me that my favorite show of all time is buried in a 700 dollar box, dammit, I'll whine if I want to. My little girl just said, "Dad, I love you - wanna play a game with me?" Hell yeah. (PS, not aimed at any one person - just a slowly built up reaction to a number of posts along those lines since early June).
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Submitted by mbarilla on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:56

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I thought I had got off with just a slap on the wrist and 6 month probation, but after I heard my close talking, mean-spirited boss bad talking "Dancin in the Streets" from 5.6.70,, I had to ape Sh%t on him. Lol
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Submitted by Topheraw on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 15:57

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I read in earlier comments about folks ordering this and not being charged yet. It this still true? Will we get billed on September 18? Thanks!
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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:03

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Need I say it,,, "some got 6 months, some got 1 solid...."
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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:04

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check your PM's
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Submitted by snafu on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:12

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Yep here it comes "OK now that it's almost sold out can you TPTB please put out smaller segments or single shows" "it's ok you said you wouldn't do it we who didn't make the commitment to the whole enchilada don't care". As for whining I hear you and as I wrote in an earlier post I ignore what doesn't interest me. That said some clueless ones like to attack those of us who have decided to spend big are rich pigs (paraphrase). Not that I care if you are rich but as has been pointed out we made our choice how or where we spend our disposable income
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Submitted by dantian on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:27

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That "Feel Like A Stranger" was pretty hot. I might actually keep this show. Wait, who said that?
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Submitted by birdynumnumz on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:30

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mp3 downloaded in chrome as well...
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Submitted by birdynumnumz on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:31

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mp3 downloaded in chrome as well...
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Submitted by claney on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 16:52

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Hi all - sorry for my rant earlier, just frustrated at what seems like a lack of empathy for people who have good reasons to balk at the cost of this set. But I DID order one, back in June. I feel mad guilty about it because of family obligations etc, but I finally decided I could not pass it up. My rationalization: The vast majority of my income does not go to "me-only" type things; it mostly goes to things for the whole family. I love rationalizations. Also, I just have to say - you are some amazing dudes (and Katie and Mary!) in this forum.
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Submitted by mbarilla on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 18:00

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1973 - 12.1.73 - Playin in the Band -> Uncle John's Band -> Playin in the Band Row Jimmy Greatest Story Ever Told Not Fade Away-> Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad -> One More Saturday Night 1983 - 10.15.83 - China Cat Sunflower -> I Know Your Rider Playin In the Band -> China Doll -> Drums -> Space -> Saint Stephen -> Throwing Stones -> One More Saturday Night 1986 - 4.22.86 - Visions of Johanna ; Bird Song 1987 - 11.15.87 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain Looks Like Rain -> He's Gone -> Drums To Be Continued....
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Submitted by mhammond12 on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 18:21

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Easy. 1-$750.00 is a lot of money. 2-It's one show a year for 30 years. Everyone has a favorite "era" of Grateful Dead iterations. This release is a taste of everything so there is a reluctance to buy shows from "eras" one may consider over represented or not worthy of buying. 3-$750.00 is a lot of money.
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 18:52

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Will this SELL OUT BEFORE September 18th? I say ONE GRATE BIG YES!!!!!!! I say by August 15th it's GONE!!!!
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Submitted by Oroboros on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 20:48

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this box set. Updating my 110 year old sewer pipes are a priority despite how many times I try to convince myself that I can put those repairs off. But unfortunately such priorities do dictate my finances at times. That said, I will watch for any modification on the possibility of the offering of single/individual shows, as there are some tasty selections to be had. Happy for all of you who were able to swing this box. One request, I did submit my story on the 1977 NYE show, the oroboros, meeting Jerry in Madison and talking art, and those Red Rocks shows. IF mine is a 'special fan remembrance' included in the booklet with the box set, I would appreciate it if one of you lucky purchasers would let me know. That would make my day. Peace "Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
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Submitted by PatagonianFox on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 22:13

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now that this thing is close to selling out the powers at be need to reverse their decision, and release individual shows. those representing the band love to remind everyone how much the band appreciates its fans, so how about showing it? if they released individual shows it would make so many fans happy. after numerous deadheads were turned away from the chicago shows this summer, you'd think the band would jump at the chance to spread this release to as many fans as possible. they wouldn't even have to release all 30 shows. maybe just release half of them. ----
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Submitted by jrf68@hotmail.com on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 22:53

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I hear ya.The collector in me loves it.However.....The deadhead in me loathes it. Goes 100% against the grain. ...and being the completest that I kinda am,I've purchased some 'spensive stuff lately. But any extra's I've turned have been for what I paid....or been the greatest gifts EVER. :)
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Submitted by Ziffle on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 22:54

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Answering my own question, posed a few days ago here. After I ordered the USB version, I had a pause, what if it is just upsampled from the CD masters ... anyway, I inquired, and the information is great. The USB version is from a separate 96/24 master from 192/24 copies of the analog or DAT (later years) recordings. Or perhaps, more accurately, converted from the 192/24 masters. If your playback system is up to the task, the USB set will provide the finest audio, although giving up the nice packaging of the 80 CD collection. Anyone who has listened to the high res download version of Wake Up to Find Out will understand this right away, and I expect that some of the older analog recordings will exceed WUTFO.
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Submitted by One Man on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 03:02

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If this starts a debate on the merits of hi-res audio, let's take this off-line (via PMs). But I wanted to say that I have never seen nor heard evidence that any listener can hear the difference between 16/44,1 and higher resolution audio. I know it's easy to think it sounds better. I convinced myself with some casual comparison listening. THEN I tried a double-blind listening test and I could not hear the difference. I felt confident during the test (about 50 A/B trials of the same material on various studio monitors and headphones) but was wrong at least half the time, which is the same as guessing. Also, I have never seen a study that demonstrates that even one person on Earth can hear the difference. I HAVE seen studies that show the opposite. Spend your money as you see fit, of course. Give up the doo-dads (and book) if you must. But please report back with hard evidence that there is an audible difference.
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Submitted by snafu on Tue, 07/28/2015 - 03:48

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Why would any business person care about their word and hold to the limit they promised. They're all scum aren't they
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