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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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  • #4951
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    awwww come on, it's not so bad. Capitalism made the Grateful Dead, and you guys love yourselves some Dead right? I would be surprised if you're not reaping the benefits of capitalism all around you...
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    It's the best possible business model. Nothing can be changed to make it both profitable for the record company and the Dead, and to make the releases available in unlimited quantities at normal prices - has to be limited edition for the quantity of shows they're releasing. So they make their money, we get our Grateful Dead. Some people buy more than one copy and resell them on eBay - so what. Everything is legal and moral. Just enjoy the tunes, it's better than none at all. And really, a specific complaint I heard was 500 bucks for 10 shows. 50 bucks isn't that big a mark-up. The CD store near me sells Dick's Picks for 40 - 60 bucks. I mean really, what are we bickering about here. Bunch of malarkey. About the vinyl records - is that right, vinyl records have a wider dynamic range than digital CDs? Why is that the case? Can they not develop the digital platform to have an equal dynamic range?
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    4ever: noDantian: maybe Dogon: YES!!!
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    I disagree, the dynamic range of an lp or Vinyls as you kiddies call it, is 45 DB, the dynamic range of a CD is over 90. The warmth you feel from analog is the sound of the turntable motor being picked up by the stylus. Don't believe me turn on the Turntable, put on a record and don't put the needle on, turn it up and you are hearing the latent mechanical sound that is underlying the signal from the record. Vinyl is a scam by the labels, who after fighting to ban CD burners in PCs, moved back to vinyl as a distribution method after losing money to people ripping CDs for their friends. About 10 years ago there was a Wall St Journal article on the demise of the labels and CDs, it was about how they wanted to move back to albums because "anyone with a computer can bootleg a CD, but no one has a record press in their basements". That was the day I started buying CDs the day they came out so I wouldn't be stuck with download files. I went through the lp to CD propaganda in the 1980's and CDs are superior to vinyl in dynamic range, if you happen to listen to identical mixes on the same system from an LP or a CD.
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    Well here is one anti cap! I originally got on the bus because I thought then that the Dead reflected an anti authoritarian, communitarian zeitgeist. I remember the Diggers, I remember all kinds of communitarian experiments, attempts to create a new world in the shell of the old, I remember a couple of years later, another SF band singing we are forces of chaos and anarchy, everything they say we are, we are... I have watched with bemused amusement all the handwringing over the FTW circus, the ticket prices, the pathetic merchandising,but thats what capitalism does, it recuperates every alternative gesture and turns it into its opposite, it turns us into passive consumers,consumers of our own alienation, but still we hang on to the illusion that the Dead are different, that somehow we are part of some community. Some Bozo is laughing all the way to the bank! In the 60s you had the hog farm, now you have 700 dollar box sets and all the little Dead Heads gleefully trying to justify their petit commerce. Ive had enough, Im outta here. Fare thee well indeed.
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    RE: Try selling an HD file second hand ...
    I belong to the younger crowd that some have mentioned, and I will take the digital copies all day. It is just so much more convenient. I shoot those puppies in to the iTunes cloud and start a show at work. Headphones on as I walk out to the car, auto bluetooth connect and the show keeps playing in my car. Walk in house and turn on bluetooth radio, the music never stops. It is a seamless listening experience that you simply cannot even come close to with CDs, even if you sit right next to the player the entire time. The alternative is fumbling with discs, having to change them in an out, limited places I can listen, etc. Could I just rip them? I guess, but ripping and tagging 80 or 90 discs takes forever, and my Mac doesn't even have a CD drive. Even still then I just have a box taking up space and collecting dust. I understand wanting something tangible, but it is a tangible pain in the *** compared to popping in a usb drive and waiting a few hours for the upload to finish. One final note, I do believe there are collectors out there who would like to buy a limited edition GD usb at a discounted price.
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    My wish for a 66-67 show has come true. I'm really looking forward to this box.
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    is often a wondrous, almost mystical experience for me. The music takes me on a journey, a wild carpet ride, and I lose myself in it. I dare say that if you are so caught up in your own politics that you see Trump and Cheney (or even Obama and Hilary) when you listen to the GD, you ain't doing it right.
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    Are you the one that has a couple videos up, guitar instruction, like the dont ease me in and iko iko? I ask because your pic looks like the one in the video?
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    KYTrips, I don't know if the answers you seek are within this portal, but I (just my opinion) think this is a good place to look:http://www.wavygravy.net HBob: scalper is NOT a derogatory term. From the online OED site: North American informal Sell (a ticket) for a popular event at a price higher than the official one: tickets were scalped for forty times their face value. If you interpret it's use as derogatory, I think that must be your subconscious moral compass talking. Rrot: I think that the limited edition sales model is the root of most of what I find disturbing in the GDM world. I also think it is the engine that allows so many potentially great releases to happen. I wish GDM would find another business model, but I don't know if there is another that will achieve the positive results. The negative results are breaking my heart... And HBob, I agree that these threads are nicer without angry voices of dissent like myself. I generally refrain from expressing myself here and will retreat into my hole again when this kerfuffle winds down.
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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.
PDF
Text

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Submitted by muleskinner_blues on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 18:34

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Even though it was before my time (like most things I like, apparently), I went on a huge MASH kick last year and have seen them all multiple times. Great reference, love both Potter and Father Mulcahy. Listening to DaP15 for maybe the 3rd or so time now. I think this third disc is really where you get your money's worth, yowzah.
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Submitted by mpace on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 18:36

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Hey Snafu - need a hug buddy? Just hoping that they find a way to release some of the shows in sets outside of how they put this in limited edition - they have certainly done this in the past (found a way to justify) and just hoping that it works in my and many others favor who refuse to purchase a $700 box. If not no big deal maybe I will just grab a digital here and there - but definitely willing to spend more in sets and I think thats good for them to know (they sometimes listen to opinions on these threads believe it or not).
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Submitted by DaveStrang on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 18:43

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Frank Burns…pinched-lipped weasel (good actor).
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Submitted by snafu on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 20:24

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Thanks but a hug just won't cut it. While my post was specific to several people (this time) wanting Rhino and by extension the Dead to disregard their promise to those who did the right thing by buying early it actually is a response to our society in general. Businesses that steal their employees pensions or don't provide the services promised. Politicians of all ilk lying and demagoguing and the population playing right along. I know this is far off base but it is out society now and I responded in kind. On person said let's be fair. To me being fair is sticking to your word. Another went after me suggesting I'm not capable of understanding the nuance aka rationalization involved. I would suggest he talk about things and people he knows of. If I come off too strong I apologize but that is what many people need to hear today Peace
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Submitted by Topheraw on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 20:44

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I could care less about the "limited edition" aspect. I'm just a sucker for all the cool packaging and stuff. I honestly hope everyone's able to get the music somehow, whether it's single show releases or digital downloads. =P
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 20:51

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....one of my dad's favorite shows from back in the day, along with Barney Miller and All In The Family. M*A*S*H* was never the same when Major Burns / Linville left imo, and definitely crashed when Radar bolted. They don't make shows like those anymore....
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Submitted by DaveStrang on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 22:00

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I like the whole album. I remember the reviews were mixed, which doesn't say much. The title cut is playing as I type ('Shootout At The Fantasy Factory for those who don't know). Great percussion - go Rebop! I wish I'd been able to see the Dead/Traffic tour. Cued it up after GD. I went in deep this weekend in honor of JG's birthday. Started with 69-70 Fri. night/Sat. morning, 77-78 Sat. afternoon & evening (some Spring '90 was in there as well) and dove off the deep end with '74 all day. I haven't listened to DP7 & DP12 for awhile. Hope the week is painless for everyone.
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Submitted by garciaddicted on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 03:29

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That sounds like a great day. Feeling grateful is a wonderful state of mind (with or without pun)! I just had to laugh because Casserole is one of the many nicknames of my oldest daughter Cassidy.
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 04:30

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Ferret Face Today we start a paint job on a 4 million dollar Penthouse in Center City Philadelphia, on my way down I-95 the travelling music will be 3/20/77, yeah I'm on a '77 kick again at least until Wednesday then I listen to....... HAVE A MANIC MONDAY, DEADLAND!!!!!!!!
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Submitted by lowspark75 on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 05:04

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I am pretty partial to all of the albums they did after the short split following Last Exit. John Barleycorn, Lowspark of High Heeled Boys, Shootout at the Fantasy Factory and even When The Eagle Flies. But if I had to pick a favorite, I would have to go with Lowspark.. hence the username. I like to use the two live albums (Welcome to the Canteen, On the Road) as pallet cleansers between Dick's Picks sometimes. Winwood plays some insane lead guitar on "Light Up Or Leave Me Alone" from On the Road.
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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 07:29

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I am a big sucker for Low Spark. Last year at Lockn Winwood did a great Low Spark with Wide Spread Panic as the band. Does anyone have a copy of that? The WSP alone was available to buy but not the set with Winwood? And that set was followed by Tom Petty, which was pretty bad, I swore it was the same set he did with the dead and Dylan back in what 87?
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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 07:33

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You see that guy in a couple of other parts on TV (The Rockford Files, maybe a Quincy), he always plays Frank Burns. Never a guy you'd like!
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 09:49

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Hey man, please no pot smoking in the house - you'll want to go up on the roof for that. Meet you up there at 5pm. And don't forget to throw a drop cloth over my piano!
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 15:49

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Well you don't have to worry about the pot smoking I have 19 years drink/drug free, in fact I checked into rehab the LAST day of 1995, as the "party" was over & my sanity was lost on the Streets of Philadelphia. My 'new" addiction is DEAD!!!! Now about that Grand Piano.... 5/28/77 The wife is in the process of emptying our room as we are going to be adventure sleeping starting tomorrow night while, I remove the wallpaper, repaint the walls & ceiling & add a new light fixture & other assorted decorative amenities. A promise I made 10 years ago is finally getting fulfilled to re do our bedroom it's the LAST room to be touched. The reason I brought this up is while cleaning out from behind & under the bed the wife found, a 100 dollar bill, an un cashed bonus check she lost & the most important thing, a SEALED copy of "To Terrapin", 5/28/77 OMG OMG, where, how & WHY this was the under the bed is beyond me yet the receipt states I purchased this in 2009 along with a copy of Rush, Grace Under Pressure Live, well it's 6:49PM time to take apart the bed, & rip up the carpet & listen to my "NEW" copy of 5/28/77, though for some reason the Misses isn't to thrilled that she found it, while I'm very thrilled she found it she made my Monday, THANKS DARLING, I O U 1!!!!!! One More Monday Night, Deadland!!!!!!
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Submitted by this bird on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 16:52

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I enjoy your posts. High on Jack Daniels today. Explains why I am actually participating instead of lurking here. I was at three of these 30 trips shows, '83, '84, and '85, pretty crazy since I only saw something in the low 20s of number of shows, (Spring '83-Spring '87), plus a handful of JGB. I only have one or two memories (but these are strong memories), of each show. Some shows I just know I was there. This is all I have for the '83 Worcester show: Birdsong- standing in front of the soundboard sharing a joint with a stranger, it was his, not mine. For '84 Augusta show: I remember the parking lot preshow, a friend weaving on a motorcycle, the hotel room afterwards, and for the show itself, just this: being with my very longtime friend sitting on the GA floor against the far back wall before the encore, hearing the first notes of Good Loving and rushing forward across an open and empty(?) area to a small crowded area in front of the stage, and being very close to the band. For '85 Riverbend, only this: intermission, somehow three of us were together standing in a triangle sharing a large, large size popcorn container full of beer, unable to speak. Well I love the music, you probably won't hear from me again. Hello to Oxford88 whom I knew way back when walls were supposed to hold you up (but sometimes didn't). Looking forward to getting these CDs.
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Submitted by Topheraw on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 17:25

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Any idea when we'll get an update on this here Boxzilla?Or maybe we'll just have to find out when she arrives on our doorsteps..... o_0
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Submitted by dantian on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 17:40

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Then I have no choice but to submit Pat Martino's "Exit" for your consideration. One of the greats.
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Submitted by dantian on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 17:47

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has been invoked (ok, yes I invoked it, but never mind), can I also mention Bill Evans? In case you didn't know, "Everyone Digs Bill Evans." Even, to my surprise, Bob Weir in that Netflix documentary.
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Submitted by ds smith on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 18:50

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I think I'm going to grab it while I can.
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Submitted by rdrewr on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 18:54

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Geez is it just me dreaming of holding the boxilla close no matter what she looks like...peace
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Submitted by rdevil on Mon, 08/03/2015 - 21:33

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Coffee, very cool to hear your memories of those mid 80s shows. I regret missing those years but geography and other circumstances were working against me. Don't be a stranger around here. Dantian, your mention of Bill Evans inspired me put on Largo-Andante-Maestoso from the Symbiosis album as I head to bed. First heard this in the movie Sideways and was very impressed. I have a million things to listen to (and the box isn't even here yet) but I suppose I need to check out some Pat Martino--maybe a trip to the library tomorrow.
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Submitted by dantian on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 02:34

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That's one I'm not familiar with. I'll have to check it out. Most of my Bill Evans comes from his early trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, with a few notable exceptions, such as the quintet on "Interplay," and some others. I've been meaning to delve more into his (mid-career, I guess you could call it) trio with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell, but haven't gotten around to it yet. But a Bill Evans trio with an orchestra behind them (Symbiosis) does sound interesting...
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Submitted by claney on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 07:27

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Coffee - I hope you'll continue to post, love the tour stories. Just have to keep drinking Jack Daniels I guess.
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Submitted by lowspark75 on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 13:29

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Got my box ordered today!
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Submitted by DaveStrang on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 14:54

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Congratulations! The Deadprayers worked.
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Submitted by Found Sailor on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 21:49

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I have read various comments here that other than a short-term temp hold, charges wouldn't be processed until shipping next month. At least for me, that's not true. I placed an order early last week and the charge hit immediately and remain more than a week later. Is Rhino's policy written down somewhere?
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Submitted by mbarilla on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 01:00

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Hey Found Sailor , what method of payment did you use Credit or Debit ? It should go down like this,, -Order Placed -Exact Funds are accessed and verified. It's basically like a pending charge that should drop off normally in 3-5 business days for Credit and Debit. -Exact charge will reappear when it ships. This time when it ships is when funds will be removed.. Gulp,, So if you are using a debit card. Make sure you are fully stocked when mid September comes around.
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Submitted by Found Sailor on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 06:57

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Well, that's a good question. The card can be used either way, and I don't believe I specified credit or debit (assumed the former, but should it make a difference in timing?). When all is said and done, I guess it doesn't matter. I have the dough in the account, but would always prefer to defer payment until the goods are enroute. I'm a late buyer (I vowed to my wife I wouldn't buy the box given the major $$ I ponied up to be in Chicago...including a 18000-mile round-trip flight from Singapore), and frankly, I'm just relieved to be on the receiving end of the offering ("My name is Richard and I'm a not-so-successfully recovering collector of Dead releases"). I keep reminding her that at least I don't frequent casinos or brothels! There are worse addictions.
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Submitted by lowspark75 on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 07:19

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I would just like some comparison out of curiosity. Does everyone who ordered this have "backordered" stated under your order statuses for this item? And yes, I understand the box doesn't ship until Sep 18th or whatever.
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Submitted by garciaddicted on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 07:25

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My status says "backordered" however I was wondering the same thing.
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Submitted by garciaddicted on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 07:29

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I used a debit card and it stayed in my pending transactions for about a week and then disappeared. I thought with a debit card they might just take the money at that time, but I was pleasantly surprised.
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Submitted by claney on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 07:49

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Hi lowspark - I think my previous pre-orders have said "backordered" in the past. Should be no worry..
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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 07:52

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Honey, I just bought a $700 box of Grateful Dead recordings. You did whaaattttt!!!!!!!!??????????? Well, at least I didn't kill someone, get hooked on smack, screw your best friend, eat all the Tolenti gelato, etc., etc. Just trying to help out here. Maybe I'm not cut out for the alibi business....
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Submitted by hbob1995 on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 09:08

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I am in recovery now, for almost 20 years, clean & sober. I always tell people that the Dead are now my only addiction and that this one will not kill me, but that my wife might if she ever found out just how much I really spend at Dead.net! Lol! Rock on
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Submitted by boblopes on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 13:38

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It's been sixty five days since the big announcement with only forty three days to go - we're over 60% there!!! Beyond the listening party, can you give us an unveiling party or another video discussing more in depth the criteria you chose? Since it's not from the "Dave's Picks" series, no seaside chat required, what about a talk from the vault? Or in the vault but not the dead cage, so you're almost in the vault??? Or on location at one of the locations of the show, like the Greek!!! I don't want to get a musical preview, want to absorb it one show at a time... That would be awesome!!!
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Submitted by boblopes on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 14:21

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73+ hours of music in FLAC (96/24) and 320 KBPS MP3s30 unreleased live shows, one for each year from 1966 to 1995 FLAC (96/24) and 320 KBPS MP3s of the 7-inch tracks "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" 1965/"Box Of Rain" Soldier Field, Chicago, 7/9/95 Digital 288-page book with an extensive, career-spanning essay by Nicholas Meriwether and special remembrances submitted by fans Digital scroll featuring a visual representation of the band's evolution
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 15:00

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1966 11967 1 1968 1 1969 2 1970 2 1971 2 1972 3 1973 3 1974 3 1975 2 1976 3 1976 3 1977 3 1978 3 1979 3 1980 3 1981 3 1982 3 1983 3 1984 3 1985 3 1986 3 1987 3 1988 3 1989 3 1990 3 1991 3 1992 3 1993 3 1994 3 1995 3 80 discs TOTAL
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 04:35

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I received an email from dead.net at 3:06am today regarding a Halloween concert at MSG, it's being billed as Dead & Company why isn't it up here on dead.net? It's not a "Fare Thee Well East" as I don't believe Phil or Trey are involved it appears to be Jon Mayer & Otiel Burbridge & Jeff Chimenti this time. Tickets go on sale to the general public August 14th, American Express Card members can purchase August 10th. Top tier tickets will be LESS than a $100.00!!!!!HAPPY THURSDAY DEADLAND!!!!!
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Submitted by mbarilla on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 05:40

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These babies will sell out, hopefully I can score one,, any AMX cardholders want to buy an extra,, meet ya in NYC :) A friend of mine suggested to me yesterday morning before the news broke of Dead & Company to do a 3 day bang out like they did at Soldier Field once a year.. The date and venue would be subject to change..
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Submitted by Topheraw on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 08:30

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I still don't understand all the negativity going on. If you made it to FTW, you made it. If you were able to get Boxzilla, you got it. If you didn't get anything, just carry on. As for Dead & Co, if you don't like it, don't go. Leave the dancing to everyone else. I probably won't be able to make it to this Halloween show, but I'll catch them next time. Stop complaining already. 2015 had a little something for everyone, whether it was FTW, Boxzilla, this upcoming Dead&Co, the Meet-up at the movies, or even just a copy of DaP.
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Submitted by dharwin on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 09:29

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Anyone have a copy of the 2011 Road Trips bonus disc containing highlights from 12/6/73 that they are willing to share? I honestly would be happy with a digital rip of the disc as I'm not willing to spend $150 on a single CD on ebay or amazon. I have a boatload of stuff to trade. PM me if you can help me out.
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Submitted by Seth Hollander on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:20

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Topheraw,I think the negativity comes from the following math: 1 ("The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies") plus 2 ("Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This Dead.net exclusive is sure to sell out quickly") = 3 (give GDM $700 NOW or you can never have official versions of these 30 shows, a FEW of which you have been hoping to have ever since the archival release programs began back in the 90s.) It all depends on what $700 means to your life...
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Submitted by Topheraw on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 10:53

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I promise you. A lot of people missed out on a lot of great, limited official releases. Sure, you won't get a physical copy, or maybe not even on the 18th. But these shows will be released.
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Submitted by Seth Hollander on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 12:30

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Topheraw, I THINK you are right. I think GDM is keeping all options except individual cd releases open. But they are refusing to let us KNOW that.Looking at E72 makes you obviously correct. Looking at FW69 is not so reassuring. I feel like they are using fear as a marketing tool. Very uncool, man.
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Submitted by Topheraw on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:31

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I don't fully understand why they haven't gone back and released 1969 digitally. Because it's so, so good. However, May 1977, Spring 1990 and TOO, all released. It's the smart thing to do on their part. Like I said before, it may not be available on the 18th, maybe not even until a couple months after that. But there's no way they'd deprive us of ALL of these shows.
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Submitted by jstrawnoodle on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:47

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Been incarcerated since Nov 28 2014 and still am, just able to work now at least...I just snagged a copy and don't give a fuck what they do to me from this point on -_- Off paper by NYE. . . !!!!
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