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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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  • Dennis
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    Mini 30 - Final
    Found no more inconsistencies. Tracks added up to almost 9 hours of listening,,, a quick hit of a few were good. The friend of the devil from 78 is very nice. Thanks for a good list.
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    Correction, Dennis 2-21-73
    I meant 2-21-73, not 2-17....
  • Dennis
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    I should just wait till the end,,,, but,,,, 6/9/76 is really 6/12/76 and is Road Trip V4 #5. I'm making a folder with all these cuts, should be some good stuff,,, hell the smokestack from 71 is 33 minutes long!
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    you have 2/17/73,,,, did you mean 9/17/73?
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    @wissinoming - RE: 1980-05-10
    Great choice for a release some day. 1980-05-10 - Hartford Civic Center Great 2nd Set. 7 Songs before drums/space. Jerry doing Pete Townshend windmills during I Know You Rider. Set 2 China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider Feel Like A Stranger -> Comes A Time Estimated Prophet -> He's Gone -> Uncle John's Band -> Space -> Drums -> Space -> Not Fade Away -> Sugar Magnolia Encore Alabama Getaway -> One More Saturday Night
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    Mini 30 trips!
    Nice idea, this would make a nice 30 days of free dead in November. I plan on loading up this list into a flash stick and listing thru.
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    First, great list of segments there Lebowski...good choices. Wissinoming - thanks for sharing that, I enjoyed your breakdown of 30 Trips. I can answer at least a couple of your "why not" questions: 9/19/70 (basically all of Fall 70) is not in the Vault. Likewise, no 11/19/72 in the Vault (lots of the Fall 72 stuff is missing too). One of my all-time favorite shows, with a Top Five Dark Star, is 11/13/72, but that is not only missing from the Vault, it was not recorded at all at the soundboard. Thank God for Owsley making an audience tape of that one! Muleskinner, great stuff. The Dean of my department (and his wife) are Larry Campbell Heads - I mean, they are as devoted to LC as we are to the Dead. They took me to a Ramble a few years back, it was a peak life experience. Levon's band with LC was obviously great, also Taj Mahal, and Jim Lauderdale. Of course all in Levon's barn, about ten feet from the "stage." At the poluck during a break, I was standing next to this kind of square looking dude (like me!) in his 60s wearing shorts, sandals with socks... nice guy, we chatted about how good the salad was and stuff like that - "oh yeah, try the taboule!". Later he's introduced and brought up to sing some songs - it was John Sebastion! Good thing I did not recognize him as we were thus able to have a normal conversation, ha! Anyway, that's my Ramble story.
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    Glad to see others feeling the love for the 6-8-74 Playin! I need to listen to the rest of that show again soon. However,with my girlfriend gone for the week, I spent the last couple of nights baked and queing up choice nuggets from nearly all 30 years--at least most from 69 to 91. Tried to minimize repeats, and focus on what I enjoy most from each year, but here's how it went: 3/17/68 Other One>New Potato>China Cat>Eleven>Caution>Feedback 12/12/69 Uncle John's>He Was a Friend 6/24/70 NFA>Easy Wind, Dark Star>Attics>Dark Star>Sugar Mag>Dark Star>St. Stephen (rough audience tape, but the music...) 4/18/70 Cumberland, New Speedway 2/19/71 Smokestack 8/6/71 Hard to Handle(obvious choice, but never fails to slay me. 4/24/72 NFA>GDTR>NFA 2/17/73 1/2 Step, Truckin>Eyes 6/8/74 Playin>Wharf Rat>Playin 6/17/75 Help>Slip>Franklin's 6/9/76 Mission in the Rain (not from this date, but on Road Trips--too lazy to look it up.) 5/9/77 Peggy-O, Music Never Stopped (too bad for the patch in MNS, cause that's a smoker.) 12/31/78 FOTD 12/1/79 He's Gone>Gloria Jam>CC Rider (a little Weir cheese, but I have a tolerance for that...) 11/30/80 Scarlet Fire 10/10/82 Space>Wheel>Throwing Stones>NFA>Black Peter (The jam in Throwing Stones is really interesting and the Space/Wheel is so delicate. 9/2/83 Baby Blue 3/31/85 Post China Doll Jam>Drums (China Doll is a wreck, but the post jam? Jerry and the drummers redeem the whole band.) 6/30/85 Shakedown (obvious, I know, but this version never stops peaking.) 12/30/87 Cassidy--a wild swirling version 4/1/88 To Lay Me Down, Thin Man 12/31/89 Victim>Dark Star>Drums (Say what you want about Victim, but this version and what follows is chaotic and stellar--as long as the MIDI doesn't send you fleeing.) 7/19/90 Jack Straw 5/5/91 Terrapin>Jam (One of my favorites, especially with the post jam.) Usually listen to complete shows, but this was a fun way to go. How does one band have so much to choose from????
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    30 Trips Around the Sun...
    Here is an honest assessment of this collection of shows, I will give an honest, open opinion about each show some I'm familiar with some I'm not, however I will let you out here in Deadland the Deal, so here goes an honest show by show analysis. DISCAIMER: MY INTENTION IS TO INFORM NOT TO CREATE A CONTROVERSY, WE CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE ON MY ASSESSMENT OF THIS BOX SET, HOWEVER I JUST WANT TO BE A HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE ON THE FENCE SO TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF THIS BOX SET, AS I FEEL IT'S VERY MUCH WORTH PURCHASING!!!!!!!!!!!! 1966, 7/3, I am familiar with this show, I thought 5/19 would've been the obvious choice, however with that said this is a GOOD choice. 1967, 11/10, A GOOD choice an excellent example of "primal Dead". 1968, 10/20, now this show is a GREAT choice for years I stayed primarily with the Pac-North Tour in January & February. I just started venturing thru other shows from '68 so yes this is 30 Trips worthy. 1969. 2/22, Another GOOD choice however I would've preferred, 4/5 or 4/21 however 2/22 is release worthy. 1970 4/15, why not 9/19 or 11/8? It's a GOOD choice though worthy of the price of admission. 1971, 3/18, NEVER listened to this one....yet, again, why not 12/5? I'm looking forward to hearing this one for the FIRST time in September, can't give an honest opinion so let's just trust, DL's opinion on this one. 1972, 9/24, SEPTEMBER 1972, ENOUGH SAID, however I was expecting them to go with 11/19 just because of DP 11 & RSD 11/18 but I'm NOT complaining GREAT choice. 1973,11/14, To obvious for me only because of Winterland '73 & DP 5 11/17, I was hoping they'd go with a "different' era of 1973, like 12/18 with that being said you can't go wrong with this one an EXCELLENT choice. 1974, 9/18, Europe '74 a GOOD choice as I feel this tour is somewhat of underrated. 1975,9/28, what else could they have gone with? Now the logical thing to do though is release 6/17 & COMPLETE 1975. 1976, 10/3, another GOOD choice from an underrated year, even though I would've like to see 7/17 or 7/18 released, 10/3 is worthy of release. 1977, 4/25, why couldn't they go with the 'other" tour, Fall, 1977 however this is an EXCELLENT choice Spring '77 SAY NO MORE!!! 1978, 5/14 why not 11/24? However a GOOD choice. 1979, 10/27 The reason I paid 699.98 PLUS $58.10 PA Sales Tax was for this the HOLY GRAIL of 1979, an EXCELLENT choice. 1980, 11/28, The only way I can justify this one is if 11/29 gets released & COMPLETES the short Florida, Georgia Tour of November 1980, however why not 5/10 or 10/14, so let's say this is a GOOD choice. 1981, 5/16, The "other" Cornell, an EXCELLENT choice. 1982, 7/31, A GOOD choice however I'd like to see 10/10 get released one day. 1983,10/21, An EXCELLENT choice indeed. 1984, 10/12, An EXCELLENT choice it's either 4/21, 10/12 or 11/2 any one of these 3 is release worthy. 1985, 6/24, A GOOD choice however I was hoping 6/28 would've been the show for '85 however this is worthy of release 1986,5/3, A GOOD choice, I'm glad to see they didn't go with 12/15 just because it would've been the obvious choice, maybe someday we'll see 3/24 get released. 1987, 9/18 An EXCELLENT choice, La Bamba, indeed!!! 1988, 7/3 A GOOD choice however why not 7/29? Just sayin.... 1989,10/26 An EXCELLENT choice, I call this show "ANGRY DEAD"!!!! Another show I've been rallying for to see the "light" of day. 1990,10/27, A GOOD choice however why not 11/1? 1991, 9/10, A GOOD choice however a tad to obvious for me, we already have the "holy grail" of Dead & Branford (3/29/90) I really would've like to see 6/22 or ESPECIALLY 9/26 the show in this writer's opinion IS 1991!! 1992, 3/20, A GOOD choice however why not 6/20? Again, just sayin..... 1993,3/27, A GOOD choice, IMO though if they're going with March 1993, why not 3/17 or 3/24? 1994, 10/1, An EXCELLENT choice in fact most of October 1994, is worthy of release. 1995, 2/21, A GOOD choice, though I would've liked to see 6/21 released however 2/21 is worthy of release. So there you have my HONEST feelings on EVERY show in '30 Trips, the most important thing I can say is in this long time Deadheads opinion is I'm glad I was able to preorder one as this collection is NEVER going to be duplicated & it is investment worthy. The other thing to consider is EVERY show in this box set is a HIT with no misses, even the shows I'm not familiar with I know are going to be good just because they were chosen especially for this release. Yes DEADLAND IMHO it's worth shelling out the $699.98+ I'm glad I was able to preorder BEFORE it SELLS OUT as "secondary" prices for the box set or individual shows on the "secondary" market will be outrageous!!!!!! HAPPY SUNDAY, DEADLAND!!!!!!
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    5/5/09 The Dead Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Il..Chicago show cover
    I am looking for a copy of the limited edition cover for this show. If anyone know where I can either obtain this show, which came in the red sleeve, or send me a pdf of the red cover I would be for ever....grateful! Mr. Pete-------> aging hippie
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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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Can you send the link to the interior of the set - are these card covers as per daves picks for cds - any word on extras....
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I think its logistically easier to stack the CD cases in columns.. not rows if that makes sense. Much like The Golden Road box set, but with more columns. ..also, it slipped my mind to tell my gf about the box. Bet that's going to cost me some skin. Am I the only one?
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....sorry to disappoint, but that link is buried in my gray matter. You need to ask Bolo about any other details. And why all the hate for Don't Ease?....
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....like Jim and dusty rambler, it "slipped" my mind as well....hope it's not too big....
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Attending too many 80s shows and being disappointed at a Dough Knees virtually every other night....still Dough Knees would have been a joy in the 90s as opposed to Wave to the Wind, Childhoods End, Samba in the Rain, Long way to go (and the list goes on)
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....felt the same about Black Muddy River back in the day. I would give my left nut now if they played a show of only BMR now if Jerry was there....
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Totally agree with you on that..... I did about 28 shows from 85 to 92 and the late 80s I got sick of certain songs (in heavy rotation) and also Weir's f***** cowboy songs....BMR I had a lot of love for again later but Dough Knees and cowboy songs no...... If only they had pulled off some of the songs they were playing on the 2003/2004 shows or the recent SC/Chi shows with Jerry still on board now that would have been hot...
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....Masterpiece was on that short list as well. Looking back, I think I should have held it and waited till setbreak....lol....
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I couldn't agree more Zuckfun. I thought the exact same thing. The artwork itself looks lovely- but the big letter names along the bottom- really? No one raised an objection to this? It's really kind of funny. Horrible artistic decision, IMHO.
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....agreed. A row of hand painted roses would have been nice. But, if your going to do it, I would think they would have at least put Jerry, Bobby, Bill & Phil all on one of the lengthwise parts. And yes, I would have printed Bobby. I would think one of those sides would be facing forward in anyone's display....am I wrong?....
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It looks like the names are arranged by who joined the band when. Jerry, Bob and Pigpen were first as 'Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions' followed by the 'Warlocks' with Bill and Phil and finally as the 'Grateful Dead' with Mickey. Sound reasonable? Be interesting to see how the other sides are arranged.
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To each his own, but Masterpiece is actually one of my all time favorite songs and the GD version is what won me over. Also love JGB, Dylan, of course, and The Band doing that song.
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Funny you should mention your dream, Kate. Last night, actually this morning, I had a very vivid dream that the box arrived early, as in now. In my dream the box was like an extra large rectangular book with four discs, 2x2, on each "page." Maybe describing it as a giant photo album is more accurate. Anyway, my box was missing the second disc from "page" one and there was no gold 7 inch to be found. Thankfully it was just a dream and totally unimportant to anyone reading this. Just shows how much it's on my mind I guess. It's been quite awhile since I had a "Dead dream." I'm not that excited about the visuals of the box posted today. My main concern is that the discs are housed similar to the DaP series.
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as for me - i like the band member names at the base, just as they are. i think they look folksy, quaint, family, homespun, fun, and fit the overall design, pattern, colors, and pics just exactly perfect!
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"What's in the box??" Brad Pitt - "Seven" Actually, the box doesn't open. There are jacks on the back side (USB, HDMI, RCA, etc.) to allow connecting to your computer, stereo, home theater system and so on. It is kinda like a Bluetooth-enabled jukebox. For example, you can simply say, "play 1969" and it will do just that. Very user-friendly with flexible commands like "random play" or "skip Samba." Also, the stealie on top of the box conceals a lens for a built-in projector. You can project lyrics, concert videos (if available) or custom light shows by Candace Brightman on your wall or ceiling while you enjoy the tunes. A bonus compilation DVD is included, featuring all your favorite moments of Bill Graham yelling at people. Really endearing! The celestial symbols in the corners of the boxtop can emit smokeless incense of your choice (included scents: patchouli, citrus, lavender and veggie burrito). More fragrances will be available via future downloads, including licorice, stale beer, and "Keith." Random boxes (1 in 100) will also include either a "holographic Jerry" feature or a rainbow generator. And one lucky Deadhead will receive the actual bandana worn by Pigpen at the Shrine Auditorium show, complete with original DNA-authenticated sweat stains! There's more, but Dave and crew would be pissed if I revealed everything. They do like their surprises! Cheers!
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Thanks for that, Bolo. I'm still laughing my ass off. See the way I hear it.... Another random 20% are Himitsu-Bako puzzle boxes hand crafted by Mr. Yoshio Okiyama. It will take 111 steps to open and once you do inside is an extra 10 show bonus box. And that box is another puzzle box taking 66 steps to open. And of course 1 lucky person will get just a box with a rock in it. "I got a rock"
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I try to keep my countdown banter down the barest minimum however just for today, it's going to be a bit longer so here goes; 22 days until the "MOST BEAUTIFUL BOX IN THE WORLD" ships.
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Just wondering if, for those of us without turntables, they'll slip hidden tracks at the beginning of show 1 and end of show 30 (Caution and Box of Rain)?
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Couldn't help thinking of the old song "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest" when I saw the picture of the box. Perhaps we could amend the lyrics? "30 Trips in a Dead man's chest, Yo ho ho and a Box of Fun"?
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I just measured my 15 Dave's picks and they are 12" long, so a single layer of 2 rows in digipacks would would fit in a box with a 12"x10" interior compartment. This would allow you to choose single shows and not have to unload all the CDs, much like the E 72 box and unlike the Rhino Studio boxes. I worry about sleeves because of the Warlox box and while it looks great on my DVD shelf, the 1977 box is my least favorite option for CD sets. The box pictured in the Relix photo looks like it could have a 12"x10" space with room for a book and goodies on top of the CDs. The artwork reminds me of a magicians chest in a Terry Gilliam movie.
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As stated above in the "shows" listing: "Oh boy! We intended to add announce all 30 shows throughout the pre-order period, but we got scooped!", did they get scooped once again? Maybe that will accelerate the official unveiling here. I am hoping.
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I just finished the Listening Party: 30 Trips Around The Sun, Part 6. Does Comes A Time from the 86 show sound like it has some low level static noise throughout? It's a Man's World sounds far superior.
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Don't know about he '86 show, but the Passenger from 1980 sounds muddier than the version on the archive.
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Hey Cousins - I hear what you mean. It's subjective of course, but I prefer the Box version. Listening to them side-by-side, and the Archive version sounds great, until I go back to the Box version, which sounds warmer and less trebly to me. (One man's "less trebly" is another mans's "muddier" :)
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Has the caution on the vinyl already been officially released on 'Birth of the Dead'?
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Wasn't that a Charlie Rich song? Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful box in the world? And if you did, was it open and playing? Or was that my wedding song?
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..or perhaps the John Lennon song Beautiful Box would work. I will take Bolo at his word.. which can only mean Rhino hired Special Agent Q to design the bells and whistles. Where did he say the small, leftover Owsley crystal was again? WhWhat! The Caution was already released? Cancel! (kidding).
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That's an awesome looking box! That Relix debuted the images is odd, but maybe later today they'll unveil it officially here. I keep coming here to see if the images have found their way here yet, since they had to be the ones to preview it to Relix and to give them Cream Puff War to preview... I'm incredibly stoked for this box seeing those two pics!
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True Relix got the pics but Bolo unveiled the special features. I am still waiting for the drop-o-liquid feature.
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Two sides we've seen name 6 members, we've still got Tom, Robert, Keith, Donna, Brent, Vince, & Bruce... Think they'll fit or will someone be left out? Can't explain how excited I am now that I've seen it!
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Claney says:"One man's "less trebly" is another mans's "muddier" Yeah, so true! I feel the same way about guitar pickups: I think of humbuckers as muddy, and P-90s as more defined and crisper, and yes more trebly. :-)
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Relix probably paid for the exclusive reveal. And Relix is owned by Peter Shapiro.
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Most of us probably got rid of all old tapes by now as we switched to digital. However, if you're still hanging on to those old analog gems and need space for the master of all boxes, here's a potential solution: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/126264/Numero-Group-Wants-Your-Grateful… You know you don't listen to the tapes anymore and just hang on to them because we are collectors, and that's what we do.
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Can't find where this was discussed,,, but RT 1-1 just came WITH Bonus disc. So this month I've gotten v1 and n 1&2 with bonus. If you don't have, might be worth the chance.
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Ever buy anything practically sight-unseen? I rarely do, but in the case of this collection I ponied up a substantial sum two months ago, with the expectation that I'd be learning more about my purchase over time.... But all we've gotten so far is some snippets of music, some press about the book ( great, but honestly, is anyone paying $700+ because of the book?) and now Relix releases a couple of pictures. If they started working on this in 2012, why am I getting the feeling that they're still gluing these boxes together. Normally if this was something like the numerous other boxed sets it'd be no big deal. But we paid a LOT of money, and we are trying to figure out how big the box is? Where am I putting it? How would I know? And where are Dave's funny but focus-challenged videos? Always makes me wish I could read lips... "Oh look, a seagull!" GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION!!!
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I just hope the individual shows are packaged well inside the box. Please nothing like Europe 77 or The Warlocks box. Please.
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These first pictures of the "30 Trips Around The Sun" box look like a case of beer. It's very colorful and I like it, so far. I wonder how it opens? We will find out soon.Thank you Relix & Peter Shapiro for the glimpse.
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They appear to be in the order that the band was formed/grown: Jerry, Bob and Pigpen were originally 'Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions' then the 'Warlocks' with Billy and finally Phil. They were already the Grateful Dead by the time Mickey and Robert came aboard. Then the order would be Tom (T.C.), followed by Keith, Donna, Brent, Bruce and finally Vince. I believe the order's correct, let's see if it runs that way on the box.
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Hate to burst your bubble but that won't be the correct order. If Robert's included - and hell, I'd love to see Hunter on there - then we'd also need JP Barlow of course - and with that many names we would run out of space - I'm thinking your list ex. Hunter would be right.... Now for an image of the inside please Rhino (or Relix)
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Looking for a swap. I have the 2013 Allman Brothers Band complete box set (close to 80cds) in a numbered deluxe box with 2 programs....only played once...will cover shipping my end Australia to anywhere worldwide Looking to swap for: Europe 72 box set (un-numbered and un-named is fine) PM me
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I remembered Barlow after I posted; he'd come in around the same place as Keith & Donna - but let's face it Hunter wrote far more songs than Barlow - Hunter was the band's lyricist not just JG's,having co-written 'Sugar Magnolia' 'Greatest Story Ever Told' 'Playing In The Band' and 'One More Saturday Night' with BW, as well as 'Mr. Charlie' with Pigpen and the sole writer on Pigpen's 'Easy Wind'. But you're right, Barlow should be included also. Maybe the former members and lyricists are listed vertically so everyone fits?
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3 WEEKS or 21 days (whichever LOOKS better) until the box of BROBDINGNAGIAN proportion ships. Today is August 27th do you know where your copy of SSDD is?
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Hola - Not sure about everyone else, but a little disappointed that all that was shown is the box! Was hoping for a little more reveal . . . but, then again, it will make the arrival a much more exciting experience I suspect. I've bought every single thing issued since OFV series initiated the plundering (of course, like most, already had all the official album releases on vinyl, a few CDs and casettes (before CDs). Just lucky I've been in workforce since it all started. Anyway, the box is quite hip on the outside and the notion of a "crate" should fit in well with the other "cases" that the E72 and Spring 90 came in. Main reason came on was to comment on DSO. They usually hit Lexington, KY about once a year or so. I went once, enjoyed it, but it is a really good cover band that has found a perfect niche in the Dead scene. They clearly love the music, are performing a wonderful service, and I didn't detect a whiff of opportunism. All that said, and its probably because I'm now north of 55, but I just couldn't get into it. The musicianship is certainly competent as most professional musicians are, but there is really no depth or surprise or flexibility that were integral to the Dead; or, for that matter, any band that has the talent and tenacity to create an original sound. But, I know lots of folks who love them, and I definitely agree they have the vibe . . . which is why I belive they are a valid piece of the GD kaleidoscope.
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I sent you a PM JRAD is where we need to be, trust me. Absolute fire.
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I sure hope that the PTB will be providing some cool, high-res artwork (individual show album covers, etc)
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If it was about 78 to 80 hours spread over 80 discs at $700, it would be a real bargain. As is, Rhino is being generous. Then add in the book and other goodies and artwork, it is still generous.
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This has been one of the bright spots in a-not-so-good year for me. Bring it on!!
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