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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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August 10, 2015 - 7:23am

#5521

mbarilla

Joined:
August 8, 2013

More or less, More !!

2.6.70 Smokestack Lightning (Let it Burn) Morning Dew Dire Wolf Sittin' on Top of the World Me and My Uncle ~ To be continued Edit - I think I flip flopped the Setlists order of Me and My Uncle and SOTOTW. After those 2 appears a cool China > Rider shows up. Wilfretjones it seems there may be some discrepancies in date for this show. I am almost 100% positive Dave L had this dated as 2.6.70. But after you mention I checked 2.8.70 and it's listed under that date... He's got 2.23.70 from Austin, TX tonight. Starting with Me and My Uncle until it cuts off in middle of Mason's Children. Get ready for a Black Peter people.
August 10, 2015 - 5:58am

#5522

Strider 808808

Joined:
June 20, 2007

Seen

"It was a good rap".
August 10, 2015 - 5:47am

#5523

allman

Joined:
July 9, 2007

machete

I hear this box set is so large that the person with the box cutter - who is slicing all the Dave's Picks Volume 15 - is getting an officially licensed Grateful Dead SYF machete.
August 10, 2015 - 3:47am

#5524

garciaddicted

Joined:
June 10, 2015

Afterlife

I don't remember the specifics, but I recall reading a converstion that Jerry was having with another person (I can't recall who). The other person said that when someone passes away sometimes that person's spirit will stay with the body for a period of time. Apparently Jerry grabbed his belly and said "Stick around for this shit...I'm outta here!". Priceless.
August 10, 2015 - 1:49am

#5525

4evergr8ful

Joined:
September 17, 2009

33 years ago today

1982-08-10 ..Iowa 82..was anyone there? If so I envy you..I wouldn't mind seeing a release of this show or one of the many other great 82 specimens out there for that matter, 2-19,2-20,9-17, red rocks etc..I think we're due for some 82
August 9, 2015 - 9:09pm

#5526

evgraham

Joined:
January 19, 2011

Where were you?

I love the "where were you (on 8/9/95) stories". We could all see it coming. My last shows were in Chicago '93. I viewed the party as being over then. But the news still hit me very, very hard. Much harder than I think I ever could have expected. I was living/working in NYC at the time. I grabbed my now-wife and immediately got my a$$ to Strawberry Fields and stayed essentially all night. I'd just met her the weekend before, so this was just the 2nd time we'd spent time together. She wasn't (and isn't) a Deadhead, but she indulges me - and did so that day. So sad. Will never forget that day. PS - My daughter told me today that she remembers where she was when she found out that Michael Jackson died...and I chuckled. Does that make me a bad person?
August 9, 2015 - 8:34pm

#5527

reijo29

Joined:
June 18, 2012

8/9/95

I was at work when I heard it on the radio. I was devastated though not surprised. Had tickets to Jeff Beck & Santana that night at the Garden States Arts Center. Carlos dedicated the show to his friend Jerry and cried a few times as he spoke between songs. It was an emotional night to say the least and the end of an era.
August 9, 2015 - 8:23pm

#5528

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Life Insurance & 8/9

"I haven't told my wife yet I cashed in the life insurance policy to get Boxzilla" - that's hysterical. ... but give it a few years, after the resell value tops out on EBay, expect the bacon to be replaced with strychnine and hemlock tea. rdevel - not sure showing your wife resale prices is a great long-term strategy. I think deadhead divorce attorney's came up on one of these threads a year or so ago.. specializing in the valuation of limited edition and out of print CD's and Box Sets. I was at work when I heard someone talking in the halls about Jerry's passing. I can't say I was surprised but I was still somewhat shocked and bummed out when I got the news. What a deflated feeling, the end of a grand era.
August 9, 2015 - 7:49pm

#5529

rdevil

Joined:
November 2, 2007

Wissinoming

Great post, man; you make some good points about 5-8 but it's still my favorite from that year and I would add the Dancin' to your list of highlights. It's seems to be happening more and more but I altered my listening plans tonight based on something I read here--listening to 5-4-77 right now. The last time I listened to this was almost certainly on a cassette and Bill Clinton was probably the president. Fantastic. The LLRain is among the best and I'm really feeling the Dancin' as I type. Thanks for bringing this one up. Where was I when I got the news? I remember it well. I was a department head in a grocery store--took the promotion so I could afford to go more Dead shows, plus I got to write the schedule. I was writing a grocery order in aisle 8, the diaper section, when my newlywed wife walked up to me. I could tell right away something was wrong even though she was smiling. She just blurted it out, "Jerry Garcia died," and then she started crying. My first thought was, "There must be some mistake," but only a second later I realized it was probably true. For the rest of my shift people came up to me to break the news or offer condolences. One guy even said I should just go home. I said I'd been stressing about getting off work for shows for years so what was the point of taking off now that there were no more shows to go to. When I got home our answering machine was completely full. I listened to a couple messages and then turned it off--too depressing. Our wedding was only two months earlier and seemingly everyone who attended was calling to say they were thinking about us. In those days we had a group of friends who would come to our house three or four times a week to put a buzz on and listen to tapes. As it turned out I had a well liked co worker who's last day was the 9th and I was the one who organized the going away party. It was the last thing I wanted to do but it was the right thing to do so we went ahead and went. I did my best to deflect questions about Jerry and keep the focus on our departing friend. After a couple hours my wife and I felt it was okay to leave and our Deadhead friends came over to listen to music and grieve together. One old college friend even drove down from Chicago to join us. He told his boss he needed to take off because someone close to him had died. I must have really been down because, for the life of me, I can't remember what we listened to that night, and that's the kind of thing I usually remember well. The first time I saw them it was, in part, because I wanted to see them before Jerry died and had no idea I would end up seeing them 10 times a year for five years. But somehow, by 1995, I had convinced myself that Jerry would go on forever. Even though he'd been obviously fading for at least a year or two I was sure he would eventually get it together and bounce back. It really hurt at the time, but tonight I can only be thankful for the limited experiences I did have and the legacy of wonderful music left behind and still available to us right now. Estimated, Scarlet>Fire to open the second set of 5-4. It's just beautiful and a great way to celebrate Jerry's life.
August 9, 2015 - 7:11pm

#5530

yetibike

Joined:
November 2, 2010

Miss ya Uncle Jerry ...

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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

Dead.net accepts paypal?!.....

....really? First I've heard/read that. The email I got stated so....

First JRAD show?

If so, I would love to read a post after. Better yet stream the show on Ustream

Changing Credit Cards

Looks like it is possible after all. Just had the email about shipment. It says : " If you need to adjust your payment method, please call 877-DEAD-NET. The deadline to reply is September 8, 2015 at 11:59pm ET. " and " If your payment method fails, your order will not be processed for fulfillment. At that point a Dead.net customer service representative will reach out to you. This may result in shipping delays. "

'75 Stronger Than Dirt

sound quality is good. Our futures are assured. Our civilization will survive another 1000 years. Rejoice!

USB Delay

Just received this fro GD Shop .......'Lazy lightning, I'd like to find the proper potion That's gonna capture your emotion... We ran into a few production snags with our 30 Trips custom lightning-bolt USB and in order to bring you the highest quality product, we're going to need a little more time to whip this lazy lightning in to shape! We'll be shipping out in October, specific date - and first look - forthcoming. That said, we want you to have every opportunity to enjoy 30 Trips Around The Sun on the original street date of September 18th. We'll be sending you an exclusive link to listen to each show as well as a pdf of the 288-page book that features an essay written by Nick Meriwether as well as special remembrances of the band submitted by fans and a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years. We hope you'll accept our sincerest apologies.' Bit of a bummer hearing now ..... as it's too late to get a box, but hopefully they mean early October !

Countdown & LP PART 7

15 days until JUMBO box ships. IMHO Blow Away from 10/26/89 is the BEST version EVER, Brent is so ANGRY. In fact the whole band seems to be unhinged on this particular night.

conspiracy theory

Me thinks USB Delay was announced after the physical product (box) was sold out to keep USB orders from being canceled and boxes ordered in its place. Pure speculation on my part, but...

Finally! A new picture ...

I will have to thank this thread's moderator, marye (Mary E.) for providing the picture of the exterior of the 30 Trips Around The Sun box. This picture debuted not too long ago on relix.com site and to me it looks like a case of beer.Hmmm, beer ... I like beer, Grateful Dead Beer - now that's for me! I still want to see more pictures of the contents of the box, please.

Born Cross Eyed...

You DO realize that there actually is a Grateful Dead beer, don't you? If not... check out American Beauty by Dogfish Head. See below... http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/justin-williams/ameri…

10/26/89

I was kind of hoping that this show would get it's own release with the title "Miami Meltdown". This is probably that last good Dark Star...

Miami Meltdown

Yeah I can't wait to hear the star if full blown stereo power in hdcd.

last good Dark Star?

10/26/89 is the last good Brent era Dark Star, but many of the Europe 90 Dark Stars are very good and both 4/1/91 and 9/26/91 are excellent with Bruce's contributions taking them to places deeper than the Branford Dark Stars, which are also quite listenable.

@ mayormarionbarry

Check your PM

GD Beer

Yes, KY Trips am very aware of Dogfish's American Beauty Imperial Pale Ale.

GD Beers

There are also non-sanctioned (or semi-sanctioned) beers like Dead Ringer by Ballast Point and Grateful Red by Capital Brewing. Are there others?P.S. last good (Brent) Dark Star? Nothing wrong with RFK 7-12-90 either imo...

Beer

Tighthead makes a beer called Scarlet>Fire http://www.tightheadbrewing.com/beer-scarlet-fire/

Re: Oswald

Great label.. ...I can tell without asking she is into the blues... If I see, I will have to down a pint in your honor. I guess we are everywhere.

USB

The picture of the USB looks pretty darn cool. Anybody order both, the box and USB? Expensive for the hardcore completionist who has to have it all.

Bear's Choice Beer

Tighthead makes, or made a seasonal called Bear's Choice. It may have been retired. Thighthead is in Chicagoland, so it also makes sense to the fans of the NFL's Bears. I have not seen the label to verify.If it were up to me, the label would be similar to the 1973 album art. http://www.tightheadbrewing.com/beer-bears-choice

30 Trips USB going to be LATE

Lazy lightning, I'd like to find the proper potionThat's gonna capture your emotion... We ran into a few production snags with our 30 Trips custom lightning-bolt USB and in order to bring you the highest quality product, we're going to need a little more time to whip this lazy lightning in to shape! We'll be shipping out in October, specific date - and first look - forthcoming. That said, we want you to have every opportunity to enjoy 30 Trips Around The Sun on the original street date of September 18th. We'll be sending you an exclusive link to listen to each show as well as a pdf of the 288-page book that features an essay written by Nick Meriwether as well as special remembrances of the band submitted by fans and a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years. We hope you'll accept our sincerest apologies. Stay tuned, The Dead.net Team I spoke to Dead.net and they won't allow us to even download the mp3s on the release date, just stream song by song. I'll probably cancel my order now...

Estimated Ship Date October 31, 2015

Items OrderedItem 1 Description 30 Trips Around The Sun Digital Box (USB) Quantity 1 Status Backordered Estimated Ship Date October 31, 2015

GD Beers

There are a few others that I'm aware of... Here in Louisville, Bluegrass Brewing Company (BBC) makes a Dark Star Porter. And Starr Hill, a brewery in VA must be run by a Deadhead. Here are some of their choices... http://starrhill.com/brews/grateful/ http://starrhill.com/brews/dark-starr-stout/ http://starrhill.com/brews/little-red-roostarr/ http://starrhill.com/brews/shakedown/ We ARE everywhere! Thank goodness for that!

Does anyone

else care for Guinness's seasonal - Stout Your Face? Instead of a harp on the can, they've got a Nash Strat. Each one is numbered, of course, so remember to leave the Dead soldier in tact before you put it on the shelf next to Europe '72.

O.K....

Speaking of beers and music: just sitting here in my new apartment grooving to 12/6/73. Im drinking a DogfishHead Punkin Ale. Great stuff. I have a bottle of "vintage" American Beauty" from the first release Im saving for "Boxzilla". Im listening in chronological order the first time. The show Im looking forward to the most is 9/24/72. Love that 72! Actually looking forward to all the shows! Cant Wait!!! Later Folks!!! Crackin anotta! ;) P.S. GO GIANTS!!!( I know preseason, whoopee shit!)

More beer please

Not to be forgotten is Terrapin. I don't think they have overt GD references in any of their beer names, but the company name itself is an homage on every can...

50th anniversary box set

If I remember correctly the 1972 box set arrived before I thought it would...infact I remember it just showing up and totally not knowing what the grateful dead people could've sent that was so big then when I opened it, it came back to me...when I ordered the 1972 set I think it was in April and kind of put it on the back burner and didn't think about it again...so i'm not exactly sure if it came early...but I called the grateful dead 800 number today and they're sticking to about the 18th they'll ship...obvioiusly could be the 16th or the 19th but in that pocket...not next week which would be nice...we will be charged next week though that's a fact on the 9th we will be charged.

last good Brent-era Dark Star

Um...the 25-minute, both-verse rendition on 7/12/90 is no slouch....

News: Dogfish Head - RIP American Beauty

We visited the brewery on Tuesday, and officials there seemed pretty certain American Beauty will NOT be brewed again (at least with the GD co-branding). As it was related to us, the brewery had a license to do two runs (Nov 2013 blue bear label was first, 2014 red bear was second) of the beer. They apparently received permission to do a third run in May 2015 (Skeleton label), but will likely not re-up with the band's licensing arm. I got the impression the band's licensing fees are steep, or at least not financially worth it for the brewery. They told me the music series brews usually don't last. Two exceptions are the Robert Johnson Hellhound Ale and the Miles Davis Bitches Brew. Let's hope this proves wrong. American Beauty is delicious!

Dogfish Dead....

....I've got a couple of Red's and Blue's and an American Beauty Imperial IPA on my kitchen shelf....wish I had more but they're not cheap....what is anymore? ....yeah, they're empty. I love my IPA's....what can I say....prost!!

Eating This Elephant

How are y'all going to listen to this much music? I am compelled to process every release by writing impressions of each song in real time as I listen carefully on a first pass. It really gets me to pay attention to the details and note the big moments I want to return to. Then and only then can I relax and listen more casually. Clearly, this fatty will take a long time to process - probably more than a year. I did the E72 box over about 8 months and I often refer to those write-ups. I doubt if many (or any) of you share this compulsion, but I'd love to see your writing if you're willing to let it out of the house.

Countdown

14 days YES JUST a mere 336 hours until the MONSTER box ships.

Compulsive perhaps

But I get it. Dick latvala did the same thing. Much like in school, I'm a terrible note taker but I'd like to see yours if you get a chance to share them!

Sound Quality

s anyone else a little concerned about the potential sound quality? I am sure the 70s shows will sound pretty much as Dave's/Dick's/RT do - at least that is how the listening party examples come over - somewhat short of the care taken with the Winterland 73 and 77 boxes. The Blow Away above is from a multi-track but is a long way short of the first Spring 90 box never mind the Spring 90 TOO - it suffers from the usual Brent keyboard and vocal louder than the rest of the band together which I am sure could have been addressed with a little time. The Cumberland Blues is presumably from a cassette soundboard and I know they limits things but they have made more effort in the past - it also sounds like the end of it is patched which makes it an odd selection for a listening party. I have an awful feeling that this project has been too big for the timeframe of a summer launch and the mastering will have been rushed (perhaps this also explains the complete absence of Dave giving updates and the lack of any pictures of a finished set - the picture of the box could very well reside only in someone's copy of photoshop). I am not knocking this - I am as excited as anyone to get hold of this but I would prefer to have it done well in November than to have the sound compromised in September.

Missed out? Sound quality?

If u missed this box, and u want a home run. "The other one" which is the 2nd 1990 box is fucking dirty dirty good. Sound quality is unparalleled. Im not a salesman, ive just got it in.....again. My average Monitor Audio floor speakers absolutely sing with these discs. Normans best work imho, the first 90 box mix and quality is inferior. The Other One is special. Winterland 73 is my favorite, but the sonic sound on this is epic, and the boys are ON every night.

lgreen

They started tossing around ideas for this project in 2012. So, not terribly rushed imo. I'm sure they will have done what they could with the source tapes they have. Also, my understanding is they went digital in '83 - someone chime in if they have some more information. I know I posted a link up here a while back inquiring what Norman, et al. will have done with 6-24-85 Iko Iko which Dave said in one of his Taper's Section posts has PCM dropouts aplenty. I bet they have cassette backups for the PCM/DAT recorded shows as well. That may be the splice you're hearing in Cumberland Blues. I'm tempted to listen, but I'm waiting on the box for my first listen.

50th anniversary box set

The quality has a lot to do with the venue...some of the 1968s never sound better than when they played the circus?? or some place as a residency...in later years when they got really big they played stadiums and stadiums tend to be echo-ey...so if you really want good quality listen to 1968-1978...1980 had a lot good quality shows...but I did find the larger venues not as good when they played smaller places auditoriums, theatres...not sure if that can be fixed so easily...1990 box set I got that too a little echo-ey a little big...overall not dis-satisfied with the box sets just an observation...still say 1972 is the pennacle of the grateful dead.

Cumberland

Is spliced

5/8/77

Allow me to change the subject. Dancin' In The Street - according to Wikipedia, that song on the bonus portion of the studio album Terrapin Station is from 5/8/77. My question is - if they can put one song from the show on an album, why can't they put out the whole concert? Waitin' for for the box. Is that like Waiting for Dave? And who gets the reference?

Dave's not home....

....no! I'm Dave!

@stillwaters

I think they're waiting to have the master tapes back, but I'm not sure. I didn't think they had the tapes from Academy of Music '72 either and that didn't stop them from releasing shows from that run. This is of course speculation on my part. I try to follow the scuttlebutt on the tapes, but I truly have nothing definitive to work with. It would be cool if there was a clearinghouse for such information.

Spilled the beans...

So... I finally broke the news about Boxzilla to my wife last night. I had been dreading it for months, and when I saw the pic of the product a couple of weeks ago, I knew it was going to be too big to "hide." She took it remarkably well... as in, she didn't give me any grief whatsoever. So... there's hope out there for the rest of you!

Re: drshakedown

I could not agree more! The 2nd 1990 box are the finest quality Dead recordings I have ever heard. You feel like you're on stage with them. Ofcourse the Fillmore '69 box gives me goosebumps too. :)

30 Trips USB going to be LATE

Email I got two days ago. They also took down the comments on the USB...and it still shows a Sept 18 ship date. Lazy lightning, I'd like to find the proper potion That's gonna capture your emotion... We ran into a few production snags with our 30 Trips custom lightning-bolt USB and in order to bring you the highest quality product, we're going to need a little more time to whip this lazy lightning in to shape! We'll be shipping out in October, specific date - and first look - forthcoming. That said, we want you to have every opportunity to enjoy 30 Trips Around The Sun on the original street date of September 18th. We'll be sending you an exclusive link to listen to each show as well as a pdf of the 288-page book that features an essay written by Nick Meriwether as well as special remembrances of the band submitted by fans and a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years. We hope you'll accept our sincerest apologies. Stay tuned, The Dead.net Team BTW my order says it will be shipped October 31

So

It's NOT SOLD OUT, here we go again!!!!!

Mad dash...

Get 'em while you can!!!

84 boxes left

Perhaps these were found when they fired Box Cutter Boy? Rock on

come on now

I am sure as the email went out, there have been some back out. Personal finances can change. edit: or maybe the "talk" did not go as well for some.

Golden single

Are we thinking that the tracks that are on the gold single will be included on the discs somewhere? Also, I picked up the 2nd spring 1990 box earlier this year and just downloaded the 1st spring 1990.... It's ridiculously good. The music itself as we all know was incredibly inspired. But, the quality of the purchased product is outstanding. Hoping for more if the same but confident that they'll deliver on this epic release. Congrats to all who get to experience it.

24 years ago today

The first night of 3 from Richfield Fall '91 and of the last great Grateful Dead tour. Every song from this three stand in Ohio are played beautifully. The Scarlet>Fire will melt your mind. The third night will make you want it released. https://archive.org/details/gd1991-09-04.sbd.miller.95313.sbeok.flac16 This run of three shows screams for official release. 9/10/91 is a nice box choice, but 9/4-6/91, 9/26/91, 10/27/91 and 10/31/91 are equally as essential as far as I'm concerned.

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