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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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  • rdevil
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    Seth must have missed out on the precursor to Dave's Picks, the yearlong series where the spouse ships out in February followed by a limited edition baby in May, August and November. Subscribers also received a bonus family pet that shipped with the first child.
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    1966 - 7/3, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA Dancin' In The Street I Know You Rider He Was A Friend Of Mine Next Time You See Me Viola Lee Blues Big Boss Man Sitting On Top Of The World Unknown Title New Minglewood Blues Cold Rain And Snow Gangster Of Love ? Beat It On Down The Line Cream Puff War Don't Mess Up a Good Thing Cardboard Cowboy 1967 - 11/10, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA Viola Lee Blues It Hurts Me Too Beat It On Down The Line Morning Dew Good Morning Little School Girl Alligator > Drums > Alligator > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 1968 - 10/20, Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl Turn on Your Lovelight, Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) > Feedback 1969 - 2/22, The Dream Bowl, Vallejo, CA Dupree's Diamond Blues-> Mountains Of The Moon-> Dark Star-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Death Don't Have No Mercy Set 2 Doin' That Rag-> Saint Stephen-> The Eleven-> Turn On Your Love Light 1970 - 4/15, Winterland, San Francisco, CA Cold Rain & Snow China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Mama Tried It's A Man's World Candyman Hard To Handle Set 2 ? Cryptical Envelopment -> Drums -> Jam -> Drums -> The Other One -> Cryptical Envelopment -> Dire Wolf Dancin' In The Streets Turn On Your Lovelight -> Not Fade Away -> Turn On Your Lovelight 1971 - 3/18, Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO Casey Jones Me And My Uncle Big Boss Man Bertha Me And Bobby McGee Loser China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider The Rub Playing In The Band Set 2 ? Cumberland Blues Truckin' > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat Sugar Magnolia Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks) > Feedback Encore ? Uncle John's Band 1972 - 9/24, Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT Big Railroad Blues Mexicali Blues Loser Black Throated Wind Cumberland Blues Sugaree El Paso Tennessee Jed Beat it on Down the Line Bird Song Big River Brown Eyed Women Playing in the Band Set 2 Greatest Story Ever Told Bertha Promised Land Friend of the Devil Jack Straw Tomorrow Is Forever Me and My Uncle Dark Star drums China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Sugar Magnolia Encore One More Saturday Night 1973 - 11/14, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA Big Railroad Blues Jack Straw Sugaree Mexicali Blues Here Comes Sunshine Black Throated Wind Cumberland Blues Row Jimmy The Race Is On Brown Eyed Women Beat it on Down the Line Tennessee Jed El Paso China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Around and Around Set 2 Truckin' The Other One Big River The Other One Eyes of the World The Other One Wharf Rat Me and My Uncle Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Encore ? One More Saturday Night 1974 - 9/18, Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France Uncle John's Band Jack Straw Friend of the Devil Black-Throated Wind Scarlet Begonias Mexicali Blues Row Jimmy Beat it on Down the Line Deal The Race is On To Lay Me Down Playin' in the Band Set 2 Loose Lucy Big River Peggy-O Me and My Uncle Eyes of the World China Doll He's Gone Truckin' drums Caution Jam Ship of Fools Johnny B. Goode Encore U.S. Blues 1975 - 9/28, Lindley Meadows, Golden gate Park, San Francisco, CA Help on the Way> Slipknot! Music Never Stopped They Love Each Other Beat it on Down the Line Franklin's Tower Big River It Must Have Been the Roses Truckin'> The Eleven> Drums> Stronger Than Dirt> Not Fade Away> Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad> One More Saturday Night 1976 - 10/3, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI Sugaree New Minglewood Blues Ramble on Rose Looks Like Rain Loser El Paso Scarlet Begonias Music Never Stopped Set 2 Samson and Delilah It Must Have Been the Roses Playin' in the Band The Wheel Good Lovin' Comes a Time Dancin' in the Streets Not Fade Away Dancin' in the Streets Around and Around 1977 - 4/25, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ New Minglewood Blues Deal Mama Tried They Love Each Other Looks Like Rain Peggy-O Lazy Lightnin' Supplication Ship of Fools El Paso Brown Eyed Women Music Never Stopped Set 2 Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Samson and Delilah Terrapin Station Playin' in the Band drums Wharf Rat Playin' in the Band Encore U.S. Blues 1978 - 5/14, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI Mississippi Half-Step Cassidy They Love Each Other Looks Like Rain It Must Have Been the Roses Me and My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Let it Grow Set 2 Samson and Delilah Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Not Fade Away Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Around and Around U.S. Blues 1979 - 10/27, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA Jack Straw Candyman Me and My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Easy to Love You New Minglewood Blues Stagger Lee Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Deal Set 2 Dancin' in the Streets Franklin's Tower He's Gone Caution Jam The Other One Drums Not Fade Away Black Peter Around and Around Encore One More Saturday Night 1980 - 11/28, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL Jack Straw Peggy-O Little Red Rooster Tennessee Jed Passenger Deep Elem Blues Looks Like Rain Deal Set 2 Feel Like a Stranger To Lay Me Down Let it Grow Terrapin Station Drums Not Fade Away Black Peter Sugar Magnolia Encore U.S. Blues 1981 - 5/16, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Feel Like a Stranger Friend of the Devil Me and My Uncle Big River Althea C.C. Rider Brown Eyed Women Passenger High Time Let it Grow Don't Ease Me In Set 2 Shakedown Street Bertha Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Spanish Jam drums Truckin' Nobody's Jam Stella Blue Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad One More Saturday Night Encore Uncle John's Band 1982 - 7/31, Manor Downs, Austin, TX Alabama Getaway Promised Land Candyman El Paso Bird Song Little Red Rooster Ramble on Rose It's All Over Now Brown Eyed Women Music Never Stopped Deal Set 2 Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World Drums Uncle John's Band Truckin' Morning Dew One More Saturday Night Encore Don't Ease Me In 1983 - 10/21, The Centrum, Worcester, MA Music Never Stopped Loser C.C. Rider Cumberland Blues Cassidy Ramble on Rose My Brother Esau Big Railroad Blues Promised Land Set 2 Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Uncle John's Band Playin' in the Band Drums (Sage & Spirit Jam) Truckin' Wharf Rat I Need a Miracle Touch of Grey Encore Johnny B. Goode 1984 - 10/12, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME Feel Like a Stranger It Must Have Been the Roses On the Road Again Jack-a-Roe It's All Over Now Cumberland Blues Music Never Stopped Set 2 Cold Rain and Snow Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Don't Need Love Uncle John's Band Drums Playin' in the Band Uncle John's Band Morning Dew Encore Good Lovin' 1985 - 6/24, River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH Alabama Getaway Greatest Story Ever Told They Love Each Other New Minglewood Blues Tennessee Jed My Brother Esau Loser Let it Grow Set 2 Iko Iko Samson and Delilah He's Gone Smokestack Lightnin' Cryptical Envelopment Drums Comes a Time The Other One Cryptical Envelopment Wharf Rat Around and Around Good Lovin' Encore U.S. Blues 1986 - 5/3, Cal Expo Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA Cold Rain And Snow The Race Is On They Love Each Other C C Rider High Time Beat It On Down The Line The Promised Land Deal Set 2 Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > GDTRFB > Jam > Drums > Space > The Other One > Comes A Time > Sugar Magnolia 1987 - 9/18, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY Hell in a Bucket Sugaree Walkin' Blues Candyman Masterpiece Bird Song Set 2 Shakedown Street Man Smart/Woman Smarter Terrapin Station Drums Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad All Along the Watchtower Morning Dew Good Lovin' La Bamba Good Lovin' Encore Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1988 - 7/3, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME Hell in a Bucket Sugaree Walkin' Blues Tennessee Jed Queen Jane Approximately Bird Song Set 2 Touch of Grey Hey Pocky Way Looks Like Rain Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World I Will Take You Home Drums Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad I Need a Miracle Dear Mr. Fantasy Hey Jude Reprise Encore Not Fade Away 1989 - 10/26, Miami Arena, Miami, FL Foolish Heart Little Red Rooster Stagger Lee Me and My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Victim or the Crime Don't Ease Me In Set 2 Estimated Prophet Blow Away Dark Star Drums (Theme from ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’) The Wheel All Along the Watchtower Stella Blue Not Fade Away Encore We Bid You Goodnight 1990 - 10/27, Zenith, Paris, France Hell in a Bucket Sugaree New Minglewood Blues Jack-a-Roe Black-Throated Wind Ramble on Rose Masterpiece Bird Song Promised Land Set 2 China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Saint of Circumstance Crazy Fingers Playin' in the Band Drums Playin' Reprise Stella Blue Throwin' Stones Not Fade Away Encore One More Saturday Night 1991 - 9/10, Madison Square Garden, NY, NY Shakedown Street C.C. Rider It Takes a Train to Cry Black-Throated Wind High Time Cassidy Deal Set 2 Help on the Way Slipknot! Franklin's Tower Estimated Prophet Dark Star Drums Space Dark Star Reprise I Need a Miracle Standing on the Moon Turn On Your Love Light Encore It's All Over Now 1992 - 3/20, Copps Coliseum, Ontario, Canada Hell in a Bucket Althea Same Thing Brown Eyed Women Mexicali Blues Maggie's Farm Bird Song Promised Land Set 2 Shakedown Street Man Smart/Woman Smarter Dark Star Drums Space The Other One Standing on the Moon Turn on Your Love Light Encore U.S. Blues 1993 - 3/27, Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY Hell in a Bucket Bertha The Same Thing Peggy-O Queen Jane Approximately Broken Arrow Loose Lucy Cassidy Casey Jones Set 2 Eyes of the World Estimated Prophet Comes a Time Corina Drums The Wheel All Along the Watchtower The Days Between One More Saturday Night Encore I Fought the Law 1994 - 10/1, Boston Garden, Boston, MA Help on the Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower Walkin' Blues Althea Me & My Uncle-> Big River Tom Thumb Blues So Many Roads Promised Land Set 2 Scarlet Begonias-> Fire on the Mountain Long Way Home St. of Circumstance-> Terrapin Station-> Jam-> Drums-> Space-> Last Time-> Stella Blue-> One More Saturday Night Encore Liberty 1995 - 2/21, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City Friend of the Devil Wang Dang Doodle Tennessee Jed Broken Arrow Black Throated Wind (Weir Acoustic) So Many Roads Music Never Stopped Set 2 Foolish Heart Samba in the Rain Truckin' I Just Want To Make Love To You That Would Be Something-> Drums-> Space-> Visions of Johanna Sugar Magnolia Encore Liberty
  • Kate_C.
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    Seth, go with the box; if you really needed a wife and child, Rhino and GDP would've sold them to you years ago! ;)
  • Seth Hollander
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    Thanks, Chastason. I am wrong!
    I reviewed my LMA MP3 derived set of the complete Dead sets from 5/15/70 and can't find the Pigpen rant I have been angry about GDM removing during the Road Trips editing! I must have imagined it years before. It was so firmly entrenched in my mind that I never discovered it WASN'T THERE until you're disbelief made me check in with reality! Well, I am still right and accurate with any other comments I make. Everyone forget about this regrettable incident. My credibility is totally blown... Got a lot of hateful thoughts towards GDM to make up for. Maybe buying this box will balance the scales? There's a $700 see-saw rocking in my head, me on one seat, my wife and baby on the other. When will the see-saw settle to one side? Which side will it be?
  • Cousins Of The…
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    Paul Kantner was back with the Starship last night at the San Mateo County Fair, after recovering from a heart attack last March. He sounded pretty good too; great seeing him as well as David Freiberg who still sounds fantastic at 77. Fantastic version of Codeine!
  • Vguy72
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    Define "new"....
    ....some fans have stated there is nothing "new" in this box. My opinion is as thus. If I haven't heard it yet, then any given show is "new" to me, and that's all that counts....this box is for me, not anybody else. Don't mean to sound presumptuous, but that's my take. Do with it what you will. ....as far as packaging, this release is gonna be pretty big and heavy. I fear the discs might be packaged ala Road Trips style. I hope I'm wrong....
  • boblopes
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    Thanks for the offer to send it from Vegas Baby!!! I'll look at Stop & Shop on my way home from work and if I can't get it there, will order via Amazon. If no luck on either of those fronts, you'll be hearing from me Vguy... Thanks for the help!!!
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    Here in Connecticut I found many copies in my local Stop & Shop supermarket. I believe they're in the Boston area too.
  • DCBoater
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    Lot of Money -- Not really "new"
    IMHO -- -- This box set strikes me as a pretty opportunistic venture by GDM. Talk about "sticker shock." Wow. And, after 36 editions of Dicks Picks, another 12(?) of Dave's Picks, the "So Glad You Made It," and "May '77" box sets, not to mention "Road Trips" and various exceptional -- and some not so hot -- single disk releases, I couldn't honestly even think about plowing more $$$ into another "epic" box release. I'm a deadhead, and I can find reasons to appreciate even some of the "lamer" shows and tours, but I can't see plunking down so much mooola for stuff that, basically, has been duplicated many times on other GD releases. Do I really need another '77 show? Or another '84 show? '93? No.
  • Cousins Of The…
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    Single shows for $50? Nice; copy the discs before you sell them and make ~$750 profit.Why did't I think of it?
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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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9 days left to go until the SUPER DUPER BOX ships. So what time is Rhino going to take my money? I thought it would be gone by now.
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I was thinking the same thing, Wiss. Dead.net hasn't charged my cc yet, either. In addition to being Payment Day, today is 9/09, the six-year anniversary of the release of the Beatles mono and stereo boxes.
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Those 2 picture of the exterior of the 30 Trips box are fine, but get tiring quite fast. Let's see what the interior of this box looks like, before this box lands on our doorsteps or maildrops.
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Geez, what's with the spate of hate for vinyl? Surely it takes more effort than the follow-on options, and I concede that it's subjective, but I'd invite anyone to come to my place and do a side-by-side comparison between vinyl, CD and whatever else. To me, there's no comparison and I'm willing to invest the time and money (and get up and flip the album every 18 or so minutes) if I'm in the mood for serious listening. That said, I also have a CD player and a few 160GB iPODs with uncompressed music. There's room for everything in audio-land, folks. No need to disparage old technology just 'cause it's old. To my old ears, vinyl is - and will likely always be - the best (you should hear the MSFL mono set of Beatles records I have!)
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floridabobaloo, I have one of those Apple shaped Beatles USB's. Really amazing sound - I play it in the car and you can hear things you have never heard before on songs you have heard thousands of times. Only two problems with the USB: The Apple "Stem" is attached to the USB portion and a lot of people have lost theirs over the years - you have to be very gentle with it - that won't be a problem with the 30 Trips USB. The other problem is the White Album - since it is two records, each with an "A" side and a "B" side (no "C" or "D" side) you wind up with two songs as song 1, two songs as song 2, two songs as song 3, etc.when you load it on to a hard drive it truly corrupts the running order of the LP. I re-numbered everything and thought I had it right but when I went to play the album it reverted back to the two songs as 1, two songs as 2,.....Apparently I have neither the talent or authority to fix it. So my hard drive, which I play a lot more to avoid damage to the "Stem", goes: "Back in the USSR", "Birthday", "Dear Prudence", "Yer Blues",.....
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Automaticslim, You have to use an MP3 tag editor to fix this. iTunes has one built in, you right click the song and click get info and it takes you to the screen where you can edit the metadata. I have seen your issue before, the problem is that MP3s have a "track number" and "disc number" field. It sounds like the track number is being used but not the disc number so it should just be a matter if going in and populating the disc number properly. I have had a lot of experience with this given all of the 3 disc dead releases. Final note is that a lot of players use the metadata (i.e. track number) and not the file name when sorting your songs for playback. This is why simply renumbering the files has no effect, it still sees 2 track 1s and without the disc number to further sort by it just plays them consecutively. Hope this helps.
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so are they shipping today?? I know they're not but it would be nice if they did...I heard they have used tracking of a cd in the past via the net I remember a neil diamond title had that I know a lot of you are laughing but he must've been afraid of teenagers uploading and downloading his cd for free once someone else bought one...far as this box set goes I can see someone burning someone else a copy and what can you say...700$ a pop is for the rich or the very very loyal grateful dead fan who are willing to give blood work extra shifts and work 2nd and 3rd jobs for awhile...I see it this way for the people who are worried this is a limited edition and they have or will sell it out...life is limited we will not be here forever so don't worry about such things...when I get my box set no one will know about it I will keep it secret if someone knew what kind of a collector you are odds someone will break in and rob you.
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And here I thought we'd get through the anti-capitalist flamethrowing without anyone encouraging the idea of just stealing the music. Goes to show you don't ever know.
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Some of the very people who were accused of being "Capitalist Stooges," happen to be the same people who PM'd me when I erroneously gave the impression I wasn't getting the Box. Their offers were universally kind and generous, and completely unprofitable to themselves - in the sense of capital. None of the "Communists" sent me any such messages. Thought it was worth mentioning.
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Excellent article :) I'm not anti Vinyl, I have many thousands of records in storage, along with the analog system to play them. Records are a ritual I no longer have the time or space to enjoy. I like to listen to music in more than the 20 minute chunks allowed by lps. My post was that 10 years ago I read an article in a newspaper, the Wall St Journal, that interviewed a label big wig that stated it was their, the labels, intention to phase out CDs as a distribution media because they were the only method that allowed for an exact copy, which he called a "bootleg". It was the quote that stuck in my mind all these years. "Anyone with a PC has a bootlegging machine, no one has a record press in their basements". I found this strange as at the time, records were found at yard sales and flea markets, in collectors magazines or on the internet, but they were no longer being sold in stores and the old record shops were now Used CD stores. It seemed far fetched, but totally logical from a corporate point of view. That was when I started buying CDs the day they came out as I wanted a master I could make an exact copy from for my HD that I listen from. Now we have Vinyl as the hip the audiophile choice and CDs are closer to saved MP3s than the true audiophile releases they promised when they got everyone to buy the remasters on CDs of the records they already owned. Soon everything will be digital distribution and the players will no longer need to support non purchased files, because you can play your record on the record player. Again great article link, that has nothing to do with what I was talking about.
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Indie rock icons Dean Wareham and Ira Kaplan talk about the Grateful Dead's influence.
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Normally I wouldn't complain about this,but my bank account just increased by several hundred dollars.And it wasn't me. WTF? :) Crazy Fingers crossed :)
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Nice post, would love to hear the Beatles in mono and do a side by side comparison. You are correct that is the only way to hear for sure. I just cannot at this point do that myself. But hey now, there is always the future.
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hey thanks for the link. i can now forge in my memory the day they charged me for the box is the same day i finally heard that first caution recording, first day of them in the studio. just have never sought that out, now i cam glad i waited. makes 2015-09-09 something special in my memory. G
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Can someone tell me if they send you an email after they withdraw the payment from you account? I had some other stuff come out today (wife) and now I am afraid they have already tried and hit my banks limit. Thanks
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My payment hit, I have not received an email. By tomorrow, or midnight tonight, you should be able to call the bank's 800 number and get the detailed account transactions. I can tell mine hit, but i won't be able to completely confirm until tomorrow after today's bank closing of the day's books and posting to the accounts. Of course, some might be able to go online and see it, but I do not handle bank transactions online. Hope this helps, G
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Thanks accountantguy. I'll have to give it a try!
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Will the real hippie Communist please stand up...The blood of Gorbachev runs thick, and the box is shaped like the (red) square. With the mastering done in Moscow, even Katarina Witt wrote the liner notes. Still hoping for a bonus dvd of her ice skating. (editor's note- Katarina Witt is German)
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Glad I was able to help with that moment. That caution sounded pretty tight - and it was extra special because I heard it on Pig's bday. Also, I have both the Beatles USB & Queen USB (you probably never heard about that one). - and they both sound awesome. I agree, you should duplicate the USB content because you never know what could happen. BUT, as for them being infected, that is always out there. Try to keep the chip safe. Beatles USB http://www.amazon.com/The-Beatles-USB/dp/B002VH7P4O Queen USB http://www.amazon.com/The-Orb-Queen/dp/B005P4HK22 It's a great model, but there is risk with everything. Some people who got the Spring Box Too set complained about some CDs not working. It can happen anywhere. Rock on!
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Your use of the term "Bruthas" has been referred to The Citizens Committee On Is There Anything Here We Find Offensive. The term "Bruthas" may be viewed as gender specific and gender hegemonic and is symptomatic of wrongful thought processes and may be a hurtful micro aggression. In the future please use the Committee approved term "Comrade" when referring to fellow citizens.
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I don't recall being charged before release day before, is my memory just bad? Would love to get this one a week early, now that'd be a nice surprise for the 50th!
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Looks like I better try to hide in Mexico - Stalin will never find me there!
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Stalin might not be able to get you in Mexico.. but Senor Bolo sure can. Good luck, comrade.
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I haven't seen any activitiy on my account so far today.. I used my debit card as credit when ordering.. Should I see something as far as a pending charge somewhere on my account activity? Let me know if I should be freaking out or not.. lol..
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This number has gone up & down this week more then the stock market! Rock on
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No charge here yet! I am freaking a little, but it helps to hear that I am not alone
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I called customer service because I saw no updates and no pending charges on my card, but they told me that they have thousands to process, so they have begun, but will be doing them throughout the week. So, no need to freak out, all is well so far. :)
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I hear the scroll is really a secretly encoded copy of Joseph McCarthy's Hollywood Blacklist.
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I was hoping the scroll would be lickable. As far as charging, banks/cc - as everything else, different businesses do it differently. My bank receives the charge today (on a cc), so I can tell it is there, but until they close their books at close of business, it is more like a hold. Some banks may not show you that interim step and instead just show the charge at one time after the close of the business day. They were to charge today, technically it would not show until tomorrow unless it was done as a debit. If it is a cc or a debit card run as a cc it will show after the close of business. Hope that helps, again, different banks operate differently. Don't mean to add to the confusion. edit1: i definitely would not freak out at all if you have an order number. Remeber, all of this has to flow thru the federal reserve system's clearing house.
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big weekend coming,, gotta take the hit and see if i can still make it to LOCKN Bring on the Releases !!! 7.16.88 and more 1981 !!!! check out 11.29.81 He's Gone -> Drums -> Space -> Truckin'
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I hear that the core four WILL tour next year with Ted Nugent in Jerry's spot and Lee Greenwood in Pig's.Gotta satisfy the core fans, it's "good business"!
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I've been told by a friend that the USB AND the physical object, sorry I meant box will not be ready before mid October......
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via e-mail:Box shipping out mid October.Credit cards will be charged on the 17th. Music link & pdf the 18th. That is all.
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We ran into a few production snags with our 30 Trips Around The Sun box and in order to bring you the highest quality product, we're going to need a little more time to make it just exactly perfect! We'll now be shipping out mid-October. 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. Please note that credit cards on file will not be charged until September 17th. We hope you'll accept our sincerest apologies. Stay tuned, The Dead.net Team
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Just got a email from customer service. 30 trips box shipment delayed till mid october!!!! Calling them now.
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I'm sure everyone is getting the same notice. Disappointing to have delay, but I guess it's better that it be made Just Exactly Perfect.
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Yep, Just got the email. Box will ship mid October. Bummer, but stuff happens. Will be worth the wait!!
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Hey now we get to see the goodies and sample the soon to be available download versions of the shows. If it's already on the server why not let people pay to download it once the box ships.
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It would be one thing if this were the first problem they've ever had.
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great article on headphones and the next thing to getcha! When I was in graduate school, we had the President of the marketing company that handled Debeers Diamonds. He gave us a great speech about marketing and the Debeers monopoly on the african diamond mines. Not to offend the ladies, but what he basically said was that the marketing program was designed to get people to pay a lot of money for a rock. They had to create an image of rareness or exclusivity. When I was home at Thanksgiving I had this sort of conversation and the ladies at the table made the comment that I just did not understand love. As far as the headphones, or better amp, or speakers, or whatever, there is also some basic science involved. I was trying to get a car started one time and I couldn't, A friend asked if it had gas. Then, would it turn over, etc. on and on. The science I speak of is the natural progression or the "path." The path is something I struggle getting my elderly parents to understand when they cannot get their dvd player to play a movie. There is a natural progression of problem solving. First, is it this or that. Second is it this? With amps, headphones, speakers, etc. the wellhead of the path is its source. People on here seem to not realize this and think, why can't they get Keith more into the mix. Most of these tapes are board tapes. That is the source, that is where the path starts. You can only improve an old board tape so much. You cannot go back and remix the actual audio, you can make minor modifications in frequency ranges but that does not change the underlying source. Again ladies no offense, but guys if you can get by with a shiny cubit zerconium, why not? Why pay Debeers for their fluffed up imagery. Yeah, I know, I do not know anything about love.
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I too am disappointed with the delay. On the flip side though, they only have one chance to get it right. I would much rather have them take the time needed, than to hurry a box and deliver it with mistakes. And so begins a new countdown...
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Yea I'm bummed. I also think it has something to do with the USB delay. Maybe so many people bailed on the USB, when they annouced that delay, the PTB had to hold the release because of folks electing for a pirated copy. Another month would give them time to get those sales back. I don't know for sure but whatever it is stinks. I hate to be harsh about this but I think Rhino does owe us SOMETHING for this.Maybe a discount promo code for a future purchase. I was getting pretty excited.
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Better to get it right. I'm not going to let this ruin my day. There's enough to listen too in the mean time.
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...is not a release date. It sounds more like "shipping whenever the fuct we get around to it". But certainly not when we promised. I guess our boxes were in a warehouse in Tianjin that doesn't exist anymore.
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I think it is safe to say that we have been more than understanding regarding this release and this delay is completely unacceptable. Who else out there spends 700 dollars, yes 700 dollars, on a product they haven't even seen. I know that I am not the only one who has emailed Dave regarding this release with no response. This announcement doesn't deserve one of those WIND videos explaining what is going on? Really? Just talk to us and fill us in. Of course it won't happen because we are all drones that shell out our money anytime Rihno even thinks about maybe releasing something Dead related, but the best response to this silence would be to have everyone cancel there orders and wait for them to prove this product. To anyone who doesn't love this band looking in from the outside this whole situation must seem completely absurd............BECAUSE it is. Shame on us for allowing it.
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I'm ok with the delay. Not happy, but I would rather have a product that is exactly perfect. However, why charge on 9/17 and not 10/17? That's the only thing that upsets me. What charge me a month in advance? Also, I bet the music provided online is streaming, not downloaded. Big difference. I can't listen to this in the truck....
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What a horrible disappointment and amateurish display of piss poor planning . Why is there such a shortage these days of anyone who can do anything right the first time ? I find it incredibly difficult to put any kind of positive spin on this , just abysmal customer service and lack of respect for a loyal fan base . We are everywhere? Yup , and we are all fools for accepting this treatment as normal ... PS- John Mayer can go suck a friggin egg
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