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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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  • outpost
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    As I've stated in previous posts, I have every official release, on CD and over 1,000 GD shows in flac, and when 30 trips was announced, I could've got the box, but the USB looked cool, and was in High Res. files (I upload all my CD's to Apple Lossless anyway), so that's why I went for it. I'm not gonna cancel it, but I believe we should get something more than an old backstage pass, for our troubles (even Amazon would treat you better than this !). I just subscribe to Dave's Picks 2016, so a deal there is out, but how about a USB of some classy '60's shows 2/21/69, 11/11/67 etc. Maybe then we will have something to smile about ! Until then, we have put up with endless comments about good the fu%^& box is ! Whoever it is at Rhino or Dead.net Customer Service, who is making the decision to NOT tell people what's going on, wants a kick in the nuts.Maybe they're trying to figure out how to make a $50 USB look like it's worth $700. Even if they dropped the price to $500, but still couldn't say when it would ship, would you buy it ? It's two months overdue, let's hope it doesn't become three.
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    I think you're right, it probably had an affect, and not just on the tapers, but on the entire community. Sounds like a fine dissertation research topic to me. Let the scholarship begin!
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    They WILL actually pay to get their tapes back but its nowhere near the price that is usually requested. Dave always says they won't in his webchats, etc..but thats not exactly true. I forget where I read this...I'll try to find it after work...
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    @Charlie, Yes, that was a very interesting article. Is that the one called "What's become of the Betty's?" I don't recall, but it was very informative specifically about the missing Betty Boards. I think many of us are hoping they've come to an agreement with that one hold-out owner, and are keeping it quiet to surprise us (that would be nice, wouldn't it?)! @Gary, thanks - I'm inclined to go with your memory, muddy or not, about 1987. I was never a taper at shows, but we usually got pretty crispy tapes from one of a few different folks (especially you Joel, if you're there!) shortly after the shows we went to, and we had friends that got some great sounding tapes. I was collecting tapes by 81, and when I didn't have a large collection at first, folks were very generous at sharing their favorite low-gen shows. God Bless them all!
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    @Rbumkin - I do hope you find some of the '80's ones better.
    Sorry about your experience with the '83 show. I hope you like the ones that come after better, really. Others here have already extolled the virtues of the '84, 87, 88, and 89 shows in particular. I'm very glad that I like what I hear in that show. The Music Never Stopped has plenty of energy (Phil is all over the place.) Jerry has plenty of creative licks everywhere (to my ears) in this show. The Cumberland is fantastic, and the Ramble on Rose smokes. In the second set, the Scarlet Fire is an excellent one, Playing goes interesting places, the Space is unique and goes places, etc. I wasn't familiar with this one before the box (I don't think), so I didn't look at reviews before listening to it (at least, I don't remember doing so), but it's nice to know that I'm not entirely alone: From Deadbase (John W. Scott): "A show that opens with Music Never Stopped, sigh. And they never lose their stride. Cumberland! A little fast, but hot hot hot, hot. Cassidy builds and builds, gaining tempo with intensity. Jerry pours out the notes at a breakneck pace. I keep expecting them to stumble at this pace, the jam is incredible.... the Scarlet was wonderful, one of the best versions that I have ever heard live. It was LONG ... and well jammed..." It goes on about the rest of the show in much the same manner. From the Taping Compendium, which includes MANY negative review for shows throughout 1983; this one was reviewed by Jeff Silberman, one of their most frequent reviewers: "Highlights: The Entire Show "... This show is most excellent, Deadbase ranks it one of the best of that year. The first-set song selection is top-notch from a raging "Music Never Stopped" opener to the smoking "Promised Land" closer. All the songs in between were well played, too. The second set features a dynamite "Scarlet">"Fire," the transition between which is exquisite. "Uncle John's Band" begins the second set proper and leads to a long and wonderful Playing. After the Drums, the highlight is the fine "Truckin'" Reviewers are just one person's subjective opinion, and my own are frequently different than in reviews I read. But, it's nice to know that I'm not entirely imagining things when that Cumberland rocked me out. Jerry is VERY present, and very emotional belting out the last parts of Rample On Rose. I could go on. I think that it is true that the recording is very dry and sterile - it doesn't have the hiss of the '82 show, but there is still a virtually complete lack of audience and a lack of anything to provide a 3D image; it's very clear, but is flat, two-dimensional. I think that can detract from the show, unless you automatically adjust your brain, so to speak, in the same way we used to for some iffy cassette recordings back in the day where you got to where you could automatically adjust without realizing you were doing it, and it was almost like you were at the show.
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    I read a fairly detailed article in Relix recently that explained the May 8 Cornell tapes and a number of other Betty boards were purchased by third parties when the contents of the storage unit in which they were located were auctioned off in the mid '80s. That was apparently when a sizeable volume of the Betty boards began to circulate. The article states that the tapes are still in the possession of the third parties, who legally own the physical tapes but do not own the rights to the music and therefore can not legally release it commercially. The Dead justifiably don't want to pay to get their own music back and the third parties don't want to give the tapes back for free. If true, seems unlikely that there will be an official release of May 8, '77 Cornell.
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    My memory is 1987. At times I was in the taper's section and got to know some of the folks. My memory seems to indicate that Betty swept through in late summer or fall 1987. However, I would not trust my memory 100%. Hope that helps clarify or muddle the situation. Some where around this time we also received the 3/25/66 Trooper's Hall tape. That was wild to get that. I know since we gravitated to taping very quickly, we spent inordinate amount of time in hotels making tapes. Would sometimes have the master of the night's show going and listening and trying to come down, while having another 4-10 decks going making other masters and making tapes everyone was bringing in to get each other copies. Man that was some fun times!
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    If the 1983 show is the best of that year, wow what a sad year! I forced myself to listen to the whole thing, but I suppose I'll never bother again. Even Jerry at his best in this show is lazy and repetitive. And Bob, his phony vocals make me ill. At this point, I could vote this as the worst Dead show I've heard. So far my feelings about the lame '80's are being born out.
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    If you have or get the Taping Compendiums, volumes 2 and 3 each have great very lengthy articles in the early sections before the reviews start about tape trading, taping (including detailed and arcane information about equipment and the technology), and soundboards. I just noticed that they say the Cornell Betty tape started making the rounds in 1987. I don't know which is right, 1985 or 1987 - maybe someone can clarify this. Anyway, the compendiums are a lot of fun - lots of great information and reviews of every tape known about to the authors at the time they wrote them.
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    Here's a great article that covers a little Cornell history by N. Meriwether: https://rockhall.com/story-of-rock/features/all-featured/7745_grateful-…
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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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I couldn't find a charge or fee amount. Am I missing something? I'm not very bright
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Diggey- It cost me nothing.. I just signed up a little earlier StStephen- I am surprised you've sold so many of those shows, but NOT '68 yet.
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I logged in and did the ups my choice and I can see it, scheduled tomorrow for delivery......... Oh my! Thanks for the UPS tip, yinz are amazing!
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See?! Lucky!!! I'd love to have mine for this weekend.. Oh well.
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it's free--all you do is sign up and use your zip code basically. If I can do it so can you. Cheers.
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I'm another eastern PA resident who got it today. Never got a shipping notice and was still listed as backordered w/ expected ship 10/31 on my order status online. So, don't fret too much about whatever your order status says.No miracle but got #99 on scroll. Got 9/12/94 Oakland for ticket, and 2/21/95 Salt Lake for backstage pass. Tickets inserted in book. Book looks like pretty nice quality. Overall CD packs better quality, more durable than the ones for Europe '72. The whole box seems more sturdy than the Europe '72 trunk as well.
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Yep..thanks for helping me drum up a little business - youre right it's crazy no-ones bought the 68 show yet - still only these remaining at 45 us dollars per show.....email me at gilmourstephen@hotmail.com 68 82 83 90 92 93 94 95
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The suspense is killing me... cant wait fir delivery tomorrow. So, without too much unavoidable comedic response, what does a Miracle look like? Lol... pleasepost a picture of a scroll that has a Miracle. Thanks, and enjoy boxilla! To kill time tonight, listening to Road Trips Bonus Disc Vol2 no.2 1968 from EAGLES AUDITORIUM, SEATTLE WA 1/23/68 Viola Lee Blues ... :-)
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oh well.... Is anyone else in the same boat? I'm getting kind of worried seeing how everyone else has theirs on the way.
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#3241Ticket from May 27, 1993 Cal Expo Backstage pass from March 26, 1995 The Omni
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You Don't Have To Ask If you wanna know what time it is, you don't have to ask If you wanna know what something is, you don't have to ask If you wanna know whats real or not, you don't have to ask If you wanna know what time is now, you don't have to ask You don't have to ask, you already know If you wanna leave just close your eyes, you don't have to ask If you wanna go and lose your mind, you don't have to ask If it's peace that you're looking for You got the key to every door, you already know If there's a way out you'll find out and free all and be all beyond You never wonder what sky you been under that made you forget all this time If you're looking for it, you don't have to ask You can see it plain as day, you don't have to ask If you try to find us true, just take a look at you, you don't have to ask
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Nice score! You got a pass for one of the box shows! Real-time reports are appreciated.
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Midnight Hour... Phil 'That's it for the sun dance'.
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Nothing yet for me, Mr Jack Straw. I am happy and excited for those who received their boxes or shipping notices, however, and hope to share in that excitement soon.
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An email from GD came in at 2:45am today. It's the same one that told about the "miracle" scrolls. It also contained the following info: "Along with the aforementioned book and scroll, you will find an original Grateful Dead concert ticket and backstage pass from the UCSC Grateful Dead Archives included as a token of our appreciation for your patience." That is actually a VERY cool little addition!! An authentic piece of the history. I wonder how many box purchasers will get these and not realize those aren't repros like in the 1990 box sets? Thanks Dave and Co.!!!!!
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Not until Monday :-( Coming to Plano, TX,,,, near Dallas
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Can anyone tell me the earliest Datk Star version that has been released? Just listened to the 1/23/68 version from the RT Bonus Disc and cant seem to own an earlier version. Sounds young. ..very speedy compared to others, but official release was may 68 so this must have been one of the first ....no? What was earlier? Thanks, still killing time :-)
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Signed up for UPS My Choice a while ago; they let you know when the delivery day and time window is (for me, tomorrow). You can go on site and easily arrange to pick it up at the UPS place or at a few other local businesses. I like that a lot more than leaving 16 pounds of Dead shows out on my front porch in an increasingly sketchy neighborhood. BTW, go click on the link with the instructions for claiming the bonus plaque; it shows you exactly where to look for "miracle" on your scroll. One show a day? I should be able to get through this just in time for the Fare Thee Well box to arrive...
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What shows weren't sold out that they have 6,500 tickets left around?
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Congrats to all who have theirs,mine should be here Tuesday..WooHoo!!..My 2 cents worth on resellers:I never buy more than 1 copy of any release.If I get it and don't like it due to sound quality,setlist or whatever I will resell it. I let the market dictate that price.Another shoutout to my man Brian..I have got a few whales from him I couldn't get anywhere else and have sold him some unwanted shows for fair prices for the both of us. I wouldn't surprise myself if I break this set up to pay for other shows I want more.To everyone bashing all resellers that don't "get the music"......perhaps we are selling to acquire different shows of said music.I can't fathom how many people have bought long wanted but soldout shows from resellers. I hope it seems clear that buying 3-4 sets of everything to profit isn't my bag.....now bring on that 84 Dew!!
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so if I can hold of somebody's time machine I can actually go to a grateful dead show using these tickets? wow they look authentic, they could very well be real and authentic...for the record I got Oakland 1994 everybody has different tickets it seems.
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Probably every show after brent died lol....
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When I first signed up on the UPS site there was no information on the box. I clicked on the "Tracking" tab on the top of the page once signed in, then clicked on the "My UPS Choice" on the next row of tabs down from the top. This took my to a screen labelled "My Delivery Planner" and there was the tracking information for the box. Hope this helps anyone who couldn't find the information on UPS yet.
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I live in a pretty big co-op building and was greeted with a brown box on the stoop, not unusual and I don't order shit so I blew past it, or was about to, and I saw scrawled on a side in this Hobbity typeface -- Pen Mill Phil Mickey-- and then there was a steal your face and my name and my address ann I took it home and then I opened it and unpacked it and then, and then.... The cardboard box in and of itself is cool. The packaging clever. I'm going to keep it. In fact, it's in my basement storage now. Otherwise one of my cats would piss and shit in it and the other would eat it. I spent a lot of time just touching it. It has some kind of hajj thing going for it. I just want to circle it. Over and over. If you haven't watched the video on how to navigate this thing, don't. Not sure what's in the video but I got probably way to much pleasure figuring it out. Seasons and phases and grain patterns. Ticket and backstage pass inside an embossed leather book. Maybe pleather.Or vinyl. It's not leather but has that feel. It's pretty sweet. Embossed both sides. So much symmetry. And, I've only gone through a bit, but the contents found therein are colorful and touching and warm. Terrific art. Terrific personal narratives. Ticket and backstage pass (both authentic from Oakland Coliseum. Ticket: 10/30/91. Pass: 2/25/95. A timeline scroll. Inscribed panels. Obscured inscriptions. So. All of this without listening to a single note, which is the whole reason for this thing. (And I'm listening to 10/20/68 right now and it's crisp and grand and the CAUTION!!.) But the best is that my daughters, 10 and 8, are so stoked because I love it so much and they want to play with it and read the scroll and read the book and look at the art and I get to explain it all to them and they're LISTENING to me, for the first time ever, because it's just so fucking cool and you want to touch it and it has this gravitas, it's IMPORTANT. My wife, I think, is a little disturbed by it and my daughters' fascination with it and she's wondering how long "that thing" is going to stay on the kitchen counter. To each their own but 'that thing" is pretty fucking great. So much to take in!
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No box today just patagucci from web specials for mich winter.Video did not reveal special BEAR pouch. Miracle an Owsley Belt Buckle. Dreaming
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OK - so I had to post - it is so good to hear that others were concerned about the box arriving and their wives discovering it. I have had to keep this seriously quiet. I used a credit card that she does't know I have - and when she heard about it from a co-worker, I said that I would never pay 700.00 for shows that I already had in my collection. I do have most of them - but I still bit. I haven't even dug into the box because I am keeping it in my car overnight until tomorrow. I have, however, begun listening. Everything sounds great so far - thanks GDP. I just have to say this though - on several of the disc jackets, 83 and 84 for example, there are remarks by Lemieux regarding the inconsistent play of the band during those years. As I interpreted the numerous remarks of this nature - I began to get more and more irritated. Lemieux -are you freakin crazy? Fall '83 holds its own with any of your precious 70's tours. Maybe not better - but in the conversation. I love the 70's as well -but I saw the bulk of my 250ish shows between '82 and '90. '82 was unbelievable for long stretches as was '85. So freakin what if Jerry forgot some words or was smokin coke. If you discount shows on those terms (drugs) - you'd have to stop listening. Have you even listened to any of the Merriweather shows? Springfield, Mass. '85 might have been the best two shows I ever saw (The HSF night reigns supreme) The Greeks and Frost? Red Rocks? Alpine? How about the St. Stephen shows from 83? Iowa 82? Glenn's Falls 82? MSG 82? How about Fall '85? C'mon man - sometimes the light needs a little dark - like a touch of grey - you know? There are a lot of us out here that feel this way.
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I have received no email from Dead.net, and my order still says "Backordered" with a ship date of 10/31 Then I signed up for a UPS My Choice account, and lo and behold, my box is scheduled for delivery tomorrow! I am over the moon and may not sleep very well tonite! Rock on
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Looks like mine is scheduled to arrive Friday 10/9 in the afternoon. I've had the last three weeks off and leave for work for a few days about 2 or 3 hours before the box will arrive. I won't be able to see or hear this in person for a few days after it's arrival. Arrrgh.
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Glad to read that some of you have got your boxes already. Waiting patiently in Pittsburgh so it can't be that long if Eastern PA got a few already. I have other things on the way, but I'm fairly certain this will stand out. Happy listening to those that have it!
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I have a 1/17/68 Carousel Ballroom, which seems to verify with deadbase 50, it's 4:48 min long decent/good sound. Goes into a China Cat. This 68 show looks good, has a 7:40 min Dew. The more I listen the better the recording sounds.

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iGrateful, You called it, the earliest Dark Star released is 1/23/68 from the Carousel bonus disc. Crystal Ballroom 2/02/68 would be next, from the same release. The earliest whiff of a Dark Star I've heard (a mixed metaphor, I know) is during the Neal Cassady rap jam 7/23/67 ~ at one point Jerry's hitting a version of the riff that classically heralds re-entry into the 2nd verse. Atticstrophic, Pluto will always be a planet to me, whatever they (Bernie Horowitz or the post-modern astronomers) say.

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I've not heard 1/17.... My earliest one is 1/20, but that cuts off at 1:55, making 1/22 the oldest complete one I've got or heard, clocking in at 5:43. That 1/23 bonus one is a respectable 7:45.
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can someone confirm is this just one disc?
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Deadbase says one thing, my copies from archive say something else. The 7:45 one from 1/23/68 off Road Trip V2N2 bonus disc, says 1/23/68, but deadbase shows no show for that date and the only Dark Star I have from Seattle is 5:40 (and sounds good) I like to get a copy of the bonus disc if anyone has it, I have RT 2-2, but no bonus. Okay, just looked up some more, didn't realize RT 2-2 had bonus TRACKS and a Bonus DISC. I have the tracks, not the disc. Also I noticed there are 3 dark stars on the set, the bonus track copy is 6:45 from 2/2/68 Portland, deadbase doesn't show this,,,a DS on 2/3. So mystery data, still would like a copy of bonus DISC for RT 2-2. And Still the earliest Dark Star I have and verified with deadbase is 1/17/68. Too much data man, but the 1/17 is in archive, worth checking out.
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Any miracles out there yet? My box has, apparently, not shipped yet. The unboxing video made my heart beat a little faster... Oh boy!
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Gary,The concert I attended was that of May 4, 1972. I wake up and the sun wakes up too. It lights up the room where I am. I have too many posts to read, as many of you to write these final hours. Long live the Grateful Dead!
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My Boxzilla hasn't yet shifted to 'Shipped' but surely that is what this fee is for...can't think of anything else on order that would attract this price?! Bring it on for the weekend!!!
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Received same text, and after calling DHL it seems that this must be Boxzilla but we're unlikely to get it this weekend. Hasn't cleared customs and DHL have no instructions yet from Cinram Group, who seem to be the shipper, to pick up and deliver. So near, and yet so far...
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First thanks to those heads who bought shows, offered other help and those who told me to ignore the comments of One Man and Space Brother :) I'm on my way to covering the gap for my eye op. Now here's the final sale - ALL items individually priced to go. Paypal payment required - email me at gilmourstephen@hotmail.com with interest and or questions/offers for bulk: 30 trips shows: 68 - $30US 82 - $40US 83 - $40US 90 - $40US 92 - $38US 93 - $38US 94 - $38US 95 - $38US Book - $55US Single - $30US Scroll - $25US Box (empty to store your dead goodies or stash lol BUT including the backstage pass and ticket) - $100 ALL prices include shipping to anywhere worldwide - again thanks guys (that's most of you - excluding the obvious three)
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Also just had a call from DHL re paying sales tax. Likely to be delivered Monday or Tuesday. Seems they are shipping in order number sequence as I have a second one on order that DHL knows nothing about yet.
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You have way more than 3 detractors here, although I am the most vocal one. And besides the ones who have spoken up, there are probably hundreds who are silent. NO ONE wants this to be a commercial site. NO ONE wants to read your repetitive self-serving posts, especially when your response is "bite me". Think about it. And NO ONE believes this is your "final" sale. Take it to eBay like everyone else. A conscience is a wonderful thing. Get one.
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It appears that there are ZERO days left for BOXZILLA to ship so here are the final numbers; 30 Trips was announced by dead.net on June 2nd we've waited a total of 129 days A FULL summer season the final 19 days of spring the first 18 days of fall To those of us who received 30 Trips was it worth the wait? I say a resounding YES!!! To those who haven't received 30 Trips yet, let me say you will not be disappointed. So today, Friday October 9, 2015 @ 6:21am EDT, the countdown is officially OVER!!!! So glad we made it!!!! HAPPY FRIDAY DEADLAND!!!!!!
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Has it occurred to you that it is not unreasonable to suppose that people were buying shows from you in the vain hope that they would all be sold quickly so that we didn't have to be subjected to endless posts of your unsold shows list, updated every few hours ad nauseum, both here and on the DP16 board? Now I see that the list has been expanded to include all manner of accoutrements that accompany the shows. Packaging for sale anyone? Does it interest you in the slightest that people have let you know that they find your commercial activities here unacceptable? Seems not.
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Great to see boxes are going out, but so far the only email I've received is the one about the miracle. At the end it says I'll get shipment information once it leaves the warehouse so I guess mine hasn't left the warehouse yet. Oh well, hopefully next week! Just give me a tracking number so I can get on UPS and watch it make it's way to me!!!
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You aren't going to get an email from dead.net that it shipped. You don't need a tracking number to find it on UPS. Just sign up for (free) UPS My Choice. Why did customer service say they would email when they ship? Because they overestimate their own abilities. Don't trust customer service. Trust your friends. Get the UPS account.
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Well, any of you here in Yoorp, get your plastic out: you ain't finished paying yet. I just got SMS notification from DHL that Boxzilla has landed in France...but if I want it I'm going to have to pay them 160 euros VAT. Ouch!
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