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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
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August 20, 2016 - 11:39am

#71

supe80

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Box Art Work

I hope someone hasn't asked this already. Does anyone know who did the artwork for the outside of the box?
August 16, 2016 - 12:41pm

#72

johnny361

Joined:
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hi gang

I spent the day with Cobo 1976. I really like these fall 76 shows with Dicks #20 being a personal favorite since it's release many years ago. This Cobo show is really growing on me with each listen. 30 Trips has been a monster to get through but I love the task! There are still shows I haven't spent time with.. but I will!
August 8, 2016 - 7:16am

#73

KYTrips

Joined:
August 25, 2012

1975

So... this is another show that's a bit tough to grade. It's relatively short for a Dead show (I think it was just one long set), and I'm guessing that they were part of a bill that included other bands at this free show in Golden Gate Park. Also, it's one of only 4 shows that they played in 1975, so I'm guess they were a bit rusty, though you wouldn't think so from the performance itself. It starts off with a really sold Help > Slipknot that sounds a bit strange without the third jewel of Franklin's Tower, but that comes later in the show. Then there's a long break as the band attempt to summons a doctor from the crowd because a woman is apparently having a baby somewhere near/behind the stage. This alone makes the show memorable. They then move into a really, really good Music Never Stopped, followed by They Love Each Other. Beat It On Down the Line is above-average, in my opinion and it's followed by a good Franklin's Tower. Big River is straightforward, and the first disc ends with a routine It Must Have Been the Roses. The second disc starts off with an above-average Truckin' followed by a good jam and Drums. That heads into an excellent Stronger Than Dirt/Milkin' the Turkey which eventually leads into 10+ minute Not Fade Away which is light on lyrics and strong on jamming. The show ends with Going Down the Road Feeling Bad and a very energetic One More Saturday Night. The highlight of this show for me is the Music Never Stopped, but there really are no off numbers in the entire show. It's a consistently good show from start to finish. Overall Grade: B
July 23, 2016 - 8:55am

#74

unkle sam

Joined:
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1990 1994

Just returned from a long road trip and listened to these two shows in their entirety during this trip. 1994 was the first listen. Show starts off with a nice Help>Slip>Franklins that is nice, Jerry in good form and everyone contributing their parts, not the best, but not bad. Then Walkin blues, not my favorite and Bobby's slide work is ok at best, then Atlhea, a good tune done well by Jer. Me and My Uncle, Big River and Just like Tom Thumb's Blues, no real Jerry in MAMU, BR just ok and JLTTB's has Phil taking lead vocals, enough said. An ok So Many Roads and Jerry sounds tired, voice a bit shaky and "old Jerry" sounding. Promised Land is good, with Bobby in fine voice, which ends the first set. Second set starts off with Scarlet>Fire, scarlet is ok but the Fire is grate, with Jerry getting his voice to perform about as good as it can get for these days. Way to go Home is next and I always liked this song, Vince in fine form throughout with Jerry adding some fine lead lines. Then into Saint of Circumstances, no Lost Sailor which I miss and wish they would not have dropped from the list, it's the better of the two tunes. A nice Terrapin with Jerry hitting all the notes and lyrics into a short but very trippy drums into an excellent space with Jerry showing us all that he can still blow heads away. Everytime there is "The last time" after a drums>space you know it was a great drums>space, like you know this could be the last time you ever hear that wonderful sound again. A good but short Stella with Jerry sounding tired in both voice and playing into a good OMSN. The encore is Liberty, a great tune that Jerry flubs the lyric on, but comes back and repeats it right. Thought the sound was ok, but a little boomy All in all a good show but....C+. 1990, good first set with a great Jack-a roe black throated wind ramble on rose and bird song, Jerry in fine voice and playing with bruce on the piano making it all sound nice. The second set here is very good, Chinacat, rider and saint all done well, very deliberate and a bit on the slower side, which is nice. At Crazy fingers and this is where it starts to get real good, the ending jam in Crazy Fingers has a bit of the x factor and was very nice then into Playing>drums>space>playing reprise, just awesome all of it, I highly recommend it. The stella is very nice into throwing stones into a great NFA with crowd chant into a fine one more Saturday nite. All in all a good show from France. The sound was ok, but had a bit of an echo in spots, not sure if it was the audience singing along or an echo, but was a bit distracting in places, a bit boomy in parts also, but all in all, not bad....a solid B. I haven't had time to get to all of them, but these two I took along just to give them a good listen, was not disappointed. For the 90's, both shows were ok, but not the same band we all fell in love with in the 60's and 70's.
July 19, 2016 - 2:12pm

#75

KYTrips

Joined:
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1974

I will go out on a limb here and officially declare the 1974 show as the first "miss" of this embarrassment of riches known as 30 Trips Around the Sun. First of all, there are a few sound-related issues that I had to overcome. The overall sound "quality" is very good, but I definitely thought that Jerry's guitar was too low in the mix (who does that... puts Jerry's guitar low in the mix?!!!?) and then there is the issue with the vocals for the first 2 songs of the second set ("Loose Lucy" and "Big River") which are missing. I mean... they're there, but they're apparently not being picked up by the mic intended to pick them up or they didn't make it to the recorder... Whatever's going on, they're not to be heard in these recordings, unless you lean into the speaker and hear them buried somewhere off in the distance. In any event, it annoys me, and I think it spoils what would have otherwise been a pretty decent "Loose Lucy" (one of my faves). In addition, this show contains a between sets "Seastones." Not my favorite in any case. So... this show was fighting an uphill battle for me. The show kinda begins with the boys being a bit sloppy. The "Uncle John's Band" opener is nice, but uneven. "Jack Straw", "Friend of the Devil" and "Black-Throated Wind" are all unremarkable. The standalone "Scarlet Begonias" is a notch up from the previous songs, but that tune was still really finding its legs in the Dead's repertoire in '74. The next 5 tunes are again, unremarkable. The first CD ends with a nice "To Lay Me Down." I have to admit, I'm partial to this song. I've always loved it and thought it was underrated as a Dead song. The first set ends with a 23+ minute Playing In the Band which is good, but again, nothing special for this era. Then we are faced with "Seastones" and the aural problems mentioned previously to start the second set. A good "Peggy O" and an unremarkable "Me and My Uncle" round out Disc 2. The meat of this show (and presumably, the reason it was included in 30 TATS) is in Disc 3. Things finally take off with a wonderful "Eyes of the World" and the rest of the show is pretty darn good. Highlights for me included the Truckin' > Drums > Caution Jam sequence, which is pretty hot. The "Drums" is particularly interesting in that in addition to Billy on drums, Phil is also participatory in the part of the show. "Ship of Fools" is really nice and smooth and the "Johnny B. Goode" to close the set is also pretty smokin'. "U.S. Blues" is a good encore and a nice way to round out the evening. I'll be brutally honest... I don't think this show would have ever merited release on it's own, so it was, in my opinion, thrown into this box set. I certainly hope it's not the best there is remaining in the vault from 1974. However, I'd be less than honest if I didn't acknowledge that the third disc of the show is pretty darn good. But it certainly was my least favorite show thus far in the box. Grade: C+
July 18, 2016 - 7:59am

#76

KYTrips

Joined:
August 25, 2012

1973

It took me a little while longer to get to this review than I would have liked... Life's been busy with vacation and then I was in trial for a week (I'm an attorney... don't throw rocks), so my listening has been sporadic for the past few weeks. At any rate, let me start off by saying that this show is a total GEM!! Although I don't think it's the best of the box, so far, I do think it might be my favorite so far. It starts off again with a "Big Railroad Blues" which to me is a sign of good things to come (see my review from 1972). The next few songs (Jack Straw, Sugaree, Mexicali Blues) are all good, but nothing special. After all, it's just the first set. But then, this show morphs into a classic. "Here Comes Sunshine" is one of those songs that I absolutely love, and that I feel the band didn't play often enough. Accordingly, it was, in my opinion, a treat when it did show up in a setlist. Well... this one may be the best HCS EVER! It's so melodic and the playing so smooth, with a killer jam in the middle of it. It ebbs and flows nicely and you know from this point going forward that "tonight" is going to be "one of those nights." The other part about this show that is a bit different is that the first set is EPIC in length. It's actually longer than the second set, and the goodies start showing up much earlier than in a typical Dead show. I'm not going to go song-by-song, but the remaining highlights of the first set for me are: an appearance of "The Race Is On"; a very nice "Brown-Eyed Women"; "Tennessee Jed" and a late-first set China>Rider. The first set closes out (more than mid-way through Disc 2) with a hot "Around and Around."As good as the first set is, the second set is even better (although I still think the overall highlight of the show is still the "Here Comes Sunshine" in the first set). Due to timing issues, the second set actually starts on Disc 3, with the final three (3) songs on the set appearing at the end of Disc 2. I definitely recommend listening in the order in which the show was played. And let me tell you, Disc 3 is awesome!!! It is basically a non-stop, continuous 70+ minute jam which begins with an excellent "Truckin'" which then morphs into an unbelievable, three-part "The Other One" sandwich, which has "Big River" and "Eyes of the World" for the filling. It is hypnotic the way the boys weave in and out of "The Other One" throughout this portion of the show, never losing stride and hitting on all cylinders. Finally... the last portion of "The Other One" leads into a great "Wharf Rat", and they finally silence their instruments for a few fleeting moments. The show closes with three (3) stand-alones... "Me and My Uncle" (which seems strange to hear this late in a show), "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" and "One More Saturday Night". They're all good, but it's almost impossible to top that which just went down in the first 70+ minutes of this set. I definitely see myself coming back to this show over and over in the future. Show grade: "A- to A", depending upon my mood. Again... I don't think it's the best show, so far, but I do think it's my favorite!
May 24, 2016 - 11:10am

#77

KYTrips

Joined:
August 25, 2012

Ahhh.... 1972

If ever there was a more stellar year in GD history, I'm not sure what it would be (okay, okay... I realize this topic is up for debate, but I cast my lot with 1972). That being said, I had really high expectations for this show, as I do almost all '72 shows. This one didn't disappoint. However, I do think that this show will suffer a fate of being underplayed by many Heads, as it's so close in proximity to the DP 11 show from the Stanley Theater in Jersey City that took place 3 nights after this gem. I do think the Stanley Theater show is better, but this one is pretty great too. My only knock on this show... I think the sound is a bit spotty. There's one period in the show where the tape hiss is very audible and a bit distracting until you realize you're just gonna have to deal with it. The show opens with one of my personal faves... "Big Railroad Blues". You know a show is gonna be good when they open with this one. Everything in this show is filled with energy. Hell... I even liked "Mexicali Blues" which to me is usually a snoozer. "Loser" and "Black-Throated Wind" both deliver, while the band takes a bit of a breather in a subpar "Cumberland Blues" in my opinion. "Sugaree" is great (as per usual), and is followed by a consistent run of "El Paso", "Tennesse Jed" and BIODTL. In my opinion, this show REALLY gets rolling when they break into "Bird Song" later in the 1st Set. I've heard much better versions of "Big River", but the first set closes with an awesome "Brown-Eyed Women" and a MONSTER "Playing In the Band." Not bad... and that was just the 1st Set!!!The 2nd Set kills! The boys keep raising the pot (no pun intended) with each subsequent song, starting with "Greatest Story Ever Told" and continuing through "Bertha", "Promised Land", a beautiful "Fried of the Devil" and "Jack Straw". Things fall off a bit when they play "Tomorrow is Forever", a short-lived song in the Dead repertoire for good reason in my opinion. Then they ease back into things with MAMU before they head into "Dark Star" which is sandwiched around a nice little drum solo by Billy. Out of "Dark Star"?... Why yes, I do believe I will take a China Cat>Rider. And it's a good one. The show closes with the Bobby one-two.... "Sugar Magnolia" and "One More Saturday Night". All in all, a great show. Grade: A-
May 23, 2016 - 6:56am

#78

Cousins Of The…

Joined:
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1971??

I have not gone through the 2nd set of 1971...and yes, I listed 1985 twice, my mistake.
May 23, 2016 - 2:58am

#79

One Man

Joined:
May 17, 2011

1971?

I don't see 1971 on your list. And is something listed twice?
May 16, 2016 - 12:19pm

#80

Cousins Of The…

Joined:
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1984!

I'm usually partial to the 60's and 70s, however this show is tremendous! short but impeccable first set, from beginning to end; second set is quite adventurous, with a long UJB, a standalone Playin' reprise and a killer Morning Dew. My favorite 80's Trip so far. Revising my rankings... 1970 1967 1973 1975 1974 1972 1976 1968 1984 1969 1977 1983 1991 1979 1980 1981 1982 1978 1990 1993 1992 1966 1985 1986 1994 1985 1995 1987 1989 1988

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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

GD naming conventions

Yeah, I'm obsessive about some of this stuff, too. I would usually put something like "GD:" in front of the Album name so that when sorting by Album all the GD albums are together, but because of the way it works in the car, I want to save as much space as possible. I don't store any other bands albums just by date like that. Actually, I do have two groups of GD albums, the ones that don't lend themselves to a date, do get a GD: in front of them, as do the studio albums, etc. But, I try to keep the album and track names as short as possible because the car screen is going to truncate them, and the more I can abbreviate certain things, the more info I will be able to see. I still find that I have both "Brown Eyed Women" and "Brown-Eyed Women". That's not usually a problem, but it can be a pain for creating certain sorts, playlists, etc. I just kinda fix things as I notice them. Or sometimes I don't bother :) Edit: I have no idea how long it takes after I upload, for it start appearing when other people load the same CD into iTunes. Can someone tell me if they are getting the track lists now?

ripping

I ripped mine using Windows Media Player and was inputting all the information last night. I consistently use "&" and try to stay consistent with Brown-Eyed and Black-Throated as well as Goin' vs. Playing (which I actually usually write as Playin' on setlists ironically). I also chose to name the albums 30 Trips Fillmore Auditorium 7-3-1966 Disc 1 etc. I normally use the YYYY-MM-DD convention, but didn't for some reason this time. Sorry if that ends up annoying somebody here when they go to rip theirs. Maybe somebody will have theirs from '74 onward in before I get back to ripping and I'll just follow their format...

Gracenote

Yeah, that's one good thing (maybe the only one) about getting my box later rather than sooner. The metadata will be in Gracenote by the time I get there. Thank you! That is a lot of work, and although I will change the album titles, the vast majority of song titles will be just like I want them.

CD text

My car's player (2006 Chevy Malibu OEM) reads some text: 1st line: 50th Anniversary 2nd line: song title 3rd line: Grateful Dead I was wishing it was 1st line: date and location and disc number 2nd line song title 3rd line Grateful Dead

@drsox

drsox,DHL sent me a text message saying "Your XXX parcel is on the way. DHL will deliver once customs set by connecting to https://dhl-ar.accountis.net/gpp/fr PIN Code: XXX ". I logged in DHL website and although the fees are very high, I have paid by credit card. Now I have a tracking number and hope to be delivered quickly.

Who is "Dr. Rhino'?

Go to www.rhino.com and scroll down to Dr. Rhino's Picks #129 (Wednesday October 7, 2015 7:16 PM) and in that pose of people, you will see a familiar face - the guy revealing \this 30 Trips Around The Sun video. That is "Dr. Rhino" White lab coat, stethoscope black rimmed glasses, moustache.

@Alain

Thanks. No SMS for me yet, but I had a phone call midday on Friday so I'm expecting the SMS on Monday.

Finally got my shipping confirmation!

Now, how do I keep sane until Tuesday?!?

tagging convention

Song Name [Live] (Venue, City, State/Country MM/DD/YY Set 1/First Show/Late Show whatever vernacular the liner uses if there is any indication) Every truly live song (no overdubs) on my itunes is tagged like this so I can easily search [Live] or by state/city or date.

30 trips artwork for itunes

Not sure how to display the link properly; however, all 30 trips artwork is up at the site below for anyone ripping to iTunes: https://plus.google.com/photos/106465427611350658328/albums/59784616720…

re: music library labelling

I change the titles to this format "94-10-01 50th Boston Garden Boston MA". With the source identifier after date - 50th, E72, DaP#, DP#, 90Box, CM, CM_Mtx, HS_Mtx. SBD, Aud, etc. That way I may have more than one version of a show, but all centrally located when I search for it in sonos or itunes. I'll be burning a travel copy of anything from GDP and create custom disc design by show and throw them into one of the 500 CD cases based chronologically. The GDP CD will be played in my home cd players only. Once I get the 50th (MONDAY) and rip them to my computer, will upgrade my computer hard drives (mirrored pair) to a larger size (almost full anyways) and then I'll have two backup copies of my music and photo libraries.

CD Text

wjonjd & Dennis Wilmot ~ Nice to see that there are people as obsessed as I am about ID tagging. I had no idea that's how GraceNotes worked. I thought that the manufacturer of the CD uploaded the tagging information. I do many of the same things that you guys do. And with a band like the Grateful Dead, I can't imagine not having some kind of consistent system to manage their enormous (and ever growing) catalogue of music. In my iTunes, for Artist Name, I use "Grateful Dead (Live)" and "Grateful Dead (Studio)". Album Name for the Live stuff I do this: 1977-05-25 (Set 1 - The Mosque, Richmond VA) [Dave's Picks Vol 1] 1977-05-25 (Set 2 - The Mosque, Richmond VA) [Dave's Picks Vol 1] So when you look down the whole (very long) list of live shows in iTunes, it is very easy to read and distinguish dates from Set # from Venue, and then finally, the Source of the show. Aesthetics is as important, to me, as the information. Album Name for the Studio stuff is just the name of the Album as normal. For Songs, I also use "&", "and" on a case by case basis, based on aesthetics. I'm a chronology-crazed listener and an archivist-anal collector, so the Live method above is awesome for that. I never listen with "random" or "shuffle" on. Never! My favorite bands (and I have many), in particular, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and The Grateful Dead, evolved so dramatically from the beginning to the end of their careers, that I love to listen chronologically. I think that started as a kid in the late-1970s, when I bought The Beatles "Red Album" (1962-1966) and the "Blue Album" (1967-1970) collections. I was completely dumbfounded how all of that music was the same band, and in only 8-9 years. WTF! I mean how in the world does the band who wrote "She Loves You" and "Love Me Do" in 1962, just a short time later evolve into writing "Eleanor Ribgy", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "A Day In The Life" and the Abbey Road Album Side Two 'Suite'? Brilliant! Ever since, I immerse myself in an artists' catalogue and do it, chronologically. Similarly, with Led Zeppelin and The Grateful Dead . . . Well, anyway, now that I know that it's people like you that take the time to input and upload the ID Tagging . . . Thank you, thank you! . . . . . . and a good day to all of you!

labeling

I use a modified "Vernon" method recommended by etree. Cream Puff War -GD66-05-19a - Avalon Ballroom SF CA SBD This allows for automatic chronological sorting by date for the same song titles under the default method of display in file manager. You might notice there's no 4 digit year, just 2 for most GD seeds on etree, that because it was decided that Jerry having died in 1995 there was no need to have a 4 digit year for GD, back when filenames used to have character limits. I still delete all those "19" from newer seeds to match the old SHN sets on the HDs.

Go to hell

With your Vince shows scalper. What's gonna be your excuse next time ??? The bandit needs to go away

GraceNotes

wjonjd ~ Is there something I have to do to get the GraceNotes ID Tagging? When I just went to import 1987, there was no ID Tagging.

@letitshine

Thanks for that link, man. I've had problems in the past getting all of the album art I wanted. That's also an area where I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Somehow, I've never found that spot for grabbing art. There's a few in there I'll already be using to replace unsatisfactory art choices I've had to make. For example, I currently have the same art for all three nights of Winterland '73. And yes, thanks to you who are getting the info onto gracenote. I actually never knew where that came from before. Though I, too, often make my own little custom tweaks once I get the info in order to have everything as consistent as possible in my iTunes.

Gracenotes

I did an internet search to see how long it takes for uploaded information to Gracenotes to take before it becomes visible automatically when others put the same CD into a linked computer. I don't know if this is accurate, but the sites I found says that it takes 24-48 hours before the new information propagates. I didn't know that when I did the uploads. If you can wait, they will eventually show up :)

Gracenotes

Well.. I have to wait for my box to arrive still anyway.. so... no big deal here.

Thanks wjonjd . . .

for looking into that . . . and again for your efforts!

Tickets and Backstage Passes

Unfortunately, I didn't really get on the bus until after Jerry was gone.. so no dates are going to have significance to me, as far as shows attended or anything. I would probably have special interest in any tickets or passes for shows that happen to be dated Dec 9th of any year though.

Augusta Civic Center 1984

Wow...I just finished listening to the 2nd set of Augusta very, very loud. I think Phil might have shaken one of my ribs loose. Hope the neighbors enjoyed as much as I did....ooops.

Gracenotes

They have '75 and '76, but not '77, the only three I've checked within the last couple of hours.

@ anrumler

Any idea how to post picture here? don't see where to add an attachment.

Box #?

I got my box in the mail yesterday and I was wondering if anyone knows if it is individually numbered and if so, where do I find my number?

@ mbosko

The number is on the top of the scroll. refer to the video oh how to get at the scroll - it's in the rear compartment, opposite of the compartment with the book.Hope This Helps

11/10/67

Just played this show again - WOW! A "tent pole show" of this box set!AMAZING! I just wish I still had my boot CD, "The Grateful Dead Live in Los Angeles, Vol 1." Black Panther Records BPCD 008 (1989 made in Italy) 1. Viola Lee Blues 2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 3. Alligator Jam (34:00) 4. That's It For The Other One I really don't need the disc anymore, just the inlay cards, front & back, or high quality scans of them. PM me if you have this boot CD.

just read my emails

here we go again, just read my shipping notice and the box is lost in the ups system, says the address is incorrect. Not so, have used same address for years, only had one problem and that was when the deadnet/rhino machine used ups. Now what? Will I cancel payment of credit card? Will the rhino machine send me another one? Will I ever get this box? Stay tuned, same dead time, same dead channel, to find out the answers to these and other questions.

Thank you! I'm not sure how I

Thank you! I'm not sure how I didn't notice it there.

@Unkle Sam - switch the delivery to UPS Center

If you switch the delivery to the UPS center, maybe you can pick it up there. I switched it, since I won't be home Monday when it's delivered. I'll just swing by UPS center on my way home. Whoever originally pointed that out, thanks for the suggestion!

Unbelievable!

The saint-like sister who purchased this box set for me as a Xmas gift has been elevated to Goddess. She was reading about the box and the dated scroll (this site?) and brought the box over immediately and insisted I open it (I think also as consolation for an upcoming 2nd back surgery 10/19). Needless to say I listened…(LOL). I found the compartment with the book, concert ticket (10/30/91) and backstage pass (6/18/93) as well as the 45rpm single. I haven't found the scroll yet. Is it in another (hidden) compartment? Sorry if this has been discussed earlier but I'm curious about it as well as the set's number.

@Dave

The scroll is in a similar compartment to the book, just on the reverse side. The box number is as top of the scroll, unless it says "miracle" at the top, in which case there's instructions to follow to get additional schwag :)

Thanks wjonjd!

I'm going to look now - thanks again!

Box 979 Received yesterday

Back Stage pass is 5/15/1993 Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NVTicket $22.50 10/27/1991 Oakland Coliseum Totally excited about this. Out of the 30 I was at the 1987 MSG and 1988 Oxford Speedway. On the bus since 1978

5 trips

last 5 shows remaining... 90,92,93,94,95 $37 each inc postage or $155 the lot.... email me at gilmourstephen@hotmail.com

trades

How are the trades coming? Anyone score the backstage passes/tix they were looking for? I was thinking about making a list because there were several that needed specific ones. Someone update me...

has/wants update

jcure : love to trade for 6/21/93 pass - my first and only show. Will update when mine arrives. djmac520 : 10-27-91 If anyone wants to trade that ticket PM me. I was at 6-21-93 and would love that. Has (pass) 2-21-95 and ticket 12-12-94 redemption searcher: I've got 10/30/91 Oakland ticket (only $22.50-boy those were the days) and 8/21/93 Eugene backstage pass. Went to all the '94 Eugene shows, and strangely enough don't even remember them playing there in '93 until I saw this. Saw someone has 5-15-93 Vegas, not only went to that but it was my birthday, so I would trade for that. Was also in 4th row in front of Vince on his b-day on 2-21-95 and would trade for that. TERRAPIN_ROB Has Ticket 10-27-1991 Oakland Coliseum Arena Pass 5-22-1993 Shoreline Amphitheatre tysonupina: Would love the '93 Eugene and 10/27/91 igrateful: has 10-30-91 and Deer Creek '93 pass Automaticslim: 2/21/95 Delta Center Salt Lake City pass ready for trade.12/12/94 Oakland Coliseum General Admission ticket not for trade TheDude77: has ticket: Oct. 27, 1991, Oakland and pass: May 15, 1993, Las Vegas hallstallion2005: has ticket stub: 5/27/93 Cal Expo Sacramento CA and backstage pass: 3/22/95 Coliseum Arena Charlotte NC hatch655: has Ticket from 5/27/93 and Pass from 8/22/93 g1u2i3: has Ticket: 1991-10-31 (Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA) and Pass: 1993-06-22 (Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN) BertDert: has Stub: 5/27/93 Sacramento, CA and Pass: 3/22/95 Charlotte, NC Serpent of Dreams: has Ticket: 10/30/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland CA and Pass: 8/21/93 Autzen Stadium, Eugene OR EGroesbeck: has ticket Cal Expo Amphitheatre, May 27, 1993 and Pass 2/20/95 Salt Lake City, UT KYTrips: Ticket was from 10/27/1991 - Oakland Coliseum. Backstage Pass was from 6/21/1993 - Deer Creek Univax: has Ticket May 27 93 Cal Expo / Backstage pass June 13, 93 Freedom Hall Louisville KY. mbarilla: has Ticket 3/26/95 Atlanta and Pass 8/22/93 Eugene, OR Shakespeare: has a ticket for 5/27/93 Cal Expo and a pass for 3/22/95 Charlotte. Anttheknee: has ticket for Oct. 28, 1991 and backstage pass for June 16, 1993. MorningSun: has 10/30/91 ticket; 6/21/93 pass. Diggey: has pass from 5/23/93 shoreline amphitheater and ticket is 12/12/94 Oakland. kindagrae: has ticket 5/27/93 Cal Expo Ampitheatre, Sacramento, CA and Backstage pass: "In Attendance" 3/22/95 Charlotte LetitShine: has ticket for 10/27/1991, Oakland Coliseum. b/s pass for 6/9/1993 Palace of Auburn Hills anatexis22: has ticket 5/27/93 Cal Expo Ampitheatre, Sacramento, CA backstage pass is 3/26/95 The Omni, Atlanta, GA D_MCK : has ticket 10/30/91 Gen Admission Oakland Coliseum Arena Back Stage Pass 8/21/93 Autzen Stadium Eugene Oregon Mr. Jack Straw: has ticket: 10/28/91 and Backstage pass: 8/22/93 chitownrider: has Ticket 10/27/91 Oakland Backstage Pass 6/6/93 Giants Stadium Born Cross Eyed... : ticket: 10/30/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena and backstage pass: 6/19/93 Soldier Field, Chicago IL kevinbrandon: has MAY 27,1993 TICKET and THE BACKSTAGE PASS IS FROM JUNE 15, 1993 Atticstrophic : has Ticket: 10/30/91. and Pass: 2/25/95. brobb: has Ticket from May 27, 1993 Cal Expo and Backstage pass from March 26, 1995 The Omni johnmd750: has 12/12/94 Oakland for ticket, and 2/21/95 Salt Lake for backstage pass. wjonjd: has ticket 10-30-91 and pass for Deer Creek 6/21/93 chastason: I'd love to trade for Autzen 93 (of the dates I've seen posted so far). I'll post what I get when the box arrives in Portland on Wednesday. King Harvest: Received the 8/15/86 Park City ticket (not fielding trade offers currently) and a 5/23/93 Shoreline pass. deadyogi51: has Ticket October 30, 1991 Oakland and Pass June 18, 1993 Soldier Field, Chicago P.S. If anyone thinks this list is pointless, does not want on it or does not want me to continue it, just let me know via PM and I will stop updating it or take you off. I'm just trying to help folks find tickets and passes via possible trades.

has/wants list

Hey all, feel free to update it and copy/paste it. I want to try and get the tickets and passes in the hands of those who need them. You know we can make it happen. Thanks.

View from the Outside

As a non-recipient of the box so far.. I've decided to start my evening by watching Dead Ahead. Enjoy your jams folks!

RE: has/wants update

I'd love to trade for Autzen 93 (of the dates I've seen posted so far). I'll post what I get when the box arrives in Portland on Wednesday.

chastason!

You're in Portland too?!?!? You've got a better zip code than me, though ;-)

10/27/79 Minglewood aud patch

Are you aware that there is an audience patch in New Minglewood Blues from about 3:30 to 4:00? It's not a sharp cut, but a quick fade from the sbd > aud > sbd. On my discs of the show that I had since 2002, there was just a strange edit, I knew some, about 30 seconds, of the show was missing. The discs replaced multi-gen sbd cassette and I just thought it was the tape flip at about 45 minutes.

Re: DaveStrangs 10/19 Date and Surgery Karma

Coming from a guy that has spent the better part of the last month in the hospital with my dad.. some words on reading the tea leaves and karma. Your surgery is on 10/19, the anniversary of one of the all time classic shows the Dead performed (10/19/73 Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, Dicks Picks 19). The tea leaves are in the brew.. Set 1: Promised Land Sugaree Mexicali Blues Tennessee Jed Looks Like Rain Don't Ease Me In Jack Straw They Love Each Other El Paso Row Jimmy Playin' In The Band Set 2: China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Me And My Uncle Mississippi Half-Step Big River Dark Star Mind Left Body Jam Morning Dew Sugar Magnolia Encore: Eyes Of The World Stella Blue Johnny B. Goode The tale starts off promising.. but after just the first song changes course. It looks like your back injury started w/ Sugaree shaking it (cause of the injury) which was exasterbated by some Tequila and Jack Daniels (Mexicalli / Tennessee Jed) and things really don't start to turn around until Row Jimmy (a song obviously about me, right?). Playin' In The Band symbolizes your sisters gift of spirit and generosity. The Band has certainly been spirited and generous to all of us. China>Rider possibly describes the experiences related to taking a pain reliever to reduce pain. A sign that your back problem is chronic, and needs addressed. Disorientation followed by a little tension and the ultimate relief (the double-waterfall over my back in China Cat to the headlight on a North Bound Train from Rider). Half step and big river are the journey on 10/19, your trip to the hosp. will involve a crossing of a big river. Dark Star is obviously about the surgery itself. Intense, often dark and foreboding, sometimes groovy, usually trippy. This is it. An extended and one of the very best Mind Left Body jams is a good sign indeed. Morning Dew must be the period the anesthesia wears off.. and a glorious Morning Dew it is. One of my personal Favorites, the Phil Bombs in the crescendo of the first jam will rattle your vertebrae painfully free of what bind them. Then the recovery of Sugar Mag, Stella Blue and you will be dancing to Johnny B. Goode by the end. My fathers story was similar.. two surgeries, brain not back.. for the second his room number was 420, a good sing and right now all is good and I am home.

@lowspark

Yep - been in Portland for years, except for a brief seven years in New England. Funny - the location dead.net gave me in my profile is in the middle of Forest Park. I don't think that's accurate, then again, maybe I can't see the forest for the trees ...

Trade?

This may be about as ridiculous a statement as one can make, but if anyone wants to trade a Europe '72 trunk for a 30 Trips box, PM me. I'm talking just the cases without the music. I wouldn't mind having the E72 book and...whatever else came with it. I would include the extras that came with the 30 Trips box as well. May come as a surprise to learn that a guy who holds a PhD in Europe '72 doesn't have the trunk, but alas, it's true.

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