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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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July 31, 2015 - 7:01am

#5641

hbob1995

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Shipping costs

As long as you live in the U.S., and place your order before 9/18, Boxzilla has free shipping. The only unfortunates who have to pay are the Heads outside the U.S. Rock on
July 31, 2015 - 6:37am

#5642

mbarilla

Joined:
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Agree , size and front door

For $50 shipping it should be bigger than Europe 72' Steamer Trunk.. $50 is a lot for shipping!! Spring 90 boxes are a decent size, but I would hope for similar design to Steamer Trunk, in regard to holding the discs. What's up with some updates about this box ? Sirius had some killer 1982 he last few days. Red Rocks and Manor Downs. He's Gone > Truckin from Red Rocks (7.28.82) killer transition at the end of He's Gone and jam out of Truckin is pretty sweet. Call me crazy, but I may like this more than the Scarlet Fire from Manor Downs
July 31, 2015 - 5:10am

#5643

comdata55

Joined:
June 8, 2015

Re: JimInMD

oh it is definitely all about the music in this ginormous box, i just really love the box designs they put out and love seeing all the extras. It's more of a, I know we're not getting this thing for another month and a half coupled with my impatience for it to get here already, lol. on another note, i finally sprung the news of the purchase to the wife over the weekend. she wasn't exactly brimming with joy but she also didn't say cancel the order, so i think that one goes in the win column. As far as the dimensions go, I hope I have to take the front door off the hinges when this thing arrives...or maybe hire a crane to hoist it up so it can be pulled in through the second floor double windows...
July 31, 2015 - 2:48am

#5644

One Man

Joined:
May 17, 2011

Double Blind

Ziffle, try your listening test as a double-blind trial. That is, the person playing the excerpts doesn't know which resolution he is playing, and you don't know which one you are hearing. I'll bet your results are surprising. I did this exact test (using LP clips, as you suggest) at 16/44.1 and 24/96 and was pretty confident I could hear the difference. But - surprise - I was wrong about half the time, which is statistically the same as guessing. Make sure you listen to at least 50 A/B clips. More is better. Use good headphones, studio monitors, whatever you want. I'd be very curious to hear your results.
July 30, 2015 - 9:36pm

#5645

Ziffle

Joined:
July 21, 2015

CD set vs. USB

Dschian makes a good point. If you don't have (or aren't planning to purchase) a top quality playback system, the USB version will probably not provide anything beyond convenience, and might actually sound worse than the CDs. On the other hand, if you do have a fine playback set up (and you know who you are), most assuredly the 96kHz/24 bit USB version will take this set to another level. Try a simple test. Take a nicely mastered LP and record excerpts at different resolutions and word lengths. I have found that every increment up to 96k/24 makes a difference (although 88.2 to 96 at 24 bits is subtle). Some of the soundboards are DAT - 48kHz/16 bits. It is impossible for a 48kHz signal to sound the same downsampled to 44.1 kHz for CD. The original DAT will have more space between the instruments. Whether or not the originally analog recordings sound better is entirely a function of the mastering done. I presume top quality engineering here, in which case it will be much better. The point made about the need for a playback system that will handle a high res signal is well taken. Nonetheless, if I was a young person with a modest stereo, I would buy the USB version for the future. For those happy with a mid-fi system, the CD is likely a better choice.
July 30, 2015 - 9:02pm

#5646

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Re: comdata55

I wish we could see the box as well. Its the music inside that's important though. If memory serves, I think they had some significant box design modifications for E72 between the mock pictures on dead.net and the final box. I don't think we knew what it looked like until it showed up on the porch. So there must have been some changes along the way. Since this box has even more discs, I bet there was (is) a logistical battle between size and elegance. It has to fit through the front door after all, right. I hate to speculate, but it could be they don't have a finished product to show us yet. ..or Lemieux got into another scuffle with a surely seal after the last seaside chat and wants the bruises to heal before filming again. Pick your poison.
July 30, 2015 - 8:15pm

#5647

Dschian

Joined:
July 31, 2013

CD box set versus Hi-Res option

I went for the box option. Here's why. While I've noticed that hi-res sources can sound better than cds- and I have about 200 hi-res discs in my collection, so I am definitely a believer- I believe that often much of the improvement comes from the advantage also provided by well-done re-mixes or re-masterings that are frequently done for hi-res releases. For example, the use of the Plangent Process for the HD Tracks Studio Albums package would help to improve the sound over prior releases, so that could help to confound listening differences between those tracks and earlier cd releases for the same albums that people have noted. Even apart from these kinds of changes to the source, improvements tend to be heard more from recordings that were otherwise particularly well-made to begin with. For example, a strong orchestral recording from 2005 or 2015 can sound remarkable on SACD, but I have a highly-regarded Universal (Japanese) SACD release of Regatta de Blanc and because of the limits of the source material, even with remastering the improvements are modest- certainly not a must-have difference. The musical content is awesome, but not the acoustical portrait. Crucially, nearly all of the 30 Trips shows are two-tracks (which tend to simplify the acoustic presentation a bit), and the earlier years obviously have variable and often more limited recording quality. While the Dead's official live releases typically sound great to my ears, that's compared to bootlegs or mp3 streams online. I haven't heard them, but for these reasons, comparing the HD Tracks multi-track studio releases of the Dead, or even Wake Up to Find Out (a multi-track from 1990) to two-tracks from 1969 or 1974 or even 1982 (hell, that one could be from a cassette!) is probably misleading. Maybe if you have an amazing audio system or amazing ears or are listening VERY closely, the difference will be significant, but otherwise, I think one is primarily getting convenience and hardly any sonic improvement from the hi-res set, while losing the book and other physical niceties of the box set. The only possible wild-card audio advantage here would be if in your case you have both a cd player a stand-alone DAC unit and the latter one sounds significantly better than the first. The USB set is a fine choice, but for convenience purposes and not primarily audio differences, I would venture.
July 30, 2015 - 7:17pm

#5648

Life may be sw…

Joined:
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What Jerry Would Really Say About The 50th Merchandise

I'm feeling great about the Band's 50th, loved Santa Clara, excited about the box set and all the other offerings! For those of limited means, check out Archive.org of course where there are tons of free soundboards the band lets stream free. If you have a bit more, get spotify which allows you to stream all Dick's Picks, Road Trips, All Europe 72, plus most studio and other live releases. Earlier in the thread people complained about the Bands money grab. For the cynical Dead Heads who project some nostalgic, Jerry would never allow this nonsense, recall that Jerry sold his artwork on ties for Petes sake! And for those who think the band/Jerry in the good old days wanted to give it All away and not live well, check out this quote from Garcia. Peace to all, and enjoy the celebration and the ever evolving grateful dead derivations! Fuck ‘people’s music’.” laughs Jerry Garcia from a reclining seat in the plush, wood-finished business offices of the band. (The comfortably expansive cluster of rooms are located in a streamlined San Rafael complex.) “I mean, I thought it was a dumb discussion even when it was the big thing awhile back to talk about how music should be free… that music belongs to the people and musicians rip them off. That kind of thing really irks me. “It’s like, in order to get so you can play music you have to sacrifice a lot of what would have been your normal life. You know what I mean? For lack of a better phrase, you have to pay the dues to get so you can play music. It’s not a thing you just do. If that were so, everybody’d be making their own music and there wouldn’t be professional musicians. There’d be no need for them. For someone to deny the fact that you spent a certain amount of your life working on some sort of discipline and learning how to play… that’s the rip-off. That’s the state versus the individual. Anytime someone comes down on artists and claims their work on any level, I think that’s pure bullshit. There’s been too many great musicians who died poor. People’s music… it just ain’t so.”
July 30, 2015 - 5:45pm

#5649

DaveStrang

Joined:
November 9, 2011

@ Clovett / Elvis' 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You'

Quite possibly the most beautiful love song ever written. That's a great "set-list" for your daughters. I'm happy to see folks starting their kids on music when they're so young. I think music for kids is as important as reading. You need to "feed" the ears as well as the eyes. It's not easy to find but I would suggest adding Rickie Lee Jones 'Rainbow Sleeves' to your kids lullaby "set-list". I'm a cantankerous 55 year old, but my eyes still tear up when I hear it. It's absolutely gorgeous. Kudos to you!
July 30, 2015 - 2:41pm

#5650

WharfratWhitey

Joined:
May 19, 2013

Old Man Not Down...

The Rhino deal...yeaaaahhh. This has been a match almost made in heaven if you're a guy like me that enjoys the nicely packaged, historical write ups, photos, top-shelfie Dead. But I offer you a sample from the WharfratWhitey Vault. A fairly well known ditty that goes like this: 'I wish they would do some general non-limited releases like Crimson, Truckin' Up, Ladies & Gentlemen, Fillmore East 1969, etc.' You guys remember this popular ditty of mine. Give me a reason to go to my local record store more than twice per year(RSD, RSDBF). Peace.

John Perry Barlow

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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

that moment...

2/22/69 Dark Star: @ 10:05 ...that moment your toes curl and you realize getting this box, despite the marital risk it poses has a higher payoff than you imagined. The Fillmore West Box from a week later has many such moments - this show really fits right in with that box, not surprisingly. They were just on - no wonder they decided to bust out the 16 track a week later and record a live album I intercepted the UPS guy the garage before he got to the kitchen door - phew! - tragedy narrowly averted. No one knows anything... mwahaha... .

What's the first show you all listened to from the box?!

Mine: 10/3/1976 Detroit, Michigan Scarlet sounds awesome -- can't wait for Wheel > Good Lovin > COMES A TIME > Dancin > NFA > Dancin > Around Eventually will listen consecutively from 66 to 95, but going to jerry pick to start out

GODDAMNITTTTT!

! ...and,no...patience has never been a virtue. The scene from A Christmas Story where the dad is in the basement cursing the hot water heater I think.... that's where I'm at...

@jrf68

Has anyone been able to give you any info yet? Dead.net? Rhino? UPS?

jrf68

PM me i know how to work out wherre your box is

Nope

No e-mail,no UPS tracking,nothing.Like I mentioned before,I got a bogus delivery confirmation from DHL International. I NEVER get shit from DHL. Not to mention I went to pick it up and there was nothin' there. Given the 0% communication & quality control complaints,count me in on the nervous side of the fence.

jrf68

Where do you live? If your out of the U.S. I can tell you how to track it.

Wyoming

A little joke for me but,shit,Alaska even got theirs!;) Just joshin' Alaska. ;)

Shipping

Sorry man. U.S. is being delivered by UPS. International is DHL. I'd guess you'd get yours no later than Wed of this week. My order status is still back ordered on dead.net, but it has shipped through DHL. My shipping notice and a friend of mine who lives in the same area says exactly the same thing, yet his is estimated Fri and mine is estimated Mon the 18th.

Oh well....

fingers crossed.....

jrf68

Just so you know, I have not received any shipping info from anyone either. Just happened to read about UK heads getting emails from DHL about extra charges. So I went to the DHL website and ended up finding my shipment and a DHL waybill number. Otherwise I'd still not know anything.

note to self

don't have 3 drinks on an empty stomach regardless of how goo da time you're having or how good you feel at the time. Pause, have something to eat fool.

tragedy narrowly averted

though I cut my finger while cutting the chicken helping the wife make dinner (honey, go snd relaz, I'll make dinner she says) OK dear, I'll be on the couch, listening to mucis...

#1465 arrived in Springfield, MA

Only desire is that the cd boxes where a little more robust without the need for the sliding. Oh well first world problems so no complaints! Backstage pass: 06-18-93 Soldier Field which is extraordinarily plain in design for a dead backstage pass, not the prettiest thing to look at but her daddy loves her! Ticket: 10-30-91 Oakland Coliseum Bring on the Dave's Subscriptions for 2016!

'67 Show Update

According to Chastason listing a quote from Jeff Tiedrich there is some confusion regarding 'TIFTOO' and 'Caution' but it would seem likely they are from 11/10. 30 Trips time for 'TIFTOO' is 12:12 - Archive has it at 11:22, add some background/crowd noise and it works. The same could be said for 'Caution' - 30 Trips has it at 24:28, Archive lists it as 22:18 add extended musical notes/background noise and it too works. The one mystery is 'New Potato Caboose'. It's not listed on Archive for 11/10 but it is listed for 11/11 at 11:03. 30 Trips lists it as 11:29 so I think it's possible this was taken from the 11/11 show. Also Archive lists 'Feedback' as being played on the 11/10 show but it's not included on the release. However 'Caution' minus 'Feedback was played on 11/11 so who knows? In any case the 11/10/67 show is killer! Listen to this compared to the '66 show and the band's musical growth is nothing less than astounding.

Missing Disc

Can someone tell me how to get a hold of Dr. Rhino or Marye. I'm missing disc 2 from the '75 show

And I don't worry, 'cause I'm sitting ...

1891 has landed in Massachusetts. The scene: the doorbell rings in the middle of dinner. I drop my vegan fajita and spill my Anchor Steam while jumping up from the table (no real worries--it was almost empty!). Neither my wife nor my UPS guy are complaining about the GD package, because she bought herself a huge box with a really heavy Dutch bike in it that got delivered at the same time. Perfect. Now the children are in bed, and the box is out: outside cardboard packaging has clearly been tampered with from bottom side. Thankfully all seems to be in order inside: no damage, all CDs & schwag are in place, etc. Red. not blue, interior. Ticket for 27 May 1993 and pass for 24 February 1995. Now if I can only get Peabody and Sherman to lend me that time machine ... Spinning disc 1 of '66, and it goes pretty darn well with the wine I'm having. Awesome sound (to my shredded eardrums via my mid-range set & Beyerdynamic DT 990s), and of course a great performance. I really hope those of you having trouble with this box get it all sorted out soon. I'll see you at Dead & Co.!

Box 1821

Got my box today in DSM, IA! Listing while I check all the disks for issues. I had issues with the first 90's box with wrong discs so I am checking all the discs closely this time. Sounds amazing so far! My box is blue inside and I got: 3/23/95 Charlotte pass 12/8/94 Oakland ticket All in all great box set so far and even better listening.

Dr. Rhino...

Like DaveStrang said...I Would love to know the best way for contacting Dr. Rhino. Have some major problems with the box. Amy H. at dead.net was great but would like to contact Dr. Rhino myself. Anybody got Dr. Rhino's e-mail address?

Miracle Scroll

Since I did not get a Miracle Scroll. Which I would have been very happy to get. There are only two ways of getting one now. Keep buying sealed boxes on ebay hoping to get one. A lot of gamble in that play. Or hope someone puts a Miracle Scroll up for auction on ebay in time for the whatever the deadline is to send it in. I would like to see that happen. Can not even imagine how that would turn out. Would be interesting.

Dr. Rhino

drrhino@rhino.com, or you could also try sending a PM to marye, she's always very helpful-http://www.dead.net/member/marye

PMs sent to ckcoffman, TheDude77, DaveStrang

TheDude77, DaveStrang, Check your PMs. ckcoffman - check your pm on unrelated note...

Alaska??!!

Wyoming, I can only laugh with you. How does Alaska receive a box before Seattle? Hell, the damn plane probably stopped here to refuel! Guess I'll pop in DP 30 and listen to it that pedal steel, sigh.

Mine has blue felt.

I agree, that '67 show is a rocker. It's like Phil is channeling Jack Bruce. Part of Alligator from this show sounds like an edit used in the version from Anthem of the Sun.

90s shows - only 4 left now

90,92,93,95 only left - $37US each (inc shipping) or $140 the lot... Email me at gilmourstephen@hotmail.com

wow!!!

People are selling individual shows on ebay and the box is going for 12-1300 dollars!...Holy cow!!!

I'm really loving this '84 show

The liner notes are interesting though: "Much like 1983, 1984 is often considered one of the lesser years in Grateful Dead History. There were a lot of lesser nights, but there were also some really good ones." -David Lemieux I agree, this 1984 show is a really good one. But couple that statement with the fact that many of the 80's recordings are of lesser quality sound-wise, and we begin to understand why Dave's Picks have been so 70's-centric. Just something to keep in mind.

Anthem of the Sun

http://thegratefuldead.wikia.com/wiki/Anthem_Of_The_Sun Although the chaos of the final product makes it difficult to tell where many of the live excerpts used in the creation of Anthem Of The Sun actually ended up, significant fragments of "Alligator" (e.g. the post-vocals "jam section") known to hail from a show at San Francisco's Carousel Ballroom on 2/14/68. Also the "Alligator" vocal reprise is taken from 11/10/67 at the Shine Exposition Center. Similarly, the skeletal framework of "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" dates from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium show on 11/10/67 and at the Carousel Ballroom on March 31st 1968. Extended excerpts from two shows at Kings Beach Bowl in Lake Tahoe, CA on 2/23-24/68 that provided music for the album (most notably the car horn heard at the end of "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)") were later released on the live archival recording Dick's Picks Volume 22. A further show from this period further reveals portions used for the album such as the verse(s) section of "The Other One" portion of "That's It For The Other One" as well as the first half of the "New Potato Caboose" jam (after the vocals) were used on Anthem Of The Sun, hailing from 3/17/68, was released as the Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 6.

@ DavidStrang

Hello David, I sent you two PM.

My first listen

St. Louie, '71 at the Fabulous Fox Theater. Streamed this one weeks ago and couldn't wait to hear it on the big stereo. It sounds mighty fine. Yeah, Mamma killed a chicken, thought it was a duck, Put him on the table with his feet stickin' up --I'm guessing this about when Dantian cut himself-- Ain't it crazy, ain't it crazy Ain't it crazy one day to keep on rubbin that thing Half way through the '75 show which sounds great as well. I originally planned to listen in chronological order but I'm going by feel now. Up next? Whatever strikes my fancy!

packaging

The wife was pretty impressed even though this purchase was a hard sell with her originally. Hopefully that will bode well for future boxes. My box seems pretty sturdy despite the reports of some others. One of the full moons on the top is already rubbed off but that's small potatoes (as Hyman Roth would say). I'm disappointed with the slip sleeves. We paid $700+...Dave's Picks style digipacks should have been a no brainer. Still, these sleeves seem better than the sandpaper sleeves from the Road Trips series. The book is nice but seems awfully flimsy, like it will come loose from the binding at any time. For that reason I'll look at it sparingly. The two shows I've listened to sound REALLY great, and that's what really matters.

#352 update

Well, after going through the rest I now have 2 disks that are very cracked. I have only burned the first show so far so I am definitely going to attempt to burn all of them before I contact customer service in case there happen to be some more bad disks in the lot. Getting replacement disks should be pretty standard I would think. I have not had to get something replaced in the past. Probably much easier to get handled than the folks who have broken box lids and whatnot. Anyone else ever had to get a disk replaced by Rhino?

First 15 done

Finished sucking in first 15 shows, no problems (nothing obvious anyway). Will need to run thru idtagit and verify all labeling up to snuff. Will do a little editing on the segways between disc so it doesn't repeat a little from last disc when next disc starts.

Where's my USB Lightning Bolt?

I'm enjoying living vicariously through others who have already received their CD Boxes. Sorry to hear all the logistical and shipping damage stories though. I knew there was gonna be a slight delay with the USB version but I'm pretty sure we've moved beyond "slight delay" already and have moved on to "serious delay". I can't be bothered with listening to garbage MP3s being streamed over the InterWebs-- I need the actual, FULL-FLAVOR Audio I paid so dearly for! Where's my $700 USB Lightning Bolt?!?!?

Secondary

I don't see where any complete boxes have sold on eBay. Have they? I'll bet the market will bear only a relatively small markup, not 2x face value like most resellers are asking. Rhino seems to have predicted the demand pretty well this time.

@skeebe Bad disks

Had one for one of the Dick's Picks series and had one in the May77 boxset. Both times replacements were shipped promptly and without incident. Customer service rep should be able to handle without issue...

@One Man

I've seen one set sell for $1100 U.S. Not double but not bad for only just shipped. And there are several more listed at various prices.

Zuckfun / Dr Rhino email

Thanks for the email address - I'm finishing checking the rest of the set before contacting the good Dr.

Boxilla has crossed the

Boxilla has crossed the border and is on a DHL truck en route to my house in the Greater Toronto Area. $117 in duties / taxes. Should arrive today. Hmmmmmmmmm... sick day tomorrow to take in the box-y goodness and watch the Jays put down the Rangers??

2 Cents

The box is a huge disappointment. My 4 year old loves it though. It is not in the same league as the 90's boxes, not even close. Everything is cheap except the tunes on those discs that are shoved in cardboard. No over the top touches what so ever. If your on the fence whether or not to buy this on the second hand market, dont. I try to stay positive with my comments, but this was a huge ball drop on Rhino/Deads part. I am glad my 4 year old gets to hide shit in the secret compartment. PS Doesnt a scroll have something besides paper and a shoelace? Isn't a scroll supposed to be semi-grand? 700 bucks............really. Shame on this production.

My Boxzilla is coming tpday

I'm so excited I could plotz!!

metadata

Thanks AMG for providing all the disc metadata for ripping. It would have been one hell of a chore to input all the data manually.

Box quality

The book is really nice; not Europe '72 or 1st Spring '90 nice, but it's better than the little paperback we got from Spring '90 TOO. My wooden box arrived intact, seems sturdy, theres no missing panels or peeling artwork. I realize that there are many people who weren't so lucky, and I am sorry for you guys. It seems like it's the nicest box yet if you received an "error-free" set. I like how everything is easy-access (like the Europe trunk and May '77). If you want a show, just open the lid and grab it. If you want to flip through the book, just drop the panel. For the Hamptons, Winterland, and Spring '90 sets, you have to unpack everything if you want a show. That said, I agree that the cardboard cases are a bit flimsy, and would have liked the Spring '90 treatment for those. Given everything, it makes me realize how big a steal 22 multi-tracked Europe '72 show with a hardcover book and a steamer trunk was. $450 for that set. Meanwhile, we've paid $150 for 5 May 77 shows, $200 and $240 for 6 and 8 Spring '90 shows (at least they were multi-tracked), and $700 for 30 shows. Wow. Doing the math, the price per disc: Europe '72: $6.16 Fillmore West 1969: $7.28 (since everyone got the bonus disc!) 30 Trips Around The Sun: $8.75 Spring 1990 (TOO): $10.43 May '77: $10.71 Winterland '73: $11.11 Winterland '77: $11.11 Spring '90: $11.11 Formerly the Warlocks: $11.66

Got mine on Friday

Got it on Friday, went well with seeing Warren Haynes in concert that night. Thankfully everything seems to be in great shape. I've listened to the first 10 years. My inserts were the pass for Philly 3/17/95 and the ticket for Oakland 12/8/94. My box number from my scroll was 3816. I thought they did a great job with the packaging and keeping it secure. I will keep the CD's and likely put everything else out on ebay in a couple of weeks. If anyone is interested in just the box, vinyl, scroll, book and ticket/pass send me a message. Maybe we can work something out.

30 TRIPS - the 1980s decade

So far quite disappointed with the 1980s shows included here....the 1982 show setlist looked great on paper, but it is just not recorded well. There is a tape hiss throughout, and it sounds boxy. The 10/21/83 show again looked great as far as setlist on paper, but the sound is almost unlistenable....there is a nauseating "kick-drum" sound throughout the whole show. Dave's recording choices here are suspect at best, there are better recorded shows out there from 1982 & 1983, hell RT 4/6/82 & Dicks Picks #6 10/15/83 sound much better than these two shows....the 1981 show here doesn't have half the 2nd set included as a soundboard show...its an echoey distant audience recording. Dave doesn't like the 1980s, this has been obvious with his 15 of 16 choices for DAVE PICKS from 1970 to 1978.....but did he put some of the worse recorded shows form the early 1980s in the box on purpose!?!?

Clowns

Wow. Someone complains for 4 years about the lack of 1980s releases. He is warned repeatedly; "the tapes don't sound that great...we're missing pieces...the cassettes aren't as good as reels". He screams conspiracy and bias. He maintains the Archivist hates the 1980s, which makes sense, as Dave must have seen his first show in the 80s, hated it, and never went to another show. He gets 10 shows from his favorite decade. Surprise! Some of the cassettes sound shitty and some shows require large audience patches. The normal, human response would be: "Oh, wow. I feel sheepish. I was so abrasive and rude for years! You know what? I should have listened to you people. Dave wasn't lying; there are some serious problems with 80s shows in the Vault. I'm really sorry for cursing, whining, and denigrating DL2 publicly for the last several years." Instead, this clown claims that Dave purposely searched the Vault for poor shows (for reasons unknown, but certainly vindictive and cruel). You know what you call such a person? Sad, lonely, and a troll.

Re: RV3

I'm pretty sure Dave has a love for the 80's. I've heard him speak about it convincingly and with passion for years on Today in GD history. Besides.. I am not hearing the same complaint for Augusta, Miami and others which are '80's shows. Perhaps it has more to do with the condition of the cassette masters in the vault and problems with getting the re-mix exactly perfect as anything else. They had similar problems with the Dicks Alpine Valley '82 show and the '84 Shakedown on So Many Roads.

Jim

That sounds too reasonable. There MUST be a more diabolical reason. Sound quality issues have plagued every single release from 1981-1986, with the possible exception of DP 13. Either 80s tapes do have subpar sound and Dave is trying to find the best-sounding ones with decent performances, or he's PURPOSELY selecting shitty-sounding shows and leaving the pristine 80s tapes on the shelf. What do you think makes more sense?

#2088 Has Landed

My Minneapolis delivery was Monday 10/12. -#2088 (no miracle) -blue felt -no missing CDs The only thing that wasn't just exactly perfect was the horizontal crack along the entire front of the wood case when I pulled it out of the box. Obviously UPS's doing and not Rhino. Otherwise everything looks great. I plan on listening in order, and got through a chunk of 7/3/66 on the way in to work today.

o canada!

on it's way to beautiful BC on Wednesday, but not before I cough up an additional $108. it'll have to wait for the Jays game to finish though. They haven't been this far in the playoffs since Jerry and the boys were still ripping it up.

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