30 Trips Around The Sun Box & Digital USB

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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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February 22, 2016 - 7:18pm

#131

Sun King

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30 Trips

Now that both versions have sold out, and TPTB have said they will not sell them as individual cd's, I wonder how long until they will be sold individually as downloads. I'm certain it will happen.....
February 22, 2016 - 3:06pm

#132

Kayak Guy

Joined:
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RE: Broken Boxes

I agree with Space on this, the more boxes that get cannibalized, the more valuable my complete box will be. As a collector I have learned to buy whatever dead.net offers the day it is announced and think about it later. This habit started with Dick's Pick 1, years before i got my first CD player for DP 4 to hear the Other One without a cut, and hasn't stopped yet. I sometimes buy 2 copies and open one, rip it and give it away to a friend, keeping the sealed one as my master. As Rhino moves to a more digital friendly distribution, I feel the number of limited edition CDs will get even tighter as they tweek the number needed to pay for the release and then be able to distribute digitally forever. To see this in action look at Robert Fripps DGMlive as a perfect example of commercial digital distribution of an artists archival releases. What is this ebay thing people talk about? ;)
February 22, 2016 - 2:23pm

#133

Born Cross Eye…

Joined:
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@ reijo29: 1975 Trip - Harmonica player

That's Matt Kelly a friend of Weir's, later a member of Kingfish. Also he plays on Beat It On Down The Line. Low in the mix, bummer.
February 22, 2016 - 2:08pm

#134

Born Cross Eye…

Joined:
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USB BOLT SOLD OUT!

YAHOOOOO! This edition of the 50th anniversary box FINALLY SOLD OUT!The last time I checked here and tried to buy 15 bolt USB's was Sunday 21 February 2016, I could not buy more than 11. It took some time but dead.net finally sold "every last one" There may be some returns, but essentially they're gone. I bought the 80 CD big box and I love it. Although I was familiar with most of the shows prior to this official release everything sounds like a new suprise. Since there was a delay with the USB package, I wish the 11/14/73 San Diego show was presented in it's correct playing order, as opposed to the CD version and that the Drums> Space on several shows did not have fades. That would have made this USB better than the CD version. Oh well. I now believe that GDP / Rhino know what they're doing. Kudos on a project done well!
February 22, 2016 - 11:51am

#135

reijo29

Joined:
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1975 Harmonica Trip

Just made it to 1975. Did anyone notice the harmonica playing in the Music Never Stopped? The liner notes do not refer to anyone sitting in
February 22, 2016 - 5:25am

#136

hbob1995

Joined:
June 26, 2007

@Unklesam re: ebay

On your $200 profit you forgot: ebay & Paypal fees are approx. 10%. So your profit is now down to $90. Is it really worth it? You would have to create 30 ebay listings, and make numerous trips to the post office. I myself would not put that kind of effort into making $90. Rock on
February 21, 2016 - 9:00pm

#137

philledawg

Joined:
December 12, 2009

PURCHASING MUSIC WHILE IT IS AVAILABLE...

I will say no more than this...Sorry, Gotta do this up in CAPS! ;) 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN WAS AVAILABLE FOR WELL OVER 5 MONTHS @DEADNET. Shows, are not an excuse. Purchasing extra music, esp. if it's available for AMPLE time......OUT. ;)
February 21, 2016 - 12:54pm

#138

SPACEBROTHER

Joined:
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Broken Boxes

Breaking up these boxes is a non-sequitur imho. I wouldn't do it because I'm not so era-centric to deny myself the enjoyment of something that was put together as a timeline project. On the other side of that, the more boxes that do get cannibalized will only make the complete sets more valuable, if you're into commodities. If you purchase a show from the box that happens to have a bad disc, good luck getting that replaced.
February 21, 2016 - 10:12am

#139

unkle sam

Joined:
October 3, 2008

limited, collectors items, making profit

There are a lot of people who have always profited from the grateful dead. Jerry didn't mind, look at the parking lots in most dead shows, full of people who made a living from selling stuff to kind folks related to the band and band members. There will always be a demand for these great recordings, limited or not, there will and is a way for the masses to get these shows, if not from a friend via a cdr, then from ebay. There are a lot more people out there nowdays who do buy and sell just for profit on ebay, and why not? Where are you going to get such a great return for your initial investment? Breaking up the boxes and selling each show for, say, 30 bucks, that's a quick (within a week) profit of 200 bucks. Where else are you going to make that kinda of cash for sitting infront of your computer and posting shows? Seriously, if one had the money, could buy up as many as you could afford, hold them for 6 months until sold out, then put them up at twice what you paid, there is no where else anywhere that you are going to get that much return for an investment so fast, nowhere, certainly not the stock market. I know several people who have been doing the resale thing for a few years, first with old lp's that they acquired via estate sales, garage sales or record store buyouts or when a lot of folks "upgraded" to cd's back in the 90's. I for one did not do that, I kept my old records and bought the cd's to play, but that's another story cause cd's don't sound as good as lp's in my opinion. They still do it and with the limited editions of most music nowdays, it's money in the bank, especially dead music. There is money to be made from these kind of investments, one person I know does only that now, puts all up on ebay and makes a tidy profit, all from doing what they love, finding old classics and first issues of old records, clean them up a bit and resale. It's a good thing, a lot of these old original recordings would end up in a dumpster if not for what they do and I salute them for that, they are like the American pickers of the music world. Back in the day of 1.99 records, I would spend hours looking thru stacks of lp's, it was a blast. Next time you got a minute, check out ebay, look what they are getting for old tshirts and old bootleg cds and lps, first press cd's and out of print recordings, there is a gold mine out there in peoples garages and attics and most don't know what they have as far as music recordings and rock and roll memorabilia goes. Back in the day a lot of dead memorabilia was free, but as we all know, there aren't too many free rides left in this country. 4-9-91 is worth a relisten, that second set is smoking with a great foolish heart going into drums and a great TOO>wharf rat coming out of space. Not too bad for an added on show as the first 2 sold out in minutes, so they added the 9th.
February 20, 2016 - 1:03pm

#140

Spoyball

Joined:
April 13, 2015

Broken boxes

I have a few questions on the individual shows being sold on eBay. Does a seller make more selling shows individually? Seems like a lot of work if it's 30 different buyers at once too. By the amount of boxes being broken does that make the 30 trips box unbroken more valuable, being that there's less than 6,500 then? I have no problems with the secondary market, I would have never heard Pure Jerry full series without secondary market. I personally have no desire to sell my 30 Trips but my wife asked if I'd ever sell it and it was a easy no, but my only saving grace with my wife is I tell her my constant GD purchases will always hold value. I recently saw a 30 trips box start at $650 and sold for $1,080. That's holding value. To me, $300 profit isn't worth the " it's all about the music" because I like the the extras, my wife asked about me selling Winterland 73' box my reasoning was it has the lil good ol grateful dead pin, no way I'm selling.

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

Merci, Vguy72 !

Merci, Vguy72 ! Highly tomorrow, for you, for me and others.

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Violating Terms of Use and Civic Engagement

Why are we bombarded every day with sales posts from a certain overseas member, who is using this space for personal gain through commodification. The Terms of Use for this site states it is forbidden to: "Use the Site to advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services without our express prior written consent." So why is this continually allowed to go on here? It's unethical and an abuse of what this space is for. Do we need moderators? Or do they need more help? This needs to be addressed. Who do we need to contact to communicate this to the management of this site?

Kate C

Although I only comprehend 1/3 of your knowledge, I hear ya about blind loyalty to purchase. But since this isn't technically Rhino selling this anymore you should see if anyone on this site may have some 90's shows for sale. Who knows you may get lucky and someone posts they have these available to purchase. I doubt it though. Good Luck

@Ziffle

Concerning the worst sounding shows on USB vs CD, when they said they used different masters I expect for the USB they didn't do any fadeouts and the slight overlaps that they do for the CD's, plus in order to do the HDCD encoding, the peak amplitude must be under -6db because the HDCD adds 6db (or decoding reduces by 6db - amounting to the same thing). Maybe they applied some dynamic range compression to the CD masters, but if so I bet it would be a very small amount. In the past I posted how it appears they did some dynamic range compression on spring 90 TOO because I compared the 3/29/90 show hi res download to the CD. I realize now that I didn't decode the CD version using hdcd.exe before analyzing those, so it's possible they used absolutely no dynamic range compression on the CD's, I will need to recheck that. In any case, the sound quality of the worst sounding shows (or any of the others) will not be any different on USB vs CD. The hiss on the '82 show and the multi-song aud patch on the '81 show will sound exactly the same. I'd bet the "different masters" only refers to the fadeouts/overlapping, and maybe peak volume level and that's it. I think it's highly unlikely the masters are any different in any other respect at all. Edit: the double blind testing a friend and I were going to do last weekend or this weekend will have to wait a little while. Highly unexpected success of the cubbies (and a couple of other things) has intervened ;)

KC And The Sunshine (daydream) Band

"... A few drops of Mr. Ed...." The imagery was nauseatingly hilarious. Also, do NOT repeat over and over and over in your mind the following: I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, I cannot live without Spring '90 TOO, .......

I got mine today in the UK.

I got mine today in the UK. Very nice package. The only negative is that the segues aren't indicated on the packaging, or in the book. When I rip CDs, I join the tracks for all the jams, so I'll have to look up each show elsewhere. But I'm looking forward to listening. I'm going to take this slowly, one show a day. I assume my scroll doesn't say MIRACLE; I guess it would be printed pretty big, but I don't see it anywhere. Has anyone gotten a miracle scroll?

I got the same ticket. They

I got the same ticket. They must have a bunch of those.

TOU Proposal

I promise y'all, this is the LAST time I will acknowledge this problem many of us have called saintstephen1971 (aka thebanditisback on eBay, aka Stephen Gilmore from some hole down under). Let's do this: Simply send a PM to MaryE, our patient moderator, saying something along the lines of: "Despite many, many pleas to stop his commercial posts on this message board, member saintstephen1971 not only has not stopped, he has antagonized everyone who complains. He is blatantly violating the Terms of Use with his advertisements of product purchased on this site expressly for resale at a profit. Many of us find this (and him) offensive. Please moderate his activities on this board if you would be so kind. Thank you." All you have to do is log in, go to your profile, and hit "Write Message". Type "MaryE" in the "To" box and fire away. Thank you to all who take the time to do this. And my apologies to any supporters of saintstephen1971 (if any).

This is the correct link to

This is the correct link to the artwork: https://picasaweb.google.com/106465427611350658328/VaultBoxes02 Caine, you are doing us a great service, and I bow respectfully in thanks.

I got mine today in the UK

Number 5759 has landed on my doorstep,red velvet interior and ticket Oakland Coliseum 28th October, 1991,Backstage passs Eugene, Oregon,22nd August,1993. I intend to start listening from the 7" single,through to the rest in order of ascending year,even the wife is beaming!

Mr. Ed

Kate's post reminded me of a funny convergence of sorts between Mr Ed and the Grateful Dead (beyond the obvious rhyming.). East Troy, WI that is home to the Alpine Valley Music Theatre, on the weekend of 6/28-29/86 hosted both the Grateful Dead AND a Mr. Ed convention. Did you know there were EdHeads? I bet references to "a few drops of Mr. Ed" would be frowned upon.

BOX will arrive Tomorrow in JAPAN.

Hi WorldDeadHeads,nice to meet you.I live in JAPAN. DHL called me today that they deliver me Dead BOX tomorrow morning. DHL said please pay 8% consumption tax. I'm SO Excited about recieving BOX tomorrow. maybe I Can't sleep tonight. Thank you very much Dead Staffs to send me BOX so early. I appciciate it from bottom of my heart.

Portland Boxes

30 Trips has been scanned into Portland as of 12:41am PST. I can practically smell the balsa wood and globs of "Mr. Ed". Now time to get some sleep for a few hours in bed before I move down to the couch/living room for less comfortable daytime sleep. 3rd shift is uncool.. except being home during package deliveries.

Sweden-good news, and bad news

The good news, my box arrived in Sweden this morning.The bad news, I arrived in Istanbul this morning!

Re: Grateful Ed

Besides the funny glue reference (and who doesn't like funny glue references).. I think I used to have a Grateful Ed T Shirt years ago.. but I could be wrong, perhaps I just saw one.

30 Trips around the Sun Box

Wow! Today I received the box (much earlier than I expected it).It's a true wonder. Normally I don't care about the package, but this time I first had to look at this beautiful wooden box in amazement before opening it. The pictures of the four seasons are lovely. And the book is even more beautiful than the pdf file we received on 9/18. What I like especially about this box is the fact that all the CD's have a normal format, so I can put them in my Grateful Dead shelves ordered by date. (With the May 77 box that was not possible). Now there are about 660 Grateful Dead CD's on my shelves, most of them officially released! And finally the content, the heart of the box: All the concerts I had the time to listen to until now are exceptional. This box is a labour of some years and we the fans can do the harvest; thank you David Lemieux and all others involved in this project! So.....da nnn da da, dadahhh ripple in still waters Music is Love Romeo Nathan Bumann (alias Mr. RNB)

I am also in Japan waiting

I am also in Japan waiting for the box! And I have no call from DHL today what is going on with my order?? I chose standard shipping when I ordered it what is your shipping method you chose? Anyway it will arrive soon and I hope we both get the miracle scroll beacause I guess we deserve the most distance buyer award.

Arrived!

My box arrived here one hour, one day before scheduled date. I'll leave my office as soon as possible to finally take possession. I do not know if I'll be able to work this afternoon…

'drops of Mr. Ed'

I wonder if the reason the boxset was priced so high was to offset the stud fee... ...He's no American Pharoah but he's still a celebrity, isn't he?

Trade offers and in search of

looking for 1. Dave's Picks 1 - won't pay more than $75 ,, maybe a $100 ,, Dicks Picks 3 is better anyway Lol 2. Road Trips Denver 1973 - I pay $50 max,, 3. Pure Jerry - both 1978 releases,, Lots to trade, but cash offer will be low.... - Just scored Allman Brothers Band Fillmore East February 1970 recorded by Bear.. Wow !!! What a find !!! Long out of print killer recording from a fantastic venue,, and currently Not for trade,, but lots of other goodness

Boxzilla arrived Germany

comes by DHL half an hour ago and have to pay 155,50 Euro .... Number 4937 ticket 10-28-1991 pass 02-19-1995 undamaged and red velvet inner ... wow

4998/6500

Box arrived in Zagreb,Croatia!

@wilfredTJones... for the list.

My ticket - 5/27/93 General AdmissionMy Backstage pass - 3/22/95 Looks like BertDert has the same combo as me.

mbarilla...

check PM re: Pure Jerry

Lineage/Sound Quality

I'm curious if any of you serious collectors have compared the sound quality of the shows on 30 Trips to the better boards of the shows in circulation. I gave a quick listen to 2/22/69 Vallejo (one of my favorite shows) and compared it against the Charlie Miller board I have and I'm not convinced the 30 Trips one sounds better. There's a nasty quality glitch between Mountains and Dark Star a dn Dark Star sounds a bit muffled, though less hiss. Anyone else?

Charlie Miller

I think Rhino Records or GDP should hire Charlie Miller to work on the Grateful Dead vault for the official releases. The young man with "golden ears". Agree or disagree?

30 T Box Arrived in Finland

Just paid DHL+taxes (207 €). Hope I get my box tomorrow.

Re: Charlie Miller

All my children are named Charlie Miller, even the girls. Goldfish and cat too. Its a bit confusing at times, but the least I could do. He seems to do a better job with the cassette masters, that's for sure. ..but Norman and company have come a long way too, I mean no disrespect.

30 TRIPS - 1980s decade shows

IT's concerning to me that within in the 30 TRIPS box set of the 1980s shows, the 1986 show sounds better than any other show in the 1980s decade other than 1989(which has to sound the best, it was multi-tracked)...I'm not a big fan of the 10/26/89 1st set. Anyway, 1986 is often regarded as the "worst" year played by the band, and this show sounds phenomenally played & recorded.....ima a little suspect of the effort than went into the rest on the 1980s decade on this BOX.....Haven't listened yet to any year before 1979, but I bet they sound perfectly recorded & mastered, jus sayn

90's

Does anyone possibly have 90's shows for sale? I heard they sound great on the stream.....(I've been silent for a while just taking in all the posts but it's hard to take the New Yorker out of me. So forgive me Stephen if you are offended)

Miracle

I got one and no I am not selling it. Wondering how many they sent out? Mailing the scroll back today. Let's see what I get.

It's here...

Box landed this morning, a day earlier than previously advised. It is sitting unopened in another room while I try and get a full day's work done at my desk. How's that for superhuman restraint?

Charlie MIller Time

I've said here before and will say again, there are times I swear Rhino just goes to the archive and downloads a Miller board and releases it as "official". Even the run times are close. In reality, the official ones "most" of the times seem to have a little more "presence", the sound seems a little closer and wider. But I always check against what I've downloaded. I know one of the shows I checked against the streaming stuff sounded a lot better than what I had. Even when some here post about some "great" soundboard on the archive I go check against my copy to see if it's a newer, better copy. But Charlie the man! Anyone remember or have a copy of that youtube cartoon, where the guy is raving to his wife about a new Charlie miller soundboard he just downloaded? When the video of "i married a deadhead" came out I went looking for it and couldn't find.

Box Set

I'm sorry but this is even better than the Europe Box Set, I think out of all the box sets ever released this is as good as it gets, thank you Dave for having this idea, and Rhino for supporting it. And if you don't agree that is cool (no need to start some crazy this box set is better than that one), just my thoughts and I felt it so much I wanted to thank the folks for making it happen. I love it even down to the red velvet, leather bound book, etc....just cool all the way. But looking at all 30 shows lined up in the box, looking through them and picking a year and giving it a spin, that is where the real majic is happening. Downtown

Paris calling

Boxzilla has landed in Paris. Am currently admiring the nifty cardboard box it's sent in. I shall open it at seven bells with a gin and tonic.

Here In Portland...

The boxes are out for delivery. Time to move my sleeping carcass down to the living room couch. Will let you all know what I get and what condition it's in. Hopefully it comes before work.

So why are some getting red

So why are some getting red velvet and others getting blue? I got blue myself. Is it a Bolos / Bozos thing?

Re: Dennis - Charlie Miller Time

Charlie is indeed the man. St. Charlie? This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfy3uJrfVWo "Charlie Miller is releasing new soundboard sources for a number shows from 1972. I need to download these shows from etree as soon as they are seeded." Classic. In I married a deadhead, the wife says she would rather gargle with drano and shove broken glass and needles in her eyes than listen to more shows. In this one it ends with his wife asking for a divorce. Someone needs to do one of these depicting the moment Boxzilla gets delivered on the doorstep.

Out for delivery!!....

....I'm doing the Snoopy dance!!....

..did someone say snoopy dance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxzA1y-zWg while we are recycling old, cartoonish, GD youtube clips. ..sorry, to post old stuff.. but they never seem to get old.

RE: Scroll...........thoughts, reflections, advice?

I probably would not return a 'Golden/Miracle/Special' scroll. Are you kidding me? 2 years from now, if I open a sealed shipping box with a 'Golden/Miracle/Special scroll? Cool Beans! It seems as if someone had the idea to make sure all shipping boxes were opened, as they were never sealed beyond the actual shipping box (Many of the shipping boxes have UPS/USPS writing on the boxes, as well, so between the shipping stickers and writing the shipping boxes won't be as pristine/collectible. So, a Golden/Miracle scroll or a 'made up something' to make sure, and I totally get the idea, less resale for $$$$ is what the powers that be wanted, and rightfully so. I dig that. Gratefully, Scroll #3625

Boxziilla is in Utah

#6314 (I think). I love every square inch of it's blue velvet lined box. Hours of great music waiting for me. I didn't go to the '95 show, though. I was living in Idaho at the time.

OK guys

/mod on We have a designated vending area in the Your Own Storefront thread. http://www.dead.net/forum/your-own-storefront Please advertise your wares in that venue and not in other threads. As for cannibalizing OUR wares and hawking them in our house? Really? Please cut it out, as it's a clear TOS violation. Also please refrain from slinging insults at your fellow Heads, as this is not the venue. Thanks. /mod off

Still nothin'

It's gonna be another looong day.

You Rock MaryE

Thanks MaryE. You rock, and much like my very own mom.. I'm not sure why you put up with us :D

Ziffle

This issues I am hearing on both the 82 and 83 shows will be worse in hi-res, which is a huge disappointment. The kick drum in 83 will most likely be more prominent. That 89 show will sound incredible though. That's the trade off. I think we all have to take into consideration how we are listening to these shows. If we hear, say, the 89 show, then immediately listen to the 82 show - the difference will be obvious, but if you just listen to the 82 show without hearing any other show the it is quite listenable (even with the hiss). It would be very disappointing if they just put 80s shows in the set that they knew weren't up to par quality wise because they knew those shows wouldn't sell on their own. I mean, for 83 especially - they could have done 10/15 or 10/17.

jim in MD

yes that was the one, I came it across it originally when I was downloading everything from the archive. Drove people crazy with email's saying "you gotta hear this miller".

UPS truck broke down....

....3-4 hour delay. Arghhhhh!!!

Song Segues

I have seen some people mention that the song segues are not denoted with the '>' symbol on the disk sleeves. I put those in as well when entering the info in Google Play. I was a little bummed at first but then noticed that they are denoted on the disks themselves. Hope this helps a few Heads out.

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