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    July 1978: The Complete Recordings

    What's Inside:

    • Five Complete Shows on 12 discs
    • 7/1/78 Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City, MO
    • 7/3/78 St. Paul Civic Center Arena: St. Paul, MN
    • 7/5/78 Omaha Civic Auditorium: Omaha, NE
    • 7/7/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
    • 7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
    Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
    Artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope
    Intro and show-by-show liner notes by Nicholas Meriwether
    Producer's Note by David Lemieux
    Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000
    Release Date: May 13, 2016

    Announcing July 1978: The Complete Recordings

    We’re pleased to announce JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, five incredible unreleased shows and the first official release from the long-lost tapes, recently returned to the Grateful Dead’s vault. Follow the Dead on a sonic journey through a superb selection of settings, an often epic adventure that finds them winning over Willie and Waylon fans in Kansas City, conjuring charisma in Omaha, and elevating the Red Rocks beyond their already spiritual planes. With five distinct performances painting the masterpiece of 1978, Betty Cantor-Jackson's always-pristine soundboard recordings, and the "hall-of-fame pedigree" of the Dead's first-ever shows at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, this is one release that far exceeds excellence in music, sound quality, and rarity.

    Limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies, JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS includes Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO (7/1/78), St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (7/3/78), Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (7/5/78), and Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO (7/7/78 and 7/8/78) - all of the performances in this collection are drawn from the band’s master soundboard recordings, each newly mastered by Jeffrey Norman. The set also features original artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope (D.C. and Marvel comics) and in-depth liner notes written by Nick Meriwether (Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz), as well as a producer’s note from producer David Lemieux.

    Due May 13th, we anticipate that this extraordinary box will sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here.

    Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day.

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  • lgreen
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    UK and still missing the boxset//terrible 'customer' service
    I'm in the UK and still have not received my box! I contacted the Rhino 'customer' service and they told me to wait till mid June and then if the box had sold out I would just get a refund. I have not ever complained on dead.net before but I am now - i think that stinks as 'customer' support! I assume this means I have to buy it a second time and then wait and claim a refund for the first... no other online retailer would work like that and no other community would put up with it... Can MaryE or someone else with influence intercede for me? (I have already tried writing to Dr Rhino)
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    Dnbb1, if youre an acoustic aficionado you've probably already digested these multiple times but they bear repeating for any newbies or those who may have just missed the boat. Aside from the obvious double reissue of Reckoning, Road Trips 3.3 and the accompanying bonus disc feature a sublime acoustic set from 5-15-70, 15+ tracks in glorious sound, and then there's the single disc release of the Family Dog show from 4-18-70 which is a complete acoustic set featuring a mini-Pig solo spot, something I didn't know even existed, and then, of course, who could forget the first set of DP8, 5-2-70! Damn that Rider continues to suck me in to this day!In regards to Jerrys permanent decline, I'd have to go with March 92 onward. Fall of 91 had some stellar shows, but by the new year I'd have to say his playing was more miss than hit. DaveRock, I believe the white guitar you're referring to is Jerrys Travis Bean. Love the tone of that axe. Anywho, starting the day off with set II of 3-25-90, with the boys finally reverting back to the "groovy" arrangement of Eyes, which would reach its zenith with Branford a few nights later. Peace to all!
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    Beginning of the end?-takimoto
    Not wishing to be controversial, but I wonder if the beginning of the end wasn't many years before the 1990s. In 1986, Jerry nearly died-not just through illegal drug use, his diet, smoking, lack of exercise. In photographs from the early-mid 80s he looks shockingly unwell-for a comparatively young man. And the shows-some good ones for sure-but to me, a massive decline from the Keith years. He seemed to go through a honeymoon period after his recovery, and this lasted from 1987-to the early 1990s. I couldn't date the moment the final decline started-but even in 1990, in London, he looked far less healthy than most men his age. Jerry was undoubtedly one of the greatest artists of his generation. Strange then, in a way, that he had the same job-working with essentially the same people-for 30 years! Jimi Hendrix-one of the few artists of comparable stature from the era, seemed hacked off playing Purple Haze in 1969-and he had only been playing such songs for about 2-3 years! Everyone in London-myself included was ecstatic when he played the opening to Dark Star-but I wonder what Jerry felt like, playing them, for the zillionth time? Maybe it would have been better for him if he had finished with The Dead in 1979, when Keith and Donna left, and concentrated on making music with his own band. Maybe it was being in The Dead so long that brought Jerry down. Just a thought.
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    Yes,I have always liked the tone Jerry got during late 1977-1978. It looks on pictures as though he was using the guitar called "Wolf" at that time. In pictures from early 1977, he seems to be playing a white guitar-looks a bit like a strat, but isn't. I think he played the "Wolf" guitar in 1975-maybe 1974, too. But his guitar never sounded quite as good to me in 1974-75 as it did in late 77-78. Not talking about what he played-just the sound of what he played. Obviously, the amplifiers he used had a big impact, too. The Wall of Sound may have been the biggest and the loudest-but it never distorted-so sitting listening at home, 1974 shows seem fairly quiet, to me.But 77-78-a beautiful, bright sound on the edge of distortion. Perfect, really. The absolute greatest tone a guitarist ever got, though, to me, was John Cipollina with Quicksilver on and around Happy Trails.
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    quick.. something witty. Hey Rocky, watch me levitate Garcia. (in my best squirrel accent), that trick NEVER Works.
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    1991 had a bunch of great shows.. especially if you liked Hornsby's piano playing (which I do). Flying off memory, I think I really liked the recordings from 5/10/91.. in fact, the whole shoreline run is quite good. Not sure what you have left from 30 trips, but the consensus is Dave nailed it on the late-era shows. https://archive.org/details/gd91-05-10.sbd.ladner.6257.sbeok.shnf There have been lots of 89 references of late that are similar shows. VGuy seems to be in tune with the later era West Coast shows that seemed to be good. Boston '94 gets some love on these threads.
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    ....last time good shows out numbered bad ones imo. They took off some of 1992 due to Garcia's falling off the horse. I believe a year later, Jerry dove in head first. Sad.... ....1993 also saw the debuts of some not very good tunes. Easy Answers or Eternity anyone?
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    Taking a break from 78 box and trying to get thru TTAS. ... Still Got about 10 left I hadn't heard. Been jumping around. Listened to 91 from MSG. I really enjoyed it. I previously haven't listened to much dead after Brent died. Big mistake. I really dig Hornsby with band. plus I don't really like dead playing with guest musicians. I generally think the music gets watered down when there is a guest. But I liked marsalis with the band. Felt he added the right touch. So, I'll be listening to more of this area. Quick question. If you assume 90 is good year and one of high points of their career (and I do believe this). With the following years until 95 a slow decline until the end. And when I say decline I mean inconsistent and uninspired playing. And further assume that Jerry's health was a big of that decline (probably back doing drugs). When wound you consider the dead to start that downward slide? Would it be spring 91? Would it be later, say fall 91? Even later? And, I'm guessing the downward slide started when Jerry resumed his drug habit. Right? I think I'm going to explore more of these post Brent years but would like to understand when people consider the beginning of the end? Also, Any recommendations for solid post Brent shows?
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    ....only performed eight times according to my trusty back up bible i.e. DeadBase.... Edit....the last one was in Anchorage. Now where is that box? I'd be all over that like Pigpen on a schoolgirl....
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    Yes.. scares the shit out of me. My basement is 8' below the flood plane of the river that is normally my front yard. Yikes.. Thank god the GD were more into train songs then ... nevermind. Oh.. and dibs on the Mona Lisa. It has always had special meaning to me and I will be sure to display it in my office, a full 18' above the flood plane. Its safer here than there right now.
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July 1978: The Complete Recordings

What's Inside:

• Five Complete Shows on 12 discs
• 7/1/78 Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City, MO
• 7/3/78 St. Paul Civic Center Arena: St. Paul, MN
• 7/5/78 Omaha Civic Auditorium: Omaha, NE
• 7/7/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
• 7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope
Intro and show-by-show liner notes by Nicholas Meriwether
Producer's Note by David Lemieux
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000
Release Date: May 13, 2016

Announcing July 1978: The Complete Recordings

We’re pleased to announce JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, five incredible unreleased shows and the first official release from the long-lost tapes, recently returned to the Grateful Dead’s vault. Follow the Dead on a sonic journey through a superb selection of settings, an often epic adventure that finds them winning over Willie and Waylon fans in Kansas City, conjuring charisma in Omaha, and elevating the Red Rocks beyond their already spiritual planes. With five distinct performances painting the masterpiece of 1978, Betty Cantor-Jackson's always-pristine soundboard recordings, and the "hall-of-fame pedigree" of the Dead's first-ever shows at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, this is one release that far exceeds excellence in music, sound quality, and rarity.

Limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies, JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS includes Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO (7/1/78), St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (7/3/78), Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (7/5/78), and Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO (7/7/78 and 7/8/78) - all of the performances in this collection are drawn from the band’s master soundboard recordings, each newly mastered by Jeffrey Norman. The set also features original artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope (D.C. and Marvel comics) and in-depth liner notes written by Nick Meriwether (Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz), as well as a producer’s note from producer David Lemieux.

Due May 13th, we anticipate that this extraordinary box will sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day.

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I think all this talk about the scratched discs jinxed me ! I was looking for some things to listen to yesterday and found a box of cds. The first 2 I played both had some really awful skips, technically it was a stall because it would stop playing and then resume shortly after, without missing a beat. I listened to one disc like that, the second one I gave up on. Quite a shame because the damaged discs are very nice recordings of 3.30.83
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Would rather wait til the box set comes out before listening to what might be "the most exciting, inspired 35 minutes of 1978 Grateful Dead you'll hear?" on a side note: I read in Willie's most recent book that he took acid at one of the Fourth of July Picnics and how weird his experience was and all of that...I can't remember if he said what year it was..
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3.25.83 - marks the 1st live performance of "My Brother Esau" a couple other debuts would emerge from the bands touring history during this time in March. "Looks Like Rain" and "Two Souls in Communion" 3.21.72
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I shunned you for yearssomeothertime i said yeah probably overrated i thought today we are together wow. what a show.
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I would love to have been a fly on the wall for that Fourth of July bash. You would have to think someone got dosed that day, the circus was in town.. Cool story, I will have to check it out.
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I am going to wait for this new 78 box to arrive before listening to these specific shows. Thanks Dave.
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love that Lysergic River take my mind, Don't let her mem'ry torture me. Lysergic River don't run dry, You're all I've got, take care of me. I'm drowning in an acid river, Bathing my mem'ried mind in the wetness of its soul. Feeling the amber current flowin' from my mind. And warm an empty heart you left so cold.
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Till your love comes down....no just kidding, that was VH when they were on top of their game. I'll wait for the box set, no need to spoil the virgin listen. Heck, I'm torn about listening to any soundboards, lest they end up released with the Full Norman Treatment someday, and I end up with a not-so-special Dave's Picks. But then there's the little mean dude on the other shoulder going "put it on, you could be dead before this ever goes Full Norman"....and so I've begun getting into some soundboards - only the real hi-fi audio mind you, just because I can't tolerate poor sound quality. It's difficult to turn away from those great sounding shows, especially when it seems unlikely they'll get much better with the Full Norman (like these 2/26, 5/7, 5/8, and 5/9 1977 boards I have). Or this Estimated Shakedown Street I pulled from 11/24/78. I'll tell you what they need, is a little package called Live Shakedown with The Grateful Dead, where they release a double CD with just Shakedown Street, I Need A Miracle, From The Heart Of Me, and Stagger Lee from the Godchaux's last 6 months. Maybe half a dozen versions of each tune....wooo!
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I don't know what's up with this site for the cancer research pull... but it accepts donations then it doesn't.this site truncates the link at times... here's the link https://secure3.4agoodcause.com/curing-kids-cancer/fundraisers/personal… if it gets truncated again.... go to 4agoodcause, look for Team Super Kellen. For those who saw it, I'm pulling a firetruck w/ a team to raise $ and awareness for leukemia research. A child of a family friend has leukemia. Chuck H., who Dave L. mentions at the end of this seaside chat for this box set, also has aggressive leukemia and cancer. The Grateful Dead is the only thing that gets him through his treatments. He needs every positive thought and prayer right now.... Sending cd's and $ is helpful.... anyway.. that's the link... thanks
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You keep referring to the apparatus as stupid but yet it works…not so stupid. You should think of charging the library every time you do their job.
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for the amount of stuff I get from the library they should be charging me! Just in today, the complete Louis Armstrong RCA Collection! I love my library!
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I have also found that if disc "A" doesn't play on player "A", then it probably will play on player "B". Sometimes I struggle with a disc that doesn't want to rip in on my desktop and I try it on my wife's laptop and it works. Always try on a second device. I don't have a lot of problems with scratches in personal stuff, I treat it right and generally it only gets played once when I suck it in, then I put it away safe and sound. Keithfan - on that bonus disc you got, make a copy and play the copy. Put the "official" one away.
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Shoot just give me the top 20 Shakedowns ever done. I would buy the crap out of that!
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:) i take that as a very high compliment. but even Nigel doesn't put his guitars in ziplock bags, like I do to these storage room box sets.I learned from Betty's mistakes, and yes you can get reel sized Ziplock bags that would have mitigated much of the flooding damage. The listening party is nice, but coming though my laptop it's a tad harsh from the stream sound and i don't know if i'll make it to the end. BTW replying to a post stops the stream, so back to Estimated again. Nice, but I'm going to wait for disks from now on.
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6/30/858/28/81 11/24/78 thank you sir may I have another
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I know we just covered this, sorta. Did we reach consensus that 6/30/85 is the best Shakedown? It is my favorite but I have not heard all of them yet. I used to wear out 12/5/79 also. I wrote on the other board about Ventura 87 (which I was in attendance). That was a slow slinky Shakedown. Being on the beach, the bass made the sandy loam pulse. An addendum to that write up, we were standing there having a refreshing smoke when a guy that was probably 70 comes slithering by, smoking this huge pipe. We were grooving, he was grooving. He stopped and we all passed everything around, nice. Never said a word. He wore a shirt that said "I heart drugs." Being in my 20's, it made me feel like I was home. BTW, I was wearing a taper's shirt that had an eagle on it with tape reals in its talons on the front. On the back, again tape reals with a slogan underneath "Death before Dishonor, Drugs before Lunch." I also love the Shakedown from 87 Socal at the stadium, DVD, where they are opening for Dylan. Love some of the looks from Bob and Jerry. Bob is trying to make an adjustment on his rig and it is time to sing. He misses the beginning and looks over to Jer like "Am I in trouble?" Then Jerry flubs a lyric and looks back at Bob and makes a hilarious face. Sorta lets you physically see who Captain Trips was, The Boss! Jer so relaxed, Bob doing his best to please. Love it! Edit: oops reels not reals
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Yep, I have Umphreys Mcgee, Wishbone Ash, Old Crow Medicine Show, Trombone Shorty, and Preservation Hall Jazz band on my desk as I type this, got to rip em and get them back to the library. So yeah, I know how bad those disks can be, but it is a great way to hear new stuff.
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the MOTB stuff is always great. As has been mentioned a few times in the last 6 months. Edit: Oh yeah, have not heard the Egypt one. Heard it mentioned several times here. Is it really that good? Did someone post that was the best part of Egypt?
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Sixtus: Where are we on the 7 headed super brain? This may be the best place to start...or would it be Best Dark Star. My oh my, cannot say that, will start a food fight...
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Good thing I check the links, that 24 bit version, didn't have the Shakedown. Try this. https://archive.org/details/gd1978-09-16.sbd.miller.88314.sbeok.flac16 You really should let it play through to Truckin to get the full effect of the Shakedown at Giza Of course it sounds MUCH better on the officially released CD version with the pop up cover.
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I know somewhere I had a tape with a 22 minute shakedown, opened a 2nd set if I remember right,,, it was great. I had a non head in my car once and that tune was playing and when they came out of jam back into lyrics, he looked at me and said "who's this?". I think it be impossible for me to find, but it was one of the longest ones I ever had.
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1979 New Haven on the first Road Trips -
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Very funky. Jerry and Bobby totally in sync, especially the second half of the jam. Two guitarists plugged into one brain. Edit: After another listen (and viewing), a correction - six musicians, one brain.
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....7.2.89 Sullivan Stadium. No Shakedown, but it's got a FOTD second set opener. How's that for a curveball!.... ....btw, baseball season starts on 4.2. Just a friendly reminder....
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GD89 ain't my highest priority but since i saw no shows in 89 muatm will be attended by me. Date of the meetup itself?
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Yeah Bolo, that Shakedown is without any doubt Funky! Also, as I recall that show has a killer NFA with Pete Townsend!!
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....May is going to blow the doors off! We get a movie, some '76 Orpheum, a whole week of Betty's July '78, and it's my birth month. I actually feel humbled.
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once back in the times of tapes i did create a 45 minute long Shakedown combining several different ones , used to play it at partys when i was a student - as most of us were drunk or otherwise illuminated it felt like going on forever.....
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love this image , reminds me how important Keith was for the band....
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does your library have ILL (inter library loans), with the plano library I can go online and search all the libraries in Amerika. Great for rounding out audio books and finding rare music. These cost me 2.50 in postage to get sent here, but well worth it.
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Anybody have the date yet?
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They usually ship for delivery the 1st week of the next shipping month, which would be May, so probably announced in mid April to presale the non subscription copies.
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Opens the show at McNichols after a Red Rocks rain-out. I don't go for "best," but conten-dahs. This is one. Am I biased because I was tripping my nuts off? Pretty sure!
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Last year the 2nd release shipped 4/30/15. I am expecting a similar release date.
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I'm familiar with shipping times etc. I'm trying to find out WHAT SHOW is Dave's 18. I heard rumor it's from '76 which would be right up my alley. Anyboy know? (to be honest I love 'em all!)
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DL announced in that it will be the show from 7/17/76 on the first two discs, with disc three the 17th encore, NFA, followed by most of the 1st set from 7/16 minus any repeats of the 17th 1st set. The bonus disk will be the second set from the 16th
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Was released with "All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection". Looks and sounds great and the smile on Jerry's face when he open set 2 is worth the price of admission. The previously unreleased songs are: China Cat Sunflower - October 2, 1987, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View I Know You Rider - October 2, 1987, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View Man Smart, Woman Smarter - October 2, 1987, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View Friend Of The Devil - July 2, 1989, Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro Hey Pocky Way - July 22, 1990, The World Amphitheatre, Tinley Park Shakedown Street - June 22, 1991, Soldier Field, Chicago
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drpryan thanks for your quick response
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How about a '76 box set along the lines of July '78? Granted not all of the tapes can be used and others are damaged but, there has to be enough left in good condition for more releases. A '76 Box Set would be a great place start Seriously? What about more releases? Say 1-2 more per year. And yes I understand the concept of saturation.
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Thanks for the Essen Shakedown, had heard parts of this show but not the Shakedown. Whoa, love being able to see them in action! six musicians, one mind preachin that polyglot babel music. It can be doubly bubbly indeed.
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Conten-dahs, i like it. Will track that one down. I have always been a touch partial to Shakedowns. Love so many genres but really am a groove/funk freak at heart.
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I am almost certain we have ILL, just have not explored it yet. Will look into it. How can you absorb so much stuff?
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I may just breakout that road trips shakedown tonight! Only listened too it twice I think...cant wait. I am slowly making it thru my third trip around the 30 trips. About halfway, lots a really fine stuff!
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wow, seems like an odd pick to me?? Sullivan Stadium (along with Highgate VT) was probably one of the worst dead shows I went too. Seems like an odd choice. I had a lot of fun at both shows but thought the band did not have a good nite at either. Plus, Sullivan Stadium show was on a VERY hot and humid day. A scorcher. However, will definitely see MUAM since Sullivan Stadium is about 10 minutes from my house (and was too back in 87 ...though I lived in different town then). Looking forward to 78 box. Though I am on fence on buying whole box ... may just get the one show option. I had a big ask with the Mrs to get 30 Trips. I know this sounds crazy but I am getting to the point where I have so many Dead CD's I am getting to point where maybe I should start to pass on new releases unless they are a must have. Some releases I have barely listened too. I love the Dead but at times I get burned out and need to listen to talk radio or some other bands. I will say, 78 is an underrated year. DP 18 is amongst my all time fav and the 78 DaP that came out last yr from Nashville (?) were both top shelf. Maybe I just convinced myself to go for the full box? Happy Easter peace
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Thanks for the input on the Pig box. I got to thinking, I would rather have a Pig Loaded Grateful Dead release. It's like asking for just a Bob or Jerry box in the context of the Grateful Dead, doesn't really make much sense. I vote for Pig influenced show such as 8/14/71 and 8/15/71, that were returned as part of the house boat stash. I just returned from a two day camping trip up to Albuquerque, NM and purposely left my Ipod at home. It was great to just listen to nature and the kids have fun. @ Takimoto- I don't buy every release. In my book I have all I need, 30 Trips and E72. The 30 Trips gave me what I wanted which was a release from every year and E72-only the greatest GD tour (IMHO). I get what you are saying about burnout and not listening to every release you own. For me it's Winterland '77. I have never listened to it the whole way through. Maybe this June I will make the effort. I got to thinking what is everyone's go to year or show. The one that gets the most rotation or the one that you play whilst you are trying to figure our what to put on? According to my itunes counter it is a tie between the Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack and 7/31/1974. But the 11/10/1967 show is creeping up there. Have a great Easter everyone!!
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This week had all three components in it.Date of Spring Equinox 3.20/21 Date of first Full Moon after Spring Equinox 3.23 First Sunday following Full Moon 3.27 THATS EASTER SUNDAY this is the formula to determine Easter. As you know its always on a different day sometimes in March, others in April. Its history is that of a pagan lunar holiday. Early Christians adapted the date and feast. Helped out to have the same holidays in the recruitment dept dig? Whatever You DO Enjoy please!
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