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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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  • #2721
    dead setter
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    is it possible we wont be able to buy E '72 single shows after these all sell out? if so i hope not i only have 7 of the 22 shows
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    The biggest difference between the two as far as I'm concerned is that I like the Grateful Dead a whole lot more. And that's good enough for me. Plus while the Dead were constantly playing music Greg was ratting out his friends, marrying Cher, and face planting his ugly mug in a plate of spaghetti. F them. Listening to E72 concerts on the date. 4/11/72 weakest show of the tour. And my wife and I still listened to it tonight totally entranced. E72 is the best. Riches beyond belief.
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    Been out of the loop, so here's my $0.02 on a few things: Dire Straits are worth some time. The first album remains high on my "must have" list. I've seen Knopfler live, too: a righteous guitarist. Anyone else getting that wicked July in Boston triad of Dylan on 7/14, Dead & Co 7/15 & 16? Have to think about how to pace that week.... As for the lingering topic of American bands: Plenty of great groups have been mentioned, and I'd tip my hat to Hendrix's ensembles & the Doors, but to my ears anyone with a claim to the title would have to integrate US composition (Gershwin, Ives, Cage, etc.), jazz (from King Oliver, Bechet, and Satchmo to 'Trane and Ornette, at least), and pop (hillbilly and race records, through their several descendants and with consideration of imports: country, western, bluegrass, spirituals, blues, rnb, soul, gospel, rnr, disco, hiphop, Cajun, zydeco, tejano, funk, and so forth). Has anyone approached engagement with this menagerie of musics as well and as thoroughly as did the GD? Maybe, but my ears haven't heard it...unless it's Dylan. On a related note: I know it's not an original claim, but I still often hear the early GD (65-67) as a Nuggets-style garage band, and I'd love a really good article elaborating this idea. If nothing else, it would mitigate their apparent indifference to punk, which many seem to regard as their great shortcoming. It would supplement the conceptual connection to punk (via the Beats) with some music-discourse material, which could help make sense of such fascinating events as the UMass Amherst show in May 79, with Roy Ayers and Patti Smith (one of those line-ups that makes me wish I'd been born 15 years earlier!). It would also lay the groundwork for unpacking connections to other noisier Dead-interested performers, like Jane's Addiction and Lee Renaldo. Speaking of which, I saw Acid Mothers Temple a few days ago, and they confirmed that their recording of "Eyes of the World" is complete, but they had no idea whether or not the record Prophase promised with that track is anywhere near release. Ok, also: I'm psyched for this 7/78 box, and also the National tribute/covers thing: Terry Riley doing the GD should be unparalleled!
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    ....they sync everything perfectly. If they were around 30 years ago, I bet there would be a DeadGoogle app for that. And I would dl that....
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    ....what fan of a band would log when they purchased said show on said date. Us of course! I seriously think some of us 'heads need counseling. I'm cool with that, as long as there is a Dark Star->TOO-> Viola Lee->NFA with a Shakedown encore playing in the background. Turn that shit up!! ...I made that setlist up on the fly. Sounds awesome though....and yeah, that's a setlist. The boyz could stretch those tunes out for set easy....
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    Some of the credit has to go to gmail. I just quickly threw the list together by doing a search on "Shipping Notice Europe '72" But yeah, sign me up for counseling all the same.
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    You're lucky they're running out of E72 singles to sell you. As you're beginning to understand, it's impossible to stop once you've placed a foot inside the Europe '72 door. You said it was what - up to 9 last week, this week you're at 13. Once you start down that golden road, forever will it dominate your destiny - consume you it will. I too recall an innocent purchase of an E72 show...and then just one more....and then just enough that I had one performance of every song from that tour....and then everything that hadn't already had songs released on Steppin' Out or E72...and then all of the shows but not the Beat Club performance...and then a month later, 20 bucks doesn't seem like much to complete the 22 volume set. Here is the breakdown of shows I bought, by purchase date: E72: Stakladen, Aarhus University, Denmark (4/16/1972) * June 8 E72: Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (4/14/1972) * June 22 E72: Strand Lyceum, London, England (5/25/1972) * July 11 E72: Musikhalle, Hamburg, W. Germany (4/29/1972) * July 19 E72: L'Olympia, Paris, France (5/4/1972) * July 21 E72: Kongressaal, Munich, W. Germany (5/18/1972) * July 21 E72: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland (5/10/1972) * July 26 E72: Grote Zaal, De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland (5/11/1972) * July 26 E72: Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (4/17/1972) * August 4 E72: L'Olympia, Paris, France (5/3/1972)* August 4 E72: Strand Lyceum, London, England (5/23/1972) * August 17 E72: Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, W. Germany (4/26/1972) * August 17 E72: Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, W. Germany (4/24/1972) * September 5 E72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/8/1972) * September 5 E72: Strand Lyceum, London, England (5/26/1972) * September 5 E72: City Hall, Newcastle, England (4/11/1972) * September 22 E72: Studio Grand Theatre, Luxembourg (5/16/1972) * September 25 E72: Strand Lyceum, London, England (5/24/1972) * October 2 E72: L'Esplanade de Lille, Lille, France (5/13/1972) * October 2 E72: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/7/1972) * October 3 E72: Wigan, England (5/7/1972) * October 6 E72: Beat Club, Bremen, W. Germany (4/21/1972) * November 10 It's pretty twisted when you consider that some of the shows that were purchased on the same date were on separate orders, a few hours apart (or 10 minutes apart in the case of October 2nd). It's worse when you consider that there were some Road Trips purchases intermingled with these.
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    ....hit the save link at the same time. Grate minds think alike....I'm cueing up that track right now in fact.... ....as far as Jerry's childhood homes, the Bay Area legislature gets it. Kudos to them. Figures he is from the Excelsior district. Makes total sense....
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    The hidden DP13 Scarlet->Fire....
    ....is from Nassau Coliseum 11.1.79. And it's a good one. But then again, aren't most of them? Brent's swirling keys are all over the segue....
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    I've read it's from Nassau Coliseum 11/1/79 Icecrmenkd tells how to separate the 'Scarlet/Fire' if you want in a post below
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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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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 14:58

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Appreciate your response. I really go for instrumentals, which is why I have quite a collection of GD Dark Stars, Jams, etc. (Of course Dark Star has a wee bit of lyrics, but I'm used to them & like them.) So when I discover that Hendrix's "Hear My Music" is all instrumental, naturally I'm interested. Seems that it's sold out at Dagger records, and is solely available at inflated prices from third-party Amazons. I went ahead and ordered it today...a single CD for 30 bucks! No problem, I'll just skip buying junk food for awhile till I make up the financial difference. I like to listen to CDs in pairs...so maybe (if the volume levels are compatible) I'll match this Hendrix CD with a certain Ali Akbar Khan CD...
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 16:00

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Probably the most overlooked , but essential member to the Band. Ironic that I just starting watching the Last Waltz. God Bless. Marye. Yes decorum should prevail. However, I must invoke the "Bill Clinton" in that I did not inhale with that cocaine thing.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 17:04

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I love the Band.. Great call to shout-out Manual's birthday, great talent and multi-instrumentalist and an integral member of the Band. His passing was so sad and unnecessary If you have a few days spare time, I highly recommend reading Levon's This Wheel's on Fire. Rick Denko was another amazing talent with a similar ending tale. Tragic and sad, but they left us with life changing music. Garth Hudson, the other keyboardist, deserves kudo's too. As the oldest member in the Band, and a strong influence as well, he helped shape their sound. I could go on.. but lets focus on fallen angels and keyboard players. As for decorum, agreed. Tomorrow I plan to wear my fancy clothes if I decide to write. I might even shave. Hope that makes for this weekends bad behavior... If I get a haircut can I please have some extra credit? I am in a self imposed period of indefinite time-out for bad behavior. Loved the Spring tour listening comments this weekend. I took some deep diversions.. Perhaps a spring tour story is in order...
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 17:03

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....I believe I started that dark thread. Forgive me. Never meant to offend anyone. Just reminiscing about a topic I really don't remember anyway....
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Submitted by lebowski99 on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 17:21

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Along with Richard Manuel (my favorite Band member not named Levon), today I always think fondly of the birth of my tinnitus. April 3rd, 29 years ago, just short of 9pm, I was slammed third row from the stage at the Centrum in Woooooooster, when the finest blues slide player since Elmore James stepped up and delivered such an authentically greasy cover of CC Rider that this 80's white-bread suburbanite pissed his pants. I could have lived with that. But when Ace hit the solo, my left ear burst into flames. Yes, I'm hear to report that my own version of the hell that is tinnitus was fathered by none other than Bobby "Ace" Weir. (While I don't exactly have DNA evidence, I do have the audience tape to prove it. I'd suggest you check it out, if not for the CC Rider, then the wicked Let it Grow/Don't Ease set I closer.) Some people would say I'm bragging, but can I confess something? While I like Bobby as much as the next guy, I have a dream. A recurring dream of laying in a nursing home bed thirty years out, spinning this yarn for my grand kids, and I'll tell them it was Duane Allman who wounded me, not Weir, cause really, they won't know the fn difference. Right? But I'll certainly feel much better about the whole affair.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 17:41

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Sorry to hear man.. Would it make you feel better if most of us feel tinnitus when bobby plays slide on CC Rider, but it goes away when he picks up his Gibson wide body 335. Sorry to hear of your tinnitus, that's no laughing matter.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 18:08

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I recently purchased it on bluray and was disappointed that the Jam was not included.I thought that the DVD I watched years ago had a long Jam at the end that ended when the last remaining camera stopped working. Apparently all the cameras overheated after running all day. Can anyone confirm this?
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 19:58

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There's a jam at the end of my DVD version. I would have to believe its on the Blue Ray too. As for cameras overheating, that sounds odd.. It starts w/ I can be released and keeps going.. then the last waltz theme. man.. it looks like I have shell out and get the Blue Ray. On my DVD version, Dylan cant sing so well. I bet on the DVD all that's cleaned up and he sounds angelic. ______________________ Edit: I stand corrected. It took me a half hour to find my buried copy of The Last Waltz, the jam is buried under special features and varies from the jam 1 and jam 2 that I found on YouTube. Why do they taunt us so.
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Submitted by rdevil on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 22:14

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Was it 420Bandito or Bach who first brought up The Outlaws? Either way, thanks, I picked up the Hurry Sundown album from the library after reading the posts. Daaaaaamn!!! That's some good guitar southern rock and roll! Not typically my thing but I'm loving this album. Deadicated, you're probably right about the Milestones:Kind of Blue=AOM:E72. But I don't have Milestones. Are you going to make me spend all my money on Miles Davis discs? Kidding, of course. Really happy with that ESP purchase that you recommended.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 05:48

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Thanks Jim.I thought I had thoroughly searched the Bluray bonus features. Will have to check again.
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Submitted by hbob1995 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 07:25

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I have always been a big fan of what my friends & I referred to as "Southern Rock". (Gregg Allman & Dickey Betts have always said they don't understand that term and don't agree with it) But ABB was the King of of it. Yes, The Outlaws were awesome! The Florida Guitar Army could really bring it. It's a shame that several of them have died young.(Where IS Floridabobaloo? Miss him for sure) If you like this genre, or are curious, check out The Marshall Tucker Band. Toy Caldwell, who played lead guitar and wrote most of the songs was an unbelievable talent. His brother Tommy on bass was definitely a frustrated lead guitar player who played the hell out of his bass also. Whenever I saw them, I always said that they way they jammed, if the whole stage had just exploded I would not have been the least surprised. Give "Where We All Belong" a listen and tell me it is not great. I always loved Charlie Daniels. (He is also on Where We All Belong) He is still going strong at 79 years old! Check out his albums Fire On The Mountain or Saddle Tramp and tell me what you think. Great stuff. Other awesome "Southern Rock" bands would include Wet Willie, Grinderswitch, Elvin Bishop, and of course Lynyrd Skynyrd, but only up to the time of the passing of Ronnie Van Zandt. I don't care what Gregg's opinion is. I love "Southern Rock"! Rock on
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 08:01

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that Gregg Allman said "southern rock" is like saying "rock rock" saw that in an interview somewhere along the way
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Submitted by frampton on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 08:02

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It's my personal tradition to take a vacation day every year. As I tell my boss, it's my religious holiday.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 11:33

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I would do the same, but the two teams I want to win are forever cursed. cough cough "Mariners", cough cough "Cubs". 2001...2003...we'll win the whole thingohwaitnowewon't
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 12:03

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bazeball been bery bery good to me. Not a huge pro sports fan, but I loved when Bob Weir broke out the song Kansas City after the Royals won the World Series in '85 The did a decent job on it too!
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Submitted by Bach 2 Bach on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 12:33

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I used to be a huge NY Yankees fan. Until they tore down their stadium. Now I can't stand them. Rat bastards.
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Submitted by Deadicated on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 14:41

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redevil - it's as satisfying as Kind of Blue in its way. Milestones > Kind of Blue = Workingman's > American Beauty. Jim - does the name Don Denkinger ring a bell? Kansas City loves him. Dearly.
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Submitted by JDSept on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 15:11

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New stadium is fine. Looks so much like the old Stadium, and with so many less obstructed viewing seats. Much easier to get in and out of also. Bathrooms are so updated, so much nicer all around. It doesn't rock as hard though when fans start stomping their feet.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 15:14

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I used to love baseball. Played center field on my varsity high school baseball team; grew up on the Philadelphia Phillies, was 8 years old when Mike Schmidt led them to World Series victory; was 21 when Mitch Williams gave up the infamous long ball to Joe Carter; went to Spring training 2x after college; enjoyed the 2008 World Series victory...but not nearly as much as 1980, and I didn't enjoy watching them play in 2008 nearly as much as the ill fated '93 season. I don't watch them at all anymore. I don't know why the thrill is gone, but I admire all your enthusiasm - enjoy!
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 15:53

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Opening Day in Cleveland (vs. Boston) postponed due to Cold Wind & Rain...actually snow...game postponed till tomorrow at 1:00.Go Tribe!
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 17:07

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Never understood why they didn't get more respect. Prior to the GD, Skynyrd was the defacto band with Free Bird. I always preferred Green Grass and High Tides. Throw in a little Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain or Snowblind Friend by Steppenwolf and I am good. Was a huge baseball fan as a kid. Once the Sox won in 2004, I lost interest. Will watch the Cubs should they make the World Series, but that is about it. Playoff hockey is the way to go for me. Seems like the only sport left where they actually play for the trophy rather than the money.
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 18:17

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Phillies LOSE 6-2 to Cincinnati Just ordered tickets to the April 29th game Phillies vs. Cleveland at CBP this is the very first time the wife is going to the ballpark. Not 20 seconds after I "clicked" complete order the wife asked me "what should I wear"? Wives, gotta love em!!!! GO NOVA!!!!!!!!! I hope Wright coached the boys right!!!!!
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Submitted by Chuck on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 18:22

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Being the Nephew of Baseball Hall of Famer Chuck Klein, Opening day is always a thrill. Baseball is one of my Three Loves Music Baseball Cars
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Submitted by fahrenheit451 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 18:34

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Kind of off topic, but it looks like the Spring 1990 box is finally about to sell out in the next week or so. Down to 12 copies left. I couldn't resist and picked up one to keep sealed in my archive.
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Submitted by fahrenheit451 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 18:37

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Is a soulless dump. when I was a kid my dad could take me to the game beforehand and we could walk down to the field, check out batting practice..now with that awful wall to keep the non 500 a ticket crowd at bay have ruined it. It's a soulless corporate monolith with absolutely zero character. I was a die hard Yankee fan and a season ticket holder for many years, now I would never go unless I get free tickets on business. I hate the new Yankee Stadium. Hate.
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 19:36

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Hate the new stadium even more. Fenway is old, small, dirty and smells bad. But it has character. Those steinbrenner simpletons ruined the franchise. Can't help but laugh every time I see all those empty $1,500 seats behind home plate.
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 19:52

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Not just the greatest baseball movie of all time, one of the greatest movies of all time. Walter Mathau. Classic performance. It would be rated R today. Swearing by kids. Motorcycles with no helmets. Kids drinking beer. Way ahead of its time. Anyone who has kids that play sports today knows that. Well, I guess unless you are one of those delusional parents that thinks your kid is getting a division 1 scholarship and going pro. And that is almost all parents these days. One of the best scenes is when the dad slaps his kid who was pitching. In the next play, the kid teaches dad a lesson. Great stuff.
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Submitted by jrf68@hotmail.com on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 20:06

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I saw it in the theater.7 years old and my folks dropped me off to see it.Hard to imagine parents today doing that.Or letting a 7 year old kid see a movie like that at all. I miss the 70's....... ...and I never saw the new one.Don't want to either.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 20:12

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....great movie. Cut my teeth on that one. Came out in '76. Matthau chews up every scene he's in. The Sandlot, Field of Dreams and The Natural also come to mind. If you're a Padre's fan, you have my condolences. My Marlin's take the field tomorrow against the Tigers. Verlander is pitching for them. Pray for us....
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 20:59

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Yup. Got dropped off as well. Parents unsure if it was a good idea. It wasn't, but you know what, neither was dropping me off at Animal House. My god. Tatum was hot. Really hot. And how about Villanova. Good for those boys. Sorry southerners, but Roy Williams is slimy. Yeah. Real slimy.
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Submitted by wissinomingdeadhead on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 21:39

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NOVA!!!!!!!!!!! Now that is how an NCAA Championship game is supposed to end, a 3 point buzzer beater!!!!! NovaStrong!!!!!!!
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 22:12

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....watching baseball. Terrible timing. MLB & NCAA should have gotten together.... ....regarding Tatum. Yeah, one of my first crushes. Her sharp tongue in BNB was eye-opening.
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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 06:10

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Given all this baseball talk, and of course acknowledging the Sox's opener is pushed to today due to awesome weather everywhere in the Northeast...I will hopefully make it to the Grateful Dead night at Fenway on 4/28. I have a few tickets but it is also a mere six days after baby#2 is supposed to arrive; this will require some Sixtus-bartering with the wifey... For those interested in some details (sadly the tix are sold out at this point): http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ticketing/grateful_dead.jsp Play Dead! And Ball! Sixtus
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Submitted by garciaddicted on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 06:23

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Very funny underrated movie. Walter Matthau is excellent and plays the part of Buttermaker to perfection. I've always loved the Yankee coach's pregame speech to a bunch of 12-year-olds in a little league game: "I'm not gonna talk about winning, I'm gonna talk about losing, 'Cause if you guys lose this game...each and every one of you...you're going to have to live with it." .
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 08:00

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"It Happens Every Spring," black & white classic where a scientist/pitcher develops a substance that repels wood, and rubs it on the baseball (through a hole in his mitt!) so that the pitched ball literally "jumps" over any swinging bat. Interesting in that: even though the pitcher (Ray Milland) is clearly cheating...we, the audience, are rooting for him all the way.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 08:04

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all this baseball talk DiP33 is at Oakland Coliseum (some of you say "duh") do the A's still play there, or are they at Google-on-my-Facebook Field or something? heard 10/9/76 over the past few days, finished the last three tracks whilst commuting today 10/10 is next
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 08:05

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TG4theGD "keeps me on this earth" - JG
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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 10:30

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Hey Wissinoming.. I was thinking of you when I watched that game last night. Surely will go down as one of the great ones. Tying basketball into the GD isn't that hard.. A few stories come to mind, but my favorite is when Bill Walton talked a bunch of his teammates into heading over the Worcester to see the Good Old Grateful Dead. Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and others were treated to a fine, relaxing night off. I believe they went to the Worcester show in Nov '84. Decent show, standard setlist. Word is they had a great time, Larry Bird on Jerry: "Jerry Garcia was the Michael Jordan of musicians." http://www.celticslife.com/2015/09/the-time-bill-walton-got-celtics-to…
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Submitted by Dennis on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 09:32

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Maybe not in that order:-) Glad Villanova won, now Larry Wilmore will have to do his show as "Soul Daddy" :-) Saw Bad News Bears with girlfriend in the drive-in back in the day,,, funny movie that still is funny today. Baseball,,,,, 1500 dollars seats!!!!! I really couldn't care less what they cost because I don't go. But I always hear people complain about the price of tickets. The only way the prices will ever come down is if people stop going, leave the park empty for a season and prices will come down. (It's better on TV anyway, IMHO) My two times I've gone stories - first time a buddy said lets go to Yankee stadium for a game, he'd drive cause he knew how to go. So off we go with our girlfriends. Get to the George Washington Bridge and sit on the bridge for two hours! Finally get across the bridge and he's wandering around trying to figure out how to get there. I have no idea, but I'm like Jim it has to be over by those large amounts of lights. We get there and it's the bottom of the 7th. Up, up and up we climb to our seats. I can not believe how small the players look on the field! I see guys hitting these high pop flies and they are not even coming up as high as we are! I was not impressed. After we moved to Dallas my wife suddenly develops a hankerin' (that's texas talk) to go see the Rangers, I'm like oooooooooook if you really want to go. We get there in plenty of time but I can not believe how far away we have to park. In we go, turns out our seats are on the east side of the stadium and the setting sun is baking us. It's like a 95 degree day and even after the sun goes down it's still like 95 and not a hint of a breeze. I sat thru that game with sweat just pouring off me. That was it, NEVER AGAIN I say. And it's been never again since then. I don't watch sports on TV, so I don't need to go see what I don't watch for free. Just my take on sporting events,,, but 1500 dollar tickets?!?!?!?! As my father would have said,,, "they'd hold their hands on their ass a long time before I give them 1500 bucks!"
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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 10:51

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I saw the "Bad News Bears" movie when I was a kid, at the drive-in no less. Probably the best baseball movie that I've seen is "Pride of the Yankee's" from 1942, about the life and career of Lou Gehrig. A very sad yet inspirational film classic. Very heavy especially considering the timing in which it was made. Highly recommended.
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Submitted by Zuckfun on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 11:04

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Pretty random post here...The great stoltzfus post that said TG4theGD made me think of great GD license plates. Bolo's profile picture used to be SUGREE on a California license plate. Always thought STGR LEE would be cool. Maybe a Maine plate 4EVA DEAD. CBY NEAL...PITB 72...MROR SHTRZ...Guess that's too many letters. Still kind of a fun game.
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Submitted by 80sfan on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 11:47

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Plenty of good baseball movies, but my favorite baseball in pop culture moment was the Simpsons episode where Burns gets a bunch of 80s-90s era players to be ringers on his team. Officer Eddie: (reading Steve Sax's license) Well well, Steve Sax, from New York City. Officer Lou: I heard some guy got killed in New York City and they never solved the case. But you wouldn't know anything about that now, would you, Steve? (Lou and Eddie laugh) Steve Sax: But there are hundreds of unsolved murders in New York City. Officer Lou: You don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you, Saxxy Boy?
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