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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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  • #3601
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    I think Parish should cut your lawn using some type of mower towed by his Harley from the '79 MSG shows.
  • #3602
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    They also...
    ...did Jack Straw while playing in Wichita. Was glad to hear that when I got Dave's 11.
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    They did that the year before in one of my favorite shows. 5/11/77. Nobody should waste their dollars buying this set for anyone who would prefer a 198? box.. I'd love a copy of this. Best American band? I actually agree and had this convo with MY brother as well a few years back. He posed the question to me and one of our friends, because so many of the other great bands of the era were British. All I could think of were Grateful Dead, Eagles and maybe CCR or Allmans. But for me, it was definitely more between the Dead and the Eagles.. yes.. the Eagles. They were undoubtedly a great band and wrote a lot of very good songs. But I digress.. I definitely like The Dead better. Hard sell for my brother and other friend though, who just don't really get the Dead.
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    Yeah all these releases should be free and the shows too. And, come to think of it, Phil and Bob should cut my lawn this weekend too!
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    This is what I expected for the 50th(30 trips is amazing). This May we get the 87 box, Dave's picks with an a great bonus disc and Day of the Dead which I which will surprise many people. Maybe another small box later this year.
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    I was in a weird seat (side o' stage rafters) for Phil's birthday show, which colored down my experience. Still some definite highlights (Easy to Love You, Althea, Cassidy, Jed, Terrapin, Wharf Rat > Throwin Stones). Revolution was fun, even if Jerry missed nearly all the words! Us being a dyed-in-the-Apple Beatles family, I was embarrassed to face my sister, who attended her one and only show that night; worse, the sound wasn't dialed in yet for Sugaree, the one Dead song she knew. Oh, well. Her heart wasn't meant to be lassoed by our heroes. Next night I was right up front, though. You'd think the Black-Throated breakout would be the highlight....but I'd never seen anything like Brent's improvised sermon during Blow Away. Even Jerry was asking everyone to clap, with a big smile on his face...!
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    Midway,I had to crack up at the woman getting mad at you because she wanted a freebie. Next night, same parking lot, my friends & I were trading our 3rd night Landover extras for 3rd night Nassau (an ultimately successful plot hatched on the spot by our friend Dean). A livid head righteously scolded by buddy Lee for not GIVING him his extra rather than trading it for no profit. Those are the heads I don't miss. I do still lament the forgone opportunity to gift my extra to a (nicer) head in need, which was my plan until Dean's emerged. Needless to say, though, I can't regret catching 3/30/90. Rosebud, Best American band, eh. Me and my brother just had this conversation three nights ago. We solidly, harmoniously named the good ol' GD. If we're traversing genres, then the Coltrane Classic Quartet is also hard to beat. (I'm sure a hoard of FM radio classic rockers would spout the Eagles -- but I doubt anyone here would. Even if a surprisingly softer spot appeared in my heart with Frey's death, after I'd roundly dismissed their worth for the past 25 years). Oroboro-boro, Speaking of the Dead and Coltrane, YES! re: your raised consciousness thoughts (and Jerry's, thanks for sharing). I read once that a pair of Buddhist monks attended a show and objectively noted the palpably raised vibration that ensued. I've read your stories, now, too! LoveJerry, 30Trips made up for A LOT where mid-80s is concerned. For the 15 years prior, the comparative numbers would look wildly different -- count the 81-88 releases in all those years, vs. 71-78. Not whinin', just sayin' (since you mentioned it). But you don't need to buy me a July '78 box, I've ordered one :)
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    nug.com keeps reminding me about Phil's Birthday. It is unreal to believe I got to do this but as those of us who were lucky enough to see them live they can understand these unreality's. Well it was 26 years ago I guess. I was a student at KU. It was spring break. What a concept. Well since we had nothing better to do. One of my room mates and I hit the road from kansas to the capital center in landover. must have been a nice day to get to do that. wish i could remember the conversation. oh lets got to maryland with no tickets. OK. things are easy when your young. Anyway the trip was nicknamed later "Spring Broke" because the car broke down in Vandalia Ill. so we spent almost all our money fixing the car. I will never forget that conversation. standing on a green lawn outside the repair shop. Should we go on with little money now and no tickets ? The answer of course was YES. those were the days. anyway when we got there it was the most sold out show I had ever been to . East Coast and with Phil's 50th birthday the show got even more difficult to get into. I remember a woman getting mad a me because I offered 50 dollars for a ticket. Which was all my money. She wanted one for free. 50 dollars was not even close to getting a ticket. SOLD OUT big time. Day one went by. No ticket. Day 2 I spent with a woman who I met on the summer tour at RFK going to the Smithsonian in DC. Day 3 back to work. Phil's B-Day. How do I get in. Money will not do it. Tons of people trying to get a free ticket. So I spent all day looking for a break. Now after that word I have renicknamed the trip" Spring Break" because I got one. Back in those days for me just seeing the lights set up through the glass doors behind a curtain was a lot for me. So at some point I went to stand and look through the glass at the lights inside while they were playing. Just as I was walking up. Some DC political normal types were walking out in the middle of drums. Suits and Dresses. I set my walk to theirs and because the security guard was so obsessed with watching the dancing in the hallway. He never even looked at me. Bam Bam. I was in. The Revolution encore was a wonderful moment in my Dead career. I remember clear as day watching during Throwing Stones brent toss a line to jer who tossed it to bob and phil finishing it. unbelieveable communication by the band.
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    What other band does this??? Old ones with knowledgeable record companies. First why shouldn't the band cash in, they've worked their asses off and have a skill set nobody else had/has. Second from the record companies point of view, the audience (us) are dying off. Can't buy box sets in a old age home. Cause really no matter how good they are, things move on. Has the Elvis train been milked to it's max or the Beatles. Sure there are young folks (god, I've reached an age when I can say that!), but are they coming in faster than going out? This is at least a band whose catalog is so deep, it will take years to release it all. Probably not much left in the "unreleased material" column for Beatles, Pink Floyd. Do they just not have it for some? Did Pink Floyd not record their shows? Or is that the point, they did "a show", sure did a world tour, but the first show was the same as the last show. Which probably is a copy of the album! This started off that I was just being funny, but really what is your opinion about the band's half-life. I can see a time maybe with a late night television ad by K-Tel, where you can get the "greatest dead shows ever", 15 of the legendary band shows come alive, all re-mastered with dyna-sound (tm). All on 1 convenient flash-stick. 15 shows for just 14.95,,, and if you act now, you'll get a limited edition picture of Jerry. I believe they've already made a never going away sound and song book. Didn't they invent jam band? I could believe 100 years from now, there a Sinatra like guy doing stella blue in front of a orchestra. Sorry, prattling on, original question, "what other band does this?", nobody, because nobody else can!
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    Or what I know about copyrighted material (music) that I don't own the any of the copyrights to. If I won that auction with all these tapes, many years ago, I would have gotten in touch with a lawyer for myself who knows about copyright laws. Then we (or just myself)would contact Grateful Dead and at least have them refund me the price I paid for the contents of the storage locker, or at least the tapes, and have Grateful Dead pay shipping costs, if necessary. If the location of Betty's storage unit was close to the Grateful Dead's vault location, I would deliver the tapes myself and have the GD pay for my fuel expenses, and ask for a tour / view of the vault. I don't see any reason that the GD should pay an exorbitant amount of money to get their recordings back.
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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 JJ Fehmarn on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 08:14

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Got my shipping note on 05/10 and nothing in my p.o. box till now.Anyone in Europe or especially in Germany has received the box or is still waiting? Just drop some lines before I will get in touch with costumer servive and dr. rhino. Gar-see-ya from the Isle of Fehmarn JJ
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Submitted by riggsjr on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 12:02

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Still not got mine in UK starting to get a bit frustrated!!
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Submitted by simonrob on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 12:05

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I got mine in the Netherlands. Shipping notice said it shipped on 10 May, like yours. Arrived here on 2 June after spending some time in the customs shed being assessed for tax. Sadly, I suspect this info will not boost your confidence.
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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 12:54

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A few shows (and/or parts of shows) I attended over the years have seen official release. I attended... Grateful Dead: 4/1-3/90 Omni (S'90 boxes) 7/22/90 Tinley Park ("Hey Pocky Way" from DVD box All The Years Combine) 6/19-20/91 Pine Knob (DLS V 11) 6/22/91 Sondier Field ("Shakedown Street" from DVD box All The Years Combine) 3/22/92 Copps Coliseum (30TATS) 7/31/94 Palace ("Way to go Home" from the SMR box) 7/9/95 Soldier Field ("Box of Rain" from 30TATS vinyl single and bonus disc with pre-order of Phil's book SFTS and "So Many Roads" the SMR box) Gov't Mule: 12/9/06 Riviera Theatre (from the DVD A Tale of Two cities) Countless "Muletracks" downloads, too many to list but a notable one - Classic Mule Tracks from 7/20/99 Sisko's on the Blvd. Rare acoustic show in a venue that held about 60 people. One of the coolest shows I've ever attended! Frank Zappa: A few songs from 2/26/88 Royal Oak and 3/1/88 Frauenthal turned up on Broadway the Hard Way and Make A Jazz Noise Here. The only shows I got to see FZ live. It's likely that there are other bands shows I've seen that were released at least in part that I don't even realize.
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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 14:00

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I attended: Dead: 10/9/76 DP 33 12/29/77 DP 10 12/31/77 (bonus disc Closing of Winterland) 10/21/78 Road Trips Egypt W/Love 12/31/78 12/26/79 DP 5 12/28/79 Road Trips 1980 Warfield (11 shows) Not Dead: The Shadows Live in Paris(1975) Can't remember any others at the moment...
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Submitted by Steve Jones on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 14:16

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Someone posted on the eurotraders list that their box set arrived this morning, so it looks like another batch of orders are coming thru the system. Dr.Rhino are saying wait until 16th June before raising complaints about non-delivery. This would make sense as Royal Mail now state that deliveries to/from the US can take up to a month. If anyone is thinking about going down the download option, note that the split- second gap between tracks which were so irritating on the fare thee well downloads has been removed on the July 78 downloads. The flac files are also 192khz rather than 92khz which is to be welcomed although many portable DACs cannot handle that resolution - you should check before deciding whether to go for the flac option or the alac option.
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Submitted by Steve Jones on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 14:16

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Someone posted on the eurotraders list that their box set arrived this morning, so it looks like another batch of orders are coming thru the system. Dr.Rhino are saying wait until 16th June before raising complaints about non-delivery. This would make sense as Royal Mail now state that deliveries to/from the US can take up to a month. If anyone is thinking about going down the download option, note that the split- second gap between tracks which were so irritating on the fare thee well downloads has been removed on the July 78 downloads. The flac files are also 192khz rather than 92khz which is to be welcomed although many portable DACs cannot handle that resolution - you should check before deciding whether to go for the flac option or the alac option.
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Submitted by chilly1214 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 14:22

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Nothing down here yet. The last Dave's took nearly four weeks and for some reason went through Switzerland which has never happened before. Be nice if we had a tracking number just to keep tabs on our shipments. Two more days and it will be a month since this box set shipped. Don't know why I can have my relatives send me parcels from the U.S. standard mail and they arrive in a week/week and a half but Dead net shipments take a month?
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Submitted by direwulf on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 14:30

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Chilly sounds like you just found the answer to your problem, have future Dead.net orders shipped to the stateside family and they'll send it to you. Too funny, sounds like it would be faster.
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Submitted by the420bandito on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 15:06

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That 6/11/76 of one hell of a show Sixtus. Two songs right off the bat I am usually not into - Tennessee Jed and Cassidy - are both steamin like a bucket of clams. Keith turns TJ into an old west saloon tune. The Scarlet is rockin. Second set..one of my favorite tunes, TMNS, is surgical - Donna sounds pretty good as well. Seems like to many moments to jot down. How is this not officially released?
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 15:30

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Just got finished listening to the 1st Red Rocks show, July 7th for the 4th time. I had this show as monophonic download via __-_____. I could never find the original Betty stereo mix, so I rarely listened to the mono "leak", that is somebody early who made the original copies of this show brought them down to mono. It just wasn't as much fun listening to it, so I didn't.This first Red Rocks show is a joy to listen to in stereo. Musically speaking, it just one notch below the 2nd night of 7/8.
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Submitted by boblopes on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 16:57

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Did not want any spoiler alerts before listening to the box, so I stayed away from this thread. Nice Boxset Dave!!! Happy Belated Birthday Kayak Guy and have a happy Birthday Sixtus! Wow Cousins, nicely done on the Warfield run, I'm so jealous! Loved Reckoning in college. Vguy - can you believe the RedSox are 1/2 game out with that pitching and bullpen and their panda on the DL - goes to show an insert of fresh new talent can turn a team around!!! Dead shows I attended that were released were 88 and 94 from 30TATS. Hoping the other Oxford 88 show is a Dave's Release! Non-Dead: One track from Zappa's YouCan'tDoThatOnStageAnymore v4 when he played Umass. Allman Bros Live at Great Woods DVD - show was better than DVD - interviews during songs - horrible editing - don't buy it, even for $1 A couple of shows from Pearl Jam when the first year they released every live show. I think there's a few Live Phish shows I went to in the 90s. Then there's a couple of Smashing Pumpkins, Phil and Friends and The Dead post-show sbd releases. They're good remembrance, but there's no remastering going on there like we've been spoiled by. Glad I was away for the darker conversations. Favorite Stephen King Book is The Stand. Loved Night Shift collection of stories in HS too. I hope the Sharks can rebound. Would love to see Jumbo Joe Thorton win a cup before Phil Kessel but it's been a good Cup to watch - glad the Refs are letting them play. Hope it goes to seven games!
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Submitted by Thin on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 18:17

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Man I wish I saw them in the '70's... 4/17/83 w/ Stephen Stills (1st show) 10/15/83 Hartford - St Stephen 1984 Saratoga 6/27/85 Saratoga 9/5/85 Red Rocks 9/7/85 Red Rocks 3/30 & 4/1/88 (Road Trips) 7/2/88 Oxford, Maine 1989 Alpine Valley "Downhill" dvd show 1991 MSG 6 of 9 shows, incl. 9/10 3/27/93 Albany, NY - TTATS 10/14/94 MSG w/ crazy Scarlet>Fire

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Submitted by antonjo on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 18:32

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Thin, my list is even more modest. I mean, The Song Remains the Same? DP25? DP33? DP5? And your own 10/15/83? Love that whole pre-drums, much less outta space ;) That doesn't even cover the 70-74 (and recent summer '78) tales we've heard on these threads.... But we're all blessed to catch what we catch. 11/1/85 Dick's 21 3/27/88 DL Series 5 3/14/90 S90 TOO 3/15/90 Terrapin Limited 3/16/90 S90 3/30/90 S90 6/14/91 ViewVault II (Without a Net ~ Let It Grow-3/14, Althea-3/15, Help>Slip>Franklin's-3/30) Fare Thee Well/Santa Clara ~ oh, wait, they didn't press Record on those.... Roger Waters - The Wall in Berlin ~ 7/21/90 Richard Thompson - Dream Attic ~ "studio" album recorded live, sources include 2/16/10 (Aladdin Theater, Portland) though individual track dates aren't listed The Who - 9/22/82 ~ brief Won't Get Fooled Again clip used in Schlitz TV commercial ;)

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Submitted by antonjo on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 18:42

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Well, since you mentioned Madison '83 Stephen, Thin.... I feel utterly lucky to have caught these breakouts; the MD/VA corridor was smiled on in the 80's: 3/20/86 Box of Rain 3/27/88 To Lay Me Down 9/03/88 Ripple 3/14/90 Loose Lucy 3/15/90 Easy to Love You 3/16/90 Black-Throated Wind 3/17/91 Rubin & Cherise, plus 2nd New Speedway Boogie (1st east coast) I had pneumonia for the Warlocks shows (if tickets were even possible), and missed Casey Jones on 6/20/92 because I sat out RFK that year. And 6/30/85 being my first show, I had no idea I was seeing Cryptical Envelopment. But I'm not complaining.
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Submitted by One Man on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 19:43

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This doesn't really count as a breakout, but I snuck into the Greensboro Coliseum lobby 10/9/83 and heard the St. Stephen soundcheck through the crack in the door to the arena. They didn't play it that night, but broke it out at MSG two nights later. Doh!
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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 20:25

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...here is a copy of my exchange with Dave Lemieux, back when I suggested Eyes of the World had been neglected...and then inquired about my all time favorite show (while I had his attention, which is hard to do because....SQUIRREL!!)________________________________________ Re: Thirty Days/Eyes of the World February 1, 2014, at 12:12 PM Hey Sixtus, Thanks for the note. I'm a big fan of 6/11/76, too, and would love to release it if we ever got those tapes back. Such a terrific show, on a great tour. DL _________________________________________ Rumor has it, this gem is among the Lost Betty's! Some Day, Sixtus P.S. Weather result of my exchange with Dave or not, he did reply to my initial inquiry (though not published here) about the absence of Eyes of the World in 30 days of Dead (at the time) and promised he would add it to the year's lot. And so, it arrived come November...on the 30th.

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Submitted by antonjo on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 20:19

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That's still way cool ~ what a treat!
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 20:39

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....never heard of it. I thought every day was Friendship Day. Makes it much less confusing, but that's just the Deadhead in me....
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Submitted by dantian on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 20:45

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I'm 4 days in, and 7 more to go, total relaxation...almost. Now, don't get me wrong, I love my wife more than anything, but without the benefit of work and several hours away from each other each day, I just wanna know, do women ever shut up? I mean, if I wasn't around would she be talking to the cat nonstop? I'm sure she has her little gripes about me too, though I can't imagine what they might be, but I find it very suspicious that she feeds me bacon everyday, even after I've clutched my chest in discomfort a few times, and I'm pretty sure she noticed, because I could swear she cracked a smile one time. I don't know, but if I was in the kitchen, I wouldn't ask her to come all the way from the living room just to get me a glass of soda when I'm much closer to the fridge, but that's just me. Geez, you're right there for crying out loud. Know what I'm saying?
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 20:49

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....that was a one off for a special occasion Bob. How about a nice ice cold IPA or four? Happy Friendship Year to you too....
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:09

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....I hear ya. Love my wife to death, but 4-5 days into my vacations, I start thinking about work again. Try this. We finally retired our old cal king mattress after 14 years. Got a Simmons Beautyrest cal king. It's my mistress. We've spent the last four nights absorbing it. Talking, reading, watching Netflix, making out (tmi?). A new bed is a new spark. Come to think of it, my wife serves me bacon a lot too.....hmmmmm.....
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Submitted by dantian on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:13

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You're a wise man, and that is sage advice. Only problem is she already has plans to max out the credit card on another project, so the new mattress idea (which is brilliant, by the way) will have to wait. Thanks for your wisdom anyway, brother! On the up side, her new project will definitely keep me quite physically active in the yard (sounds like prison, coincidence?), so I'll surely work off all that bacon fat ;)
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:25

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....a garden or a raised porch. Both grand projects....but you can't sleep on them ( well, maybe if you're in trouble )....we grow tomatoes, cucumbers and radishes here. Good heat crop....too bad we can't grow bacon....
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Submitted by dantian on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:33

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That's so last month;) The garden is in and growing. Now she wants a fence for the entire property, which I agree would be nice for the privacy, but damn, who knew it was so expensive. I'm just a city boy, don't know about such things. And then we have to stain it ourselves? Well, OK, if you say so. There goes my vacation... Then again, if we're working, she's not talking nonstop, so maybe it's a good thing.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:49

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....earbuds. Yeah, it's one word! Playing some sweet '74 ballads. Let it grow!!....btw. A nice fence adds property values....
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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:57

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First.. don't act surprised that our significant others are on to us. You've probably heard of al-anon, the support group for friends and family of alcohol and substance abusers. Our wives/gfs/etc. are obviously members of head-anon and share tips and best practices on head-anon.com. Whats worse, some ne'er–do–well hipster from this site told one of them exactly how much our collections are worth and now they are all trying to kill us. Starts with bacon, have a beer, gin and tonic, death mattress.. it always ends tragically. Great conversation about breakouts and substantive shows attended. Antonjo, its more than possible we were grooving right next to each other on several occastions. One man.. great St. Stephen story.. missed it by that much. Caught a few breakouts and released shows.. my favorite, and this is a true story.. was how I got my Warlocks tickets. A friend got the flu and couldn't go (or was it pneumonia?).. she called me and off I went seven hours later and before cell phones hanging out in the lobby of a Holiday Inn waiting for someone I had never met that came and gave a ticket for each night. The Box of Rain in '86 was memorable, I think I caught two different Help on the Way breakouts. Got the Watchtower breakout at the Greek. Good topic, wish I had a better memory.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 21:54

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....it starts with bacon and ends with pork belly, which is pre-sliced bacon. I had a bacon tree once, then I woke up. Jerry was grilling it....he's an awesome grillmaster....
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Submitted by dantian on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 22:09

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'Tis true, they got our numbers. And thank God for that, eh? Criticisms, colloquialisms and stereotypes are all in good fun, I wouldn't have it any other way than the way it is. Vguy, speaking of '74, the star tonight for me has been the Dijon show from 30 Trips, which I finally listened to start to finish (sans Seastones, sorry, just can't do it), and man, what a gem! I previously only appreciated the stand out UJB opener (I believe Danc, who is a good guy, turned me on to this a couple years ago), but now I know the majesty of the full show, and what a show it is! Peace, all!
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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 22:28

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Dijon has been on my favorites list for more than 30 years. ..and since Boxzilla, I have only given it one listen. I keep trying to get around to a relisten. Where does the time go?

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Submitted by antonjo on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 23:48

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Was going to spin 7/3/66 disc 1 for my morning commute (revisited disc 2 for today's--it greatly boosted my smile quotient in traffic).... But now you guys have put Dijon into my mind's ear. Funny, that was the second Trip I listened to when the box arrived ~ after '66. Haven't played it since, and I loved it first time around. Caution jam > Ship of Fools was all I'd previously heard, thanks to one of Dave's Taper's Sections. First set alone is worth the trip. "(or was it pneumonia?)" ~ nice, Jim ; ) Makes me happy to know you were at the Warlocks. I actually missed a show in the pre-cell area because me and the friends who had my ticket (4/2/89) crossed our signals and never found each other. (Another Download Series, that one.) Had a ticket for 10/19/89, too (Help/Slip & Death Don't), but stayed home out of caution--owed it to my Mom, who'd been caregiving for three weeks--only to be given the official clean bill o' health the very next day. That's okay, though, I also got a couple miracles. It all evens out. Still, though...those coulda had's...!!
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 05:54

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That's the sound of Slipknot! melting my face. It puzzles me that they didn't play HSF anywhere near as frequently as Scarlet / Fire, Estimated / Eyes, and some of the other longer songs. I guess it just makes it all the better. I don't listen to the Winterland June 1977 box set as much as I do the May '77 shows, but today is the anniversary of the June 9th show, so I put it on. Always a pleasure. Should have listened to the other two on their respective dates. Anybody else running this show back today?
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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 05:07

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Earlier this year in early March, I driving northbound on the I-287 in Morristown New Jersey, I was playing Disc 2 with that crazy, good, warm and wonderful Set 1 closer of Playing in the Band. During Seastones, that's when traffic got a little crazy. There was an accident a few cars a head of me, somebody wanted to go faster than the car in front of it, so I eyewitnessed a rear-ender. On the southbound lanes, instant rubbernecking. Oh, see what happens when you play an in-concert recording of Seastones.However, the opening Uncle John's Band is one of my favorites ever since I got this tape about 25 years ago. The rest of the set is is very good, too. Discs 2 & 3 are excellent to say the least, but be aware of Seastones if you're driving ...
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Submitted by Encroached on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 05:38

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Last night and it was very vivid. It was Dave and a seaside chat. The next Daves will be a 4 disc set and it will be a Matrix show.Then I awoke with a full bladder and had to scramble.
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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 06:15

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KeithFan, yup. "I've just been told now that everything is just exactly right." - Bobby Half-Step! And I'm off to the races. Sixtus
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Submitted by Encroached on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 06:18

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6-9-77 has just started the morning serenade. 39 years ago? 6-3-77 was my 39 year anniversary of my first rock show (Zeppelin). 1 shy of 40! Sobering shit I tell ya.Maybe I'll follow Norman Browns advice and have some whiskey for breakfast............
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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 06:36

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Not a very sobering thought. Good folk/songwriting album.. perhaps my favorite Norman Blake offering.. Whiskey before breakfast.. Seastones traffic calamities... I am staying off the roads today.
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Submitted by Encroached on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 06:43

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mear talk and bluff. Raisin Bran and coffee in reality! And this sweet 6-9 show.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 07:25

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Actually the Seastones story has me cracking up more.. I have this visual of heavy traffic behaving, windows open, cars moving in and out their respective lanes like bees leaving and returning to the hive.. then Seastones begins to play and it all falls apart. Car parts flying through the air, 360's, horrible noises (in addition to whats blasting out of Cross Eyed's speakers), mayhem. Great visual. Some advice: Friends don't let friends drive Seastoned.
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 08:32

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Attended a Nils Lofgren concert (Back It Up, Baby!) and, while standing at a urinal, met & had a conversation with Nils's brother (standing at the next urinal). Turned out he grew up in the same suburb (Bethesda MD) where I went to high school...
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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 08:45

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Set next to Henry Kissinger on a plane about 10 years ago from DC to NY. I forgot to ask him about his bootleg tape collection.. I bet its massive.
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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 08:59

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....I once met Laurence Fishburne on the sidewalk in DC outside a bar. He was FAR shorter than I expected Morpheus to be, in person. Needless to say I wasn't The Chosen One.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 09:18

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....I was in the lot at Laguna Seca '88 before the show when I saw three guys fighting over a nitrous tank. A small crowd gathered before a golf cart pulled up driven by no other than Bill Graham. He laid into the guys and escorted them to the front gates with security and kicked them out. I followed, and when Bill turned the cart around, I stuck out my hand. He shaked it and I thanked him for everything he had done. That was the only altercation I can remember occurring at a Dead show....I also met Tim Burton once. Strange dude....
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Submitted by mdboucher on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 09:09

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KeithFan--Playing this today, as well--at work on my little desk speakers, though. Fantastic show, definitely a favorite. To my everlasting sadness I missed out on the Winterland box, but the copies on archive over the past few days haven't been bad.H/S/F is the greatest, I also wish it had gotten ScarletFire frequency.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 10:02

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I have met Jesse Jackson, Dan Quayle, Bobby McFerrin, Dale Chihuly, Anita Hill; shook hands with Bill Clinton. not hang out with, but meet. also, yesterday, Seahawk Richard Sherman came and visited my school. I saw him from a distance (no "meet".) gotta go right up to them, say hello, and shake their hand. Then move on.
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