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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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    Why is this still on sale?
    I can only answer for myself, and it's very simple; DiP 18 and, if i felt I needed any more than that, Red Rocks is available separately. on a separate note; does anyone know, is Betty getting her dues; I and several others have asked, and I haven't seen any kind of response at all. If not, surely a Pledge page would be good; or is there already one up? Anyone know?
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    Kayak Guy hit the nail on the head
    "This should make Rhino happy, the release of widely circulated Betty shows does better than the Betty's that never circulated.Maybe all those years of circulation gave people a taste of what they are willing to pay for now and the stuff that stayed hidden is too unknown to buy?" This is very insightful indeed. I can see no other explanation for the disparity.
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    Taking the threads back from the hackers
    This page for a while was filled with hackers posting away. when i translated some of it through google before it was cleaned up, it was polish slang for "i like this place" and "these people are funny". This set rocks BIGLY, you should consider yourselves lucky its still available for cost and still numbered editions. If you don't have it yet, it's worth the money and the artwork is fantastic, in the style of a graphic novel. Compared to other recent boxes that feature Normanized versions of Betty's that have been in circulation for 30 years, This July 78 box has 4 unreleased Betty's, well 3 and a Stereo upgrade from the mono that circulated. This should make Rhino happy, the release of widely circulated Betty shows does better than the Betty's that never circulated. Maybe all those years of circulation gave people a taste of what they are willing to pay for now and the stuff that stayed hidden is too unknown to buy? In any event if you haven't got it yet, you really should grab this box before it sells out and it becomes speculative on ebay, if just for the box and artwork.
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    The Bigger Question is....
    Why has this not sold out, its fantastic. Yes.. music today and the constant Russian Hackers is a big part of the reason, the other part is beyond an initial rollout strategy, they have no involvement. For the longest time this thread faded was not even prevalent from the home page of dead.net. I'm not complaining, I have mine and love it.. I just come to this thread from time to time and think wtf?
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    Why is this still on sale?
    You all have good guesses, as good as mine, which is. The real reason this is still available is the meltdown of Music Today shortly after the release, the website going to comments only mode for months until the Dave's subscription was announced, when NOTHING was available for purchase, and the still cryptic hint above that at some point it will be available digitally "on release day". Its very likely there are 2000 people that would have bought the box if it was the only option, but waited for the digital version instead. Add to that some short term memory loss and short attention spans and you have over 2000 copies left of this box set which I like much better than the Spring 77 box. I love this artwork and would have spent lots of dead presidents on T shirts, posters, and other schwag if offered. I also feel many people pay attention to their browsers and for months this site has been unsafe and I have to click through 2 browser warnings just to log in that say the site is bad for my internet security. NO where else on the internet do i have to click the 2nd "Are you Sure?" dialog box. What's up with that, someone saving IT money by waiting for a new interface, maybe ROAR as the core in the fall? Meanwhile the site limps along on, unsecured until the next explosion when Dave's 22 goes on sale shortly before May 77 part 1 ships and people find out if they got a limited edition or music only version. I bet that will be fun times on the board ;)
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    I agree Dschian on each of your points. I think it is noteworthy, however that this one is dragging on with 17% of the inventory still left after a year. I think they planned on this one moving faster and I don't blame them. I would have thought that 3 totally uncirculated betty boards and two classics with one only circulating in mono would have generated more buzz. I suspect Rhino and Co. thought the same and thus the 15k. It seems like each release gets core customer sales in the 10k range. That number represents those of us who are so pathetically obsessed that we buy everything no matter what. Then the remaining 5k in sales are the "investors" and occasional buyers. I think that dependable 10k in sales per release is pretty clearly indicated by the numbers set for the FW69 box, early DaPs etc. I think the DaP numbers have gone up only because of the demand created by the second hand market. I do find the hue and cry over limited editions a bit exasperating as I think I understand the considerations being made here and the need to limit stock on hand and warehousing. Really, if we would dependably buy 100k per release they would gladly print it; I'm sure of it. We cant blame the manufacturer for trying to avoid inventory warehousing expenses. This release is a clear indication to me that they have the number set just about right to accomplish their goal of printing and moving releases on a continual release schedule.
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    Yup, 80% of the run sold in one year- Rhino knows its base well
    Yup, 0ver 80% of the run sold in about a year; at this rate, the rest will probably sell in the next two to three years. Based upon what I've seen buying modern cd and lp releases, it's not unusual for a run to take a few years (and sometimes up to twice that time) to sell out, even for many popular releases. In that respect, wadeocu, yes, Rhino knows its customer base quite well. Nearly every other Dead limited edition/limited release has sold out relatively quickly (from a few days to several months), and even the slower ones, like the second Spring '90 box and the May '77 one, sold out within a few years or less. Believe it or not, Rhino's goal is probably not to make sure that these sell out in a heartbeat, but to sell the greatest number without multiple production runs or endless inventory. I for one am glad that people don't always have to rush to immediately buy one or have to otherwise search for it on ebay at inflated prices. Recently Rhino sold over $2 million dollars worth of the new box set (before the all-music release that followed) within three days, even with the first marked by technical difficulties- by any standard, that's pretty impressive nowadays for physical media.As a follow-up to my recent post below, finally got a chance to hear my Winterland 1977 box again (I have a huge listening backlog) and came away much more impressed by it than by the first May 1977 box, with the exception of the latter's 5/13 show, which is excellent and the best of them. I still do think, though, that overall the Summer 1978 box outranks the May '77 box in quality of shows.
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    1977 the last great year for the Dead?
    Rbmunkin, while in some respects 1977 WAS the last great year for the Dead- chiefly in the reliability of their musicianship, according to what I've heard from later years- it certainly wasn't their last great year for many listeners in terms of many, many great later performances. To put my bias in context, my favorite Dead years are 1969 and 1972-'74, so I'm not an '80's deadhead, though I attended the bulk of my shows during the earlier part of that decade and love many of the shows from its first half.I have both the May 1977 box set and the July '78 one, and to my ears the 1978 one is substantially better. I say that because while the 1977 performances in that box are all reasonably strong, they're not always particularly exciting to me. The band, and Jerry in particular, strike me as being in a more predictable, professional mode at the shows in this earlier '77 box release (though I expect the new '77 box to be substantially better performances, based upon the bits I've heard). I find the improvisation more raw, energetic, and dynamic in the 1978 box, and to me that's what makes shows stand out. Also, the song selection is a bit more varied, which I appreciate. While 1978 may be weaker overall as a year (and I haven't heard most of either year), I find these performances to be better than much of what I've heard from '77. Similarly, according to what a listener likes, great boxes (if not great recordings) could be put together of performances from the early 80's or even the Spring/Summer 1985 tour, I believe. One slight drawback of the 1978 box is that the recordings have a bit less depth to the sound, but that goes with the territory of later 2-track soundboards. If you like the '78 sound, definitely get this box while it's still around! I think that they're all (and not just the Red Rocks shows) excellent performances and better ones than the Dave's Picks releases from '78 so far.
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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 JimInMD on Fri, 06/17/2016 - 19:31

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Hell yea.. Keithfan.. you surprised me on this one. If its primal, I do like complete shows.. its an experience thing. I recently listened to 2/14/68 and it blew me away like it was a first listen. I'm with you in spirit man.. its my soft spot. Just don't mention the word Pigpen three times or you invoke the spirit of HendrixFreak. Once that shit is out of the bottle, its very hard to put it back in. Just sayin'.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 06/17/2016 - 19:35

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....my first three day run, met Bill Graham briefly, David Lindley and Los Lobos opened. My first Lobos experience. Have seen them approx a dozen times since. Awesome scene. AM fog in the campground every morning. Gels and goonie birds everywhere. A complete Playin' the first night. A China -> Crazy Fingers-> IKYR and Smokestack out of Space the second night. Hildago sat in for Rooster and West LA in the first set Sunday. Last Start Your Engines (grate Brent tune). Morning Dew ended the second set the third night. When it started it was blazing hot, then the sun set mid jam. By the end of Dew, it was chilly cold. Timed perfectly. Midnight Hour encore. It was my tour buddy's birthday (Karsten. You still out there buddy?). I recall several Peanuts Pigpen dust clouds all three days from all the dancing. The next morning, I couldn't find my car keys. After frantically searching for an hour, another buddy had them in his back pocket the whole time. Then found out someone siphoned the gas from my tank. Had to push (comes to shove) my truck down a grade to the gas station. Grate times. Wouldn't change it for the world. These NEED to be released....
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KeithFan: I'm familiar with 99% of that GD music mix you put together...a masterful job! I got a flashback just reading it! Excellent taste, sir! JiminMD: You mention how Eyes Of The World "pulled you towards the light." Are you aware that Eyes Of The World is taken from the title of a book by "Longchen Rabjam" (1308-1363) one of the greatest masters of "dzogchen," the "great perfection," the highest level of ecstatic Tibetan Buddhism? Eyes of the World is one of his books! Extremely enlightening stuff...though my favorite book by him is: "A Treasure Trove of Spiritual Transmission."
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Submitted by guit30 on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 01:32

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Jerry started out the 6-22-76 show at The Tower Theatre in Philly with US Blues, There was a huge US Flag by Keith's piano. When He was playing lead, He would face it. I liked Mars Hotel, I have a copy on cassette tape.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 05:49

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Haha, yeah, I'm pretty much a one trick mule, but I do have one or two tricks up my sleeve. If you think this was a surprise, just wait until my Throwing Stones Reprise urge kicks in (circa Pine Knob '91) and I unleash an 80s/90s playlist! It's funny, I usually do go for shows, not mixes, but as I browsed my library, I saw so many Pigpen nuggets I wanted to hear.... Pigpen Pigpen.
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Submitted by Dennis on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 07:32

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Coming up on 40 years of "doing" Dead. Last month on my way to Yosemite, coming out of Needles, CA heading across desert, had a kick ass eyes playing, got to the last line, "sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own" and the tears were running down my face, so yeah, Inspiring shit indeed sir!
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Submitted by David Duryea on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 09:14

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Happy B'day Sir Paul.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:01

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Did they really play Lovelight twice on 4/27/69? It's kind of weird how this release was edited. It looks like a large section of the 4/26 show was left off, but the entire 4/27 show was included in its entirety, giving us two long Lovelights. I wonder, since there do not appear to be concerns about releasing partial shows, why not edit out one of the Lovelights from 2/27, so that more of 2/26 could be provided? Or why not add a 3rd disc and release two complete shows? I can only assume audio problems with the missing 2/26 material. Does anyone know anything about thsee questions? It would be cool if they drafted up some detailed liner notes for Dicks Picks releases... Edit - Note: this post was brought to you by the letter "e" (entirely in its entirety). Double Edit - As I listen to this, I can kind of answer my own questions. It looks like they didn't so much play Lovelight twice, so much as they played a big-ass 100 minute medley, in the former of a Lovelight sandwich. It's more like this release is the 4/27 show, featuring bonus material from 4/26, which has been included first, for which are now obvious reasons. At this point, I should really just delete this post, or edit it down to "Dick's Picks needs better liner notes".
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Submitted by Dennis on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 10:57

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someone sent me this woman, do a youtube search for Jess Greenberg. Just her and an acoustic guitar in bedroom. pretty sweet.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:06

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as i recall, the open with it, transition around, and then end the show with the reprise. 6/14/69 i think has lovelight interspersed with other stuff three times. me love you three times.
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:27

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Since D. Duryea reminds us of Paul McCartney's birthday, I was wondering...has anyone ever "judged" someone as being compatible to you (or not) based on their Beatle preference? For example, if someone tells you they like Paul better than John and/or George, do you automatically rule them out as someone you can get along with?
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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:33

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Really have been enjoying the 78 box. It is quite tasty indeed. Was quite fascinated that on 7/5 they divided the lysergic jam sequence. I had never noticed them doing that before. Does anyone know how often they did that? Then I became completely intrigued by the fact that D&C did that again last night. Maybe the first lysergic jam sequence in 30 plus years...and to divide the jam sequence is very fascinating and I am guessing a tip to 78. Glad to see the cryptical messaging is going forward.
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Submitted by David Duryea on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:33

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Only if they say they like Yoko best.
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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:35

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too funny. I have never even thought about that before. Hmmm, guess it is time to question my close family, friends, and associates. I mean, after all, you gotta be careful in whom you trust.
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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 11:40

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Happy Father's Day to all the Wonderful Father's, and to the surrogates and to those trying their best. Thanks for all you do as it appears to be harder than ever to live up to what is expected these days. Hope you have a great weekend!
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Submitted by bolo24 on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 12:15

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Rules (the nomenklatura lives!):  Entries must include date and venue of concert.  One guess per screen name via PM to me only, and your screen name must have been created prior to 6/16/2016. Duplicate entries will be ignored.  Please keep this fun by not posting your guesses on any forums here. Embrace the mystery!  Entries will be reviewed in the order they appear in my inbox.  The first person to correctly solve the riddle will receive a Dead-themed piece of original artwork of my choosing created by a well-known artist (largely dependent on how much old vine Zinfandel I’ve consumed at the time!).  Here’s the Deal…the riddle for this Grateful Giveaway will not appear in this particular forum: you just gotta poke around. Have fun!
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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 13:23

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Thanks Bolo, poke around sounds fun. Although I am a terrible Riddler. Sir Paul, happy birthday. Turned it by MTVLive (formerly Palladia) and they are showing Paul and Wings: Rock. Grooving to that right now. Must start poking around... Edit: Guess I would be the riddlee?
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Submitted by Encroached on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 14:45

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Yeah I went and checked her on YouTube So that's how it's done now eh? Full makeup and tatas jumping out! All that for YouTube? Wow! I guess it is a global platform.............things have changed for sure .....haha Let me toss ya one. Nikki Talley. She just won 2nd place at Telluride Bluegrass yesterday! Nikki lays it down like a real blues mama. But hey that's just my take!
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Submitted by snafu on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 16:16

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Good question. I came close in the old days and now explain to youngsters how it went. 1st was were you a Paul or John fan. In my eyes John fans were more out there, troublemakers whereas guys who were Paul fans were anachronisticly a bit light etc. But it goes further were you a Stones fan ( 60's) or Beatles with the same personality breakdown. Some won't agree but growing up in the 60's that's pretty accurate
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Submitted by snafu on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 16:19

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Oh yeah admiting you liked Yoko would get you beat up
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Submitted by MinasMorgul on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 20:48

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Good news - I don't think it's harder to live up to paternal expectations than in the past - I think it's easier. Why? Because there are so many more books and studies and workshops on good fatherhood than ever before. Also, there are clear expectations and norms nowadays, where in the past, there were very murky guidelines, and inadequate means of measuring success. A simpler way of looking at it: in the past, you had to figure out the correct strategy, learn the playbook, AND execute it. Nowadays, all you have to do is learn the playbook and execute.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 22:03

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I hear jrf will point you in the right direction for a cold IPA and a kind veggie grilled cheese sandwich. I'm a still looking for this god forsaken riddle.. might have to finish in the am.
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Submitted by simonrob on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 02:29

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For Father's Day I got a box containing various Asian beers. Some I recognize, some I don't, some I have heard of, some I haven't. Only one have I ever tried before, Tsingtao from China. I drunk some in China in 1988 when the rest of the beer in China (and believe me there was an awful lot of it) was of dubious quality at best. One of the most surreal sights I have ever seen was a Chinese beer convoy rolling south across the desolate Tibetan plateau. Maybe 50 trucks all loaded with beer travelling in a long line, witnessed almost exclusively by herds of disinterested yaks. Ah, memories of pleasant times gone by.
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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 06:44

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Since it costs a lot to win, and even more to lose,You and me bound to spend some time wond'rin' what to choose.
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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 08:48

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Big shout out to Space Bro for bringing up the 88 Laguna Seca shows! I have been enjoying the hell outta em' all weekend! You the (Space) man!
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 09:15

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....hope your day is a grate one. My cousin is visiting Vegas. My cousin in arms. Spent yesterday lounging at the Hard Rock Hotel pool, drinking smuggled vodka and cranberry and enjoying the two-piece views (wink, wink). The Dan tonight is our focal point for the day. Stay kind you old farts.....did someone say Laguna Seca?
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Submitted by mhammond12 on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 12:36

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I think I'll get two. One for downstairs and one for upstairs.
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Submitted by simonrob on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 14:43

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Get two of those and you would have to have eight arms, then you would qualify as an octopus, no?
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Submitted by muleskinner_blues on Sun, 06/19/2016 - 15:51

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First off, happy Father's Day to all the Grateful Dads out there. That, in turn, reminds me of the 'Make America Grateful Again' Jim brought up. That's hilarious / awesome, any political thoughts one way or the other aside. On the Youtube gal, I'll give her props on her pipes (Vocals that is..dirty minds). I haven't kept up with the latest sensations, but here's a few of my favorite non-professional female Youtubers: Fine & Agatha - Two French (I presume?) gals covering Tom Waits, among many other good ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPM7kyoPhs Kiersten Holine, Boots of Spanish Leather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC9cxMT0Rro I love the title of this one, Punk Accordion Player and some Nuns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0P0EvJOfRQ Lilania Rose..Some may say she's reminiscent of Joan Baez, but she reminds me of Elvis. Battle Hymn of the Republic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js_hFNpaS38 And to repeat myself (again), this gal doing Highway 61 in ASL is super cool: https://vimeo.com/30210906 On July '78...finally finished my first run through the box, with several repeats in between. 7/7 is the one that does it for me so far...maybe it was just the aftermath, but 7/8 was rather lackluster to me. Onward to repeat listens. In regards to our Stephen King discussions, started The Stand earlier this week. It is the uncut / bonus scene version from what I gather, about 60% through so far. It has certainly held my attention in a weird, gnawing, apocalyptic way, but not one where I would say there is any character that I actually like so far. Maybe the mute... Really liked the CBS Morning Show link that was posted, thanks. I love that show, but rarely think to catch it lately. Lastly, any bets for tonight, Splash Brothers vs. The James Gang?
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 06:29

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Saw your post about listening to the Dead uninterrupted in Heaven. I'm hopingfor a Heaven where we can actually see them live, any year, any show. Behind door #1, Sunshine Daydream, Veneta, OR, 8/27/72; behind door #2, Rockin' The Rhein, 4/24/72; door #3, Fillmore East, 2/13/70, etc.....kind of like time travelling, only without the Delorean.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 08:13

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Lost as well.. I am just getting to my first guess. Ken Goodman / Eyes of the World - I did not know about the connection, but it doesn't surprise me. Cool stuff. Finally.. today in Grateful Dead History on SiriusXM is featuring one of the FE shows from 6/20/1969. I am not seeing the setlists on Setlists.net.. interesting stuff, its a Bear cassette during the transitional period.. some rare stuff, Pedal Steel.. some Pigpen. It just wreaks of that era of the Mountain Girl returned tapes that I feel we will be getting soon.. Perhaps never done before is a hybrid acoustic/electric show(s)?
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 08:35

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After CAV's historic victory, I've observed an equanimity of joyousness throughout the city, clear through the usual divisions of race, age, gender, etc., a beautiful afterglow that (at some level) will never go away. I wonder if the same euphoria, transcending race, age, gender, etc. will be evident at the upcoming Republican convention. lol!
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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 09:19

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You spoke of time travelling; in a Delorean???? That's just crazy movie bullshit. EVERYONE knows you need a Police Box to time travel :-)
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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 09:41

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I checked out your picks, the accordion player was neat, I think she was playing "hurray up she's rises/early in the morning". I like that stomping on wood style. Here's a nice link to a great accordion display of the "indifference waltz", guy really uses instrument to max effect. That Roland FR7 electric accordion is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjCfBo-R38 Agathe & Fine was nice, what shocked me most was the fullness of the bass sound when the second woman started playing the guitar. Didn't know if it was the recording or she had a bass string on her guitar. Kiersten Holine, Boots of Spanish Leather was VERY good, I thought she was going to cry near the end, her voice was so full of emotion. I watched several of her videos. I laughed to myself though because I wondered if she was really playing a guitar since I never saw one :-) I also wondered who sang with her. Lilania had nice voice, The Battle Hymn only moves me so much (though it's one of the songs I sing to myself). Didn't see an Elvis connection. The Highway 61 in sign language is neat to watch, I've seen that one before.
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Submitted by mbarilla on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 11:29

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hey any chance you can recommend some Bob Dylan shows from 1975, I have one official release Bootleg Series, I think its called "Rolling Thunder" I am seeking more from this period, purchased this when it was released and it got a ton of spins. A few years ago this release took total control of my car stereo and it did not eject for months also looking for more stuff related to "Another Side of Bob Dylan" album , probably my favorite
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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 11:34

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Found the riddle as well; got past the 1st clue, which narrowed things down to a dozen shows. I picked the wrong one though.
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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 12:30

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Happy Solstice to all... Caught Dylan at Red Rocks last night, second row, center. Great music, great band, Bob did rockin', boppin' versions of many classics (Tangled Up in Blue, She Belongs to Me, Blowin' in Wind, Early Roman Kings, too many for instant recall, plus ballads off the latest digression CD)... But, I digress: JimInMD mentioned DaP 19 guess/wish: "Mountain Girl returned tapes that I feel we will be getting soon.. Perhaps never done before is a hybrid acoustic/electric show(s)?" MDJim, we did get the one-disc 4-18-70 with that beautiful Pigpen set and I'm thinking the preceding band material was a hybrid acoustic/electric ensemble, but I'd have to check. So, "something different" is hard to pin down.. we've had returned tapes (check), we've had a sample of the Mtn Grl tape stash (check), we've had returned Bettys (78 box, check), we've had misc returned tapes that made a show whole again (DaP 10 Thelma, check), we've had the bulk of two shows in one release (DaP 18 and others, check), what's left for uniqueness? I doubt it's an 80s show with DVD (if worthy, that'd be a standalone release). I still like the notion of several 75-min shows in chrono fashion in one DaP, which could be a 3-night stand from 68-70 era (if that ever happened), or 3-disc release of a one-disc 68, one-disc 69, one-disc 70, although that's far-fetched... I"d say Bolo parachuted in to rile the masses just before an announcement... Not that there's anything wrong with riling the masses -- I mean, that's what rock 'n roll does, right? Help me out, people. As long as there's some grease in DaP 19 and ya know what that means!
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Submitted by LoveJerry on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 13:11

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I just got this. I can't believe how good this is. I was sitting through the first show on 11/9/73, thinking OMG I can't believe people don't talk about this show more (highlight was Here Comes Sunshine), and then 11/10 was next, and it was even better than the 9th (really love the Playing / UJB / Morning Dew / UJB / Playing, and then to top it off, 11/11 had that great Dark Star / Eyes of the World and Loose Lucy. And even better, I got it for $99, same cost as it was here. If you don't have this, you should grab it while the price is low (you know it won't last!) Anyone else love this box set???
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Submitted by chilly1214 on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 13:55

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One of my favourite box sets as well. The bonus disk is killer too. Of course I love 73 Dead.
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Submitted by Thin on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 14:56

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Its been 3 months and not sold out yet - I had said it'd still be available - they haven't even done the "only 500 left" banner. Specifically I wrote "15,000 copies? 15,000 sounds aggressive, especially since they will be available as cheaper digital downloads as well. And the setlists look indistinguishable from May '77 box just 10 months before (except for Werewolves) since the Shakedown Street material didn't debut until a few months later...". I also mentioned TTATS box hangover and the fact that '78 doesn't loom as large in GD live show mythology as the top years.... Winterland '73 is incredible - 1973 is sometimes my fav year. Sometimes.
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