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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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  • greeknik
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    Looks like a very interesting set. Good time for the band. But I'm still waiting for the REAL DEAL: The box sets of TEXAS '72 and WINTERLAND '74 (Oct.)!
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    Bold prediction this will sell out after it's been released not sure if a lot alot of people will lay out the $$$ for this set in these hard times...You know they did a lot of 1989 and 1990 releases (a lot of 1990) otherwise they weren't that good although from the 30 tips box set the years they put out shows they were pretty good but I don't think you'll ever see a 1972 release again a whole entire tour..not just a leg...you can't say what will come...I think a lot of us swore we'd see a leg of 1980 shows more spedifically the acoustic/electric sets but my intellect tells me we won't ever see that happen as it would've happened already...unless those tapes haven't surfaced yet maybe someone will clean out their cellar one day and find soundboards...this is a great find this 1978 box set more spedifically the red rocks shows...but we'll see what happens in the future but you can't be unhappy with the progress of releases...we are definitely not hungry for more material but are left wondering what could be next...like the next dave's pick will be...some people already know.
  • lowspark75
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    This is a very exciting box set for several obvious reasons. The legendary Red Rocks show and the implications of lost Betty Boards being returned to the vault. I've never heard any of these July '78 shows, so I'm really into this release. The question will be if I manage to fund a purchase before it's sold out. I definitely agree that a May '77 part 2 would make perfect sense for it's 40th anniversary next year, assuming those tapes can also get or have already been returned. However, I would probably be just as excited to see a 5/9/77 DaP 20 to round off the year. So... whatever. Just keep the hits coming.
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    Last I checked the count of 60s & 70s vs. 80s & 90s last year was Dead even last year. 30 Trips had 17 shows from the 80s & 90s, while the 60s & 70s had 13 in that set (add the four Dave's Picks from last year and you get 17 from the 60s & 70s). There is no problem, just petulant children. 80s/90s beggars - put your bowls away.
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    I get the complaint about Dave shutting out the 80's/90's (and '66-'68). I share it. But with the Bettys back on board, I'd expect a slew of new '71-'78 stuff. Big tent, legendary type shows. Mickey's last show, the first of the ESP run (2/18/71). Kezar '73. Cornell & Buffalo '77. Summer '76. Fall '73. And Red Rocks '78 belongs in that pantheon. Especially 7/8/78. Point being, a release of 7/8/78 isn't the proper time to complain about the lack of 80's releases. Do that when we have an 'average' show from the '69-'78 era, not a legendary one. Would I like some more '89, '85, '87? Yes. Or even '88/'80? Yes. '66-'68? Yes. Even '91 or '81. ('90 is pretty well represented). But when 7/8/78 comes out, I'm not complaining, I'm celebrating. This is as good as the GD gets.
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    Appreciate the kind words on my recollections. Thanks.....
    A while back I reread some books I have regarding the Dead, and tucked into one book, I found this quote from Jerry "I thought that maybe this idea of transforming principle has something to do with it. Because when we get onstage, what we really want to happen is, we want to be transformed from ordinary players into extraordinary ones, like forces of larger consciousness. And the audience wants to be transformed from whatever ordinary reality they may be, into something a little wider, something that enlarges them. So maybe it's the notion of transformation, seat of the pants shamanism, that has something to do with why the Grateful Dead keeps pulling them in. Maybe that is what keeps the audience coming back for and what keeps it fascinating for us too." So, I still can't recall everything that Jerry and I talked about that February morning almost 4 decades ago, but in a microcosm, it involved that same synergistic effect; I was so excited to talk to him, Jerry became jazzed to talk about art and symbols/mysticism (probably a break for him having to talk about the Dead & music, etc.), and while sharing our conversation, our interaction took on its own power. It took on it's own moment. I think that is what it was like when we joined with the Dead at those shows, their pouring out this unfathomable energy in that moment. And us in the audience rising in response with our collective surge pushing energy back to the Dead, which then propelled them to greater heights of aural adventure. Maybe I am just rambling on,.. but you know that the Grateful Dead did often get that 'dragon' off the ground, and into flight, with us all then levitating in the Dead's tow/draft. We were part that remarkable mixture of music + magic + visuals + adventure = alchemy. Then as we would watch/listen, with our mouths agape, as each of the Dead would tease, the improvisation, their 'call and response', Jerry's cascading leads ('catch me if you can'), Bobby's shimmering rhythm guitar, Phil's bass runs/bombs (that changed the very atmospheric pressure), Keith's keyboard interplay, Billy and Mickey's primal percussion then mutating into complex and compelling syncopation, urging and propelling the band further... and the bard Hunter's lyrics, that poetry, those revelations,...that song...and we would roar and exhort the Dead and pour that fervor into our tribal stomp and collective howl. And suddenly the moment slows and extends and everything becomes quite still, and that voice "nothing you can hold for very long..." .....And then all of us stumble out into that crystalline cool evening. Sad eyes, heads shaking, and smiles which alternated between satiation and longing for more. The truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.
  • Vguy72
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    That 7.7 pre-drumz list....
    ....sounds interesting. Cold Rain, BIODTL, Scarlet -> Fire, Dancin -> Drumz. Had to read that twice before I got it....
  • Shafts Of Lavender
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    I'm real excited for this release and pre-ordered immediately. I'm most looking forward to the 7/1 show, I wonder how the country fans reacted to Terrapin. I think this will be the only box set of the year despite the curiously early release date because people are still recovering from the massively expensive (and massively great) year 2015 was. The last digital 30 trips release just barely sold out and in one of Dave's earlier chats this year he said it wouldnt be an overwhelming year box set wise. That being said, I'd be all in for a fall box set....
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    No wilfredtjones, not in Omaha, it was that 77-78 NYE show in
    San Francisco at the Winterland, where I gifted the 'dragon' to Jerry. And then a month or so later I got to talk with him after that monster Madison Show (February of 78). Omaha was that summer. If I could repeat myself for those who haven't heard this before (my 3 sons are groaning loudly, they have heard this tale so many times), but here he (I) goes again.....many years ago, in a galaxy far far away, called Nebraska........ Back in 1977, my girlfriend (now wife), myself, and two buddies decided to road-trip from Lincoln Nebraska to the Winterland for the New Year's Eve run of shows in San Francisco. I toted along with us a clay sculpture that I had made the prior year. It was a one and 1/2 foot (in circumference) dragon that was biting/consuming it's own tail. I had 'scraffitto' (carved designs) into the entire beast's 'hide' and then it was fired and stained. It was the biggest piece of clay sculpture that I have ever made. And I thought it would be fun to give it to the band on New Years. So away we go, get to the venue and secured tickets for the run (12/27-29-30-31-77). The shows were unbefuckinliveable and Winterland was such a great hall. But on the 31st, we were sitting on the sidewalk waiting for the doors to open, talking and watching the circus, ready to hurry and get in for the 'activities' ie. freak volleyball and Bill Graham was going to show us movies (Ray Bradbury's Illustrated Man and the original Beatles Magical Mystery tour) before that evening's show. I thought "I better try to unload the dragon aka 'Oroboros' now, it's heavy and I don't want to try to talk my way though the front gate with it." I spied a door that said 'Backstage' and began knocking on the door. No answer. The line of people on the side walk started getting up and moving toward the entrance. Banged even harder thinking "I've got to get this dragon in there so I can go in the front and join in before the show", and as I pounded harder, the door yanks open so hard that it yanks me into the doorway. This doorway is immediately filled with a gigantic black man in a red event t-shirt, who puts his hand on my chest and leans forward and bellows "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Startled, I held out the dragon with both hands and stuttered "to give this to the band". The giant took it in his immense hand and his face curls into a grin as he held it closer to inspect it and I watched my dragon shrink to the size of a key chain. He exclaimed "Wow, what is this, I'd like one" and I explained "it's an oroboros and that is the only one there is." He grinned and said "Cool, who do you want me to give it to?" and I said "to Garcia, give it to Jerry Garcia." The giant disappeared as quickly as he appeared and the door slammed shut like the the first time Dorothy tried to get into the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz. So, I happily gain entrance to the show and needless to say, it was something, 'freak volleyball' followed by the movies, Graham's copy of Bradbury's 'Illustrated Man' followed by a 16 mm Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour". The colorful/wonderful crowd, 'rainbow' Rose with an eyedropper of liquid party favor "just one dollar per drop. On your tongue or for the adventurous, a drop in your eye". Oh, and when each person walked through the entrance the staff handed us a piece of paper that had a message about a "Good things come to those who wait, surprise at midnight" with steal your face logo. When you entered Winterland, you could go into the big 'hall' surrounded on all sides by an elevated balcony, (with theater seats). You could also go into a bar, which played some black and white videos on a 'big screen' taken from pro shots of the Winterland stage when Hendrix or Airplane or etc played. Very entertaining on many levels. Hey, the New Riders of the Purple Sage are starting, got to get in there, the sound is loud and they are rocking the house. Anticipation was high and the Dead came out for the first set. Our party favors are now starting to engage..., things began to sparkle, and the old Winterland venue takes notice, and her walls start to sweat and, then to sway with the strains of familiar music as the Dead coax this old hall to dance with us all. This is such a delight, I know the vista cruiser is engaged and then I notice when the house lights went down, and the stage lights went dark in between songs, then I saw it. On top of a monitor, in between Billy and Mickey, there was a flame, it was a white candle sitting in front of a dragon consuming it's tail. It was Oroboros, ON STAGE WITH THE DEAD! I watched as Jerry walked over and lit a cigarette off the candle by the beast. They took a break and the surprise for the second half was Uncle BoBo (as Bobby liked to call Graham) dressed up as Uncle Sam on a motorcycle sliding down on a cable suspended high from the back of the hall to the stage. They put spotlights on him as he approached the stage and it was hilarious. Because as Graham came to the stage, the weight of the bike and BoBo was too much and the stage hands had to rush out and drag him onstage and then to the explosion of Sugar Mag, complete with dropping balloons and babies girl and boy New Years dancing at the each edge of the stage. I was 'sittin' on top of the world (Dead reference intended). What a night!! If you pull up 'YouTube', NYE show 1977- Fire on the Mountain video, right at the end of Fire on the Mountain, the camera does zoom in on the 'oroboros' for a couple of seconds. RDevil here on Deadnet found that 'view' and clued me into it. From then on my 3 sons knew I wasn't bullshittin' because I showed it to them! Anyway, what a treat that run in 1977 was. At many levels, the return of China Cat-Rider, my being able to 'gift' our band, who poured out so much to us. But unknown to me, the best would be yet to come. We walked out into the cool San Francisco early morning and drove through the fog back to Nebraska. This is not the end of the tale. Fast forward to another road trip to Madison, Wisc. on 2-3-78. The Dead were on a roll and it was really a killer show. That Cold Rain and snow to start and the tremendous second half with Estimated>Eyes>Wheel (if I recall correctly). Disparage 1978 at your own risk. I was at Windterland and other shows in 1977 and still treasure those 78 shows I was lucky enough to attend. The next morning before I left the hotel, I got a wild hair and called the front desk and asked "Could I have Jerry Garcia's room please?" and the phone rang and Jerry answered! I said "Hey, I'm the guy that brought the dragon to the New Year's show" and Garcia said "Meet you in the coffee shop in 20 minutes". I couldn't believe what was happening but stumbled into the coffee shop at the appointed time and looked around and saw Jerry Garcia seated at a table with a ravishingly beautiful raven-haired gypsy woman. I walked over and introduced myself, and 'shook the hand, that shook the hand, of PT Barnum and Charlie Chan'. Jerry beamed that smile and gestured and said "sit down, man". He asked me "How did you fire that dragon so that it didn't explode in the kiln?" and I explained how I had cut it in half and hollowed it out and then joined it back together. I told him how I had used a guitar string to 'halve it" and we locked eyes at that moment and he burst into laughter and I said "Ironic, huh?" and Jerry quipped "No, man that makes perfect sense." And then we laughed some more. Then the gypsy/beauty said "where are you from?" and I replied Nebraska. And she shot Garcia a glance and stated "he came all the way up here from Nebraska to see the band!" To which Jerry shrugged his shoulders and retorted "we didn't ask him to come" and looked at me and we both howled with laughter again. No deadhead was she. We talked more about art and the dragon and I didn't know at that time of Garcia's interest and practice in art (this kind anyway). He was completely engaged in the topic of art, but quick witted with 'turn on a dime' twists, turns, and little commentaries on a variety of topics. Jerry was also focused on listening, not acting like he was the important one, giving me time and locked in on our discussion and talking about our shared interests. The gypsy woman frowned in disbelief as she asked me "You went out to San Francisco for New Years and then came to Wisconsin" and I said 'yes' and then I turned to Garcia and asked him "Why don't you bring the circus back to Lincoln, Nebraska?" He quickly replied "You mean to Perishing Auditorium?" And I corrected him "No, it is Pershing Auditorium, after the army general" and he quickly retorted "No man, it was perishing, really!" And we both burst out laughing again. At that Lincoln, Ne. Dead show on 2-26-73, there were a bunch of drunk frat boys yelling 'boogie, boogie" at the top of their lungs.., but that show is top-notch! Anyway, I asked Garcia "could you bring the Dead back to Nebraska" and Jerry grinned that Cheshire cat grin and said "who knows?" I took my leave (their breakfast arrived) and drove home. Then that summer the Dead came back to Omaha, Ne. on 7-5-78, and I taped them with my NAK 550 in FOB, and followed them to their/my first Red Rocks shows. What a run! So that is my story, Jerry Garcia was totally gracious, engaging, enthusiastic, and kind to a deadhead who approached him at one moment in time. I know, I repeat myself, such is my lot in life at this juncture, but thought I would 'complete the circle' of this story. See furthur down the thread for my account of these shows when Jerry did bring the boys back to NE (after KC and St. Paul) and then their (and my) maiden voyage at Red Rocks. I don't recall if I ever shared that Bob Weir had taken to wearing a full-head Werewolf mask when the band came out to encore with Werewolves of London. I remember seeing that mask in Chicago, and several other 1978 shows, St. Paul? Red Rocks? It was hilarious as he struggled to see/play/sing and the other guys goofing off him (Kinda like the boys in masks playing Big Boss Man cica 1972 in Europe). Not easy to do, but he was a pretty funny visual and really got us all into howling 'aaahoooooo' back to the band and Bobby. Hey Deadicated, wasn't Bobby wearing that mask in St. Paul? Didn't someone shoot off a firecracker in the hall during that show? Or maybe I just had a synapse....;o} Anyway, sorry for the repeat, but 'looks like the old man is getting on'.. And may you all get those shows you want and/or attended released soon complete with the Plantagenet treatment/process in the near future! This set shows it obviously CAN happen. I am taken aback. "It ain't what I don't know that gets me into trouble, it is what I know for sure, that ain't so". -Mark Twain
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    I've never met anybody. Once walking in NYC with a group, everyone turned around looking and I was like, "what?",,, everybody was that was Dave Winfield. I think that was the name big baseball player in the day. Walked right past him, never saw him. Closest I've ever came to meeting a celeb.
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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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Regarding the process of guessing the upcoming Dave's Picks using clues from bolo: I love the guessing game, but this past/current game (e.g. Dave's Picks 19) has been a bit frustrating. I spent most of my "game time" trying to actually find the clue posted by bolo. I eventually just gave up searching. I'd enjoying trying to guess, but I/we can't make a guess to something we don't know. I suggest bolo re-post the clue. Please re-post the the clue regardless of the expired deadline. Thanks.
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reminds me of bootleg shirt you would buy outside the venue...kinda cool
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I am a concert that took place on a particularly lucky day, one of a dozen in GD history, featuring a precarious mind trip, with music rising to the gates of heaven and plunging to the pit of hell. ________________________________________________________________ I am = Let It Grow (listen to the thunder shout...) Lucky - universal lucky number is 7; particularly lucky would be multiple sevens ( 3 in this case ) Dozen - there are 12 shows that took place on dates containing 3 sevens Dozen = 12. Add " trip " and you get Road Trips 1.2 Rising = Sunrise ( four winds, rising suns...). Also in OMSN Heaven = One More Saturday Night ( 3 mentions ) Hell = Terrapin Station ( will risk uncertain pains of hell...) Put it all together, and the answer is....
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MY ANSWER: a particularly lucky day = 7/11/70 , one of a dozen in GD history = repeated claims that the 7/11/70 tapes are really from 7/12/70 , featuring a precarious mind trip, with music rising to the gates of heaven = = acoustic set ends with 3 Gospel tunes and plunging to the pit of hell = electric set ends with a Viola Lee Blues. One LMA reviewer, speaking about the poor sound of the existing AUD tapes in circulation, says "Sure the quality is crude, but so much better to capture the raw crowd fear of this monstrous Viola, a far cry from the Santa Claus and his cute dancing bears of recent popular imagery." Edited: After looking at Bolo's riddle posts, i realize that my thinking the riddle pertained to DP19 was my own befuddlement. Angry statements about the disappointment of DP19 being a 77 show have been removed.
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I never said, inferred or implied the riddle had anything to do with DaP 19. It was just a contest with a prize.
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Gracias, bolo24.
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Wow, that's a heady brew. I'd give props to anyone that came near that before further clues. Even now, I'm still less than sure.. Looks like 10/7/77? Who's afraid of the big, black bat?
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Uh Oh.. its starting again..
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No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.

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Couple thoughts ~ 4/24 (only 11 left) is on my short list, but it's available elsewhere as Rockin' the Rhein. So perhaps not as urgent, if you're worried about qty left. 5/24 has one of only two Cold Rains played, and the final Pigpen Lovelight (-> Two Souls). Then again, that final Lovelight > Two Souls is bonus on Rockin' the Rhein. 5/23 ~ Top of the World, Comes a Time, Dark Star > Dew, and Hey Bo Diddley...with an Uncle John's encore? Only 19 left..... Would definitely at least snag either 5/23 or 5/24. 4/14 ~ Hopefully you've got 4/17 already. If not, consider this other Tivoli show. Though its Good Lovin > Caution sandwich is filler on the easily obtained Europe '72 remaster. 4/26 ~ two discs worth (including the big disc 3) are, of course, also released as Hundred Year Hall. But I concur with mbarilla's advice to seek the set lists you like best, since all the performances are stellar. *~*~* And I loved Tony Millionaire's covers, too.
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The thing with the bats is.. I cant get anything done when they are around. oh.. and the locusts. We have the 17 year locusts in the foothills this summer, the buggers are everywhere... driving with these bats and Cicadas is pointless.. A quick shoutout to Johnny 361 You are speaking my language. 74 GFD and 73 Garcia, heavenly! Crickets and Cicada's Sing, a rare and different tune.. the Summer of 2016.
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Put me down as one who thinks the Tony Millionaire covers are the best of the DaP series.I am not a big fan of the two covers so far this year. I think the July '78 box may be THE best of any GD release. Period. Rock on
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New Mexico's basketball arena, site of Grateful Dead concert 10/7/77.
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The prize will make your eyes sparkle, I swung twice and missed. Next up to bat was a guess of 7.1.79 Mydland !!! , also wrong and aways away from first guess of 10.31.66 ,, second guess was 7.7.69, which I thought was honing in a little closer This one is fun too - Today in GD History 6.27.84 - Merriweather Post Pavilion ~ one of the "Holy Grail" shows and some folks on this board were there !?!? Holy smokes what a blast it must have been
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Holy Cr@p, has it been 32 years since those shows? 6/27/85 was quite good as well, they are playing the end of the second set on TIGDH at SiriusXM today. What I remember about the '84 Merriweather run, first.. both shows were really good. Second.. the scene was quite amazing and all things considered, people were fairly well behaved considering deadheads were literally everywhere that week. The night before they opened with a rocking Casey Jones, a song I normally don't have much excitement for but this one had some extra mojo and did something to the crowd, it set the place on fire and that feeling continued on to the next night. Starting with the Help>Slip>Franlins, the second set of 6/27 was a smoker, high energy and a lot of fun. A decent recording survived which wasn't a given back then. You can hear some wear and tear in Garcia's voice at points.. I'm convinced it was a leftover from the efforts on the CJones opener the day before. My fondest memory of the Merriweather runs was the 6/20/83 show though. The storm so intense but the band cut right through it. Through the torrential rains, thunderous claps and lightning strikes, near misses and direct hits the band outperformed mother nature. I left that show, hiking through floodwaters where roads once stood scratching my head wondering what the hell just happened. The "left a smoking crater" line took on a new meaning that night. The rains alone were biblical and the music yards above it all the entire night.
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You are absolutely right, but a better choice of words escapes me.
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First placed my chips on the 3/17/68 ride at the Carousel (St Patrick's Day, one of about a dozen Born Cross-Eyed) and then over to Wembley on 10/31/90 (one of twelve Werewolves). No payout but a grand time playing!
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How about "they rode the lightning & mated the thunder"? Then at least they're cooperating with Mother Nature, energized by blending with her splendor.
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ok, I'll buy that. It was a scary, good time.. When I talk to some of my friends that were at this show, it seems to evoke strong responses. The reviews on Archive, setlists, etc. seem to back this up. Too bad no soundboards exist for this show, I often suspect the tape deck at the soundboard is one of the things that got struck by lightning that night. It was the first time they played at Merriweather and although probably not the best played of all the shows there its still my favorite. There was something in the air that night in Columbia.. I left slightly different (and better) than I arrived that fateful night in the Summer of '83.
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I agree with antonjo, you don't want to let 5/23/72 slip away (aka Good Evening, and Welcome to Here): best Promised Land of the tour, Morning Dew, fabulous Dark Star, solid Sugar Mag, the rarities antonjo mentioned - really just an underrated show. Assuming you have Rockin' The Rhein and Steppin' Out, and Hundred Year Hall, 4/24, 4/26, and 5/24 are dispensable - if you're in a must-choose situation. If you don't have Hundred Year Hall, you must pick up 4/26 - it's that good, and the sound is something special too. I'm not sure how many you are looking to pick up, but in addition to 5/23, I would put in a strong call for 5/18. I would hate to have to choose between these two shows, I enjoy them both the same. The guitars are slightly more crispy in 5/18. Let's see, that leaves one more pick, if you're doing 3 and you have RTR, HYH, and Steppin' Out. I would be hard pressed between 4/7 and 5/4 if I didn't have Steppin' Out. 5/4 is definitely the more popular of the two shows, and it boasts the Dark Star that was released on LP (just to let you know how good a Dark Star is there). It also has Uncle John's Band, which was a rarity for E72, believe it or not, and my favorite year for the song (although I enjoy Ladies and Gentelmen version best of all). Yeah, I'd have to go with 5/4 if I had Steppin' Out. 4/7 IS a great underrated show, especially with Truckin' =>The Other One => El Passo => Wharf Rat, so hopefully you have Steppin' Out.
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12.1.73 ~ juicy wiggle, this show has a few jaw-dropper wipe the the drool quick before someone see moments - and I think closing portion with "UJB" was up on JOTW on Tapers Section within last month Similar levels as highly respected 9.18.74 performance, but way different
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Hey mbarilla. My "got it" comment was referring to receiving the clue from bolo, not a correct answer. Thanks for the congrats though. One of these days I'll be clever enough to win something.
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I thought you won, things for me are a little distorted after the weekend, "Community Festival" was this weekend and I spent some time at the infamous "Bozo" stage. Also took a trip to see Dead and Co in Virginia and Phish in Deer creek yesterday
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I rarely declare a best version of anything, but the Stella Blue from Dave's Picks 12 has no equal. Keith's playing is simple but expressive and mood altering, Jerry's vocals are perfect, the harmonies are spot-on, Phil's bass line sounds great, Jerry's solo is so good it sounds like a rehearsed studio run, and Bobby I'm sure is looking good at whatever he's doing.
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No so quick, Minas... we can't have a one paragraph conclusion to a masterpiece such as Stella Blue. I simply cannot pick a favorite version. It could be because the song changed over the years.. and each period is special in its own way. The song grew over time so the pre hiatus, post hiatus and the later years are hard to compare. I will also stick my neck out and say I find each period rewarding in its own way. The youthful versions evoke drawn out sadness in the final notes that is really special and the solo before it leads to that moment, to me it kind of finishes like China Doll and leaves me feeling the same at the end of the song. Like a life is over or a tragic event has unfolded an there is nothing left to do but reflect. The mid 70's have a clean emotive polish that you don't see in the early nor later versions. I can see why the 11/4/77 version caught your attention, its a classic. Practically perfect in every way. Versions in the later periods have something to say too. Jerry worked towards this amazing, cutting sustain with his guitar in the later versions that I think are brilliant and I find mesmerizing. The master and his axe. I have more to say on this.. but later and hope someone else chimes in. Needless to say, its one of the classic Garcia Hunter Ballads. What a great song.
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Out of the recent E72 shows I picked up, 5/18 is definitely an all around awesome show. One of the most interesting Dark Stars of the tour & the whole show is excellent. Great sleeper pick that does not get much mention as being a fantastic show. And it's my favorite artwork of them all.
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I am enjoying the heck out of this Merriweather 84 show mentioned yesterday, but Archives keeps freezing on me, (Error loading media: File could not be played message,) right in the middle of great jams! Problem is, you have to restart the entire song, and I was just knee-deep in this 'Slipknot.' This seems to have been happening more and more, both at home and at work... Has anyone else noticed this problem?
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listening to VU's Loaded. visiting Rolling Stone.com. Story about Bill Graham. I read it while "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" plays. Love it.
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I listened to 11/4/77 last week an this stood out to me as an amazing version. Empassioned. X-Factor. Get some. 11/4/77 is a really good show but I can't get over the hyper-fast Eyes. Whereas 9/3/77 and 10/29/77 are the poster children for a mellow, jazzy Eyes as I recently mentioned, 11/4/77 is very fast and feels rushed. Not my bag. The rest of the show rocks. They also played Eyes the following night on 11/5/77 and it was much more jazzy - almost on par with 10/29/77 and 9/3/77. Almost...
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I'm sure there are better versions but other 'legendary' examples are 4/21/78 (So Many Roads disc 3) and 'From Egypt with Love' RT 1.4. I especially like the Winterland one with the SBD to Audience splice.
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They are playing the epic 11/11/73 on SiriusXM today. Enjoying the sixth ever To Lay Me Down as I write this and looking forward to the spell bounding Dark Star>Mind Left Body>Eyes of the World>China Doll later this afternoon. Sorry, no Stella, but a great China Doll in its place. Isn't 11/11/73 some sort of lucky number or lucky day? We need to be better prepared for the next artwork challenge.
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https://archive.org/details/gd69-06-27.sbd.samaritano.20547.sbeok.shnf Bobby sings while Jerry plays pedal steel on Dire Wolf. Officially released as Workingman's Dead bonus track. Psychedelia and Americana combo. TC on organ. 06/27/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA Set 1: Slewfoot Mama Tried Dupree's Diamond Blues Me And My Uncle Casey Jones Dire Wolf Dark Star St. Stephen The Eleven Green Green Grass Of Home It's All Over Now Baby Blue Drums https://archive.org/details/gd69-06-28.sbd.samaritano.20548.sbeok.shnf 06/28/69 Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA Set 1: Slewfoot Silver Threads Mama Tried Me And My Uncle Doin' That Rag High Time I'm A King Bee Sitting On Top Of The World Turn On Your Love Light Doin' That Rag and High Time are awesome. Pig really shines on King Bee and Lovelight
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Walk up to the market to grab some stuff for dinner, (fish tacos, oh yeah!) While strolling, I decide to listen to set II of Hartford, 10/15/83. Get my groceries and head back as the sky darkens with thunder clouds. Get into the house just as Drums is ending, and I go sit on my back deck and watch the thunder clouds swirl like ominous fractals as that gentle Space flows through my earbuds... at the first HUGE crack of lightning and thunder, the boys drop into that rocking 'St. Stephen', the hair stands up on the back of my neck, and I take the dog inside for cover. Summer time with the Grateful Dead. Gotta love it :) If you haven't heard this show, I recommend it, (at least the second set, though the first set has some good tunes in it too... 'Day Job' ;) This was the show the night after the infamous and much maligned 'DP6.' Don't let that scare you away from this one though! Happy days to you all!
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Ever since this forum -- that is, where the usual suspects hang out between DaP releases -- digressed to whether pork chops should touch the mashed potatoes I haven't worried about being "off topic"... Listened last night to disc one of GarciaLive 6 and here are some thoughts: It's either super-strong weed, blow or the electric lady, but these guys are on sumpin' and it ain't kool-aid! (Oh wait, perhaps "ice water" is a better analogy here.) The "tunes" really get loose and out there pretty quick and I can feel Jer trying to reel it in, perhaps as he's the singer. (Though without a singer keeping it straight, After Midnight can get loopy pretty quickly.) Also, the tempo is super fast and Jer is having pick much faster than even fast-pickin' Jer normally does. That suggests Peruvian marching powder, to me. By the same token, nothing wrong with the foregoing, because this is a tiny bar and if the boys wished to catch a buzz and get crazy, that's their business. In that sense, this is a good record (yes, I still must explore discs 2 and 3 and will soon) of an impromptu jam that gets loose and out there -- not designed to be tight and release-worthy. And here, it's a far far better loose and out there than the trashy, incoherent GarciaLive 5 from the Nicky Hopkins' New Yrs meltdown set... I could just feel Jer getting pissed at Hopkins during that set and, indeed, Nicky never returned after his "performance" that night. All that said, my third notion is that it is nothing short of remarkable how the band on GarciaLive 6 is the same band that, one week later, turned out the laid back, groovy, soulful sets that became the classic Garcia & Saunders material. I've seen it in outtakes of Hendrix, where 2-3 shitty takes are followed by a magnificent master recording, and I know from personal experience how "loose and out there" can become laid back and soulful when one is shocked/disturbed by one's own performance -- or, simply, when the medications wear off and you're feeling more like the person you saw in the mirror that morning. So, mysteries abound. I'll have more thoughts to disturb y'all after I sip cold tequila and audition the remaining discs. I know you're holding your breath..............
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I too hated Eyes played at breakneck pace, often sloppy mush and evoking a very different mood from the original vibe... #2 or #3 on my personal not-what-I-ditched-everything-for shit list from my early days as a tourhound. Thanks to whoever reminded us of that fabulous Giants Stadium show opener in '91, definitely a great night of inspired playing.
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David, they played part of this Santa Rosa show on Today in GD History this am..(perhaps you caught it), Good timing, good show. Up at dawn this am, which this time of the year is way too early. Went down for a soak before I started my day and caught my first listens of the '73 Garcia Live release as the sun came up. I have to admit.. I just had time for My Funny Valentine and Keepers. I thought the version of Valentine they released on Keystone sounded a little more powerful, but I did like what I heard and didn't find it particularly coked out.. but I skipped disc 1. Just after Keepers people were scurrying in the house and I had to put it down. To be revisited, but consider me in the happy with this release camp so far. More to come... so far so good.
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Duck I says.
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Agree 11.4.77 is top class performance,, when bolo24 revealed the Show for Riddle my mind wandered to a few shows around same date of 10.7.77 The two shows that appeared - 10.12.77 And 9.29.77 , which includes a stellar "Stella Blue" on a similar level as 11.4.77 and 4.21.78
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Ole Two-gun "Corky" Corcoran.Nice ;)
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Classic. I missed that. I just assumed Minas was going to 'off' me.
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Being that I've not heard much of Jerry outside his usual setting, I am enjoying this set. The mystery trumpeter adds to the fun, as they get jazzy on Valentine and beyond. I have vol4 and that didn't hit me as anything superb, but this new 6 is making the smiles happen. I enjoy the jazzy take on most of the tunes, and Jerrys playing is a new road here for me. Most of you know his chops much much better than I, admittingly but this is a solid CD for me. I took it on a 4 hour ride this past weekend and enjoyed it immensely.
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I listen to Captain Beefheart more than I listen to Zappa.
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Still no sign of my copy of the July 78 box in Melbourne, Australia. This is the first time in quite a while I have had any ordering or delivery problem. Happy Trails
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