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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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    Since we're running thru camping stories..... We once camped with my wife's entire family in Savoy State park in Massachusetts. Her father grew up in North Adams and this is where he spend a chunk of his youth. Two things happened on this trip.... First my brother-in-law, a Jersey City boy, who never spent a day in the woods was all worried about bears. My father in law assured him he had NEVER seen a bear in Savoy. First hours there, bang a bear wandering down the middle of the road! (still make jokes about it to this day!) The second thing on this trip... Now were here with entire family, mom/dad and all the siblings. Saturday night about 11:30 at night the camp site next to ours. Everyone is sitting around the fire when this woman starts moaning about how great she's getting fucked, LOUD! Starts off with the low moaning and worked right up to the "fuck me, fuck me". And once again this is LOUD! This went on for a good 10 minutes. Her parents just kept acting like no one could hear this. Me and my brother in law still laugh about campsite #13!
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    This show presents constant and repeated epiphanies and for me. It's one of THE most exciting releases of all-time. There's something new and fresh with each listen for me. And, I have been a fan since '93.P.S. Turning it up loud helps.
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    Late October/early November. Location, northern Michigan and off season in a campground void of anyone else. Middle of the night. Light rain pattering on the tent....by myself, alone, sleeping.... and then I was shot awake by a blood curdling Khali goddess scream that echoed primal and wretched through the bleak anonymity of the forest. And then I heard it again... and again... and again.... My heart started pounding on the outside of my chest, yes, like 4/8/72 Wembley Dark Star (while dubbed over The Conjuring). My nervous system became a taught pole of terror and petrification. And the only thing that kept me from insanely packing everything up into the back of the car like a madman and hightailing it back to the city 200 miles away was fear that the commotion of doing so would give me away and result in the supernatural flaying of my much loved corporeal self (so in other words, a simple a lack of manly courage, I suppose). But in the morning I woke up, alive, sun shining, leaves lightly falling... so I decided to just forget the whole freakish event. Life is strange ya know? And you can’t give credence to every bump you hear in the middle of the night . Only a year or two later did I lean that the blood curdling shrieks I heard were foxes fighting for winter territory, as they do that time of year.....
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    Hi!Perhaps this article from Smithsonian gives some insight about our love of music. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-look-what-happens-… Take care...
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    The thing we heard at Glacier was spooky too, kept us up all night. It sounded like it was a mile or two away but it was loud and filled up the entire canyon we were sleeping in. We had our food tied up high, far away from where we were camping, but I recall not changing clothes before we went to sleep, so we didn't totally bury our scents. We were in the middle of nowhere too.. We never figured it out, but none of us slept a wink that night. It sounded like a witch moaning, that's the only way I can describe it. We talked about it the next day a lot, the only thing we could figure was cougar fighting or in heat?? but I that is just a guess. I bet someone out there can speculate better than I am 25 years after the fact. Never heard anything like it before or since. That was a great climbing trip.. The beginning of what became a successful ascent of Devils Tower. Back when we were young and invincible with no responsibilities to speak of whatsoever. Was Donna into backpacking? (kidding, hold the rotten tomatoes).
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    I know all the strange sounds out there. For example, a black bear cub can sound just like a human baby crying. I know the difference. But this was something completely different. I don't know of any animal that sounds like a women alternately crying and singing/moaning an atonal song with no words. Do you?
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    Since I quit getting any semblance of work done over an hour ago and Missoula is into the placid part of Dark Star, the first verse is beginning now.. I had best get to sleep before the atonal madness starts or I will surely have nightmares. Haunted, witches nightmares. I heard some strange sounds camping in Glacier National Park once that remind me of your story, they sounded like a screeching witch or a big cat in heat but that's a tale for another night. We never did figure out what they were but they scared the crap out of us, we were in the middle of nowhere. My brother was along on that trip, I will have to ask him all these years later if he knows what the hell they were. Uh oh.. its starting, what a great Dark Star.. but nightmares for sure.. oh my..
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    It was a youthful dream of mine to hike the whole thing at once, but it never panned out. And now it's way too late in the game to even consider...even if financial constraints weren't there, I don't think the wife would put up with me being gone for 5 1/2 months, lol. Anyway, I was about 18 or 19, on one of my AT trips for a few days to a week, I was hiking alone, don't even remember where now, but in the NE. And as I'm hiking along the trail, I hear off in the distance what sounds like a cross between a woman crying or singing. It's hard to explain, I can still hear it in my mind, but it has a very sad quality to it, and I'm drawn towards it to find out what it is. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it all these years later, that sing song mournful voice. But there are no houses nearby, nor towns, im in the middle of nowhere, and I hear this woman crying/singing off in the woods. So I start to leave the trail in the direction of the singing/crying, and after hiking for a while in the direction I thought the sound was coming from, all of a sudden it comes from what seems like deeper in the woods but from a slightly different direction, and so I adjust my course accordingly, and set off in the new direction. This happens a couple more times, and I keep heading off in different directions towards the sound, and as I'm now strugling with more and more dense brush and now in a bog (swamp) area, it starts to dawn on me that quite a bit of time has passed in a sort of dream state and I'm never actually getting any closer to this singing/crying woman sound, but Im now quite a ways off the trail and halfway into a swamp. I turned around and somehow found my way back to the trail and got the phuck out of there. I'm convinced to this day that something was trying to lure me off the trail and deeper into the woods and not for any good reason (and I'm not one who has a problem with the woods at all, but this was different). Anyway, that's my AT ghost story.
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    My favorite backpacking story was doing the AT through Smokey Mountain National Park my Sr. year in high school. There were rules (I hate rules) that you had to sleep in the designated shelters and had to sign up for them in advance. well.. said the straight man to the late man, we got off schedule by a day, so we arrived at the shelter on our last night a day late and it was pouring rain as we arrived. It was also full. ..but the kind folks there made room for us to sleep and we were bushed.. but there was a catch.. The shelters were basically bear proof shells with a tarpaper roof if memory serves, and they could sleep 12, 6 on the bottom, 6 up top. The bunks were essentially logs with wire cage type material that made the bed. We were given the three 'bunks' just above the ground but they had a family of skunks that set up home just below my wire cage business that I slept on. It took a tired, weary soul and the observation that these skunks were used to people to sleep there that night.. plus the fact that it poured all night and there was no where else to go. In the am as people left and we were making breakfast, (yes. we were the last to leave, how do you think we wound up being a day behind schedule in the first place).. the baby skunks came right up to us wanting food. It was a crack up.. we ended up feeding them from our hands and took pics (sorry, I now know this was wrong, but..) I remember it was Kodak disc camera that my folks let me borrow for the trip. I'd kill for those pictures now. I wonder where they are. Anyway.. all three of us were heads, still good friends, we were young and cutting our teeth with the same stuff we still do today, except I have graduated to a boat instead of comfy hiking sneakers and Dave's Picks instead of hissy tapes. oh and grass is now on its way to being legal. My how the world has changed, yet its still the same. Cool trip. The Smokey's rock.
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    We're all ears. About the Appellation Trail, I always thought I would do the whole thing one day. How's that song go? All the things I planned to do... I only did halfway? I doubt if I made much more than 10% of it. Now parts of it are thick with deer ticks carrying Lyme disease and my feet begin to swell and hurt by the start of the second set.
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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, 07/08/2016 - 19:21

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Is it the Juicy Wiggle factor that threw you off? If I had to pick, it would be Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Anchor Steam. For wine, a much tougher decision, but I am a Pinot and Old Vine Zin guy with some vineyard and vintage favorites. No F*cking Merlot. I think we need to collectively develop a hybrid strain of Indica, we should call it Juicy Wiggle, but only if its really, really good (which it will be).
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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 07/08/2016 - 19:35

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Listening to 2/15/73, Madison. No stranger to this show.. the DS is outstanding, but I have never been so memorized by the Playin' in the Band. Simply outstanding. oh.. and VGuy stepped into his garage for a little JW Kush.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 07/08/2016 - 20:21

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By the time I get there, it will all be gone..
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 07/08/2016 - 20:36

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....you might be surprised....
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Submitted by Encroached on Fri, 07/08/2016 - 21:03

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Right now it's all I can listen to because at mid nite its 82 and feels like 89 outside.Sunstroke Serenaders I can relate to. It's so damn hot out I wilt going to the mailbox. And I'm a native! But I'm getting old fat and ugly. Too Hot to Handle!
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Fri, 07/08/2016 - 21:36

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:))))))))))))))))))))))
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Submitted by deadfeat1 on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 05:36

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The Lou Reed Live album "Take No Prisoners" recorded at the Bottom Line in NYC is well worth a listen. This politically incorrect, hard rocking concert is among my favorite live performances. Warning: If you find Pig's raps offensive you may want to skip this one...Enjoy!
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Submitted by deadfeat1 on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 05:38

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The Lou Reed Live album "Take No Prisoners" recorded at the Bottom Line in NYC is well worth a listen. This politically incorrect, hard rocking concert is among my favorite live performances. Warning: If you find Pig's raps offensive you may want to skip this one...Enjoy! Edit! I swear, I only submitted this once...
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Submitted by unkle sam on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 06:15

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Is BCJ good? Yes, but to get sainthood for placing some mics and working some equalizer buttons and flipping tapes? No. Sainthood? Jerry Garcia. He saved more lives with his music than anyone this century. Name one other person who helped, healed, guided, saved, or downright changed people. It was Jerry all the way. Jerry for Sainthood. I'm behind that all the way to the Pope. Where is the Dave's Picks announcement? After two lackluster pick's, lets hope this one blows us all out of the water and takes us to that magical place that is nirvana for deadheads... are there any nirvana shows left out there? Have they all been released? something that has not been done before, hopefully it will not be a rerelease of a ttats show, or an audience recording. Listened to 7-8-78 yesterday, .........hope the next box is from 69 - 74 or 89 - 91. Would love a 91 box with Bruce, those were the days and one of the last grate runs. Loved 93 too. Hell, loved it all, I've got to get that time machine built before it's too late.
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 07:25

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I am certain there are other nirvana shows out there, waiting for the official treatment. 6/10/73 comes immediately to mind. last evening, 9/2/80, Sailor > Saint on cassette, was a magical moment.
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Submitted by LoveJerry on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 07:45

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Unkle Sam, I can't believe you thought the last two Dave's Picks were lackluster!!! I just got into the Dead fulltime about 3 years ago, so I haven't heard the variety of shows that a lot of people here have. For someone like me, Dave's Picks 17 & 18 are incredible. The jam sequences are fantastic, and from what I understand, unusual for 1976. Playing In The Band has some of the best later 70s piano work Keith Godchaux played, as does Johnny B. Goode and One More Saturday Night. The post Eyes jam is fantastic, the Come A Time, whoa horsey, did they just do that, Space, Spanish Jam, The Wheel - this all sounds like Heaven to someone who hasn't spent too much time with the Dead. Same goes for that '74 show from Fresno - my jaw hit the floor on that Scarlet rendition (top 3 best stand alone performances, if not the best). And the second set jam sequence is up there with the best stuff I've heard from 1974, which I admit is limited, but maybe that's the point (by limited I mean I only have listened extensively to Dave's 13, 30 Trips, and Dick's 12). The backing vocals are superbly mixed! I think you're just bored friend :-) As painful as it may be, take yourself a hiatus from the Dead. After a year, come back and put on Dave's Picks 17. St. Betty!!! Yes, she captured this band expertly. Jerry wouldn't have reached as many as effectively as he did without her. But no need to argue that point, it's an apples and oranges comparison. What you need to do is listen to a Betty two-track show side by side with a Dan Healy two'track show to appreciate her contributions. I say two-track, because that truly demonstrates the mixing ability of the sound guy / sound girl, because all of the levels are set by them at the soundboard at the time of the show. She was able to mix the band perfectly and in great haste night after night on the road, with no wiggle room on the two-track. Betty the Saint!!
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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 07:52

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Or "on something." He wrote: "where indeed is the new DaP? I am certain there are other nirvana shows out there, waiting for the official treatment. 6/10/73 comes immediately to mind." Maybe the "something we've never done before" is a four-disc DaP, sporting 6-10-73... The show I effin' missed cuz I had to be back in school on Monday, 43 years ago! Editing in answer to Stolfutz' plea: isn't an announcement more likely later in the month? August release still seems a ways off.
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 09:08

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You are utterly correct about the Soul Jazz Studio One releases, the DUB collections especially. Listening to such DUB music equates to "praying to JAH" wordlessly/effortlessly, ecstatically effectively.
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 09:49

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Sideways. Classic. Fallout from Phil. Another classic. Always loved the VOJ. Was lucky enough to catch that one live. Truly the last worthwhile GD moment for me. Beer - Smithwicks. Even better when tasted in the homeland. Alternative listening. moe. Very under appreciated band. I never understood why moe or Max Creek didn't make it big, while DMB and those incompetent lyricists from VT still sell out.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 10:16

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My "big" system that I listen to music on is my family room surround sound system (Sony with Bose bookshelf speakers). I've had this 5.1 setup in place for about 10 years now. I never bothered to auto-calibrate the system, because I know best how to adjust the speaker levels. The auto-calibration system is basically a microphone that plugs into the mic jack on the front panel of the system, so you just plug it in and place the microphone end of the wire at ear level where you're sitting, and then you hit the auto-calibrate button and it adjusts everything for you....so I learned today. Annnnnnd what a difference. Apparently there's more to distance settings than just volume; this thing has everything so finely tuned that the sound is many times improved. It's like it's somehow hit a similar audio property as the harmonics that you can hit on a guitar, where you hold down on the frets in just the right spot to produce this extraordinarily rich sound. 7/8/78 Wharf Rat => Franklin Tower => Sugar Magnolia was the first selection to ring free on this discovery. What a difference. Auto-calibrate my friends - you won't regret it. 10 years, lol, what a shmoe.
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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 10:02

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I can't believe you're Floridabobaloo! You need to put that picture of the sunset over the water back up as your avatar (pretty sure that's what it was, maybe even a sailboat in there?)
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 12:23

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Curious what others like. There's a board on this site for that discussion. http://www.dead.net/forum/whats-your-fridge#comment-816516 Keithfan: I have always ignored the auto calibrate feature. Will try it for the DVD/Bluray player which uses 5.1. CDs stay in the realm of stereo. AngryJackstraw: The lyricists from VT can still jam better than most which is why they sell out even with lame lyrics. Other bands with good lyrics but weak jamming ability can also sell out. But, the good ole Grateful Dead had both which put them in a league of their own. Even Trey sounded better at FTW than in Phish (I saw Phish 8 times from 92-98, stopped after 98 because I couldn't get into the newer songs).
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 13:25

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a perfect example of a good, solid GD show. Pleasant and satisfying. i have had it on disc for a long time. listened today, and very glad i did.
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Submitted by One Man on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 19:18

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There are so many excellent craft breweries around ATL that it is hard to narrow it down. I love a bright IPA like Creature Comforts Tropicalia, or Terrapin Hi-5. Sometimes I'm at the other ends of the rainbow, drinking a local porter or a gose. Orpheus, Second Self, Monday Night, and Sweetwater all make some great beers. But my current fave of all is a summer ale homebrew I made a few weeks ago featuring infused fresh ginger root. I got lucky making that one and I immediately made another batch because we (friends & neighbors) plowed through 5 gallons pretty fast. Palate cleansers of the moment include the expanded Van Morrison live, some prehistoric Aerosmith, live Stones on DVDs, Wire (Pink Flag), Darondo, Patti Smith's re-recorded Horses LP, and local legend James Hall. I'm down to about 20% Dead listening at the moment. That won't last!
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Submitted by Encroached on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 14:03

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I think this was the pic I used there are 4 in the set from that day. Its on Ft Myers Beach, we had brought our Choc Lab to play in the water and the sunset that day was spectacular as I recall.Wally was a water dog to the max. He loved going to the beach and would play as long as you'd let him. He was out off Sanibel one time and a shark fin came up say 40 feet away which scarred the shit out of me. I grabbed him and put him up on my shoulders and hi tailed it back to shore. Luckily the shark went on along his way............
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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 15:21

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I have to admit some times the effervescence of the juicy wiggle makes me see things that maybe are not there. Did I misread catch the scooch for catch the scoot? I do know one thing, a two car garage is always the way to go. Still chewing on Jim's formula. Maybe I will get it soon. The formula, not the std.
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Submitted by dantian on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 15:46

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for an intro to the GD CD for my buddy: Introduction> - One From The Vault Help/Slip> - One From The Vault Franklin's - One From The Vault Bertha - Skull and Roses Me And My Uncle - Skull and Roses Uncle John's Band - Workingman's Dead Easy Wind - Workingman's Dead Terrapin Station - 2/26/77 Swing Bird Song - Sunshine Daydream Sugar Magnolia - American Beauty Wharf Rat - Skull and Roses Ripple - American Beauty Brokedown Palace - American Beauty I think it flows nicely, and is intriguing without being overwhelming for a newbie.
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Submitted by Encroached on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 16:39

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I think that's a very solid lineup. I wish I would have had such an intro disc. I was told to start with Dicks 17 cause the guy was a 90s fan. I ended up being crazy about 72-73. But a nice selection of studio and live is well thought out. Ripple would have sealed the deal for me actually. The head that told me about 17 thought That would be Something was a Jerry song. Should have sent up a red flag as I knew that was Macca.Oh well, great disc, now I guess you're goin have to think of the bonus disc once the hook is set!
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Submitted by bolo24 on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 17:59

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Nice intro compilation. Your buddy should begin exhibiting initial symptoms of this "disease" we all share sometime during his second listen of H/S/F. Also wise of you to save the heavier jam material for later consumption. Exposure before he's adequately prepared would most likely result in his questioning everything he thought he knew, and he'll end up moving to a dilapidated yurt in northern Mongolia for 3 or 4 years. At least that's what happened to me - I still haven't recovered completely.
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Submitted by SAMTHARDMAN on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 18:52

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Alright Mr. Bolo. It is my 47th birthday today. Revealing the show that is all contained in Dave 19 would be a magical b-day present. However, would not want you to lose your sweet gig with the Dead on my behalf. Therefore, I ask if you would present me and my Dead brethren with a handful of clues. My guess is Dave will announce the pick Tuesday or Wednesday, so we have plenty of time to make a good show of this. Off to retrieve a Sammie Smith nut brown ale. Have a wonderful weekend kids and don't ever turn of your lovelight! Sam T
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Submitted by Ken Goodman on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 19:06

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A friend of mine (really, it's not me!) has a "Sunday Morning" GD CD; a "Driving" GD CD; a "Drinking" GD CD; a "Ganja" GD CD; a "Magic Mushroom" GD CD; a "Celebration" GD CD...quite a few others...and I'm amazed how appropriate for each scenario the CDs are...as if tailor-made for these specialized states of mind.
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Submitted by One Man on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 08:12

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Yes, agreed, that compilation will be a sweet spike to the brain. If I had heard that mixture first, who knows what kind of bender I would have gone on. As it was, American Beauty and Workingman's Dead in their full glory were enough. But best not to take chances. Hit him with that 1-2-3 punch of primo live H-S-F and there will be no turning back, especially with what follows on your disc. I think you have done it, by jove. Please report back with results.
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Submitted by DaveStrang on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 19:19

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It looks like a great intro CD for your friend. It's a great cross section of different eras. I think it's a good idea to stay away from the 60's/big time jams as they could be overwhelming and possibly turn him off to the beauty that is the GD.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 22:02

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There's so much to choose from, you could make multiple CDs.But you don't want to make him think too much at the beginning but just want to get him sucked into the groove. Thus, I think you need a China Cat > Rider, and NFA > GDTRFB. Once he is hooked on the groove then start expanding his mind.
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Submitted by bolo24 on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 00:00

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Happy birthday two ewe. 1969, eh? Still some lovely shows in the vault from that momentous year!
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 01:15

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if not Melkweg, then Ark 69. that's my guessssessssssssssss
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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 01:25

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as we sit here waiting to find out what DaP19 is Dead Stark Dark Stark
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Submitted by unkle sam on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 07:49

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I love it when someone gets on here and starts to tell others what "they" should be doing and what "they" should be listening to. We all have opinions and we all have different opinions ie shows, performances and, yes, even recording techniques. Do I think Betty Boards are the best? Yes. But I also like multi track recordings, old sound board recordings, Dan Healy recordings and I have heard some great sounding audience recordings too. Do I think two track is the way to listen to the dead? No. But if it's all I got, I'll take it. I really think you are stretching it to say that Jerry wouldn't have reached as many people without Betty, Betty wasn't there when they reached all those touchheads in 87, nor was she there in 89 - 91, or after. I'll also take a listen to a 69 - 74 show before a 76 -78 show. It's more than apples and oranges, it's black and white. Hands down better pre hiatus. Just my opinion mind you, so take it if you want. Bolo, is that a clue? some awesome trippy primal dead from 69 would be just exactly perfect. Take a year off, that's funny. Might as well stop eating for a year. We are heading up to Cleveland next week, had to be the same week the republican convention is in town, was going to visit the rock and roll hall of fame, but with all the security, protesting, police and with the open carry law in effect in Ohio, gonna be a lot of weapons on the street, so that's out. Don't think we will get anywhere near downtown that week. Guess I will get in some golf instead. I sure hope all will be safe next week, gearing up to be another Chicago 68? I sure hope not.
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Submitted by One Man on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 08:26

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Yep, that is the sunset photo you had before. Glad you have returned. I'm a Florida ex-pat and I like hearing a voice from south of "The South". Here's hoping you are grooving to the '78 box while we await the next DaP surprise. I'm finally just finishing up 1975 from 30 Trips. This may be the peak for me, but I'm sure I'll enjoy parts of the post-hiatus too.
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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 08:41

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Thanks for taking the bait. Why did you assume I meant Phish? Other than the fact that they . . . . So selling out makes them good? Milli Vanilli won a Grammy. They must be awesome. Uncle. Keep it up my good man. I am in your corner.
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Submitted by Nanno-1974 on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 09:07

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Oooh, I love the guessing game! Okay, can the answer to the clue from bolo24 (if it was a clue) be as easy as 1969? I doubt it, but there is nothing else in that clue (again, if it was a clue). I vote for 1969 as the next pick...I can't wait. Maybe two shows from '69 will comprise Dave's Picks 19? However, I actually hope the pick is from 6/10/73. Ha! Happy Sunday, y'all. I think the announcement will come tomorrow...or Tuesday.
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Submitted by Nanno-1974 on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 09:09

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Oh, and happy b-day Sam T.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 09:54

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They sell out because there are people who think that they are good.How good is a matter of opinion.
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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 11:21

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There's some '82 show playing in SiriusXM as I write this.. the Let It Grow simply smokes... When Garcia's in the zone for this tune, you might as well call these guys the Gunpowder Boys.. he's simply on fire. Happy Sunday all.. Edit: Oh, the show was 2/20/82, San Diego.
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Submitted by fourwindsblow on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 10:55

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Submitted by SAMTHARDMAN on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 10:58

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Nanno, My bet was (or is) 6/10/73 as well. Would be the first 4 disc Dave pick or the first 4 disc non DVD release encompassing one show. However, speaking of DVD, there is a good possibility this show, along with 6/9, would sell as a mini box with DVD. The Ark would be the obvious guess; although, could be released in the Fall as a three show box. Each show could fit onto 2 discs, giving us a six disc release. I think all 3 gigs are in the vault, but if only two; maybe a two nite run at the Ark. Momentous event would fit with Noah and the Ark. Now if tragically only one Ark show is in the vault; maybe it would team with a 69' Rose Palace show. (lovely clue) Hopefully, we get an Ark box and get all 3 shows wrapped in all their splendid glory. (whether for 19 or a box down the line) David Duyea would be happy indeed! Peace and love to all my friends! Sam T
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Submitted by David Duryea on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 12:26

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Won't you sing me back home, with the song I used to hearMake my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Release the Ark Box before I die
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Submitted by Nanno-1974 on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 12:27

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Good info, Sam T. Regarding the latest "clue" from bolo24: "Happy birthday two ewe." The "two" may indicate two shows, and "ewe" may give reference to Noah and the Arc. Therefore the '69 Arc shows is a great guess.
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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 15:57

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The announcement will come on 7-18-16 that DaP 19 is 7-18-76. Never before announced a show on its anniversary, or released consecutive shows (which has been previously stated here).
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Submitted by Nanno-1974 on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 17:13

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I think that's b.s. (DaP19 being 7/18/76). They cannot release two consecutive stinkers/yawners (i.e. two shows from '76, consecutive shows at that). Bring on the pre-hiatus sheite!
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 17:18

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....but there are several pools here in Vegas. My step-daughter and step grand-daughter are currently visiting us from North Carolina. We hung out at a public pool all afternoon today. On the way back home, I have the Omni 4.3.90 show cranking, My step-daughter knows the Dead, her husband also being a fan and musician. All five of us sang the Throwing Stones->NFA combo all the way. Good times. We actually sang it in harmony!....
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