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    "When we began discussing audio projects to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead back in 2012, we knew we wanted to do something completely unprecedented. We could think of nothing more exciting or ambitious than a career-spanning overview of the band's live legacy focused on what best tells the story: complete concerts. Our first criterion was the very best live music to represent any given year in the band’s history. We wanted to make sure that there were not only the tent-pole shows that fans have been demanding for decades but also ones that are slightly more under the radar, but equally excellent. For those who listen to the entire box straight through, chronologically, the narrative of the Grateful Dead's live legacy will be seen as second to none in the pantheon of music history." - David Lemieux

    We are more than pleased to announce the Grateful Dead's most ambitious release ever: 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN. Available as both an 80-disc boxed set and a custom lightning-bolt USB drive, the collection includes 30 unreleased live shows, one for each year the band was together from 1966 to 1995, along with one track from their earliest recording sessions in 1965. Packed with over 73 hours of music, both the boxed set and the USB drive will be individually numbered limited editions.

    The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies, a nod to the band’s formation in 1965. Along with the CDs, it also includes a gold-colored 7-inch vinyl single which bookends the band’s career. The A-side is “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)” from the band’s earliest recording session in 1965 with the B-side of the last song the band ever performed together live, “Box Of Rain” recorded during their final encore at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 9, 1995.

    The box also comes with a 288-page book that features an extensive, career-spanning essay written by Nick Meriwether, who oversees the Dead archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, along with special remembrances of the band submitted by fans. Also included is a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years.

    The USB drive version* will be shaped like a gold lightning bolt with the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary logo engraved on the side. The drive includes all of the music from the collection in both FLAC (96/24) and MP3 formats and is an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies. Digital version of the book also included on USB.

    Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This release is sure to sell out quickly so pre-order your copy today and stick around as we will be revealing a mighty fine selection of music, art, and much, much more right here.

    (Looking for a smaller 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake? September 18th will see the release of a four-CD version of the collection titled 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995. More on that here.)

    ROLLINGSTONE.COM SONG PREMIERE AND EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEMIEUX INTERVIEW
    Head on over to Rollingstone.com for the very first listen of "Morning Dew" 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, David Fricke's exclusive interview with archivist David Lemieux, and the reveal of 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN's '69 and '84 shows.

    *Helpful hints for using your USB:

    Running the 30 Trips Player / Reader program:
    On Windows – Navigate to the USB drive and double click the PCStart.exe file to run.
    On MacOS – Open the GD 30 Trips drive, and double click the MacStart to run.

    Viewing the digital book:
    You can either view it within the program that comes on the drive, or by opening the PDF directly.

    To view the PDF, open the PDF folder on the drive and the USB_bk_spreads_08-31 file within. Selecting the option within your PDF reading application to view as a “single page” might be preferable to viewing as a continuous document.

    Importing music into iTunes and other library programs:
    When you import the songs from the USB into your library, the information used to identify the track will likely leave them sorted incorrectly. Please use the song list found here to re-number the songs for each show so that they playback in the correct order.
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  • jrf68@hotmail.com
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    30 Daze-o-tha Dead is fun.80's me thinks... :)
  • JimInMD
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    I would love to have this.. to bad I didn't see it coming and budget for it. ok.. karma and scratch off lottery is my only chance. I hate lottery as its a regressive tax.. but I will give this one try. If I lose, I will listen vicariously through the musing of Muleskinner and One Man. but.. another cool box.
  • One Man
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    Warning - Off Topic - Dylan at My Door Too
    I kinda forgot when the big Dylan set was supposed to arrive, and here it is today. Gotta say, the packaging and product (including high quality hardbound books and other deep ephemera) are off-the-charts great, and although I am only about to start disc 3 of 18, I am already really glad I'm hearing every shred of tape rolled during these sessions. It's amazing how the grooves of the songs were varied in search of the "right" one. They're all over the place. This will not stand up to the whole-disc/show repeated listenings of, say, 30 Trips, but I will have a lot of fun listening through it all and creating playlists of my faves. Being a studio sort of person, this is what I live for (sometimes).
  • Huskerwing
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    "Sony has a hi-def Walkman ($299) with 64 GB internal storage and an SD card slot. It plays FLAC files too." I did very little research and ended up buying the Sony player about 5 months ago. I was actually thinking of having a 128g card in my carry along with the 30 days USB set on it.... dare to dream if that even really exists... but as far as players go, I'm very satisfied with the Sony. It's tiny, light, easy to use, and files drop to it from cpu very easily. I have the software but don't use it much. Just copy from my cpu hard drive to the storage. My wife takes it outside on weekends to garden and pairs it by bluetooth with a Bose Soundlink III. She loves the thing. I also used it via bluetooth and aux cable in a Dodge Ram driving 15 hours to a Montana vacation this summer. Both ways worked pretty good. Didn't like that it doesn't automatically re-connect when you go back to it via bluetooth in the truck. Otherwise the sound is excellent and it plays everything I have. I would buy it again. Now I'll go back to waiting for the USB to get here.
  • JimInMD
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    I found an interesting review between the FiiO X1 and Sony High Def players. It jives with my experience with FiiO. Great player but the interface is a bit limited. I mostly play whole shows anyway, so you just select the folder w/ the show you want and hit play. I ended up going with FiiO because it was $100 vs. $300 and up for others; I can spend the savings on more music and bribing crooked politicians. _________________________ the X1 is overall better as far as sound fidelity and driving power go. it's one of the best sound/$ you can hope for. now the battery is just usual, around 10hours, the UI is very very limited and frustrating at times, the wheel isn't precise and it takes some getting used to it. and you do need to have your music tagged properly. you will pretty much browse only by folder because the rest sux and you need to scroll for too long for it to be nice. the sony is pretty much a box made from ease of use. the UI works fine, all the browsing methods are good, it boots fast, it's clearly smaller. but the output is weak. the impedance is 4ohm (2ohm for the X1). so if you want to pay for sound and are ready to work a little on organizing your folders and tags, the X1 is really a great DAP. if you want to pay for something practical before any other factor, then the A15 is like the son of a cowon J3 and you'll love using it. I ended up keeping both ^_^. http://www.head-fi.org/t/754386/sony-nwz-a15-vs-fiio-x1
  • muleskinner_blues
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    haha ya I couldn't help myself...Dylan was more prescient than he knew when he named 'I'll Keep It With Mine' as 'Bank Account Blues' for Tom Wilson's cue, haha. I really do believe in getting something and letting it sink in, but there's been so many releases lately, as well as nabbing up some (what I think were) good deals, I've bitten off more than I can chew... I'm through BIABH to the Like A Rolling Stone sessions, there's quite a bit from this period that has been released or bootlegged. I rank Blonde on Blonde as the third of the 'Electric Trilogy' to me (not a slight by any mean, just not as close to me as the first two..), but I think those sessions will be the most revelatory in this set. Did I mention he recorded and released those three albums within a <18 month span? And also, did I mention he recorded and released those three albums within a <18 month span?
  • JimInMD
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    Re: Muleskinner
    Pretty cool pic, Muleskinner. That table must be stronger than it looks.
  • icecrmcnkd
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    Sony has a hi-def Walkman ($299) with 64 GB internal storage and an SD card slot. It plays FLAC files too. Thinking of getting one since Apple has failed miserably! Why would I want a music player that looks like my phone? Why would I want to store my music on my phone and have to buy a new music player every 2 years?
  • KYTrips
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    Muleskinner...
    You got that thing??!!!?? Wow... good for you! I won't say that I'm not jealous. I too am an enormous Dylan fan, but the price scared me off a bit, considering, unlike 30 Trips, it was only 18 discs. I'm opting for the more reasonable, 6 disc version of that release. The price was a lot more palatable, especially to my wife! Enjoy! It really is a great time to be a fan of certain artists.
  • muleskinner_blues
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    Embarrassment of riches..
    So I just finished 1976, going in order through 30 Trips. So just about two decades left and the new Dylan set got here today. 18 discs, everything he recorded in the studio from the period of Bringing It All Back Home to Blonde on Blonde. The packaging is fantastic, several hard bound books, prints, 7" singles from that period and a small snippet of the actual film of Don't Look Back's theatrical release. Oh yeah, and the music. Listening to Disc 1 now..Bringing It All Back Home has the shortest air time of the three, and I've heard several of these, but already several highlights. The foot-stomping piano On The Road Again was great. Dylan vs. The Dead: http://s13.postimg.org/53a5yvhs7/IMG_5430.jpg
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"When we began discussing audio projects to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead back in 2012, we knew we wanted to do something completely unprecedented. We could think of nothing more exciting or ambitious than a career-spanning overview of the band's live legacy focused on what best tells the story: complete concerts. Our first criterion was the very best live music to represent any given year in the band’s history. We wanted to make sure that there were not only the tent-pole shows that fans have been demanding for decades but also ones that are slightly more under the radar, but equally excellent. For those who listen to the entire box straight through, chronologically, the narrative of the Grateful Dead's live legacy will be seen as second to none in the pantheon of music history." - David Lemieux

We are more than pleased to announce the Grateful Dead's most ambitious release ever: 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN. Available as both an 80-disc boxed set and a custom lightning-bolt USB drive, the collection includes 30 unreleased live shows, one for each year the band was together from 1966 to 1995, along with one track from their earliest recording sessions in 1965. Packed with over 73 hours of music, both the boxed set and the USB drive will be individually numbered limited editions.

The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies, a nod to the band’s formation in 1965. Along with the CDs, it also includes a gold-colored 7-inch vinyl single which bookends the band’s career. The A-side is “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)” from the band’s earliest recording session in 1965 with the B-side of the last song the band ever performed together live, “Box Of Rain” recorded during their final encore at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 9, 1995.

The box also comes with a 288-page book that features an extensive, career-spanning essay written by Nick Meriwether, who oversees the Dead archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, along with special remembrances of the band submitted by fans. Also included is a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years.

The USB drive version* will be shaped like a gold lightning bolt with the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary logo engraved on the side. The drive includes all of the music from the collection in both FLAC (96/24) and MP3 formats and is an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies. Digital version of the book also included on USB.

Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This release is sure to sell out quickly so pre-order your copy today and stick around as we will be revealing a mighty fine selection of music, art, and much, much more right here.

(Looking for a smaller 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake? September 18th will see the release of a four-CD version of the collection titled 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995. More on that here.)

ROLLINGSTONE.COM SONG PREMIERE AND EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEMIEUX INTERVIEW
Head on over to Rollingstone.com for the very first listen of "Morning Dew" 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, David Fricke's exclusive interview with archivist David Lemieux, and the reveal of 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN's '69 and '84 shows.

*Helpful hints for using your USB:

Running the 30 Trips Player / Reader program:
On Windows – Navigate to the USB drive and double click the PCStart.exe file to run.
On MacOS – Open the GD 30 Trips drive, and double click the MacStart to run.

Viewing the digital book:
You can either view it within the program that comes on the drive, or by opening the PDF directly.

To view the PDF, open the PDF folder on the drive and the USB_bk_spreads_08-31 file within. Selecting the option within your PDF reading application to view as a “single page” might be preferable to viewing as a continuous document.

Importing music into iTunes and other library programs:
When you import the songs from the USB into your library, the information used to identify the track will likely leave them sorted incorrectly. Please use the song list found here to re-number the songs for each show so that they playback in the correct order.
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This offering from 30 Trips is a classic Bruce/Vinnie show! The whole fall 1990 tour really. For a band who just hired two new players this tour has some mighty fine moments. New York to the UK and more! Good stuff!
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if someone could provide me with a copy on cd of this show from 30 trips around the sun I would be eternally grateful. a gorgeous show that you just have to listen to to know its one of the best ever. please let me know and I will provide my details.

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