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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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  • wjonjd
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    29 Days to Go for what?? Sorry, not sure what you're referring to.
  • JimInMD
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    It looks like they are getting around to it.. they just sent out a mass email.
  • wjonjd
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    I wonder why there are so few comments on the 30 Days of Dead page. Did everyone get the meassage (someone posted it on DaP16 thread) that 30 Days is up at dead.net/30daysofdead, but for some reason there is nothing about it on the home page? The first entry is a "Sunrise", i think the first one they've given us on 30 Days of Dead.
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    USB version is Vaporware?
    Grateful for the music and I have been enjoying the streaming. Becoming frustrated with the delay and lack of communication regarding the USB version of 30 trips. Original ship date in September delayed. Of course no delay in charging my card for the full amount. Order status says estimated ship date Oct 31st. One form email saying the order is delayed and we have no other information to give you. At what point can we consider the lightning bolt as vaporware?
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    I'm listeningto the 72 show for the second time. Jesus, this show is wonderful. That Cumberland! Birdsong! Love the sound quality, too, excellent "soundstage", each instrument clearly audible, and even plenty of audience ambience. Playing has just started, wahoo!!!! About different sound quality between the formats, you probably know how i feel about it, but here goes: The streams were actually 320kbs mp3's, and with modern encoders, when tested, very very few people can distinguish from the original. Even fewer (well, actually none) have ever been able to distinguish, in controlled scientific testing, a so-called hi-def audio file from a 16/44.1 (CD) when made from the same source. So, i expect everyone will be thrilled with the results whichever version they bought :)
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    Is there a sample they can play of the chip ? Or is the listening party it ? Curious to hear difference between CDs, and I never accessed the stream. I'm guessing the stream file for all orders is weakest sound quality ? CD's in middle and Chip is best quality ? I'm still on disc 1 of 80, up to Big Boss Man. Pigpen sounds fantastic !
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    Thanks vguy! Actually, I'm from KC originally, grew up going to games every year in the 80s (George Brett, Frank White, et. al.) and it was good. Then the strike happened, which soured me on baseball, then the Royals began their three decades of sucking, which didn't help. And then I moved to New England in 2004 (incidentally, as a young kid I lived near Cincinnati all through the 70s and went to watch the Big Red Machine, then 80s in KC for B Brett and Co., then to Massachusetts in 2004 just in time for the Red Sox resurgence -- I take full credit for all of it) Anyway, so here I am in NE, not really following baseball all year, but my family in KC are all dedicated Royals fans, and have remained so throughout the Dark Years in Between. Last night, my wife and I got some rare time together (she's starting a goat milk yogurt creamery and is working all the time), so we watched a movie together (and after, I "followed" the end of the Royals game on my iPad while switching back to this site). After we put our exhausted little Darth Vader to bed of course. So you see, not really all that impressive :)
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    Despite being a big fan of such things as Ghostbusters and Are You Afraid of the Dark, I'm not much of a Halloween fan. Regardless, Happy Halloween to everyone, hope you had some fun. As a less than interested Halloween participant, I kept it simple and decided to go as Wild Thing Rick Vaughn from the Major League films, if he was a Deadhead. I'll have to see if I can get some full photos from tonight, but here were the glasses I put together. I wore a tie-dye Dead shirt under the Rick Vaughn 99 jersey, with the glasses and Indians hat. Simple, but..uh, obscure: http://oi65.tinypic.com/2psqgzb.jpg In regards to 30 Trips, I'm up to 1975 and enjoying the ride. Loved the first disc from this one.
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    Just got back from the Dead & Co. show at MSG. Let me tell you, it was OUTSTANDING! The band was tight, and Mayer just smoked on lead guitar.
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    Hey claney....
    ....you have a Royals avatar, but you type submissions to this board at the same time as the big game! Your Royals just wiped the field with the Mets in the 8th....yet you post thoughtful Dead comments! Bravo sir, bravo....
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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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That'd be 4 CD @Felt Forum '71 4-CD Set!
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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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