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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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  • mbarilla
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    is there something wrong with me ?
    I like all the contributions from each member of the band. I like Brent. I like Donna. I like Vince.. Good band
  • mbarilla
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    Estimated Prophet - scream !
    10.14.84 - start of 2nd set China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Samson & Delilah-> High Time Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World -> Drums ,, killer 2nd set and I think return of combo NFA > Lovelight and folks get ready.. its going to be released --------- 10.20.84 ,, sounded great and performed excellent
  • drshakedown74
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    Donna Jean
    Jerry loved her, that March 1978 JGB is my favorite. Think of what happens to the room when your in a band and you add a woman. Vice versa works as well. The Dead sounding the way they do in the 70's has part to do with Donna just being there. Probably why Jack White traveled with an all girl and all boy bands. He said the same thing about dynamics in a band changing when you add different sexes. Just a thought............and yes, we are all Playing in the Band.
  • mustin321
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    Donna
    is great.
  • Serpent of Dreams
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    I Think It's Time...
    ...to let the Donna Debate go. Obviously we all have some opinion about what she brought to, or took away from, the shows, but the fact of the matter is, for better or worse, she was there and will always be there. She had her great moments and her not-so-great moments, just like, as several have observed, the rest of the boys. (Personally, Bobby's screaming on LLR and Lovelight is on par with Donna's PITB). All in all, her good notes outweigh her not-so-good notes. No doubt there are more interesting debates to be had about topics that the box compiler(s) had arguable control over...such as the omission of shows with certain tunes (Easy Wind, Cosmic Charlie, West LA Fadeway...) versus the inclusion of shows with numerous repeats (Hell in a Bucket, TOO, NFA...).
  • Mr.Dc
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    I find most people I play Lovelight around start being not down when Bob does the falsetto "shine on me" hahaha much more than the PITB screams.
  • purpleerik69
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    Donna.....
    is important for the mellow flow oft the 70ies , there is a female quality that was lost afterwards though it was not easy for here to sing with the boys - some voices harmonice and some do not , i know this quite well as i play and sing myself.
  • purpleerik69
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    Gary Farseer Congats....
    no problem , i sometimes have troubles to decide what`s real and what´s not.For example i never have been to a Dead-show as i live in Austrai , started my " Dead-habit " at the age of 12 back in 81 and unfortunately had no chance to catch them on stage in the early nineties in Germany or France. Nowadays it would be easy but yep.... i close my eyes while listening to the 74 show which indeed has a very european touch an i am there , i do relive that gig.......
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    yea I get what you are saying.. I'm still a little miffed I lost the Bolo guess the special guests at Fare Thee Well original artwork giveaway.. I had Donna as a shoe in for a special guest, along with Grisman, David Nelson and I forget who else. I was sure I won that one. Donna is an interesting topic. I will say this, when I play GD to a general crowd (not on the bus people), if its in the '70's, Donna's screeches get the raised eyebrow, if its in the 80's its Jerry's cameled, scratchy voice that gets the raised eyebrow. To me, the bad slide guitar is what gets me to hit skip. Go figure. Since I just slammed Bobby, I will follow w/ a compliment. My favorite Bob work is his early to mid 70's contributions where he plays his wide body Gibsons, notably his ES 335 and SG. He got such a wonderful tone back then and it took me years to figure out how integral it was to their sound in those days. He wrote his best songs in that period to, in my humble opinion. Not a fan of the amateur slide guitar hour though, hope that's fair.
  • segan63
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    I'm a fan of Donna, PITB re-entry notwithstanding. In fact, it still leaves a foul taste in my mouth that she was not included in some way for the Fare Thee Well performances. She was at Jerry's 70th TRI celebration, why not Fare Thee Well?
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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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