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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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  • JimInMD
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    Re: Train, Shuffle and listening technologies
    I cant do the shuffle. I like to listen to contiguous shows in a tour/year. Press play and a few months later its done. Then perhaps revisit parts that stand out. mbarilla has a remarkable adaptation, he has evidently developed some piece of proprietary hardware (firmware/chip) that he self implanted in the frontal gyrus part of his cerebrum that enables 100% absorption in hi def quality at 20X normal speeds. Not to be outdone, forensicdoceleven has attempted to develop and implement a similar technology on himself, but it has some bugs. With the exception of brief glimpses into 1983 and 1984, his chip only works for 1971. Go figure. Others have developed similar adaptations, but none are sharing. How can I tell? I listen to a butload of music, but pale in comparison to half the people that post here.
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    Whole Shows!
    Usually.
  • Ridin that Train
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    Listening habits
    Curious how you all listen to the Dead. Do you reach for a specific disc or a complete show? For me I have an Ipod which is loaded with only GD from my collection that I carry around with me everywhere I go. I just shuffle that thing and let it play. It takes me weeks to go through the whole thing and then I just start it over. That way I never know what I will hear next or from what year it might be and it's fun. For years I would listen to one complete show at a time but once I went the "shuffle" route I have really embraced it. Sometimes it's weird to hear a China go into something besides a Rider but you get used to it. Ha!
  • WharfratWhitey
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    Listening to the live disc from Birth of The Dead. That freaking King Bee is incredible!!!! Knew there was a reason why I love primal Dead.
  • KYTrips
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    Thanks!!
    Up until your post, I'd never known about deepdiscount.com. Holy crap!!! It's a potential goldmine! Thanks, man.
  • edgeman
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    Ideas for the next box set
    David have you guys pondered yet about doing a complete Red Rocks Box set? And just a suggestion, how about a three or four month installment plan to pay for these box sets? Since its still four months out, you should give us regular guys out here who were dedicated dead heads for many years but who may not be able to afford $800.00 in one chunk....
  • edgeman
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    Ideas for the next box set
    David have you guys pondered yet about doing a complete Red Rocks Box set? And just a suggestion, how about a three or four month installment plan to pay for these box sets? Since its still four months out, you should give us regular guys out here who were dedicated dead heads for many years but who may not be able to afford $800.00 in one chunk....
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    I agree with you about the Egypt shows. I have that set and the bonus disc it's pretty cool, very mellow. What I go back to more than that though is the Road Trips From Egypt with love. To me it's incredible. 78 is a smoking year. That NFA with John Cippolina is a monster.
  • danc
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    I am most looking forward to hearing the Waterbury show upgrade. Good month, good year, with an epic playing of a famous good tune....
  • sometimesagrea…
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    I quite like Rocking the Cradle, Egypt 1978. It has a very mellow vibe that I keep coming back to and the DVD, though it leaves you wanting more, is an excellent document of a piece of Grateful Dead history, and the 15 minute home movie vacation tapes is a cool special feature. It will never be my favorite show, but like a kids' lemonade stand you can't help going for a taste even if the lemons are of imperfect freshness or they've over done it on the sugar. I think the people who are most disappointed in it are those who really love 77-78, because its got a different feel than the normal stuff from that era. The second song on disc 1 is a nearly 12 minute row-jimmy and I'd say that that song is sort of characteristic of the vibe I get when I think about the album. There was also a bonus disc that I missed out on at the time and picked up later used and overpriced on eBay. The best two songs from the bonus disc, Bertha>Good Lovin', are included on the DVD already. If you like the album, you may ultimately wan to pick up the bonus disc, but the six songs unique to the bonus disc are there for a reason, be it sound quality or performance quality. Personally I'd say the bonus disc is definitely worth listening to, but not something you need to be in a hurry to grab. I like Rocking The Cradle as great road trip material. In the middle of a long drive it's nice to plop those two CD's in and let your mind wander. It's a show that will take you places only the Dead can, but does not demand rapt and unrelenting attention to every note the way some of the other big shows can.
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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.
PDF
Text

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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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