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  • JoeyMC
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    Live recordings.

    I like to remind myself of the date, year, and venue. Hear the room and picture it in my head while I listen. I only saw the Grateful Dead in the 90s towards the end.

    I avoid videos though, too "restrictive" maybe...

  • uncle_tripel
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    just getting...

    ...started with
    May 20 1973
    at UC Santa Barbara stadium

    really enjoying garcia's
    1st set guitar work vs. yesterday
    at Des Moines State Fairgrounds

    Peace for All!
    uncle_tripel

  • daverock
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    Live recordings

    In a way, listening to the Dead-live recordings-is something of a disembodied experience for me. I don't relate the shows to physical events that actually existed - which may be strange as Phil once said in interview, around the time of going to Egypt, that place was important in influencing the show. Apart from the shows caught on video, every show I listen to takes place at the same place, which is my living room. With one attender.

    One of the best listening experiences was during my one and only trip to America during the summer of 1990. We were on a "fly drive" holiday exploring the West Coast of America. I only took one tape - 9/28/72 - and it was great listening while driving (( being driven to be exact - I couldn't drive then) through all that amazing countryside. The music really did seem to reflect the country - not the people living in it at that time, but the actual landscape.
    I can also remember listening to "Playing in the Band " from this show as we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge.

  • Obeah
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    Way After Midnight / Live Recordings

    That lil' 5-song disc is indeed lovely! Just a fun bonus to have in the collection.

    Live Recordings do have all of that extra "metadata" if you were in attendance. I can picture the Dragon dance/parades from Lunar New Year shows; the costumes at Halloween; the shimmering desert air in Las Vegas; the central lot at Shoreline back when you could arrive early and get your vehicle in there; and so on.

    My younger brother is just old enough to have seen a few Grateful Dead shows, but he doesn't like collecting shows and he really won't listen to live GD *unless* there's a video. He wants to see the musicians and the crowd and the venue. He was the person who first turned me on to Christopher Hazard's channel because that's his jam.

  • uncle_tripel
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    this week...

    ...you will find me on a marathon listening party
    of the HC Sunshine Box...
    beginning at Des Moines State Fairgrounds
    May 13th 1973 :)

    everyone have a GRATE week!

    Peace for All!
    uncle_tripel

  • JoeyMC
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    Do we like 2/28 or 3/1…

    Do we like 2/28 or 3/1 better?

    For some of the later GD shows, you can feel the energy of the room and those are the ones I like.
    Maybe its just Healy's recordings but not always...

  • daverock
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    Live recordings

    They are a strange beast in a way. When I started going to concerts, back in 1972, the music was only part of the experience of going. All sorts of things happen when you go to a live gig - especially when you are young. Live recordings omit all that other stuff, and all you get is the music played, presented in isolation. I wonder if this is partly why late period Dead shows are popular - if you were there you can fill in the gaps. If you weren't, they might not sound as special because they lack that "x" factor of experience.

    As opposed to 2/13/70, 2/14/70 and 5/2/70 - some of the best live shows of all time. You don't need to have been there to enjoy those recordings - you just need a pulse.

  • bluecrow
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    Way After Midnight - JGB

    The bonus disc that came out with After Midnight - JGB at Kean College 2/28/80.

    Kick ass little disc, 4 songs from next night 2/29 (a leap year!) and 1 from 3/1. I got to thinking how "freaking good" this sounded compared to, say, some 1980 GD sbds and on an old Steve Hoffman forum thread heralding and dedicated to the After Midnight release it mentions that Kean is from 24 track tapes(!!) and I'm like what the heck is going on that a JGB show at Kean is being recorded with a 24 track rig?? And yes I'm very thankful that it was so beautifully recorded. The After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby > After MIdnight from Kean enters a musical space that is crazy beautiful and otherworldly and that pretty much has me with tears in my eyes every time.

  • JoeyMC
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    9/18/87 MSG

    9/18/87 MSG

    Before that was 5/2/70 and

    February 13 &14, 1970 that I now have in my collection thanks to a kind and generous person! :)

  • proudfoot
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    8 18 89

    Then 8 19 89
    Warlocks 89
    3 10 81
    10 30 73
    Europe 90

    With April 78 sprinkled here and there

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bringing it all back home.... https://youtu.be/MNwqV_HpMSE re Sam Price, would have had more credibility if the lead singer wasn't reading lyrics off a sheet of paper, that clip was made for radio.... ;-)
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Woke up this morning, heard the sad news and went right to my archives. I have one live Chuck Berry recording and listening to it right now... it just so happens to be 50 Years Ago TODAY...3/19/1967...FILLMORE WEST RIP Chuck Berry thanks for being the seed to this enormously beautiful tree! You and R&R will live forever iGrateful
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The Screws Track: Shake It, Baby Label: In The Red Recordings Cat #: ITR 080
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Honky Track: Love To Smoke Your Weed Label: Small Stone Records Cat #: SS-056
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https://youtu.be/HXrJGK-lTJw I just listened to the 12/4/71 show from Montreux Casino...aka the inspiration for "Smoke on the Water"... "Everyone calmly move towards the exit"...."calmly" Damn what a show!
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ZZ Top Track: Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings Label: London Records Cat #: PS 656
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Junior Brown Track: Long Walk Back To San Antone Label: Curb Records Cat #: D2-77897
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Cactus Track: Feel So Good Label: ATCO Records Cat #: SD 33-340
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Wino Track: Release Me / Wild Blue Yonder Label: Roadburn Records Cat #: RBR019LP