Grateful Dead

I can remember seeing their name about in adverts for albums or gigs, but I never actually heard them. Or anyone talk about them, for that matter. Possibly because no one was quite sure how to pronounce it. Something they might have been wise to consider when starting out!

11/26/80 to be precise.
On the Road Again…sure as your born!

BlueCrow, you're Dead right of course re: Waldron; still no reason for interested parties not to checkout either title.

Today: a magnificent sounding Axis/Bold as Love. Is it me or is this one of Jimi's most unique & exquisite sounding albums (I've got the JPN SICP 30822 release and the production value matches the amazing sonics).

Of note, my homepage feed was populated w/ a slideshow re: 10 seventies acts that have cult followings. Like most of you, I've either got the bulk of discographies for most of the listed acts OR at least heard of the remainder, except one: Gnidrolog (!?). Brit Prog outfit from '69-'72, absolutely amazing stuff that I've never heard mentioned across diverse forums or acquaintances 'in the know'.

After some sampling on Dcogs I quickly ordered the twofer release of their freshman & sophmore albums, as well as the Live '72 release. Check it out on your streaming service or, like me, who doesn't stream, numerous uploads on Utube. Be safe all.

11 1 90 disc 3
Then 4 29 71 disc 2

Truly horrific traffic

Thank goodness for GD

Phil meltdown coming out of Eyes into "Space".

Edit - and followed that up with the 12/6/73 bonus disc with "that" Dark Star and it was crazy good with some extended passages with Phil going full Godzilla / proto Seastones and I loved it.

Didn’t finish the amazing 12/31/90 yesterday, so fired up much of it again, and besides Jers tired voice in spots, this show kicks ass!
What a night it was, though I won’t go into lured details lol
What a year, almost in spite of Brent’s passing!
I think the consistency, spacey/jammy, and all around playing stands with any year!

So, I’ve previously hit 2/19/91 via Bolo POTD, so just rounding the 2 remaining out until spring tour…which I’ll prolly do in 2026?

Next trip I’ll hit all the end of 1980 post RCMH etc…
Then 12/89 & first 3 of 90, then a few from the end of 79, then end of 84 and early 85.
Perhaps I’ll start digging into 1970 a bit early next year?
Onward!

High School days to be precise ... Seems the ethereal is lately (much) needed to cleanse the dust of the mundane, or something like that.
In that spirit +/-, I first put on 'A Love Supreme' this morning, and am ensconced in the amazing DP 36 Philadelphia, 09.21.1972 - approaching the ethereal Dark Star / Morning Dew on disc 3.

(Edit) Note: I guess I'll have to save the incendiary / explosive (Other One) filler from 09.03 for another day ... when a more cranked up mood comes around. ; )

Kate - yes, that's another good one. On my playlist for later. I also have it in the the Official Bootleg series - Volume 1. along with Mannheim 1976.
I didn't get it, but this also came out on vinyl as RSD release. Various versions - some were pressed on picture discs of stained glass windows, which look amazing on the photos. What they sound like may be another matter.... they look more like something you could dangle in front of your window on a thin chain so the sun could catch them.

Live from the Kate Wolf Music Festival 1997 - 2003

love the music of Greg and Kate

np - I Want My Country Back

earlier - funny as hell to me that Tequila and Me (and the wall) is a Kate Wolf song.

earlier still - Paris Moods was a chill late night listen - thanks Kate. Jacky Terrasson on piano though, not Mal Waldron. It was reversed, Mal is on French Story (which I couldn't find on utoob - not a spotify person.) I still have several Mal lps (of the 100+ he plays on) on the Enja label from way back in my Jazz Record Mart days which was part of reason I focused in on that.

for the tech heads here (looking at you Oro) there is the first of a 3 part interview with Jamie Howarth, the man behind Plangent Processes, in issue 212 of Copper - The Journal of Music and Audio (at PSaudio dot com). Also a piece with Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlins.

Dave, I was waiting for inspiration to strike! Excellent call on the band & era ... just pulled TD's Bootleg Series 1. That ominous ambient intro to the first Reims set (12/74) is apropos of the Gothic venue. That one would make rank on the Time Travel Wish List.

Earlier, the punky hard rock sounds of Rocket from the Tombs seemed the right antidote for some work-related production stress ("The Day the Earth Met...", "Rocket Redux", and "Barfly"). The more difficult things become on that front, the louder, faster & more strident the music from my speakers tends to be.