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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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  • #571
    NWScarletFireGuy
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    As much as I love the box and 30 shows, if I have a choice between my hands on the 30 sleeves and 30 playmates, with all due respect, I'm taking the playmates! The music can play in the background!
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    @across the rio wow, is right. what a lousy/lazy/indifferent?, effort on the usb data? thanks for the 700 dollars we cashed in september. here is your usb in december and here is the track listing when you have go retag those 30 years worth of shows. (oh and yes, san diego is tracked wrong on the usb and also on the "real" track listing pdf we just emailed you. but since you have to retag everything, now is your chance to put the show in correct order by moving the digital files. it won't take long but we decided better for you to do it than us) and on that hard copy of the book we promised, yeah, we are hoping you will forget we promised and just give up, ok? c'mon with this operation. get it together already! jeesh. or to paraphrase suzy on curb your enthusiasm, "when i die, let someone else handle the obit"
  • #573
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    80 discs
    For those of you who say you don't need 80 discs, you just want the music, I understand. But I think until you gaze at those 80 discs, in their 30 multi-colored sleeves, you may not understand what a thing of real beauty it is. I find myself often just opening the box and ogling the contents. As pretty as any Van Gogh and much more attractive then any Playboy centerfold. It is a thing of rare beauty indeed. Rock on
  • #574
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    I am also waiting for the USB still. Though UPS says today is the day. Add me to the older cohort who just want the music, didn't need the CD's. Saw my first show in person in 1978, so I agree with Ziffle, it isn't generational so much as mindset. Also, while still waiting, I just got a new email from Deadnet, assuming I already received my bolt (um, no, I didn't and no, I am not yet enjoying it). Seems someone there realized they messed up even this final process and sent instructions on using the USB. They even realized they screwed up the numbering by not doing ANYTHING to help us use it in a rational sense vs. the CD's. So they the note tells us to fix the numbering ourselves, and by the way, here is a link so you can figure out what numbering you should use. Just WOW! Tonight, I hope, to listen to some music finally. "Dear customer, We hope by now you are thoroughly enjoying your 30 Trips collection. Here are a few helpful hints to help you along the way. 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: www.dead.net/sites/default/files/30-trips-songs-in-show-order.pdf.zip Text: www.dead.net/sites/default/files/30-trips-list-of-mp3s.csv.zip (may be helpful if creating a script) Enjoy!"
  • #575
    dallanW
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    Yawn-any time now
    Still waiting…….nice to hear basically i am last on the block, poor Californians. "Coming Soon".
  • #576
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    @420Bandito - give the trip from 1970 another couple of listens!
    Is Fritos your favorite munchies??? Check out the Tighten Up jam in Dancin' and the Santanaesque jam into TOO, not to mention Pig singing It's a Man's World. I'd say that Jam into TOO I've played at least a dozen times, definitely worthy of serious exploration. I still have not progressed beyond 1985, that Healy mix is stopping me in my tracks and I can't wait for Oxford 88 and Boston 94, the two shows from these trips I went to... (Ay yi ya yi I am the Frito Bandito)
  • #577
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    RE: Vguy72
    You are most likely right. I loaded all the Trips show into Google Play and it keeps a listening count. Cobo is at 5 already. I don't think I've listened to any of the other shows more then twice. some 90's stuff I haven't even touched yet. I am having fun being swayed this way and that by each time period. I wasn't really keen on '82 until the 30 Trips release. That 7.31.82 show really knocked my socks off. Hmmm 8.3.82 - I just started but that Franklin's Tower has some friggin energy!! I see some of my girls here as well...Peggy, Althea, Cassidy, Delilah, Stella. and a Let it Grow? sign me up.
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    Listening to Help->Slip!->Franklins from the '91 Trip with the new 'phones and it's fantastic! Phil!It's been absolutely PUKING here for over 11 hours now. May have to revisit this mini-trifecta tomorrow in the white room...... ;)
  • #579
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    Media generation gap? and archiving (even during your lifetime)
    I'd add to nab's comment below this - encoded digital files (be it open source FLAC or otherwise) adds an additional layer of problems. Best to keep everything in original WAV (i.e. PCM). Think this is funny? Back in the days of my youth, the assumption was that if music was stored on open reel tape it would be secure for all eternity, because everyone "knows" that there is no better format than 15 ips open reel. Think digital is immune? Just try and open a WordStar file on a modern computer. Good luck, you will need it (anyone have Kaypro running CP/M handy?).
  • #580
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    RE: Media generation gap? (again)
    Ziffle said: "I shudder at the thought of a box of 80 CDs. In truth, I would personally have been happy to dispense with the USB as well and take it as a download." I'm with you 100% there. As long as it is tagged and managed out of house. As a rule, the stuff for sale at livedownloads, even the Grateful Dead releases, is a much superior digital product than the digital sets that have been available on this site. Someone is just not "getting it" here when it comes to selling digital products professionally, and it shows. Sort of like the old "I'll put dead air in the tape copy so I have the only good copy" trick from the tape trading days; its easier to fix, though frustrating as they charge for a finished product.
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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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