Grateful Dead

A 1969 or a 1970 box set would be fantastic! Also, a 1967,68, & 69 combination box set would be a knockout! If I had a choice, 1970 would also be my first choice , 9/19 & 20/70 would be included. If they had to use some audience patches to tie it all together, I'm cool with that.

I thought that was a refreshing post from Nick about not liking Dark Star. That's another of the sacred cows of Deadhead culture - a bit like Veneta and Cornell have become. It is curious how it is often held up to be their definitive piece of music, and yet it sounds like literally nothing else they ever did.
The first time I heard it was an extract of about 23 minutes of the one played at Wembley on 4/8/72. It was donated to be one of the sides of the legendary "Glastonbury Fayre" triple album that came out about 1973, commemorating the festival of two years earlier. Nestled between heavy duty acid rock from the likes of Gong, Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, Mighty Baby et al it sounded quite weak to me . A bit fussy.
The next time I heard it was a few years later on "Live Dead". That I really liked. It seemed almost like a concept album to me, with each track enhancing the others. "Dark Star" seemed really well positioned at the beginning, something I would imagine never happened at real time live concert.

I also prefer Pink Floyd in the pre Dark Side of The Moon era. Although, to me, their peak was in the 1960's. I wasn't, and am not now, as keen on "Atom Heart Mother" as the ones that went before it. "Piper" and "Saucerful of Secrets" - together with the singles cut with Syd Barrett are my favourite Pink Floyd records. Horses for courses as they say.

John McCutcheon speaks to real world problems

Caught in the Crossfire
Albums
Water From Another Time

Her voice never trembled, her look never waned
As she showed me the photos in the solemn black frames
A cousin, a sister, a daughter, a son
Lost in the night or in the sight of a gun
The Guarda left her father, Luis, on the track
And her son picking coffee just never came back
On the roadside the crosses look always the same
But each has a story and each has a name (They were...)

CHORUS:

Caught in the crossfire, lost in the fray
The battle broke out and they just got in the way
The story is always the same in the end
Caught in the crossfire again
Caught in the crossfire again

Juancito, her husband had visions and plans
Struggled his whole life to work his own lands
His faith was a mountain, but her world would explode
When the wheel of his truck found a mine in the road (And he was...) CHORUS

So many stories, so many lives
The parents, the children, the husbands, the wives
A whole population just pawns in the game
For the East and the West the rest is only terrain (Where they're...) CHORUS

Now I lie in the night and I just try to resist
But a hand that is empty soon curls to a fist
The cry in the cradle, the knock on the door
The blood in the speeches we've all heard before (We are...)
CHORUS (2x)

I still vote for the 75 box,,,, I hold no affinity for the years, but,,, there are so few lets finish them off and mark that year DONE!

Oh lets get 1983-04-16 - Brendan Byrne Arena - Meadowlands, NJ. Greatest Looks Like Rain,,,,,EVER :-)

Like Southside Johnny sings,,,,, all I want is everything!

What do you suppose would transpire if 1 or 2 hundred of us got together at a hotel or some such place, for a long weekend??
I have no way of knowing of course, but I’m 99.9% sure it would be wild!!

Mornin', rockers!!

Here in the office, death awaits, birthday yesterday, pardon the rambles...............

There is enough 1970 in the vault for a box. Some stuff from January, the Fillmore West shows from February, a couple of March & April, the May Alfred College, MIT, and Kirkwood shows, the June Fillmore West run (although that's a bit uneven, and I'm not sure all deserves releasing). I'm hoping the complete FW runs from February and April are in those banana boxes!!!

There's also enough 69s for a box, maybe more than the 70s, although those may need a little more pre-release TLC than the 1970s. There's the two Philly shows from February, the April Ark shows, some late March shows (oh Vegas please!!!), the April Avalon shows, etc etc. Maybe more hidden treasures in those banana boxes???

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions......

Rock on,

Doc
Newcastle 72

I've never heard a Dark Star that didn't bore me to tears. With one exception that is, the Dark Star sandwich from 1970. I think it was Capital Theatre. I love that even though it's a pretty rough audience recording. A 1970 box would be beautiful but is there enough available for it to happen?

We all like what we like. I have a friend who's a big post DSOM Floyd fan whilst I can't listen to any of their stuff after Dark Side. I love Atom Heart Mother, he just doesn't get it. that's how things are and I'm glad they are.

....am all against the hidden fee crap. It's good to see it being called out by the douche POTUS. First world problem? Yeah. Sure. No argument there. A problem nonetheless? You bet your ass.
F**k Ticketmaster.
And yes. A 1969 box would be awesome. A 1970 box would be even better. Unfortunately, good recordings are hard to find, as we all know. But one can dream.

Its comming, hopefully sooner then later. The new release is great.

Junk fees = First World problems. POTUS is the douche. Selling America By The Dollar.