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    Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)

     

    I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the site and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from their breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories. - xxuncle johnxx, Dead.net

    One of the best memories I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage, followed by a rainbow and then an awesome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain, Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddies went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one." - grateful hawaiian, Dead.net

    In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome! - Johnny_A, Dead.net

    The pot at the end of this rainbow is mighty fine, indeed. Our final Dave's Picks release for 2024 features the complete unreleased show from The Downs at Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM, 9/11/83 (fun fact, it was Mickey's 40th birthday) with just a squidge of 9/10/83 to round things out. A true trader's treat, this one is solid all around from the lively first set featuring soon-to-be minted 80s classics like "Hell In A Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" to the return of "Help>Slip>Franklin's," the incredible 2nd set surprise of "Let It Grow," and adventurous takes on "He's Gone,""Wang Dang Doodle," and "Morning Dew." It's all well played, my friend, well played.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 52: SANTA FE, NM 9/11/83 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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  • hendrixfreak
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    Doc covered it...

    I'm just a tad fuzzy this morning, so I won't look up the dates, but yes, Obeah, at least (3) known '68 tapes have not been released. As HendrixFreak, I'm acutely aware of the passage of time and the need for the band's early development to get a full airing. Forensic Doc probably covered an answer to your question.

    I find myself falling into Angry Jack Straw's camp. I'm happy that an '83 release floats a lot of boats, but I'm interested in Norman-ized early years, specifically late '67 to '74. We've got most of '74, a ton of '73, leaving fall '72 as rich in unreleased shows that should be a box. Spring '71 still has gold in them thar hills. We know that '70 tapes are rare but whatever's there deserves attention. Then there's the writhing beast of '67-'69.

    As for surprises, it's well known that a decade ago Mtn Girl turned over a few GD reels from the early '70s. And recently she went to an archivist in Seattle to digitize several boxes of reels and cassettes from Jer's stash -- mostly JG side trips, is my impression.

    So, lots of goodies floating around. I've been a steady customer since 1971, though I stepped off the (GD) bus in '87, burnt to a crisp and tired of "the scene." Now it's down to the tapes. And I find myself focusing on the front end of the band's development. (Though '89 has some monster shows...) Those of us who want what's left of the '68 beast are gettin' old and NOW is probably a good time to get the early stuff out. (And get off my lawn, etc....)

    Okay, rambling now. A second cup of Joe should help.

    Paz, HF

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    6-30-86 is soooo under-rated.
    Was a HOT show. 13th row center in the pavillion.
    I would personally LOVE IT.

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    Jeff smith is away on a trip. He posted that he would provide the scans when he gets back. Another poster said he would provide also, just cant remember who. Jeff's stuff is always an impressive scan.

    Cheers!

    Edit: You can probably go ahead and send him a DM here. He will get back with you that way but you could also put an email in the DM and I am sure he will send directly. Can't remember how long he was away but guessing he is back in next 10 days or so.

    G

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    For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

    Speaking of bear.............or is it Bear?????

    HF may----emphasis on may---be referring to the June 68 recordings I just supplied him with. June 8 and 9, partials, excellent soundboards, these tasty fragments hit general circulation in 2022. For some reason it doesn't get talked about a lot......

    OR he may be referring to the previously never-circulated 1968 Dead recording that OSF referenced a while back. I forget the date but I thought it was May.

    OSF also verified that they have the April 1969 Avalon run, although the 6th remains incomplete.

    OSF hasn't put out any Dead releases yet but what they have issued is excellent quality and always very interesting. I highly recommned them...........

    Time for more coffee, and walking dogs............

    Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.....

    Rock on,

    Doc
    Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come......

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    Judas Priest and 1968

    Judas Priest. BITD I was into anarcho punk, crust punk, the UK82 bands, but I largely stayed away from metal. One night a friend and I were doing the thing people did back then - trading rounds and taking turns at "you heard this record?" I hit him with the first Discharge LP (talking about life-changing) but then he hit me back with Priest's "Unleashed in the East". I was super intrigued... a metal band covering The Green Manalishi? And covering Joan Baez?!? (Diamonds and Rust) It was one of those brilliant moments where I realized that my preconceived notions were holding me back from enjoying some amazing music. So it's great to hear Halford and Co are still rocking out.

    Now then... HF, can you or can someone elaborate about on comment re: "...the recently discovered '68 tapes" ? Is this just a reference to Bear's banana boxes, or is it something else? For in the immortal words of PG Wodehouse, "you interest me strangely".

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    First time caller.

    A nod to Doc, Sir James and Oro. For obvious reasons.

    I first saw the band live in the early 80s. There was nothing better. Not even close. But that era has not aged well. If you like it, so be it. How many of you still have avocado or mustard colored kitchens? Or still wear bell bottom jeans. They were cool back in their time.

    The 80s are rough with those plinky keyboards. They just are. Fun at the time, but unlistenable now. To me at least.

    I won’t deny that there were some unbelievable shows. Augusta 84, most of the summer of 85, most of 87. Then not so much.

    I’m truly happy for the folks that want the later era shows. It’s just not my thing anymore. This release won’t even get played.

    When I first discovered the archive and was able to listen to earlier era shows, I was in disbelief. I couldn’t believe how much better the band was back then. To my ears. That music is timeless. Spinning 5/3/72 now.

    As the old saying goes, if you can’t spot the donkey, it’s you.

    I was the donkey.

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    Just stopping by to say....

    That ForensicDoc is a good guy and an outstanding Deadhead.

    Also, I'd be stopping by to add my two cents, except the website keeps telling me it doesn't recognize me, bad password, yada yada, when it's been good for 2024 so far. Not a complaint, just a fact.

    Oh yeah, my one comment is that the next two picks are "a show," which means that the recently discovered '68 tapes won't make it to a Dave's Pick. Sooo.... how about GD/Rhino do a little special release next year that includes ... 2-3 '68 shows?

    How am I doin'?? Getting a little repetitive in my old age??

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    sure would be

    Nice if they started giving us a hi res file of the cover art.

  • Vguy72
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    PJ. Love em or hate em....

    ....but they have a top shelf business model.
    Saw Judas Preist Wednesday night. Great show. Rob Halford has still got it 💥

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    Dead/WBRhino should adopt a system similar to Pearl Jam, who makes most, if not all, of their shows available. Ordering is easy, you can order as a CD or as FLAC, and the quality is outstanding. I get it is somewhat “apples & oranges” in that Pearl Jam records their shows knowing they will be released, so recording quality is top notch, whereas the Jeffrey Norman team must reconstruct some pretty old tapes for 21st Century listening that were never intended for release.
    But the current system of Dave L choosing only 4 shows a year, that never gain full consensus, plus Boxes that often are hit or miss, there must be a better way.
    You don’t need an Archivist to tell you what sounds good, anymore than you don’t need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

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Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)

 

I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the site and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from their breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories. - xxuncle johnxx, Dead.net

One of the best memories I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage, followed by a rainbow and then an awesome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain, Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddies went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one." - grateful hawaiian, Dead.net

In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome! - Johnny_A, Dead.net

The pot at the end of this rainbow is mighty fine, indeed. Our final Dave's Picks release for 2024 features the complete unreleased show from The Downs at Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM, 9/11/83 (fun fact, it was Mickey's 40th birthday) with just a squidge of 9/10/83 to round things out. A true trader's treat, this one is solid all around from the lively first set featuring soon-to-be minted 80s classics like "Hell In A Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" to the return of "Help>Slip>Franklin's," the incredible 2nd set surprise of "Let It Grow," and adventurous takes on "He's Gone,""Wang Dang Doodle," and "Morning Dew." It's all well played, my friend, well played.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 52: SANTA FE, NM 9/11/83 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

You come across as a reasonable person, even if I don't come across as a "reliable source" in your opinion.

For the record, in regards to HCS, I said something along the lines of "I always thought it a tragedy that they removed it from the repertoire after '74" or words to that effect.

I didn't say they never played it again, but they did remove it from the lineup for what, 17 or 18 years? So the Associated Press deems your statement "mostly false."

But regarding your other statement, I am not holding myself up as an "expert" nor a "source" on the issues I was raising.

I did however cite the FDA and the WHO, and provided verifiable facts and data from said agencies, which I would assume a reasonable person might consider to be reliable sources on the subject matter to which I was speaking.

It is not my opinion. It is their data. I am not an expert. I was simply sharing what I had found.

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On this day in 1973, an excellent HCS at Pauley Pavillion, Dave's Picks 5. Not to mention an amazing PITB palindrome.

An all around great show!

I'm putting it on right now...

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My Russian handler told me, "Mention the Pauley Pavillion show, Comrade. Even in Russia it is famous! They can't argue with that."

Thanks, Boris!

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to the whole Pauley Pavillion show. So great, every tune. I forgot how great it was, to be honest. They are definitely in the zone. The mix is also superb.

Strongly recommended.

Actually, forget I recommended it. That might turn you off to it.

Pretend your friend recommended it, and just go listen. Whatever it takes. It is that good. Wow.

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Put on 10 24 71

China Rider

Ja, gerne

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Truthfully no one Seahawk QB ever ran like Russ, either for yardage or escapability. {Zorn was the next best, but only on his feet} Hell, for the most part Russ best and longest yardage runs came off broken plays. Though he wasn't too shabby with designed rushing plays either.
Geno has never struck me as a lateral mover, usually he don't escape the pass rush or he does but then makes an errant throw. I must say though, as a forward runner Geno ain't too bad at all & deceptively fast! Those quick improvisational decisions to just break forward and sprint out the pocket were the difference in that game.
Sorry! This is MY OFF SUBJECT POST of the month.
Go rip city! Blazers triumphed again! A hat trick of wins!

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...But I feel like talking about, y'know, music.

Interesting conversation about music (a few pages back) from the 70s as opposed to current day. I was born in 1963, and count me among those who grew up hearing (from my older sibs) that 1970s sucked, all the good bands sold out after Altamont, etc, or were dead like Jimi and Janis. Which maybe had some truth to it for some bands, but not for everybody of course.

Meanwhile, I think there's a lot of good music out there now... You just gotta poke around. My favorite current band is a 3-piece out of Rochester NY called King Buffalo. Check them out on Bandcamp, they're the real deal imo. My gateway tune from them is "Morning Song," highly recommended. They call themselves "heavy psych," which I think means lots of trippy loopy guitar effects but none of the macho posturing of a lot of guitar bands. They can get noisy.

Green Lung is a "pagan metal" band out of England (familiar to you, Daverock or Simonrob?) who I enjoy a great deal in a guilty-pleasure kind of way.

ToYo are from Japan and play an affecting form of psychedelia (yeah, I don't really know what that is either) with Japanese lyrics and odd tunings. It's great. Worth checking their album "Stray Birds From the Far East" on Bandcamp.

There's a fun site called Doom Charts that lists their top 40 heavy/stoner/sludgy/metal albums each month, as chosen by their worldwide network of listeners/reviewers. Want to find out more about Italian occult doom music? Here you go! There's a lot of unlistenable (to me) stuff here, but a whole lot of fun too. This is the site that turned me on to ToYo, for example. Or a band out of Scotland called The Kundalini Genie, which is sounds like someone built a time machine back to 1966 and came back with a whole bunch of great tunes.

Bandcamp is a great site to noodle around in general, btw. All kinds of stuff there, much of which you can download for free.

Amethyst Kiah and Rhiannan Giddens are terrific songwriters with great voices who release music both individually and as part of a quartet called Our Native Daughters, four Black women who play a kind of folk- or traditionally-inflected American acoustic music. Giddens has a song called "At the Purchaser's Option" which is beautiful and heartbreaking. You can find a live version on the Toob. Kiah's gateway song (for me) is called "Black Myself," and it straight out rocks.

And I haven't even mentioned Tinariwen, who are hands down the greatest band on the planet right now (and for maybe the past 15 years). I think they were mentioned on this board some time ago... Lots of vids on the Toob to check out. Either they grab you or they don't. Me, I find them trance-inducing in the best possible way. And there's a whole array of "desert blues" outfits that plow some similar territory (Bombino, Tamikrest, Les Filles de Illighadad, etc).

Oh and a couple more recs: Michael Kiwanuka and Leon Bridges. If you are open to hip-hop, then Run the Jewels are worth a listen, as is Killer Mike's solo album "Michael." Check out the video for RTJ's "Down."

Okay I'll stop. I only intended to list a couple of recommendations, but before you know it... Yeah. Anyway, thanks for putting up with my meanderings.

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As Mark Twain "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". You never know. But sure, we will survive! -;)

Maine Dave - I also like checking out the Bandcamp website. I discovered an independent record label called The Library of the Occult on there earlier this year. From what I have heard, the music they release isn't really metal - I am not sure how you would describe it. The one album I have, by Magnetic Sunshine is full of groovy organ freakouts, backed up by clattering bongos and fuzz guitar. Great fun. I can imagine it being used a soundtrack to an Italian horror film from the 1970's.

I haven't heard Green Lung. Despite Black Sabbath being one of my 5 a day during the first half of the 70's, I gradually moved away from heavy metal after that. Those first 4 Sabbath albums still sound good to me. I fact, most of the albums I liked back then do. Maybe we always like the music we first heard in out mid-late teens.

What you referred to as "desert blues" sounds more like my cup of tea now. I'll do some checking out later.

HCS - cheers. I am heading in the general direction of 11/17/73 - I agree, one of the best Daves Picks. Fall 1973 features some amazing shows. The Playing - UJB - Dew - UJB- Playing jam from 11/10 rang out here last night - and I notice that was also a feature of the Pauley Pavillion show. But before that - 11/11.

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Sorry, gotta chime in for Black Sabbath, the Ozzy years for now anyway.
Sabbath jammed {instrumentally} in the 1970s more than many radio familiar casual fans would know. The Vol.4 & Sabotage albums got much of that extended jam codas in stellar songs, "Wheels of Confusion/Straightener " and "Symptom of the Universe" respectively.
I was too young to see them live so I can only imagine the performances of them tunes. Really all them early Sabbath albums had little instrumental diddlys. Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath is a classic as well as Paranoid, and the Master of Reality album is the Heavy Metal template of the looming future a decade later.
A number of years back now I started a deep dive into the last two '70s Sabbath albums, Technical Ecstasy & Never Say Die. I found some real rockin' hidden gems of songs there and also tones of experimental keyboardy 'proggy' stuff on them albums not oft played if ever on the modern radio I tell ya!........
.....Anyways, back to the Dead. Great autumn 1983 sound and pick for #52, I would be jamming it more but the 30 Days of Dead daze is a doozy this year!

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Thank you Maine Dave,
never heard of them. Found a video of them playing at Freak Valley Festival, June 2023, here in Germany.
Great music, great sound. Fantastic!!!
Got to get more.
Cheers, G.

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"At Your Age"
"What we always believed"
"To maintain our worldview"
"Challenged your perception of reality"
"The ones who have hidden the truth"

NO, it's just that us OLD FOLKS remember Adolph Hitler, and do not wish to see that movie again.

Thanks for "teaching Us"

...or if you linger, please only keep your topics to good ole grateful dead.
That appears to be more than a common sentiment.

(but, wait....F Your feelings and my right to say whatever I want defies your right not to be bullied!)
We get it.
We fully understand the tragedy that All Civility is now lost , and how truly shockingly this is viewed by so many, including yourself, as totally acceptable.
Pathetic and sad, but we get it.

You are adept at being a bully and pushing your disinfo agenda that has been cult-branded into your skull.
Which is really odd, considering you do appear to be able to string sentences together in a relatively coherent fashion occasionally.

But, we get it. Cult members gunna cult.

Be Well People!
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Check out the Lemon Twigs, great newer pop/rock band

Last 5:
Skeeter Davis - Mary Frances
12/26/80
12/27/80
12/28/80
12/30/80 All fine Audience recordings. These December shows would make a nice little box.

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Finally got a label created.
I ordered in the 1st 4 minutes.
But some of you have yours already.
Go figure.
Pembroke Pines, I was just listening to a show from there.
Cheers

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Sabbath were a lot more ferocious live in the 70's than their albums indicate. I still have my ticket for the first time I saw them - 3/11/73 - which was recorded for their live album - "Live at Last" I think it was called - but it's best heard in the Volume 4 box set that came out a couple of years ago.
I remember it vividly - them coming on, a shriek of deafening feedback, Ozzy Osbourne yelling some profanity, and then this almighty racket started up as they went into "Tomorrow's Dream". It was like the gates of hell had swung open. All around was sea of hair flying in all directions and fists raised in the air, some waving peace signs.
They did feature some improvisation about two thirds the way through - what seemed to me like an overlong guitar solo, before they went into another pulverising riff which was a sign that the mayhem could start again. By the last two songs they were going so fast it sounded more like The Ramones than Cream. I was stunned. Couldn't hear properly for a week afterwards.
I do like the second side side of the first album listening at home - but live it dragged things down a bit.

Incidentally, when I rescued my ticket from the random pile I have left, another one that fell out was The Dead at The Rainbow on 3/10/81, which cost £6.00. The Sabbath ticket cost £1.25.

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Enjoyed the new “Hunter book”.
But caveat emptor: this is not his long lost memoir and has nothing directly to do with the GD.
It’s written by a young Hunter and focuses on only about a year (61-62) before anyone was anyone etc. But it is an interesting look at the burgeoning “scene” and examines perhaps how/why a certain guy named Jerry became who he was.
Interesting snap shot of history, Hunter, and some schlub named Jerry, (“he’s a bum who’ll never amount to anything”), but not a book about the Grateful Dead, just fyi…

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Nice heads up.

I've downloaded a chunk via boobtube. I like what I hear.

Will of course take forever to give a good listen :-)

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Hell yes, Cousins. I have been calling for this December 80 Oakland run to come out as a box set for a long time. Would throw in 12/31/80 as well to make it a five night release. I believe the last night they started with an acoustic set.

Congratulations OB on the Bills! Big win yesterday.

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Didn’t Nitecat record that run?
Or am I thinking 79? Gonna hit 79 run end of year!

Hey DV! Thanks, phew, similar to the VIKS in that they often don’t make it easy on themselves lol

11/18/72

who has the single disc release?

I have seen that for sale at Silver Platters for...$40? $50?

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I haven't delved into that year for a while

I think (think) this was listed in the compendium as one that wasn't recorded. Of course, that was published years ago.

GBtGD

"The GD are the antidote to the atom bomb" - Joseph Campbell, methinks.

True dat.

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I would like to see a box set from 1970 released. A box set from 1968 or 1969 would also be cool.

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PF - I've got that one, on cd and on vinyl. I wouldn't pass it by - some very clear and powerful bass playing as I remember .

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Agree with DaveRock. Phil high in the mix. One of those ripping Fall '72 Playings. Cool artwork to boot. Lowest price for CD used VG+ on discogs is ~$50 and next is in the $70s. New cheapest is ~$90.

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on CD is in my collection as well. The PITB is one for the ages. Mind bending, almost too intense at times. Definitely got to be in the right mood for that one. A must have for your collection.

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So sorry that my words hurt your feelings, but as bad as your feelings were hurt by having to read opinions that you disagree with, just imagine how it felt for so many others to be forced to wear a useless mask in order to enter the grocery store to obtain food for their family, or to go to work, or to bring their kids to school.

Imagine how it felt that they were forced to submit to an ineffective and dangerous injection in order to keep their jobs.

Imagine how much harm was done to the children who were forced to mask and separated from their classmates by plexiglass so they couldn't play together like kids are supposed to, unable to see people's faces at the most crucial stage in their development of language skills and social interaction. All this when the authorities knew that children were at zero risk from the virus. Yes, zero risk by the CDCs own numbers (0.002% fatality rate).

The masks, shutdowns, and shots were never about health or safety. They were about fear and control, and your subservience to and compliance with totalitarianism.

I stand by my statement that it was the biggest crime against humanity in world history. The ones who never questioned all the obvious contradictions in what we were being told and inconsistencies with the facts on the ground, and who bought into the "trust the science" mantra that was really just an order to the sleeping masses not to question authority or to think for themselves, are the true cult members.

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Yeah! I heard great things about the Oakland run, plenty of shows to pick from or just a box set of all them. Also heard positive reviews of the lead up to that great run with the two nights in Long Beach. Some songs from the Long Beach shows have been on the 30 Dead Days downloads.
I wasn't aware that the St.Louis 1972 show was out there for sale in any other form than the recently sold out 'River' Box. Glad I picked that up earlier this year.

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to the Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind Current events thread www.dead.net slash forum slash trouble-ahead-trouble-behind-current-events-continued?page=20%2C12%2C0 This is not the place., and further political posts here will be removed to that thread. And please be civil and respectful of each other. Thank you.

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Excellent song examples from those final Sabbath albums you mention there, in fact I was just jamming out to them on a playlist. A bit sample of the late 70's songs..... (in order),.. From {Sabotage},.. "Hole in the Sky" > "Symptom of the Universe" > "Thrill of it All" >>from {Technical Ecstasy},.. "Dirty Women" > "Back Street Kids" >>from {Never Say Die},... "Shock Wave" > "Johnny Blade" > "Junior's Eyes" > "A Hard Road" ....That there rounds out the tail end of my Black Sabbath condensed playlist with a bit of a gritty street theme. Sometimes I keep the playlists shortened to 80 minutes or less so I can burn discs. There really are so many awesome morsels of music from them oft overlooked albums.

****ALSO**** Thanks a bunch to DAVEROCK for enlightening us with an old 1970s Sabbath story. You really painted the picture of the scene and the show vividly in your paragraph! I always love the old stories! From the shows themselves to the street scenes.

.....Street, speaking of the street. Back to the Dead,.... SHAKEDOWN Babaaay!
More Shakedown Street releases please. A Keith & Donna version! Nov.~Dec. 1978ish?

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Speaking of which, I got a great live cd by Led Zeppelin a couple of weeks ago called "Inner City Blues". It's a recording of their show in Southampton on 1/22/73. It's not an official release - although it sounds like one. I don't know how available releases like this the States - but this is well worth getting if you like Zeppelin. Maybe the best live recording I have heard by them.

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Mosaic Records will release a box; Complete Vanguard Recording 1953-58. Many wellknown names in mainstream jazz are on this box - also the recordings of the great Jimmy Rushing. BW from frosty Copenhagen..

Daverock, instead of buying bootlegs, you should get into bit torrenting. It's easy and there's so much out there. I have a version of the Zep show you bought but haven't listened to it in forever. Firing it up now...

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They Rule! Simply put.

Also, please be Kind to one another, our strength is in our solidarity and the truth that facts always win over misinformation for those smart enough to understand the difference.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Estimated > Eyes

Be Well People!
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Came in yesterday. 561/2000.

Ordered Thursday, here on Monday!!!

The way it should be.

DANEHEAD - that Mosaic box looks very nice. Gonna request for Christmas. I spend way too much on things and I'm not working right now and Mrs Dennis has retired. I get the looks I don't need when albums arrive :-)

Like to hear the Billy shows from Hawaii later this month. Since the post mentioned "Doom Flamingo" who I know nuttin about but had 1 album from them. Her voice is very nice.

Don't know if anyone gets "The Funny Times", but they had a vinyl joke this month. Santa sitting with a trumpet, title above - "Kringle - The Decca Years". I laughed.

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Checked and I have Better Left Unsung.

I watched her do Terrapin Station, playing a live show from 2023 right now.

Know what stands out....... NOBODY is talking!!!!!!

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Just wanted to chime in and second your recommendation to check out Leon Bridges and Michael Kiwanuka, both are excellent. Check out Leon's two collaboration EPs with Khruangbin, Texas Sun and Texas Moon, some really cool sounds there, his solo stuff is pretty cool as well, especially his first album. Michael Kiwanuka has a really cool sound, I think his song Hero got some airtime on the local radio station a few years ago and it really caught my attention and lead to me picking up his albums, good stuff. I'll have to check out some of the other bands that you mentioned.

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