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    The unexpected return of the masters of the Grateful Dead's triumphant show at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, November 17, 1971, yields great rewards. The Dead came in HOT for their first New Mexico show. Aided by clarity and precision and abetted by confidence and focus, they finessed old standards with definitive takes. With Keith now blending in seamlessly on keys, the first set offered up a triple shot of electric Blues, an exceptional "You Win Again," and a stellar "One More Saturday Night" to wrap things up. And the second set, well, it might just be unlike any you've ever heard. Archivist David Lemieux urges you to turn it up and do it loudly. We won't dare spoil all the surprises, but pay special attention to the rippin' "Sugar Magnolia," the aggressively monstrous "The Other One," and the highly-danceable "Not Fade>GDTRFB>Not Fade." Rounding out the 3CDs, you'll find selections from Pigpen's return tour at Ann Arbor, MI, 12/14/71. Subscribers will get nearly all of the complete show as this year's bonus disc.

    As always, Dave's Picks Volume 26 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the original analog tapes by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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    recreational weed is not
    recreational weed is not legal here. even if states say it is. states cant over ride federal law.
  • Charlie3
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    Do any of you folks who feel marijuana should not be legal and yet admit to prior recreational mj use honestly feel like you would have been better off if you had been arrested, prosecuted and convicted of mj possession? Did you ever consider turning yourself in so you could get the benefits of arrest, prosecution and conviction for a marijuana offense? Would you turn in a family member for a marijuana offense to help them get the benefits of arrest, prosecution and conviction for a marijuana offense? Do you have the moral fortitude to subject yourself to the remedy you prescribe for others? I can tell you that entanglement in the criminal justice system sucks more than you might realize even if you don't end up going to prison. It follows you forever either way and there are those who will hold it against you.
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    If only our elected representatives (note I won't use the word, "leaders," because no one is leading) would converse in such an honest and reflective, civil manner about societal issues that are important. America's drug habit has destroyed Mexico, for one example. There is too much money to be made in black market commodities. In the end, while I don't want a 21 year-old kid to be able to go buy herion, blow or meth over the counter, much of the trouble comes from prohibition. Everyone here loves Jerry Garcia to death. His personal experiences notwithstanding, ol' Jer succumbed to drug addiction, it became dark, and he was ultimately lost to us. Tragic. The Grateful Dead is a great sounding board for this. Because, can anyone name a druggier band? Seriously, the symbol of the counterculture and youthful experimentation. The positive psychedelic experience is without parallel. There is a large interest today in ayahuasca, microdosing, etc. In the name of consciousness expansion. Most of us know there is a "there" there, and drugs - I've had mystical, mind-blowing experiences with the coca plant as well as the poppy - can be a portal to this kind of true knowledge, and consciousness expansion. But you can't get too far gone - you've got to find your way home. Love the Blind Faith song. It's a fine line, yes, but how many if not for drug addiction would have killed themselves through some other excessiveness... It's something, really, to put yourself out there and then come back. I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything, but the idea of my kids going there freaks me the fuck out. Because it is dangerous. I don't know. I only know how it went for me. I had periods of, not addiction, but willful excessive abuse, because, hey - I loved it. But it wasn't what defined me, in the end, and now I get up at 5am 7 days a week and exercise. We can't put people in prison for drug use or possession. I live in Colorado. Nothing has changed here, except all the good the tax money is doing now that dealers aren't pocketing it. Your local drug dealer never paid taxes - dispensaries do. They sell only the cleanest organic product for the most part. Weed, for sure, should be legal like it is here. It's no worse than booze or cigarettes, or a triple bacon cheeseburger. Or pharmaceutical drugs your Dr. will prescribe you. Harder drugs should not be legalized. I draw the line there. But, obviously, anyone can go get anything they want, any time. Decriminalization and emphasis on rehabilitation. Jail for large dealers, repeat offenders, etc. We all know of those whose lives have been ruined by drugs and alcohol, but ultimately, just like Jerry Garcia, those folks went swimming in dangerous waters and failed to maintain. And, falling prey to basic human frailty in such a manner, they may have fallen to pieces anyway through some other medium. All the best to everyone.
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    Legalize for recreational use?No. I agree with the comments that are not in favor of legalization for recreational usage. Medical legalization? Yes. CBD, in my opinion: it's really just a pain medication that is useful for several problems. It's not for all problems or people. My recreational use: from my late teens into my mid-thirties in 1991. I was a "casual" user, I got into it slowly and every so often, I could go into daily binges for two, three weeks or two months at a time and then stop cold for for anytime from two weeks to about six months without having the "I-need-to-get-high-again-very-soon" urges. But yet, I knew it was just around the corner and sure enough I'd feel the need to get high, sooner or later. During the Operation Desert Storm period, 1/17/91 - 2/28/91, more like 1/17/19, with the breaking news story, I lit up a joint for the last time without realizing it, and I had no urges after that. It wasn't even on the radar, or just around the corner that I even wanted some. On July 4th 1992, someone asked me if I wanted some, and I said no. I haven't had any urges after that. The desire is just not there anymore. "Clean-N-Sober since 7/4/92" Tongue-in-cheek.
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    I suspect that there is a fair amount of overlap with our general view on the prohibition debate with some differences with regard to specific substances like marijuana or psychedelics. I feel pretty strongly about the issue, which probably comes through, but I hope I am being sufficiently respectful that I don't appear to be an ass. Based on experience and feedback, I don't always realize when I act like an ass. I do enjoy a respectful discussion like this, I think it helps everyone to reach a better understanding, even if universal agreement is not reached. I just have a view that my consciousness is my most personal and private space, and that it is up to me to decide how to use it or alter it. Personally, I think that responsible use of psychedelics can be an intensely rewarding experience with what I have perceived to be permanent beneficial results in my ability to interact with the world and the people in it. If used responsibly it seems more like a sacrament than a harmful drug. Opiates and stimulants hold no appeal for me, and based on my observations on their impact on others and my limited '80's coke use, they are devastating and destructive substances that no person should use. But I would not want to incarcerate someone if they disagree and choose to use them. Marijuana seems to me a petty vice at worst, and there are lots of legal vices that are more harmful to the individual and society. For example, I believe as a nation we have among the highest rates of obesity, leading to increased risk of diabetes and other costly and chronic medical conditions - should we prohibit high sugar, high fat, high sodium and high calorie diets and prohibit sedentary lifestyle choices to save society money in medical costs? Should we lock up people who refuse to eat healthy and exercise, or perhaps just the giant junk food conglomerates pushing these unhealthy choices on the masses. Seems like the same or a similar situation - people making unhealthy choices that cost society as a whole money and resources - so shouldn't the solution be the same? In my mind, if a society is free, you can give the individual all of the information that he or she needs to make an informed decision about things and then let them choose. If you're not free to make choices other's feel are stupid, you're not really free, and if you're not really free you may as well be an outlaw. After all, living healthy is no guarantee you don't die a horrific death from a devastating illness. I've watched it happen to loved ones. At some point the ride ends, so enjoy it while it lasts or regret it as it ends.
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    First, I encourage your coming forward.. it's honorable, and I think we all have a thing or two to learn here. Please don't view my disagreement as combative or dismissive. But I have to ask.. how much of your 35 years of smoking were done with joints vs. bongs, etc. The reason I ask.. I have you just barely beat... and I don't consider it a health risk to me in the slightest. Since beginning, if possible I have consumed through water. It has never raised my blood pressure and I am pudgy dude. Except for periods of either no school or no work, I would not call myself a daily user, I have always had too much going on.. but.... Still.. many around me dwarf my consumption, many much older.. and I am not seeing the damage on the scale of what describe in any of their lives. I have never in my life knew a non-cigarette but weed smoker getting emphysema. So my question is.. clearly your usage was high for years.. fatties, or less invasive techniques? Again, not trying to prosecute or question, you have my sympathy - trying to better understand. I want it legal and I want me and more than half the people I know to no longer be criminals.
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    Like that name. Vegas Knight would have a cool name for Bobby's son. oh yeah, check your pm. G
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    Charlie I agree with you
    But still stick to my point that it's a bad idea to legalize marijuana. The Portugal model is what I would condone, which is to de-criminalize it, but not make it legal. In Portual, it is still illegal to use drugs and still a penal offense to sell them, there is just no heavy jail time. Because prohibition has been a failure, the best solution is to keep it illegal, but change the penalties, so that only hardcore distributors are doing jail time, and only after multiple offenses. After all, laws are laws, and if you're part of distribution ring selling hundreds of pounds, then yes, you should do jail time if you don't learn your lesson after a heavy fine and probation before judgement. But nobody walking around with a quarter in baggie should be doing time ever. The problem with making it legal across the country (like Colorado) is that the use will go up over time, as the social stigma of using it erodes, and the suppliers get a foothold in every state. And to be frank, I'm not an exceptional person, I'm quite average. If it can happen to me, it can happen to a decent percentage of Americans, so why propagate a social habit that will have extremely negative consequences for a large number of people. And keep in mind, as those people run into issues, there will be burden on every tax payer, as they start exercising their health insurance for psychological counselling and replacement therapy drugs, etc. I really fear for the kids. Decision making capabilities do not develop fully until the early 20s. With legalized pot everywhere in the country, there will be a lot of kids who get into the habit and pitfalls of daily use, and it just bothers me to think that we may not be too far off from living in a society whose laws are indifferent to that outcome.
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    but anyways on to more pressing matters. 12/10/93 and 8/3/82 needs to be released. also am I alone in thinking that in a world of smart phones and moble devices it seems really silly that they still ban soundboard downloading on archive just seems pointless now???
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    Thanks for the warning on the Larks box set. I am very tempted by the Sailors Tale box, though. There is one cd that I would really recommend, that is included in that box-but which was released separately a few years ago-Live at The Marquee 10th August 1971. Its a double cd set, and the opening track on the second disc is a 27 minute instrumental jam, the like of which I have never heard before. A fantastic release.
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The unexpected return of the masters of the Grateful Dead's triumphant show at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, November 17, 1971, yields great rewards. The Dead came in HOT for their first New Mexico show. Aided by clarity and precision and abetted by confidence and focus, they finessed old standards with definitive takes. With Keith now blending in seamlessly on keys, the first set offered up a triple shot of electric Blues, an exceptional "You Win Again," and a stellar "One More Saturday Night" to wrap things up. And the second set, well, it might just be unlike any you've ever heard. Archivist David Lemieux urges you to turn it up and do it loudly. We won't dare spoil all the surprises, but pay special attention to the rippin' "Sugar Magnolia," the aggressively monstrous "The Other One," and the highly-danceable "Not Fade>GDTRFB>Not Fade." Rounding out the 3CDs, you'll find selections from Pigpen's return tour at Ann Arbor, MI, 12/14/71. Subscribers will get nearly all of the complete show as this year's bonus disc.

As always, Dave's Picks Volume 26 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the original analog tapes by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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I have extra sealed copy looking to sell for my cost plus shipping. Just ordered new box.
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Can you believe I'm still receiving early bird e-mails from this year's DAP subscription? Why?
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Wife, kids and I have to move out of our house at some point this summer after 8 years. The owner no longer wishes to hang onto it and is selling it and we don't know how soon, etc but aside from having to uproot our garden *I am in Colorado, not just veggies out there* I don't know what our god damned new address is going to be! Makes it a royal pain when wanting to place an order. Might just have to have it shipped to the in-laws house. Has anyone else gone rooting through their tapes to see if they have any of these shows? I know I have digital sbd files of ALL of them but....but.....official releases! Remastered sound!!! LINER NOTES!!! Only ordering the 3 disc set as I stated earlier and a brother from the board has already reached out guaranteeing me the rest of the officially released box. We are all terribly good at sharing things and anyone who has dealt with me on a personal level from this board can vouch for my willingness to share any and all sound that I hang on to. Gotta love our community. Hoping to meet up with some of you in Albuquerque or Boulder this summer for the Dead and Company gigs as well as the August Jerry Garcia Birthday Band gigs in Vail. Anyone who made it to last year's Red Rocks birthday bash for Jerry's 75th knows not to miss that one. PM me if interested!
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This board has obviously gone crickets since the "box" news\board, but just a couple of points for DP#27: 1) With the Dick's Picks Series, out of the first 27 releases 7 were from POST-1978. So far with Dave Picks we have had exactly 2 of the 26 releases from POST-1978. 2) With the new box from 1973-1974, isn't it about time for a few shows POST-1978. Honestly, how much from 1972, 1974, and 1977 can be put out?!?! I mean I like those years, BUT HONESTLY other than a good handful of shows from those 3 years, every show sounds the same from each of those particular years. 3) Give us the next 4-5 Dave Picks from 1979-1987....it's just time. I know the 1970s only cult on these boards doesn't like this, but it's just time on for some non-fkn 1970-1978 releases...LOL
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Totally agree RV3... lets save more 72, 73, 74, 77. 78 for DaP #29 and beyond!My slogan for the next release is: "Can't wait for some '68 !" Wha'd ya think Dave ;-) Due for some Early Dead! iGrateful
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So are we likely to get the DaP 27 announcement the week after July 4? I agree that 79-81 is "due" based on what has been recently released. The rest of the 80's are unlikely of course. I would prefer a 68 or 69 release too.
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Not for nothing:) But have we heard any DaP 27 clues from Bolo? I thought all the previous clues were related to the box set?
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I agree that 1979-1981 looks the most likely release for Daves Picks 27. Especially with the new version of Anthem with its bonus disc due to be released soon. And 79-81 would be alright with me, but the most exciting choice would be another show for 1968-or 1969-especially the first half of the year, when they were still rocking The Eleven at most shows.
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My choices for Dave's Picks Vol 27:a show with 27 in the date; a show from 1970; a show from 1980 (yeah, baby!); a show from 1985 (Hershey or Merriweather Post shows, but hardly likely, a real long shot for any of those three.) We'll find out in a few weeks.
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I was able to re-assemble this show in correct order, and find the missing Ramble On Rose - insert that where it belongs, burn it onto 3 cd-r. Great freakin' show! I did all this in late May and the discs are still in my car, along with cd-rs of the featured 11/17/71 Albuquerque gig. I have an 2006 Chevy with a CD changer and I play these shows most of the time while driving. I have NOT BEEN BORED with these shows! On to DaP 27
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I was able to re-assemble this show in correct order, and find the missing Ramble On Rose - insert that where it belongs, burn it onto 3 cd-r. Great freakin' show! I did all this in late May and the discs are still in my car, along with cd-rs of the featured 11/17/71 Albuquerque gig. I have an 2006 Chevy with a CD changer and I play these shows most of the time while driving. I have NOT BEEN BORED with these shows! On to DaP 27
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I say it'll be 8/4/76.
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Until recently, I'd be listening to DaP 26 as it's presented on the CD. I re-assembled it into the correct order the other day and gave it a listen. The flow is much more natural. However, I find it really disorienting how you get a few teaser notes of the next song but then they slide into a different tune. Like, Jerry gives us a few teaser notes for Tennessee Jed and then - BAM! - they lurch into NTYSM.
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That would be my dream choice, too. The sound on that show is magnificent. And they are rocking hard for '76. Definitely a top 3 Help/Slip/Frank, and my favorite pre-Fire Scarlet. Phil is very high in the mix, with his funkier tone. Would love to hear a mix where Mr. Norman could bring Jerry out more. I'm all in on your prediction!
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I have loved the recent picks, including the PNW box set!!! But it’s time for some crisp 90s dead.How about 12-12-90 Denver, with the Dark Star finish out of space from 2 nights later as filler on disc 3 Summer 91 Fall 93 Summer 92 Lots of great DAT boards that would sparkle with the right mix.
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Disc Two just stole my face right off my head. Holy Mother of Pearl . . .
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My 3rd GD show! (6/10/73; 6/22/76; 8/4/76...)Sure I'd love to have this baby released in the current Dave's Picks series (as DaP 27), but right now "The-Powers-That-Be" are playing the "recently-returned-to-the-vault" game with us, and we're loving it. As far as I know, the original 1st gen. tapes of this gem of a show has been in the vaults all the while. What we've been listening to has been 3rd and more gen. tapes in circulation. That's only my humble under-educated opinion. Bring on 8/4/76 Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City - pronto! We'll find out in about 2 weeks or so, give or take some days.
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Things are quiet on the thread(s)! I compiled my own 3 disc set from their Believe it If You Need it 3 disc set so that I could enjoy it at work and holy guacamole, Batman! They weren't kidding, this is pretty damned good. The jazzy air of '73-74 has been written about a million times over and these shows are great examples as to why. Floating on a breeze and then roaring in like a blizzard often in the same jam. VERY stoked about this. Any good rumors as to what DaP27 will be? Salivating over here! It will be the last release I receive at this address then I will have to mail the customer service people with the new one...I hope they don't mind. Been away for 12 days and I felt all 12. Looking forward to forthcoming and aforementioned gigs. Anyone here caught any on this last leg?
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PapaHooper said "12-12-90 Denver, with the Dark Star finish out of space from 2 nights later as filler on disc 3". I have ex. qual. sdbds of those two shows and have OFTEN thought they would make a nice release. 12/12/90: Set One: Touch Of Grey > Greatest Story Ever Told ; Candyman ; Walkin' Blues ; Loose Lucy ; Mexicali Blues > Maggie's Farm ; Queen Jane Approximately ; Deal Set Two: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Looks Like Rain ; Iko, Iko ; Dark Star > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away Encore: The Weight end of Set Two 12/14: Space > Dark Star > I Need A Miracle > Wharf Rat > Love Light First Set 12/12 is 68 minutes, Beginning of 12/12 Second Set to the end of Space is 75 minutes, the post-Space part of 12/12 runs 40 minutes (give or take). Space through end of Second Set on 12/14 runs about 38 minutes. We have a winna! The only B&V90 shows to be released so far are 9/16 & 10/27 complete and parts of 9/18-20. Of the 5 Dark Stars played in that period, only 1 has been released (9/20). After this wish is granted, only 10/31 & 11/1/90 need to be released and I will ask for no more B&V90!
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Only one concert was played on a June 2. In 1995. Why? And very few concerts were played on June 1 or June 2 or June 3. Why?
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Because 6 (June is the 6th month) is divisible by 1,2, and 3.Don’t flirt with math, it will bite you. “Oh, I’m not a magician, I’m a mathemagician.” - The Simpsons
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Dave's Picks Volume 27 could be revealed as early as today, July 5, 2018 (unlikely) or tomorrow, Friday July 6th, or most likely sometime next week with Friday July 13th being a *good* target date. Oh the irony of a reveal on Friday the 13th, I see a twisted humor in it. DaP 27 will sell out probably within 2 hours of the posting of the new page on the day of the reveal. The selected show? I have no idea what DaP 27 will contain, but it probably won't be from 1967, '68, '71, '73, '74 or 1977. "DaP 27 will be a show from the time period from 1/1/70 to 12/31/79." wissinomingdeadhead "had a dream that DaP 27 was 11/25/79" he could be right about that, but I won't count or bet on that one, but who knows...
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12-1-798-10-82 2-26-77 10-15-76 11-26-80 (Pembroke)
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I'm getting old and hope that Dave puts out some Greek shows in excellent audio quality....before it is too late!! Mr. Pete--------> aging hippie
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2-26-77 is a sure-fire Dave's Pick! Maybe not next but soon. Oh hell, make it next!
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Preorder Monday July 16 at 10AM PT However the email I received doesn't state the show. I'm going with 12/1/79, this show is long overdue for an official release. It's Friday DeadLAND so, PLAY DEAD
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Although my main loves are 1967/8, '72-'74, and late '77 through 1978, I am totally ready for some 80s and 90s. And, as always, I am more than cool with short compilations, e.g., a "show" compiled from a three-night run. The reel-to-reel tape return is crazy-exciting, but once we've released the best of the returns, I would rather have a thoughtful compilation along the lines of 6/24-25/91 than the 17th-best show from one of the years in the Seventies. [ducks head, runs for cover . . . ]
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Good point... especially on the heels of Anthem this weekend and Pac NW 73-74 in Sept.... Surprise me! As long as its superb quality, and Jerry is ON (!!) I'm excited... iGrateful
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Don't I wish... "Bolo24" got IT! Alligator Alley Gym University Of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA Set 1: Alabama Getaway Promised Land Candyman New Minglewood Blues Row Jimmy Mama Tried Mexicali Blues Althea Lost Sailor> Saint Of Circumstance Don't Ease Me In Set 2: Shakedown Street> Franklin's Tower> Estimated Prophet> He's Gone> Truckin'> Drums> The Other One> Stella Blue Good Lovin' Encore: Casey Jones Edits from reviews of this show: I was living in St.Augustine, FL, at the time & had heard that The Boys were coming to Gainesville, a mere hour+ ride from the First City. So, like the other guy said, I ran - I didn't walk - to the nearest ticket vendor! It was a great show. I was familiar w/ many of the songs in the Dead's playlist by the fall of 1980. I had become familiar w/ the band around the time of Blues For Allah and Terrapin Station and, after the release of Shakedown Street, the band was summarily thrust into the national spotlight w/ the major smashing success of the title track. They wouldn't see that kind of radio play again until the release of the After Dark album when the believably-unpopular tune, Touch of Grey, thrust our Bay Area Boys into the international limelight once again! Anyway, I've become VERY familiar w/ the set list since this `80 show and had taken in numerous shows by the time August of 1995 rolled around. I've also watched other incarnations like The Other Ones, Phil & Friends & now The Dead w/ great delight & renewed enthusiasm. It's does the heart good to see the music surviving so long after it first commenced in 1965. I guess, truly, The Music Never Stopped, eh?! Anyway, this UF show is a great settie: there are definitely better, there are also certainly worse. But, it will always be a special settie to me `cause it was the night I popped my Grateful Dead cherry, so to speak! Well, as Pierre Robert from 93.3FM/WMMR in Philly was always fond of saying ... "may God Bless the Grateful Dead." Oh, and ... GO `GATORS!!! -------- Yeah, the second set has some good stuff... but I wouldn't say it was mind-blowing. For example, the transition from Shakedown to Franklin's was sloppy. -Anonymous ---- Went to this show as a freshman at UF. Remember being in an nice altered state waiting to get inside and a bus full of Hare Krishna unloaded in front and they started their own jam session. I had never seem Krishna before and just watching them jam was a fun diversion. Anyone else remember that? The place only held about 10k and the bleachers were shanking. "Double shot of whiskey and those Gainesville girls start looking good" ---- Thanks, "Dr. G" for the heads-up on this one!
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...DHB, for endorsement of June 91; in my estimation, recognition of stand-out shows from the Summer and Fall tours is a testament to one's DeadIQ! There is a late season poetry and luminosity in a few of these performances that put me to mind of the encephalitically imprisoned souls that surfaced briefly from catatonia during Malcolm Sayers' experiments with L-Dopa in '69. But a modicum of prioritization, please: with a lovely representative of the MSG residency already released in 30T, I should like to see the transcendence of 6/17 grace a trifold digipack's cover before any other June offerings. That said, given light traffic during the peak Summer vacation season, greater remote server access for superfluities has become viable; so, this weekend, I formulated a few queries for a firm-based program that essentially combines multiple regression analyses with (something like) a financial market prediction model in an effort to ascertain the identity of #27. My attempts to produce a comprehensive assay contemplating the pattern of previous Da picks, sell-out time, polling data, other past releases (Di, RT, Vault), and the astrological disposition of the House of Venus, all in conjunction with assorted myths, monsters, and fairy dust, quickly descended into undisciplined chaos that yielded a mathematical casserole akin to emptying the kitchen shelves in a mixing bowl. Nonetheless, HAL was adamant about the pending release of a '69 performance (no kidding, with a back-up confirmation run), which jibes nicely with my opening medical allusion. Or, with some tweaking (i.e., expanded field of independent variables), '68. Attempts to factor in tours/seasons proved too onerous. I do have a life, you know, though after reading this one might not be faulted for thinking otherwise. Good luck to our resident a la carte warriors tomorrow!/K P.S.: Hi Gollum! P.P.S.: Just realized that the 2001 reference correlates with the '68 release of Kubrick's film...and the tea leaves, chicken bones, planets, Pinkus' chi and Dave's cerebellum slowly grind into celestial alignment...
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Would love a show from this year, if the Rhinos go with 1983 performance I wouldn't be surprised if it's 10.17.83 from Lake Placid, New York 1983 - 1984 release would be near the top of my request list , March and April have some gems
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F%CK YES The GODS have spoken September 2, 1983 excited for this release and a few in particular LLR ~ Deal plus Estimated Eyes and Throwing Stones, really all of it but especially interested in these a few weeks back i pulled out Dicks Picks 6 Smoking hot "They LOve Each Other" ~ Estimated Eyes this one is going to be a HEATER , time for a stroll with Mary Jane cool cover art for number 27, number 26 was awesome artwork too , looks great while sun was sinking low
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I don't recall seeing any calls for an 80's show on these two comment boards - this DaP 26 or the NW '73 - '74 box comments boards. Oh well, no big deal. I used to have this 9/2/83 as an audience tape set and a fine one to boot. I got rid of it (and many other GD tapes) when I was downsizing in the mid 2000's during a move from one domicile to another. A very good show, if I recall correctly.
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This thread is quieting down after the announcements of the North West Pacific 73-74 box and Dave's Picks 27. I suspect it be removed from public view like the threads for Dave's Picks 17 thru 24 have been taken down, away from public view.Yet, at this posting I can read the threads for DaP 13 - 16. Why?
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This is a great recording.
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What a fantastic show and fantastic recording! Combine this and DaP 21 4/2/73, and Rex has two of the best sounding tapes released. And the performance matches the pristine recording here more than 21, IMO. The Other One (both halves) have great jams, Wharf Rat is a strong '71 version, NFA> GDTRFB> NFA is ridiculously raucous, and we get almost an entire other show as a bonus! This is the Pick of the year for me so far. 25 is a good show with three truly great renditions of songs, the first two, and second set closer, otherwise a good show. This show SMOKES and the bonus is a good show; the best aspect of it is the side by side comparison one has for Keith lineup and Keith and Pig, with nearly identical setlist choices.
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I was wondering what the solution might be to this problem. If the bonus disc came with the edits necessary to re-assemble the show in the correct running order, it would be difficult to listen to it 'as-is'. Re-assembling the show from the disc as-released also makes for difficult listening. Listening to the show out-of-sequence is OK but not optimum. The only real solution is to make the files available digitally. Give a unique one-use download code to each purchaser and allow the download of the files with the necessary edits. Given the limited nature of the releases and the speed at which they sell out, this couldn't possibly affect sales and would definitely reduce the complaining.
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If anyone is looking for this or any of this year's Dave's Picks, shoot me a PM. $25 plus shipping. The bonus disk is an additional $25.

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