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    An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

    We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

    Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

    Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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  • CHebel
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    Daves Picks 29 - Missing Liner Notes

    Awesome....I will give this a few more days to see if anything happens and will follow up if necessary. Thank you Marye. You are the best.

  • Vguy72
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    This Day In Dead History....

    ....brings me to shows that I otherwise would pass over. Like this gem!
    https://archive.org/details/gd1994-02-27.sbd.miller.32577.sbeok.flac16/…
    ....second set is pretty solid. Especially for '94. That Cosmic Charley tease is brutal though. I would have actually been a little bit pissed if I was there tbh.

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    Recent last 5 / Prog. Rock / GD listening

    This AM's (current 5) playlist:

    1. The Strawbs - Grave New World
    2. Caravan - 1st S/T
    3. John Scofield - Groove Elation
    4. Wire - Chairs Missing/5th Demo Sessions
    5. Mott The Hoople - Brain Capers

    Todays GD: 5/26/77 Baltimore, MD - unfortunately this hasn't been released yet (maybe a DaP this year? Are the tapes in the vault?). A few songs have been released with 30 Days/Dead. I think this is one of the underrated gems from Spring '77.

    I've been on a 70s/Prog. Rock binge of late: Genesis, K. Crimson, Yes, Caravan, Strawbs (ok Progressive Folk), Matching Mole, Soft Machine, Renaissance, Be-Bop Deluxe, Camel, Gong…newer Prog. with Big Big Train & Pineapple Thief…I'm happy to see this genre getting some of the respect it deserves…as well as Mott The Hoople, Spirit, Dylan, Doc/Merle Box, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies (don't laugh…if I recall correctly these guys can blow the roof off your house & friends with Hawkwind/Lemmy-Motorhead).

    The only thing I can say with any certainty is music (and of course family) helps keep me sane and functioning LOL...

    And yeah...music is HEAVEN!

  • marye
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    Chebel
    if this isn't resolved, send me a PM and I will get the Doc on the case.
  • stoltzfus
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    Happy 2/27/69 anniversary, y'all!

    most recent 5:

    8/12/81
    7/11/81
    10/31/70
    10/30/70
    10/18/74

  • CHebel
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    Dave's Picks 29 missing liner notes booklet

    Good Morning All,
    I received my Dave's Picks 29 earlier this month and everything was 'just exactly perfect' with the exception that the liner notes booklet was missing from the CD sleeve. I have initiated the email - request form process attempting to get the missing liners. Since beginning the process on 2/6/19 I have subsequently spoken with Customer Service twice in an to attempt to confirm that my request was properly submitted and the issue is in the process of being resolved. Two separate times I was provided with escalation numbers and told that I would be contacted within 48 - 72 hours. I have yet to hear back from anyone.
    After years of purchasing Dicks Picks, Road Trips, limited edition sets and other offerings from the various iterations of Grateful Dead Merchandising, I guess I should consider myself fortunate that this is my first encounter with customer service and their lack of response. Is there some other method that somebody can recommend to try to get the issue resolved?
    Thanks in advance for taking time to read my post and for any recommendations that you could provide.
    Have an excellent day.

  • bob t
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    Interesting comment Dave L in this weeks tapers section

    Under the 12/6/81 show Dave writes that the late fall 1981 tour is the last to be recorded to two-track reel-to-reel tapes... In case you missed it... bob t

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    Seeing 5/9/77 referenced below tempts me to play it myself soon. My favourite show of 1977-although 6/9/77 is also high in my estimation and 2/26/77 has also now become a stand out show for me. All feature great Help-Slipknot-Franklins.

    I also liked keithfans idea of playing a few Slipknots back to back. I wasn't so sure about the idea of filling a cd with different versions of Sugaree, but a whole cd consisting of different Slipknots might be interesting. A bit like those Greyfolded discs of Dark Star, perhaps. Might not work at all, of course.

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    2-26-77 (Playing now)
    5-9-77
    2-24-74
    11-17-71
    12-28-79

  • Vguy72
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    These are a few of my favorite things....

    https://jambands.com/news/2019/02/26/dogfish-head-brewery-teams-with-da…
    ...The Dead and beer.

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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So we still don't have a track listing for this. Weird.
The guessing is killing me! Lol

Rock on

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Thanks everyone for making this a great forum to be a part of and to read thru, this was a good one. Now, on to 1/2>3/70 #30.

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Right on Uncle Sam
I'd think most may agree, this thread helped get our collective mojo back.
Whether it was the awesomeness of the 'Schwiiiing' or just that the time was right, the metamorphosis is hard to ignore. I trust it will carry over with the momentum in tow aiming at the prime time rockabilly-fest in 2/3/70.

Peace All
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The more things change.. the more they remain the same.
Be good all, I hope things equalize on the DaP 30 thread.

Seriously, here's to humanity, civility, good karma and doing, and saying, things that help us all.

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Yes thanks to all for making this a great thread. Furthur!

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...see you guys later Aligator! 😉
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Hey all, if you missed this release, I have one available. $25 plus shipping. Send me a PM.

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I hope I'm not breaking any rules and can delete this if I am. I have some Dead cds and Dave's Picks for sale and wanted to put them up here. I'm not trying to get rich, just movin' out some clutter. Send me a message and payPal preferred. shipping is included for all of them listed. Thanks

San Francisco, The Warfield 10/9 and 10/10/80- Record Store Day CD- $16 shipping included
Dave's Picks 27- Boise State U, 9/2/83- $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 28- Capital Theater, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 29- Swing Auditorium, San Bernadino, Ca, 2/26/77 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 30- Fillmore East, NY, 1/2/70 - $30 shipping included
Dave's Picks 30- Bonus CD- Fillmore East, NY, 1/3/70 - $30 shipping included

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