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    Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.

    When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, ​New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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  • #2241
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    Sure get stoned at night!

    The 30 trips Alligator from The Shrine in 67 is one of my favorite 30 trips moments, yet somehow I never fully engaged on the Caution. Probably my favorite Gator, not counting the one under the seats between rows Double EE & FF at the Academy of Music. I probably play the ladies and gentlemen version the most. I think it's time I hunted down that whole Fillmore East run in good quality. I have some of it, like the 26th with its Dark Star.

    And with regard to the Dead Hand in Hamburg anniversary today, I don't know where I was getting off not mentioning Big Boss Man. Probably my favorite short Pigpen Song from the tour. Hindsight is 50/50, but I think it would have been cool if pigpen have played a few less good Lovins, and mixed in some smokestack lightning and good morning little school girls. Not to mention an alligator or two.

    Jimbo, love the reference to The Blues Brothers. I just watched they're warm up set for the closing of winterland on YouTube. Lightning in a bottle. Also came across a picture of Donna sitting with Belushi. Good Times. Let's get that Wayback machine and get directly involved.

    Anybody get a shipping notice for Dave's Picks 30 yet?

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    My absolute favorite moment from 30 trips.. and as I have written here several times, I blew out the speakers in my car on that one. For me, it was an epiphany moment.. I was left wordless and slack jawed.

    Nitecat.. except for the last song, your last five was entirely GD. Glad I am not the only one.

    Let the good times roll.. great topics on all things music.. We play both kinds.. Country and Western (aka Grateful Dead and everything else).

    Man. that caution. Wowwow stuff.

    Edit: Or perhaps it was The Other One where I blew my speakers.. no bother, that entire show was pure mayhem and simply wonderful (especially played very loud). Plus.. I blew out the rear speakers and dialed it back just so it was as loud as it could be without blowing out he fronts. What a great night and that show set the mood for the road trip. I think I was driving to visit my dad in the hospital if memory serves, six hours each way = 4 shows total. Blown speaker worthy? yes. It certainly eased the pain.

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    10/6/80 just wasnt happening :(

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    Jimbo & Oroborous - great…

    Jimbo & Oroborous - great 1983 / mid-80s commentary. You guys had me flipping through 30 Trips '83 and DP 6 today on the way to the food store. The live Touch Of Grey led me to the great studio version, which I hadn't put on in quite some time. Nice memories.

    Alvarhanso - thanks for the Cautions, I'll check those out this week. Also glad I'm not the only one to notice how similar the BTW and JS intros are.

    Bobby T - great call on the TC Dark Star from the Fillmore East. I love 1971 Dark Stars, and TC brings his trademark organ part to this one. It's followed by my all time favorite St. Stephen (Bobby is exceptional on the outro jam). I like putting The Eleven from Two From the Vault after that Dark Star / St. Stephen combo. The drums go together almost seamlessly on the transition. I can't wait for that whole Fillmore run to be released. I really enjoy Ladies & Gentlemen, but I don't have great soundboards of the entire run.

    Nitecat - "I repeated the best stuff twice" - great quote, and the reason it's taking me so long to get through the E72 steamer trunk.

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    Caution!

    My favorite is the one from the Shrine 11/10/67. When I got the 30 Trips Box that was my immediate favorite show and has remained so with subsequent listening. The opening clang of Viola Lee sold me, but that Alligator> Caution cemented it. The Greek show from the next year has a great one, too, if brief (funny that we can describe an 11 minute song as brief), and goes into what is probably my favorite Feedback. Maybe it's just the stage announcer's blown mind that gets me on that. The one from Thelma DaP 10 12/10/69 is a good one. For some reason, as fantastically as they play through the Fillmore West shows, the 2 they played that run never blew me away. The bonus disc one is pretty damn fantastic, but you already mentioned that one KF.

    Funny you mention the BTW/JStraw intros; they used to get me every damn time, and still do occasionally. Odd how they had two intros so close together, especially given that Bob would sometimes apologize for playing another song in the the same key as the previous one "at the risk of being repetitive". Ironically, few people would likely have even noticed, though I'm sure playing BTW and JStraw back to back would have been confusing.

    Three more days, though I may be counting chickens early, no shipping notice as yet...

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    DP 5 12/26/79: Great show, I was at this run of five nights at the Oakland Auditorium.
    Spring 1990 4/2/90: I'm almost done listening to these two boxes for the third time. What a tour!
    E72 4/26/72: T>Drums>TOO>Comes a Time> SM !! I've been listening show by show to the trunk for a few months now, so I didn't jump on the anniversary train and go back. The box that keeps on giving.
    DP 31 8/4,5,6/74: This collection took several evenings, I repeated the best stuff twice. Wow that 8/6 'filler' Eyes, Playin>Scarlet>Playin, UJB is a keeper.
    The Rascals Complete Singles collection: These guys dominated the airwaves in the late 60's-awesome songs and playing. People got to be free!

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    Tom Constanten joining in on Dark Star>St Stphen>NFA>GDTRFB>NFA...... Good Hard to Handle, Cryptical>Drums>Other One>Wharf Rat... Overshadowed by the next night, and the prior night you had the Beach Boys. (I am a big fan of Pet Sounds)

    Speaking of special guests, hard to top the Bangles 10/18/88 New Orleans joining on the encore of Aiko and Heaven's Door!!! Another rainy day in Rhode Island.... Bob t

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    Nice review of what it was like seeing The Dead in the mid 80's. There was so little coverage of the band in those years, in England, that I thought they'd split up ! Then in 1987 I saw a bootleg tape for sale in a music paper of a show from that year, and started digging around. And here I am.

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    L.M.G.; be well brother, may the four winds be with you!

    Jim, astute analysis as usual. 83 was such a transitional year in many ways, some I don’t think many folks realize.
    Yes JG was starting to really show signs of “health” issues. Musically, it seamed like they were starting to get a little looser, perhaps a little weirder? So because of both variables there was inconsistency. But we liked that go for broke vibe, and occasionally stumble and falling added to the excitement. That’s what I don’t like about 77, it’s too dam tidy, it’s too professional, too clean, I know that sounds nuts, but too me that’s not what the dead were about....don’t get me wrong, I totally get why many consider this the Dead at their best.
    So Brent had meshed for four years at this point, so compared to say 80 or 81 where songs are more short and tight, it seamed to me like they were melting around the edges more.
    They also were going through huge technical changes that I think factor in way more than most would think about.
    Phil was using the new Modulus 6 string and new gear, Weir had new stuff, most importantly they now were using the mighty Ultra Sound Meyers PA and monitors full time.This was awesome but it was definetly a process getting a handle on all this. I think this is why 83 sometimes sounds so funky...they hadn’t used it all enough to 1) collect enough acoustical data from the different venues and 2) totally learned/adjusted technique for this ridiculous, amazing new system/technology. Add to that the whole cassette master thing, and well, yea, sometimes it’s not so hot. On the flip side there are also some awesome matrix tapes from this year....but as Jim says it’s all over the place in 83.
    They also were starting to use the new vari lights full time this year too, and they had switched sides on stage only a year earlier...so much was going on that year, like many of the transitional years, and it showed, for good or for ill.
    Hell, one could argue the whole long trip was a constant transition, with of course certain times being more pronounced I.e., personnel changes, but a whole new P.A. system and monitors cannot be overlooked!
    Like you state, this process seamed to continue, both the good changes and the ahem, bad, through 84 and into 85.
    I recall also feeling like the whole scene was changing too. Like it was all getting bigger and better, but crazy and almost out of control, like that train jumping the tracks....to me 85 was when it sorta peaked. All that process that started in full back in 83 seemed to come to fruition. They were breaking out more psychedelic stuff, and getting weirder. Anyone who was on that 85 summer tour hopefully can relate?
    We went from super laid back scene at10k hockey rinks and half empty sheds to the madness of 2 around the clock days at Toga, then Hershey and Merriweather. Too much of everything was just enough! By 86 they started playing more stadiums, and it all just kept growing. The band, us, the scene, it was nuts, but like all things of hubris and excess it went too far. Throw in a hit record and crowds of uninitiated and by 87 it was over. Not the whole deal but that little wave ala HST in fear in loathing., that to me peaked in 85.
    Yes they could be sloppy and sometimes Jer sounds pretty ruff, but didn’t they always when they were going for it, trying to find the edge? More HST; “you don’t really know the edge unless you go over”....
    And yes we all got too big, and perhaps sometimes outta hand, but wasn’t that part of it? “Too much of everything...”, I don’t know what I’m going for, but I’m gonna go for it for sure”....
    All I’m saying is it was a great time to be in your twenties, on the road, and high with the Dead!
    Until it wasn’t, but luckily they played through it and came out the other side even stronger and better as we all know how great 89 through 90, 91? perhaps into 92? was.
    Sorry to ramble, just in a mood this AM and Jim’s post brought out the old member berries and nostalgia of perhaps the greatest time in my life, sniff, sniff 😢 ok enough, Onward!

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    Mr Heartbreak, I'm pleased you picked up on that reference. Indeed, he deserves better than his ex bandmates have given him in the Press. I was sure Mind-Ledt-Body would get it!

    I'm on to 4/29/72.

    The opening Playing in the Band only has a four minute jam section. I know it took them some time to build up the jam on this one, but I guess I didn't realize how short the actual jam sections are. Well, the last few on the tour stretch out a bit longer. Then of course by '74, they went on for a half hour regularly, and Kreutzmann couldn't remember which huge jam song he was in the middle of (Long Strange Trip quote).

    I've decided I like they 1972 Sugarees best, even if 5/28/77 is my favorite (19 minute, huge solo); but generally speaking, '72 is the year for me on this one. Short and sweet. I think that's the theme on most early Grateful Dead songs for me. In 71 & 72, everybody was still playing guitars that I liked, and all the right backup vocalists we're involved at the right times.

    First UJB of the tour on this show. That's balls. Nine shows in before they play UJB. Then they only played it four more times in Europe. In hindsight I guess they always played this tune sparingly.

    First He's Gone to feature the middle 8 / winds don't blow so strange verse. I think I'll always enjoy Rockin the Rhein's performance the best, even without the middle 8. My dog has no nose... in any event, I think it took them until summer to really get that part well oiled. Right around Berkeley.

    Starting with the Dusseldorf show on 4/24, they changed up the intro to Black-Throated Wind, from a little drum roll thingy to a guitar strum thingy that sounds almost identical to Jack Straw. When I first got into the Dead, I couldn't tell the difference until Jerry either went into the BTW riff or the Jack Straw improv fill. And I used to think, man, how do they keep from getting mixed up when they're playing it live? The answer is they didn't. This is the one they mixed up. Jerry plays the Jack Straw fill and Bobby sings the BTW verse. Jerry doesn't play the BTW riff until the second verse. I always get a kick out of this, thinking they probably figured nobody would ever notice. Little did they know their legend would overtake their anonymity.

    And of course it's Dark Star night. Lots of cacophony on this one - Probably not one of my favorites. They hit the Feeling Groovey riff early, but leave it behind pretty quickly. They hit the main Dark Star theme at the halfway mark. Jerry throws in a little Caution riffing somewhere around 23 minutes. Keith is audible at times. How I would love to interview every last one of them while listening to these ancient Dark Stars.

    Caution does eventually appear for one of only five appearances, if my memory serves me. I'm trying to think if these are the only ones to feature Keith, before Pigpen died. In any case, I like the piano and organ duo, despite Keith's being mixed low or not at all. I lean towards the Europe 72 Cautions, but I admit I don't know the early ones nearly as well. Except for the 30 minute romp from the FW bonus disc. Any great Cautions you guys want to throw them away, I'll be sure to listen to them soon. Thank you. Bomp>Bomp>BOMMMB!

    China Rider - always welcome in a set list. They didn't play it quite as long on the Europe 72 tour, but it was about as tight as can be, and the Rider vocals we're stunning every time.

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Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.

When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, ​New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 13:49

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Thanks Oroborous. That one's always bugged me. I thought wow, I thought I did too much partying in my time, but these guys just recycled an album title. And not some obscure live release, but a major studio LP. Psssst guys......you already got one called that....

I can't even fathom an entire museum devoted to the Dead. Actually I could. Sigh.....when I hit the lottery.....

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There's a good film clip of Abbie Hoffman being interviewed by David Frost on British television, from about 1970. It was a current affairs programme, and Frost had various luminaries from the underground in the interviewing seats. Ed Sanders was another one, I think. It all comes to a halt when Hoffman lights up a joint and invites the audience to leave their seats and join him in the spotlight. A motley collection of British hippies some of whom were writers for the Oz magazine-including Felix Denis and probably Mick Farren - do just that, and chaos momentarily rules. Then it goes off the air. Great stuff.

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 14:49

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45 years old today and over 45 minutes long....my brother bought me this on RSD, unwrapped today and spinning now.....I can tell your future, just look what’s in your hand!

See ya after while,

KCJ

Wait...you say I have to flip it half way through? So it’s interactive and it sounds better? Sign me up!!!

Edit: Last 5:

Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army
-this is a fairly new band here in the USA and this was my first listen to them. Lead singers voice reminds me of the late Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon (another phenomenal band). After I listened to this album I went ahead and made an eBay purchase of their most recent RSD release.

WideSpreadPanic -Till the Medicine Takes
Awesome new reissue of this came out the day before the most recent RSD...I stumbled across it at my local store this past weekend.....as LMG would say...it’s Primo!

Robert Johnson-King of the Delta Blues - Vinyl
Watched a recent documentary on the original Crossroads man on Netflix or Prime....inspired me to pick this one up...check it out!

Daves 30 - still loving it!

Europe 72 Vol 14 Amsterdam...still plugging along on the suitcase...trying to keep pace. May 77 and Pacific NW are taking a back seat on the magic carpet.....next year for sure!

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Submitted by Oroborous on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 15:23

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Hey when you win the lottery, Jim can stop tunneling and we can build that kiosk so anyone, can get any show they want, when ever they want it! 😉

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 15:32

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Jim’s been working on this for so long...I’d hate to see all of that work go for not....maybe let him keep going and tunnel his way up to the kiosk?

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 17:18

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I forgot about Pacific Northwest (6th Show). I once proclaimed, under severe face meltage conditions, that this show might contain one of the best Weather Report Suites ever. I ran it back a couple of days ago and it was still pretty damn good. I'm going with Eyes of the World and Wharf rat at the moment from that show. And U.S. Blues. I love the way Billy makes this song Swing in '74. And if you get one with the guitar turned up loud, it's extra good. One of the ones in this box set has some loud U.S. Blues guitar. Might be this one. Road Trips '74 definitely. It's still a marvel to me that they managed to get 1974 sounding as good as they have for the past several releases. Go Norman.

Oborious, Caseyjanes - oh no - Jim will continue to tunnel. Except he's going to have his own customized John Deere riding tractor drill bit attached to the front of that thing. We won't tell him where the funding came from, so that when he finally breaks through, he'll find us waiting there surprise party style. Then finished, it's going to be adorned with memorabilia and shall serve as the entrance way to the museum. There's going to be gold records and guitars and placards - not to mention all of the Deadnet Board Heads' avitar names and profile pictures; and on opening day, Jim's going to come out like Willy Wonka, wearing that red white and blue Uncle Sam hat that Jerry had on the first album cover . It will be called the JimInMD Honorary Walkway. Jim's Picks will play on overhead speakers 24x7, whether the place is open or not. I envision this to be a very long walk way, so there should probably be at least one bong hit station on the way, or at a minimum, maybe we'll just keep a weed fire burning somewhere, and force the smoke through some tunnel vents every 15 minutes. Stoltzy, 80sFan, and Sixtus will chair the 80s Committee,
Vguy and Icecrmcnkd will oversee the Hall Of Sound, where there's going to be a concert every night of a different Dead show on a state-of-the-art sound system and three dimensional Grateful Dead band up on stage. It'll look so real you'll think you're actually seeing the band . Everyone will be overpaid and underworked. We're going to do this like Disney World, where the walk through the line is an event in itself.......

to do but smile, smile, smile.....well, and win that lottery of course!
KF, Sounds even better than the bands plan!
Thanks guys for making me laugh/smile, had a shit day and really needed that.
EDIT: yeah that 5/21/74 is a real beaut eh! As I posted recently the first 2 74s were, well they weren’t 5/21 right!

Hi Dave interesting story about Hoffman. I like most of us followed him back in the day. More importantly I closely followed Ed Sanders. Big fan of the Fugs. As unpc as they are today they were as important as Lennie Bruce Mort Saul and lord Buckley ( with special shout out to FZ). The point I wish to make is Sanders as much as I disagree with his politics was the real deal. Hoffman on the other hand was a self promoting blowhard who had no real beliefs as his later choices proved. Listen to Tenderness Junction it will be interesting at least and way better rock than their ESP recordings

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The person who came up with the test must be in their 20's. To much joy of some I'm sure I rarely post because it is so hard to see the images on my phone. Thanks

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 19:43

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I'd rather finish the tunnel then rest our hopes on winning the lottery (or winning in Vegas).

Our odds are better, but we need to act quick.. with the release of the Swing and Jan 70 FE, if we don't finish the digging within the next 18 months there won't be enough great shows left to buy an island big enough to hold and keep us all.

We need a sizable island with ample clean water.. having priced several out.. All we have to do is tunnel another block and a half, under three houses and the big intersection at Warner Blvd (which is causing great distress). It's doable, and I feel we must continue in honor of all those people that were working on the tunnel and who's posts we no longer see... Let's do it for them. #FreeTheReels

I can't get off the last two releases.. I spent the last four days doing mandatory spring landscaping, but on the once every five years detail.. really pulling out the weeks, cutting down all the dead trees, four yards of mulch (and going strong) moving shit, planting much more shit.. and listening to lots of loud GD.. did another run of DaP30, plus another full run of #29. The more I listen to these two, the more I like them. I might be persuaded that the PITB sequence from 29 might just be the best part of the show. Then again it's the last part I listened to.

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Yes, at the end of the day, between about 1966 and 1972 being anti establishment was the fashion. Many people adopted the look, talked the talk and appeared to walk the walk....until something else came along. Not everyone who made psychedelic records took psychedelic drugs. I hold no great claims for authenticity myself-I always had a bridge back to the straight world.

For example, I can remember being busted in the mid 70s for a minuscule amount of hash. There were a few of us in court that day-we had been swept up outside the Glastonbury Festival-this was 1978 before it became what it is now- a bastion of the British entertainment business. Anyway, the man in the dock before me gave a speech about how cannabis should be legalised, and the hypocrisy of British society. I agreed with every word he said. He got sent to prison for two weeks. Gulp. When it was my turn to get up there, I didn't say a word. I got off with a £40.00 fine.

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...6/26/73 ‘Seattle Center Arena’ - Seattle, WA
From the box... it’s making me smile smile smile!
Love How Donna sings the song ‘You Ain’t Woman Enough’! Even the crowd gives her a grateful applaud & shout- out!...🙏❤️😎

....Keithfan where do I sign up? I lol'd at the "smoke tunnel" - that's just friggin GENIUS.
Keep on digging, Jimmy.

whoever mentioned trying to keep up with the '72 suitcase....that's me as well. It's a tough climb but someone's gotta do it. I think I am about half way through 5/11 - Rotterdam - and my recollection is that Dark Star is pretty good. Gonna keep chipping away...

Also let's not forget the anniversary today of One Famed 'Dick's Picks 3' from 5/22/77. I absolutely LOVE this one and it blew me out of the water when I first got it (as a VERY surprised twenty-something at Christmas time, my mom pulled a fast one on me and actually got ahead of my own knowledge of releases that year - I had no idea this was even released so it made it that much sweeter). I actually listened to this full show off the archive last week, and it's shame Dick/the GD weren't really doing the full gambit on all shows yet so they chopped this one up a bit. The full show is such a powerhouse but I have zero complaints on the actual release. Probably one of the best (if not THE best) Sugarees they played (I trust someone will contend this!). It turns into a mad-pickn' hoe-down in there. Then all the other awesome stuff that gets rolled up ...LL > Supplication; Disco Dancin', Help>Slip>Franklin's, Estimated>Eyes, Wharf Rat>Terrapin>Dew>Sugar Mag???? I mean, c'mon. The only thing missing is a Scarlet>Fire!

https://archive.org/details/gd1977-05-22.140278.sbd.miller.flac2496

How long til the Hall of Sound opens? I enjoy the idea of overpaid and underworked.

Sixtus

Elon Musk is also boring tunnels under LA, and the only vehicle that he really plans to send speeding down the tunnel is a Tesla semi truck filled with the reels that he got from the vault. He then plans to load the reels on a Falcon Heavy and send them to Mars where he has already built a Terrapin Station Theme Park. Few earthbound DeadHeads will ever make it to Mars to listen to those reels.
Where’s Zuckfun when you really need his absconding skills?

Why yes, I am a robot.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 06:37

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This one must have blown your minds when it came out. First release from 1977 right? Donna sounds so good on The Music Never Stopped. I can't think of a song that showcases her voice any better than this. And this particular version is perfect for her parts.

P.S. - I meant to add - when Jim finally pushes through and we're there for the unexpected party, he emerges from his tunnel-boring John Deere tractor like Bill Murray coming off the plane at the end of Stripes - (beautiful girl on his arm; champagne glass in hand, half in the bag, as if there was going to be a celebration whether we were there or not) - " a surprise party??? For me? Whose idea was this, I'll kill ya, everyone's coming back to my place......"

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Submitted by Dennis on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 08:21

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Someone commented past day or so about Brown-Eyed off Dicks 29. Threw it on, suppose to be 15 minutes according to time indicator. Was only 5.5 minutes with 10 minutes of silence. Never noticed, assume this is the way it was released. Getting ready to edit out the 10 minutes. Any words from the troops about this gap?

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 08:51

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Yep, same gap, same edit made.

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Submitted by Dennis on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 09:50

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Thanks

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Submitted by estimated-eyes on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 10:21

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After that long gap in Dick's Picks 29, after Estimated on Disc 2 and after Brown Eyed Women on Disc 5, bonus tracks from 10/11/77 should kick in. I remember being confused about that back when it was first released. But, after waiting patiently, all of a sudden more music appeared.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 11:25

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Ahhh, the sneaky hidden tracks on some of the older Dick's Picks. I recall there was one with like a 30 minute+ Scarlet>Fire.... maybe that was Dicks Picks 13?

...ask myself, and myself (and ye All) shall receive:

https://www.whitegum.com/introjs.htm?/hidden.htm

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 16:40

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That's pretty funny that music kicks in after some of these blank spots. Somehow though, I have the October '77 tracks, because I thought I put them officially on Road Trips October '77.

Drive home. I'm thinking I either complete Dick's Picks 3, which by the way close the sound Boards of the missing tracks from that May 22nd show; all right listen to The Dark Star from 5/18/72 one last time and then move on to 5/23/72 AKA Good Evening and Welcome to Here - immortal words from Bob Weir. Heck I don't even need to drive. I could just sit in this parking lot all night, crank up the Dead and not go home to deal with the crisis of the day at home. That sure just worked for Help on the Way and Slipknot!.

Dicks Picks 3 did blow my mind when it came out.. I had to pinch myself. I guess you could say the same when Cornell started circulating.. my how spoiled we have become.

VGuy, that video you shared is incredible. I would have kept the little crystal. :D

Bolo.. I always liked that show, especially the Shakedown Street and Althea.. not sure why.. It could be as simple as this was one of the tapes that circulated pretty freely early on.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 19:30

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I've always liked that one Jim, but I think I need to listen a little more closely, going by your evaluation. In general I've never been into the post hiatus playing in the bands from the 70s. But I like Cow Palace New Year's Eve a whole lot and I like the one from the Orpheum that got released as Dave's Picks 18 a whole lot. In fact that one has so much great piano in it.

I'm going to listen to the Swing version any minute now. And then I'm going to listen to Stoltzy's recommendation on that 1969 show, where you said don't look at the setlist just listen to it. Been meaning to do that. I just need to find the date again...Out walking in the cool air with my headphones, oh yeah bowmp bowmp. I have my brand new January 3rd 1970 t shirt on and I'm listening to Dave's Picks 30. This one isn't growing on me quite like I thought it would, with the exception of disc 3. More listens required. Sometimes you just need to have the bug for a certain year and I don't have the 1970 bug at the moment. I must need to turn it up. When in doubt turn it up.

Just re-listened to the Swing yesterday on headphones doing some landscaping. ..properly mood enhanced. I made it through Playing.. then today picked up from there today on the river through Around and Around, leaving the rest for tomorrow.

It seems to achieve liftoff. When I lose track of place and time because of what I am listening to.. well, that's what I like and the Swing seems to do this in three different places.. PITB>Wheel>PITB, H>S>F and Eyes>Dancin'.

Funny you mention this tonight, it's been since it was snowing that I last listened to it.

Edit: 2/24/68 Viola Lee Blues. Holy Cow!

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Wed, 05/22/2019 - 21:54

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:)))

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 04:32

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...Play it Loud! ...

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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 04:36

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I haven't seen any reference to this by any European record sellers, which is a bit worrying.

I played my vinyl copy of 2/27/69 yesterday to remind myself if it would be worth paying the asking price for a vinyl reissue of the 28th, should it be released on these shores. My conclusion--definitely! Everything about the earlier release is superb, and the run as a whole must represent the highest music from the highest band from the highest decade of the last century. In fact, unless the next box is from 1969 or 1972, I would be tempted to forego it in preference for the 28th on vinyl. Quality over quantity from now on.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 05:18

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What a monster of a show.

David Gans was talking about this run at the Fillmore Sunday on Tales From The Golden Road.. as close to a quote as I can remember, "Jerry was playing so loud and aggressively. Raw and feral." Or something very close to that but better stated. I listen to 2/28 more than the other nights, but they are all extraordinary.

I would hop on 2/28 Vinyl if they decided to release it in this format.

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Submitted by 80sfan on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 05:33

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it's too hard to really say what my favorite show is (mostly depends on my mood), but whenever asked, 2/28/69 is usually the first thing out of my mouth...

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 06:39

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Lyceum run off to a good start with some classic Weir'dness. They kick it off with one of the tightest Promised Lands ever. IMHO I think this one, Luxembourg, and Veneta are in a class of their own, with the Spectrum and Berkeley not far off. I once complained to a deadhead that a particular sound board was missing the opening Promised Land. He said so what. I said so what. But I said it like what kind of asshole are you? Well maybe the word in my head was idiot. That's just a little morning dead humor for you all. True story. I guess my point is, I do believe there are some people out there guard this song throw away, and I think it was by the time Mickey rejoined the band. But in the Bill the Drummer days it was a hard rocker with a great distorted opening riff. Music's calling...

PS - thanks for reminding me of that 1969 show date Stolzie.

P.P.S.- ha, I don't recall ever hearing this stage banter before. After Sugaree, Bobby says "you all might want to light a match over there so the fire marshal can see his way around".

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 06:52

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* Available July 9th - Fillmore West 69’
Grateful Dead - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA 2/28/69 (5-LP, 180-gram Black Vinyl, $99.98)
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Submitted by Butch on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 07:27

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I read the posts every day, and might post more if I had all the insights of you daily posters. I do get a lot of great music ideas to listen to from you so thank you.

80s Fan that is some show you picked! Sunshine Daydream is the one that got me hooked on the Grateful Dead. I would go with that one for me. What surprises me about your pick is that you went with the 28th and not the 27th. To be honest they all sound the same to me. I wish somebody could point out what is better about the 2/27 Dark Star medley. Or is it just familiar since it was the Live Dead pick?

Stoltzfus I listened to 10/24/71 cover to cover and I must first say the sound is great! Highlights for me are the opening Sugar Magnolia, I can't believe they opened with that one, Deal is really really good, China Rider also very good. Dark Star of course, and Saint Stephen, which I noticed doesn't have that section about stretching his bow until it won't stretch no further. I thought that section was on all of the old versions. I knew that they had removed it by the time they brought the song back in 77. Excellent recommendation thanks

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 07:40

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Never been a throw away in my book. Have always loved it throughout the years. Typically a opener, but I loved seeing it show up in late first sets in the as well. I think the last night of the Spring 77 tour comes to mind in Hartford. Don't forget about this one, and one of my favorite Sugarees!

When is that box announcement coming?

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