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Treat - DaP 32 starts arriving on Thursday or Friday

Trick - “Sorry about your order, but the new warehouse lost it. Fill out this form, and then we’ll ignore it and keep your money”

Jim-interesting that you have read that 1969 may not be as commercially appealing as post 72 shows. I wonder if this is partly due to the fact that the set lists are more limited than in the later years. They do look similar on paper...but to me they are all unique and worthy of a listen.

I also agree that those Ark shows from April 69 are incredible. I was lucky enough to have tapes of those back in the early 90s. Variable sound quality, I have to say, and the one with the Hendrix snippet was the worst in that respect. But great music. Crazy version of Viola Lee Blues from that show, if I remember rightly.

I thought I remember reading on the notes inside the '69 show from boxzilla that Dave stated that there are not that many '69 shows available in good quality. I may be wrong (I usually am). Now that I think about it, he may have said that about '68 shows. My brain only functions properly about 2 hours a week. In any case, they have received a lot more tapes since then, so who really knows for sure, besides Dave.
I will never complain about ANY release, but pre-'72 shows......gimme all you got!! Thanks Dave (for everything!!).

No link to Melanie huh? Fine, I'll Google it ;-)

I like the released Spring and Fall '73 equally. I do agree with Daverock about the sound on the Pacific Northwest '73 stuff. Jerry often low / Billy's symbols often high. Makes it a little less easy on my ears. Wish it all sounded the same to me like it does Vguy. I also personally find the 2nd and 3rd PNW 1973 shows a little less awesome than DP 28 and DaP 16 & 21.

I was listening to Download Series 1973 over the weekend. The sound there isn't great. Lotta tape hiss. Like back in the 80s when you asked a buddy to make a tape for you - could be anything, AC DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - and a week later they hand you over a copy recorded on a normal bias tape.

...I concur Jimbo - I heard one of the Ark Shows for the first time over the weekend on Sirius - and it was literally jam packed with almost no fluff. The sound was impeccable. This should come out - I know the bark for an Ark Box has been loud in the lurking corners here....it would be a welcome addition.

This was the show I heard the other day, the first of the 3 nights in Boston for this run. They hit all the highs. And, apparently, the only time they ever played any Hendrix - well, at least a little snippet of 'Foxy Lady' at the second set commencement:
https://archive.org/details/gd1969-04-21.sbd.miller.88465.sbeok.flac16

Sixtus

Your not wrong about that scene, but I actually really liked how she played that character in general. The playfall energy between her Newman and the dynamic between them and Bruce Willis was great. I’m a huge Russo fan, and that is a favorite. The movie is great also, partly because it stays mostly faithful to the book, unlike so many other movies based on great books. How many times have you been psyched to see a movie based on a favorite book and after felt like WTF? We’ve had the pleasure of seeing Russo and he’s almost as interesting as some of his great characters in his books. (I say that in a good way) I identify with his characters similarly to how I relate to deadheads.
He was most gracious about our goofy requests to personalize book signings too. Great Author for those unfamiliar!

Best Melanie Griffith scene ever was in the small movie with Paul Newman called Nobody's Fool - based on a Richard Russo book. Good flick. The great scene is when she flips up her sweatshirt and flashes a group of guys. Might even top Phoebe Cates from Fast times...

No arguing with your thought process DR, I love the way you think.

I don't know why more of 1969 has not been released. There seems to be plenty of masters in the vault and you are correct, there is some good shit to be had, extend that back into '68 - the more the merrier. I have read (I think) comments from both Dave and Dick that 1969 is not quite as commercially appealing as say 72 forward. I suspect that's the case but am not sure. Perhaps they are not 100% happy with the sound quality (4/18/70 comes to mind??)? I of course love Winterland 69, but also DP 16, Fillmore Auditorium, Big Rock Pow Wow.. and all of the 68 releases to date are outstanding in my humble opinion.

73 is a different beast. I think we have to write-off most of the September horns tour, the 9/11/73 William and Mary show might be the best (and I think Bruce Hornsby's first show), but for the most part they don't seem to find their groove and the horns can be a bit distracting. A lot of the other fall shows have been released. If we consider 10/19/73 to be the start of the fall / winter tour, there were 27 shows, 11 of which have been released as either DP, Box Sets (Winterland and 30 Trips) and DaP's. The Spring Tour has 20 shows (Maples through Boston), five of which have been released.

I think all this ties into Dave spreading out the shows so we have quality shows released each year until they run out or decide to pull the plug. 12/18/73 is big on my wish list, and why haven't the April 69 Ark shows been released? So while I completely agree with you, there might be more to this and I fully suspect we will get more spring 69 and fall 73 in the months and years to come.

..but come on Lemieux, Ark Ark (who's there).. Boston 69.

DaP 32 was announced, with the cover picture, on 10/8 in the GD Bulletin. The cover picture on eBay probably was copied and pasted from the Bulletin.

This was available, as a pre-order on Ebay, with the existing cover, on 10/17. It took a few more days for that information to be released "officially" on Dead.net. Might explain why so many copies of Dave's 31 went missing from the warehouse and a bunch that do not have serial numbers on them were shipped instead.