Grateful Dead

And for all we know, what's next for your father (and eventually, each of us) might be just wonderful. None of us has been there, so we don't really know . . .

Warm vibes and thoughts are radiating your way from the mountains of west Texas. I hope maybe y'all can find time to remember the stories and smile through the tears every now and then. Onward brother!

The Vault Box (remastered w/all 3 'From the Vault' releases) is definitely one to get your paws on. Notably, 'One' is an all-time favorite for sure as it truly kicked off the series of live recordings, and getting that one in real time in 1991 was such a treat. Off to UVM I went with this CD in hand and I would be forever changed. 'Two' was perhaps even better - albeit from a totally different era, the energy as we all know is utterly raw and astounding. I've forever been in love with these versions of Cryptical>The Other One>Cryptical > New Potato Caboose and then on the bonus 3rd disc that comes with this box, of course that killer Alligator that was also included as a bonus track on one of the reissued versions of their original albums released via another box back in the early '00's (can't remember which one exactly). 'Three From the Vault' was arguably the weakest (I know i wished for the prior night's show, but perhaps that one is still planned since the tapes now appear to be back) but it was still a decent release with historical significance. Bottom line is that this is a trifecta worth owning.

Oh yeah, and Carlo13, DO listen to Jimbo - make a move on 'Get Shown The Light' music box - it's one also worth having although the CD packaging is a bit suspect in transit, the thing looks pretty cool in your hands and of course the musical contents therein are what this is All About. THAT is the truly Magical Trifecta.

Music aside, I've been a bit incognito lately as my dad is now entering a very sad end game; he's been battling stage 4 cancer for the past 15 months and his time is rapidly coming to an end. My brother thinks even making it through the end of the week is questionable; literally waiting on a call to hail the 3 brothers home. Difficult time for this to be sure; but nonetheless I trust that wherever he ends up he will be in a better place and at peace. Not to bring you all down, but I suppose being apart of This Family allows one to gather strength through common purpose and our collective, shared love.

Be Well Everyone.
Sixtus

Alvarhanso...your dad sounds a bit like me in the 70s. Coming from a background of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Hawkwind-who used to be described as a British version of The Dead, the actual Dead, once I finally got to hear them seemed a bit underwhelming. Seeing Hawkwind in the mid 70s, I was treated to heavy rock n'roll played at deafening volumes with a retina blasting light show, lasers, miming, dancing girls...I not only couldn't hear right for a week afterwards-I couldn't see straight either.
I heard the Dead's Steal Your Face and the radio broadcast of the One From The Vaults in 1976...and it seemed a bit weak, to be honest. The way in for me was Anthem Of the Sun. If I'd heard the Shrine show from November 1967 or Binghampton 5/2/70 as a teenager I would have loved them.
But no matter...I got there in the end. If you do it right, you don't need dancing girls and light shows-just listening to the music with closed eyes does it for me nowadays.

It's sort of mentioned vaguely in the advertisement, but I confirmed this was remastered for the Vinyl release..

So in the same conversations regarding a wish to remaster some of the old Dicks Picks, we get confirmation that this is happening, sort of stealthily and vinyl (so far). Kinda cool.

Yes, very cool stories Cone Kid. Not sure how I missed that.

https://www.dead.net/forum/if-it-wasnt-your-first-show

Had no idea this was remastered for that box, either. I got OFV from my dad, who got it as a promo at the time it came out. When I got into the Dead a bit in 1998, he gave it to me, along with the other "hippie shit" Phish promo singles, Bouncing Around the Room and Free. Ironically, he would have been considered a hippie himself '69-70 something. Even so, OFV was definitely not the right show for him to try to like the Dead. He always criticized them as not playing hard enough. Luckily, I finally got him to listen to some shows, and he changed his tune. Of Barton Hall he said, "if I'da known they played shit like this, I would've been listening to 'em for years", and he flipped over Shrine 11/10/67 and 4/15/70 Winterland from the 30 Trips Box. But Blues For Allah the 23 minute sequence is not up the alley of many a Dead fan, much less your average hard rock fan. (I'm reminded he hated Pink Floyd, too, so definitely no Echoes, either.) But I dig that show, and may just have to spring for that box at some point. May just use rewards at Amazon, because who knows which warehouse it's in. And I don't have money for Dead cds after Dave's 2020 and Giants Box. And 2/28/69 vinyl...

Anybody getting Ready Or Not? I like the album concept. That artwork, though? ...

AME is just the CD’s, no bonus book or fancy packaging.

Thanks.

Carlo,

If my memory is correct it's essentially the same box set but it comes in a smaller or different sized box and is not numbered / does not contain the book. So just the CD's and the laser cut CD holders that came in the numbered box.

Get it.