Dave’s Picks Volume 37: College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 4/15/78

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January 29, 2021 - 9:35am

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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

The town crier's addendum:

Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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February 4, 2021 - 6:36am

#1461

Mr. Ones

Joined:
July 25, 2017

Psychedelic Chocolate Fountain

DAVEROCK, I am confident that I will like the discs. It's fantastic that you mentioned the SF Nuggets box. I frequently contemplated buying that years ago, but since I already had close to 50% of the material, I never pulled the trigger. The LA companion box however, "Where The Action Is" Is something I did want to get, but never had the money to purchase it, as there was always something higher on the list that took the money first!!
It's going for $139.00 on Amazon now, whereas the SF box can still be had for $89.00.
When I get rich(likely not until my NEXT lifetime,) I will buy both!!

Thanks for the recommendation, I will post a review upon receipt.
February 4, 2021 - 6:25am

#1462

DeadVikes

Joined:
October 26, 2016

Bluecrow

Thanks Bluecrow, enjoy it.

Not sure why some of us here receive these so much later than others.

This process just boggles my mind. Four times a year they have to ship now 25,000 CDs. You would think someone would be in charge of this process, making sure it happens and the buyers actually receive the product. And now they put in a new kicker for subscribers, that they will be the first ones to receive the Picks. Doesn't look like that is happening either.

And my favorite part, you have a problem and try to contact "customer service" and you will be lucky if you ever receive a response. Okay, rant over and last post on the shipping, unless I end up going stark raving mad!
February 4, 2021 - 5:51am

#1463

SWR

Joined:
February 1, 2021

Tracking finally updated

My email with the tracking number was on January 27th, and it didn’t update until this morning. I was getting worried it was lost, but it looks like it’s on its way now!
February 4, 2021 - 5:42am

#1464

FiveBranch

Joined:
October 2, 2014

finally

UPS just this morning is recognizing my order.

Estimated delivery is this coming Monday.

Last year I think I was one of the first to have the releases in hand. So I wonder if I'll be on the tail end for them all this year. No mind, though. As long as they are received.
February 4, 2021 - 4:41am

#1465

wissinomingdeadhead

Joined:
December 17, 2011

SOLD OUT

it looks like 25,000 is the magic number. It's Thursday DeadLand Play dead play DEAD loud.
February 4, 2021 - 4:12am

#1466

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Defective discs

A common occurrence with these Rhino releases.

Anyway, the number printed on the paper and plastic holder does not correspond to the production number of the discs.
The discs are pressed and later placed in the holder. So, the first pressed disc would go on the bottom of the spindle, and the next would go on top of it, etc. The last pressed disc would be on the top of the stack and would be taken off the stack and placed in box number 1.

Also, Led was being facetious.
February 4, 2021 - 4:01am

#1467

Steve Jones

Joined:
February 19, 2011

Low numbers v high numbers

Sorry to pour water on all this stuff about low numbers (I.e. those pressed first) verses high numbers sounding better. With vinyl, the stampers get slowly worn with time meaning that the first pressings will always sound marginally better (although 99% of people will not notice) than later ones. As a result these stampers have to be replaced every so often. A CD stamper holds a series of computer files which are pressed onto the individual CDs at great speed. These remain constant until wear and tear/stray debris, etc. causes error codes to be introduced to the files. Professional pressing plants have a monitoring system for this and when errors are recorded then the stamper is replaced. The errors will not show themselves in a general decline in sound quality but in sudden distortion, jumps and gaps and ultimately discs refusing to play.
February 4, 2021 - 2:02am

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daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

More chocolate

Mr Ones...well, I hope you like that Chocolate Watchband cd ! One of the great unsung 60s bands, in my estimation. On their core material they seemed influenced by the British invasion bands - but lets be honest, they knocked The Stones into a cocked hat.

Another great compilation is a 4 cd set on Rhino called "Love Is The Song We Sing" and it features San Francisco bands from about 1965-1969. What's great about it is that it positions The Watchband, along with scores of other long forgotten bands-Teddy and the Patches, The Count Five-too many to list-alongside better known bands like The Dead, Quicksliver et al.

I am also very much in favour of bands/artists taking chances live and sometimes hitting it off and sometimes not-as opposed to a band who tries to repeat the same music they have played in the past. The most impressive screw up I saw was Patti Smith giving an acoustic performance at St James Church Piccadilly in London for the William Blake Society about 15 years ago. After introducing a new song she had written and explaining how much it meant to her, she closed her eyes and gently strummed an acoustic guitar. After about 20 seconds, she opened her eyes and said, with perfect timing, "I' m sorry, I've forgotten how it goes." Genius. The set ended with her dancing down the isles of the church for a fist pumping "People Have the Power." How great, to have been a part of such things
February 3, 2021 - 10:29pm

#1469

bolo24

Joined:
November 25, 2009

LedDed

#710 - that's the address of the Dead's house on Ashbury.

This MEANS something!!

Although I don't know what. You might try licking the discs and see what happens.
February 3, 2021 - 10:27pm

#1470

rowjimmy7

Joined:
May 21, 2017

Processing

I had an early bird order but it still shows as processing. When should I be concerned that I haven’t received a shipping email and UPS hasn’t (apparently) received it?

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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

The town crier's addendum:

Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

181 / 25000

Lowest # I've ever had.

Couple spoilers ahead if you haven't received yours yet.

Just queued up the show. I think Bertha / Uncle is my favorite Jerry / Bobby 1-2 opening duo. "Smoking" I think Carlo said about disc one. Yeah, I hear it so far. Jerry is really tearing it up on Me & My Uncle. Even Sugaree is a bit harder than usual. Works for me.

I hear you AJS on the Bertha sound issues. They should have pre-opened every show with LLR to straighten out the audio.

I'm hearing Bobby much louder than usual. As loud as Jerry at least. Keith is nowhere to be found, but I'm strangely okay with it for the moment, I think because Bobby is playing that Gibson so well and it sounds so good.

Yeah, another cookin' solo in Tennessee Jed. Good stuff. Oh dear, LLR came on and I'm enjoying it. Lol, guys, honestly I probably should have sobered up to report the real story here. Well I mean - it's not the alcohol so much as I probably shouldn't have drunk all of that cough syrup this morning.....stay gold Pony Boy.

LLR tune up tune....

....lmao Keithfan.

Hey Thin

Been awhile, glad to see you weighing in. I don't know if it's that I usually listen on headphones or what, but I found the three PNW '73 shows very uneven from an audio standpoint. I figure it has to be the headphones because everyone else loves them. By "uneven" I hear the symbols coming in piercingly loud on half the tracks maybe. Also some tape hiss creeps in and out and there. My recollection is the Bird Song show is the least affected of the three. And the Dark Star / Eyes of the World from show #2 is right on the money. But overall I'm constantly dicking around with the EQ trying to get the sound right on PNW "73

Now the '74 shows are a completely different story; the audio on these is about as good as I've heard any '74 show sound. They've just about eliminated the tinniness that those Wall of Sound phase cancelling microphones used to cause. Not sure how they did it but they did. Or maybe I just wore out the mid-range in my ears. That could definitely be it. But yeah, those '74 shows are ultra smooth. I should revisit those '73 shows again. I recently listened to the Dark Star => Eyes of the World after Daverock mentioned how well Bobby was playing on that Dark Star; but otherwise it's been awhile. Now I feel like I should do an immediate comparison. I may have undiagnosed ADD.

Keith

Your right about the loud vocals bob and jerry sing. It was the first thing I noticed as the first set played through. The high vocals make this Dap a lot of fun.

DaP 38 sound

Yeah, when I was listening to China rider, I noticed the audio seemed a bit edgy. Maybe with headphones I'll be able to isolate what I was hearing, but I went back and toggled it with one of the 1973 NW box china rider and the sound is very different. As if somebody's signal is a little too high in the mix and getting slightly distorted maybe? Or maybe the master recording's levels were a little too high making the mix sound a bit saturated? Not sure.

Not a complaint, just an observation. Great show. Listened to most of the release last night, and it's glorious.

re: The Sound

...I've noticed this same thing on the sound Thin. You've described it pretty well. And, I don't hear a whole ton of Phil either, which usually helps to solidify and round out the overall sound with some deeper depth. Not so much here. I assume it's because of the limitations of a two-track to some extent.

I will say though, the 'Let Me Sing Your Blues Away' caught me surely off guard, where I had to stop and do a double take before a huge grin took over my stolen face. It's a pretty jaunty tune, a shame it was shelved so soon.

Hope Others' are receiving theirs and enjoying the ride - off to get #2 JAB shortly, here's to hoping for no adverse events!

Sixtus

38

I have been seeing that a bunch of people have had their 38s for a few days now. I’m sitting here in Colorado still waiting on a shipping notice. Should I be worried??

Dave's 38

MDA - I also live in Colorado and have yet to receive a shipping confirmation email...we must be the last batch of subscriptions to ship. Hopefully we hear something soon.

I haven't received a shipping notice yet, either

What, me worry?

With all the versions of "The Shipping Blues" in the past, one might.

Give it until at least next Friday before any panicking.

No, I am still not a robot.

No Worries Mates

No worries Jimbobwe and Proudfoot. Keep the faith. I was thinking the same then got my shipping notice here in Colorado this week showing Monday 5-3 for delivery. You never know. My July '78 box is #36/15,000.
Cheers!

Dave? Dave? Wake up Dave

Get out of bed, brew some GD tea, and upload that chat.

Dave's not here man....

....I want that glass.

Proud foot et al

I wouldn't worry about a shipping notice. For #36 I never received one but it came the usual 4 days after date like all the others. Come to think of it a notice has been an iffy thing. More than a couple of times I didn't get one yet it came nonetheless.

JoshbytheBay-Without a Net-Mind Blown Pt 1

I watched a documentary a few days back. I am sure you all have seen on the History Channel the various docs. I cant remember what the title was, and like I have written, memory aint what it used to be. It was on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. I had posted a few years back that on the day off during the NYE1987 run, my friends and I walked to the mid-point of the Golden Gate Bridge and back, somewhere around 10 pm. It was super cold and a strong western wind. In the documentary, it talked about them at one point putting up a net to protect the bridge builders. I also remember a couple of years back that they had a drive to collect money to put another permanent net type device to prevent jumpers. Any way, long story short, I never put it together that the live album, Without a Net, was not just shot in the dark title (about the circus coming to town and the razor's edge of improvisation without a net) but also some San Fran history to boot. Those guys were on top of so much Americana that it is mind blowing.

I had wondered...

If I had missed the page for the sale of #38. Now I know this is maybe a new rule for sales. Ship subscribers and dont open for sale until the day of release. Not sure if that is true or is it the or some special artwork??? Cant wait to see. I hope it is the poster for these shows, which I have. Will write more later, not wanting to spoil the trip...

Edit: well just checked my farseer email and see the artwork. Not the poster. Email sent 10 minutes ago...

Edit 2: OOOps wrong show poster is for March shows, see old brainism

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