Grateful Dead

Well it goes through St. Louis
Down in Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

And there it sits...

Well fuckity fuck fuck. My shipping notice said it would be here by 9 p.m. but the USPS arrived already and it ain't here. I wonder if it's possible that UPS will actually be the delivery agent, and perhaps it WILL be delivered today. Took off work today and everything. The tracking # says it's at my post office, so stupid me drove there and they said "one moment Sir while we get our mail clerk with the British accent." He came out was like "oi, piss off mate, we don't have it". Pretty sure as I walked out the swinging door I heard him say "stupid bloke", but more toward me than his colleagues. I half expected him to knock on my car window and tell me to turn around and walk out the door again to make sure it hit me in the ass.

Hal, such a bummer. Hope it gets straighted for you.
Unfortunately, Rhino doesn't have anything to do with the shipping. They starting outsourcing this is a third party that ships something like 90% of all music in the US. I have an acquaintance that works for a different music company based in CA that distributes some other Dead music from time to time and he indicated they use to partner with Warner and Rhino but had to stop after they started using this third party. He said it was the biggest cluster f.. k he had ever seen in his life. There would be gigantic palettes of CDs laying around and no one would now what to do with them or where they should go.
He said it was the most unorganized system he had ever seen and they had to end that relationship or they felt their business would have suffered tremendously.
Rhino/Warner still hasn't figured that out.

No pressure Dave, but I just spent 14 quid + 10 quid shipping for that Chocolate Watch band cd. Based solely on your recommendation. I'll let you know how it works out.
Hendrix-Not only do I like being at shows where the band screws up, I like tapes of said shows also. It does 2 specific things for me that I like: that being, proves it is human beings playing instruments, and for me, makes the show WAY MORE interesting. Don't ask me why, I just dig a good flub every now and again.

By the way DAVE, there were only 2 copies left of the CWB cd. Why is it when there are only 1 or 2 copies of something, it makes me want it EVEN MORE!! Also, back in the Record Store days, when there was an item that looked great, and I wanted it, but not enough to shell out the clams, when it finally did disappear from stock, That was when I absolutely HAD TO HAVE IT!! This happen to anyone else over the years??

Music is the Best!!

On Jan. 27th I received an email telling me DP 37 had shipped. Today after tracking it says it should be delivered Friday 2/5 by 10PM. On the one hand , it doesn't matter that much, but at the same time WTF kind of shipping nonsense is this. Same issue with the last release. I realize you folks aren't Amazon but surely you can do better than this. And while I'm at it, Grateful Dead Teas? The Marketing Never Stopped. Keep the mother rolling I guess.

Thanks, Gary. Yeah, I went ahead and ordered a new one. Maybe they'll reimburse me. I'm not sure if Rhino replaces lost discs or whether it's just the risk we all take and I have to eat the $40 loss. I wrote customer service, but still haven't received a reply. I'm sure they're understaffed and overwhelmed in this COVID world of ours. I've ordered just about every release and this is the first one to go missing.

Jer comes out blazing and doesn't let up. I've listened to the first set and look forward to the rest. I hear Jer leading the band through some blazing jams, especially the Half-Step, Let It Grow and Deal, and the second the boys cotton on to what Jer is doing, he takes off in incendiary fashion and almost leaves them behind, yet he's dead on each shift in tempo or melody (esp. Grow).

Yes, to each his own, you have your own ears -- use 'em! We all went to shows differently and we all approach each tape from a different place.

I reflect that being at a show and listening to a 42-year-old tape (in this particular case) are vastly different things. Live rock 'n roll is all about the energy in the room and flubs (BEW?) almost instantly slip into the past as the band blazes away into the future of the performance. A "perfectly" played show might conceivably be a tad sleepy in person, though the tape decades later sounds studio perfect. On the other hand, some folks find that a "perfectly played" show makes a boring tape. Yet when the energy is high, as in DP 37, the band is liable to knock over a few garbage cans on its way around the curve on two wheels and, despite making for a little "hairier" a tape, that energy shines through when you listen back on the tape. Just a thought... Sometimes one even has direct memory flashes if one was at the show, as was my case when they released Englishtown.

Just a couple thoughts inspired by DP 37. Really enjoying it. And lots more to come tonight.

As for someone who suggested here or elsewhere that this show beats 7-8-78 at the Rocks, getthefuckouttahere!!! Let's not get carried away. Or, wait, isn't that our specialty?

Disagree with the reviewer in the Dead Tapers Compendium Vol 2 who rips this show. So far I've listened through NFA. So far what stands out for me is Jerry's "Mutron" tone being up front in the mix. Some of the musical peaks on PITB almost reach the level of the Madison version from 2/3/78. Dick's Picks 18 is still my favorite release from the pre-Summer tours. This show from William and Mary will take a few in depth listens.

Dave's Picks 36 is still on my mind. The energy and performances for '87 are on point. Love the crowd matrix. The audible audience responses says it all. I know it'll probably be a little while before Dave taps some more '87 Dead and hope that August Western run gets the treatment.

Personally, I think it's an excellent show. To each his own, but I will be playing this one again and again. Looking forward to 38!!

Got it a day before the tracking # even said 37 would be delivered. Going to wait until the weekend, solid show, not a long pole in the tent though, for that you need to wait 3 more months. Good luck everyone, hope there are a lot less problems this release. My copy of DaP 3 has still never shown up, and that was 9 years ago! Dead.net made it right though and they will for you too I'm sure....