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  • JoeyMC
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    Live recordings.

    I like to remind myself of the date, year, and venue. Hear the room and picture it in my head while I listen. I only saw the Grateful Dead in the 90s towards the end.

    I avoid videos though, too "restrictive" maybe...

  • uncle_tripel
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    ...started with
    May 20 1973
    at UC Santa Barbara stadium

    really enjoying garcia's
    1st set guitar work vs. yesterday
    at Des Moines State Fairgrounds

    Peace for All!
    uncle_tripel

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    In a way, listening to the Dead-live recordings-is something of a disembodied experience for me. I don't relate the shows to physical events that actually existed - which may be strange as Phil once said in interview, around the time of going to Egypt, that place was important in influencing the show. Apart from the shows caught on video, every show I listen to takes place at the same place, which is my living room. With one attender.

    One of the best listening experiences was during my one and only trip to America during the summer of 1990. We were on a "fly drive" holiday exploring the West Coast of America. I only took one tape - 9/28/72 - and it was great listening while driving (( being driven to be exact - I couldn't drive then) through all that amazing countryside. The music really did seem to reflect the country - not the people living in it at that time, but the actual landscape.
    I can also remember listening to "Playing in the Band " from this show as we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge.

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    That lil' 5-song disc is indeed lovely! Just a fun bonus to have in the collection.

    Live Recordings do have all of that extra "metadata" if you were in attendance. I can picture the Dragon dance/parades from Lunar New Year shows; the costumes at Halloween; the shimmering desert air in Las Vegas; the central lot at Shoreline back when you could arrive early and get your vehicle in there; and so on.

    My younger brother is just old enough to have seen a few Grateful Dead shows, but he doesn't like collecting shows and he really won't listen to live GD *unless* there's a video. He wants to see the musicians and the crowd and the venue. He was the person who first turned me on to Christopher Hazard's channel because that's his jam.

  • uncle_tripel
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    this week...

    ...you will find me on a marathon listening party
    of the HC Sunshine Box...
    beginning at Des Moines State Fairgrounds
    May 13th 1973 :)

    everyone have a GRATE week!

    Peace for All!
    uncle_tripel

  • JoeyMC
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    Do we like 2/28 or 3/1…

    Do we like 2/28 or 3/1 better?

    For some of the later GD shows, you can feel the energy of the room and those are the ones I like.
    Maybe its just Healy's recordings but not always...

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    They are a strange beast in a way. When I started going to concerts, back in 1972, the music was only part of the experience of going. All sorts of things happen when you go to a live gig - especially when you are young. Live recordings omit all that other stuff, and all you get is the music played, presented in isolation. I wonder if this is partly why late period Dead shows are popular - if you were there you can fill in the gaps. If you weren't, they might not sound as special because they lack that "x" factor of experience.

    As opposed to 2/13/70, 2/14/70 and 5/2/70 - some of the best live shows of all time. You don't need to have been there to enjoy those recordings - you just need a pulse.

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    The bonus disc that came out with After Midnight - JGB at Kean College 2/28/80.

    Kick ass little disc, 4 songs from next night 2/29 (a leap year!) and 1 from 3/1. I got to thinking how "freaking good" this sounded compared to, say, some 1980 GD sbds and on an old Steve Hoffman forum thread heralding and dedicated to the After Midnight release it mentions that Kean is from 24 track tapes(!!) and I'm like what the heck is going on that a JGB show at Kean is being recorded with a 24 track rig?? And yes I'm very thankful that it was so beautifully recorded. The After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby > After MIdnight from Kean enters a musical space that is crazy beautiful and otherworldly and that pretty much has me with tears in my eyes every time.

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    9/18/87 MSG

    9/18/87 MSG

    Before that was 5/2/70 and

    February 13 &14, 1970 that I now have in my collection thanks to a kind and generous person! :)

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    8 18 89

    Then 8 19 89
    Warlocks 89
    3 10 81
    10 30 73
    Europe 90

    With April 78 sprinkled here and there

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...RFK 1973-06-09 all Day Long :)

Around the world everyday...believe
belēfan, geloven, glauben, also to lief...in Peace for All!
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Steve Kuhn's 1986 gig at The Village Vanguard, with Ron Carter bass, Al Foster drums, "Life's Magic". Kuhn, now in his mid 80s has recently stopped touring. He's a little under the radar when the big name piano jazz comes up, a fine session here.

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in the streets?...lol, 1984-07-15 GREEK; yup so it goes...
...way down in L.A., every day, they're barfin' in the street; well,
according to Bobby anyways, listen closely, you'll hear it...yeah, anyways needed a good laugh today

Peace for All!
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Morning rockers!!

Paperwork day, no autopsies, too much coffee.........

Well, not exactly today, but over the weekend listened to the entire Family Dog run of February/March 1970. Fun shows, great stuff!!

Re box set rumors, while digging into the dark dusty corners of my own archive I was reminded that recordings of the June 12 & 13 1970 Hawaii shows are in the vault and are very decent quality...............

When there are dogs and music, people have a good time........

Doc
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards......

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...in a while, 1974-07-19 Selland Arena today, always a nice listen when returning back to '74 (daP #17)...you get shown the light
...in the strangest of places if you look at it right

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hearty welcome DREASE1978

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Love June ‘76.

Playing 6-10-76 in the car this week (can’t get through a whole show in a single-day commute).

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...sure, boston garden set 2, 1974-06-28
to lie with you with our dreams entwined together

Peace for All!
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...ENJOYABLE these 1974 extended versions of us blues, so after being inspired by yesterday's boston version; well, today it's 1974-06-23 set 2 MIAMI from daP #34

We're all confused...
...the United States Blues!

Peace Everyone!
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I agree that this was a great and most welcome choice throughout 1974. Some great jams were resolved by going into this song - flying from outer space and landing smoothly on Planet E.

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It was on serius this morning. Caught some bits but missed the big second set chunk.
Brent sounded great, and everybody is equal in the mix. I'll buy that baby.

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From last years box. Great Truckin'-Other One -Eyes jam on the 3rd cd. If you are pressed for time you might want to skip the first two cds and the post Eyes songs.

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...got a feeling, a feeling deep inside, oh yeah...
stayin' with the Summer theme, 1991-06-24 SANDSTONE Amphitheatre, you are listening, it's SUMMER 1991!

...that's right, I've got a feeling, a feeling I can't hide, oh no, NO

enjoy the weeknd with PEACE for All
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Has there ever been a time where they played shows from a soon to be released box set on Sirius/XM prior to the announcement of a box set? Just curious as I don't have Sirius/XM.

Would love to see those 80 Alaska shows come out or other 80 shows.

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Spinning now.

Gave 2-28-69 vinyl a spin last night.

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Hey rockers!!!

Right now I'm listening to Monterey, June 14 1969. Intesting stuff, worth a listen........

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.........

Rock on,

Doc
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.....

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...Art & Brad from The Neville Brothers., 1987-07-06 @ The Igloo in Pittsburgh - today's listen

Peace for All!
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My son sent me a linc to a tube group The Main Squeeze. They have a ton of stuff.

I've been downloading since yesterday. Check out papa was a rolling stone or have a cigar,,,, many others out there.

Worth the poke in my book.

added item,,,, they seem to have about 50 shows on the archive,,, I'll be looking at those :-)

Enjoy

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Phil seems to have posted more "clubhouse" cuts.

Got email garcialive on the way and of course Bob Hunter on way.

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...the back stairs...no one can hear me...1993-09-20 SET 2 MSG
...wanna see what's goin' on...space>TOO>GDTRFB>AM Dew
look who's that back stage, Paul Simon, as we watched from the second level over Vinny's keys across Garcia and then special guest Edie Brickell

Peace All!
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...for something completely different...1995-06-02 shoreline with the Gyuto Tantric Choir between drumz & space

kiss someone you love today for 6 seconds, you will feel the energy

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Part of a DP chop job.
I have each show fragment in separate folders on my music player.

More 74 Dave!!!!!

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It's the bane of my life ( slight exaggeration) that Dicks Picks with segments of this and two other 1974 shows. I have never made notes about which song comes from which show, so I always have to get Deadbase down to try and figure it out. Either that or just forget about it and play the cds as they are.

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The collector in me wants everything organized by show date.
I even have the Ummagumma live album in its own folder with the date.
I don’t do it to all non-GD bands. A lot of live albums are sourced from an entire tour so I leave them that way.

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Love that this an official release. I was there. This was sort of a prelude to me following the GOGD for the next six years or so to the best of my ability. Good folks at local radio station WLIR. I still say the Calderone was a crappy venue, but they had great shows!

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Garcia Live Volume 21 2/13/76 Keystone. :)

I purchased the CDs, ripped them twice, and then proceeded to listen on a streaming service. I don't know why I do anything at all sometimes...

It's nice though....

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Playing the brand spanking new reissue of Feats Don't Fail Me Now. It's a 3 CD set, with the original album remastered, a disc of outtakes, and a live set. Always liked the original LP, and grateful to have two 'new' discs of Lowell.

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A fun, beautiful show on a gorgeous summer Saturday afternoon in the PNW. My youngest brother in town for an extended visit that ran through Eugene and beyond - seeing shows, backpacking the Olympics and Cascades, camping at Tahkenitch. Jerry's first public performance with Lightning Bolt - not that we knew that - all we "knew" was it all sounded fantastic. This show was just exactly perfect and would make a mighty fine official release.

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...on the '76 theme in syracuse 1976-09-28 set 2 [diP #20]

peace all!

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Hey rockers!!

Sorry to burst the 76 balloon, I was cranking April 13 1971 and got carried way...........

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds............

Doc, paperwork day
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.....

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...else shaking so...1976-10-15 SHRINE...you might just as well...(on the archive.org, and it's identifier 84260)
someone [sixtus?] mentioned the precursor to 1977? the forerunner to Spring '77, BEST check this one out with it's all-consuming and exceptional TOO, amongst others

...I'd like to take that ride again...

Peace for All
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...Summer Places...June 20th, gonna continue rockin' ALL-DAY, beginning in...
ATL 1974, and will then proceed to GREEK 1987 (on the archive. org identifier 93080), and maybe, just maybe, on to an aud recording at MERRIWEATHER 1983, and lastly, tonight, as the air begins to cool, it's ALASKA 1980.
Ready for lift-off; and so
enjoy your day everyone!

PEACE!
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Fillmore East Feb '70.
It's an Owsley. And a Latvala.
This has a unique clean sounding mix.
Owsley credits John Chester's board design. (no exact date on GDCD 4063)
Love the Outskirts of Town borrowed from Ray Charles.
Needed a Moutain Jam.
Cheers on the solstice!

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Reliving 40 years ago seeing my first show in a foreign country lol
Really, pre 911, like going to the next county for us locals.
Fun time, good show but not RJ…
Onward!
Summers here and the time is right!

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Just started spinning, will be the soundtrack for tonight’s hockey game.

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followed by 6/26&27&29/84
A night to remember!
Posted more on show page…

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...the Summer theme continues even though I just listened a couple of weeks back, 1991-06-24 SANDSTONE Amphitheatre...are you listening, it's SUMMER 1991! just a couple of days removed from Soldier field (anyone remember inside the stadium on the concourse, there were banners hanging with notable CHI football players, I stop and look up, and no shit it's Charley Trippi (a running back with the early Chicago Cardinals) oh man this is gonna be a fun few days!
We get to Kansas City on the 23rd (cheap flight from O'hare), rent a car, and go to tour this little unknown at the time craft brewery, Boulevard Brewing, and guess who is working the bottling line, yup nametag on his work shirt verifies that it's Trip! I kid you not. About 13-14 years later, I learn from a former manager that Trip was one of the 1st 5 employees @ Boulevard. what's next when we get out to Sandstone...?
1st set tuning we even get a slight hint of supplication, but little did we realize...

Peace All!

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Part of Go To Nassau.
Warming up for the rumored Alaska shows.

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buffalo war memorial, 1973 march 31st
oh hell, why not, i've got that mellow groove working this morning,
let's just allow this set 2 :) to run on REPEAT all day
stay cool everyone

Peace All,
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Their first show at Red Rocks. And a killer show as we all know. In the July '78 Box (which I have and love). On Archive prefer the OctopusRider matrix (which I'm listening to now). There are killer audience tapes of this show - early on I had one into Fire transition and it became an integral part of my GD being. The first set is nonpareil. The Cold Rain Set II opener is the GOAT.

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Hey rockers!!!

Right now I'm listening to the Hollywood Palladium show of September 9, 1972. It's a little outside of my serious comfort zone, but a very fine show and definitely worth a listen.

This was officially released a little over a year ago, and seems to have been quickly forgotten. There's actually quite a few really good later 72 official releases, worthy of relistens every so often...........

I know, you're shocked, Doc raving about post-E72 shows. No I didn't fall down and hit my head. But last night I did fall outta bed while dreaming of a February/April Fillmore West 1970 box set.............

My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.....

Keep it rockin'!

Doc
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.....

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...rosemont horizon, 1993 march 11th set 2
partial listen only: truckin' --->>around & around
[very nice recording on the archive #120726]

the flibberty jib on the bipperty bop and the magic was in us

y'all enjoy your day

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Yo! and hello..........

Next up: Baltimore September 17, 1972. Another official release that I didn't pay much attention to back in the day. My bad.............

So much fun revisiting what I missed, mining them for the gold and gems that they are...........

Music comes from a place we don't know......

Rockit!!

Doc, another paperwork day
Music fathoms the sky......

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The Police - February 1979 - today it's known as University of Hertfordshire but back then it was still Hatfield Poly. Great show, there's video as well (believe BBC? Whatever, it's good stuff)