Dave's Picks Vol. 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (4/27/85 & 4/28/85)

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Anyone who has ever seen the Dead can testify that one of its shows will add quite a bit of color to the environment here at Stanford. Anyone who has not seen one of these spectacles should have the opportunity to do so. The Grateful Dead are an important part of the Bay Area's cultural history. Those of us who saw them last week can testify that the Dead are alive and well. The Concert Network would be hard-pressed to find an act which would bring Frost Amphitheatre to life as the Dead would. - The Stanford Daily

As you know by now, we'd certainly have voted aye on this motion, so much so, that we've loaded up DAVE'S PICKS 49 with not one, but two complete Grateful Dead shows from the Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 and 4/28/85. The first shows from '85 in the series, these back-to-back hometown performances couldn't be more different while delivering the same level of passion and precision, five hours of it, in fact.

In 1985, the band were celebrating "20 Years So Far," a feat that found them on these particular nights confident with invention in terms of both setlists and playing. There are old songs renewed, rare covers revived, undeniably nuanced Jerry moments, and a few surprises from Brent Mydland too. While it's impossible to select highlights, we can say with certainty that the overall clarity of these shows is unparalleled, courtesy of Dan Healy's recordings.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 49: FROST AMPHITHEATRE, STANFORD U, PALO ALTO, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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April 18, 2024 - 9:01am

#41

alvarhanso

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January 16, 2014

Seaside

Down again? Can't find it on YouTube...

Enough with the Hey Now, how many months does it take to resolve?
April 18, 2024 - 8:55am

#42

uncle_tripel

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October 2, 2023

seaside is...

UP!
Enjoy!
April 18, 2024 - 8:52am

#43

proudfoot

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August 2, 2020

smarty pants era

love that statement
April 18, 2024 - 8:41am

#44

DeadVikes

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#50

When is the seaside chat coming out?

Isn't the release day next Friday?
April 18, 2024 - 3:14am

#45

nappyrags

Joined:
January 24, 2013

Re Zappa...

Thumbs up Crow on your picks...any Mothers and Zappa release up to '74 or so is pretty great, but even with that said the Flo & Eddie stuff doesn't bear repeated listening...after that he went into what I refer to as the "Smarty Pants Era" that can get quite tedious...The Uncle Meat three disc set "Meat Light", The Hot Rats Box and the Live Wazoo and Waka Ja Waka releases are awesome...just saw a short clip of Zappa being interviewed at the height of the Tipper Gore censorship mess...he was asked is there anything you as a parent don't want your children listening to and he said "We Are The World" with a serious dead pan expression...the interviewer didn't know what to say...
April 18, 2024 - 1:05am

#46

Lovemygirl

Joined:
April 29, 2016

Listening to NRPS

Anyone else pick up this new release?! Loving it! New riders of the purple sage new live release from
Hempsteader: Live At The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, June 25, 1976 captures the band live and on fire on the heels of their MCA New Riders release. Several of John “Marmaduke” Dawson’s original fan favorites like “Henry,” “Portland Woman” and “Glendale Train” are given prime treatment, especially this version of “Portland Woman” which finds the band stretching out with guitarist David Nelson and pedal steel guitarist Buddy Cage taking the song to new places and heights. The band also delves into covers by the likes of Delbert McClinton, Hazel Dickens, Jack Tempchin, Loudon Wainwright III, Chuck Berry, and tremendous takes on the Otis Redding classic “Hard To Handle” (which Grateful Dead fans will recall from their earlier days) and the The Rolling Stones’ “Dead Flowers.”

As with Thanksgiving In New York City, Field Trip, and Lyceum ’72, this release is helmed and Produced for release by Rob Bleetstein—Host and Producer on SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead and Pearl Jam channels, and NRPS archivist. Bleetstein also provided photos and liner notes. Primo Audio Quality is amazing!

Hempsteader: Live At The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, June 25, 1976 is a chance to relive that time and place, or just feel like you were there.

CD / DIGITAL TRACK LIST:
PANAMA RED
LITTLE OLD LADY
HONKY TONKIN’ (I GUESS I DONE ME SOME)
FIFTEEN DAYS UNDER THE HOOD
ANNIE MAY
HENRY
DON’T PUT HER DOWN
ASHES OF LOVE
PORTLAND WOMAN
WHISKEY
SHE’S LOOKING BETTER EVERY BEER
TEARDROPS IN MY EYES
I HEARD YOU’VE BEEN LAYIN’ MY OLD LADY
THE SWIMMING SONG
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
HARD TO HANDLE
GLENDALE TRAIN
DEAD FLOWERS
April 17, 2024 - 7:51pm

#47

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Zappa's Peaches en Regalia....

....last covered by Phish on 2.24.22.
Which reminds me.
Four Phishy shows at the Sphere starts tomorrow.
Wish me luck my friends.
Going with no ticket. I've laid out my "plan" here a couple of times.
I just want one. Solo.
You will NEVER regret being kind. Karma. Be on my side.
Ticketmaster "released" some tix today. $1200. Platinum Charity. 🤪
That card in my avatar was given to me by a random fan at a Phish show here in 2018. Nice.
April 17, 2024 - 5:45pm

#48

Crow Told Me

Joined:
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Up the Grand Wazoo

Some months ago I mentioned being curious about Zappa here, and several people provided really useful recommendations. (Thanks again!)

My take, having now listened to fair number of those recs? The music is never less than interesting, occasionally great. His guitar playing is technically impressive but can get wanky. His bands are universally amazing. The lyrics are often annoying, with lots of juvenile potty humor. Ergo, I tend to gravitate towards the recordings where there's lots of the great playing and not so much singing.

Which is to say: I LOVE Hot Rats, the Grand Wazoo, and the Wake Jawaka box. And much of the aptly titled Shut Up and Play Your Guitar series.

Oddly enough, I don't really want him to shut up, though. His interviews are always great. He may have had a cynical view of mankind, but it's hard to argue with most of what he says.

"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."

Amen, my brother.
April 17, 2024 - 4:34pm

#49

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

DaP page

46 - 49 all still available.

On another page, how ‘bout that Wall of Sound tshirt?
I might need one of those.
April 17, 2024 - 4:28pm

#50

dmcvt

Joined:
April 4, 2013

FZ

Profane, controversial, polarizing. Brilliant satire, great guitar, exceptional composer. He was working on getting out the vote more than fifty years ago, when our country was reeling from Viet Nam, Civil Rights issues and a corrupt administration. My apologies, happily avoid politics here. Dark, yeah, however Stephen Hawking also warned us we had about 100 years before the planet is ruined.

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Anyone who has ever seen the Dead can testify that one of its shows will add quite a bit of color to the environment here at Stanford. Anyone who has not seen one of these spectacles should have the opportunity to do so. The Grateful Dead are an important part of the Bay Area's cultural history. Those of us who saw them last week can testify that the Dead are alive and well. The Concert Network would be hard-pressed to find an act which would bring Frost Amphitheatre to life as the Dead would. - The Stanford Daily

As you know by now, we'd certainly have voted aye on this motion, so much so, that we've loaded up DAVE'S PICKS 49 with not one, but two complete Grateful Dead shows from the Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 and 4/28/85. The first shows from '85 in the series, these back-to-back hometown performances couldn't be more different while delivering the same level of passion and precision, five hours of it, in fact.

In 1985, the band were celebrating "20 Years So Far," a feat that found them on these particular nights confident with invention in terms of both setlists and playing. There are old songs renewed, rare covers revived, undeniably nuanced Jerry moments, and a few surprises from Brent Mydland too. While it's impossible to select highlights, we can say with certainty that the overall clarity of these shows is unparalleled, courtesy of Dan Healy's recordings.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 49: FROST AMPHITHEATRE, STANFORD U, PALO ALTO, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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