September 3 - September 9, 2007
We have a tremendous variety of music for you this week, spanning almost 20 years of the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, and we hope you’ll find this week’s journey as enjoyable as we did while preparing it for you.
As we mentioned last week, we have a bit more music from the Family Dog in San Francisco, specifically the encore from 9/6/69, a nice Pigpen-led Midnight Hour, with plenty of good jamming in the background.
Our next chronological stop on this week’s trip is 9/9/72 at the Palladium in Hollywood (venue of the performance of one of the best-ever versions of Hard To Handle, in 1971). From this show in 1972, we have the second set jam of He’s Gone>Truckin’>The Other One, which features a reel flip that is just a fact of life in these 7” reel-to-reel tapes, which run at 7.5 ips, meaning the tape is changed every 47 or so minutes. It’s always fortunate when the cuts are located in acceptable places, like this, rather than the brutal cuts that often destroy the listening experience. This one really isn’t too bad.
At this point we jump forward a year to 9/7/73 at Nassau Coliseum, with a song that mightn’t be what people think of first when they think of 1973: Looks Like Rain. This is a really great rendition, and just sounds so darn good, we thought you’d enjoy it. And, for a dose of quintessential 1973 music, we have the first set closing song from the same show: Playing In The Band. I really can’t get enough of these 1973 Playing In The Bands, and this one certainly doesn’t disappoint.
Going forward to 1985, to 9/3/85 in Kansas City, we have the pre-Drums sequence featuring That’s It For The Other One>Eyes of the World>I Don’t Need Love. The “Cryptical” part of the sequence in 1985 never quite matched the energy or perfection of the 1969 versions, but the “Other One” portion of the song is very good, as is the Eyes and the rare Don’t Need Love. This is drawn from the Beta PCM digital masters.
Lastly this week, we have a couple of songs from London on 4/7/72, specifically Pigpen’s Chinatown Shuffle and a powerhouse Me and My Uncle.
As sometimes happens, we have no idea what we’ll have for you next week, but looking at what we have to select from, it’s bound be to be a nice selection of some excellent music. Let us know what you think by writing with questions, comments, suggestions or requests.
David Lemieux
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"Do not go gentle into that goodnight. . .
. . . rage, rage against the dying of the light." Of course we keep voicing our disappointment, because that's how change happens. If people are angry it's because they don't understand the erratic nature of this organization. Now it's GDradio, and already people are curious about whether it's alright to record the Hollywood Bowl '74 show that will be the inagural broadcast. If we do, will we lose that avenue as well? I'm bummed that after purchasing "Steppin' Out" which is great but is, let's face it, a compilation, more and more of Wembly Stadium is coming out that I simply can't hear. Why was it wrong to download a couple of tunes to complete a compilation that I paid good money for?
Enough Already
Get over it! Move on! Great streams!!!! Thanks for the Brent tease!! Keep the tunes comming, maybe someday the Whiners will go away. MEAN PEOPLE SUCK
hey, jackJONES
"If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will."
believe this might be copped from, "instant karma's gonna get you."
i really don't think you need to resort to calling names. whiners and crybabies? are you in second grade, or what? if you haven't noticed, a lot of people are pissed off. you don't need to add to the tension. go somewhere else with your name calling. we don't need it, nor do we respect it.
as for cosmicbadger:
where do i submit my credit card info? i'm told that there is a new compilation, "Englebert Humperdink covers the Dead," coming out shortly. perhaps you know of it?
Take a step back
Ah, yes, the familiar pattern from the Archive Incident and from numerous flaps over at the old DNC. First a Happening, then complainers, and then people complaining about the complainers. Well, can I now complain about the people complaining about the complainers?
"David" 's special message last week included this at the end:
"Where we’re at today requires us to step back, gather some information, do some thinking and get back to you."
I think this is more than enough justification for many of us to expect some sort of further response on this matter--maybe this week would have been a little soon to hope for something, but you can't blame us for tuning in this Monday expecting to learn something new. And it's not exactly playing nice to call us whiners if we're disappointed when we don't. I agree, Steve-O: mean people suck.
Also, leaving aside the whole question of disappointment over the loss of the downloads, there's still the problem of the streams not working for so many people (and that includes me). Is that not a valid reason for posting?
Phil Stuff Soon to Come
I am personally over the download thing; hey, it was good while it lasted, but all good things must come to an end. I only wish the heads would have taken a little more of the high road in this thing, rather than all of the personal attacks. But what's done is done. I myself am probably just going to think twice before making any future purchases of new releases by Rhino (Dead or otherwise). And I now find myself coming back to this site less and less (and less).
I remember when John Fogerty sold his copyrights to some market driven company, he wouldn't play any of his Credence songs for years, as I believe he used to say, "hey, I don't feel like putting another tank of gas in some rich guy's Mercedes." That might be something to hang our heads on in this thing.
Where do I see the future of the GD movement going? well, when talking to some young people, you'll start hearing more and more, "the Grateful Dead, what band is that?"
The good news is, Phil's tour will soon be cranking up, and he will be selling downloads of all his shows (probably give away one free-bee, as well).
Greg SC
You can't go back and you can't stand still
Izzie and all-
From where I sit, I think that this isn't just about the 'downloads', its about a series of losses that this community has experienced and some of us have got stuck in that space.
Jerry's death, deadlive.com.'s demise, special friend's passing on, whatever is going on with the strange that remain (Phil & Bob-Mickey, Billy, bandwise, future music etc.), etc., etc. And the stark reminder that the official access to the Dead's body of music is limited and was just constricted further.
Hey, I must admit, I never downloaded from the Taper's Section. I am too old school, (couldn't quite figure it out, Flintsonian computer skills, also I procrastinated with having one of my sons show me, another lost opportunity...) so that puts me back into that spot to interact with others and trade (Hey Fred?) for some of those tasty tidbits from the past. I can see that people got used to that monday 'dance' and unfortunately we are definately creatures of habit, and this loss/change shocked and dismayed. As a community we have weathered changes, reached out and helped one another, and sometimes, just sometimes, we can make our future sweeter.
I am not sure about all this, it is just a little look into our collective psyche, my humble guess (oroboros psychology), it is another transition, and hopefully good things are on the horizon, I just have to work to do my part. And to recognize what I can do to make things better and then do it.
I can't tell anyone else what to do, there is no balm for the broken heart, scorn in and of itself is rarely productive and really only when both parties care about one another and are willing to then give "only love can fill'.
From where I sit, this relationship with Rhino is a brand new trip. I'm sure that they are not used to me (is my wife after 27 years?) and I am sure not used to things now. Because it entails change.
'Everytime that wheel goes round, bound to cover just a little more ground'
Take care. Tim
New Forum Topic Announced
http://www.dead.net/forum/stream-lacking-paddle
This is a new forum to help people get the streaming audio to work. Post there if the streams won't load for you, and with a little luck, we'll be able to straighten it out together.
This is not a new forum for bitching or whatever about the lack of downloads.
an easy way to end the negativity!
Step One: Stop saying that people who are upset with the downloads stopping are bad and that the people who are okay with it are good.
Step Two: Release some shows. On CD or even better, LP. I have money to give to you to buy these things, yet, you don't seem to want to offer any more. It's really sad and it kind of makes me wonder if the entire Dead organisation isn't just sitting in an ivory tower laughing at us while they count money and shift in and out of being reptiles.
Well, I'm going to follow the Dead's business model and open a store and then start a radio station devoted to the store that only .5% have access to and then not sell anything else.
But yeah, I'm a bad guy for not bowing to GDP on this issue. Cripes.
Picture a bright blue ball...
For all those who are OK with the changes, get out of your McMansion, hop in your Hummer and cruise over to Starbucks and get your fix of corporate BS...real effective use of the vault to cobble together a greatest hits compilation for some soccer moms to sip their latte's by, cause I am sure there are no live tracks on there. Once the big Hollywood movie comes out about Garcia he will be the flavor of the month just like Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, too bad they garnered more popularity after they died. I don't like pop-culture, nor will I roll over take it, as long as I voice left I'll complain.
funnny
NOT even a mention of the loss of downloading capabilities
thats crazzzy
What a powerhouse playing in the band though
great great
nice job dave
Pittt heads?
SOME FOLKS LOOK FOR ANSWERS
OTHERS LOOK FOR FIGHTS
I can tell your future
Look what's in your hand
But I can't stop for nothing
I'm just playing in the band