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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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  • Vguy72
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    RSD....

    ....got Nightfall. Missed out on JGB.
    Snagged the new Pearl Jam record as well. Plus King Gizz Quarters.
    Then I had to force myself out.

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  • Vguy72
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    Plan didn't work....

    ....didn't go down there. Figured I'd use the first show as a litmus test.
    30 minutes into the 1st set and tickets were still outrageous. Prices actually were going up!
    Damn shame.
    Looks like tonight's show is hovering at a grand. WTF.
    Been hearing on social media that the visuals were hit or miss. Sound was stellar though. I did stream it. I don't think that space does a video screen justice.

  • dmcvt
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    Before the Sphere

    Vguy, may the force be with you, a ticket will be found. My earliest pop music Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker... Elvis doing Jailhouse Rock, great to see that show up on Beckola. Hot Rats was my gateway into Zappa, the MOI, OK but when the Hot Rats phase arrived, yes indeed. There's some good stuff on the "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore" series too. Zappa brought great players together and rehearsed them silly.

  • daverock
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    Start of the world

    "Before Elvis there was nothing" - John Lennon

  • Vguy72
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    Before any of those....

    ....in my world, was The Beatles.
    No offense.

  • proudfoot
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    before the GD entered my world, there was the Clash

    before the Clash entered my world, there was the Allman Brothers

    RIP Dickey Betts

    :_(((

  • 1stshow70878
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    Dang

    Another legend gone.
    I never heard Duane in person so Dickey was my ABB.
    Cheers to him!

  • bigbrownie
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    RIP Dickey Betts

    What can one say. He was huge in this community.

  • JoeyMC
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    I feel like its going to be…

    I feel like its going to be a fall box.
    The release date is the last Friday of the month, so the 26th this time.

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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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Had to look that up.
The spoken part between:
Redemption funds,
Stocks and bonds.
Scruggs, the master of the three finger rolling style. Changed everything.
Cheers

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For a real good time!
Hopefully we won’t have to wait another 10 YEARS for some 85 love!

Well 49 old friend, it’s been a gas but I guess it’s happy trails for awhile.
Tanks for the memories

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Yes, good to see at least this one sell out. Such a great release. Just revisited this last week. Shows the depth of the vault if you like most eras, which I do.

Can't believe the others are still available. Might have to revisit #46 tomorrow.

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Smoking 🚬

How about a big announcement tomorrow?

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...hmm, how's about wave that flag day june 14th, great day for smokin' OUT a new box...read the signs, connect the lines, pay your fines, read the rhyme

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