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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January 22, 2024 - 5:05pm

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January 22, 2024 - 4:52pm

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Bills Kicker Choked

It wouldn’t have mattered if he made the kick. Kansas City would’ve had almost 2 minutes to drive down the field and score again. Anyone who really watched the game would know this to be most likely………
January 22, 2024 - 4:41pm

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The Bills kicker choked....

....there ya go.
January 22, 2024 - 4:34pm

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Hey now bullshit

Can’t post a simple comment about sports yesterday.
January 22, 2024 - 4:34pm

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Redundancy is key

If you’re into CDs and DVDs, think about getting another player now. Based on my recent experiences, though I scored an economical player at a local hardware store of all places, in the future if you can get one at all it might only be at “pro audio” prices.
January 22, 2024 - 3:30pm

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$.02

I like the CDs (See deez nuts! Haha!). My laptop doesn’t have an optical drive, so I bought an external one. I rip them to digital, and listen that way. Probably sounds dumb to some. Oh well…
January 22, 2024 - 1:37pm

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The Black Crowes have announced their first record....

....of original music in fifteen years. Happiness Bastards. Dropping March 15th 👏
January 22, 2024 - 1:34pm

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Spencer Dryden

New Dead Head TV now up on dreamswedreamed dot com:

Close to the Edge with Spencer Dryden - 1989

Spencer Dryden was drummer for the San Francisco rock band, Jefferson Airplane. In February 1971 Dryden replaced Mickey Hart in the country rock band The New Riders of the Purple Sage. In 1982, he formed supergroup the Dinosaurs with fellow Bay Area musicians Peter Albin of Big Brother, John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, and Barry Melton of Country Joe and the Fish. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 with his Airplane band mates, inducted by Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart.
January 22, 2024 - 1:04pm

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downloads etc

For a nod to the Lions, listened to part of Oct 24, 1971, from the Easttown Theater, Detroit a few minutes ago. Great energy, early Keith show, Phil crunches it, a 71 DarkStar. Maybe since we can access and download anything on the archive, they would have to really clean up stuff to market it as download to us, since Charlie Miller, Sir Nick and others have done such nice work so far. Yet another reason I'll bang the drum for more primal stuff, from the vault, that has not been posted to archive.
January 22, 2024 - 12:22pm

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Digital releases

Dave's Picks was announced as a subscription model cd release. It has been more successful than the Download Series and the Road Trips Series. The last year's lack of sell outs is an aberration. I think part of the lack of sell out on 46 is they have it priced 10 bucks higher for some reason. It's priced like the 4cd releases, but it's just 3cds. Who knows what the sales numbers are on the box set downloads, but I don't think they themselves know what the sweet spot number is. HCS was the fastest box set sellout since Giants Stadium, and Get Shown the Light before that. Get Shown the Light has run through its "unlimited" All Music Edition as well. I'd be shocked if the download sales of that box come anywhere close to the immediate sell out of the original box, then an All Music Edition that apparently kept selling for 6 years. And that the Giants Stadium boxes sold out in weeks, and Listen to the River is still on sale goes to show you can't ever tell. If they want to start a download series, more power to them, keep Dave's a physical product.

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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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