Dave's Picks Volume 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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April 10, 2019 - 10:08am

#141

Autotransportcity

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That IS the primary time I've seen you post a final five Jimbo. i am perpetually game for hearing what everyone seems to be spinning.

Jeff Smith - perpetually nice to listen to from you chum.

Sixtus - i am going to second the feeling on another One dissection.

Charlie3 - you have got American state trying forward to the opposite One on 4/11 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. If it's somebody's favorite American state, it's ought to be sensible. the opposite One is that the single most troublesome song on behalf of me to recall from show to point out on Europe seventy two. Everything else on E72 I will just about bear in mind the good ones from the extremely extremely f****** awing ones. For E72 alternative Ones, I just about recall 4/21 & 4/26. you'll marvel however i used to be ready to acquire a Ph.D. in Europe seventy two considering that circumstance, but my thesis was on Dark Star, Openers, and Lovelights; and in fact I did case studies on Mid-length Jams and sometimes vie Numbers; my short essay was Stage Banter and alternative Exciting Moments. you'll see however I got by with therefore very little memory of all those different Ones.
April 10, 2019 - 9:54am

#142

KeithFan2112

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Charlie3 / Newcastle Other One

First, you can't beat the 19 minute Truckin'. I am a little puzzled on why they separated the extended Truckin' jam on 4/16 Denmark into it's own JAM track, but not here. Not important, just things that make one ponder.

I love this Other One. Very rockin', and Pigpen is all over the Hammond in the first 5 minutes, and again later. This to me is what we signed him up for. He plays sparsely but effectively, and when he's engaged you know it. They pretty much rock much of the first half, which is to my liking. There are some slower melodic passages where you can finally hear Keith's piano (it's a crime what was omitted from him in the mix); if you really want to know what that man contributed on the grand piano in '72, Sunshine Daydream is the to go (and Rockin' the Rhein to some extent). Jeffrey Norman on these very boards said he would like a shot at a remix. I have the impression he was rushed through the process. And love Rhino though I do, they were clearly aware of the problem, as they brought hyper-focus to Keith's performance in the liner notes on the Dusseldorf show from April 24th. He is present to a great degree on that one because they simply used The Rockin' the Rhein mix, which as we all know was released few years prior as a single project, so Jeff Norman had the time he needed. Otherwise, Keith just kind of floats in and out of the mixes. Shame too, because these multi-tracks captured him in his grand piano playing zenith. The '71 shows featured more stand-up piano, so you don't get that rich tone of the grand. The two tracks from 2nd half 72 capture some of it. Anyway, major tangent.

The Other One! Don't think I missed the foray into Feelin Groovey, which came along nicely. The first 15 minutes are pure uptempo bliss, with some mid-tempo interludes. Bobby plays heavily into the sound on that kickass Gibson ES, and Bill the drummer just continues to carve out his niche as most underrated drummer in the world. I mean, WE know what the man does every night, but I've never seen his name in a discussion of the best. I'm not talking top 10, but somewhere in the top 20 he deserves a spot (certainly before Stuart Copeland). But I digress again.

Next is what I call Bass Space. Phil leads the Space Jam, or at least trades off with Jerry, while Keith does his Space Pie-anner thing. The atonal stuff comes next, but only for a couple minutes, and then they come full circle back the main theme to close things out, as the bus comes by and Bobby gets on. A+ Thanks for the inspiration to pay closer attention. And then we get one of Brother Jim's favs in the aftermath, as Comes A Time rises quietly out of the sweat and tears.
April 10, 2019 - 7:12am

#143

80sfan

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show dates

No worries DaveRock (I edited my post to provide the time period).

Regarding DP 12 (June 74), I agree with Sixtus. That is one of the best releases of all time. Is there a better China>Rider than this?
April 10, 2019 - 6:40am

#144

daverock

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Compilations-80s fan

Good point, and I tend to agree. Many cds have been released that feature great music, but which don't feature the whole show. As has been said before, we are not listening to live music when we are listening to cds/downloads etc-we are listening to the recording of live music . A totally different thing. What works while you are in the hall doesn't necessarily work when you are sitting at home. A case in point for me might be that Live Dead 69 show I recently went to. I loved the show-but I would be very surprised if the magic I experienced there would be evident on a live recording.

Also-I hope you don't mind me saying - but I often have no idea what show is being referred to if it is just referred to as DP, Daves Picks, Road Trips etc. without a date being included. I know that DP7 is a compilation of the London shows from 1974-but I don't know which other shows you are referring to. I know I could get up and go upstairs to have a look. But I tend not to. No offence intended.
April 10, 2019 - 6:33am

#145

Sixtus_

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...more on 4/11/72...

...Still ahead of the game so far here but I did go back again last night and listened to the Truckin' > Drums > Other One > Comes a Time > Sugar Mag from this show....what a wallop to the gut this is! BUT- what I really noticed this time (on top of the in and out of crazy that the Other One does all wrapped around a Feelin' Groovy) was the tail end of that Truckin'...it absolutely heads into TOTAL JAZZ for several minutes before it spills over into drums. Just some really interesting bass work by Phil that leads them off into this slower beat but very jazzy feel. When I had listened to 4/11 the other night, it was lost on me that this portion of Truckin' was actually Truckin'....I assumed it had landed in The Other One territory by that point....but no. I will probably listen to this suite again one more time before I cheat and get ahead to 4/14.....an all-time favorite. That Dark Star - oh boy.

Appreciate the enthusiasm for these Other Ones....it's palpable.

Sixtus

P.S. 80s Fan - I'm ALL IN on DP12 - one of the best things they've ever released. Don't care it's chopped, what we got was pure gold.
April 10, 2019 - 6:17am

#146

80sfan

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in praise of compliations

been listening to:
DP 7 (London 1974)
DP 12 (Boston Music Hall 1973)
DP 14 (June 74)
DP 31 (Aug 74)

I know we all like complete shows, but if more compilation albums were released like the ones I just mentioned I'd be totally fine with it. Especially for eras where there aren't great tapes for whatever reason - just combine what exists and I doubt any of us would be unhappy...

EDIT: Added the time periods to each release!
April 10, 2019 - 2:56am

#147

daverock

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Sergeant Pepper - Charlie

I have just noticed your post on Sergeant Pepper. I am not sure if its the big box of Sergeant Pepper you are considering buying, but if you are-its well worth it. A beautiful book, three discs of outtakes,a documentary on dvd, but best of all, the best stereo version of the album that I have ever heard-plus the mono version-which many people, including me ( and John Lennon) consider to be superior to the stereo. This was how the album was intended to sound by The Beatles themselves - although this new stereo version is great too.
Also nice to see the original promo films for Penny Lane and, especially Strawberry Fields Forever.
April 9, 2019 - 7:23pm

#148

Vguy72

Joined:
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Wembley Empire Pool 4.8.72....

....track seven. THAT'S the best Cumberland ever!! My "wtf is that" moment when I first heard it on E72 back in '86. That was my bus stop my friends. Engrained in my grey matter to this day. As far as Newcastle goes, I'll be honest, I don't think I've spun that since 4.11.18. I remember loving it, and it falls in between the Vegas Golden Knights playoff schedule, so I'm all in Thursday knight. People get ready.
Been binging on Alan Parsons for a bloody week now. Yay! So much music, so little time. Now news of some remastered '75 Garcia & Friends? The garden is indeed producing surprising fruit....
.... edit. Cumberland.
....double edit. The new White Album release. I sampled some of my favorite tracks. Rocky Raccoon, Glass Onion, Dear Prudence....wait a sec. That list will get too long. I didn't sample the songs I don't like. Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Back In The USSR. I loved it!! The Beatles were very good. Junk and What's The New Mary Jane were fun. Spotifyed it. Not cheap, even though you get 107 tracks for your bucks.
BTW. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is one of the best sing-a-long songs ever penned. La-la, how the life goes on indeed. You Go Desmond and Molly Jones!!
April 9, 2019 - 6:42pm

#149

Charlie3

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Newcastle Other One

Kiethfan, I'll be curious to hear your thoughts after hearing that Newcastle Other one, there is just something about it that really works for me. This time I was really listening for the jam Sixtus was pointing out earlier. Good stuff. I have been meaning to listen to Dusseldorf 4/24/72, perhaps my favorite show and favorite Dark Stars from all of E'72, but I am waiting till I have a long block of time to focus on it so it isn't just background while I work. Also, my wife needs to be out as 3 hours or so of loud dead will be likely to wear on her unless she is in just the right mood.
April 9, 2019 - 6:36pm

#150

Charlie3

Joined:
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Thanks

Thanks Marye and Nitecat, I appreciate the input on those 50th anniversary Beatles discs, moved me another step closer to the apparently inevitable purchase. After reading a description of the remix and a wide variety of opinions about it's sound on a stevehoffman thread I am pretty intrigued. And the extra stuff looks cool, so glad to see that's what you folks thought as well. I saw someone describe the acoustic stuff on the White Album as the Beatles Unplugged.
Jim, I counted your list twice and came up with a last 6 both times;) ( Unless you are counting the Electric Eel and Acoustic Eel as a singular item)

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Track names

My computer was not connected to the internet and the files came up with no names.
So, I don’t think that there is embedded metadata.
Just Count Vlad continuing to try to screw with Deadheads via the internet.

This release sounds awesome!

“Just thought you’d like to know” (PF The Wall).

Roll away the dew.....

Remix v. Remaster

Thanx for the education but I'm aware of the difference. Remix for us deadheads would be the 1971 versions of Anthem and Aoxomoxoa. Remastered on the other hand is what The Stones do every 2 or 3 years to get us to by the same title again hahaha.
As I said the Dead don't call the reissue of Vault 2 a remaster, but an upgd referring to the extra tracks, liner notes and hdcd. Hdcd by itself is not a remaster if you don't do anything with the original. But it's irrelevant we're both happy with the newer one and I've seen these discussions degenerate into silly ugliness which I don't believe either of us is interested in. To be honest I don't know why they bother since it isn't being supported and few have it. They should have gone with dual disc SACD at least the hardware is still available. I just bought a new 5 disc sacd player carousel 3 months ago

DaP 29 - The Dew

..and how about that Morning Dew standing all by itself at the end of the release. A powerful testament to the balance of power and finesse they had mastered by 1977. The recording shines here too, and it represents the sonic upgrade surprise contained in this release. Remarkable.

Of the 60 shows played in 77, they only played Morning Dew five times or 8%. Morning Dew is unique in the respect that it was pretty much played throughout their career (starting January of 1967 through 1995 with the only gap being the hiatus year, but they really did not play it that often, on average one in ten shows and much less in some years.

I'm not sure how this table will paste in, but the following shows the number of shows by year, the # of Dews and the percentage of shows that year where Morning Dew was played. It seemed they only pulled it out when it met the occasion in some way.

Year Shows Dew % Dew
1965 15 0 0.0%
1966 106 0 0.0%
1967 122 6 4.9%
1968 131 7 5.3%
1969 150 39 26.0%
1970 149 22 14.8%
1971 83 8 9.6%
1972 85 16 18.8%
1973 72 15 20.8%
1974 40 3 7.5%
1975 4 0 0.0%
1976 41 3 7.3%
1977 60 5 8.3%
1978 82 1 1.2%
1979 76 1 1.3%
1980 87 4 4.6%
1981 86 7 8.1%
1982 62 8 12.9%
1983 66 7 10.6%
1984 64 9 14.1%
1985 71 7 9.9%
1986 46 2 4.3%
1987 86 17 19.8%
1988 80 13 16.3%
1989 73 9 12.3%
1990 74 8 10.8%
1991 91 8 8.8%
1992 55 9 16.4%
1993 81 8 9.9%
1994 85 8 9.4%
1995 47 4 8.5%
___________________
Total 2,370 254 10.7%

Dylan's "Up To Me"....

....it speaks volumes about an artists talent Dennis, when a song THAT good is in the unreleased category of one's work. Incredible song.

Dew? No, Sugaree

Nice count on the Dew point. I had a request last night from a woman I work with, she wants all the Sugarees. This came to over 15 gigs of space. They added up to 134 hours of "Sug". Out of 703 cuts of Sugaree, 408 are by the Grateful Dead. (there are some dup's in that count since my search will find audience copies and official release copies) The other 300-ish versions are JGB, Phil & Friends, Walker 7, The Dead, Furthur and more. I put them in date of show order.

She better really like Sugaree :-)

Sugaree

...and who doesn't like a good Sugaree? A song that seems to have lived one of the better afterlives with so many great covers performed by a wealth of disparate artists and expressive renditions.

Vguy & The Bob

Off that More Blood collection I LOVE the 7th cut on disc 1, "you're a big girl now". That cut is a billion times better that the one on the album. Simple guitar and Bob's voice sounds so mournful. The echo reverb off the album really sucks.

re: Sugaree...

...I mean, the question is then, what is the best Sugaree ever?

I would daresay the one off of Dick's Picks 3 from 5/22/77. That sucker is a country-pickin' barn burner and I would love to be challenged here.

Sixtus

so good

This release is something else. The sound quality, energy, musicianship and positive groove. Very thankful for this beautiful music. It's what helps keep this life amazing!

Shake It

I have to agree with '77.. 5/25/77 Hartford is hard to beat too.. both are outstanding. I don't think there was a subpar version the entire year.

Just don't tell 'em you know me.

Now that I think about it.. the PITB from the Swing ranks, a mighty fine way to end the first set.

Jimmy

.... funny you mention that Playing in the Band sammie, it's actually turned up to 11 at this very moment heading into the wheel ...
... I completely concur, the drummers are moving so fast it's making me Delirious. It's pretty Exquisite the entire trip there and Back Again to end that set.
It Ranks.

Sixtus

Hey Stoltzfus

I guess y'all are getting whomped by some of the same snow we've been here in WI. Did I hear the SeaTac area has gotten over a foot so far? Hopefully you, Monte and C are staying snuggled up and toasty warm during this wintry snap! :-)

Tiny Tim on LSD

Sorry.. sorry to even mention it, but eventually we all knew it would happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZSrkckLGpo

The silly thing, I'd give better than Vegas odds that he was not on acid, or perhaps never did it at all.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Best Sugaree ever? Ok, I'll bite

The Sugaree from 12/16/78 in Nashville has always hit that sweet spot for me. The loping tempo, the little slide flourishes underneath by Bobby (I think it's Bobby), the world-weary but on-pitch vocals from Jerry, the just-right keyboards... And then Jerry absolutely nails some dazzling leads that are both fluid and fiery. Really, just a perfect version that clocks in at 14-plus minutes. Unfortunately, this otherwise great aud loses the first couple of bars:

https://archive.org/details/gd1978-12-16.sonyecm250-no-dolby.walker-sco…

I dunno, maybe I just like it because it's one of the first I ever heard (after the One From the Vault version).

Or maybe it's because 12/16 is my mom's birthday.

But I really think it scorches. Anybody else? And has this show ever been released officially? Because the whole show is pretty killer, with a peppy Big River (great keyboards again), a solid Scarlet/Fire and a uniquely free-form outro on He's Gone...

I see your Sugaree's....

....and I raise you this.

https://archive.org/details/gd1983-10-17.senn441-u87.eaton.miller.91126…
....Check? Or raise? House rules. No need to scroll down. This Sugaree clocks in at 16+ minutes and is unleashed right out of the gate. 😉
....keep listening, 'cause the entire first set of this Olympic show is nailed. Not bad for the 80's, hmmm?

sugaree 10/17/83

That one was featured on 30 Days in 2012 so there is a direct-from-the-vault 320 kbps mp3 of it floating around somewhere (read: all my hard drives)...

P.S. I might go with 9/2/80 in addition to the usual suspects.

Sugaree.... wow that's tough to answer

So So So many good ones to pick. I am going to go with one that gets me because it is an audience recording. The 4/29/77 Sugaree from the Palladium does it for me, sort of like how the Hard to Handle audience version from 8/6/71..... There is a quiet part around halfway through where you hear Keith play very unique on the organ and then between Jerry and the drums it almost reminds me of being on a carousel!! There is a board version of this that was filler on 4/30/77 Download series also..

Box

Do we still think there will be an announcement for this year's box in February.? I need something to look forward to, it continues to be a brutal winter here in MN. Will 2017 be a fluke, with the GSTL box in the spring and the RFK box in the late fall? I hope not. Does anybody have any insight for this year?

Re: The 2019 Box

Hi there, DeadVikes. I happen to remember that the GSTL box was announced on February 16th, 2017. So perhaps we are due for a 2019 box set rollout any day now. That may be overly optimistic on my part, as we all know that the PNW box set announcement came forth somewhat later in 2018. Just a thought for this snowy February day in the wilds of the Northeast!

Vguy's Sugaree Saw

I went to check my copy of 10-17-83, funny thing, I had two copies. Both sound great. I think one is the Miller you posted, I think the other is a Seaman matrix. This must have been one of the shows I kept different copies because I couldn't decide which sounded better. Tough spot to be in, huh?

What a show!!!

Just want to express that I am really enjoying this release. 2/26/77

I have never fully digested this show before. I remember the tape being around in the 90s but no real memory of listening to it. I heard a section of this show on a podcast - deadpod?- a few years ago and was really impressed.

But this release - Wow! Has to be one of the great first sets of all time. To open with the first Terrapin sounding as good as it does. I really enjoy the Playing jam as well.

Second set also fantastic. For me this show really seems like one of the most freewheeling of them all, in the sense that it doesn't really follow any of the set formats of the era. Big jams in the first set. Multiple big jams in the second set. They are just feeling it and and play one helluva show.

This show is now very high on my list for both 1977 (maybe the most downright exciting of the year?) and for the Dave's picks series.

Bravo. Very Grateful!

Andoverdeadhead

February 16, 2017. I remember that day very well. Spent 7 hours on this site trying to but the GSTL box. The traffic broke the site and I could not believe when I finally got through 7 hours later via the Rhino site. And of course the next day or so they announce The all music edition.
Not sure if any future box releases will be able to match that one as far as the rush to purchase, but you never know.

10/17/83 Sugaree

Vguy, you are right that 10/17/83 Sugaree is also superb. (And also from an unreleased show, am I right?) I really, really like the organ sound bubbling in the background throughout, but them I have always been a fan of that particular kind of organ chirping. And Brent's backing vocals hit a sweet spot too.

So I dunno, do I see you, raise you, or fold? Shoot, you're the Vegas guy, I'm the uptight New Englander...

The only thing I think that gives the edge to 12/16/78 is that the 83 version is almost too peppy... it trots along, which is fine, but lacks a little of the weariness that the other version embodies... Okay, I'm grasping at straws here. Although Bobby's lilting harmonics at around the 5:00 minute mark are awfully nice too.

Just to make things even more complicated, there's also the Alaska Sugaree from 1983. Another great version, and another great show opener... and yet another unreleased show. Great keys from Brent again, and some nifty effects on the guitars around 5:15 onward:

https://archive.org/details/gd1980-06-21.mtx.dan.28470.sbeok.flac16

There is another smoking one from 5/6/78 at the U of Vermont. Again, a slightly slower pace, moodier and introspective, not so pyrotechnic. Nice loping bassline from Phil:

https://archive.org/details/gd78-05-06.sbd-aud.cotsman.13726.sbeok.shnf

2 questions:

1. Were Sugarees usually at their best when functioning as the show opener?

2. Would anybody other than me buy a 2-disc or 3-disc compilation of JUST Sugarees from various unreleased shows?

12/16/78 Nashville

I just checked that one out and in addition to being a very good version it sounds a little different from most '78 versions. Jerry was using the Bean. It's also from the generally underappreciated 'From Egypt With Love' tour. The next night's show is also very good and one I like very much for personal reasons. Some people like the 12/19 show from 3 nights later in Jackson, MS which I believe is only available as an AUD. There are some very great shows to be had from Nov./Dec. '78.

From Egypt with Love

I have never heard of the shows following October 1978 referred to as The From Egypt With Love tour before. I have only heard that title in relation to those Fall 1978 shows. I'm not suggesting they weren't-just that I haven't heard of it before.

Incidentally, those Fall 1978 shows at Winterland are also excellent, it should be said. Pity they were chopped up into highlights and put out in the Road Trips series really-the complete run would have made a good box .

DaveRock

Caveat: I may have made up the moniker. I just refer to the whole tour as that as the Egypt influence permeates musically a lot of the shows immediately following the visit. I may have been influenced by the title of RT 1.4 as well. Is anyone able to provide contemporaneous reporting? I'd be interested to know if the tour actually had a name.

1 Big Box, or 2 smaller Boxes.

I’ll take all of the above.
Small Box in April, larger Box in July, small Box in October.
We’re not getting any younger here Dave. Time to open the floodgates.

A few I would like to receive (not necessarily in this order):
Winterland Oct 74 with video
Winterland Oct 78
Summer 73 with Allmans
6-10,11,14,29-76
Alpine 89 with video
A Plangentized/Normanized FW 69 (50th Anniversary Dave!!)
Brent’s last 7-21,22,23-90 with video (we know the video exists because I’ve seen it, but it’s grainy).

And for the annual post-78 DaP, 3-9-81.

Working my way through 8-25-72, another awesome DaP.

Contemporaneous Reporting

From Egypt with Love works for me..

More Sugarees:
Songs of Their Own (Jackie Greene and Friends)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPpX0tcc7q8

Teresa Williams / Hot Tuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbCVJvuJ5PQ

Jorma Kaukonen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsttcz5601k

Tedeschi Trucks Band (Angel from Montgomery > Sugaree)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSK-0-MQ8s

So many great Sugarees, so little time.. and not just from the Grateful Dead. Provides a little support and pride towards Grateful Dead music.

Maine Dave

That 10/17/83 Sugaree was part of 30 Days of the Dead in 2012. I still listen to it all the time....!!!

Morning all , any UK…

Morning all , any UK subscribers got your DaP 29 yet ?
Still waiting for mine 😾😾😾

today and tomorrow

Does anyone need these ?
https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/01/30/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu…
https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/01/07/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu…

Between these downloads, the Bear's Choice album, and Dick's 4 you can splice together these whole shows.

Love the new Dave's. I think someone else said this earlier, but if you take Dave's 28, then the Cow Palace NYE show, then this show in succession you can practically feel the easy, loping vibe of 76 morphing into the tighter more powerful groove of 77.

No Dave's Picks-Perithecat

No, I haven't got Dave's Picks 29 yet, either,here in sunny England. It takes an age to get here, but the great thing is that when it does, we no longer have to pay tax and import duties when it arrives. As opposed to when we order a box set. Word of warning-costs nearly as much again in tax etc. when you order one of those bad boys!

New Dave's Pick Series

We need a New Dave's Pick Series with Plangent doing the transfers.

Remastered 2FV

I can definitely hear an audio improvement in the 2007 re-release of Two From the Vault. I believe it must have been remastered, I don't think there's any other term for improving the audio than remastering. I assume there different qualities to remastering that can be applied, and even on this page it refers to HDCD as a form of mastering, so to go from non HDCD to HzDCD must be evidence that remastering was done, no?

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

I wish I had a HD player!

happy 2/13/70 anniversary

49 years...I was 6 years old...wow...living in Wisconsin, I'm pretty sure...maybe Illinois...

also, there is a thingy on youtube that has some video (yes video) from 2/14/70's Dark Star and other parts of the show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmPhb-tWgBg

:)))

Arrival in Europe...

Those in England still waiting shouldn't have to wait much longer with any luck. Mine arrived in Holland yesterday. Maybe UK deliveries have to undergo an extra Brexit check which could cost months, if not years.

Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but I sure am looking forward to it.

Re: February 1970 FE

One of my favorite all time shows. I had not seen that footage before.. grainy as it was, still a nice piece of world history.

Thanks man.

This silly site still thinks I am not a robot. When will they learn?

RE Fourwindsblow - Plangent Process the Dave's Picks!!

Absolutely agree with Fourwindsblow and feel any available technology should be used to get the tapes in as great a shape as possible. I'm happy to pay more for my subscription to cover the additional cost of PP'ing the Dave's Picks!

re: HDCD Playing

I could be totally, completely wrong here, but when you play a CD in a blu-ray player, doesn't it automatically "upgrade" the sound/output? or is this totally off base? I am definitely not a self-proclaimed audiophile, but I am a self-proclaimed Lover-and-Listener-of-Good-Ole-Grateful Dead.

On this release, I particularly enjoy the super-casual way they start off Eyes of the World and each member sort of rolls into it once Jerry starts on the rhythm. Someone also had mentioned the St. Stephen tease right before this...I had never actually caught that before on prior listens as I don't recall it being present on the tape I had. They made a good choice to head into Eyes but its always fun to hear the teases.

Sixtus

HDCD Playing

Sixtus, playing hdcds in a blue ray or 4k player will not upgrade to HDCD. They will still play in regular 16 bit CD format. To enjoy the HDCD format, you need an HDCD player. It has always been strange to me that Grateful Dead Productions or Rhino has decided to release all of these releases in HDCD, when 99.5% of them will ever be played in HDCD players and therefore will not enjoy the benefits not this added process.

Rogue Dead Guy

Thanks for the heads up on those two 70 shows, I seem to have both, but downloaded these. Will find which is the best and most complete :-)

My copy finally arrived...

in Canada. #13875 (I think it's telling me to listen to One from the Vault next). I'm pretty new on the bus, so I haven't heard this before. But I'm a bubbling banana for it. Terrapin and the jam sequences are of course incredible. I'm particularly loving the journey through Playin>Wheel>Playin. But I must say that I'm most surprised by the shorter tunes. I'm usually pretty quick to dismiss Mama Tried, but this version is so unique and groovy and sad. It's a cowboy dirge. Best I've heard.

cold rain and snow

day 3 of school closures due to snowy weather in "the city in the rain"

did a bunch of shoveling ("every day I'm shovelin'") to clear the side road this morning. the cell playing YouTube. Ever shovel snow to Black Sabbath's Paranoid album, followed by a GD73 Eyes of the World (exact date unknown)?

:)))

"bubbling banana"

I know what's _really_ bubbling. I count four hundred twenty bubbles in all.

Did someone say 420?

Barely noon here, but close enough....bubble, bubble, bubble....exhale!

re: Deadvikes

...thx for setting me straight. Little that I know....I know little.

Anything these days is better than a hissy old cassette, although I did of course cherish my swath of XLII's.

SIxtus

* ‘Cold, Rain & Snow’

...always love when the Grateful Dead start a show with this number! 12/2/73 Dicks Picks #14 starts off with a beautiful ‘Cold, Rain & Snow’ and ends with a primo ‘Morning Dew’!
I’m listening to 2/14/68 Road Trips Volume#2 Number #2 this afternoon, love my PigPen! ; )

2-14-70 Dark Star on vinyl

Long Strange Trip Soundtrack on vinyl.
Get the Limited Edition Expanded version from Amazon, has extra LP’s.

Weir / Dark Star / 30 Trips 1972

This 9/24/72 show is the one where Bobby's way up in the mix. He plays some really cool stuff here in first 12 minutes.

I may prefer 2nd half '72 Dark Stars. Icecreamconekid is right - we ain't getting younger. Release the '72 shows.
All of them. One big box. One box to rule them all... Sockatoomee, sockatoomee, sockatoomee, sockatoomee.

Really cool "best of" song review, featuring the song title, short review, and "key later version". Jimbo, your Eyes of the World is in here.

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10078-the-grateful-dead…

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