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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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  • #51
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    ...Road Trips ‘The Wall Of Sound’ minus the Bonus Disc...I play it quit often! Thank you again my friend, I hope your still enjoying those major Europe 72’ shows...love it!
    🙏❤️😎

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    6/20/83 -The First and Most Memorable Merriweather Show

    I apologize for the length of this post.. but man.. that storm.

    I grew up perhaps an hour hike from Merriweather Post Pavilion.. and after getting harassed by Howard County's finest for hiding beer under my car instead of pouring it out on the curb as instructed at a Jethro Tull show a few months earlier culminating in a thorough and regretful search of my parents car and a loss of a nice pipe and some hash.. I just started walking to shows from that point forward (at least until I moved out of my parents house). I probably saw between a hundred and a hundred fifty shows there over the years.. probably about the same number of times I saw the Grateful Dead. I'm ashamed to admit now.. but I knew how to get in that place for free plus the ticket collectors were mostly people I went to high school with, so taping two stubs together and presenting an amicable grin was usually enough to gain entrance. I did buy tickets for many/most shows, certainly for all the Dead shows.. - never take unnecessary risks.

    Some background.. I wouldn't compare this to one of the greatest or best shows, but it was memorable for lots of reasons. My first show was 4/19/82 at the Baltimore Civic Center (perhaps my biggest lysergic GD moment, save that for another day).. I believe I made the Capital Centre shows in the fall that same year but they weren't playing super close in the Spring so we headed South to Hampton and my first GD road trip in April for my one and only birthday show. I think I drove and I am confident we did not tell my folks we were taking the family car to partake in all kinds of shenanigans and see the Dead.. in hindsight, so dishonest. Then it was announced that they would be playing two nights in the summer for the first time at Merriweather Post, my local venue. I couldn't believe it.. That would make this run my fourth and fifth shows.. I was still quite green behind the ears.

    I had friends that worked as busboys and room service at the Columbia Inn, where all the bands stayed back then that performed at Merriweather, they told stories of bands partying in the bar, tips they got (or not) and what floors they would put them in, etc.. so the night before, on whim.. we showed up and went to the bar. I could barely drive but with an older brother that looked similar, and the drinking age being 18 at the time, I had an ID and we headed past the lobby to find Phil sitting at a table by himself.. we closed the bar that night and had some passes for the next day... I have to say, he was super nice and not at all an icon or unapproachable. I do recall a few of the stories told, but the memory I left with was that I could not muster up the courage to offer anything intelligent to say and couldn't think of a decent question to ask until I was walking through the parking lot to the car at the end of the night. After a few beers, humor was flying and things seemed fine. Phil seemed happy to have a group to party with. I was so young I couldn't even order a beer correctly.. I asked for a tap beer and she brought me a tab (soda).. so she returned it and brought me a draft Budweiser.

    So the next day.. a few of us walked from the neighborhood where we all lived to the show, a bit early.. I had my pass and went backstage and it was so weird.. plus early. I just couldn't handle it. I didn't know anyone except my buddy.. and it was like being in a foreign country. Nobody seemed to want anything to do with us and the band wasn't there yet.. So we decided to split before the show started, inhale a bit in safety and get to our seats, which were pretty close.. I am fairly sure we took some mushrooms too which only made it all the more weird. So the only time I ever had backstage passes, I totally wasted them. ..Perhaps for the best.

    I don't think you can talk about the show without talking about the storm. Growing up there.. the only time I recall it raining harder was during Hurricane Agnes in 1972. This is the only time I recall the highway on the way in (Route 29) flooding and being shut down like it did that night. The storm was biblical and it wasn't just rain. It thundered and lightninged for hours that night and I believe lightning hit the lightning rod at the venue or perhaps the shed itself at least once (during He's Gone, Truckin' and perhaps one other time), but that's probably impossible to verify. You can hear it on the tapes though including the PA going in and out several times.

    So the performance aside, there was other energy and stimulus going on that night.

    The setlist was fairly standard for the day.. my second Peggy-O, second Truckin', second China>Rider. The first set was pretty standard, but things started to get weird by The Music Never Stopped.. I forget exactly when the started and ended and then started again, but I think t had had rained in the first set and the beginning of TMNS, then the sun came out for a bit during this song, then set break.. then big cumulonimbus clouds, then it started getting spooky dark as the setbreak came to an end. ..and then things really got weird. In hindsight, we should have starting building an ark.

    The second set started with China>Rider>Sampson>He's Gone>Truckin'>Drums. By the transition in China>Rider, everyone was getting soaked and the rain entered the pavilion area as it was raining sideways. I had to pee as Sampson started and by then people were body sliding down the lawn and everyone was so soaked that it just didn't matter anymore. Soaked to the bone, you couldn't get more wet.. When I got back to our seats, the heavens opened up and the lightning started and it went from weird to downright scary. The people working at the venue sought shelter, anarchy ensued and there was a mad rush from the lawn to the pavilion area. Everyone got squashed and became bug eyed.. and safety became a big concern. We got pushed forward and what row you sat in mattered less than the need to create more room inside, under the shelter. By He's Gone, there became a general feeling of insecurity and helplessness, just as I began to peak. Lightning struck the shed and the power went out.. but the weirdest thing of all, the band was just as freaked as we were, but the they kept playing on. I swear Phil and Jerry were playing power chords in sync with the thunder and lightning. By the time Space ended, we got a rare Bob Star (one of three times played).. during Sugar Magnolia I think Bobby got shocked and put down his guitar and took his mike to a strange part of the stage and started wailing into the mike.

    There was no encore and no soundboards exist.

    So what to 20k tripping, soaked, disoriented hippies do when the show ends? The deluge had stopped but it continued to rain. There was a tiny creek between the venue and the parking lot, usually a trickle like you see on a water fountain.. it was flooded way over the banks and to make matters worse had washed away the foot bridges, so you really couldn't safely walk to the parking lot, but people managed.. the lawn was so eroded both from the rain but more from people doing mudslides down it that at dawn, they had to bring in heavy machinery and rebuild the lawn as there was another show that next night. After they Dead left.. they really went to town and had to do a total rebuild of the lawn area, changing the contour forever.. lots of heavy machinery. They spent the day off to rebuild it with different contours to the format we have to this day.

    When we walked home, still tripping.. we could not go the way we came, it was not passable. So we went an alternate route. Getting over the highway, which was still flooded.. we held hands as the current was strong and waded in waste deep water eventually getting to other side and about an hour later to mom and dads house. Some quick showers, then post show activities until the sun came up then sleep.. only to do it again the next day on a reformatted lawn with straw and new sod. They played Looks Like Rain that next day and you can imagine the crowd reaction.

    So back to the show.. Yea.. I sort of remember 6/20/83. It was the weirdest, highest energy GD show I ever saw. Not the best, but certainly one of the most memorable. I saw every GD/JGB show played there but this was perhaps the most fun. Thanks for jarring my memory.

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    Unbelievable

    They say the oakwood interior of the cathedral was built in the year 1200, requiring trees that would have been 400 years old, thus sprouting out of the ground in the 8 or 9th centuries. Hard to believe.

    Bob t - thanks for the heads up on One From The Vault release date. I could use a change from the E72 binge. I did manage to get in 6/14/76 and 12/26/69 today, both on the Rolling Stone top 20.

    Lovemygirl - I don't recall which ones you sold me, I'm thinking Tivoli II, Lille France, and maybe one of the Lyceum shows? Lotta weed in between ;-) I don't remember what I sent you, refresh my memory. My memory is outstanding on everything until I was 25, and then past 3 weeks. But everything in between is shit.

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    Holy Smokes.. yes, I was there. It was biblical, as much or more from the storm then from the music.. but it all combined for a complete sensory overload.

    I wrote something on this a couple times over the years.. but I think I was too shy to share details, or perhaps too lazy to try and remember it all and it put to paper.

    Just getting home, if I have some time once I get settled I will try and put my arms around it..

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    Our Lady

    Such sad news.

    Not just an architectural marvel, but one of the most important structures in the history of mankind.

    My deepest sympathies to the people of France.

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    Hey Stone Jack Baller...

    I too just got my notice that the CD issue of the Warfield performances will be in my grubby paws in a few weeks...I tried at first on a couple of record shop websites that do online ordering of what is left of the merchandise on Sunday but no luck...I went to Amazon and Bingo! i feel like I won the jackpot considering how many copies are on Ebay for over a $100 a pop...can't wait...meant to say that the nearest record shop to me is over three hours away...at least it's all downhill but still...

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    One from the Vault Anniversary 8/13/75, released 28 years ago

    Did anyone just see the post on facebook from the Dead about this. Released 4/15/91, 28 years ago..... This changed everything if you were trading tapes back then!!! Everyone had this show, either FM, or the bootleg called Make Believe BallRoom.. But now we had a legit release!! It really did change everything... It took away i have 1000 hours of tapes and only want to deal with someone who had the same amount and started to level the field..... Sorry to rant but I was in that era... bob t

    Edit my first copy of this were two cassettes!!! Didn't get the CD's because wasn't a fan yet!!!

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    Hopefully no lives were lost or people injured-doesn't seem to be much in the news about that. The only thing I could find was that one firefighter had been burned. Pretty remarkable.

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    like we have a false prophet among us.

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    *RE/ Trainwreck, Keithfan & Paris

    ...first I’d like to make a statement about the horror in Paris today, a sad day in my soul, so much lost turning to dust & rubble, my prayers are with Paris’, May the songs of old play on in heart & soul. 🙏❤️😢
    ...Trainwreck, you asked me about my last post and by what I mean by “treasure trove” is a new batch of tapes have been recently found. 😉 I’ll share more info when I can. ‘Exciting News For Me’, I love new and unheard recordings of all bands, the Grateful Dead more so now in my life than my past with the likes of ‘Elvis’ & ‘Beatles’ Records lol ...Plus Some confirmed dates for new Dead releases/product...😌
    ...Keithfan, hope all is well as always. What three shows did I send you from the ‘Europe 72’ boxset, i can’t remember, but I do remember them being Primo Shows ! 😎 and the Primo Show you sent me, love it! 🙏❤️😎
    Off to dinner, have a grateful evening everyone...

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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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Submitted by stoltzfus on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 19:06

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a superb Dark Star

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 19:07

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two top notch shows in August

:)))

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Submitted by MDJim on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 19:16

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Is the best.. goodness, it shook my mind. But each and every show from this run has something really revealing to offer.

I think this was the best three run show mini box so far. (Sorry Winterland 77, love you too).

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 21:00

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The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Jimmy Cliff - Better Days Are Coming
Jimmy Cliff - Music Maker
GD - Vancouver 5.17.74
GD - Schwing!!
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....edit. Submarine has It's All Too Much, Hey Bulldog & Only A Northern Song. 3 underrated Beatles psychedelia tunes.

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Grateful Dead / Warfield, San Francisco, Ca 10/9/80 & 10/10/80 (CD) / Grateful Dead-WEA

* Now in our fifth year as the Official Beer of Record Store Day, we’re bringing together independent beer and independent record stores by reigniting our collaboration with longtime friends the Grateful Dead, as well as re-releasing the fan-favorite American Beauty pale ale. We’re also turning up the volume with the creation of Sage & Spirit, a limited edition 10-track vinyl album that will release on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 13).
Featuring a handpicked collection of Grateful Dead melodies, Sage & Spirit was curated by the band’s audiovisual archivist and legacy manager, David Lemieux. After combing through the band’s expansive discography, Lemieux selected the following tracks to appear on this collaborative Record Store Day release: “Sugar Magnolia,” “Eyes Of The World,” “Lost Sailor,” “Saint Of Circumstance,” “High Time,” “Unbroken Chain,” “If I Had The World To Give” and “Sage and Spirit.” Also featured on the album are recordings of “Jack Straw” and “Brown-Eyed Women” from the band’s European tour in 1972. The perfect accompaniment to a pint of American Beauty, copies of Sage & Spirit will be sold, starting on Record Store Day, Apr. 13, at independent record stores around the country.

“Choosing the songs for ‘Sage & Spirit’ really didn’t take long, but that’s not to say I didn’t put a lot of work into it. My directive was, ‘You’re sitting on the porch. It’s a summer day. You’re drinking a Dogfish Head American Beauty and listening to the Dead,’ and immediately I thought, ‘I got it,’” says David. “I was so inspired by that directive that the record turned out to be just that; the soundtrack to a summer day – or really any day. It’s mellow and meditative, and every song is a truly beautiful track.”

With the help of friend and 2019 Off-Centered Art Series artist Michael Hacker, not only have we created a psychedelic album cover for Sage & Spirit, we’ve also created the Official Poster of Record Store Day, and in true Hacker fashion you’ll find an intricately woven story of collaboration and celebration … with one very special surprise. Dim the lights and dig out that black light, because this year’s work of art is none other than a blacklight poster! This limited edition poster will be available for free at select stores and bars that sell Dogfish, as well as on Record Store Day at participating music retailers.

... VA / Woodstock - Mono PA Version / Atlantic-WEA...

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 05:42

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Was just listening to tracks from the Dead Ahead bonus disc yesterday. Notable He's Gone for dual Jerry-isms on the "Steam Locomotive" line.

I bet this RSD release is going to be satisfying. One I will gladly wait in line for...

Thanks for the info LMG...

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 06:01

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That is good news if they have those tapes in order to release 10/8 and 10/9 80. I guess the rumor had always been maybe those tapes were gone.
So how about releasing the full Warfield and Radio City run? Wouldn't that be an awesome box! I would be the first to try and sign up for that one.

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 08:36

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I recently was gifted a bunch of GD CDs from 80 and 81.

Last evening I started listening to 9/25/80, the start of the Warfield run.

This morning I come here and Davevikes talks about the Warfield run (and RCMH) as a good box release.

Wow.

I love when things like that happen.

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 09:26

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So, another good day for TDIGDH - Dick's favorite show (2/28/69), another Family Dog (2/28/70 - Lovelight Sandwich!), Salt Lake City 73 (Dick's Picks 28,) and the final night of the Uptown 81 run (maybe the weakest of the three, but still a good show with a great setlist...)

However, today's MUST listen is the practice session the boys had at Bobby's studio in 1975. Here is the link: https://archive.org/details/gd1975-02-28.sbd.smith.93779.sbeok.flac16

It is unlike anything I've ever heard... put it on in the background, and prepare to be blown away!

Peace

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Submitted by NCDead on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 13:23

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the posting on recordstoreday.com states 2 LP or 2 cd neither is enough space to be 2 full shows. So it might still be the case that they do not have the full shows in the archive. Will be interesting to see what is released. I will admit is was sad to see the 2/28/69 show not get released this year. Unless that is going to come a different way.

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Submitted by perithecat on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 13:31

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Does anyone else have the same feeling in their bones as I do that we may be in for a new release anouncement tomorrow ? 😺😺😺

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 14:07

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Wow....what a jazzy little snack that was! Thanks That's Otis.....the newly revealed from this band never fails to amaze me! Sound on this is amazing from the archive!

Just Arrived and Next: Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come Soundtrack on Vinyl

Earlier: Peter Tosh - Equal Rights & Legalize It On Vinyl

Later: I feeling March coming on......GD 03/23/75 - have not heard this one but I have the download and I heard its a good one

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 15:31

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Today is Jam session day from 1975 for sure.....wow! Not sure how it happened, was looking over my March un-listened to shows and marked this one, and then That's Otis sent that link, and here I am in outer space....what a combo! The only lyrics are from Bill Graham on the intro....so far!!

....now i'm not usually one to judge, but If you like music even a little bit, and that jam doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will. Damn I love this band!!!!

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 17:23

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only the acoustic stuff from 10/9 and 10/10???

I just went soft for that release.

Gimme the electric Viagra as well, PLEASE.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 17:26

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Stoltzfus, you write like I think sometimes.

I gotta say, that's some sorta weird talent...albeit I am still going to pick this RSD release up. Flaccid as it may be.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 17:37

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Cool jam for sure and I'm almost positive that a portion of this was included as a track on one of the early Anthology box sets. I too stumbled upon this version, but it was over the summer when I was in a freak situation without a job having some time on my hands during the day and just chilling out, exploring the archive and finding these cool little nuggets. The studio sessions are a treat to listen to there's some awesome stuff in there. They're totally spontaneous a lot of the time.

Excellent find and share.

Sixtus

P.S. I am reminded after a complete listen through, what an absolute monster February 28th 1969 is. Phil is out-of-this-world totally leading the charge, like audio-DNA intertwined with Jerry on a jubilant twirling Unstoppable dance. It's so groovy and mind-bending, A+

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Submitted by nitecat on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 21:18

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Sure would be nice to get a setlist. Anyone know if this is basically what's been released in the acoustic Reckoning ?
Or are we assuming it is the same release with the box extras?

These are the complete setslists for both shows:

10/09/80
Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA

Set 1:
Dire Wolf
Dark Hollow
Been All Around This World
Cassidy
China Doll
On The Road Again
Bird Song
The Race Is On
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Ripple
Set 2:
Feel Like A Stranger
Friend Of The Devil
Mama Tried
Mexicali Blues
Peggy-O
Little Red Rooster
Brown-Eyed Women
Tennessee Jed
The Music Never Stopped
Set 3:
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
High Time
Lost Sailor
Saint Of Circumstance
Terrapin Station
Drums
Not Fade Away
Wharf Rat
Sugar Magnolia
Encore:
Casey Jones

10/10/80
Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA

Set 1:
On The Road Again
It Must Have Been The Roses
Monkey And The Engineer
Jack-A-Roe
Dark Hollow
To Lay Me Down
Heaven Help The Fool
Bird Song
Ripple
Set 2:
Mississippi Half-Step
Franklin's Tower
Me And My Uncle
Big River
Candyman
Beat It On Down The Line
Row Jimmy
New Minglewood Blues
Althea
Jack Straw
Set 3:
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Samson And Delilah
Big Railroad Blues
Estimated Prophet
Eyes Of The World
Drums
Truckin'
Nobody's Jam
Black Peter
Around And Around
Promised Land
Encore:
U.S. Blues

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Submitted by MDJim on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 06:25

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No, not Phish, Fish. This is what happens when you give a fish too much LSD.

https://otagomuseum.nz/blog/otago-museums-sunfish-the-largest-known-spe…

One of these washed up on the shore new Santa Barbara this week, undoubtedly lured by the sounds of Live Dead being played on the beach. Mystery solved, ok back to your regularly scheduled listening.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 06:26

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Man, I'll say the 10/10/80 show does it for me. That Setlist - WOW. Although the purist in me would want the whole lot. But that's just being acoustically greedy.

The sad reality is I haven't had a record player since probably the early '90's and knowing myself if I started now it would turn into something like my outrageous Lego collection....
Anyone know if these suckers are gonna be released on CD too? A long shot but hey one can dream big.

Happy Friday in Deadland.
Sixtus

but to release the acoustic without the electric...no, no, no.

the acoustic would stimulate my synapses...oh, just you wait until the electric happens...oh, yeah...I am so ready...

"NO ELECTRIC SETS FOR YOU!!!"

psychedelic azure spheres like you wouldn't believe.

Yes they are being released on cd and LP, both say 2 disc. By my math that is a big difference in amount of space available. Both are listed a RSD only releases, so i do not know if they will go out to the mass market.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 07:49

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Never heard that one before. I like the conversations they're having in between jams. Sixtus, did you say that's been released before?

Was that Warfield acoustic stuff on PBS at one point? Or is that Dead Ahead I'm thinking of? All I remember is I caught my dad watching it one night, and he grabbed the remote and change the channel quickly, as though I walked in on him watching porn. Call it a missed opportunity I guess, but I often think I should have broken out a spliff.

Hey KF, yep, that Bouncy Jam was included, or at least a segment of it, on the reissued/remastered Blues For Allah that was initially released as part of the second anthology box set. I forget which track it is, but it is one of the instrumental tracks listed here following the Blues for Allah track:

Blues for Allah Remastered Track Listings:
Disc: 1
1. Help On The Way/Slipknot
2. Franklin's Tower
3. King Solomon's Marbles: Part I: Stronger Than Dirt/Part II: Milkin' The Turkey
4. The Music Never Stopped
5. Crazy Fingers
6. Sage & Spirit
7. Blues For Allah: Sand Castles & Glass Camels/Unusual Occurrences In The Desert
8. Groove #1 (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
9. Groove #2 (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
10. Distorto (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
11. A To E Flat Jam (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
12. Proto 18 Proper (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
13. Hollywood Cantata (Studio Outtake)

And the PBS acoustic stuff you're referencing was indeed from Dead Ahead, which was incidentally from this acoustic run in fall '80...I catch that from time to time on good ole public tv.

Sixtus

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Submitted by daverock on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 11:23

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I feel a bit underwhelmed, myself, I must admit. Hardly a fair substitute for 2/28/69. Still, at least it isn't a Dave's Picks. Other people seem happy, and I get to save a few bob, so it all pans out.

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Submitted by MDJim on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:34

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I am bipolar on this one.

On the one hand.. the acoustic stuff from 1980 was both excellent and excellently recorded.

On the other hand, there is not nearly as much variation in the acoustic stuff as the electric. At least that's my memory when I last compared the not released acoustic stuff to Reckoning/For The Faithful. So it loses the new car smell very quickly and becomes sort of a novelty piece or something I am in the mood for less frequently.

The acoustic 1970 acoustic sets, although tasty and might I say historical, just don't sound as crisp or as good as the 1980 acoustic stuff. When I first got around looking for Reckoning and trying to get it and listen to it.. it was horribly out of print super expensive. I looked everywhere for it and after about six months to a year of looking, it was magically re-released as For the Faithful. It was (is) so good and I finally had some less spaced out GD I could play for the non-believers around me. You know.. 4 minute songs you could tap your feet to, etc.

Still, I will gladly buy this and listen to it with an open mind and I am sure I will love it. It just likely won't see a ton of play time. It's all good though.. I know there are some that will kill for this stuff and are looking forward to it. I knew a couple people that think the acoustic stuff is the very best of the GD. We are a big tent crowd, I say bring it on.

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 13:47

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Has anyone ever listen to this when Bob sings an extra verse at the end!!! Oh man someone is pissed... You can hear someone say you F everything up, or something along those lines. Brent says everyone makes mistakes and you can hear Jerry try to say thanks a couple of times... Anyone have any color on this if they were there??? I can never make it out... bob t

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 14:17

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Had to pick this one up today when I spotted it on vinyl at the local B&N.....they keep sending me coupons and I can’t resist..sounds very nice!

Happy Friday Dead People!

KCJ

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Submitted by daverock on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 14:19

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In a way it would have made more sense, to me, to release a whole evenings music from the Warfield, including both the acoustic and the electric sets, rather than two evenings acoustic sets. If Dead shows can be said to follow a narrative arc, then this is release is a bit like printing the first chapters of two separate novels, in one book, instead of printing one complete novel.

I would agree that the 1980 acoustic sets are more satisfying than the 1970 ones. But...I heard the 11/8/70 acoustic set for the first time a few weeks ago-and that one really impressed me. The electric part of that show, needless to say, is incredible, even on the audience recording I heard. If they ever get round to releasing audience recordings-they could start there.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 15:49

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Hey gang, it's been a while so I hope everyone in Deadland is doing well or getting close. For a while, the gatekeepers must've decided I was a robot (that's what SHE said), but I've been grooving to some New Riders courtesy of cosmicdavid (thanks bro!), the latest DaP (nice '76-'77 transitional show) and a few of the 50th anniversaries (Electric Ladyland, smaller White Album, etc).

In anticipation of funding some kinda irresistible box coming our way this year (Boston '69, Capitol '71??) I'm letting go of
DiP 21, 11-1-85
DaP 18, 7-17-76 w/bonus disc
Dap 23, 1-22-78
Dap 27, 9-2-83

If anyone is interested, please PM me. All were played once and remain like new. Ideally, someone would like them all. Fairness is my watchword. And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming. ..

Which is my next question: when does Aoxomoxoa drop and what's the thinking on the live companion CD? Late '68 single-disc show featuring the same songs?

Also, if the new Warfield RSD is on 2 CDs, and there's ~80 minutes of acoustic advertised, is the balance likely to be excerpts from the electric sets? I'd be down with that...

Cheers all, HF

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 16:33

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And then I see the Sly and The Family Stone release.
Recorded the same day and at the same location as the Janis release.

Will probably have to get both, along with the Warfield, and maybe that mono Saucerful of Secrets too.

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Submitted by drpryan on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 17:14

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Jerrygarcia.com just released news that Electric on the EEL will will be released as a 4-LP 180 gram set in celebration of Record Store Day on April 13th in a limited edition of 2,000
It just keeps getting better to be a deadhead

I believe the run was 25 nights, with three sets each night. Wow, this would be a mega box that would have to exceed Europe 72, if they ever go this route. I am in.
Dave's 4 this morning, what a great show and now Wembley 4/8/72. Still need more!

....thank God I don't collect much vinyl, otherwise I might miss a mortgage payment.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 17:43

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I haven't let go of this really cool Studio jam session quite yet after a very necessary revisitation courtesy of That's Otis, I believe.

https://archive.org/details/gd1975-02-28.sbd.smith.93779.sbeok.flac16

There is a treasure-trove of Awesomeness among all of the tracks on this date. But especially, when you listen to the 'Stronger than Dirt' tracks, you will absolutely hear Phil playing his awesome Jazzy riff from 1973-ish when they would jazzily jam. Jazz. Jam. That's a lot of jazz. It's unmistakable; when you listen in the context of Stronger Than Dirt you realize Phil has dropped a beat or two to accomplish that tune. I had never realized STD was based on that little Jammy segment.

And that's just one Epiphany among many. Standout listens: both of those Stronger Than Dirt jams, the They Love Each Other Jam segment which is so ridiculously funky and cool, as well as the Shakedown Street labeled Jam. Of note, excerpts of all of these tracks also appeared on that Blues for Allah remastered version. That was a productive day.
Stellar.

Sixtus

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