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    "Cause it's always like that with the Dead, you know - it's always the whole thing." - News Journal

    As we close out the 2019 Dave Pick's series, we deliver on our promise to give you the "whole thing" with the complete performance from The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73 and what a show it was! An upstanding "musical eulogy" to the recently departed Pigpen, the Grateful Dead conducted a potent study in contrasts on this bittersweet night. They found easy balance between tidy jams like "They Love Each Other," "Wave That Flag," "Playing In The Band," and introspective moments on "Stella Blue," "Sing Me Back Home," and a poignant "He's Gone." It was all laid down with a discipline and a polish unheard of in any of the truly exceptional shows that had come before it. Yes, you might say, they cleaned up nice to carry on the legacy as Pig would have wanted.

    Limited to 20,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 32: THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA 3/24/73 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the 7" and 10" reels by Jeffrey Norman.

    GET IT WHILE YOU CAN

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

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  • LedDed
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    Just beer me, dammit...

    I've actually largely given up beer, my preferred drink being fine whisky in the winter and vodka in the summer. However, certain situations still call for beer. Living in Colorado, the beer capital of the world, one has been overwhelmed with good fortune for decades now as the beer gods have been smiling down upon our plethora of outstanding craft breweries and their tasting rooms.

    I happened upon a media credential for the GABF (that's Great American Beer Festival, to the uninitiated) for the better part of ten years until 2018, which I took off, and 2019 which I attended as a civilian. We got into all the VIP events, tastings, after hours affairs, brunches and - most importantly - every session, four in all. Midway through day two, it took a little taste of the Peruvian just to keep powering through it all. Ah, those were heady times...

    There are so many beers in so many styles, the world of beer has become almost overwhelming. It's like wine now, where you have food pairings. After numerous sessions of focusing on fruit beers, or medal winners only, or regional favorites, I've come to the realization that my preferred beers are Short Line Lagers.

    That is, any big beer (8% or above only, please) that one can walk right up to and sample a pour. At the end of the day, those beers are as good as any. It's all subjective anyway.

    Cheers!

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    Malts, liquors, malt liquors, avages and 1977 Grateful Dead

    I used to drink Micky's Big Mouth when I was 16, before I knew better. I woke up one morning and about six hours of the night before had been magically erased.. what a bad feeling. Back then.. Heineken, Becks and Bass Ale were as good as you could get where I lived. At any price. Good beer was simply not available, nor was good coffee, good weed.. well I digress.

    I drink less beer now because it adds lbs too easily, still.. it is lower alcohol so it's good when I don't want to wake up with a headache. More red wine (good red wine) and unfortunately I have acquired a taste for really good tequila (extra anejo) and on rare occasions really good bourbons and every now and again good scotch. I really try to steer clear of liquor, but hey.. I'm human.

    I wish I drank less.. so far this year I am doing amazing well with restraint. There are a couple alternative items which I dare not mention or they will delete my posts again that are safer, non addictive and a hell of a lot less damaging to your body and mind. Unfortunately I am often too busy to get zonked out so they are fewer and farther between. Geeze.. I am not a fan of censorship, you end up masking what you say and write.

    Over and out.. have a great weekend all. Dipping my big toe back into 1977.. halfway through the June Winterland run. Man, there has been a lot of 77 released. 77 used to be my favorite year. I don't know.. 1977 is sort of like dating a supermodel.. it's great for a while but eventually you crave something that's imperfectly brilliant in it's own way, the '85 discussion is a perfect example, I might substitute '74 or '68. I have a high opinion of 1985, my opinion mirrors Angry Jack and Oroborous'.

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Never drank OE800.
    But have had my share of Mickey’s Big Mouths.

    In 89 Schlitz (blue bull on label) came out with Red Bull (not the energy drink). Schlitz Red Bull was a higher alcohol version of the blue bull. You had to choke down about 1/3 of the bottle before the alcohol started to take effect and made you forget how bad it tasted.

    But then we found Midnight Dragon, $0.99/40 oz.....
    Wow, that stuff could take you places.

  • icecrmcnkd
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    Beer talk

    Something to discuss during the lull in releases.
    A lot of us seem to like beer, and we are super lucky to have the huge variety of craft brews to enjoy. Funny that craft brew is only about 24% of the U.S. beer market. When I drink quality craft beer I pee out Miller Lite.

    Estimated-Eyes:
    Bell’s Bright White is just Winter White with a new name and label. That’s the wheat beer I drink when I can’t get Oberon.

    Slowdog Noodle:
    Drinking a 3 Floyd’s right now.
    When I was at Fare Thee Well I was at a beer store a few blocks west of Soldier Field. An employee was on the phone with someone who asked if they had any Zombie Dust and another employee said there was some in the back. I asked if I could have a 6-pack and they said yes. I didn’t drink alcohol during the show but as soon as I got back to McCormick Place I pulled one out of the fridge and it was awesome. Drank Zombie Dust and Oberon those nights after the shows.

    Sammy Smiths.
    Ice cold and $5 as you exited the venue. They were awesome then, but a few years ago I bought some and they pretty much sucked compared to what we are drinking now.

    Funny, I saw Jai Alai Fronton in Bolo’s message and knew it didn’t mean Happy New Years, and just figured he was being a prankster. Never clued in that it was a clue.

    Beer and small venues:
    Anyone remember the band Box Set in the 90’s? One of the members, Jeff Pehrson, later was a backup singer in Furthur.
    I saw Box Set play at Great Basin brewing in Sparks, NV in the late 90’s.

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    Any Olde English 800 is an over do. Liquid seconal.

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    Some story.. wow. Glad it all turned out ok. Were the rental units involved in the aftermath?

    Stoltzy.. ah, OE800 overdose. That could sour anyone. Honestly, I would probably be better off if the same happened to me..

    Aren't we due for the official DaP 33 roll-out complete w/ seaside chat, song listing and another episode of Distracted Dave, our beloved vested crusader.

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    Great clip of the band at Monterey. Wonder where that's been all these years?

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    *Re/ thanks & something new 🙏❤️😎

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0FsuN6sFPP5wnyG…

    🙏❤️😎 enjoy my brothers & sisters 💀🌹

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    Angry Jack, you are right about that Portland show. It was a gorgeous sunny day and then it snowed during the show. I remember it well because it was also my first show.

    Walking around town with the gathering fleet of other dead heads made quite an impression on me at 19. It was like some stoner wonderland.

    The band opened with Music Never Stopped, a song I knew from Blues for Allah, but I was such a novice that I remember wondering where the girl singer was. (Also, where was the sax?) Ha! Garcia's clear tone hit me right away, though, just delicately plucking at my limbic system.

    Between sets, we moved from the floor to some seats off to the side to meet up with some other friends. My roommate decided to eat more paper. Later, when drums started, he began walking up and down the stairs, looking a little anxious.

    When Space hit, he started jumping two or three rows down into some empty seats below us. Head first. Fortunately, he was a former high school gymnast and was still slender and wiry. So he somehow avoided injury. He must have done this three times before we could grab him. But we couldn't hold him long. When Day Tripper started, he took off into the portal out by the refreshment stands. He must have decided he was hot, because he started stripping off his clothes. He got down to his skivvies before the cops saw him and gave chase.

    Panicked, he burst through an exit door and into the snow. A cop tackled him and held him down by his arms. ( I was right behind them. Fully clothed.) My buddy still squirmed in resistance so the cop wadded up some snow and pushed it into my friend's face. Being a naïve white suburban kid, I grabbed the cop's arm. Somehow he didn't punch me. I even managed to convince him that I could calm my buddy down and the cop eased up a bit. At this point, though, my buddy was nearly catatonic, so the cop put us both into the back of his car - gently- and drove us to the hospital.

    I was worried about what was going to happen, but the ER docs put my friend in a back room and gave him Thorazine. About 30 minutes later, he was back to normal, if a little slow. Somehow, our other friends found us at the hospital and we managed to drive back to school at about 30 miles an hour through the snow.

    My buddy never saw another show or ate any more paper, but he turned out quite well. About 30 years later, he managed to sell the company he founded for over 75 million and retired at 52.

    I've revisited the show on you tube and while it doesn't hold up that well - the china doll was a total train wreck- Garcia does a little post china doll jam that is very interesting. And it definitely brought me back for more.

    Pardon for the long post.

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    I haven't had a beer since 1983

    a over-do with Old English 800 made beer (and alcohol in general) verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry unattractive.

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"Cause it's always like that with the Dead, you know - it's always the whole thing." - News Journal

As we close out the 2019 Dave Pick's series, we deliver on our promise to give you the "whole thing" with the complete performance from The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73 and what a show it was! An upstanding "musical eulogy" to the recently departed Pigpen, the Grateful Dead conducted a potent study in contrasts on this bittersweet night. They found easy balance between tidy jams like "They Love Each Other," "Wave That Flag," "Playing In The Band," and introspective moments on "Stella Blue," "Sing Me Back Home," and a poignant "He's Gone." It was all laid down with a discipline and a polish unheard of in any of the truly exceptional shows that had come before it. Yes, you might say, they cleaned up nice to carry on the legacy as Pig would have wanted.

Limited to 20,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 32: THE SPECTRUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA 3/24/73 has been mastered to HDCD specs from the 7" and 10" reels by Jeffrey Norman.

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One time I ingested a chewy gelatinous candy that was infused with marijuana. At this time one needed a prescription for such an item in my state of residence. I did not have a prescription.

Then I listened to a Grateful Dead show from July 12 1987 which I acquired by purchasing the Giants Stadium Box Set from the dead dot net website. I did not need a prescription for this purchase.

Sometime during the Grateful Dead song 'Playin in the Band', which is track 2 on disc 2 of the Giants Stadium Box Set which is available for purchase on the dead dot net website, I started to think that a spider was crawling on me. I scratched myself furiously but it turns out there was no spider. It was just the marijuana affecting my sensory perceptions. Then I settled back in and listened to the drum solo which is track 3 of disc 2 of the Giants Stadium Box Set which is available for purchase here on the dead dot net website. The drum solo was pretty cool especially after ingesting the piece of candy infused with marijuana which I did not have a prescription for. Grateful Dead then played an abstract piece called 'space' and then I heard the familiar bass riff for their classic jam "The Other One" which is a song about taking LSD. This was track 5 of disc 2 of the Giants Stadium Box Set which I purchased right here thanks to the good people at the dead dot net website.

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It was a very fine story!

Rougedeadguy 😀

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Nice try RDG, but your post could potentially still get deleted even though you gave free advertising for the site due to:
1) GS Box is sold out as some have claimed
2) GS Box is not sold out, but can’t be found at the warehouse and shipped

This memory reappeared in my consciousness today.

Gov’t Mule
9-5-97
Crown Terese Ballroom
Ormsby House Hotel/Casino
Carson City, NV

Only 44 tickets sold.
My friend and I arrived at the casino just before showtime and bought tix at the box office. Ticket numbers were hand-written and I got #44. They ripped the ticket in half as we entered. The ballroom wasn’t huge, but since it only had a stage, a soundboard, a bar in the back, some employees, and about 44 people standing around, it looked pretty empty.
The band came out and jammed. At one point Warren said something along the lines of “looks like we have our own little party here”.
I know that there is a SBD recording of it because I walked over to the board and there was a DAT recorder running. Have never actually searched whether it’s in circulation.
As we exited the ballroom there was a basket on the table with the ticket pieces that they had ripped off as we entered. On the top was #44, my ticket, so I grabbed it and later taped it back together with the other piece.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/govt-mule/1997/ormsby-house-carson-city-…

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A sincere thank you for all the positive and heartfelt vibes emanating from both postings and thoughts. It's comforting to know anecdotally, many of us have gone through the end of days with loved ones.

Onward we go, and I think MHammond just won the internet board for today with his Googling.

Be well everyone, and Jimmy that tent pole story....damn!

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Dennis, check your PM.

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All non-Dead
*Robert Earl Keen~The Party Never Ends:Songs You Know From The Times You Don't Remember
check out The Front Porch Song if nothing else...
*Mother Hips~Later Days
*String Cheese~12-14-1997 Snow King Ballroom-Jackson,Wy. Talk about shows ya saw when things were simple...still have the ticket.
*Phish~5-7-94 Bomb Factory-Dallas,Texas My first Phish show was at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill,N.C. in '91. I think it was 5 bucks... (hand stamp)
*Jane's Addiction~Nothing's Shocking. Saw 'em 5 times. The first was in '89 at the Brewery in Raleigh,N.C. for 7 bucks. 200 people...maybe. Still have the ticket to this one too.

Richard-Got done burning shows for ya today. I'll get 'em mailed out to ya in the next day or two.
:O)

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The stuff of legends. Were you there?

On another note, I gave 32 another spin after some time away yesterday. Disc 1 is still shaky, IMO, but overall better than I thought upon first listen. The 2nd and 3rd discs, however...

So,... last 5

DaP32
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
Beethoven's 6th and 5th (Counting them as one. Inspired by the WayBack discussion here, so I played them as suggested, with the 6th-Pastoral being the "1st set" followed by the thunderous 5th as the "2nd Set." Upon doing a little research, this is actually how they were debuted, along with other music. See the copy/paste below for more...)
Steve Earle - El Corazon
Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies (woefully underrated, IMO)

Happy Friday, DeadLand

Peace

Here's some info on December 22, 1808 in Vienna. Must have been one hell of a show! (Thanks, Wikipedia!)

The Fifth Symphony was premiered on 22 December 1808 at a mammoth concert at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna consisting entirely of Beethoven premieres, and directed by Beethoven himself on the conductor's podium.[4] The concert lasted for more than four hours. The two symphonies appeared on the programme in reverse order: the Sixth was played first, and the Fifth appeared in the second half.[5] The programme was as follows:

The Sixth Symphony
Aria: Ah! perfido, Op. 65
The Gloria movement of the Mass in C major
The Fourth Piano Concerto (played by Beethoven himself)
(Intermission)
The Fifth Symphony
The Sanctus and Benedictus movements of the C major Mass
A solo piano improvisation played by Beethoven
The Choral Fantasy

Funny.. I am halfway through one last listen before #33 graces my front porch and have the same take.

It took for the caffeine to kick in before disc 1 ended, but I started to relax as HCS & Bobby McGee started disc 2 and the rest of the disc is quite nice. That's as far as I got, so d3 awaits and d3 is the one that contains the goods.

Honestly.. if a release has one disc that really delivers, in my mind the release goes down as a success. Perhaps I am easy that way. Most have two discs that can take you places and in some cases all three deliver, but this is rare (The Swing, #29 comes to mind). ..but that's just me. There are really just a couple where all three discs failed to achieve lift off, I am sure that list varies by person too.. but aren't we a lucky bunch.

Before we jump off Spring '73, I am liking the Philly and Boston shows of the ones released so far, but I should revisit Springfield and NE/UT (Dicks Picks 28). They have lost that new car smell, it's been a while since I listened to them and I bet the DP in particular will rise up a bit, it's really got it all packed tightly in four little discs.

(fingers crossed they don't deem this post as naughty and delete it, I did briefly mention some out of control caffeine binging..) :D

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I'm sure only the few (at best), gives a rat's ass, but, I stumbled across a collection of 20's & 30's jazz & dance tunes on the archive. Someone must have at some point made themselves 50 cd's worth of this stuff. They got posted to the archive. It's a pretty nice collection of tunes from back them if this sort of stuff interest you.

"I can't give you anything but love baby...……",,,, they don't write them like that anymore, nice song and it can sooth a leopard!

https://archive.org/details/78rpm?and%5B%5D=a+cd%27s+worth&sin=

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Definetly has some ruff patches early on, but remeber many of those songs were new or were new as far as vocals/harmonies, and I’ve heard worse. Of course as they get their mojo going the show morphs into a stallion.

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Dennis, my Billy Holiday collection just doubled! How long until someone digs up a song the Dead covered from this treasure trove..

Somebody went through a lot of trouble to translate 78's to digital formats. They mostly sound pretty good considering... Like mhammond said yesterday, the things you learn here. ..and the things that get deleted. :D

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I don't think it's in poor taste to suggest that that is why Alex and Ged haven't done anything, out of respect for the master. Boy did they keep that under wraps.

Maybe something with Portnoy is in the cards. Anyway, this guy was one of the best I ever saw. And a class individual. He will be missed and never replaced.

\m/

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Wow.. didn't see that coming. Lowering the freak flag to half-mast.

Sad day..

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wow.

not a major Rush fan, but the Hemispheres LP and side one of 2112 are tattooed into my soul.

wow.

Death don't have no mercy. at all.

FUCK.

[V. Cygnus: Bringer Of Balance]
I have memory and awareness
But I have no shape or form
As a disembodied spirit
I am dead and yet unborn
I have passed into Olympus
As was told in tales of old
To the city of Immortals
Marble white and purest gold

Man. Actual tears. I didn't get tears when JERRY died.

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03 03 92 the omni
https://archive.org/details/gd1992-03-03.nak300.carpenter.andrewf.92897…

Excerpt from Peart's book, "Traveling Music" --

"In 1990, Mickey had co-written a book (with Jay Stevens) on the history of drums and rhythm, artfully interwoven with his own autobiography and some of the Grateful Dead’s history, called ‘Drumming at the Edge of Magic.’ When [Peart's daughter] Selena was looking for a topic for a junior high science project, I suggested something I had learned about from the book, the “Theory of Entrainment.” The theory held that any two mechanisms, including humans, tended to synchronize their rhythms, to “prefer” them, as compared to beating against each other. Thus two analog clocks placed in proximity would eventually begin to tick in sync with each other, neighboring heart cells tended to pulse together, women living together often synchronized their menstrual cycles. And thus, thought Mickey, he and the other Grateful Dead drummer, Bill Kreutzmann, should (and did) link their arms before a concert, to try to synchronize their biorhythms with the Theory of Entrainment. Selena put two old-fashioned alarm clocks, with keys and springs and bells, beside two digital bedside clocks, and made a poster to describe the principle. I think she got a good mark.

"For my part, I was so impressed with the scholarship and artistry in the book that I wrote Mickey a letter of appreciation, and we began to correspond.

"Later that year, in 1992 it happened that both our bands were playing at the Omni Arena in Atlanta on successive nights, the Dead one night and Rush the next, and Mickey and I invited each other to our shows. On our off night I went to see the Dead play, accompanied by our tour manager, Liam, and what an experience THAT turned out to be.

"Liam and I arrived just as the show was starting, and gave our names at the backstage door. One of their production crew gave us our guest passes and escorted us to our seats – right behind the two drum risers, in the middle of the stage! Liam and I looked at each other with raised eyebrows as we sat down, and noticed that right behind us was the production office, with telephones, fax machines, and long-haired, bearded staff dealing with communications and logistics (presumably, though the production office is normally a room backstage, where such work can on APART from the concert), and we also heard there was a telephone line run through the crowd to the front-of-house mixing platform. Catering people walked across the oriental rugs that covered the stage, delivering salads and drinks to various musicians and technicians, even during songs, and meanwhile, the band played on. Lights swept the arena, reflecting off white, amorphous “sails” suspended above the stage, and clouds of marijuana smoke drifted through the beams and assailed our nostrils with pungent, spicy aroma.

"My familiarity with the Grateful Dead’s music began with their first album, back in ’67, when my first band used to play several of their songs, “Morning Dew,” “New New Minglewood Blues,” and “Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl.

"And they played and sang really well, too, augmented by the soulful keyboards and accordion of Bruce Hornsby. The drummers, Mickey and Bill, became an interlocking, mutually complementary rhythmic unit, right out of the Theory of Entrainment.

"Liam and I couldn’t see much of the “front line” guys, the guitarists and vocalists, because of the wall of amplifiers, but occasionally, on the stage-left side, the spotlights caught an unmistakable bush of gray hair that could only have been the legendary Jerry Garcia.

"During intermission, Mickey invited Liam and me to his dressing room in the familiar backstage corridors of the Omni (each band member had a separate room, which hinted at certain “divisions” among them; after Jerry Garcia’s tragic death, I read a story asserting that he hadn’t enjoyed touring very much, and when the others wanted to go on the road again, he responded, “What, they need MORE money?”). Mickey was a friendly, outgoing man, with an engaging smile and an intense, joyful enthusiasm for percussion. With all my African travels and interest in African percussion music, and Mickey’s musical explorations in print and on records, we shared a few things we knew and cared about, and had a good conversation until they were called to the stage to begin their second set.

"Liam and I returned to our center-stage reserved seats, and I noticed that not only did the band members have separate dressing rooms, but the wings of the stage were lined with small tents of black cloth, one for each of the musicians to retire to during the songs on which they didn’t play, and have some privacy. During an acoustic number in the second part of the show, Mickey disappeared into his little tent, then motioned for me to join him. We talked for a few minutes about drums and drumming, and I told him how much I was enjoying their performance, then he went back up to the riser and started playing again.

"Next night, the positions were reversed. That tour ('Roll The Bones'), we had a metal gridwork runway (dubbed the “chicken run” by the crew) about four feet high, running across the width of our stage behind my drum riser, where Geddy and Alex could wander while they played. During the show, I looked back and saw Mickey, under the chicken run, smiling out between its black curtains. He was just as close to me as I had been to him, and he seemed to be enjoying himself."

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Bummer. When he said he had to quit because he physically coudnt do it anymore, I wonderd, because I believe he had taken good care of himself and was in good shape? Guess this would explain some things.
Not a huge Rush fan, but always respected them; their dedication, musicianship, and professionalism...
May the Four Winds Blow him safety Home!

So sad to hear about Neal Peart literally moments ago.

An icon, another one, gone.
The greatest band ever is being assembled upstairs.

To Keithfan and others who held Rush so nearly and dearly, shedding a tear on your behalf tonight.

Stay strong people.

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Buck Henry.

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....only saw them twice, but the second time was the Moving Pictures tour in 2012(?) when they played the entire record front to back. Great show. Caught a YYZ. RIP Neil. Top shelf drummer....
Guess what my next last five is gonna be? Here's a hint. It starts with Signals. A personal favorite of theirs.

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I never got to hear much by Rush, and I didn't really connect with what I did hear, but that's an interesting article on the Dead reprinted from Neal Peart's book. Not a run of the mill observation of the band - quite different.

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I have never heard anything by Rush, or if I have I didn't know who I was listening to (on the radio, for instance). Am I missing much? I guess that depends on what you think of them.

Currently listening to GarciaLive 12 which arrived yesterday. Not sure about Sarah Fulcher's vocals but the rest is great. Before that I listened to Creedence Clearwater Revival's Live at Woodstock which is pretty damn good.

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Total shocker. Bummed to hear this. Regrettably never got to see them live.

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I bought their Live at Woodstock cd last year, and would agree - great set. Shame they weren't included in the movie, it could have done with a bit of proper rock n' roll to shake things up a bit. Probably my favourite section of the festival after Jimi Hendrix.

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What is wrong with the distribution of Dave's Picks Vol. 32? Mine was supposed to be delivered over two months ago. Tracking shows it got to my city, then it went to several other locations and eventually ended up in Franklin, Indiana, where it was "delivered." I live in Ohio. I have been told the Franklin, Indiana location is one of the distribution warehouses. Other than that, emails and phone calls have produced lots of apologies but no correction or delivery. The impression I'm given is this is a problem affecting many, but I see no word of it here. Any helpful information or suggestions?

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....Fly By Night and the Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures/Signals trifecta. Do it simonrob. Put that big toe in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

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Driving through town today
Listening to 6 4 77
Jack Straw
I stop behind a van to let an ambulance get by

Custom painted letters on the van

JACKDAW.LOVE

it was....interesting

That’s my suggestion for your Rush initiation.
It’s a live album which I suspect you might like better than a studio album.

Last night I watched the Exit Stage Left DVD.
Tonight I might spin the 200 g vinyl.
It’s such an awesome live album that it needs the extra 20 g so that you can turn it up to 11.

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It's not every day when a band's commercial high water mark is also their greatest artistic achievement. In RUSH's case, Moving Pictures was it. I passed on the R40 tour but was at Red Rocks on the previous go-round when they played this album in it's entirety plus a greatest hits set. Absolutely brilliant.

Side A contains the classic singles - Red Barchetta, Tom Sawyer, Limelight etc.

Side B features incredible compositions not bound by the three to five minute single format - Witch Hunt, The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are some the coolest, most cinematic hard rock ever laid to vinyl.

Check it out, or give it another listen in tribute!

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The most under listen show from 1977!!!! Oh if only a soundboard existed... good call, going to listen to it now... bob t

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Moving Pictures has always been my favorite RUSH. Always will be.
I like 'em all pretty much, but MP is fantastic. My youth...skipping a few classes here and there, smoking copious amounts of bad weed, parties, friends. Tom Sawyer and Red Barchetta were best in a fast car with good friends with smoke blowin' out the windows. Good times.
...and Rush has always been part of the soundtrack.

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But I am partial to some of their older stuff too.

Villa Strangiato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNilsLf6eW4

On the radio today someone commented about Neil's passing and called him, accurately, one of rocks truly greatest drummers. Even if they were not your bag it's not hard to appreciate their talent. They were/are all top rate musicians.

Anyway.. RIP Neil Peart. One of rocks greatest drummers.

Edit: Ha.. two agrees written at about the same time. Right on jrf.

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* Past Daves Picks and favoriting what’s been the best yaearly SInscription starting from 2012- present...
it’s really hard at times to fill in the List because imho there’s been a excelent a steady flow of primo selections contained in the Grateful Dead’s Vault. Series called ‘Daves Picks Series , this January 3st, 2020 will see Daves Picks number #33, the first of 2020s Sub. Series . We are also Aware what the Dead have Picked Daves Pick 34 & this years Bonus Disc has been annoused and seems two be that Grateful Dead Fans & Daves Picks Collectors are giving these Upcoming TWo Daves Picks Eith two thumbs Up & already with Open arms Outstretched to the Dead Team And There Primo releseases year after year. I I have to concur with Dave L. everything just keeps getting better and better and I just keep smiling smiling smiling smiling because there’s nothing like a Grateful Dead concert rock on my brothers and sisters peace be with you
I loved this past years Picks 2019, 2012, to be quite honest, sorry folks, I love Ever Pick For it’s touch grey & wisdom ! 🙏❤️😎💀🌹💀🌹

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Hello my brother & sisters, hope to find everyone is well and long each other every grateful day we keep trucking with the good ol Grateful Dead!
What’s everyone’s thoughts on the Daves Pick # 2 ? Any info would be gratefully appreciated 💀🌹💀🌹💀🌹🙏

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While killing time until something new comes in the mail. I once again dove into the archive. I found this place once, a venue called "The Brass Lantern", out of Reading, PA. Whoever does the soundboard work there seems to record every show that comes through the venue. I think he does an OK job. Found this Papadosio show there this morning.

https://archive.org/details/dosio2009-07-30.flac16

I like these guys (guy?), they have a nice trippy sound.

Once you're at this show, if you click the "Brass Lantern" words, it will show you every show played at the venue.

Hey, I'm just ticking away the moments that make up a dull day.

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Great show. I don't have the bonus disc and I have never heard it, but I hear it is top notch.
I missed this one when it first came out and bought one last year. This one used to go for some insane prices on Ebay.
The sound quality is good, but it is not as good as Dave's #9, which is outstanding. And of course #13, Skeleton Skaters, not much better than that release.
It should be interesting to compare Dave's 2 to the new 74 release we will have this Spring with Dave's 34. Super excited for these first two releases of 2020.

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1988. Another year not represented well at all. I put the 1988 April Fool's show on for my workout this morning. RT 4.2. love this release. Love the Ballad of a Thin Man, Cumberland Blues, great Scarlet Fire, the whole release is pretty sweet.
There has to be some multi tracks out there wait to be released.
I think this might be a Dat recording and it sounds really good.

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If you get a chance set II is really good!!! It is a Rob Bertrando audience tape so the quality is amazing!! the jam between Franklin's>China Doll very unique.... If only a board existed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm going to pick my favorite Dead or Dead related shows once a month, for each month of the year. I will pick one show that I attended and one show that is an official release. I saw the Dead play twice in January, 1/13/80 and 1/27/87, I was not knocked out by either show. My favorite show in January was Jerry Garcia and John Kahn acoustic at Keystone Palo Alto on 1/16/86, one of my all time favorite shows. As for an official release that's easy, Dave's picks # 30: 1/2/70 and 1/3/70 hands down.

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Grand idea, Billy. I have a sneaking suspicion you have seen more shows than many of us including probably me.. :D I don't think they played in January for February in my neck of the woods in my show seeing days and CA mid semester was out.

1988.. an underrepresented year indeed. I was always partial to the Greeks and the last show at Alpine that year. I was at the April Fools shows, I recall that as being quite fun. The Oxford shows certainly get some love. It's flaw was being stuck between 87 and 89. Come to think of it, I was at the Alpine run too.. the dust bowl year, in any case I liked that last night of the run.

I have to admit.. the Giants box provided a bit of momentum towards the 80's.. Today's outdoor adventure gave me the second set of Augusta '84. Love the guitar work in PITB and UJB, and that Dew... one of the better mid 80's performed.

It's been a very long time since I got in a '77 groove. GSTL got a single run through that's it.. no second dip. #33 might change that.

Have a good rest of the weekend y'all.. What are ya listening to?

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