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Joined:Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.
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David Letterman said someone walked up to him and said, "Are you who I think you are?" to which he replied (had this ready as it probably happens a lot) "Who do you think I are." and the guy says Dick Van Dyke. David had a funny look as he's telling this. Not sure if insulted or pleased. Must be the beard!
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I'm in!
You had me at '78.
This SBD Charlie Miller sounds damn good even on my crappy computer.
Cheers
Donated to Archive too.
Here's the discussion part :
Through Estimated now and a great the bus is firing on all cylinders show so far. Jeez I like so many but Big River, BEW like a good bourbon, smooth and smokin'. Longest LIG? Like a jammy middle that so many of these songs have this show. Keith's intro in Samson and more put this Samson in my top 5 but I don't know who gets bumped off that list. Jerry growls into Ship of Fools. The party favors were so pure those years, lol. Quality!
Dang this Eyes giddy-ups!. And this NFA starts so beautifully. I'm 6 min into it and we're still noodling. Yeah, Oro's got it, JG just rips here. - Oroborous
Joined:Back by popular demand lolOr, careful what ya wish for ; )
5/14/78 JG just rips!
So in case your the one person out there that doesn’t know it, I listen to A LOT of Dead.
All kinds, usually by the tour or even concerted efforts to do whole years.
My quest has become to hit em all…for good or for I’ll…
Just sorta serendipitously started here on POTD during the vid when many had nothing better to do lol
It became apparent that my obsession/project was not conducive to a group of folks attempting to coalesce around one particular show, at the same time things were beginning to “normalize” (ahem, that’s debatable), So participation dwindled, especially when our awesome friend GOGD stopped hanging : (
Fortunately, Loyal diehards like DV and BC have tried to carry the torch, and Doctor Death has tried to keep it alive with his organized campaign of favorites etc.
But it was obvious that my methods were not appropriate for this board.So I’ve been going native and quietly but diligently continuing onward, through the fog!
Part of that has been a more slow, thoughtful digestion of the ETR box instead of the more normal approach of just gobbling it up, then back to my quest.
But since the 60th seemed like kinda a big deal to me at least, not just another reason to buy shit, I figured I would make each show count by including other picks from that year to get reacquainted, and compare and compliment the box choice. Sometimes I tied the box choice into the flow of my quest i.e., second half of 72, where I started at 6/17/72 and listened in order to probably 98% of everything through the rest of the year, including most but not a couple of repeats.
I also took a couple weeks and went hard on 1975 with the BFA anny etc.
I listened to each ETR box show at least twice (some more) and usually via a sit down deep dive. This approach has been thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable, though I’m only a little past half…so far!
My latest was the 5/13/78 show, which I’d heard once and liked, but didn’t find it RJ.
I’ve also been fortunate this past year or so to pick up some “real” copies of some shows I had copies from some very fine folks here, but it’s always fun to get the real deal for the collection etc. So I figured Id play the actual discs to ensure they were trouble free as part of my treatment of the 78 show.
So I started with Dicks 18, then Dave’s 15 and 7, back to Dicks 25, followed by the ETR 5/13 show, and the 5/14,( my pick today, from Boxilla). I’ve also started on the July box and am currently on 7/5. Next I’ll skip RR, and move to December 78 to hit the last 8 or 10 shows I’ve not yet heard from this year.
So why 5/14? Well, I finally dug into DP 25 a bit as I’d not fully before, and it is apparent like Dave mentions in the liners for 15? I think, that something changed after the end of that spring run. Perhaps not drastic, perhaps nuanced enough causal listening won’t illuminate it?
But the rest of the year seems to progressively get a little more dangerous, less buttery smooth 77 super model? Exciting, only those who go over the edge know where it lies to butcher HST.
Personally, I’ve always liked the not so perfect, dangerous, occasionally off the rails Dead, but that’s just a personal preference, as I like all eras etc. But primal, 78, and 85 hold a extra special sentiment for me.
So the run after spring is good, but different, with good consistency if not RJ status, though I noted 5/8 stood out a bit. The May run seems to eventually rise above this perfectly fine plateau. starting to peak with the DP 25 shows, continuing slightly upward with the ETR show which I enjoyed much more with a proper listen and in my new listening room, finally dialed in after several months.
But I found the peak of the May run to be the Boxilla 5/14/78 show!
Thought I’d heard it at least superficially once (still not sure I’ve “heard” all of Boxilla yet lol)
But maybe I hadn’t as I had no notes and boy howdy did this one sit my up and slap me silly!
Set and setting or…?
Ya know, sometimes ya get shown the light. Specifically, JG just rips!
That’s perhaps one of the variables of “the change” sometimes individuals are just stepping out and blowing their top and going for it rather than the more laid back listen to the whole and build slow style.Again, subtle, though you can clearly hear it on the 7/1 huge stadium show as their trying to rock so hard to move that huge crowd, versus that slow group gestalt flow of buttery yore. They sound like individuals trying to hard individualistically to effect the whole. Rocking and fun, but nothings like that “More Than Human” kind of big band peak style.
Don’t misunderstand, it’s all good, just different and why some of us nuts have to listen to whole tours etc, to “furthur” understand!
So 5/14 is a sweet combo of this still very cohesive smooth Dead, but JG is not afraid to let er rip, even if sometimes there’s a little road kill left behind. Maybe A tad less group cohesivenesses?
But Right outta the gate, loud and proud through 1/2 Step and Cassidy, yee dang ha! Pulls back a tad on TLEO, but let’s go again in LLR, continuing on cruising speed to build up to a rollicking set closing LIG! Phew, good sheet Mon!
The second set continues at super sonic altitude with my personal highlife being Estimated, and the Eyes out jam etc. that’s the stuff!
Previously, I dug the next Chi town and two odd west coasters, but this 5/14 show really does seem to be a peak of sorts before something new is waiting to be born, as it always was with the band. Or maybe just the beginning of the end of that wonderful band version?
Perhaps necessity required both?
I dug the fall shows back aways, another time full of holes that needed filling, and look foward to completing 78 with the December shows I’ve missed. And there’s too much to even touch on about spring tour, but that little period end of May is yet another of those little treasure troves, a little outta the way place, possibly easy to miss, or not fully appreciate in light of the rest of the superb year!
So maybe give 5/14/78 a good listen or two and let er rip!
Onward! - JeffSmith
Joined:Reports of demise greatly exaggerated?As one of many regular lurkers hereabouts, hopefully, maybe, possibly, perchance this thread ain't dead yet. Thanks for your recent rekindling efforts Forensicdoceleven. Maybe Oro will, sooner than later, end his boycott – that'd help. The format may be funky, but the banter is clean. . . Onward?
- Forensicdoceleven
Joined:God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.....Hey rockers!!!
This being December 2, we should all be listening to the fine Boston Music Hall show of December 2 1971. I think I'll do that right now!!! See ya there!!!
As I recall, there's some odd things about this show, and yes we discussed all that LAST year lol....
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.....
Rock on and savor the memories!!!
Doc
How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles..... - Forensicdoceleven
Joined:A good laugh is sunshine in the house.....Morning rockers!!
This thread appears dead, let's bring it back to life....................
Houston, Texas November 19 1972
One of the first Fall 72 shows I ever had. Some jammy goodness in the first set.A Box Of Rain. Rare Tomorrow Is Forever. Always loved the Dark Star/WRS prelude/Half Step. Really strong show, think I'll listen on my morning commute.....
When will the Texas 72 box set be released? HendrixFreak wants to know.......
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
My friends, life is short, so rock on!
Doc
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing...... - daverock
Joined:Electric WarriorProudfoot -That was my first proper album, which I got for Christmas in 1971. I didn't know what you meant concerning the lyrics for Planet Queen, so I've just had a look. I see what you mean...amazing what was considered acceptable back in 1971. I don't think anyone would have noticed anything wrong with that back in the day. But now..
As for Good Morning Little Schoolgirl....it's hard to imagine a song being quite as wrong as that. It was really popular among blues rock bands of the 60's and 70's too. True what they say about the past being another country.

Times have changed
Now when I go shopping I look like the uni-bomber hood up glasses on mask I'm afraid to go to the bank.
Added my show list
One typo, 3-22-93 was in ATL not Oakland. Don’t know how this site got that wrong.
Oh wait, not surprised that this site has errors.
7-31-74, Promised Land just ended, I have a lot to look forward to while cooking. Probably time for some beer.
Anyone want to listen to 11/10/73 tomorrow?
Just throwing it out there....... bob t.... favorite is 11/11/73 but saving that one till the day we are released!! bob t
No pasta...
....es no bueno. Plenty of alcohol though. Whew!
11.10.73 Bob T says? Twist my joint.
The Kinks were incredible. Every album is different! You go Davies Bros! Reminds me of another band. Too bad they fought so much.
I can do that BobT
How about 12-18-73 for DaP36?
End the year on a bang.
My 4.26.20 avatar....
....is a pic from the 7.31.74 booklet. Look at Garcia leaning back and blowing everyone's minds!! Yup. Kinda like that! Lookit him loving on Wolf.
Oh 12/18/73 so nice!!!
Either!!!
11.10.73 vs 12.18.73....
....lets get ready to ruuuumble!!
Just ordered weed online for delivery. Amazing tbh.
Dead.net saves my sanity every day.
12-18-73
I wasn’t saying to listen to it tomorrow, I was saying “Hey Dave, how about 12-18-73 for DaP36?”
But that doesn’t mean that you can’t listen to it tomorrow after 11-10-73.
11/10/73
My first "official" show. Gets my vote.
Vguy
You’re so lucky to live in a cool state.
bolo....
....list shows attended. Pour some good bourbon, light a preroll and go!
Nevada is a cool state, Vegas mayor notwithstanding.
Prepping the grill for ribeyes.
I fear for my home city though.
I still have Primus tix for July in Vegas.
LMG says 10.6.20 will be a date to focus on. Kept it short and sweet. We shall see.
11/10/73
My vote is for the Winterland show, though Curtis is incredible.
Maybe some Pig and/or Brent shows going forward?
Peace
11/10/73 Winterland
Bolo so incredibly envious i think is the word.... 11/10/73, first show wow!! Playing>Uncle John's>Morning Dew>Uncle John's>Playing, I think I would have passed out!!! Did you go the next night??? bob t
7/31/74
Still working my way through this monster. Love the Scarlet opener. Great first set. Nice China Rider. Love the Eyes, WPS.
Every time I listen to this show, I always think the fidelity is just a little off. Doesn't seem to match some of the other 74 releases like Dick's 31, RT2
2.3 or Dave's 9, the May MT show, which are all A+ in sound quality. What do you all think? Do I have a bad copy?
Winterland 73, wow Bolo that is pretty cool that was your first show.
I am in on 11/10/73 for tomorrow.
Jumping ahead to Tuesday. The 27th of April, 2020....
....I'm representing the Big Rock Pow Wow 5.23-24.1969. Road Trip Vol 4. No 1. I was one year old. Makes sense to me. Music to be birthed by.
You want the grease? There ya go.
Jimbo is especially fond of this release. Hard to argue.
If there are rules to this endeavor, I might have just broken them.
Numero uno in Turlock, CA
I finished 7-31-74 and have moved on to 4-26-72.
I’m on board with Vguy’s Tuesday pick.
Turlock,CA....
....was ahead of the curve.
Nuances. Jerry flutters the strings at the 1:50 mark of BE Women.....getting settled here.
A very nice Half-Step, if I do say so myself....
....into 🌹 roses. Wonderful.
11/10/73 - BOLO tell us a story!
11/10/73 - Fine start with Bertha, Jerry's solo says it's gonna be a good night out of the box.
BOLO tell us a first show story!
And when you say "official" show, is there un-official shows? Just trying to be hip, on all the jive;)
Beardless Jerry
Bertha grooving I can see Bolo dancing, Jack, Loser into a beautiful LLR, Deal still climbing, nice Mexicali, wonderful Tenn Jed & El Paso, Fair Thee Well I want to cry, BIODTL, hoping Row J, and Weather Report takes me home.
Set 2 dives right into the deep end. Stella Blue, Truckin' are they teasing Nobodys Fault, psychedelic Wharf Rat
I remember listening to this run when I first got it 11/9 I thought was great, the 10th was okay some nice parts played very well. I think they were holding back some so they could blow everyone's minds on the 11th. It's played with enough energy to carry from 9 into the incredible 11.
It's Electronic Spiders, folks...
... As you can see, being a rock n' roller ain't no bed of roses.
Love these guys! 11/10/73 commencing.
Peace
RE: Love these guys!
Set 1 was a real nice trip.
iTunes is telling me I haven't listened to this since 10/11/13 @ 12:41pm & I'm thinking I was probably pretty toasted then based on the time..
I'm really getting a lot out of these revisits... so many days between.
Crazy to think that in 2008 this was the 2nd big Box Set of a run of shows released. Previously planned for 2006 release, who remembers waiting?
Brokedown Palace 1 of 7 from '73.. real good.
Weather Report Suite was so good too.
(little tape flutter I'm hearing in there?).
Time for a Set Break.
What Show
What show are we doing today, Winterland 73 or Big Rock Pow Wow? I'm so confused...
Today is 11.10.73....
....tomorrow is Pow Wow.
Pow Wow...
I would be right at home at this one. Can't wait till tomorrow.
This site thinks I'm a robot. Do I look like a robot?
On a side note
I got a rabbit sits out front of the house everyday listening to the tunz. Them must be some good picks.
7/31/74
Dillon Stadium had some kind of dynamic effect on the band. Exploratory China Cat /I Know you Rider . , think about 50 year anniversary of Harper College May 2 next Saturday . Considered one of the most amazing Dead concerts of all time.
Mark me down for Seminole Powwow, Alligator land.
11/10/73
November 73 is so damn good. This show is awesome. Again, the focused listen to get through the whole show in one day is fun. I will be checking out 11/9 and 11/11 again this week as well.
Sound quality is A+. First Plangent Box, what a great job and partnership with Dave and crew.
Always like hearing a Brokedown Palace. Of course the Playing/UJB/Dew/UJB/Playing sandwich is epic.
Great finish. Big River, Stella Truckin, etc. Casey Jones encore.
And you were there Bolo, wow! What a unbelievable first show.
Great Pick!
Thanks a lot folks.
11/10/73
The sea was angry that day, my friends.
My brother and I arrived at the corner of Post and Steiner, queueing up to enter the vaunted Winterland Arena. It was my birthday present from him, and the first time I'd seen the Dead since 1/14/67, the Human Be-In (thats a whole 'nother story).
As we're waiting to go in, my brother ran into a college buddy of his, Dell Furano, who was working for Bill Graham at the time. He and his brother would go on to form Winterland Productions with Graham the following year.
Anyway, Dell decided that we should see the show from a unique vantage point - a wooden light/camera box perched on the side of the wall with a great view of the band, stage right. We had to climb up a less-than-stable wooden ladder mounted on the wall, and I'm pretty certain we and other friends of the Furanos exceeded the legal weight capacity of said box by at least 200%.
As the show went on, any beer that was confiscated at the front doors mysteriously found its way up to our little box. It was a pretty steady supply for the duration.
During the set break, we found ourselves in the middle of a spontaneous drum circle in the lobby. We were chanting and banging on anything we could find - trash cans, empty beer bottles, etc. After several minutes, a rather large security dude came toward us and pulled a wooden baton out of a hip holster. I thought we were in for it, but he just joined in, banging on a concrete column and grinning widely. The whole scene was as cool as one could possibly imagine - complete bliss!
After the famous Playin' sandwich to launch the second set, well, that was it for me. Plaster from the old ceiling was literally raining down on us as Phil dropped bomb after bomb, and I was in heaven - I'd officially found my seat on the bus!
After the show we hung around for a bit with a few folks, waiting until I felt it was OK to drive. I remember leaving through a side door, and I paused for a couple seconds and peeked out the door, because I wasn't entirely convinced that I was walking outside to the same planet Earth I'd departed a few hours earlier. Turns out my instincts were correct - the world would never look or feel or sound the same to this day. I, like all of you, was granted the extreme privilege of peeking behind the curtain. The soundtrack to my life had been established once and for all, and it's been a glorious journey ever since.
The End.
RE: 11/10/73 by BOLO
From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish.
A Great and Well told story!
You just can’t beat that, thank you sir.
"into the eye of the great fish"
"Mammal." "Whatever!"
11/9 Takes most of set 1 to get it dialed in, some roughs spots here and there China> Rider, Playin' pretty good. HCS to open set2.
Trying to give 11.10.73 a listen....
....but, its actually busy at work today (good thing). First set over. Second set will be at chateaux vguy with an Obi-Wan preroll and a glass of merlot.
Really enjoyed 11/10/73
The "Brokedown" is gorgeous, that whole 2nd disc is great, and the "Wharf Rat" is glorious. It was fun to dive into the boys towards the beginning of 73 (DiP28) and towards the end. What a great year!
I have (surprisingly) never listened to Big Rock, as I missed nearly all of the Road Trip series on the original go through, but I have found a way to stream it - looking forward to hearing what all of the hype is about!
Peace
Thanks Bolo for your 11/10/73 review
Glad you can remember and share with us!!! bob t
Vguy
Check PM
Bolo-11/10/73
Really cool Bolo!
Thanks for sharing!
73! A lot left in the Vault.
Be well.
73 in the Vault
Bring on 12-18-73 and a remaster of 12-19-73.
Dinner at château vguy....
....consists of beer brats with medium cheddar wrapped in crescent rolls and portobello mushrooms in a butter/garlic sauce with thyme and parmesian.
Looking for a chateau, 21 shrooms and one to go.
It works.
I'm no cook, but I spent last night at a Holiday Inn. Evens out.
Onto the second set.
Oh. And a merlot.
Great Show Yesterday! - 11/10/73
11/10/73 - Kidd Candelario’s tricked out 2-Track recording of Winterland ’73 along with Bolo24’s wonderful tale and copious recounts and reviews from GD scholars & fans took me there!
Said to be “maybe” the best 2-Track recordings from ’73 in the Vault quality wise
Set 2 Absolutely Rocks and the 1st of 3 PITB > UJB > Morning Dew > UJB > PITB palindrome is definitely the highlight. The rest of the set really sparkles too.
Really rockin’ Big River, nice Stella, top notch Truckin’ > Wharf > Sugar Mags, OMSN.
One of my favorite moments you ask?
Right before the Encore you hear a fan call for “Casey Jones!” and then “Drivin’ That Train…”
Ah.. Winterland that hallowed hall, I wish I knew you!
Ask and you shall be rewarded, right Bolo24?
Such a great first show story. Thanks again for sharing, I liked that firsthand account as much as the revisit, and the two together… Extra Sweet!
Yet another reason ’73 is mentioned as a “best” year for the GOGD.
Alright, onward you say? 5/23 & 24 of 1969 you say? Well, well, well…
After yesterdays revisit of '73 I'd like to hear that 11/11/73 Dark Star again & 11/17/73 DaP V5 Palindrome #2 again
So I’ll toss those two out to the wind and let’s see if they make it into our little revisit list..
But until then I will go with you all to the cosmic year of 1969!
PS - If no-one wants to listen to the two shows mentioned above 11/11/73 & 11/17/73 then, lmk cause I’ll listen to those in my “spare” time;)
ICECRMCNKD - 12/19/73 Complete Show Re-Issue / ReMaster. YES Please!!!
Big Rock Pow Wow
Commencing now.
"Hard to Handle" right outta the gate!
Looking forward to this one... I'll be sure to keep my hands out of my pockets.
Also, got my shipping notice for Jai-Alai - looks like delivery by end-of-day Friday. Good stuff.
Peace
EDIT: Just saw that according to our friend Doc, 4/28/71 may be the best show in GD history. Well, I know what I am going to put on after the Pow Wow!
pow wow (Alligators, Indians and Orange Sunshine, Oh my)
What a show the 23rd is, how many times did they do St. Stephen>the Eleven outta Dark Star? This is a really good Dark Star and a very nice Morning dew, what's not to like. Plus I think this is the first Casey Jones. I have been to the Seminole Indian Reservation, went to the Phish show down there for the 1999 new years run, but that's a different story. I can only imagine how desolate and out in the middle of nowhere this show must have been, must have been a gas to drive on Alligator Alley to get to this show. I've also seen Alligators and Indians and have experienced Orange Sunshine, just not all together at the same time :)
Yellow dog story precedes Alligator
AND they’re on (or close to) Alligator Alley.
The stars really aligned for the telling of that story.
Friend Of Mine -> China Cat Sunflower....
....drippy.
11/9 vs 11/10
10 was dialed in so from Bertha on the sound was there maybe a few tweaks here and there, they were really able to hear each other very well kinda like 8-24-72 where you can hear all the nuances, and the band played very well. I made it to Eyes from the 9th it was late and things didn't seem to be clicking.
Big Rock Pow Wow
Pigpen just heckles the shit out of the announcer.... "You ain't if you don't shut up!!" Listen closely if you never have... I threw a quote out from this show when i requested to listen to the Dave's Wichita 72 show, "Don't be programming it baby let's just get it on!!""" bob t
11-10-73
Running a little late, just getting into Set I of of 11-10-73. Bolo, that's quite the Origin Story!! Such a fun vivid picture to have painted for this collective listen. Wow, the sound is dialed in from the get go. Gorgeous. Another great pick o' the day. Disc 3 from the next night was in the road music rotation for a good while, but even that seems like ages ago. Looking forward to the Big Rock Pow Wow - that sequence with He Was A Friend Of Mine is sweet!
Pow Wow '69
The Spirit's are alive! The Katcinas here.
This show sound dialed I can hear everything twice the band is playing great, Dark Star through the roof. What i like most about the era is it goes right into it. Bear was The Sound Man I guess everybody else learned it from him.
When life gives you lemons you go put on Pow Wow from '69.
Pow Wow, Wow
I enjoyed today's listen - though I must admit that I did not do the back-to-back 30~min. "Lovelights."
"Death Don't" is a track that I need to listen to more often - one of my favorites from the earlier days, and I thought this one was haunting and perfect.
I too was at the Phish 1999 NYE shows in the Everglades, and yes, I did see some gators. What a trip it must have been to be there in 69.
Good stuff. And yes, the band really did seem to give that announcer hell.
Peace
The Lovelight from 5/23...
Sounds real nice. I hope that the 24th sounds good too but this Lovelight is pretty good.