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    Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

    The town crier's addendum:

    Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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    We must not let daylight in upon the magic….

    50 years ago today……

    April 28, 1971
    Fillmore East, New York, New York

    Set 1: Truckin'-Beat It On Down The Line-Loser-El Paso-The Rub-Bird Song-Playing In The Band-Cumberland Blues-Ripple-Me And Bobby McGee-I'm A King Bee-Bertha

    Set 2: Morning Dew-Me And My Uncle-Deal-Hard To Handle-Cryptical Envelopment>drums>The Other One>Wharf Rat-Sugar Magnolia-Dark Star>St. Stephen>Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away

    My fellow rockers, this is without doubt my all-time favorite Grateful Dead show. Clearly and forever my “desert island show”. Nothing else comes close. Which is not to say it’s perfect. That being said, this well known and deservedly classic Dead show crackles with an energy and intensity that even the Dead themselves could only rarely conjure.

    The exquisite, beautiful El Paso. The raucous, raunchy, exceptionally executed Rub. Weir’s phenomenal playing on the superb Cumberland Blues. Ripple, oh Ripple! The rare King Bee and the rarer still Bertha set closer. The dense, moving, thunderous Dew to open the second set. The blistering white noise intensity of the hands-down best ever Hard To Handle. The skull album Other One----still my favorite after all these decades! The short, sweet Star, the flubbed St. Stephen, the crispy NFA that follows.

    I first heard this show broadcast on a college radio station outside Boston in 1980. It rocked my world then, it continues to rock my world now………..

    One of the top ten Dead shows of all time. The other nine, we’ll debate later……..

    Clearly I’m biased, and unapologetically so!! Decide for yourself………….

    Rock on,

    Doc
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    A happy AJS makes me optimistic....

    ....now where's Patagonian Fox?
    I could make a few wet jokes, but I don't wanna offend.

  • KeithFan2112
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    Alright Alright, I'll Tell You What....

    Mine's gonna be here tomorrow and I'm gonna get my kicks in before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.....

    That's what I think after seeing the front and back cover of the main release and Bonus Disc. Somebody posted pics on the Steve Hoffman forum. Look at all of those great songs....Bonus Disc slip cover art is very cool.

    Angry Jack Straw - very happy to hear about the Bird Song. Probably 2nd only to Dark Star in my list of favorite Dead Songs....

    About three-quarters of the way to the bottom of the page:

    https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/grateful-dead-daves-picks-2021-s…

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    Scheduled for Thursday delivery

    But arrived today. A bit surprising since the last two releases were weeks late.

    Bird Song is the unquestioned highlight for me. Right up there with Vancouver.

    Overall a solid show. It takes a while before the sound gets dialed in on Bertha. Disc 2 is superb. I’m usually a big fan of NFA>GDTRFB>NFA, but transitions on this one are long and drawn out. Not my favorite.

    The cymbals seem too high in the mix on the bonus CD. I’m interested to hear what others think. Other than that a very cool HCS and Eyes.

    Enjoy yours when it arrives.

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    Now people are getting wet product?

    Thats a new one

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    Track list

    Would love the whole tracklist, especially the bonus disc.
    Artwork: I like it a lot better than some of the busier pictures we've had (I suffered some minor retina damage from DaP 25 / Broome County), but I'm still getting a heavy skeleton vibe - possibly due to the skeletons.

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    Couldn't agree more BTK on 4/27/85; I stumbled upon this one about a month ago when someone from these here boards tipped me off on an adjacent show - cant recall which - but then landed on this one and man, what an amazing listen. Love the rekindled Dancin' during this spurt as the opener; also love me some pretty funky Esau - this has a stellar version. But what really did hit me was the Tom Thumb's; it starts out all slow and scant - at least compared to how I am used to hearing it - but then it picks up and hits it's mark and felt truly unique to these ears; the next several songs are just fantastic to close the 1st and then open the 2nd with a Scarlet > Eyes > GDRFB > Man Smart > WUT!!!!! Sooooo good. and that's just the top half of the 2nd act; they go on and on and on post-drums/space.
    What a box this would anchor.

    https://archive.org/details/gd1985-04-27.sbd.miller.25467.sbeok.shnf/gd…

    Be Well People!
    Sixtus

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    Just got my new Dave’s 38 and it’s very wet. The outer package was dry, but everything inside was completely soaked. The outer cardboard fell apart when I opened the package. The plastic wrapping was wet and I was hoping it would be dry inside and it wasn’t at all. The bonus disc is ruined as It is splotchy and stuck with the cardboard from the outer layer. The main release might be salvageable, but it is really wet.....it’s a bummer but hopefully tptb will take care of this. Anyone else have any issues?

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    Dave's Picks 38 Cover Art

    My DaP 38 with Bonus Disc still hasn't shipped but the April Grateful Dead Bulletin has and boy oh boy is the cover for the most recent DaP lovely! Helen Kennedy is just a fantastic artist and I hope to see more of her work in the coming months!

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    I thought he loved Anacott Steel.

    I am a robot.

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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

The town crier's addendum:

Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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How many did you attend at Warfield?

Small theater. The word "intimate" comes to mind

That Space on 9 27 80...

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I went to 3 shows 9/27, 10/9, & 10/10 , ( the two acoustic sets that were released). The Warfield holds about 2,800 people, the Orpheum Theatre, which is right up the street, only holds 1,800 people. I believe Cousins of the, went to all the shows but one, he can correct me if I'm wrong.

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The 2nd Fire - 04/22/77 The Spectrum;
05/05/77 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum;
05/08/77 Barton Hall;
12/31/78 Winterland.
Just to name a few.

Enjoying DaP 37 to the fullest!

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42 years ago today I saw the Dead put on a killer show up in Oakland. I had low expectations for the show going in ,I was never a big fan of the Oakland Coliseum, but the Dead came out firing on all cylinders, they played a great show from start to finish. This show is a definite future Dave's pick. I like the Fire on the Mtn. from 12/31/77 or 12/31/78, but I like a lot of them.

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Hey Billy, I made it to 13 out of the 15; I think it's Nitecat who went to all but one(or maybe all). I had to skip a coupla' shows; going to bed at 2 and working the next day did not agree with me...I passed out right as I got out of the theater on 10/9, missed the next two nights(matter of fact, I think Nitecat and I drove together to the show that night)

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Tying together recent themes: my first love was 10-31-80 with the Space intro. This remains a favorite to this day.

Also love 11-24-78 with the way it rolls out of Ollin Arageed and into Sugar Mag. Jerry's cocaine croup adds soulful umph too.

Another fav is 8-16-91 Scarlet>Victim>Fire perhaps also due in part to unorthodox transitions (sensing a theme as I write this) but also due to the Brucy factor; bang those keys man!

Speaking of banging those keys, 11-26-82 had some vicious attacks by Brent that have always impressed me even as a young man first getting to know the material.

It's been in the single digits here in Memphis TN with more snowfall than we have had since 1985. Perhaps I should warm my bones by a Fire right now!

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2/18/71 anniversary tomorrow. Yee-haa!!

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3 10 81
11 1 79
6 22 86 (I have my reasons)
9 16 78

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Ok Jimbo I'll bite...I truly love this take on the very first (?) foray into Fire on the Mountain, albeit without the lyrics but the way it pops up here is totally awesome out of Eyes of the World. I'd love for this show to be officially released, you know I have a sweet spot for '76:

https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-28.sbd.digitalrbb.miller.112296.f…

-Seventy-Sixtus

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Since the DaP 37 Glass page doesn't have a comments section, I'll air out my thoughts here instead. After reading about people having no shipping tracking far past a week for their glass like I did, I thought we were back to where we were last year with the shipping blues. Fortunately, yesterday UPS updated to indicate that the package has been shipped and is now halfway between LA and SF. The ETA is this Friday so keeping my fingers crossed it comes ASAP. Much love everyone!

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Los Angeles & San Francisco
Highway 101, Paso Robles, near where James Dean crashed his Porsche and died young.

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....I know exactly who you are talking about Proudfoot w/o mentioning names.

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...if only...

EDIT: they come in threes right?

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Cousins, you are right, I went to all the Warfield shows on that run. Funny I don't recall going together to a show, but my memory about how I got to shows is a little hazy. I had a crazy schedule, work in the morning, school in the afternoon, show at night. I do recall nearly falling asleep on the long bus ride from SF State where I was attending classes, and wondering why I was doing this, and then realizing why when the first notes of the acoustic set began. I also remember getting busted for taping by Dan Healy, but that is another story.

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A total beast. If you dig the crackle and burn in the Mississippi > Franklin’s opener, then the rest of the show is for you. A great example at how GD can turn devastation into something spectacular. But unless Norman can perform some wizardry through a matrix, I don’t see it being an official release. The board is just too reined in- a show where I always listen to the Aud over the board.

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Celebrating the death of another human being is something beyond my comprehension.

That is all.

Flame away.

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Still really enjoying this release - spring 78 shows have such a cool & wild vibe to them. Really into this show and can see several repeat listens before it goes on the shelf for a while.

Someone mentioned the Warfield/Radio City run. Over the years many of us wished for a complete box set but that seems pretty unlikely. I loved the release from a couple years ago (10/9 and 10/10 acoustic sets). I would love to see another release from that run (maybe another 4-disc Dave's that features a full acoustic and electric set. My wish would be for 10/4 or 10/14).

Hope everyone is well -

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I know when loved ones and people who are respected die, we have a celebration of life. Not sure about RL. I'm not willing to say I'm happy anyone is dead(Karma!), but if you have not heard, or not recently heard "Tramp The Dirt Down" by Elvis Costello from his Spike album, it is in my opinion, the most vitriolic song I have ever heard(written for Margaret Thatcher). It's a stunning piece of work, and one of my all-time favorite Elvis songs. It's a must hear, the hatred drips from the speaker. And, he's not dead yet. If RL WAS a bigot, good riddance.

DAVEROCK-that 2005 show with Arthur Lee must have been when the Liverpool band Shack was his backing band. I have a live recording from that tour, great stuff. I wish I could have been there.

Music is the best!!

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"The way I see it, Barry, it is a very dynamite show"

Also recommended: 4 3 82

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and her sullen and aborted currents
breed tiny monsters
true sailing is dead

Awkward instant
and the first animal is jettisoned
legs furiously pumping
their stiff green gallop
and heads bob up
Poise
Delicate
Pause
Consent

In mute nostril agony
carefully refined
and sealed over

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Thank you Onesies,,,, I usually listen to cheery Elvis like "When I was Cruel #2" :-)

But I liked that one.

Some people should be dead and the sooner the better. Karma be fine, but some are just human pieces of shit and I do rejoice when they go. I'm not talking about killing anyone, but if they die, then the lord must have wanted them. (if you believe in such things) There are people in the world that ONLY care about themselves and will throw ANYONE to wolfs, hell they're bring the wolf. It's a cold thing, but there are those that deserve no sympathy AND they almost always bring it on themselves. You can say karma, but karma works both ways,,,, maybe this was karma catching up with them. Shame it doesn't catch up faster!

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I will say exactly what he said on 8/9/95 of Jerry Garcia: "Just another dead doper. And a dirt bag."

Edited to add the "dirt bag" part, because I wanted to make sure I had the quote right, forgot that part, the first part stuck in my head way back then.

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Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away.

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...."I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
Admitted to being hooked on opioids in 2003 while slamming Garcia as a dead doper as was posted here by alvarhanso.
Dude once said Michael J. Fox was faking his Parkinson's Disease. The list is long. Great man that RL.
edited for sarcasm.

Jim thanks, yes, Hamza El-din. I remember Mickey introducing him, but couldn't recapture his name. I saw two maybe three concerts with him joining Mickey and Bill, and perhaps with the rest of the band for a while. Monster sets, maybe someday released. The drums were thunder and lightning those shows. Thanks.

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Yes, some of these performances with the Dead were released on Rockin the Cradle and RT1. 4. That RT release has really started to grow on me the last couple of years.

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Hell, yes-I hope it didn't look as if I was trying to pass it off as mine! Thanks for making it clearer.

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And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

50 years ago today……………….

February 18, 1971
Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY

Set 1: Bertha-Truckin'-It Hurts Me Too-Loser-Greatest Story Ever Told-Johnny B. Goode-Mama Tried-Hard To Handle-Dark Star>Wharf Rat>Dark Star>Me And My Uncle

Set 2: Casey Jones-Playing In The Band-Me And Bobby McGee-Candyman-Big Boss Man-Sugar Magnolia-St. Stephen>Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away-Uncle John's Band

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again---I think this is a bit overrated, and not close to the best of the Port Chester run. We can’t deny its historic significance, although the Dead themselves may not have viewed it as such at the time. One era ending, another about to begin, five fine new songs. The first great seismic shift of 1971…….

We should luxuriate in the subtle magnificence of the luminous Dark Star, and get down and greasy with the crackling crisp energy of Hard To Handle. Those two alone would make this certainly worth the price of admission……………..

Hail Port Chester!

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Mr Ones - you may know more about that Love show in 2005 than I do. The main buzz about the concert I saw, as I remember it, was the re-appearance of Johnny Echols alongside Arthur Lee.

Its always surprised me that although Love are listed as having played on the same bill as The Dead and The Allmans at the Fillmore East 2/11 - 2/14, you never read any reports as to how they played or went down. Not very well, presumably!

Right...as you were.

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Bertha, Jerry like are we here to play! You guy's are OAITW! hahaha

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who nailed it with the 'pleasure to read an obit' quote.

Thanks for that. Hypocrisy dies one by one.

Oh yeah, this is a music thread. Listened to 2-18-71 the other night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

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this is what happens when you preach hate your entire life. Lung cancer, what a way to go. I can see him now, gasping for breath, wishing he had done something else with his life instead of hating so many good people. Remember what he said about Jerry, so I will add to his obit, just another dead hateful republican.
Lots of great anniversaries of some great shows coming up soon. So much great Grateful Dead, so little time. Captcha, watch your parking meters.....

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Dave: A big thanks from snowy St. Charles, IL. This show is a great mood lifter when dealing with the snow/bitter cold in the Chicago burbs.
Vguy72, your Mark Twain obit quote was spot on. Have a Grateful day out there and stay safe.

You share my concerns.

I sent a PM to Skulltrip wishing him a Merry Christmas and have yet to here back. His response times are sometimes delayed, but never this long.

If anyone has been in contact with Skulltrip, please post.

I hope all is well with you my good man.

AJS

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The passing of RL reduces hate pollution by 50%. Fox News will remove the other 50%. Who knew that hate had such a receptive audience?

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Well, I never talk politics here, but besides saying who cares if Jerry is dead he was just a druggy, RL also said drug users should be "sent up river" even casual cannabis users. This while he was addicted to opioids.

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