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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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  • boblopes
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    DaP37 - I should get it manana

    I was originally scheduled to get it today, but after the Nor'Easter this week, it made it to my local post office today and I suspect I'll get it tomorrow. Jim, I suspect while you were catching freshies in the backcountry, your DaP37 got innovatively delayed as well.

  • proudfoot
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    Disc 2 is where it's at for me

    I personally wouldn't call Pitt the better show

    that 2nd set in Pitt is a bit...brief.

    Disc 2: all day long!!!

    love the Passenger trainwreck moment (no pun intended)

    Disc 1 is a whole lotta fun
    Disc 2 is exquisite
    Disc 3 is a tasty dessert

    Now...Dave, I agree wholeheartedly with Unkle Sam there must be a bunch of 72, 73, 74, 68, 69, 70 shows that are itching to be released...please make it so, my touk-wearing Canadian friend. Y'all be cool.

  • fourwindsblow
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    USPS upated Feb. 2

    Says on it's way. Saturday the 6th.

    Arrived Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item FONTANA, CA

  • unkle sam
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    could play the GOAT versions of every Grateful Dead song ever and I would not watch them.
    Received my 37 yesterday. Is it just me or is this release a bit tame? No big jams, sure, some great versions of some of our favorites, ie. Deal, Morning Dew, Mississippi half step and a nice Rhythm Devils, but really? Is that all it takes to get to be a Dave's pick now? The 3rd disc of the Pitt show is the better show? Sure hope the rest of this year's subscription is better than this one this could be my last subscription. Come on Dave, just reading these boards and I have seen many a request for better shows that have not been released. I know there are still shows with killer Dark Stars/Other Ones/Drums>Space that have not been released yet, can we get those out first, then start with the filler?
    on a separate note, my shipment came and it looked like the mailman tried to shove this one up the mailboxes ass instead of just putting it in the box. hope there's no damage.

  • JimInMD
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    36

    I have a lossless copy.. thanks to one of the good ones at this site. It's ok really, but it would be nice to get one at least within two weeks of the first people that get theirs.

  • DeadVikes
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    Jim, Dave's #1

    Great idea Jim, Dave's #1 it is. I might have to get the tunic out for that one.
    You are way more patient than I am. If I don't have mine by the end of this week, I will start to get a little upset. #36, you know where to find me.

    Peace

  • Gary Farseer
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    Just checked UPS tracking and it has finally showed up in the system, says Saturday delivery. I'll take it if I can get it.

    Dang Jim I hate that 36 hasn't showed up. Let me know if you want me to burn a copy...

  • JimInMD
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    Don't Have Mine

    ..nor do I have #36 yet. I did not get a tracking email or an email of any sort. If I go into the site, pull down my order and get tracking this way, which is remarkably cumbersome as I bought a couple other things on the same order, it says February 9th.

    Seems awfully weird to me, I have subscribed since day 1. I'm not one to complain but... if it was random, I would at least get some releases on time. I seem to get them all quite late going back a number of years. And it doesn't seem to be getting better.

    I'm happy our European friends are seemingly getting theirs in the same decade they are ordered, so improvements there.. but... Nevermind.. let me finish my first cup of coffee and I will surely be less grumpy after that. I plan to play a show that was released back when I used to get these things on time. Dave's Picks #1 anyone? Richmond '77.

  • Gary Farseer
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    Man I hate that. Thing is, I noticed a few years back the sloppiness of the USPS. I had packages that were being scanned as delivered when they weren't so I started paying attention. I would usually get the package later in the day or a day or two later. It makes me think of Newman...NEWMAN!!!

    What I believe was going on, was the postal employee was scanning a whole neighborhood's packages as being delivered, instead of scanning them when they hit the porch. Then, when they got back to the shop, they would notice they forgot to deliver, so they would take the next day , or 2, or 3...

    Now where I live the USPS is run pretty darn good, but I imagine that in other parts of the country this might not be the case. Back to NEWMAN!!! I would hate to think the postal employee removed the package from sight to not make management upset, or maybe management doesn't even care. I hope you get yours today, with maybe an honest mistake and not mischief.

    We may need to get the PTB to move to straight UPS delivery, I am willing to pay a few more dollars to make sure everybody gets their packages. Hal maybe order another copy but see if there is a 2 day option (Fedex, UPS) but have to pay more. Then, hopefully the first one will show up and you can sell it or gift it as mentioned.

    Best of luck, no wait, I dont have mine yet either.

    Good Grief!

  • DeadVikes
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    Great news Bluecrow.
    Just curious, what does your tracking indicate in your order status on this site?

    Just trying to figure this shipping out.
    To date, I have never received a release without a tracking notification Email.

    And did anyone buy this a la carte last week and receive it?

    The promise was subscribers would be the first to receive the releases this year.

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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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Lowest # I've ever had.

Couple spoilers ahead if you haven't received yours yet.

Just queued up the show. I think Bertha / Uncle is my favorite Jerry / Bobby 1-2 opening duo. "Smoking" I think Carlo said about disc one. Yeah, I hear it so far. Jerry is really tearing it up on Me & My Uncle. Even Sugaree is a bit harder than usual. Works for me.

I hear you AJS on the Bertha sound issues. They should have pre-opened every show with LLR to straighten out the audio.

I'm hearing Bobby much louder than usual. As loud as Jerry at least. Keith is nowhere to be found, but I'm strangely okay with it for the moment, I think because Bobby is playing that Gibson so well and it sounds so good.

Yeah, another cookin' solo in Tennessee Jed. Good stuff. Oh dear, LLR came on and I'm enjoying it. Lol, guys, honestly I probably should have sobered up to report the real story here. Well I mean - it's not the alcohol so much as I probably shouldn't have drunk all of that cough syrup this morning.....stay gold Pony Boy.

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Been awhile, glad to see you weighing in. I don't know if it's that I usually listen on headphones or what, but I found the three PNW '73 shows very uneven from an audio standpoint. I figure it has to be the headphones because everyone else loves them. By "uneven" I hear the symbols coming in piercingly loud on half the tracks maybe. Also some tape hiss creeps in and out and there. My recollection is the Bird Song show is the least affected of the three. And the Dark Star / Eyes of the World from show #2 is right on the money. But overall I'm constantly dicking around with the EQ trying to get the sound right on PNW "73

Now the '74 shows are a completely different story; the audio on these is about as good as I've heard any '74 show sound. They've just about eliminated the tinniness that those Wall of Sound phase cancelling microphones used to cause. Not sure how they did it but they did. Or maybe I just wore out the mid-range in my ears. That could definitely be it. But yeah, those '74 shows are ultra smooth. I should revisit those '73 shows again. I recently listened to the Dark Star => Eyes of the World after Daverock mentioned how well Bobby was playing on that Dark Star; but otherwise it's been awhile. Now I feel like I should do an immediate comparison. I may have undiagnosed ADD.

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Your right about the loud vocals bob and jerry sing. It was the first thing I noticed as the first set played through. The high vocals make this Dap a lot of fun.

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Yeah, when I was listening to China rider, I noticed the audio seemed a bit edgy. Maybe with headphones I'll be able to isolate what I was hearing, but I went back and toggled it with one of the 1973 NW box china rider and the sound is very different. As if somebody's signal is a little too high in the mix and getting slightly distorted maybe? Or maybe the master recording's levels were a little too high making the mix sound a bit saturated? Not sure.

Not a complaint, just an observation. Great show. Listened to most of the release last night, and it's glorious.

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...I've noticed this same thing on the sound Thin. You've described it pretty well. And, I don't hear a whole ton of Phil either, which usually helps to solidify and round out the overall sound with some deeper depth. Not so much here. I assume it's because of the limitations of a two-track to some extent.

I will say though, the 'Let Me Sing Your Blues Away' caught me surely off guard, where I had to stop and do a double take before a huge grin took over my stolen face. It's a pretty jaunty tune, a shame it was shelved so soon.

Hope Others' are receiving theirs and enjoying the ride - off to get #2 JAB shortly, here's to hoping for no adverse events!

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I have been seeing that a bunch of people have had their 38s for a few days now. I’m sitting here in Colorado still waiting on a shipping notice. Should I be worried??

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MDA - I also live in Colorado and have yet to receive a shipping confirmation email...we must be the last batch of subscriptions to ship. Hopefully we hear something soon.

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What, me worry?

With all the versions of "The Shipping Blues" in the past, one might.

Give it until at least next Friday before any panicking.

No, I am still not a robot.

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No worries Jimbobwe and Proudfoot. Keep the faith. I was thinking the same then got my shipping notice here in Colorado this week showing Monday 5-3 for delivery. You never know. My July '78 box is #36/15,000.
Cheers!

I wouldn't worry about a shipping notice. For #36 I never received one but it came the usual 4 days after date like all the others. Come to think of it a notice has been an iffy thing. More than a couple of times I didn't get one yet it came nonetheless.

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I watched a documentary a few days back. I am sure you all have seen on the History Channel the various docs. I cant remember what the title was, and like I have written, memory aint what it used to be. It was on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. I had posted a few years back that on the day off during the NYE1987 run, my friends and I walked to the mid-point of the Golden Gate Bridge and back, somewhere around 10 pm. It was super cold and a strong western wind. In the documentary, it talked about them at one point putting up a net to protect the bridge builders. I also remember a couple of years back that they had a drive to collect money to put another permanent net type device to prevent jumpers. Any way, long story short, I never put it together that the live album, Without a Net, was not just shot in the dark title (about the circus coming to town and the razor's edge of improvisation without a net) but also some San Fran history to boot. Those guys were on top of so much Americana that it is mind blowing.

If I had missed the page for the sale of #38. Now I know this is maybe a new rule for sales. Ship subscribers and dont open for sale until the day of release. Not sure if that is true or is it the or some special artwork??? Cant wait to see. I hope it is the poster for these shows, which I have. Will write more later, not wanting to spoil the trip...

Edit: well just checked my farseer email and see the artwork. Not the poster. Email sent 10 minutes ago...

Edit 2: OOOps wrong show poster is for March shows, see old brainism

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