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    What's Inside:
    7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
    Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
    Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
    Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
    Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
    Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
    Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
    Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
    Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
    Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
    Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes
     
    Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000

    Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the "gateway" to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won't you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band's affinity for the River City.
     
    LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973. 
     
    The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.
     
    The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe ’72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who’d played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.
     
    All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through “Beat It On Down The Line” and “One More Saturday Night” and wistful takes on “Row Jimmy” and “Brokedown Palace” (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through “The Other One” and “Dark Star.” Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis’ biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through “Run Rudolph Run.”  
     
    Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band’s tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others. 
     
    Due October 1st, LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net.

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  • Oroborous
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    RE: Ordering Panic

    “Usually, I just blame the kids for stuff like this...” 😂
    Women Rule!

  • gratefulgerd
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    Order.... Simonrob, Jiminmd,

    Thanks,
    well, I have an order number through my payment. But this number doesn't show anything in my deadnet account. Unfortunately I wasn't smart enough to take a screenshot. Expected everything goes the usual way.
    My spam folder is clean.
    Hmmmh
    G:

  • musicnow
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    Keithfan

    I had tears coming down my face I was laughing so hard. Sorry for your panic attack, but damn that was a funny story!

  • simonrob
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    Gerd - No order confirmation

    You can check the status of your order on dead.net. To do that you need the order number that came with your confirmation mail. Just because you didn't get a confirmation mail doesn't mean you can't find your order number. If you paid using PayPal, the order number is shown as the invoice id in your PayPal account or in the payment confirmation mail. If you were really smart, you would have taken a screenshot of the order page after submitting your order. The order number was shown there.

  • JimInMD
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    Confirmation

    I received my confirmation email. Have you checked your spam or junk mail folder??

    That being said, I have heard of this situation before... but not for quite some time.

  • gratefulgerd
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    Ordered the box yesterday morning, but...

    didn't receive an order confirmation from deadnet, as usual.
    The payment went straight through to Warner Elektra and was confirmed right away.
    No reply from customer service yet.
    I'm thinking of ordering another box, just to make sure I get a copy.
    Is there anybody else with the same experience?
    Gerd

  • Exile On Main St.
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    Mr Jack Straw I also don't post much but read everything here daily. Lots of great Dead commentary. I was surprised by your high praise of the 5/19/74 jam. And not because there's anything wrong with it. Because in a world where there are 100s of Grateful Dead shows released, there are so many great second set jams that I am interested to know what makes 5/19/74 a 10/10 for you. I have mentally stored it as somewhere around 8 /10 which is awesome in my mind. May be an A minus. I would give a jam like the DaP 5 Playing > UJB > Dew > UJB > Playing a 10/10. Or E72 has that big DS > Uncle > DS > Wharf Rat > Sugar Mags 10/10. I will listen much more openly to 5/19/74. Happy for the heads up!

    Sorry to those oversea who pay more and wait longer. I guess you don't go for Ebay out of print shows and boxes either? Talk about expensive.

    KeithFan that ordering ordeal you had made me laugh here in the wee hours of the morning. Great movie I remember when it came out and I saw it in the theater. I walked thinking John Travolta was a lot cooler than I remembered.

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    Import Charge To UK

    There has been speculation as to what we will be charged under the new UK Tax regulations.

    As the box set is over the new £135 limit introduced in January 2021, 20% Import VAT will be levied by the UK Tax Authorities. At todays Exchange Rate the VAT will be £32.86. This will need to be paid to the courier company before delivery who will also charge a handling fee (£8 if it is a standard Royal Mail delivery, considerably more from most other couriers). There should be no Import Duty applied as commercial CD's attract a 0% Duty rate. The 2.5% Import Duty mentioned previously only applies to gifts.

    If there was a UK shop set up to sell the box (someone like Amazon for example) then they would be charging us the same 20% Sales VAT.

    For deliveries under the £135 value, the new rules are that the seller must charge the 20% VAT on ordering and pay that direct to the UK Government.

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    Tangerine Dream - nice album

    Although I like the UK Kaleidoscope, it has to be said that they make Syd's Floyd sound like Metallica.
    Keithfan - wow, you're life sounds hectic !

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    I meant to check in here during the day after the 12/10/71 CD leaked on Amazon, but then was completely distracted by work. So I checked in after work and saw the dead.net home page: 20 CD Box Set '71, '72, '73. A wave of "ohhhhh fuuuuck" washed over me as I realized the thing had already been on sale all day.

    So I began the process of frantically looking for my wallet. Nowhere to be found. Retrace your steps is what I was always taught to do. Left it in my car, right. Ran out to the driveway and there it was right on the passenger front seat. But my car was locked. You gotta be kidding me. At that point I had pictures in my head of returning and seeing a sold-out ribbon on the top left corner of the box set. Did I mention my wife had never seen Pulp Fiction until we queued it up over the weekend? Yeah, so I've been throwing quotes from that one all week, mostly Marsellus Wallace with his chill cool demeanor. So anyway, I began the process of frantically looking for my keys. Not so easy as retracing my steps because my wife drove my car last.

    After checking all the usual places unsuccessfully, I had a better idea - wife's credit card. I started dumping the contents of her handbag overboard onto the couch. Found the credit card, started ordering, and of course she walks in with a mouth full of expletives when she saw her stuff all over the couch. I usually just blame the kids for stuff like this after the fact, but I was literally caught in the act. And worse was the reason she came in the room at all - kids were fighting and I'm supposed to "do something about it" while this panicked purchase frenzy is going on.

    I took a deep breath and said Marsellus Wallace style (which she's been enduring since Sunday), "go in the other room and chill those mother ******* out. Come back in 20 seconds and then I need you to pretty please with sugar on top read your credit card number to me, because I don't have my glasses and this shit is small".

    So she comes back I'm as I'm filling this thing out and sees the price tag in the shopping cart. "Why do you need another box set with all the same music?" she demanded.
    Marsellus replied, "because there's 3 mother ****** Bird Songs".

    She sighed and gave in, knowing quite well she has me out-spent 10 to 1. She finished reassembling the contents of her handbag, and as she left the room said, "your glasses are probably with your keys and wallet."

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What's Inside:
7 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 20 Discs
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/09/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/17/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/18/72
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 10/19/72
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/29/73
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 10/30/73
Sourced from tapes recorded by Rex Jackson, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and Kidd Candelario
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes
 
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 13,000

Steamboats and BBQ, ice cream cones and Mardi Gras - are you ready to laissez les bons temps rouler with the "gateway" to the Grateful Dead? Meet us, won't you, in St. Louis for seven complete and previously unreleased Dead concerts that capture the heart of the band's affinity for the River City.
 
LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73 is a 20CD set featuring five shows from the Fox Theatre - December 9 and 10, 1971; October 17-19, 1972; and two from the Kiel Auditorium - October 29 and 30, 1973. 
 
The seven shows in the collection span slightly less than two years, but they represent some of the best shows the Grateful Dead played during some of its peak tours. The music tells the story of a band evolving, changing from one sound to another seamlessly, precipitated – in large part – by significant personnel changes in the Dead’s lineup.
 
The two 1971 shows feature the original Grateful Dead lineup plus newcomer Keith Godchaux on piano. This version of the band would hold together for the next six months as the Dead embarked upon its Europe ’72 tour. By the time the Dead returned to the Fox Theatre less than a year later, they were without Pigpen, who’d played his final show with the Dead at the Hollywood Bowl on June 17, 1972. A year after the exceptional Fox 1972 shows, the Dead came back to St. Louis, but played the much larger Kiel Auditorium, touring behind the release of WAKE OF THE FLOOD, which came out just two weeks before.
 
All told, the band played 60 different songs during these shows highlighted by blazing romps through “Beat It On Down The Line” and “One More Saturday Night” and wistful takes on “Row Jimmy” and “Brokedown Palace” (whose lyrics give the collection its name). Meanwhile, the copious jamming ebbed and flowed like the mighty Mississippi River on multiple voyages through “The Other One” and “Dark Star.” Naturally, the band paid tribute to one of its favorite rock and rollers and one of St. Louis’ biggest stars by playing Chuck Berry songs at every show in the collection, including Pigpen galloping through “Run Rudolph Run.”  
 
Each show has been restored and speed corrected using Plangent Processes with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. The collection comes in a slipcase with artwork by Liane Plant and features an 84-page hardbound book as well as other Dead surprises. To set the stage for the music, the liner notes provide several essays about the shows, including one by Sam Cutler, the band’s tour manager during that era, and another by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether, among others. 
 
Due October 1st, LISTEN TO THE RIVER: ST. LOUIS ’71 ’72 ’73, is limited to 13,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net.

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Guess I got lucky?

This is a box set to get on board with. I like the concept of "the river". Listened to 12/10/71 last night at store, very nice show, very nice recording off archive. "Official" release should be a-ok.

NOW WHERE IS DaP 39???? :-)

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.... I am in! Dutifully ordered; grateful for the embarrassment of riches

Another big surprise from Dave. A St. Louis 71-73 combo, nobody had this on their radar screen. Just ordered mine. Never have seen a box released without a seaside chat. What the hell is going on? I am excited!

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You are the MAN, Dave!!!

And all the PTB.

:)))

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So, everyone was right: it's a '71, fall '72, fall '73 box. The setlists really reflect the band's evolution, especially going from a 7-minute Playing in the Band to a 20+ minute version over the course of the year.

Beautiful the way this box will provide the pre-Euro '72 and post Euro-'72 band in all its glory.

$200? There's the sweet spot.

I believe this will take me a good deal of the w-w-w-winter to listen to, much less fully absorb.

Yet another multi-year geographic focus. Well played, Dave! Muchas gracias!

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Is there no end to the releases this month!!!??!?!

We got the Joni, we got the Dylan, we got the dead, we got the lee morgan.

No way I can hide all this from my wife!! I can hide the mail when it comes,,, but,,,, that new book shelf to hold all this stuff I can't hide as easily!

LIstening to Birdsong from 10/17/72,,,, another one from the archive that is damn near perfect, official release should be even better!!!

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Been waiting months for this announcement and it’s seven early 70’s shows which I love. Ordered immediately as I expect the 13000 will go quickly. Can’t wait for Autumn to listen to these shows. Now roll on DaP39!

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I just ordered 2, one for me and one for my brother. What a knockout!

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Of course I’ve ordered it!

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You got my $$$ for a very appreciated release.

My first show anniversary was this past Sunday (7/18/82)...39 years later, the long, strange trip continues.

God Bless the Grateful Dead!!!

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Dead Fox Box Ordered - check! Lee Morgan Lighthouse Box Ordered - check! Bob Dylan Bootleg Springtime In NY Ordered - check! Plus sundry Dave McMurray, Crosby, Drive-By Truckers, and Son Volt - check! Separation & Divorce - pending!

I just got notice the dog's license is up for renewal, so I can start by adding a zero on the end of that charge on the books...New cord for my tools, add a zero to the total....

...this came as a surprise, however the pre-available sleuthing that was initiated yesterday has now paid off.

Thanks GD!

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To Dave L - Thank You! Many of us (myself included) have been asking for the Fox shows in some capacity. It is clear you watch these boards. I know from the Seaside chat that these shows have been on your radar for a while. Still these shows have been heavily discussed on the boards in recent years so we are being given what we asked for. Adding the shows from 1973 is the icing on the cake.

Of course I ordered this box as soon as I saw the announcement. I can't wait to get it.

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I was so excited to hear about this new boxed set. After learning about these shows, I’m even more excited. I’m glad that it spans three separate years in the Dead cannon, and the setlists look amazing. Even the shows without the Dark Stars, Other Ones, and other jam vehicles look interesting and captivating. Even more, I’m very grateful that some of this material is getting released separately as well. The 12/10/71 show is getting released on both CD and vinyl(!), and the Playin’>Drums>DS>Dew>Playin’ is getting released on vinyl too. Very smart decision. Overall, this is very exciting.

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First, is it "Only One Cumberland?...." or, "It's Got a Cumberland!"

Second.. thank you GD/David Lemieux.. not many of you know this, but HendrixFreak has been both on a hunger strike and out on the ledge of 53rd floor of the Wells Fargo Building in Denver threatening to jump unless he gets a Fall '72 box. I am happy to report he is down off the ledge and finishing a greasy pulled pork sammy at the BBQ joint around the corner. Extra greasy...

Third.. Dennis, I am beginning to feel much sympathy for your wife.

All is good with the world again. As you were.

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... after a morning of ordering more "stuff" from the cornucopia of musical choices being given us (or thrusted upon us), I head down to read my favorite monthly paper "The Funny Times".

There is the single panel joke. Guy at an AA meeting talking to the group.

My name is Roger. I own a plethora of music on original vinyl, eight-track, cassette and compact disc. Including most digital file formats. I was about to buy remastered rereleases on 180-gram vinyl when my wife said I needed help.

Bottom of panel labeled "Audiophiles Anonymous"

Funny, fate or cry for help?

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I was thrilled when I saw this news. October 19, 1972 was the night I got on the bus. I thought the roof was gonna come off the place during the Casey Jones at the end of the first set. At that moment I knew I wanted more of this. I never missed a St. Louis show after that.

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I've been waiting almost 50 years for these! These were amongst the first shows I attended (along with the Miami Rock Festival , a Kiel Auditorium show in late 1970, and Early 1971 shows at the Fox - THAT Fox show is when I got it; got on the Bus!). These shows were seminal! Thank you so much for releasing this set. I can HARDLY WAIT!

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Done! No problems ordering. I'm just glad I happened to be doing my morning emails when the announcement
popped up. Let the Games begin!

At least Doc gets more lovingly redone 71, Hendrix freak gets some fall 72, and congrats to the rest of y'all excited about this one....I'm getting disc 10 & 20 with big Dark Stars and fall 73. Sure I'll get hooked on the rest as is usually the case with releases I'm at first apprehensive about..
Curious how long this one will take to sell out?

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Thanks Dave and Co

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This box should be a real crowd pleaser. Thanks Dave and Dead.net -- everyone involved. Like the Pacific Northwest box, this regional, but, over the years releases are a nice touch. With that in mind, Dave please consider an MSG N.Y.C. September 1979 release. . .. Just sayin'. I predict it would be an instant sell out and another crowd pleaser.

I really can not wait to see the artwork, box, discs, booklet, inserts, etc..

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Great offerings! The "Run, Run, Rudolf" with Pigpen was on a GD Hour from the early/mid 90's. One of my required X-mas selections every year near the holiday. Cheers!

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Well, JimInMD has no idea that his mentioning Wells Fargo and BBQ sandwiches is clairvoyant, in that Saturday I had problems with my bank (WF) and went out for BBQ sandwiches.... All is well now. And topped off by this new box.

A rough patch has now passed and, if anyone needs a laugh, check out the avatar on the official announcement at the top of the comments page -- it's "Sri" or somebody likely not connected to DL and TPTB.

This sucker gonna sell out in a day or so, max.

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Only 6 versions of Beat It On Down The Line???
Count me out.

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Ordered! Now trying to decide if I should grab the 12/10/71 5LP set too. Any idea if that one is Limited Edition too?

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Oh wow.......a true 70's Show-Me box set, and vinyl to boot.....sign me up! And I just scored tickets for Phish in Denver on Labor Day weekend!!! Not a bad days work.

Yes I'm still alive and lurking.

Be well & Be good dead folks!

KCJ

Edit: BBQ in St. Louis? Laughable...head west

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Grabbed the hat as well!

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The acoustics of the Fox are incredible. I've seen Dylan and Neil Young solo there. I can't imagine seeing the Dead there. The Kiel Center (now called the Scott Trade Center) is awesome too, but the Fox is the best in St Louis.

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I can't seem to get through to the pre-order page. It looks plenty good -especially the 1972 and 1973 shows, but I'm drawing blanks trying to order it at the moment.

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looks great

Did you select the three ALAC files? They have to be selected even if you don’t intend to download them. The lower pre-order button should then work. If that isn’t the problem then I can’t help It seemed pretty seamless to me. Good Luck.

Edit certainly easier to order than submit the comment 3 attempts and I had to replace the word downlo(ads) with files

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Try turning off your VPN. That worked for me.

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7 shows, from '71-'73, and there's only 1Wharf Rat?

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Stillwaters & Colin-thanks for your advice. It was not choosing to download the three tracks to listen to that was stopping me getting through. It does say its a required field, but as I am not going to listen to them I assumed I didn't need to fill in the field.
It would have been ironic if, after checking on here every day since Doomsday to see if a box had been announced, then seeing it had, and that it included shows from the 71-73 era - I found I didn't have the wherewithal to order it !

Had the Brisket Bomb along pork bellies and hush puppies yesterday for lunch - you guys and gals north of Boston, check out The Rusty Can in Byfield MA...

Looking at Compendium - a Feeling Groovy Jam, a Mind Left Body Jam, a couple of Darkstars, TOOs, Birdsongs plus a Cumberland and a Here Comes Sunshine, wow all I need is a Black Peter - woops check that box too.

Now the important part are the two vinyl ala carte's worthy???

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Simply glorious

:))))))))))))))))))))))

The 2 lp "highlights" seem limited to dead.net

Amazon has the 5 Lp set,,,, they say limited.

I ordered all,,, my Daddy said "if you're gonna be broke, be happy". I remember when he told that to Uncle Bobby....

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