Please note that due to its size and weight, this item incurs higher shipping fees than the standard Dead.net store ship rates.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (4/5/69) – Cassette
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/5/69)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/7/69)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/8/69)
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/24/71)
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/20/71)
Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/25/71)
Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/27/71)
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/15/72)
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/16/72)
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3/16/73)
Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3/20/77)
Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5/13/78)
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8/12/79)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8/23/80)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (7/11/81)
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3/14/81)
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81)
Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8/20/83)
Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7/13/84)
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85)
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/22/85)
Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (9/16/87)
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (7/15/89)
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91)
Capital Centre, Landover MD (3/17/93)
Capital Centre, Landover MD (9/15/82)
Boston Garden, Boston, MA (10/3/94)
Originally Recorded By Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, & John Cutler
Mastered By David Glasser & Jeffrey Norman
Plangent Processes Tape Restoration And Speed Correction
Custom Keepsake Box w/ A Guide Book By Jesse Jarnow, Producer's Note By David Lemieux, & Essay By The Stanley Owlsey Foundation
Design By Once Upon A Time
Limited To 6,000 Individually Numbered Copies
Dead.net Exclusive
When the ride begins in '65 at a pizza parlor in the South Bay under another moniker, who would have imagined? When "Who Are You? Where Are You? How Are You?" became "Won't you come with me?" and, ultimately, "Where does the time go?," who would have thought? 60 years on, we're celebrating the Grateful Dead's Diamond Era. Here we go back to the beginning, to the original "Follow," and uncover the wonders of getting on the bus all over again.
ENJOYING THE RIDE is a sweeping 60-CD collection that maps an epic cross-country road trip along the “Heady Highway” with stops at storied venues where the music, the moment, and the magic of the Dead reliably converged. Spanning 25 years of legendary live performances, this expansive compendium spotlights defining shows from 1969 to 1994 at 20 venues that consistently inspired the band to new heights.
With the exception of a few tracks from earlier releases, virtually all of the music on ENJOYING THE RIDE is previously unreleased, with more than 450 tracks and over 60 hours of music. Of the 20 shows in the collection, 17 are presented in full, with some featuring additional material from the same venue. The remaining three — Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall — are curated from multiple performances at each venue, capturing key moments on those legendary stages.
These performances were originally recorded by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, and John Cutler. David Glasser and Jeffrey Norman restored and mastered the performances, with select ones using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction for optimal sound quality.
It's all housed in a custom keepsake box inspired by the experience of traveling from city to city to see the Dead at legendary venues across America. Inside, a beautifully detailed tour guide features liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast) and a producer’s note from Lemieux, an essay by the Owsley Stanley Foundation, and more. The set is richly illustrated with photos, including many taken at the shows featured in the collection.
Due May 30th, this one is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and exclusive to Dead.net. We invite you to take this not-so-little piece of the road home.
If I was 30 years younger.....
... I'd tell you what she'd be comin' around!
.... Oh she'll wear her old red flannels when she comes
(scratch, scratch)
at least that how we learned it in 3rd grade!
I've gotten NO email about shipping. I always get one.
What me worry?
B incredibly nice if it came Saturday, I'd be happy with Monday!
....unknown photographer and out for delivery.....
.....Good Day All...
Thought I would share an interesting story that I had seen last month and it resurfaced again. You can find it on u toob searching for unknown photographer and undeveloped rolls of film and evening news.
Some fantastic images of the late 60's and the happenings around San Francisco. Just beautiful images. Apparently, many rolls of film taken by someone, and no one knows who is the photographer. Film cannisters were found discovered, undeveloped in a warehouse.
The coolest thing for this group might be the images that have been developed with Jerry Garcia. Also some Timothy Leary and some Black Panthers too.
Anyways, thought you all might appreciate it.
....and lastly, trip out......."out for delivery"!!! Today! The 29th! Too Cool!
Hope everyone has a beautiful day.
Shipping Notice - FedEx
I have not received any notice from Dead.net, I have a FedEx account and I don't even know where to look.
Where do you guys see that the label was created in your FedEx account?
EDIT: RonMarley - Thank you sir!
EDIT again: Success! the label was just created this morning
Shipping update
Just noticed in my FedEx account it shows the label from Gnarlywood was created today. So, assuming it drops tomorrow, I’d hope to have it by the middle next week. Wish they would start dropping them in the mail a few days prior to the “release date.”
Hallelujah!!!
A large box with stealies and compasses all over it just showed up via Fedex at my front door. Thing's the size of a stereo receiver. 2081/6000 is here in all its glory. Lots 'o goodies inside. No notice.
Like somebody left a baby in a basket. I think I'll keep this baby.
Shoutout to Marye, Jeff & Mac
Between the 3 of them they managed to get my shipping address changed at the last minute.
Got my shipping notice, hopefully it gets to Scotland soon.
Without a warning
#422 was dropped off on the front porch discretely hidden behind a column this afternoon in Las Vegas.
Coupled with the JGB Warfield announcement earlier, this will long be a day to remember and cherish!
Happy listening to all who will be enjoying the ride.
And many thanks to Dave and TPTB for making this box a reality!!
In da house!
#1448 on my doorstep ... no notices given. Doesn't look good, looks FANTASTIC! Love the cassette, but have no way (yet) to play it.....tcc
looks like tuesday...
....to reach Michigan.
But nothing but a smile, smile, smile for those of you that are going to have a terrific weekend!
Someone Found My Old Pictures!!
(kidding) But a very cool story, thanks Pancho.
Shipping Confirmation Emails
Has anyone here received a shipping confirmation email from dead net store? From what I gather here and on SHF the 60th box is showing up without advanced notice or folks are aware that it has shipped via their personal FedEx account and are able to track it that way. Dead Net Store Customer Service tells me that shipping confirmation emails are being sent out, but so far its not clear to me that those emails are in fact being sent to anyone. This would be problematic given that there is currently no way to check your order status given that the links have been broken in the site migration.
Glad to hear that some folks already have the box in hand. Hoping it continues smoothly for the rest of us despite the opacity of the process.
Shipping Notice
I received notice from Fed Ex directly because of my account with them, which is technically free but requires a credit card number to sign up.
I have not received any notice from Dead.net and I usually do get notice from them for everything else.
It looks like my box is going to take a while to get to central New York, I'm bummed but I had no expectation of this coming this week.
1-800-463-3339
Call FEDEX, TRACK PACKAGE, THEY'LL ASK DO YOU WANT TO TRACK PACKAGE WITH LAST FOUR NUMBERS XXXX... YES, THAT'S ETR BOX! MINE SAYS TUESDAY 6-3 !
Still no dead dot net notice
Strange that we don’t receive our normal “it’s on its way” notice from dead.net but I have been notified by fedex that it should be in my hand on Tuesday. Can’t wait!
Shipping Charges for Digital Download
Can anyone tell me why Dead.Net is trying to charge $15 for shipping when purchasing a digital download of the Enjoying the Ride box? I have filed a support ticket, no response. I tried a DM on Instagram, no response.
WISSINOMINGDEADHEAD
Nice. How much?
Don't how these sellers can sell them before Rhino ships them out.....
Deadvikes and How?
I think people just preorder one and instantly list it on ebay. I know I checked about 3 weeks ago and someone had one listed for 1200. When he gets his in the mail he will then send to you for a 500 profit. I thought I saw one listed for 1600!
@DEADVIKES
$950.00 plus $36.00 shipping. There's one listed on eBay "played once". I kind of figured eBay would be a good source once TPTB started shipping. Hoping someone lists individual shows soon, give it time. I was expecting an AME announcement alas that appears that it's not going to happen. There's at least 4 already listed on eBay.
Risky Business Dennis
Man, I would hate to try and sell something that I don't even have possession of. Risky.
$1600? Wow! As I told my wife when I bought mine, we are saving money.
$950, I guess not terrible WISSINOMINGDEADHEAD. Looks like you will have yours before I get mine.
ebay
950 is not bad, you have to remember ebay takes about 15% of what they call the final value fee, which includes shipping, they're taxing money the seller doesn't even see. They really beat people up, which is part of the reason the prices are high, and of course there is greed too...
@DEADVIKES
YESSSSSSS
PLUS $25.00 shipping. By Sunday there will about 10-12 listed. Some will be used & intact (played once) a few will be just the music the rest will be everything except the music ( box & swag only) and maybe 1 or 2 will have shows listed individually. I put an entire E72 box together that way. I bought a numbered box and all of the swag off eBay and dead.net listed shows individually.
Enjoying The Ride arrived!
Mine just got delivered. Wonder if I am one of the first to receive since I live only 7 miles from the Gnarlywood LLC warehouse?
No CC # needed for FedEx
I use the FedEx, UPS, and USPS apps on my phone for tracking. No CC needed, just an email address.
The Cassette
Any hope we who have no cassette players will have a way to actually listen to it?
Stillwaters wants to know!!
Thank you Jerry, Mark, Dave, Rhino, WB and everyone
It got here at 1100 just like the text said. It’s a beauty. I like it all I already transferred my keys. I’m an inline type so I’ve listened to the Fillmore next is 1971. I still have my Aiwa 3 head dead ( the Dragon bit the dust years ago). I have to set it up.
I really want to take this opportunity to give a shout out to Rhino/WB and Mark Dave and all the others who made it happen. In the modern world the entertainment industry doesn’t do anything that doesn’t make billions. The fact that WB is down with this ( all the releases) is amazing and appreciated. The money corporate sees on the sheet is a teeny tiny little blip. Thanks for doing it and giving joy to so many people
The box has landed
I just got home after a long day. I saw this large box at the mailboxes (we're in a condo) and almost walked past it since I have not had a shipping notice and thus wasn't expecting it. I decided to look and saw my name on it... yessssss.
I haven't even opened it yet because I haven't eaten since breakfast. and that was 11 hours ago. I'm saving the grand opening for another hour or so to serve as a lovely reward for a very long couple of days...
Luck
Mine was delivered yesterday evening, but delivery didn't bother to ring the bell or anything, had no idea it was shipped even, found it on the doorstep this morning. Lucky it wasn't taken. Shipping a hugely expensive item without notification really sucks, they ought to be more organized than that. Can't imagine Fed Ex or Dead.net would take responsibility if it had been taken.
Web & I.T. Troubles...
....Yeah, I had a bad feeling once the posts started filing in!
Well. I am glad for all whom had theirs delivered successfully and I empathize with the concern about there being mysteriously no notifications.
(((FYI I did click the link on that Grateful Dead online newsletter about problems, to which it was easy to send a service request. They also answered promptly and gave me the Fed Ex tracking number. So good job with the remedy)))
Though now back to the problem,..... As others had posted here with grate concern maybe a week or so earlier. Where is the explanation to purchasers of how and when the delivery will take place. Especially in lieu of the price tag on this 'Son of a Boxilla' and the on-line after market. Shipping Notices would be considerate at the very least, especially for those who would need to fend off the 'porch pirates' Arrrrgggh!
On one hand I can understand the secrecy, they don't want thieves plotting how to steal Boxes maybe. Though on the other hand it starts to look suspicious that absolutely nothing of any sort of notification went out at all whatsoever. I hope that honestly it was just the damn poor timing of the web store switcheroonie!
Notice
I’ve bought everything they have ever sold, from day 1. They have always been haphazard. I did get a text with a time which was accurate to the minute. That said frequently I either did not get one or it arrived after it got here. I always put it down to I always take the cheapest delivery. I don’t think that’s relevant this time. I can understand the concern though I’ve never had a problem I know thieves seem to be multiplying yearly
The Cassette Means Community
As I was suggesting a few weeks back, the cassette means that many of us need to go out into the world and share the music on that tape with someone in our community who still has a tape deck. I was explaining my cassette dilemma to a new friend who said, "Well--just bring it over for us to listen to together on MY cassette deck!" Problem solved, community strengthened. And wasn't it tradition for a bunch of Heads to gather around someone's deck when a person in the local Head group received some new tapes in the mail? This is just old-school fun, folks!
60 CD box set?
Hello - is the 60 CD box set still available for purchase? I can’t find where to do so. Thank you for your help.
U.K. shipping notice
Anyone from the U.K. received a shipping notice?
CPS27 / Frank Parry
CPS27 - Unfortunately the 60 CD box set is sold out as of several weeks ago. There are sets already listed on ebay. Hi-Res download is available and appears to be working smoothly from what I see. Good luck!
FP - I honestly saw no evidence through yesterday that any email shipping notices are being sent out by the dead net store despite that being SOP and also being told that they were by CS. I specifically asked here yesterday whether anyone had received a shipping notice email and no one replied that they had. Same appears to be true over on SHF. Boxes are showing up with no prior notice or folks are learning they've been shipped through the FedEx app. Its messed up. As to overseas shipping, over on the SHF thread for the Box, a member in Portmeirion, North Wales, confirmed that their box is being shipped via DHL. I'm guessing they found out through a notification from the DHL app just like folks have found out their box has shipped through the FedEx app. And as RyXs mentioned earlier, there is a link near the bottom of the 60th box release email that was sent out yesterday where you can submit a request to CS for Order Status, tracking #, etc., and he said he got an answer quick. I sent one this morning. Hopefully I get an answer soon even though its the weekend.
Also for folks like myself where it is being delivered to a local Post Office box, a SHF member from Des Moines area mentioned receiving his in the mail yesterday. He did not indicate how it was shipped.
Hoping everyone has a fun weekend. Based on temps, summer is definitely here in the greater southwest.
3482 in Plano
Found on porch at 10 this morning. No notice ever came, fine with me.
Got my buddy bringing over his hand truck so we can get this beast inside!!
Still opening, looking good, the rip is yet to come.
added - I have a decent copy of the cassette show, I'd like to have an "Official" copy,,, we can see if there is a difference.
LPs have not landed yet,,,,anyone else get vinyl in?
Nice operationl management corrections
I received the box at 10am local time time. It arrived arrived 78 hours after shipping. Best shipping of product ever. Assuming that Fedex, due to tariff issues, is hungry for business right now. Our win!
Had another bout with serious health issues but bounced back pretty well for an old coot.
Will explain more soon. Had trouble getting back to this board. May be a browser issue.
G
UK Shipping Notice
No such luck, despite customer support saying there would be one. I’ve used the contact button on the recent email to see if they can give me shipping information. Otherwise, I expect the first I’ll know about it is when a letter arrives asking me to pay VAT on the box. At least the delivery appears to be rapid in the US. Let’s hope they repair the website so we can login to our store accounts.
I was looking at the new JGB box but I’ll wait and see if it can be ordered inside the UK since the postage charges are extreme, over $17 for the 2 - 3 week delivery or more than $110 for express. There will also be VAT added to this order including postage.

