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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.
Rambling Rosie
Just like Jack the Ripper, just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday, in a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City, just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls and get out when they blow
Did you say your name was Ramblin' Rose?
Ramble on, baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Just like Jack and Jill, mama told the sailor
One heat up and one cool down, leave nothin' for the tailor
Just like Jack and Jill, papa told the jailer
One go up and one go down, do yourself a favor
Did you say your name was Ramblin' Rose?
Ramble on, baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
I'm gonna sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song, it ain't never gonna end
I'm gonna march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Just like Crazy Otto, just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin' plush with a royal flush, aces back to back
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line
Did you say your name was Ramblin' Rose?
Ramble on, baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
I'm gonna to sing you a hundred verses in ragtime
I know this song, it ain't never gonna end
I'm gonna march you up and down along the county line
Take you to the leader of a band
Ooh, ooh
Goodbye mama and papa
Goodbye, Jack and Jill
The grass ain't greener, the wine ain't sweeter
Either side of the hill
Did you say your name was Ramblin' Rose?
Ramble on, baby, settle down easy
Ramble on Rose
Ramble on Rose
Cream & The Grateful Dead. 3/11/68
They played on the same bill at The Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. What a cool show that would have been.
Under the influence
Man, I love Cream. I think I own everything that was ever officially released plus about a half dozen boots. Such tremendous playing from all three guys, some really great songs, one of the best and most influential bands ever, IMO. Just so you know where I'm coming from.
Anyway, the story I heard was that west coast audiences had an influence on the band. Prior to playing in Cali, Cream's live shows were similar to what most bands did at the time: 30 minutes sets consisting of relatively brief versions of songs played more or less like the studio versions. Then they came to Fillmore where audiences were used to the Dead and the Airplane playing much longer sets with lots of long wide open jams, and the audience started yelling "just play!" And they started doing more extended jams.
Supposedly, anyway. Cream didn't play in Cali till the fall of '67, and I think they probably kicked out at least a few extended jams in places like the Grande Ballroom before they got to the Fillmore. Fresh Cream includes a fairly extended (6 minute) version of Spoonful, for chrissakes. But that's what Clapton said about the Fillmore audiences, IiRC.
Either way, Cream sure had an influence on the west coast groups, especially the Airplane. Especially Jack and Jorma. I think Clapton, Baker, and Bruce all set new standards for their instruments, and if you were at all serious about your playing, they sent you "off to the woodshed" to practice, as the jazz guys say. I think they even managed to influence geniuses like Hendrix and Page, inspired the guys in Sabbath to create heavy metal, and basically influenced the direction of rock music as a whole.
Not bad for a band that was only together about two years.
The good news....
....they are making a Spinal Tap sequel. Bad news. Trailer looks awful.
Cream
Cream was my first concert....I was a Senior in High School It was the day after Halloween At the Spectrum in Philly. I was Dosed!! I was Spoiled after that, It was hard to top or even equal what I saw and Experienced, White Room solo stayed in my head for months
Cream
In terms of sound, Cream seemed more influential on the music I listened to, up to 1975, than The Beatles. Every extended overdriven guitar solo owed something to them. Even David Bowie and the Spiders, with their epic "Width Of A Circle" - and the way Bowie would sing a few lines of "I Feel Free" in the middle of one of his songs.
Deadcast mention of Deadhead TV
I was pleased to find the first Deadcast "Enjoying the Ride Bay Area Part One" episode excerpted some descriptions of Shoreline from our Deadhead TV episode.
Kinks - Heavy Metal
It's been suggested that the power chords in 'you really got me' were the first sounds of heavy metal.
Re Cream/Ginger Baker
Watch the movie "beware of Mr Baker" (or something like that)
Not a pleasant person.
He could play drums, though.
IndyCar
Be sure to check out the great paint job on Felix Rosenquist's car for Laguna Seca today and Portland, OR next......would make a great diecast model, plus if they throw in a bag of marbles, all the better......one more thought........instead of D & C just doing Aug 1-3, make it Aug 1-9, and label it "Front to Back", or something else.........spread the tix prices out over more days, thereby reducing the cost per show, and everyone is happy and the road is over..........just got my DaP 55........are the ticket prices for GGP per show or for the whole weekend?...............time to light the lamp
Terrapin Station released 7/27/77......
48 years ago today . The first time I heard the Dead do Terrapin live was at Winter land 3/19/77.
And perhaps that will be the Live Show Added ...
... when we get the 50th Anniversary edition - two years from now. I would also possibly be interested in (some/any?) non-string-overlaid outtakes of the full suite from the recording sessions.
My Thoughts Exactly!
Terrapin Station,...
...Yeah, I was just thinking about that after Billy t.K.'s post, and also with the 50th BfA disc coming out soon. What live show previously unreleased would be a good if not Grate fit for the 'Terrapin' album? Springfield, MA 4/23/77 would be my hope! I am curious to what other Heads think about would make a good accompanying live show for that.
Lest I not forget the "Angel's Share" studio outtakes. Them are always a nice compilation I have felt, some of them albums I've cherry picked (Pig tunes) & others I've bought the whole dealio but ALL have been awesome. Especially 'Wake of the Flood' & 'Mars Hotel' the latter with all them Phil tune outtakes. (Sure wish some of them were done live!) Anyways,.....
The 'Terrapin' album as a studio release does not entice me as much with the over done sound booth stuff. When I was a youngster in the following decade & a half after the album's original release it was alright and twangy, a bit late '70s jangly. Though as time passed & more live stuff was released THAT sound from the album felt somewhat contrived and abridged. Most certainly not the best versions of the song material. I would rather make a chop show from live versions of every 'Terrapin' tune instead, and I have many times over (with all that excellent live material out there).
One last thought,..... We all know that the 50th anniversary of the Winterland '74 first farewell show run was missed. The (much loathed) 'Steal Your Face' album was a 'technically' inaccurate 'chop show' mostly due to the mix of songs, and was from them very 1974 Winterland shows. Next year in 2026 there is nothing of anniversary status 'studio' album wise, only the 1976 'Stealie' album of live material.
Might we see the full release of THAT 1974 run!?....crossed fingers...
***Edit*** Also I feel a 1974 show could be due on the horizon for the Dave's Picks series, in 2026.
RIP Tom Lehrer
Hopefully you know who he is/was
97
Hopefully I'm wrong, but...
I think we have the extent of what will be released from Oct 74 Winterland
Lehrer....
....satirist first and foremost.
Hornsby tunes..
Give me "easy to love you" any day of the week...
Tom Lehrer
Mathematician and teacher mostly with a sideline in ‘Poisoning pigeons in the park’. Died at 97, the largest two digit prime.
Winterland October 74
Could be PF.
You never know what they will release.
I will add they do have all the recordings in the vault for all five nights and in multi track, so we can always hope someday.
Unlike the Warfield/RCMH, where the MT reels were recorded over with Brent's solo work.
Maybe someday, they will have some cassette release of some of these shows?
Tom L
"Be sure to hide your reefers
Where they cannot be found
And be careful not to smoke them
when the Scoutmaster's around
For he only will insist that they be shared
Be prepared"
PS
Excellent observation, Colin G 👍
Mail Innovations Woes
I understand that, “Mail Innovations isn’t a day-definite service.” However, it just makes me laugh how the shipping works. Originally they told me that I’d have it on Saturday. Then I got an update on Saturday that it had left Rossford, OH and would be delivered Tuesday. Rossford is about an hour and forty minutes from my house, so it’s pretty funny that it takes three days to go that far. What happens is they scan it as departed, put it in a truck, and then it sits until the truck is full, then they send it off to the regional post office in Cleveland.
It’s not a big deal, since I still have the ETR box to finish. Just makes me chuckle.
Mail Innovations
When UPS passess off to USPS, and there is a penalty. It sits in a box for up too three days before it can return to action!
Viva La France - 12648 of 22000 landed innovation style
Postman just dropped it off!
I Hope DaP #55 Is Enjoying The Ride
'Ol 55 Left Ventura, Ca. and arrived safely in Kansas City, Mo.
Unfortunately, I live in Utah.
Oh well . . .
K.C.
Yeah mine took that route last time.
Very odd since it went right though my state (CO) on the way.
This time DaP 55 did not go twice as far as it needed to.
Out for delivery today as it got to my local P.O. yesterday.
Good luck to all and Cheers
Happy heavenly birthday Michael Bloomfield. 7/28/43
What an incredible blues guitarist, Bloomfield just burned on guitar. I only saw him play live one time.
Ha - Enjoying The Ride
My 55, also destined for the intermountain west, is similarly on some inscrutable walkabout. Usually a flawless straight shot to SLC UPS > SLC USPS > Provo USPS regional distribution > local PO delivery. Not this time apparently. Straight from Fontana UPS it has "arrived" twice - Saturday night and just after midnight this morning - at an unspecified USPS location(s). And USPS has no record of it yet. Not how it typically works at all. Edit - UPS tracking now has 4 separate instances where it was scanned as having "arrived" at an unspecified USPS facility and USPS still doesn't register having received the package.
Michael Bloomfield
Not as well known, but he was also a great writer. He wrote an article called "Me and Big Joe" about the time he spent with Big Joe Williams. There is a very small book with this title, but it was also published in the magazine "High Times" December 1980, with some great Robert Crumb illustrations. The illustrations aren't in the book, so I'm told. That copy of High Times is well worth seeking out.
Must have been great to see Michael Bloomfield. And Big Joe Williams, for that matter.
2948/22000
Just got dropped off. The guy that lives in the house with the same number as mine, but one block over from me, brought it by. USPS still says they’re waiting for it.
from ETR
6/7/69
wonderful stuff
I see that only a fraction of that show is included in ETR. Sigh.
LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE THING ON ARCHIVE. RIPROARIN' GD!!!
Edit: except Lovelight. BLECH. MAKE IT STOP!😭😭😭😱😱😱😱😭😭😭
21468/22000
Arrived today, disc one sounding fantastic
Great job on liner notes, Dave!
ETR
Spent some time last night with 2/24/71
Great sound and playing on this. I haven't listened to everything from the box yet, but from what i've heard so far, Dave knocked it out of the park with this box set!!
These releases and box sets are so much fun!
Rock on, gang
Said I'm Travelin on the One After 19389
#55 arrived today, a little ahead of schedule! Seems to be the case with the last couple DaPs that I get them on the Monday after a Friday release date, regardless of what the shipping notice says. Listening now to the first disc.
I'll bet somebody else has already mentioned this but I will note that TPTB very quietly lowered the run from 25,000 to 22,000. Hope this turns out to be the sweet spot where everybody gets what they need.
PS: Really good Cassidy on disc 1. I love it when that song gets a good reading, and this is a really good one. IMO and all that.
Paris arrived here a little early as well....
....#551 for those keeping score.
Need to run a couple errands. Dog food and such. Will play it later.
USPS Email
My USPS preview email today said a package was arriving and I assumed it was the new JGB release which is a few days overdue, but was DaP 55 a few days early! I love Bruce shows, and often think about what could have been should he joined full-time instead of Vince (who I not a fan of, at all). I honestly believe Jerry may have lived longer had he had a new kid named Bruce. Show sounds good so far, except for Vince's carnival organ that is
Hey PF - alcohol is definitely the way to handle The Bite, good for you for braving them crowds!
UPS >> USPS
That didn't happen this time so I'm a little miffed, mainly because our mailbox is locked. The porch is a bit loose and risky for such media deliveries in my opinion, but that's what UPS does. I just had become accustomed with the hand off to the USPS. Anyways,....
.....8588/22000 arrived just a bit outside PdxS, Oregonia! {only 22000? Damn!}
{{another good reason to just subscribe}}
Destination seen unclearly
My DaP55 disappeared from tracking on Saturday.
Appeared today in my mailbox, and then tracking said delivered at 5: 04 pm. Except that I was looking at the tracking around 2: 20 pm.
They were getting ahead of themselves.
Sounds grate so far, currently on Space.
I got Hey Now’d
Didn’t like the times, so had to add a space.
Did 5 reCRAPTCHA’s, then got hey now’d.
Stray Cats are going on tour....
....which is cool.
RIP Ryne Sandberg.
Discovered early this AM
That somehow my 55 has 2 sets of tracking #s - 2 each for UPS and USPS. The second USPS # was listed under "package identification code" and the second UPS # under "package sequence number" in the UPS Shipment Details. The tracking # provided to me by the grateful dead store, a USPS #, is still not scanned into the USPS system and they are "currently awaiting package." On the UPS website the 2 USPS #s and the 2 UPS #s all show the same result, with the package "arriving" at a series of unidentified USPS facilities with tentative delivery by Thursday. However, it turns out the second USPS # has in fact been scanned in by USPS (yay!), and on their website it lists Shipment Progress, arrivals and departures with actual USPS locations. And it turns out that UPS handed this off in LA, 50 miles from Fontana, and its been moving through the USPS system since. Never seen that, usually the hand off is in SLC. Anyhoo, it left the Provo regional distribution center shortly after midnight and I should have it by noon.
Twilight Zone Shipping
I had the same oddities as ICECRMCNKD and BLUECROW. It showed that UPS delivered it at 2: 46 PM, but I saw that at like 11 AM. Someone in the SH forums mentioned that UPS brought theirs, not USPS. That may have happened with mine, as USPS tracking still says they are waiting on it.
My UPS shipping page also showed two other “Alternate Tracking Numbers.”
Oh well, it’s been ripped and is waiting to be played.
Never trust a prankster!
Ryne Sandberg
Wow.
Mortality is a bitch.
Fuck cancer.
Itsburn
I believe Jerry has been pushed back to 8/15.
DP 55
UPS say's it was delivered tommorrow?????? USPS say's Unknown?? still waiting???
DP 55
A half hour after my last post UPS shows up with DP 55 , I told the driver the Web page say's this was delivered tomorrow?? He smiled and said " UPS, FED EX AND USPS are doing some weird shit between them" The Package only has a USPS tracking number on it but the USPS say's Unknown?? RONMARLEY you are right TWILIGHTZONE
#13746
has landed in the High Desert.
So a second USPS postage sticker and USPS tracking # sticker (both blue! never seen that for shipping/postage labels) were slapped over the originals. Despite Warner/Rhino shipping dept. handing this over to UPS, it was ultimately officially shipped USPS Ground Advantage?! My shipping address is a USPS PO Box and it was like UPS said we don't deal with this stuff anymore?! Anyhoo, glad it made it and FTR the transit time was essentially the same despite all the weirdness.
Just sayin'
Why no comments section for Daves 55?
There's something very "America in 2025" about that.
DaP 55
5020/22000
Same as Bluecrow with the USPS stickers over the UPS ones. It did take a more direct route this time and somehow avoided going to Kansas City, lol. No real tracking issues as by 2nd day I was copy and pasting that number to the USPS tracking.
Cheers and happy listening
DaP 55 Thread
Maybe it got sued and the whole thing is hung up in court
No 55 thread
Maybe they aren't very confident about it ! I noticed how central and loud in the mix Bruce is. The final night in London 11/1 from where I was, in the balcony on his side of the stage, his piano was far and away the loudest instrument - especially at the beginning of the show. I wasn't sure if it was my perception that was squewed or whether everybody heard it like that. The first two nights didn't sound so keyboard oriented. Maybe it was just where I was in the hall.