Grateful Dead

Just noticed it's limited to 3k copies. Surprised it's still available.

DaP5 on vinyl looks cool.

Okay , now that the 60th has past Dave's going too absolutely go bananas !

Next years Banana Box, Dec. '69 The Complete Recordings Box.

Recorded By Bear!

I've skipped most of the DaP vinyl, except Vol 1 (always buy a vol 1) and Vol 23 (Eugene 78). They are quality and worth the money if you really dig the show.

Now, Light into Ashes is an amazing listen, partial show which is why I suspect it hasn't sold out, but its a God damn Dark Star, and a 72 at that, come on, not sold out!

Buit at least I'm enjoying the tunes.

A vinyl edition of Dave's Fifth? Yes, please. Total no brainer.

Although considering how much I spent on Dead stuff this year, maybe it should've been, you know, a brainer?

There's the ETR box, not to mention the DiP 4 Real Gone vinyl, not to mention the Dave's subscription, not to mention the BfA 50th, and, uh, also the BfA t-shirt. Oh and that copy of Dave's 11 I found used.

Well, they say money can't buy happiness. But it can buy music, and if music isn't happiness I don't know what is.

.....that was. Beautiful.
You know what else is beautiful? '70's sitcoms.
Just started the Mary Tyler Moore show with my wife. Wholesome. Funny. Outstanding. Simpler times. *sigh*
Vinyl prices are decent. A record back in the mid-80's was $6 - $8 each. Currently averaging $25 each. Accounting for inflation from then to now, they're the same price.

38 years ago I was up in the redwoods right on the Eel River, for a knockout show with the Jerry Garcia Band. One set acoustic two sets electric. What an incredible venue, and what a swinging party. Fun times!

Providence civic center 1985. My ears are still ringing. Sweet laser show. Great album. The book of taliesyn - shield.

Actually meant Box in Stock.

I’m fine with digital files.

Go get ‘em if FOMO’s got you lookin’ at the overpriced, used/ eBay market.

Weird kinda…

Made a random stop at The Exchange. On the way in, found a penny on the ground. Said to myself, "Find a penny, pick it up. All the day you'll have good luck." Walked in and found Dave's 37 on the shelf!
Go Buckeyes!

I can't remember if I mentioned this 50th Anniversary reissue of Deep Purple's Made in Japan recently, so I'll mention it again just in case. The original album , and all three shows that the original was made up of. Really good - most of the tracks that made the final cut are from 8/16/72, which is probably the best show. But the hairiest is the 17th. It's already sold out in Britain, so if it's still for sale in The States, and you have any interest, I'd snap it up now.

....Big Crime.
Guess what's its about.

38 years ago I was up at the Greek Theatre to see The Jerry Garcia Band and Bonnie Raitt put on a show. Bonnie got up and joined Garcia for a few songs during his 2nd set. I was pretty tired out as I had been up at the Electric on the Eel show the day before and was actually pretty beat. Garcia and Raitt put on a great show.

....this world needs more trombone.
Congrats Buzzsaw.

35 years ago I was out at Shoreline on Labor Day, to see The Garcia Band and Los Lobos play. Great show, Garcia's set is out on DVD , well worth picking up if you don't have it. The Grateful Dead were set to play 3 shows but Brent's death had them cancel the shows and Garcia played a show instead.

Yeah, apparently they add S&H back in if you use the coupon. Or at least, I got charged for it. I didn't see the posts here about free shipping until I had placed my order, and now I can't "simulate" a new order with the same coupon code.

Got a note earlier today that my Dave's Picks vinyl has shipped. Or at least, a shipping label has been created. We'll see how long it takes to wend it's way north from California.

....label also created. ETA Thursday.
Just bought tix to Universal Studios Hollywood Horror Nights. Going with my son. Never been and looking forward to it. Love me some scary movies.
Like Alien Earth on Hulu. Good stuff.

missed free shipping - where do I find the discount code? The watner bros birthday15 never worked this year.

Always liked this show. I remember I bought a bootleg record of this show as a kid

.....arrived a day early even.
I'm going to consider this a one off, unless TPTB were listening regarding our frustrations.
Make this the norm, and I will bow to you like Wayne and Garth did to Alice Cooper.

An incredible blues guitarist and a huge early influence to Jerry Garcia..

CC23WMX10

Annual vinyl sale!
The only GD on the list.
6-LP vinyl on sale for $119.99.
Down from $149.99
That's better!
Believe it if you need it.
Cheers
Hey, the comment thing moved back to the bottom of the page.

....is being reissued on vinyl. Pre-orders up at dry goods.

The Dave's Pick's vol 5 vinyl just arrived a few minutes ago (approx 12 pm PDT). The outer packaging was in pretty rough shape for a two day trip with FedEx and the initial packaging by GD was nothing to be impressed by. However, the box set itself appears to be in good shape. Number 2757/5000.

Gulp. Mine will have to travel half way around the world before it ends up at my house.

Got a notice this morning (which I believe to have been Sept 5) saying my copy DaP 5 vinyl was out for delivery on Sept 4 with an estimated arrival day of Sept 3. I got confused, so I listened to the music play.

Anyway, it arrived safe and sound and I'm giving it a spin. A damned fine HCS, as many have said, and the vinyl sounds great.

A lot of people were wondering how many copies of this one got pressed, so I will mention: mine says 0980/5000. So probably 5000.

....mine was 1253.

If I had ordered this $box$ and had to deal with 4/5/69 being on CASSETTE...

I'd be pissed.

37 yrs ago was at the Cap center in MD to see the Dead perform ripple for the final time. So grateful to have been there with my best bro Bob! God Bless The Grateful Dead!

Almost finished with the box. The Days Between from 3/17/93 is chilling.

was really a surprise to me and one of my favorites in the box. That whole second set is soooo psychedelic, what with the Dark Star AND TOO AND that incredible Space with the Handsome Cabin Boy or whatever it is, AND Days Between AND Lucy. Don't know what got into 'em that night. Did Owlsley pay a surprise visit? Just glad it's on tape.

I still haven't listened to every last disc of ETR. Part of the problem is that unlike some of our friends here I don't listen in any kind of order and I don't keep track. So I've listened to the Cap Centre a few times, and Berkeley and Red Rocks and Nassau more than once, but I don't think I've done Hartford '81 and I know didn't make it through the Frost show (because I couldn't be bothered to suffer through such poor quality audio when I had a whole box full of excellent stuff to listen to, but I'll get to it sometime.)

I thought this setlist sounded familiar.
Was GD Hour #239, aired 4-19-93. Fresh!
Partial show of course.
Might have been the 1st time I heard Days Between (3rd performance). I was fascinated and played it over and over until I could write down all the lyrics. (pre- internet, lol)
Cheers
I gave all those GD Hour tapes I had to an aspiring Deadhead to listen to on his commutes. The next generation carries it on!

Add Hampton with that Hartford and you've got a nice duo no doubt. I've played them a bunch on their own and made a damn fine mixed up super-chop show of both them together.
Right now I'm diggin' on the Landover 1993 ETR show for all the aforementioned reasons as well as the 1991 Shoreline ETR show along with the new Dave's Pick #55 to boot! Lemme tell ya, they all make a fine super long play for me, straight through or shuffled.

***edit***
Also I was playing that sublime "Days In Between" from 3/17/93 on pretty heavy rotation about a month ago.

Started out the afternoon with the DiP '72 Spectrum's Dark Star>Morning Dew. That rockabilly/MLBJ mash up!!!

Then moved on to first set ETR '91 Shoreline and followed by first set '93 Cap Centre. Just as great. Moving on to Cap's second set after I close out and stoke up the pipe.

Finished the ETR box today. I'm pleased that I got one. Now on to Dave's 55.

....and look up neighborhood kids ring music video.

Was digging through some old stuff in my house looking for something from the past. Ran across an old Maxell labeled Spain 10/19/81 set 2. Sure glad I didn't throw this away. It made me think of the fall Europe run. 13 shows, with the last one in Spain on 10/19/81. I seem to recall Blair Jackson writing about this run (including the Spring Europe shows) and that the tapes were not in the vault.
Wonder if that is still the case.

....most are under our bed. Random boxes exist in our home also. Drives my wife nuts.

If you google Blair Jackson and the forgotten European tour it should take you to his golden road blog.

He does not mention the tapes are not in the vault, just that the soundboards mostly sucked, no Phil and no Bobby. I don't know for sure, but I suspect the master cassettes are in the vault.

His blog is worth a read and both '81 tours are worth a listen. 81 is that year where they played pretty good, but the soundboard quality just wasn't always there. I think of that Pen State and Barton Hall Road Trips, they seem to fall into this category. A little hallow sounding and tinny. But so did the October Atlanta show which became Dave's Picks vol 8, a classic matrix (thank you Dr. Bob). The tinny soundboard mixed with the practically perfect audience sounds great. I'm not going to disparage Healy, I assume he did the best he could with what he had and the decision to make the house tapes the way they were was a band decision, likely driven by financial and business realities at the time. But it was a mistake. There are huge gaps where the quality of the soundboards does not match the quality of the performances, and hindsight being 20/20 it was a missed opportunity.

Oh well, at least we have the subpar tapes, which do give a glance into what could have been. It's all we have and 81 had some moments worth listening to. Maybe one day AI will be able to clean these up and make them presentable (and boy what a shitstorm of a controversy that will be if it ever happens). I look forward to that. Imagine the shitstorm of AI turning the Donna Wales on PITB into serene Siren-like melodies aka Homer's the Odessy. You might laugh, but this might very well be coming one day.

Less controversial would be to at least imagine if some of these 80's recordings were Betty quality soundboards and what that would do to he legacy of the band. If every single show was recorded to the standards of E72 and FW69, I bet the 80's would suddenly not suck so much (for the record, I do not think 80's shows suck at all. Many are excellent).

I would like to see more Matrix releases from this era. DaP 8 was a success. Can we at least have one more or perhaps a bakers dozen? Oh, and more 68, 70 and 74 just because. As for AI cleaning this stuff up, even if it sounded better or great, except for that one curiosity listen, I think I will revert back to the stuff on the archive, warts and all. An AI imagined remaster would just not have that genuine sound and feel. I'm happy with what they actually recorded and thankful we have the tapes, exactly as they are.

That's right, Garcia Band for $1 at the Concord Pavillion, with Billy Kreutzmann on drums. It was a benefit for a local radio station. Queen Ida's Zydeco Band opened up the show . Coming up in 4 days the 1981 Greek Theatre run, my favorite run of. all the Greeks. Fun times!

Jerry for a buck?

Incredible.

If people are still having problems with the Cassette, feel free to send me a PM.

I enjoyed the show I saw at Wembley on 10/3/81, although that doesn't say anything about the recordings of it. I can't remember much about it - China Cat/Rider towards the end of the first set, Stranger to open the 2nd and Morning Dew towards the end. As they say - if you can remember it, you weren't really there. That's my excuse anyway.

The idea of using A1 to iron out imperfections doesn't sit well. Although, thinking about it, a fare few live albums of the late 60's and 70's were doctored to make them sound better, or at least to remove some mistakes. Europe 72 being a case in point. I seem to remember reading that for The Who's Live At Hull release, the bass playing was inaudible on the first few tracks, so they used what they had from Live At Leeds instead.

Sounded better the second time around, but I hope that the complaints about the sound doesn't discourage them from releasing a June '83 Box.

September '81 Complete Recordings Box? Thanks!

Anyone else recently celebrate a birthday, get an email about a 15% off code, and then try to use it and it not work? Or just me...

I think the sound is fine on this show. Yes, its a little jarring when you go from a crispy board to this show, but give yourself time to adjust to the differnce in sound. Once you do this, I think folks who give this show another chance will be glad they did!

Really hot playing going on at the 8/20/83 show!!

Rock on, gang!!

The Grateful Dead played their best music when Pig Pen was in the band. They were never the same after he left. Favorite Pig Pen songs, Easy Wind, and Alligator, but all his songs were cool.

....Keystone for the first time in a while. What is that incessant buzzing sound during Ain't No Woman and I think La La? Is that Saunders?
Make both those tracks pretty much unlistenable. Instant skip.
You know that scene from Jaws with Quint and the chalkboard? Its kinda like that.

That is right Jim, the tapes are bad not missing. Just shows again your memory is better than mine.
Too bad Don Pearson is no longer with us. He sure worked his magic on One from the Vault!