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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.
Maine Dave
Thanks very much for the reviews of the shows in the box. I decided very quickly that this wasn't for me, but reading your review has made me feel tempted. It does look very absorbing, the way you put it.
You mentioned Pentangle, and I have an excellent cd of theirs called "Basket of Light", and one that hasn't grabbed me at all called "Sweet Child" They passed me by at the time and are more a group I admire than really like, I suppose.
You also mentioned "Walking The Dog" and questioned it's origins. As far as I know ( which isn't very far, to be fair) this was first recorded by Rufus Thomas in the early 60's. The Stones also cut a great version on their first album.
Pentangle
I listened to them in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They made some nice music but it was a little too folksy for me. I agree with Daverock that "Basket of light" is a fine album, probably their best. I haven't heard any of their music since the early 1970s.
We ARE the Luckiest Music Fans EVER!
This will be a treat, so thank you, Dave and Rhino and all.
PayPal in 4?
As Jeff said: “(And they still haven't arranged for PayPal to provide payment options at Check Out.)”
I’ve been on the fence since this was announced. I’ve got all the other box sets but some things seem strange about this one to me (most of which others have mentioned). I thought I might as well take the plunge since I could PayPal in 4. Still not an option when I went to checkout.
The Main thing.....
Thanks Maine Dave! A very thorough analysis of the 'full' shows. Much appreciated.
Yeah, this box to me upon further thought seems like 3 Big (yearly) boxes of say 6 to 8 shows all combined. One covering the later years after Jerry's coma and the Vince era, 6 shows. Another that covers the early Brent years through 1985. 7 to 8 shows? Finally the one that covers a few line ups and subsequent eras within eras. 1969 through 1978, and I'm not sure how the early primal shows will be configured but we do know a few of the full shows from 1973, `77 &'78. Apparently the Boston 1972 trip is a show & a halfish? Maybe 3/4?
Anyways,.... the box is still enticing and like others have stated I would love to see the individual show play listings.
What it is...
Five years worth of Dave's Picks released in one go, packaged in a box of some sort.
We are lucky
We are if we can afford it, I'll say that much.
Simonrob - put like that I've gone off it again ! Not really, but I haven't bought or wanted one years worth of Daves Picks for a while.
Cabin Boy
The Handsome Cabin Boy is performed fairly often in British folk circles (a notable version by Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick) and also by Garcia and Grisman on the Shady Grove album.
I’m guessing that Garcia remembered it from his bluegrass days.
1st Grateful Dead Album released 3/17/67
58 years ago today the Grateful Dead released their 1st album. I don't know
what they thought about it, but I sure like it. Happy St Patrick's Day everybody.
Handsome Cabin Boy
Garcia and Grisman had begun playing together again in 1990 - the cut on Shady Grove was laid down on 12/16/90 and they first played it live at the Warfield on 2/2/91. Interestingly Jerry jammed the Handsome Cabin Boy out of space twice before Landover '93, both times at the Philly Spectrum - 9/22/87 and 9/12/90. That it surfaced in '87 before reuniting with Grisman is pretty interesting. That was right before the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band had its run at the Lunt-Fontaine, but as far as I can tell they never played Handsome Cabin Boy live - maybe had surfaced in rehearsals? He had begun playing with Grisman by the time of the 9/12/90 show. On the So Many Roads box there's a cut of Whiskey in the Jar from Club Front on 2/16/93. Phil - where is that from? and Jerry - I just thought of it. In fact he and Dawg had cut the version on Shady Grove the day before! I find it funny that he didn't just say Dawg and I were playing this yesterday - maybe the fact he was moonlighting with Dawg was a touchy subject? (Listening to that '87 Philly from Space on and its sounds a mighty fine show for the era.)
Edit - oh yes, thank you Maine Dave for that rundown! 8/23/80 a 5 star! The one show I saw in this box. Can't remember back then but nowadays a 20+ minute He's Gone > jam is my cup of tea. Also thanks Bobalopes for mentioning that RS article that talks about the Boston '72 missing reel for 9/15.
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Thank you Maine Dave
I printed his critique :)
I don't know, I want this thing, but I'm looking at the shows and wondering how many times will I listen to them. I think I'm not very likely to revisit a lot of these shows. You guys know, there is stuff you always go back to and stuff that like is just there, for one reason or another.
They'll be gone by the time i figure it out :/
EDIT.
AND...
Alan Paul, the ABB biographer, kinda snidely suggested that anyone who can afford this should instead donate the money to a foodbank.
That's a really high fucking horse man....
Oro Re: Shipping
Good article today in CPR News (Colo. public radio) by Ryan Spencer, Summit Daily News further detailing the dilemma Summit County is in with the expiration of the Surepost contract. Apparently all the parties are waiting for the others to blink in a stare-down contest. It does not seem to indicate a solution is pending but as one critic said, "this isn't putting a man on the moon". Details the difficulty in getting a vendor to tell you which delivery service they are using. Sounds familiar. Good luck.
Cheers
Dave & Pentangle
Made me look.
I had in stock the album you mentioned, Basket of Light.
Played first two cuts,,,, brought to my mind Renaissance and Annie Haslam.
I'll pulled this out on "Bunko" night to play while no one really listening. (some will ask what is this :-) )
Just for St Pat day
youtube search
Tripp McCool - Choir from Hell
(from a Jersey boy)
yo Alan Paul
piss off
sod off
bugger off
GD is a universe; the ABB is merely a single planet
Food Banks and Pentangle
My wife and I give much more than the cost of this boxset annually to local food banks, but let’s be honest we could give every penny we have to food banks so that we would have to use them ourselves and it wouldn’t have any great effect on the problems of food poverty. If you can afford the set and you want it then you should buy it.
Pentangle were one of those groups, to me, who were less than the sum of their parts. All five members were remarkable performers but they sounded too safe in their playing as a band. I saw Jacqui McShee and John Renbourn in a folk club in Liverpool in the early 1970’s and they were very good. Bert Jansch and John Renbourn were fantastic guitarists and I recommend their solo material unreservedly. ‘A Maid in Bedlam’ by The John Renbourn Group is one of my favourite albums by anyone. Pentangle were briefly quite well known to a wider audience because their song ‘Light Flght’ was used as the theme music for a BBC show ‘Take Three Girls’.
Bert Jansch
Black Waterside.
Amazing fingerpicking.
Clapton's Crossroads festival is where I found him.
Need to follow that backwards to his folk roots.
Cheers
Edit: Gary Farseer and anyone else who lives in the south, I hope y'all are OK. Toll from those tornados is astounding.
First Show & Bert
Found I had stuff from Bert & Renbourn.
Listened to a cut called Angie from Bert's self titled album.
Very Nice!!!
Pentangle
I know at one time in the 70s I had a Pentangle album.
Not there now, so likely traded it in. Oops.
Cheers
Can't find my It's a Beautiful Day LP either.
ISBD
What a classic LP. Iconic cover too. Thanks for reminding me about that one. I’m gonna pull it out today.
Folk Rock
When it comes to folk, or folk rock, I have always thought the bloodier the better. The gold standard is "First Utterance" by Comus, but The Trees "In The Garden Of Jane Delawney" has a gothic splendour to it too. And then there is "Dreaming With Alice" by Mark Fry. Check this out;
"The Witch is coming through my window
The winter snow upon her hair
The curtains move upon the wind
She's coming right on up the stairs"
Yikes - I hope you aren't sitting there alone reading this.
As for people telling you to give more to charity - amazing arrogance. They would be better advised to look at their own behaviour.
Scrubbed Comments
Pretty interesting to see this happen, but the overlords of this site decided to scrub all the negative comments about the last (Friends of the Devil) release. The 24/192 version had over 30 corrupt files, but they just keep selling it. .. many of us who purchased it fear that the same lack of quality control will occur with this release... as they've yet to fix the last one. - All of those comments have since been taken down.
Buyer beware on this one. The last one was a disaster, and 1/2 the price.
Boxset
I was at the 8/23/80 Alpine show, and the thing I remember most is the sparse crowd. My only visit there.
On the fence about this product. Bought the last two boxes (HCSS and Devil's), which were also my first two box purchases. Thoroughly enjoy both, even though I still prefer the individual DaP's. Boxsets, since they usually cover a condensed time frame seem to allow for a lot of repetitive songs during the included shows. I haven't been able to play these more than once though to check out the nuances...........Taper's section last week had stuff from Waterbury, CT so I decided to check out these shows in my DeadBase. Tons of repetition on these 2 dates, including interesting second set starts. First night 2nd set start was Promised>Berha>GSET. Next night 2nd set start was GSET>Bertha>Promised........would love to hear these side-by-side sometime to compare
I just read that Les Dudek is acting commish of Social Security...........or maybe it's Lee Dudek. Les would be more better choice. Keep the flame burning.
My Maine Man
Thanks for the summary!
So let's see ... 5 great shows, 4 really good, and ... some other stuff. By Dave's estimable estimation. Which I really appreciated!
Still on the fence, given the price tag, the lack of complete info on contents, and the fact that I'm still skeptical about those '90s shows, despite the reassurances.
Still kind of feels like this is kind of complimentary set, filling in some gaps that Dick and Dave and Road Trips haven't covered. As opposed to being a definite "necessity", whatever that means in a world where I should probably be giving more money to charity but still selfishly want more (and more) music.
You tell 'em Proudfoot
I'll go with "Sod off, Baby Face Alan Paul" ..........
These authors who suck up to a band until they're like barnacles can kish my ash. And anyone who suggests to anyone else how to direct their charity giving can !@#$ in the *&^%!
How'm I doin' boys??
No need to diss the Brothers though, just because some shmuck got a big head and thinks he's the Mr. ABB.
That should do it for now. Rock on gentlemen!
HF
DeadVikes
Woo hoo!
Scored a case of Oberon this evening (a week before Oberon Day).
16 oz’s no less.
Tasting good!
Tell Alan Paul
To get some good sounding ABB SBD’s released and give a cut of sales to food banks.
Also, I was at ABB 11-29-91 which was the Friday after Thanksgiving and the ticket price was $12.50 at Ticketbastard plus a can of food to donate at the door. So release that show and donate all proceeds to food banks.
I think that SpaceBro made it to that show too.
Rock'n'Rule?
Sadly and increasingly lots of us are at a the point where it's hard not to wonder about the balance between charity/fairness and self-indulgence. Capitalism rocks, but should it rule?
No diss intended on ABB
Just a comparison in magnitude (according to me)
🫠🫠🫠
Conekid
Nice Conkid! Enjoy it. Hasn't made it up to MN yet, but maybe this weekend. Spring is getting closer.
self indulgence - charity - "we are lucky"
I have found that hard to square with myself for about 40 years. Inexplicable why I am in the position I am in when I think of what others have to deal with. Walking round town stepping over people who are sleeping on the street. It's not a topic for this section of the board - but capitalism doesn't rock me - it sucks.
3/18/90 on the other hand starts in fine rocking form with Shakedown. Years since I've played anything out of ths second 1990 box. Sounds alright ! A bit Dead like.
Money doesn't talk
It swears
Thank you Mr. Zimmerman
Hendrix Fan, reminded me
>>>> And anyone who suggests to anyone else how to direct their charity giving can !@#$ in the *&^%!
Reminded me of Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized".
We decided? My best interest?
holy rainbow makers...
...batman!
60 years of GOGD destinations!
makes me want to fire-up the old microbus
and take the old vinyl clad 24 cassette tape box in hand
and hit the road, blasting that new cassette as we roll out of the driveway
ENJOYING THE RIDE nails it with
all the destinations we so dearly
truck'd off to for life's adventures
and musical experiences which
only one BAND could provide
this box gives everything essential
for those 30 magical years
"ALL" iterations of the band, yes hornsby and vinny
more "LIVE DEAD" remember that one
plangent process technology on multiple shows
a history of fav GOGD venues and more BBD's
Pig RAPS in multi-track
the '72 x-factor
mr. bill graham
stand alone tunes of several fav's
did they really play here 53 times?
brent's 1st morrison colorado show
new soundboards of previously only heard audience recordings
oh and friday the 13th
venues where we traveled to over 25 times
some wonderful Jerry Garcia vocals post 1981!
the 1st show at a mid-west fan fav
and the BIG MAN on saxophone
a dylan song re-visited 18 years removed
the 1st ever LSD
and a last ever after 24 total shows
you all know by now that it
"seldom turns out the way it does in a song
once in a while, you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right"
and REPEAT OFTEN...
at least I'm ENJOYING THE RIDE!!!
Scraping Clams
Poor choice of words. I agree with Daverock about capitalism, but it's just another economic system until it usurps the gummint and morphs into kleptocracy or plutocracy or autocracy or whatever this is. Sorry, I know this post doesn't belong here, and is tedious, and many won't agree anyway. . . So back to figuring out if I can scrape together enough clams to maybe order this box and maybe let the GOGD rock my soul some more . . .
Well Said uncle_tripel
Well Said!
3/18/67. Official release please
Very cool show , with a version of the Golden Road on it. Lets have it Dave.
Me too Uncle Tripel
ENJOYING THE RIDE. Soon!
Jeffsmith
All good - sorry for being picky.
Last few
‘A New Awakening - Adventures in British Jazz 1966 - 1971’ - Various Artists
Mainly the usual suspects, although tracks by Jethro Tull and Spooky Tooth were unexpected. Their tracks did appear to fit the album description though.
‘Shades of Blue’, ‘Dusk Fire’, ‘Phase III’, ‘Live’ and ‘BBC Jazz Club II 1965 - 1966’ all by The Don Rendell/ Ian Carr Quintet
More British Jazz!
‘1st Album’ - Anne Briggs
An album of mainly unaccompanied folk singing by someone with a wonderful voice.
‘3/4 AD’ - Davy Graham
More great guitar playing from the man who composed ‘Angi’.
‘I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight’ - Richard and Linda Thompson.
The track ‘The End of the Rainbow’ appears more prescient with every listen:
‘There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow
there’s nothing to grow up for anymore’
Looking at this list it appears I’ve been having an unplanned cultural boycott for the last week or so, since none of the music is from the USA. Must dig some out.
Fav Mi-West Venue
Deer Creek and Alpine inaugural shows on this set.............went to both, love them both.
Tracks..
Wonder when we will get the track listings of the cds.. Not good enough Dead.net..
Just to be sure...
Proudfoot, your comments tend to make feel like-minded, but when I blast off, I'm not blasting at you, you know that. Just making general remarks off your springboard.
As for charity, a word I don't like, it's real simple. Do the best you can for you and yours and set aside something you can afford to help others. My dad used to "tithe," which 15%. I don't know if I reach that but I do support many good orgs without trying to save the world by myself. Yet one should enjoy the fruits of one's labors. It's a balance.
If I may, I think unfettered capitalism is unsustainable. So when, say, banks make big bets and lose and we provide the backfill, that's not good. On the other hand, elbow grease and the brains I inherited resulted in a living and (at least I thought until now) a retirement. TBD.
As for whether bashing Alan Paul or talking societal ills is appropriate here, I've kinda ceased to care. Maybe I'll whip out a few more cat stories... she's been under for nearly 3 years now, so don't tempt me!
HF
PS. Dennis, it's Hendrix FREAK, not Fan. There's a difference. Hoping Nappy sent you some Roy B!!
"INSTIHTUSHUN!"
gotta hear that again soon
and remember
all he wanted was a Pepsi...
speaking of Hendrix
Less than 10 days until I take my 12 year old daughter to Experience Hendrix! Our seats are 4th row center!
Let it Grow!
Not really a Dead Show universal anniversary but a Dave's Pick Dead Show anniversary for me anyways......
Five years ago, as I jammed out to DaP#37 and was taking in the motif of the song "Let it Grow" I mussed the thought..... (because I'm a Meddie Marijuana Cardie) Why not pop all them pot seeds I've been hoarding and collecting outta my weed bags these past several years and Let it Grow!
Gratest Story Ever Told, I am now a journeyman grower currently tending to this season's baby seedlings under some indoor lights. In about a month & a few weeks or so from now, 'round the first or second weekend of May, when Dave's #54 is in my hands & ears, I will be putting them lil girls outside!
P.S. Oh yeah, the "Let it Grow" on this Dave's #53 is prime harvest picken' too!
*******Edit**** FUCK! I'm on the wrong chat thread.
One Way or Another, This Darkness Got to Give
Still no track list for this set, but here's a little info nugget from the Deadcast pod, where they market the box during the intro to an excellent 'Tribute to Phil' episode: the INcomplete shows are from the Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall. The rest, it seems, are complete.
So that means all of the '69 shows listed are either incomplete or on cassette. The two '71 shows from Fillmore East are not complete, nor are the two '72 shows from Boston. But it also means the 7/13/84 that I'm really dying to have is complete. Along with everything else.
So this remains a tough call for me. My favorite years are repped only by incomplete shows, so I'm probably not going to plop down $600 without knowing exactly what tracks we're talking about for those '69 and '72 gigs.
Re Alan Paul: Let the record reflect that the ABB has issued at least one box set that is even more costly than Enjoying the Ride: the "Summer 2009 Complete Set," which covers 38 gigs if my math is correct, will cost you $884 if you're so inclined. And if it's like other stuff I have purchased via their Munck Music live releases, that's going to be on CDRs with no booklet and very minimal CD cases.
Not knocking it. I've bought numerous live ABB discs from them. And I really like it that their business model is to make EVERYTHING THEY HAVE available in unlimited editions with minimal packaging and reasonable prices.(Typical live show will be 3 CDs for $27, with options to buy downloads a little bit cheaper.)
But you know what they say about people who live in glass houses.
Berkeley 82'
Whew, at least this smokin' 3 night stand has been saved for later.
Enjoying the Ride
Looking forward to this archival release. Some great shows in there. One nit...a cassette for the 4/5/69 Avalon show...really? What a waste. Does anyone have a tape deck I can borrow? I ditched mine about 20 years ago. At $600, rendering an historic show to the obsolescence of cassette is just plain dumb. At $600, how about giving us a download code for the Avalon show at least. Come on.