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Thanks for mentioning the Band of Gypsys box -- obviously as exciting , if not more so, than many other current vault releases. Over the years I've purchased every official and many unofficial BoG releases and so have had the material for decades -- except this new box is from the very master tapes owned by Paul Allen, so this is the end of the archival line. I've only listened to the first disc so far; the box has been here for a couple weeks already. So the time is nigh. Good thing I just re-upped on my Sativa stash...

Also, GarciaLive 12 arrived yesterday, so that bad boy is getting teed up as soon as I listen to disc 5 of Owsley's NRPS box.

Then, in the deep of winter, just before electric Hot Tuna comes to Boulder, we'll get our sweaty little paws on that Cream Farewell Tour box. Perhaps not their peak -- see the October '67 tape from Detroit -- but hey I'll take it and play it loud in the long dark nights of February 2020 when it arrives.

Sure -- in case you're concerned -- I have favorite bands that tour currently (Tedeschi and Trucks, Hot Tuna, Los Lobos) but I'm really excited about all the fantastic archival material being released, and our little band of misfits known as the GD truly lead the way on the archival front. To paraphrase Bill Graham, not only are they the best in the archival release genre, they're in a class by themselves simply by dint of their evolving musicianship and the devotion of their crew to taping.

The Grateful Dead are dead! Long live the Grateful Dead!!

Canadian customer here. A week after receiving Dave's 32 in the mail UPS sent me a bill for $90 to cover the cost of import duties. That's roughly 3x the cost of the three CD set and almost as much as the full subscription itself. Dead/Rhino have yet to return my emails about this issue and it's been months. At this point in time I cannot recommend the subscription to international customers since you will likely find yourself with similar issues and radio silence from Dead dot net's customer service department. Until it has been I will be on every thread warning international customers not to subscribe unless they want to pay 3x the price of the subscription in duties.

Yet another 50 coming around. Hendrix / Band of Gypsies “Machine Gun” is one of the more psychedelic wonders to grace the hallowed space of the Fillmore East. The 50th anniversary of the two nights is December 31 & January 1. And of course January 2&3 is the 50th anniversary of the first Grateful Dead concerts of the 1970s. Also Fillmore East.
Hendrix, a hard act to follow but the good ol Grateful Dead delivered those two nights.
Yes indeed, time flies.
Well as John and Yoko once said; Happy Xmas,
War is Over! if you want it.
Wish it was true.

I'm over the "holidaze" already, looking forward to a few new releases. But I always forget when these things ship. Is #33 flying at the end of January? (Had a killer cassette version of this show 40 years ago. How time flies when you're high as a kite...)

More to come: GarciaLive12, Cream Farewell Tour, and the 2020 GD box from fall '72 (yes, slipping in my most wished for item yet again! ).

Still enjoying the heck out of the NRPS box from Owsley Foundation with Jer monstering away on pedal steel in a variety of environments. I recommend it for the music. But even if that don't get you, purchasing it supports one of the three most important vaults in existence: the GD vault, Owsley's vault and the Jimi vault. (They don't call me HendrixFreak for nothing...)

Gee, talk about hostility dude, sounds like you have a full plate! If you haven’t noticed I am far from being the only person posting about being impacted from this lengthy “warehouse move”. Moving a warehouse should not be an excuse for failing to respond to customer service requests for months at a time. I have had excellent service from Dr Rhino in the past, hopefully they will get their act together in the future.

Have a great holiday and a happy new year, brother, and may your future purchases of awesome Grateful Dead music arrive undamaged and functional!

Thanks to hendrixfreak for pulling in my favorite venue to the thread. Agreed the '79 shows are worthy with Brent's new jazzy playing and the McNichols the next night was solid with Jerry teasing Nobody's Fault But Mine throughout the second set jam. Like you, I don't remember much of the third night. I did like Red Rocks August '78 pair of shows more than most reviewers but maybe I was ready for a more precise and practiced show after getting my brain handed to me the month before at what we called "the werewolf show" (7-8-78). The August shows debuted six new songs from Shakedown and the one I was most surprised that no one liked was Jerry's new slow song, If I Had the World to Give, which I thought could slip right in where Wharf Rat was or later, the better realized slow one, Standing on the Moon, might fit in. Never happened. They must have all given up on it as it was only played three times I think. And another great '80s pair of shows comes to mind: 6-7,8-80 Folsom Field, Boulder. Venue was not as cool as Red Rocks but the (15th anniversary) shows were great.

... I love how it’s a giant poppy plant bulb, filled with colorful field of poppy flowers like in the Movie ‘The Wizard Of Zoz’ With a laying or sinking ?! Skelton & Crow! Pretty cool , I love it! ❤️🙏💀🌹

Judging from the cover of DP 33, and the other examples of Dave Kloc's work, seems like 2020 will be an excellent year for great art, at least in this series. I haven't always been thrilled with some of the covers we've gotten. Case in point - looking at the new "Ready or Not" here this morning. The album is fantastic, as are the photos, but not a fan of the illustration on the front. Welcome to Dave K.! The design for the DeKalb show is wicked and whimsical.

After hearing Jerry during the 1970's, the mid '80's into the 90's is a tough go, for me. Jerry went from being lead guitar to being a band member, it seemed. The Dead played for decades, but playing music isn't the same thing as making it. It's the "element" that makes jazz and bluegrass so unique. Making the music live, right there in the moment. Jerry seemed to lose that towards the end. It was sad to experience, and sad to hear.

It's like: Which present from your kids do you like the most at Christmas? C'mon, they're all good. Trust in Dave.