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....site is up. Lottery currently underway.
psst.....Buffalo is the better show.

Just checked, you can order it again. Don't know how they manage inventory...

I wonder why they never did a 50th anniversary release for Live Dead, one of their greatest albums.

Can't believe it's 50 years.
Privileged enough to see and hear him twice during Europe 72., my first Dead shows.
First was Wembley 8th April. I was amazed how thin an frail he looked, but the voice was still there and we got Mr Charlie, Next Time, Good Lovin', Hurts Me Too and Caution.
Next up was Bickershaw Festival on 7th May. This is widely regarded as the set they should have played at Woodstock. It was wet, it was cold, it was magnificent.
Pigpen sang Mr Charlie, Chinatown Shuffle, Next Time, Big Boss Man, and a quite wonderful Lovelight.
On a very personal note I turned 18 on May 8th. Despite coming on at 19.30 on the 7th they were still playing at midnight and they were playing Lovelight. Talk about a dream come true!

Good luck in your quest for Cornell tickets.

I was having a bad day until I looked at the prices for tickets and hotel packages. I got a pretty good chuckle out of it.

Gouge
(Verb)
/gouj/
To overcharge; swindle.

.... LMAO. I'm not going to that.

Your answer is in the email:

“CORNELL 5LP set and a handful of MAY 1977: GET SHOWN THE LIGHT (ALL MUSIC EDITION) 11CD sets that we recently unearthed at the warehouse.”

They don’t have very good warehouse management skills.
Similar happened several years ago but I don’t remember what release it was.

Maybe DaP45 is in fact sold out but they don’t realize it.

.... you'd think it was the size of the warehouse at the end of Indiana Jones.

That one was well organized and inventoried.

D&C Cornell.
It’s a benefit. The Cornell student tix are $77, that’s not so bad.

Got our tickets today for Dark Side of the Mule at Red Rocks. For those not in the know (assuming one cares), Google it. Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience opening. I saw Warren the last time he brought the Dark Side to the Rocks and it was fucking fantastic, inasmuch as I can remember. We had a pow-wow in the parking lot up top. My friend has a handicapped parking pass, and they waived our car into a coned off area as we broke out the camping chairs and coolers. Bruce brought THC infused vodka jello shots... I distinctly remember sitting in the sun with my car trunk open, blasting Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic" followed by Zeppelin's best of "Mothership."

It felt like high school... we were fucked up and riotous. One thing about the crowds at Red Rocks, I swear to God it is always the friendliest bunch of people you'll ever meet. Like, everyone is kind.

I'm sick tired of getting fucked over by TicketBastard for these shows. Today, I hit back. I don't mind sharing this. I was at work and I fired up three different computers and opened both Chrome and Edge on them all, so I had six browsers open and got them all into the waiting room. The room where I usually go to die... I missed Tom Petty's last tour due to this evil! Anyway, there was a limit of 4 tickets per purchase and we have five going including two flying in from California so I could not fuck this up. I got in for four in Row 27 and then again for one more in Row 25.

I feel truly blessed. The 3rd best concert ticket buying experience of my life, after drawing spot #2 in line outside Macy's for Rolling Stones tickets in the mid 90s, and showing up with beers and joints in front of a Colorado Springs music store at 4am prior to SRV's final tour with Joe Cocker. We were first.

Last 5:

ELO - The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
Elvis Presley - Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet
Apocalypse Now - Soundtrack, 1979
AC/DC - Powerage

\m/

If they "found" new inventory now, why are they a pre order with a May shipping date? Don't you think TPTB would want to get rid of the remaining stock, immediately? it just doesn't add up to me.

Maybe they are trying to cover up their mistake by pretending it's something new, which you have to pre-order so you don't miss out. It's the Holy Grail of Dead shows now, according to the blurb.

I read that as them saying the Get Shown the Light was the "found inventory" not the vinyl. But it doesn't really explain why they thought to press more vinyl of Cornell. Wasn't that a limited numbered one when last put out?
Cheers

.... but what do I know?

It would be great if they came up with a bunch of copies of the Fillmore West Box set that were stashed away in the whearhouse, now that would be something..

....but maybe they could print a few thousand off...and pretend they had found them in this warehouse.

Billythekid, I wish too some more copies were available. I missed out on that one. Resale prices are just too rich for my blood.

Buy the records of of the FW box set, if you have a turn table, (I dont), but I would go out and buy one just to get that music. You can still get all the records brand new at reasonable prices. I Ibought the box when it first came out, 2 copies, one for me and one for.my brother. I also have bought the records even without a turntable.

OK, let's talk conspiracies. We know that: a) the current DaP isn't selling very well, and b) Rhino suddenly discovers more copies of the very popular May 77 box and puts 'em on sale, AND c) out of the clear blue sky they also suddenly decide to reissue the very popular Cornell vinyl.

Coincidence, you say? Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha. I could tell you more, but then I'd have to kill you.

....and I'm all out of tin foil.
The new Anastasio/McConnell release is nice.

This sudden deluge of 77 items has prompted me to go and watch some episodes of 77 Sunset Strip. Maybe it's great, maybe not - when the series originally aired I was too young to decide objectively if it was awesome or crap.

41 million albums vs 33 million CD’s.

Although streaming makes up 84% of revenue.

As for me, I’m going to keep buying GD CD’s from Rhino and maybe a little vinyl here and there.
No need for streaming.

....promised to make tickets affordable to fans. Albeit, they will be non-transferable according to what I read.
Last Five....
The Cure - Wish
Trey & Page - January
Day Of The Dead Compilation - discs 1 & 2 (I count that as one).
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Widespread Panic - Ball

The things people say

Producer for Husker Du and others

Joy Division unknown pleasures
JD closer
Megadeth rust in peace
Clash london calling
Motorhead inferno
Funkytown
Double Dutch Bus
Archies sugar sugar
Big Country big country
Men Without Hats safety dance
Come on, Eileen

Pink Floyd-The Endless River
David Gilmour-About Face
Pink Floyd-The Final Cut
McCoy Tyner-Sahara
GD-Dave’s Picks Vol. 11

That’s all I got…

…Music is the Best!!

Interesting article in Business Insider about MG and her new memoir. Great pix, too.
Google MG and memoir.

....warning. That Mountain Girl book that pops up as well is not her.

I see you posted The Cure's Wish as a last 5.

Do they come any better then "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea"?

The man can sing "hurt" better than anyone else.

"Slips her dress like a flag to the floor, And hands in the sky surrenders it all"

Cream
My virgin listens to Fresh Cream and Wheels of Fire

Also
Last evening on PBS nitty gritty dirt band in nashville
Covering a bunch of bob dylan and other stuff
A very pleasant surprise

Yes I searched and searched for MG's book, I don't think it has been published yet. That was kind of suggested in the article when she was reading from her pages from a box. I also came across the book "Mountain Girl" which has nothing to do with MG.

Mention of "Wheels Of Fire" always puts me in mind of it's stunning cover by Martin Sharp. It's worth getting both this and "Disraeli Gears" on vinyl so you get the full effect of the visuals.

....daverock. I'm in rehab.

So all the parties are generally held the weekend before March 17. I can always go for some traditional Irish music, especially if it’s sung by Iarla ó lionáird. So after a nice first set of Gaelic songs, the band returns and opens with a Bertha into a Shakedown to the bewilderment of the revelers. Nice.

Thank you for the heads up on the 3/1/69 vinyl. I grabbed a copy at a very reasonable price and hope to enjoy it whenever I get around to purchasing a turntable.

Where Cosmic Charlie goes truckin'

And then he takes it higher

Feedback. I was also listening to the first set on Dave's 35. Pretty hot.

That's a great late period album by The Electric Prunes. The 60's with attitude. Another unexpectedly great late period release by an original psych band is "Wake Up Where You Are" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock, which again came out this century some time.

Seems Floyd releasing a live Dark Side (Wembley Pool).

Order cd and lp.

Should be a good one for those having difficulty sleeping. Only jesting - "Wish You Were Here" would be better for that.

Cool sheet, hope she gets it published!
Thanks Nitecat.

....OK. I'm going to get that one. Pre-ordered.

What a blast! Along with Nappy, Nite Cat, and my brother Cousins, we all had a knockout of a weekend, entertainment provided by the Good ole Grateful Dead. Of course they did Friend of The Devil. Wow, 41 years ago, where does the time go.

It's a shame they didn't release the whole show, instead of just the run through "Dark Side of the Moon". They opened with "Shine On.." then played "Raving and Drooling" ( Sheep on "Animals") and "You Gotta Be Crazy" ( Dogs on "Animals") Then "Dark Side of The Moon", with "Echoes" for the encore.
"Echoes" from this show ( I think) was included in the Early Years box - the final section called "Continu/ation 1967-1972". But it will cost you - I don't think you can buy that without getting the whole box. Why it was included there, out of it's timespan, is a bit of a mystery.

Makes no sense why they release half the show. Was surprised about that Echoes, I had forgotten there was more cds in the actual box than the individual sets, which is what I went for and finally completed 18 months ago. I guess since I had first been gifted an mp3 copy, I never noticed the missing music the way the damn things are laid out. It has to be one of the most confusingly tracked and labeled box sets ever. The first run of boxes included a hidden 5.1 Meddle mix that was scrapped last minute as they hadn't let Roger Waters hear the mix yet. Then they screwed up and put a 2016 cd remix of Live at Pompeii in instead of the planned 2016 remix of Obscured by Clouds. Luckily, the 1972 individual box contains both, however, sadly, they cottoned on to the hidden Meddle, and subsequent boxes were bereft of this still unreleased, officially, epic mix of some incredible music. There is a 1971 quadrophonic mix of Echoes on the DVD/BluRay. Can never have enough Echoes. Never. Or Raving and Drooling and You Gotta Be Crazy and Shine On...

I am not looking forward to Roger Waters's reconceptualization of Dark Side, complete with spoken word over On the Run and Great Gig and Any Colour You Like apparently. He also plays an instrument on just one track on it, so one has to wonder why in the hell he's re-recorded it, if he didn't really re-record it? I get petty band relationships, but the feud between Waters and Gilmour is childish, and maybe that's the problem, they've known each other since they were kids before any bands to even join.

Though, I am looking very much forward to Peter Gabriel (and Tony Levin) in seven short months' time in Boston. That will be a hoot, I am sure. I think it was Vguy that alerted me to the tour announcement a week ago, thanks for that. My wife will thank you in seven months, for now she's skeptical.

Edited to add: I forgot that I did a search on The Early Years Box because of my having forgotten that last little bit Continu/ation, and on Amazon right now, there are 12 copies available new at $363. Don't know why, or for how long, but thought I'd pass that along. For frame of reference, it was $550 on release.

I assume that it’s the same recording that was on CD2 of the recently released DSOTM reissue.

I passed on the Early Years Box but got the individual mini Boxes for half the price (at that time). I figured that I could pass on the bonus Box since I didn’t need the two movies and already had the Echoes. Just went to Wikipedia to see what else was in that bonus Box and the article mentioned that some of the Blu-ray’s from the whole Box were defective and there was a recall from 2019-2020. Hope mine aren’t bad now, guess I’ll have to watch them all to check. Put that on the to do list.

David and Roger fighting.
DLR and Eddie VH fighting.
Inflated egos ruining good bands.

My first listen of Rush 3-24,25-81 and it’s awesome.
Comes as CD 2 and 3 of Moving Pictures 40th.

Alvarhanaso - you probably know - I had forgotten yesterday - but the first three tracks from the Wembley 1974 show, "Shine On.." "Raving and "Drooling" and "You Gotta Be Crazy" were included in the second disc of the "Wish You Were Here" set that came out a few years ago. Which does make this new "Dark Side" live portion that's coming out a bit more desirable, as it's possible for me to piece together the whole show.

My copy of "Early Years" included a cd of "Live at Pompeii" but not "Obscured By Clouds". I contacted "the authorities", and they sent me a cd of " Obscured Through Clouds." I didn't get the new mix of "Meddle" - though it occurs to me that if it's hidden, I may have it somewhere and not know about it.
The other anomaly with this box is that the film "La Vallee" ( Obscured By Clouds) is in French with no sub titles.

CNKD -the best thing about the Contin/uation set for me are the 10 BBC recordings from September and December 1967, with Syd Barrett still at the helm. The September set includes "Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun" - which is great to have even if it is only about 3 minutes long. It's not that well recorded - it sounds as though someone taped it off a small mono radio by holding a microphone in front of the speaker. But what the heck.
I also like the alternative promo film for "Arnold Layne". But if you aren't that fussed about the Syd era, it's probably not worth getting. It's a long way, for better or worse, from the Dave Gilmour lineup of the band.

That re-recorded version of DSOTM you, mentioned , Alvarhanso, by Roger Waters sounds a bit of a travesty to me. Maybe he thinks of it as more of a solo album than one by Pink Floyd .

In my Pink Floyd folder, shows. I have two shows from "Wembley". 11/15/74 and 11/16/74. One is labeled Wembley Stadium and the other is "Wembley Empire Pool".

Are these the same place or two different venues?