Grateful Dead

Merry Christmas!

Happy Hanukkah!

Hello Checkers!!

*Edit- do you guys know if the RFK '89 set was recorded to multi-track ? I was thinking of getting the high res download...

....is live. June '77 Winterland currently.

If you've got a few minutes give Pink Floyd's Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun a listen today in honor of the Parker Solar Probe, currently on the closest ever flight to the surface of the sun and likely setting new speed records for a human made craft. If you prefer, perhaps give Anthem of the Sun a spin and ponder the wonders of heliophysics.

....played Works last night with zero knowledge.
I like it when a plan comes together.
Trying to stay in the Christmas spirit.
Currently making food, kinda high and revisting The Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager.
Been a minute.

It’s a Festivus Miracle!

A short but very cool show, it would make for nice filler along with another 1970 show.

I wore my AOTS tshirt at Joshua Tree yesterday

One of "my precious" tees

Hey, you're a captive audience...PF's favorite tshirts!!!

Anthem of the Sun

Beatles Revolver

Bob Marley One Love

Make America Grateful Again

Velvet Underground

The Cheech from Cheech Marin's Chicano Art Museum in Riverside CA

Rib Eye Steaks. I hope everybody has a great day. Merry Christmas everyone.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

And my birthdate brother TN John.
Thanks Oro for the "miracle".
I needed a miracle.
Cheers
No tofurkey this time. Honey glazed ham, special mashed taters, stuffing, carrots w/chives, green beans. Pecan pie for dessert. Mmm!

Beef Tenderloin

....Christmas tradition, and we're not even Italian, so don't ask.
Neighbor brought over tamales.
Full disclosure. If you invite me over and there are deviled eggs around, you better hide them. You've been warned.

Listening to the new RGM vinyl DiP 1. This was a gift I gave myself, on impulse. And against my better judgment, since I really try to avoid 'doubling up' and buying vinyl when I already have a perfectly good CD version. But damn, this sounds really good!

And needless to say this show top tier GD. If I ever wanted to make the case the '73 was really the Best Year Ever I'd be sure to include some examples from this one. That HCS!

Hope you're all having a wonderful holiday. We're doing a pork roast at the Casa de Crow, for the record. It's marinating right now in some miso and rosemary, will go in the oven shortly for its long slow journey to the table, where it will be joined by mashed taters, asparagus, and what should be some really good zinfandel.

Plus, Checkers lives! What more could we ask?

(Oh, well, since you asked. It would've been nice if the stealie t-shirt I ordered for my wife had come by now. Apparently it hasn't even shipped. No biggie, but, you know. Thought I'd able to put it under the tree for her. Ah well.)

Still, I'm feeling very blessed. Hope you are, too.

....yup. Sounds incredible.
The smart bird feeder was a smash hit. Happy wife, happy Vguy.
Wife got me some fancy cheeses. Pinky out!

I think we need one of those too.
Cheers
Pork roast, tenderloins, rib eyes, tamales (a very SW sort of Xmas tradition I love and miss today), you guys have me drooling.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays out there. Hope you all have a good one.

Looking forward to 2025.

Christmas in bed with the GD…na, even I’m not THAT bad!
Xmass day only tradition: bad cereal in bed, with cold Baileys (or B&B) coffee, Xmass cookies and Ralphy on a loop! “He looks like a deranged Easter bunny”
All while it’s puking white gold outside and the jukebox currently spinning John Prines Christmas’s in prison followed by Sharon Jones Ain’t No Chimney in the Projects!
Dinner, leftover home made chicken pot pie (who wants to cook today ; ) with Sammy Smiths Outmeal Stout, and yet more home made Xmass cookies…here goes the diet lol

Edit: please remember the sage advice of Nora Jones and “Shake yer Christmas butt, until the crabby goes away…” 🎶

Wouldnt mind shaking HER butt..

home at Mom’s over Christmas found a huge mother load of old tour tshirts. Plus many ticket stubs what a fun and awesome walk down memory lane. Two tshirts form The Well days and I must add the Well tshirts held up like champs just like brand new.

Excellent listening on phone archive as I prep for road trip

Hey y'all
Check out El Monte shows
12/26, 27, 28/70

Boxworthy....

At an old friends last night for Christmas dinner, off the grid, farm much of their own food. Short ribs from cattle raised just over the hill, garden carrots, orzo kale casserole, brought my south of the border cornbread and a Cali Cab from 1995, Taylor Fladgate 2014 LBV to go with berry compote, tahini cake dessert. Though he followed our band until the end of the Pig era, we listened to jazz mostly so today I will rectify.

:)))

.....need recipe. Stat!

Will PM you what they tell me, no recipe turning into a threadkiller

This 2nd set is just crackling with energy from the get go. The rain shower between sets might have produced that whole negative ion thing that really makes you feel good. Like being near a waterfall. The SW is so dry with positive ions and static electricity the norm that when it switches it's very noticeable. Or maybe it was just the vibe from good acid. Hard to tell.
Sound seems less muddy on this set than the 1st. Probably more my listening in the bedroom today vs. the big system on the 1st set rather than the recording though.
A great show. Thanks Dave & Co.
Cheers

Edit: Did not hear that clicking sound in He's Gone that some have noticed.

Love a good Port with desert. A classic.

Porto, Portugal is only a couple hour drive from Galacia, Spain, where Garcia's father was born. So like any good deadhead, I enjoy a good glass of Port with desert be it Ruby, Tawny or Vintage.

Fun Times.

2757/3000 in the house.
Caution - Let warm to room temperature before consuming.
Cheers

Last Few:

Frampton Comes Alive- DVD-Audio, so good.
Dave's #29-Swing
The Christmas Song-Nate King Cole
7/21/72- Seattle, from the Download Series, #10.

Sweet list Billy!

2519/3000

Has arrived.

Hopefully will spin tomorrow night.

....why haven't they released 3.15.90 on vinyl?
They should really think about doing that.
Go Knights.

ha.. sounds like something Towlie would say.

Hey Billy, we keep going to the same shows! Count 12/27/77 also for me! It sure was great living in the Bay Area.
Also, let me wish all you fun deadheads a safe and prosperous New Year. My daily visits to these threads are a joy.

Sounds good, Phil is very present.
DP1 sounded amazing when it first came out compared to my hissy cassettes.
But now that we have all heard the glory of Plangent, time for this show and others to get Plangentized/Normanized.

....like 3.15.90!!
Not high currently, but the shattered memories remain.
Sound is incredible Conekid.

Fun times. Really think 12/28/83 should be released, one of my favorites.

12 31 76
12 31 78

12 31 87 kinda

A few songs were on the bonus cd that came with The Closing of Winterland DVD or CD.

....average prez. Incredible human being.
I miss boring politics.
Godspeed Mr. President o7.
It pains me to type this part, but here we go. Thankful he passed while Biden was still in office. He'll get the honors he deserves. Unlike the alternative. Look. I just call em as I see em. And I've seen enough. Trust me.

And another bonus cd that slipped through the net ! I got the dvd - but there was no cd in there. I'm not keen on this trick of releasing selective bonus cds. They didn't always seem to make it to Britain in the pre Dave Picks days. Why not release the things properly, without the selective inclusion or attempt at manipulation? I would never subscribe to Dave's Picks just to get one anyway.

Worked with Habitat for Humanity after his term

6/22/74 bonus disc currently

On deck:

Bunch of GD68
4/24/71 (it's been a while)
4/25/71
DiP 30
11/7/71
12/31/71

GBtGD

Maybe I should say, I always appreciate it when someone burns a copy of one for me. For every system, there's a way round it !

I'm staring at the cover sitting across the room of the new DiP 1 vinyl. It is boldly labelled Dick's Pick's. There shouldn't be an apostrophe in Pick's. Double checked the CD releases and sure enough they are labelled Dick's Picks. And the Dick's Picks 3 & 19 vinyl releases have the correct punctuation. Proves my theory that there aren't any editors out there anymore. Or anyone who paid attention during English class, lol.
Cheers
Edit: I haven't opened it yet. I wonder if they made the same mistake on the records.

Among other songs from previous NYE-Shows this bonus disc has:
Lazy Lightning-1977-12-31 - 3-36
Supplication-1977-12-31 - 5-35
Sugar Magnolia-1977-12-31 - 11-59
Scarlet Begonias-1977-12-31 - 8-48
Fire On The Mountain-1977-12-31 - 10-06
Cheers
G.

My cover also has it. The LP’s do not.

Could it be intentional?
DP1 was issued on vinyl in 2012 by Brookvale Records by pressing a copy of the CD onto vinyl ($400 on eBay).
This Real Gone copy is made from the tapes and contains additional material that is not on the CD (see the Real Gone page).
So, the extra ‘ may be to make this issue identifiable without looking at the back of the box.

I can confirm that the Real Gone issue sounds good and has the Phil solo (Philostomp) that was not included on the CD.

Fun,times.

Hey rockers!

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.........

I know what MY resolution will be. For everybody else, I recommend the following: "Think I'll check my PMs more frequently this year". LOL............................

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year...........

Rock on,

Doc
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man...........

I saw a random blurb from...sometime...that the Morrison Hotel of Doors fame got damaged by fire.

Might be old news but there it is.

Prophet of GD1971

Thoughts on 4/24/71?

I recently experienced 11/15/71 on a road trip

Myteefine