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    "We left with our minds sufficiently blown and still peaking..."

    We're headed back to that peak with the newly returned tapes from Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, 11/6/77. The Grateful Dead's last touring show of 1977 finds them going for broke, taking chances on fan favorites like "Jack Straw," "Friend Of The Devil," and "The Music Never Stopped," carving out righteous grooves on a one-of-kind "Scarlet>Fire" and a tremendous "Truckin'." An ultra high energy show, with a first set that rivals the second? Not unheard of, but definitely rare. Hear for yourself...

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 25 features liner notes by Rob Bleetstein, photos by Bob Minkin, and original art by our 2018 Dave's Picks Artist-In-Residence Tim McDonagh. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

    Get one before they are gone, gone, gone.

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    No Pig, man
  • JimInMD
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    Re: B3, Always In The Shop
    ..well, it's a good thing I bought three then.
  • Thin
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    wadeocu & Jim re: B3 organs
    Wadeocu - Yes, the beer on top surprised me too - always does. Last time I saw them the bass players headstock was floating 4 inches from his beer - we couldn't stop watching the headstock! :0 Jim - The guy told me the keyboard console AND the leslie cabinet have 6-8 tubes EACH, thus the warm tone. I thought he said you could get a decent used B3 for $5,000 but perhaps I misheard him? Prices are high because these are very large, heavy items with TONS of hand-wired point-to-point connections. The guy showed me the inside of his organ and it was a spaghetti maze of tubes and wires. A simple hand-wired guitar amp is $1,500~ so a price tag well above $5,000 seems reasonable, actually. The guy also told me he has three (3!) of these Hammond B3's! (His backup one night said the same thing!). One in his practice space, one in the gig-van/garage, and the one in the shop, because they're often in for regular tune-ups, blown tubes, buzzing, humming, etc. How do musicians afford this stuff?
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    Right.. I hope it was a very expensive, small batch craft beer or a Chimay or something.. If you're going to risk a $50k organ slugging down some beer, the grains had better be stomped on by foot by hippie monks in Belgium and hopefully blessed by the pope himself. If you act quick.. I found what appears to be a steal on a new B3, only $26k. While supplies last :D (I ordered three). http://www.b3guys.com/Hammond+B-3+mk2+Organ+and+Hammond+C-3+mk2+Organ.h… I think what makes these expensive is the cabinets with the rotating, Leslie speakers that I believe are powered by individual tube amps. Brent's standard setup had ten wonderfully modified Leslie speakers.. What a powerhouse.. For the full effect, I recommend listening to the Gimme Some Lovin' from 11/1/85 turned up to 11 (starts about 2:08 in) or just crank up Dicks Picks 21. Phil, "LOVE YAA!!" Trouble Ahead, Jerry in Red.
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    Tommy Can You Here Me? and now for somthing diff...
  • Born Cross Eye…
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    Dave's Picks 26 sells out fast!
    Let's get back to the Grateful Dead's Dave's Picks 26.The remainder of the limited edition of DaP 26 goes on sale Monday 16 April 2018 @ 10:00 AM Pacific Time. It will sell out fast, I guessing about 48 minutes or less. If I recall correctly (and it's probably on this long thread) DaP 25 sold out in about 48 minutes. With the promotional email DaP 26 announcing this "event" it could sell out in about 30 minutes or less. This "event" could crash the system similar to 2017's Get Shown The Light box disaster. But that got fixed and this "event" could another test to see if preventative measures work. The bonus disc WILL NOT be included in this sale, as it was only for the 2018 Dave's Picks subscription.
  • DeadAreMyDealers
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    Question for Guitar Players
    Is it possible to play the "lead" guitar, ie. guitar solos while singing? I've been wondering, did Bobby and Jerry switch off on who played the solos when Jerry was singing? If so was it for the whole song, or just immediately while Jerry was singing and then back to the usual roles?
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    Righteous Thin - thanks!
    That beer on his B-3 makes me nervous though in light of Dennis' revelation on what one costs!
  • Thin
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    B3 footpedal bass
    Wadeocu - thanks for posting that. I had never really seen a full B3 with the footpedals (that I recall) until 3 months ago when I started seeing the B3 Kings in Boston on a regular basis. The guy recentlydid a two-footed bass solo.... was funny to watch him chugging away like he was on an exercise bike, hands free. Bostonians - B3 Kings will be doing a bass-less (B3 player plays bass with feet/left hand) show in Needham tomorrow (Thurs) night at Three Squares restaurant 7-10pm. In the below video of this band, you can clearly see organist playing bass notes with his left hand at the end of the keyboard on this song - I've seen him play bass melody with left hand while thumping the root note on the footpedals: https://youtu.be/1bwu3skpB48
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    Bassless Duo!
    Here is another great example of competent bass playing from the B-3: Tune in at the 7:00 minute mark or so for the "bass" solo!
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"We left with our minds sufficiently blown and still peaking..."

We're headed back to that peak with the newly returned tapes from Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, 11/6/77. The Grateful Dead's last touring show of 1977 finds them going for broke, taking chances on fan favorites like "Jack Straw," "Friend Of The Devil," and "The Music Never Stopped," carving out righteous grooves on a one-of-kind "Scarlet>Fire" and a tremendous "Truckin'." An ultra high energy show, with a first set that rivals the second? Not unheard of, but definitely rare. Hear for yourself...

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 25 features liner notes by Rob Bleetstein, photos by Bob Minkin, and original art by our 2018 Dave's Picks Artist-In-Residence Tim McDonagh. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Get one before they are gone, gone, gone.

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Thanks for this post space! Great insight to a critical time in Dead history. Grateful as always...
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Feel very lucky and blessed to have seen the Boys @ Autzen Stadium 8/22/93 and again in '94. But like spacebro mentioned, the dip from '93 to '94 was tangible. Had the opportunity to see a '95 Portland show, but decided to pass. TBH, i wasn't nearly the rabid fan then i am now. So much amazing music happening in the mid-90's. I was much more into warehouse raves and disco biscuits at the time. Heh.
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If you have not already heard, leave here at once, it's 4/23/77 ROLL AWAY THE DEW! I think it vanishes in a few hours!! FEATURES>JAM OF THE WEEK at least an hour of one of the top ten all time shows
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My Dave's Picks vol. 25 has finally arrived here (original order was MIA, thanks to Brazil's awful customs/mail services), and I'm totally amazed with the "Mississippi..." version here! Can someone recommend another version as fantastic as this one, please??
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That half-step is possibly the best one. Glad you finally got your DaP25. Hope 26 didn’t go missing.
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download series volume 1 - April 30 1977 with a few highlights from previous night, maybe available on itunes ? hopefully you can access these from Brasil. I remember traveling through the nordeste of Brasil and this was one I enjoyed a bunch. Especially Peggy-O" "Looks Like Rain" "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" all 3 in a row. "Brave the Storm to come" Others were "Friend Of The Devil" St. Stephen -> Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > St. Stephen !!!! "I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel" ~ One of the best https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead_Download_Series_Volume_1 its a great download. May 1977 has quite a few of the other top tier performances 5.7.77 5.12.77 5.17.77 9.3.77 11.5.77 , all of these dates have been released, the only one that maybe easy to find and purchase is 9.3.77 aka Dicks Picks 15 a couple from other years are 8.5.74 aka Dicks Picks 31 and 7.12.89 RFK Summer 1989 Box set. I was just commenting on Daves Picks 26 page about this one and the Half-Step you mention and then I saw your post. what part of brasil are you at ?
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Finally after much delay...15039 is on the player as I type. On 1st listen, Set 1 is great, I now 'ave a deeper appreciation for 1/2 Step - killer!
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Is that a replacement, or was it ‘lost in the mail’?If replacement, does it have a number?
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BCE got it off of Amazon from recently discovered overstock...
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At first, thanks to all who have been visited my mirrors, mostly XL 'Cats under the stars' mirror listed in cat shop. The mirror is ready for shipping worldwide, you can find it here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/595957100/cats-under-the-stars-mirror-jerr… I'm working currently on another mirror dedicated to Jerry. It's 'The Wheel' mirror, with the lyrics applied on the back side of the mirror. Hasn't been listed yet, but for Jerrys's birthday I listed psychedelic Jerry's hand made as a wall mirror: https://www.etsy.com/listing/632494283/psychedelic-jerry-garcia-hand-de…
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It was lost in the United States Postal Service system.Much frustration with the delay, now turned to joy. The only date I think I see on the label is in the lower section under the 2nd bar code and above the description, which reads: 01/2018. There is also the 3rd of 4 bar codes on the label in that box.
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While it's not surprising that tix to the P&F Headcount Benefit Friday at the Apollo tumbled down several echelons of the firm's socioeconomic caste without claim, I still consider their availability a great fortune. Having never visited, attending any performance at that historically significant venue for the (my) first time would have been cause for a bucketlist deduction, but this was clearly special. Though tired, I returned home to discover that 2018's stellar - and costly - box set run would continue with the wish-list-topping (now that Szell is out) release of BOTT material for Dylan's 14th Bootleg installment. Because the amazon.uk page appears to address a Japanese import edition, I shouldn't imagine that the price quoted for this (purportedly) 6-disc release will be as exorbitant for the conventional Euro & US versions./K https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Blood-Tracks-Bob-Dylan/dp/B07GVXL5DQ/ref=… Shout out to the old Eleven - I miss you guys! :)
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Rather wondering when someone was going to mention it; I thought it was just ephemera that bore some metaphysical correlation to page 5 of the accompanying text.
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Technology fosters a certain audiologic pedantry that discounts the practical difficulties of archival transfers. Still, while a bit of the 2-track blues is understandable, Plangent alchemy has affected significant sonic upgrades to existing sources. Portland 74 is a well-known quantity to most, but the Truckin' Jam is a luminescent passage that defies contempt for even acute familiarity. While my favourite GDTRFBs tend to grind like roughly upshifted semi gears in transition from the preceding track, this strong rendition ascends from NFA with deliberate fluidity; also, Keith's bubbly, assertive, sometimes catalystic play makes many first-set standards remarkable. The daughter of the woman who cleans house for me**, age 10, was so entranced by the PNW outer & small wood boxes - suggesting it would make for good jewelry storage - that I gifted it immediately; heck, I was only going to shelve it for the next 50 years (according to actuarial tables), but it's become the center of focus for child - if only for a short bit - who exhibits more enthusiasm than I'll ever muster after unboxing. Still, it's easily the most aesthetically pleasing musical release from top-to-bottom that I've ever seen. Couple disks heading back, but that's been par for the course since the beginning, and I've never had a problem with speedy replacement. **This really isn't saying much in-and-of-itself: in Appalachia, if you've got something then it's implied that you will try to help others, and the most dignified way to do is offering work that you might otherwise undertake yourself. You'd be surprised the difference even a little makes here at altitude. :)
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...she's what's yer life's been missing. Caution: the related video library is quite nearly addictive as the ETOH in Billy's 64 oz., genetically attached megathermos.
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Phish tix in the po'box this p.m.; unlike Lockn where I at least feign roughing it in rolling 4 **** accommodations, I've decided my Outback and bricknmortar lodgings will do just fine on what should be an adventurous run from Hampton to Vegas between 10/19 and Halloween Night in Sin City. I'm only taking one show in Rosemont to facilitate a leisurely slog west, to include a one-night cabin rental in Grand Teton before spending another night in SLC (never visited either!). Near-universal wifi and a mobile workstation have revolutionized my quality of life more than quilted toilet paper, hot water heaters, and Trader Joe's Cookie Butter (though none are indispensable at this point). I've got trail running routes mapped along the way in addition to having identified a couple Y's where I can day pass into lap swimming. Happy.
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If anyone is looking for this or any of this year's Dave's Picks, shoot me a PM. $25 plus shipping. The bonus disk is an additional $25.

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