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    An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

    We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

    Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

    Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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  • #121
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    THE worst cover of any of Dave's Picks by a long shot. Very disappointing.

    Rock on

  • #122
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    Can't wait to find out what parts of these fantastic looking shows we're gonna be devouring! I've been preparing by listening to DaP 6 2/2/70 (the show after the New Orleans bust, and sans TC), and 12/20/69, finished 2/2 on lunch break in the car, hoping Pig didn't go too much on the "reach over my left shoulder" rap as there was a young lady sunning herself whilst I blasted my music with my windows down eating my Zaxby's. But since somebody suggested they go into Not Fade Away for shits and giggles, we were all spared from a salacious Pig rap from 1970, and he only mentioned getting yo hands outta yo pockets once I recall. But the ride home featured the incredibly lovely 20 min Dark Star opener from the second show, 12/20/69 at the Fillmore West (with TC), 9 months previously the site of 4 nights of fire and fury captured for all eternity on 16 track reels (the first ever 16 track live recording) and gifting the universe with Live/Dead, but a lot had happened over the course of 9 months, if the setlist stayed somewhat the same. The band on the second part of DaP 6 goes Dark Star> St Stephen> The Eleven> New Speedway Boogie instead of into the Lovelight they eventually get to, and instead of light, they plunge into the darkness that was Hunter S Thompson's great crashing wave, sweeping the dreams and idealism of the 60s back out to sea. Talk about coming full circle... Which brings me back to DaP 30 and the wonderful mystery meat we get to devour in just over 2 weeks time. From 2 weeks after they played the Fillmore West, they were on the left coast to play Bill's legendary theater, and here's the only thing missing from keithfan's post, the 1/3 setlist:
    Ealy show: Morning Dew, Me And My Uncle, Hard To Handle, Cumberland Blues, Cold Rain & Snow, Alligator > Drums > Jam > Bid You Goodnight Jam > Jam > Alligator Jam & Reprise > Caution Jam > Feedback, E: Uncle John's Band;
    Entire Late show played was: Casey Jones, Mama Tried, Big Boss Man, China Cat Sunflower-> Jam-> I Know You Rider-> High Time Tease, Mason's Children, Cryptical Envelopment-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Cosmic Charlie, Uncle John's Band-> Black Peter, Dire Wolf, Good Lovin', Dancin' In The Streets-> Drums-> Dancin' In The Streets, E: Saint Stephen-> In The Midnight Hour

    I am so looking forward to hearing some tasty stuff from that! I'm actually listening to The Other One from it now... But the combinations of these setlists is just mindblowing. We get everything. It's a Thanksgiving feast of epic proportions.

    And I wonder if these were part of the Houseboat Tapes, been a while since we got something from that batch. DaP 19 1/23-24/70 I believe was from that, as well as DaP 6 as mentioned above, and DaP 10 Thelma 12/10-11/69.

    Also, no 1969 show to come out with Aoxomoxoa?

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    DaP 30's reflection cover....

    ....it's fresh on my brain, but I freaking love it!! Looks like my dog's paws! And dogs are always the first to greet you when you get home. If you scroll down a bit, you get a cool rotating AOXOMOXOA thing. Ye haw!!
    Newcastle 4.11.72's first set is under the belt. Taking a break. I'm exhausted though, so the second set may be broken up.

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    Fargin Bastages..

    Edit: One of the kind folks here forwarded me the email.. agree, they seem to be wolf paws. I like the cover art if for no other reason there are no cartoonish skeletons and especially no skeletons with full beards.

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    Fantastic cover, no skeletons, no beards; just the Dire Wolf's paws.

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    the email just hit my box that the sale date for DP 30 is next Thursday the 18th...Don't quite understand the cover but that's ok...

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    I'm from the Philly area, so it was big news that the Grateful Dead were taking the stage for the last event that would ever be played at JFK Stadium. It was the summer between my Junior and Senior years of high school. What do I remember? Well, I've told this story before, so if you've heard it, feel free to stop me.....

    It was a sweltering hot sunny day, as humid as NJ and Philly ever get. I had no idea I was going to the show until 4pm that day. I was sitting at my kitchen table playing around with my brother's unloaded Glock, shooting imaginary bad guys, just like Martin Riggs had done a few hours earlier at the premier of Lethal Weapon 2. As I goofed around with the 9mm, which, I actually had a legitimate reason for holding nearby (the purpose of which does not come into this story), I made phone calls to WMMR and WYSP, as well as the local record stores, in an effort to figure out the song that was played at the end of the movie, right as it looked like it might be Riggs' last stand; after all, he was lying in a pool of blood with knife and gunshot wounds, and the most somber gospely blues tune I ever heard playing - something about going to Heaven. Well, [SPOILER ALERT] Riggs lived to make two bad sequels to the sequel, and my eyes dried up by the time I left the theater; but I couldn't remember how that damn song went, and nobody I contacted had a clue.

    Then into my house walked two complete strangers: one was tall and lean, perhaps a year or two older than me; the other was a little bit shorter, thickly bearded, and smiling. I wasn’t expecting anyone when I heard the front door open, so call it instinct if you will - you know, the kind of instinct that guides us to mindlessly remove bongs and other various sundries from site, when an unannounced visitor enters our domain - only it was the Glock and ammo cartridge that I was reaching for. I might have jammed the clip in at once if the shorter bastard hadn’t been smiling so friendly and looking so damn familiar. He greeted me by name, still smiling, still friendly-like. You would think this might have settled my uneasiness, but among other things, the FBI guys instructed my brother not to acknowledge any strangers who called out his name (apparently this is a technique that some would-be harm-doers use to identify a target they’ve never met in person). A lot of things went through my mind in a flash: I should have loaded the gun instead of hiding it; I should have locked the door after I came back from the matinee; I can’t believe this “very small chance they would bother us” possibility came to pass; but overriding all of that second guessing was a rush of adrenaline that hit me when I realized they never saw the gun. I croaked “hello” or something equivalent, and began to insert the clip, out of site, under the table. I had no reservations about living out a different movie now, the one where our hero famously gets off a round from under the table - kill or be killed - at least until George Lucas got bored and started f***ing around with CGI; except now the bearded hippie SOUNDED familiar too. The whole encounter played out in just a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity. The voice belonged to my cousin from Buffalo. We're the same age and grew up spending a couple of weeks a year together; but up until that day, the visits were announced, and he certainly never showed up long haired and bearded (hell, I didn't even know he could grow a damn beard yet - we were only 17). Never met his friend before, so the duo WERE 50% strangers. Suffice it to say they didn't get shot that day, but the story echoed through our lives for many years.

    His buddy had come with him from the Truckin' Up To Buffalo show on the 4th of July. They enjoyed it so much they decided to surprise me with a visit and an invitation to go. I was not too familiar with Dead in those days. I knew In The Dark from MTV and MMR, and I may have heard Friend of the Devil once. But I wasn’t about to pass a Dead show by, just because I didn’t know their music. After all, my cousin was my partner in crime: we'd seen KISS in '79, Rush in '86 and '87, Van Halen in '86 on Sammy's first tour, Pink Floyd in '88; and now we had driver's licenses, so it was only getting better. He was supposed to be arriving a couple of days later for The Who Reunion at Vet Stadium, and then we had the Stones Steel Wheels Tour kicking off at the end of August. Good times.

    I remember the circus atmosphere of the crowd at JFK. I imagine the tailgating scene in the 70s was a drop in the bucket compared to this. We've all been to the rodeo, so I won't rehash it. But it made me feel liberated, watching all of these liberated people. Liberated from what? I don't know - just free. However free you may feel, I think live music intensifies that feeling, and I don't think any more so than with the Dead. I'd never seen so many people in one place before. When Jerry walked out, I remember my cousin smiling and saying "there he is – Jerry Garcia. He's like a messiah around here." My response was, "well, he has my respect - he's playing Pete's Woodstock guitar". Of course in hindsight, he was not - at least not since 1970. The guitar I mistook for Townshend's "Woodstock guitar" was The Tiger, which has a very similar shape and color. Pete had played the Gibson SG, which Jerry also used on Live Dead and into 1970 (depicted on DaP Vol 6). The crowd erupted when Jerry walked out, like no greeting I'd ever seen for a band, let alone one guy in the band (he came last and was greeted loudest).

    Then completely unheralded - no light show or elaborate stage rig, no announcement stating we'd got the best - they just simply started playing Hell In A Bucket. Good by me, I knew that song. But that was like a soundcheck for the crowd. The real DeadHead personalities came out on the next number - Iko Iko. Now that was a unique concert experience. In the course of the next 7 or 8 minutes, I GOT what all of the hoopla was about for this band. If ever a performance captured a band's soul and spirit and allowed it to be imbibed by the audience, it was Iko Iko at JFK, where the kids all danced and shaked their bones. Did I mention all of the beach balls? It was a sea of Tie-Dye and beach balls.

    Check out the contrast in crowd movement between Hell In A Bucket, the show opener, and Iko Iko, song #2

    Hell In A Bucket:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAzMiEUUQ8

    Iko Iko (crowd shots around 1:47, 2:10, and 3:02):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMpaD-ktv7Q

    Highlights at the time include Blow Away, Standing on the Moon, Garcia's soloing during Scarlet Begonias (how did he produce that tone???), the crowd singing Fire On The Mountain, and of course the encore, which, by some strange twist of fate was the very song I was trying to track down from the Lethal Weapon movie. I turned to my cousin and exclaimed "holy shit! THIS is the song I was talking about from the movie!"

    "Oh!" he said, "This is an old Bob Dylan song - Knockin' On Heaven's Door."

    Amen.

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    Got to say you know how you always secretly hope that the shows you attended will always be released, well I have to say these two I can wait for other shows to be released. I am a pretty positive person and would love to see a show tomorrow with the lineup that played at these shows. Not knocking these years because I saw the 3 Alpine shows from July 89 which were awesome, and the 88 Landover shows with Ripple... 4/11/89 Rosemont Horizon had a great Shakedown to open also. They were just the shows that you went to hoping to get that killer show. The Mecca shows from 4/15 and 4/16/89 were really good!! Maybe I am just trying to say in a round about way that there a lot of good shows that can still be released! Or maybe they used all the magic up on 4/11/72?? bob t

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    You guys (and hopefully gals) are awesome. Great posts.. great vibes.. plenty of energy and ideas on what to listen to next.

    Thank you.

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    thanks Keithfan - I was actually thinking of you the other day when I was listening to the Crimson White & Indigo release (7/7/89 I believe). You were there right? Must have been an awesome experience!

    1989 is full of so many amazing shows up and down the calendar. Wouldn't mind seeing a Dave's Picks from say, 10/19/89 (one of my favorite all time shows)

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

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

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 19:06

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a superb Dark Star

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 19:07

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two top notch shows in August

:)))

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Submitted by MDJim on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 19:16

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Is the best.. goodness, it shook my mind. But each and every show from this run has something really revealing to offer.

I think this was the best three run show mini box so far. (Sorry Winterland 77, love you too).

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The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Jimmy Cliff - Better Days Are Coming
Jimmy Cliff - Music Maker
GD - Vancouver 5.17.74
GD - Schwing!!
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....edit. Submarine has It's All Too Much, Hey Bulldog & Only A Northern Song. 3 underrated Beatles psychedelia tunes.

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Grateful Dead / Warfield, San Francisco, Ca 10/9/80 & 10/10/80 (CD) / Grateful Dead-WEA

* Now in our fifth year as the Official Beer of Record Store Day, we’re bringing together independent beer and independent record stores by reigniting our collaboration with longtime friends the Grateful Dead, as well as re-releasing the fan-favorite American Beauty pale ale. We’re also turning up the volume with the creation of Sage & Spirit, a limited edition 10-track vinyl album that will release on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 13).
Featuring a handpicked collection of Grateful Dead melodies, Sage & Spirit was curated by the band’s audiovisual archivist and legacy manager, David Lemieux. After combing through the band’s expansive discography, Lemieux selected the following tracks to appear on this collaborative Record Store Day release: “Sugar Magnolia,” “Eyes Of The World,” “Lost Sailor,” “Saint Of Circumstance,” “High Time,” “Unbroken Chain,” “If I Had The World To Give” and “Sage and Spirit.” Also featured on the album are recordings of “Jack Straw” and “Brown-Eyed Women” from the band’s European tour in 1972. The perfect accompaniment to a pint of American Beauty, copies of Sage & Spirit will be sold, starting on Record Store Day, Apr. 13, at independent record stores around the country.

“Choosing the songs for ‘Sage & Spirit’ really didn’t take long, but that’s not to say I didn’t put a lot of work into it. My directive was, ‘You’re sitting on the porch. It’s a summer day. You’re drinking a Dogfish Head American Beauty and listening to the Dead,’ and immediately I thought, ‘I got it,’” says David. “I was so inspired by that directive that the record turned out to be just that; the soundtrack to a summer day – or really any day. It’s mellow and meditative, and every song is a truly beautiful track.”

With the help of friend and 2019 Off-Centered Art Series artist Michael Hacker, not only have we created a psychedelic album cover for Sage & Spirit, we’ve also created the Official Poster of Record Store Day, and in true Hacker fashion you’ll find an intricately woven story of collaboration and celebration … with one very special surprise. Dim the lights and dig out that black light, because this year’s work of art is none other than a blacklight poster! This limited edition poster will be available for free at select stores and bars that sell Dogfish, as well as on Record Store Day at participating music retailers.

... VA / Woodstock - Mono PA Version / Atlantic-WEA...

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 05:42

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Was just listening to tracks from the Dead Ahead bonus disc yesterday. Notable He's Gone for dual Jerry-isms on the "Steam Locomotive" line.

I bet this RSD release is going to be satisfying. One I will gladly wait in line for...

Thanks for the info LMG...

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 06:01

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That is good news if they have those tapes in order to release 10/8 and 10/9 80. I guess the rumor had always been maybe those tapes were gone.
So how about releasing the full Warfield and Radio City run? Wouldn't that be an awesome box! I would be the first to try and sign up for that one.

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 08:36

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I recently was gifted a bunch of GD CDs from 80 and 81.

Last evening I started listening to 9/25/80, the start of the Warfield run.

This morning I come here and Davevikes talks about the Warfield run (and RCMH) as a good box release.

Wow.

I love when things like that happen.

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 09:26

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So, another good day for TDIGDH - Dick's favorite show (2/28/69), another Family Dog (2/28/70 - Lovelight Sandwich!), Salt Lake City 73 (Dick's Picks 28,) and the final night of the Uptown 81 run (maybe the weakest of the three, but still a good show with a great setlist...)

However, today's MUST listen is the practice session the boys had at Bobby's studio in 1975. Here is the link: https://archive.org/details/gd1975-02-28.sbd.smith.93779.sbeok.flac16

It is unlike anything I've ever heard... put it on in the background, and prepare to be blown away!

Peace

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Submitted by NCDead on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 13:23

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the posting on recordstoreday.com states 2 LP or 2 cd neither is enough space to be 2 full shows. So it might still be the case that they do not have the full shows in the archive. Will be interesting to see what is released. I will admit is was sad to see the 2/28/69 show not get released this year. Unless that is going to come a different way.

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Submitted by perithecat on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 13:31

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Does anyone else have the same feeling in their bones as I do that we may be in for a new release anouncement tomorrow ? 😺😺😺

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 14:07

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Wow....what a jazzy little snack that was! Thanks That's Otis.....the newly revealed from this band never fails to amaze me! Sound on this is amazing from the archive!

Just Arrived and Next: Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come Soundtrack on Vinyl

Earlier: Peter Tosh - Equal Rights & Legalize It On Vinyl

Later: I feeling March coming on......GD 03/23/75 - have not heard this one but I have the download and I heard its a good one

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 15:31

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Today is Jam session day from 1975 for sure.....wow! Not sure how it happened, was looking over my March un-listened to shows and marked this one, and then That's Otis sent that link, and here I am in outer space....what a combo! The only lyrics are from Bill Graham on the intro....so far!!

....now i'm not usually one to judge, but If you like music even a little bit, and that jam doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will. Damn I love this band!!!!

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 17:23

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only the acoustic stuff from 10/9 and 10/10???

I just went soft for that release.

Gimme the electric Viagra as well, PLEASE.

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 17:26

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Stoltzfus, you write like I think sometimes.

I gotta say, that's some sorta weird talent...albeit I am still going to pick this RSD release up. Flaccid as it may be.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 17:37

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Cool jam for sure and I'm almost positive that a portion of this was included as a track on one of the early Anthology box sets. I too stumbled upon this version, but it was over the summer when I was in a freak situation without a job having some time on my hands during the day and just chilling out, exploring the archive and finding these cool little nuggets. The studio sessions are a treat to listen to there's some awesome stuff in there. They're totally spontaneous a lot of the time.

Excellent find and share.

Sixtus

P.S. I am reminded after a complete listen through, what an absolute monster February 28th 1969 is. Phil is out-of-this-world totally leading the charge, like audio-DNA intertwined with Jerry on a jubilant twirling Unstoppable dance. It's so groovy and mind-bending, A+

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Submitted by nitecat on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 21:18

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Sure would be nice to get a setlist. Anyone know if this is basically what's been released in the acoustic Reckoning ?
Or are we assuming it is the same release with the box extras?

These are the complete setslists for both shows:

10/09/80
Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA

Set 1:
Dire Wolf
Dark Hollow
Been All Around This World
Cassidy
China Doll
On The Road Again
Bird Song
The Race Is On
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Ripple
Set 2:
Feel Like A Stranger
Friend Of The Devil
Mama Tried
Mexicali Blues
Peggy-O
Little Red Rooster
Brown-Eyed Women
Tennessee Jed
The Music Never Stopped
Set 3:
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
High Time
Lost Sailor
Saint Of Circumstance
Terrapin Station
Drums
Not Fade Away
Wharf Rat
Sugar Magnolia
Encore:
Casey Jones

10/10/80
Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA

Set 1:
On The Road Again
It Must Have Been The Roses
Monkey And The Engineer
Jack-A-Roe
Dark Hollow
To Lay Me Down
Heaven Help The Fool
Bird Song
Ripple
Set 2:
Mississippi Half-Step
Franklin's Tower
Me And My Uncle
Big River
Candyman
Beat It On Down The Line
Row Jimmy
New Minglewood Blues
Althea
Jack Straw
Set 3:
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Samson And Delilah
Big Railroad Blues
Estimated Prophet
Eyes Of The World
Drums
Truckin'
Nobody's Jam
Black Peter
Around And Around
Promised Land
Encore:
U.S. Blues

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Submitted by MDJim on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 06:25

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No, not Phish, Fish. This is what happens when you give a fish too much LSD.

https://otagomuseum.nz/blog/otago-museums-sunfish-the-largest-known-spe…

One of these washed up on the shore new Santa Barbara this week, undoubtedly lured by the sounds of Live Dead being played on the beach. Mystery solved, ok back to your regularly scheduled listening.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 06:26

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Man, I'll say the 10/10/80 show does it for me. That Setlist - WOW. Although the purist in me would want the whole lot. But that's just being acoustically greedy.

The sad reality is I haven't had a record player since probably the early '90's and knowing myself if I started now it would turn into something like my outrageous Lego collection....
Anyone know if these suckers are gonna be released on CD too? A long shot but hey one can dream big.

Happy Friday in Deadland.
Sixtus

but to release the acoustic without the electric...no, no, no.

the acoustic would stimulate my synapses...oh, just you wait until the electric happens...oh, yeah...I am so ready...

"NO ELECTRIC SETS FOR YOU!!!"

psychedelic azure spheres like you wouldn't believe.

Yes they are being released on cd and LP, both say 2 disc. By my math that is a big difference in amount of space available. Both are listed a RSD only releases, so i do not know if they will go out to the mass market.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 07:49

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Never heard that one before. I like the conversations they're having in between jams. Sixtus, did you say that's been released before?

Was that Warfield acoustic stuff on PBS at one point? Or is that Dead Ahead I'm thinking of? All I remember is I caught my dad watching it one night, and he grabbed the remote and change the channel quickly, as though I walked in on him watching porn. Call it a missed opportunity I guess, but I often think I should have broken out a spliff.

Hey KF, yep, that Bouncy Jam was included, or at least a segment of it, on the reissued/remastered Blues For Allah that was initially released as part of the second anthology box set. I forget which track it is, but it is one of the instrumental tracks listed here following the Blues for Allah track:

Blues for Allah Remastered Track Listings:
Disc: 1
1. Help On The Way/Slipknot
2. Franklin's Tower
3. King Solomon's Marbles: Part I: Stronger Than Dirt/Part II: Milkin' The Turkey
4. The Music Never Stopped
5. Crazy Fingers
6. Sage & Spirit
7. Blues For Allah: Sand Castles & Glass Camels/Unusual Occurrences In The Desert
8. Groove #1 (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
9. Groove #2 (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
10. Distorto (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
11. A To E Flat Jam (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
12. Proto 18 Proper (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
13. Hollywood Cantata (Studio Outtake)

And the PBS acoustic stuff you're referencing was indeed from Dead Ahead, which was incidentally from this acoustic run in fall '80...I catch that from time to time on good ole public tv.

Sixtus

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Submitted by daverock on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 11:23

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I feel a bit underwhelmed, myself, I must admit. Hardly a fair substitute for 2/28/69. Still, at least it isn't a Dave's Picks. Other people seem happy, and I get to save a few bob, so it all pans out.

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Submitted by MDJim on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:34

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I am bipolar on this one.

On the one hand.. the acoustic stuff from 1980 was both excellent and excellently recorded.

On the other hand, there is not nearly as much variation in the acoustic stuff as the electric. At least that's my memory when I last compared the not released acoustic stuff to Reckoning/For The Faithful. So it loses the new car smell very quickly and becomes sort of a novelty piece or something I am in the mood for less frequently.

The acoustic 1970 acoustic sets, although tasty and might I say historical, just don't sound as crisp or as good as the 1980 acoustic stuff. When I first got around looking for Reckoning and trying to get it and listen to it.. it was horribly out of print super expensive. I looked everywhere for it and after about six months to a year of looking, it was magically re-released as For the Faithful. It was (is) so good and I finally had some less spaced out GD I could play for the non-believers around me. You know.. 4 minute songs you could tap your feet to, etc.

Still, I will gladly buy this and listen to it with an open mind and I am sure I will love it. It just likely won't see a ton of play time. It's all good though.. I know there are some that will kill for this stuff and are looking forward to it. I knew a couple people that think the acoustic stuff is the very best of the GD. We are a big tent crowd, I say bring it on.

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 13:47

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Has anyone ever listen to this when Bob sings an extra verse at the end!!! Oh man someone is pissed... You can hear someone say you F everything up, or something along those lines. Brent says everyone makes mistakes and you can hear Jerry try to say thanks a couple of times... Anyone have any color on this if they were there??? I can never make it out... bob t

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Submitted by CaseyJanes on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 14:17

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Had to pick this one up today when I spotted it on vinyl at the local B&N.....they keep sending me coupons and I can’t resist..sounds very nice!

Happy Friday Dead People!

KCJ

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Submitted by daverock on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 14:19

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In a way it would have made more sense, to me, to release a whole evenings music from the Warfield, including both the acoustic and the electric sets, rather than two evenings acoustic sets. If Dead shows can be said to follow a narrative arc, then this is release is a bit like printing the first chapters of two separate novels, in one book, instead of printing one complete novel.

I would agree that the 1980 acoustic sets are more satisfying than the 1970 ones. But...I heard the 11/8/70 acoustic set for the first time a few weeks ago-and that one really impressed me. The electric part of that show, needless to say, is incredible, even on the audience recording I heard. If they ever get round to releasing audience recordings-they could start there.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 15:49

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Hey gang, it's been a while so I hope everyone in Deadland is doing well or getting close. For a while, the gatekeepers must've decided I was a robot (that's what SHE said), but I've been grooving to some New Riders courtesy of cosmicdavid (thanks bro!), the latest DaP (nice '76-'77 transitional show) and a few of the 50th anniversaries (Electric Ladyland, smaller White Album, etc).

In anticipation of funding some kinda irresistible box coming our way this year (Boston '69, Capitol '71??) I'm letting go of
DiP 21, 11-1-85
DaP 18, 7-17-76 w/bonus disc
Dap 23, 1-22-78
Dap 27, 9-2-83

If anyone is interested, please PM me. All were played once and remain like new. Ideally, someone would like them all. Fairness is my watchword. And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming. ..

Which is my next question: when does Aoxomoxoa drop and what's the thinking on the live companion CD? Late '68 single-disc show featuring the same songs?

Also, if the new Warfield RSD is on 2 CDs, and there's ~80 minutes of acoustic advertised, is the balance likely to be excerpts from the electric sets? I'd be down with that...

Cheers all, HF

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 16:33

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And then I see the Sly and The Family Stone release.
Recorded the same day and at the same location as the Janis release.

Will probably have to get both, along with the Warfield, and maybe that mono Saucerful of Secrets too.

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Submitted by drpryan on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 17:14

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Jerrygarcia.com just released news that Electric on the EEL will will be released as a 4-LP 180 gram set in celebration of Record Store Day on April 13th in a limited edition of 2,000
It just keeps getting better to be a deadhead

I believe the run was 25 nights, with three sets each night. Wow, this would be a mega box that would have to exceed Europe 72, if they ever go this route. I am in.
Dave's 4 this morning, what a great show and now Wembley 4/8/72. Still need more!

....thank God I don't collect much vinyl, otherwise I might miss a mortgage payment.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 17:43

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I haven't let go of this really cool Studio jam session quite yet after a very necessary revisitation courtesy of That's Otis, I believe.

https://archive.org/details/gd1975-02-28.sbd.smith.93779.sbeok.flac16

There is a treasure-trove of Awesomeness among all of the tracks on this date. But especially, when you listen to the 'Stronger than Dirt' tracks, you will absolutely hear Phil playing his awesome Jazzy riff from 1973-ish when they would jazzily jam. Jazz. Jam. That's a lot of jazz. It's unmistakable; when you listen in the context of Stronger Than Dirt you realize Phil has dropped a beat or two to accomplish that tune. I had never realized STD was based on that little Jammy segment.

And that's just one Epiphany among many. Standout listens: both of those Stronger Than Dirt jams, the They Love Each Other Jam segment which is so ridiculously funky and cool, as well as the Shakedown Street labeled Jam. Of note, excerpts of all of these tracks also appeared on that Blues for Allah remastered version. That was a productive day.
Stellar.

Sixtus

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