Dave’s Picks Volume 35: Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA 4/20/84

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Sweet liberty! We're venturing into the depths of 80s Dead with the complete show from 4/20/84 at the Philadelphia Civic Center and we're placing bets you'll think this one is more than fine. A strong contender for our mega 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN boxed set, 4/20/84 missed the cut by virtue of its setlist being a wee bit too similar to the years before and after. As DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 35, it's found its time to shine. The first set delivers yin yang harmony between Jerry and Bobby songs, yielding driven and powerful takes on tracks like "Feel Like A Stranger," "Cold Rain And Snow," and "Brown-Eyed Women." The second set begs the question - will we ever stop peaking? - with a monumental "Scarlet>Fire," a ripping "Samson and Delilah," a "Space" that pulls shapes that know no names, and that "Morning Dew" - get.in.to.it! And because this one might have ended just a little too soon, we've packed disc 2 and 3 with knock-your-socks-off bonus material from most of the second set from the previous night, 4/19/84. Grab ahold while you can!

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.35: PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER, PHILADELPHIA 4/20/84 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out.

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

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October 8, 2020 - 5:48pm

#121

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

I tell ya

You gotta give 1 11 78 a listen

I have set 2 on cassette

It's really good.
October 8, 2020 - 3:36pm

#122

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Esti Prof

You’re about a week late.
It was announced by email on 10/1. Dave’s tweet is 10/2.
October 8, 2020 - 3:32pm

#123

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Small venues

Club Eastbrook
Capacity ~1700 (often GA with seats in the balcony and hi-top tables in the back by the bar).
Old 2-screen movie theater with the dividing wall removed.

I saw there: B.B. King, The Guess Who (twice), Blues Traveler, Phish, Blue Oyster Cult, Thrill Kill Kult.
October 8, 2020 - 3:17pm

#124

estimating prof

Joined:
February 6, 2013

Dave's 36 ??

Hey ya'll
Just came across this. From Dave himself. Am I late on this, or is this news?

https://twitter.com/lemieuxdavid/status/1312075860602613762/photo/1

Sounds good to me. I've wondered for a while when we might hear some 87. Decent recordings usually to my ears.
October 8, 2020 - 12:14pm

#125

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

5 to 1 baby, 1 in 5

some posts on this here place are
filled with jive

cream puff war?
October 8, 2020 - 10:59am

#126

drpryan

Joined:
June 9, 2007

Small venues, big show

It was spring 1979 when my cousin Pat called me at Mather AFB (I was in UNT training there) and told me the band he played in, Cornell Hurd Band, was opening for a big named group on Rose street in SF. Turned out it was Eddie (RIP) and the boys wanting to rock on their night off in Northern Cali. Needless to say, I was the only short hair there. Still had a great time as this bar only held a few hundred and they owned it that night. Things got large and I was late the next day returning to the base. Upon arrival I was escorted to the Wing Commanders office. I didn't have a clue why, but knew it wasn't good. It seems my a good friend took my 6 man raft down the American River north of Chili Bar and and he didn't come up. I was best man at his wedding the month prior so I got it in both ears from the Col and wife as to why I let him go. My answer was "Van Halen Sir" and I thought we decided not to go cause it was 5 foot floodwater. Not a beer float but a run for your live. Even the guides wouldn't go out that weekend. The other guy who went with was lucky as a floatation pillow got caught underneath him. So I went to Van Halen Friday nightand Duane became the base safety brief for newbies until Mather closed. Come to think of it, they never gave me back my raft
October 8, 2020 - 10:37am

#127

estimated-eyes

Joined:
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Kenny Neal

Gary, I had a similar experience seeing Kenny Neal at the Harmony Bar and Grill in Madison, WI in 1994 (maybe 1995). Maybe 100 people in attendance and he put on a blistering blues show. He was set up in the kitchen selling cds and drinking whiskey during set break, so I went in and bought a cd, which he signed, and we chatted a little while (I may have been the only one to go back). He opened the second set with my requested "Born Under a Bad Sign" and he scorched a second set. I have only caught him 2 more times since at the State Theater in Kalamazoo. Great blues show.

I went through a blues period after Jerry died and caught some great stuff for the next decade. My longest road trip for a concert was to see John Lee Hooker at the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival in 1999. By then, Hooker was pretty much doing shows only in San Francisco and other parts of California/West Coast. I figured that was my only shot at seeing him and am so very glad I made the trip.

I have written about one of the best shows I have ever seen before-- bluesman Luther Allison at the Rave in Milwaukee, summer 1997. I went to the show alone, which I sometimes enjoy-- talking with folks, moving about freely, etc... He played a hot 2 hour set and then an hour encore that just cooked. Probably the only time I ever saw an artist leave it all on the stage-- he just killed it. Sadly, it was one of his last shows-- his body was full of tumors and he died a month later.
October 8, 2020 - 9:58am

#128

delhead

Joined:
August 9, 2012

Small Venues

George Thorogood at an old single screen movie house called the State Theatre. Unadvertised show, they played after the movie was over to about 50 people.
Robert Hunter at a place called Bacchus, which was a coffee house/room in the basement of the Univ of Delaware student center. Like someone playing for you in your living room.
Hall and Oates, Robert Cray, Todd Rundgren at a bar called the Stone Balloon.
Renaissance at an after-hours club called The Brandywine Club.
October 8, 2020 - 8:52am

#129

billy the kid

Joined:
December 3, 2019

Small venues great shows

Grateful Dead, 7/13/76, Orpheum Theatre, capacity 1800. John Fahey, Peter Rowan, Frank Wakefield & David Nelson, different dates at the Freight & Salvage in Berkley, there were maybe 100 people there, small place, Everrett & Jones Bbq up the street for after the show. Great Times!
October 8, 2020 - 8:35am

#130

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

small venues

Denver's Rainbow Theater was a small, converted, 3-room movie theater with walls taken down. Not sure of the capacity, but maybe under 1,000? Saw Jerry there, two shows in '79 or '80. Also, Roy Buchanan, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, John Mayall, Steve Morse, Leo Kottke, Robert Hunter, those are shows I recall off the top of my head.

Oh yeah, Denver's Ebbett's Field, capacity = 200, caught two Roy Buchanan shows in September 1974 and for one I sat at the table at the lip of the one-foot-high stage, like four feet from Roy. Too close! Second show, I sat on the front row bench about 10 feet away, much better.

Um, Grateful Dead from the fourth row center at the Capitol Theater in lovely Passaic, NJ, in '76 or '77 (both featured multiple shows in spring and I caught multiples).

Missed show: Jerry Band at the Capitol in maybe 1975. I drank too much whiskey on the way to the show, the opener, James Cotton, blew my doors off and I had to go outside and walk it off for two hours while Jerry ripped it up without me. (Man, that and missing 6-10-73 stings to this day....)

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Sweet liberty! We're venturing into the depths of 80s Dead with the complete show from 4/20/84 at the Philadelphia Civic Center and we're placing bets you'll think this one is more than fine. A strong contender for our mega 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN boxed set, 4/20/84 missed the cut by virtue of its setlist being a wee bit too similar to the years before and after. As DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 35, it's found its time to shine. The first set delivers yin yang harmony between Jerry and Bobby songs, yielding driven and powerful takes on tracks like "Feel Like A Stranger," "Cold Rain And Snow," and "Brown-Eyed Women." The second set begs the question - will we ever stop peaking? - with a monumental "Scarlet>Fire," a ripping "Samson and Delilah," a "Space" that pulls shapes that know no names, and that "Morning Dew" - get.in.to.it! And because this one might have ended just a little too soon, we've packed disc 2 and 3 with knock-your-socks-off bonus material from most of the second set from the previous night, 4/19/84. Grab ahold while you can!

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.35: PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER, PHILADELPHIA 4/20/84 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is guaranteed to sell out.

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

Dead/Phish commercial outros....

....during sporting events is getting pretty common, thanks to one cool dude behind the curtain calling shots.
Thursday Night Football is his/hers specialty. Its usually better than the game itself!
My ears usually perk up.

October 15th 10:00am PT

TLEO77
If you don’t have a subscription then DaP #36 will be available for pre-order from the date and time shown in the subject line above. Presumably that’s when we’ll see a chat from Dave. This was announced in an email sent on October 1st.

*Re/ 10/10/8 warfield

10/10 is primo in my opinion! Excellent performance from the whole band. The Setlist is very grateful/ A+ 5 stars for this old DeadHead!

Dave’s Picks, v. 36

Good morning Heads! Thank you for your response and directing me to information about the upcoming release. Somehow I missed that announcement! Probably inadvertently deleted it when going through my inbox quickly deleting “breaking news” emails, I accidentally deleted the VERY important “breaking news” from dead.net! Ha! :))))) thanks for keeping me focused on the truly important breaking news! Enjoy the day!

Next year's Dave's Picks. / just gueses

#1. 7/13/76 or 10/20/78. #2. Two shows from 1969, hopefully one is 10/31/69. #3. 10/9/82 or 7/13/85. # 4 5/26/73. I'll also throw 2/17/79 & 4/22/79 somewhere in the mix.

avoiding work

My guesses for Daves in 2021

5/25/74
7/13 and 14/85
2/9/73
7/18/72
4/22/79
9/6/80
9/10/83
2/17/79

My WANTS for Daves
6/9/73 and 6/10/73 twofer
6/10/73 singleton
2/17/79
2/9/73

Update

Just a hunch.. Proudfoot is still avoiding work. :D I can respect that.

Dave's 2021

My guess/wants

#37 - 5/26/73 - It's got the high profile for a first pick of the year. Great Show. Betty Board. I loved that tape back in the 90s

#38 - Two shows from 69. Would two nights from the Ark fit on four discs? Seems like it would.

That would be an awesome 1-2 for me.

Other wants:
- A Shokedown Street. 36 shows and no Shakedown in Dave's Picks....
- Gainesville - Also fixes above.
- A 69 show - Spring of 69 would be ideal. Two shows even better.
- A 1991 show. There are so many good ones. Pick one for us Dave.
- 3/9/81 - Long time favorite from the 80s.
- Universal City 73. For me Summer and Fall 73 are where it's at. The spring 73 shows are good, but not at the same level IMHO.

2020 has been a banner year on Dave's picks for me. Massive first two shows from 77 and 74. I love the 84 show, had not heard it before. Looking forward to the double 87. Pretty sure I heard the first one on cassette many years ago.

Hope you all are hanging in there. Play it Loud!!

Hot Tuna - Phosphorescent Rat on the home system this evening. Cheers Heads!

Dave's 2021

Please, no more chainsaw edited setlists.

2021

My guesses are always way off so I’ll just post my wants:

4/8/71
4/22/69 (with parts of 4/23 as the bonus)
10/10/82
10/19/72

Whataboutism

What about Gainesville????

Dave's 2021 Kickoff.
Let's do this.

Sixtus

Dire Wolf 1981

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhqyg_dTaTg. My top two Dead songs, Dire Wolf & Cumberland Blues.

40 years ago - 10/14/80

This was the last of the 1980 fifteen show Warfield run, and the longest shows I've seen along with 12/31/78. Great Tennessee -> Let it Grow -> Wheel -> Music Never Stopped to close the first set.
The champagne toast was unexpected and perfectly executed; for each row of seats, the ushers passed plastic cups and a big container of champagne, and within less than two minutes everybody's cup was filled and we got to toast the very surprised band. Kudos to Bill Graham for pulling this (illegal) stunt.

randoms

Yes Jim in MD, I am avoiding work at the moment (sending a bunch of Microsoft Teams links is...not like listening to the GD).

10/14/80: worthy of release. Cousins cites the end of the first set...just look at that!

Gainesville: rub it good

still listening (when able in the car) to 9/10/83 on cassette. The China Rider is played _almost_ too fast, but who cares.

Onward to my responsibilities, and saving the world, one student at a time.

Y'all be cool, Deadland.

Spoiler Alert

https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-daves-picks-volume-36-har…

Spoiler alert?

DaP 36 was announced 2 weeks ago.

Only One More Sleep...

Until Dave officially announces the skinny on DaP 36. I can only hope it hits the mail soon!

Off topic, I see a new album released by a band/collective called “Mrs Piss”. A catchy name, for sure, but didn’t any of the guys in A & R pull the ladies in Mrs Piss aside and tell them this might be a tough sell in the Walmarts and Targets...

Dave’s 2021

When do we find out 37?

Announce daves 37

When subscription is announced

Late november?

Dave’s 37, Early Bird

Ah, thanks. Trying to remember, so we won’t know 37 during early bird sales, which ended Nov. 18 last year. Looking forward to 36 details!

10/19/71

Rollicking good show. One of the best of 1971, and you can feel the door opening out into 1972.

early gooney bird

nyuk nyuk

10/19/71

Keith's first show, and as usual, DAVEROCK is spot on. Fantastic show. I particularly love the first set Comes A Time & Casey Jones. The second set blazes all the way through. VERY impressive for a first gig. It's part of the "Yellow Box' that was available through Amazon UK for quite a while. May still be, I'm not sure. I think I got 10 shows(30 discs) for about $26.00. You just can't beat that.
29 minutes until #36 announcement/sale.

Music is STILL the best!!

Edit: We WILL know 37 at the time of early bird (hence the reason to buy, buy, buy now). We MIGHT know 38 just before pre-order is over. But we do have to wait for 39 & 40 (you know, the late '70's or '80's shows).

#36...

...page is up, but I'm not seeing any comments section - is that just me?

Sixtus

Dave's Picks 36 Comments Page

https://www.dead.net/forum/daves-picks-volume-36-hartford-civic-center-…

Onward, ;-)

Thank You

Thanks Jeffsmith....that worked. for some reason the comment link still doesn't show when I load the page; perhaps I need to cookie purge.

Onward, indeed!

Sixtus

Yes

To Jeff, one of the most helpful people here.

Hieronymus Bird

Gooney Bird was my first acid. Our friend Todd hooked up me and my then-girlfriend. I was 19. It was unforgettable. The door to the universe swung wide open, and thank God it has always remained open if only a crack at times.

Dude - this John Zorn is awesome!! Nothing like Slayer. Sounds like Yes/Crimson on steroids with good production values and I love the nod to YYZ they keep throwing in on the turnaround.

Ah, the cool stuff just keeps on coming. Thanks y'all.

What do you call a Christmas wreath made of $100 bills?....

....Aretha Franklin's.
I remember goonie birds very well. Or do I?

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