GIANTS STADIUM 1987, 1989, 1991 BOXED SET

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Buckle up as we take a deep dive into Giants Stadium!

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Giants Stadium Shows On 14 Discs

7/12/87 (24-track masters)

7/9/89 (24-track masters)

7/10/89 (24-track masters)

6/16/91 (48-track masters)

6/17/91 (48-track masters)

Blu-ray/DVD video of the complete 6/17/91 show, mixed in surround sound Mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios Mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with Plangent Processes restoration Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 10,000

By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming. In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit (A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD?!) and "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

"The Swamp," as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band "remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams."

With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band’s penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you’re listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. We’re rounding things out with a little visual stimuli - the entire multi-camera 6/17/91 concert recording on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.

Due September 27th, this release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net. We highly suggest you grab a copy while you can so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out.

Prefer your boxed set byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

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October 21, 2019 - 4:44am

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daverock

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October Country

To state the obvious-incredible month for Dead shows, October. Especially the first instalment of the Keith years from 10/19/71 to 10/20/ 74 - almost three years duration to the day. This period seems like one long year to me, and there is a real sense of development listening to shows from this month in the respective years-from the balls to the wall rock n' roll of 1971, to the jazz explorations of 1974. Not to suggest that the October 74 shows were better than their 1971 counterparts-the rocking energy seems to have got lost somewhere along the way...but its great listening to how they moved on from the first shows of this era to when the curtain fell at Winterland in 74.
October 20, 2019 - 4:24pm

#82

stoltzfus

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Dilbert's Picks?

As in, St. Dilbert?

Hypnocracy, I say!
October 20, 2019 - 1:27pm

#83

Vguy72

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DiP....

....I prefer con queso or a fresh tomato/cilantro/avocado mix.
Currently basking in the Glory that is the 2.28.69 DARK STAR. 😍
edit. All this Rush talk and no one brings up Caress Of Steel. Shame....
October 20, 2019 - 11:45am

#84

jrf68@hotmail.com

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Keithfan2112...

Thank you very much for the 6-30-74 hookup.
I've never had a copy or listened to it before.
:O)
October 20, 2019 - 11:05am

#85

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Anniversary FYI

10-19-73 DP19

I just finished up the Winterland 10/74 movie soundtrack. I grouped the tracks in folders by date but never added the SYF tracks. I may do that some day, but am really holding out for a Plangentized and remastered full show Box. Come on Dave, Stoltzfus is packing WA green pipe dreams while he waits for this Box.

Anyway, once I was done with that anniversary listen I was scrolling through the music player and saw 10-19-73 and realized that I hadn’t listened to that in a while, and yesterday was the anniversary, so I hit play.

And why do I use ‘DP’ and not ‘DiP’?
Because DP was being used when Dick’s Picks was the active series. There is no justification for changing ‘DP’ to ‘DiP’ just because there is now a ‘DaP’.
‘DiP’ needs to be reserved for Dilbert’s Picks.
October 20, 2019 - 10:15am

#86

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Keithfan, Rush 40

The 6-disc Blu Ray Box is what I have, not the compilation.

The bonus material from the 70’s is the icing on the cake.

The Rush in Rio video is DVD quality (I think just due to the year it was recorded) but the others are hi def.
I watched the 2011 Time Machine disc last night and noticed that for Set 1 Geddy’s mouth was not synced to the words. But it was synced for Set 2 which is what matters because it’s Moving Pictures in its entirety. I then noticed that Alex was wearing different clothes, so I think that the audio may all be from Cleveland, but that the video of Set 1 is from another show.

Rio is a rocking show, the fans are 100% into it and it shows. That was the first time Rush played Rio.
October 20, 2019 - 9:12am

#87

LedDed

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Today I'm bemoaning the non…

Today I'm bemoaning the non-delivery of my Sunday New York Times and drinking plum brandy from Slovakia. Our older son is playing Madden on the Xbox while we wait for guests to arrive for actual football. The beloved Green Bay Packers are playing my 2nd favorite team, the Oakland Raiders, so something to look forward to there. That and hoping Philly thumps Dallas tonight with everyone watching. It's a crisp, windy but sunny fall day in Denver and the vibes are good.

Ok, last five full albums listened to:

Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings
Grateful Dead: Without A Net
Stephen Stills: Just Roll Tape 4/26/68
Neil Young: Roxy Tonight's The Night Live
Grateful Dead: 12/12/78 Jai-Alai Fronton Miami, FL

\m/
October 20, 2019 - 9:02am

#88

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

What a cute box!

Got my copy of Hot Tuna box set in. VERY cute. All cd's look like LP's and are in little replicas of the original album jackets. 11 cd's for 100 bucks,,, I can live with that.

Only a 1,000 made AND I got number 39,,,, how did that happen!
October 20, 2019 - 8:52am

#89

DeadVikes

Joined:
October 26, 2016

Plangent

Always been interesting when they used Plangent and when they did not.

Plangent releases:
Winterland 73
Live at the Cow Palace
Winterland 77
The Warlocks
E72
Spring 77
Spring 77 GSTL
PNW
Giants Stadium

Box Releases that did not use Plangent
Both Spring 90 releases
30 Trips
July 78
RFK 89

They should bring the Cow Palace show back in production for those that missed out on this release. Multi Track with Plangent and a New Year's show to boot.
Still relatively affordable on the usual secondary site.
October 20, 2019 - 8:12am

#90

dreading

Joined:
January 17, 2018

Meant to thank you KF bt fell asleep

I grabbed that 6/30/74 show you posted. Complete with Wall of Sound artwork vey nice. I agree this could be an official release, but I did not make it past Eyes of the World. 20 minutes! But probably would be "Jam" at the end.

This brings up an interesting question. Best sound Boards from each year.

John Perry Barlow

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Buckle up as we take a deep dive into Giants Stadium!

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Giants Stadium Shows On 14 Discs

7/12/87 (24-track masters)

7/9/89 (24-track masters)

7/10/89 (24-track masters)

6/16/91 (48-track masters)

6/17/91 (48-track masters)

Blu-ray/DVD video of the complete 6/17/91 show, mixed in surround sound Mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios Mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with Plangent Processes restoration Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 10,000

By 1987, the Grateful Dead had lived many of their nine lives but were about to embark on one not a soul had seen coming. In The Dark, their first studio album in seven years, had spawned a hit (A TOP 10 SINGLE FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD?!) and "Touch Of Grey" begat a new generation with their fanny packs and their MTV and their undeniable quest to join the party already in progress. And boy, did the Dead let them in! But not without fine-tuning their sonic vibes to meet the new demand.

"The Swamp," as Giants Stadium was affectionately known, along with the grandstands the Dead had been frequenting, would seemingly equate with BIGGER and LOUDER, but the band "remained determined to give equal weight to the more subtle, oblique elements; to the exploratory improvisation and rhythmic complexities; to the fine details of the most heart-rending ballads as well as the weirdest dissonances in the jams."

With GIANTS STADIUM 1987/1989/1991, we retrace this journey from their 1987 breakthrough to their 1989 revelation ("the closest they ever came to sounding like a really polished stadium-level rock act, but the band’s penchant for breaking out of the constraints of song structure and into freewheeling improvisation will remind you just who you’re listening to here") to their transformative return in 1991, aided by elegance of Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

GIANTS STADIUM: 1987, 1989, 1991 features five previously unreleased shows that were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on: July 12, 1987; July 9 and 10, 1989; and June 16 and 17, 1991. Originally recorded by John Cutler, each show has been mixed from the multitrack master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA, and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. The first three shows are mixed from 24-track masters. The final two from 1991 are the only Grateful Dead shows ever recorded to 48-track masters. We’re rounding things out with a little visual stimuli - the entire multi-camera 6/17/91 concert recording on either two DVDs or a single Blu-ray, both with a surround mix by Norman.

Due September 27th, this release is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from Dead.net. We highly suggest you grab a copy while you can so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out.

Prefer your boxed set byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Dennis

CD’s have unique serial numbers that identify them.
If someone types in the song names and uploads the info, it becomes available to everyone.
For that reason, when I import CD’s to my hard drive I do it on a computer that isn’t connected to the internet. I then type in the info in the format I want it in.

Hi all, Is anyone looking to…

Hi all,

Is anyone looking to sell or trade their box set? I would love this set and unfortunately was unable to order it at the time it came out. It was up on the website, which got me excited, as I was hoping to purchase it for my birthday. Alas, it is on there but is totally sold out. Let me know. Thanks!

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