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    Welcome to The Eleven(th) year of the Dave's Picks series! The momentum of the series keeps moving forward, and we can truly say there is no end in sight to the series. As we've said before, as long as you keep digging and supporting the series, we'll keep putting them out. Which is to say a huge thank you for keeping the series going! We do what we do because of you, and you keep inspiring us to do our best. And above all, you make it fun! As odd and challenging a year 2021 was, we were able to release five (!) incredible Grateful Dead shows in 2021 through the Dave's Picks series, starting with the magnificent Vol. 37 from 4/15/78, to Nassau on 9/8/73, the Spectrum on 4/26/83, and most recently 7/18/90 AND 7/19/90. Plus a healthy amount of bonus material where it would fit and where appropriate. Oh, and the subscribers' Bonus Disc from 9/7/73 that came with Vol. 38. As great as the four from 2021 were, we're already feeling 2022 will outdo it, and we've only selected Vol. 41 and Vol. 42 so far, as well as a lot of progress toward Vol. 43. But that's all for another time. For now, please know how much your enthusiasm means to us. We get as excited as you do every time a Dave's Picks is released. So thanks for coming along for the ride, and sharing the journey with us. We have a wonderful year of Grateful Dead archival releases ahead, and we can't wait to share it all with you.

    David Lemieux
    October 2021

    Is there anything better than the Dead automatically showing up at your door four times a year? We think not. We're holding steady with a numbered, limited-edition of 25,000 for each of the four Dave's Picks 2022 releases. But make no mistake, the best bet is to subscribe, sit back, and relax because you never know how fast each title will go when we put them up for sale, and there have been plenty of times where we're done in a day.

    If you're new here, in addition to the four releases in 2022, totaling 12 CDs, you’ll also get the subscription exclusive bonus disc, which remains one of the most highly sought-after collectables we release, and free domestic shipping. Subscriber bonus discs are not released outside of this offer. Early bird subscribers can nab a sub at $99.98 (regular pricing will be $115.92).

    DETAILS

    DAVE’S PICKS 2022 SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS

    - Four Limited Edition, Numbered Releases
    - Highly Collectible Bonus Disc
    - Free Domestic Shipping
    - Delivered Throughout The Year
    - Early Bird Pricing - $99.98
    - A savings of over $25.00 over purchasing a la carte

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  • Forensicdoceleven
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    I respect music, I do, I love it…………..

    Fox Theater December 10 1971

    Set 1: 12 songs. Opener: Bertha. Closer: Casey Jones. 6 Garcia (including two back-to back), 4 Weir, 2 Pigpen.

    Well played, somewhat Garcia-centric first set. No major surprises or weirdness. Appears “typical” for late 1971, which still means “excellent”. Even so, clearly, on this evening the goodies were delivered in the second set.

    Set 2: 14 songs. Opener: Good Lovin’. Closer: NFA reprise. 5 Garcia, 5 Weir, 1 Pigpen, 2 “group” (NFA, NFA reprise), 1 loose jam (sometimes labelled “China Cat” jam”, which lasts perhaps one minute, does that count as a song?).

    Encore: One More Saturday Night. Big jam: The Other One.

    Really fine Good Lovin’ to open, here Pigpen reveals his old soul, the only time it was played this month. Excellent big jam, as the Other One bobs and weaves along, seamlessly transitioning into and out of Sitting On Top Of The World. Typical fine late 71 jamming in the NFA suite. Rockin’ Saturday Night to close the show.

    Now, after all these decades, we are treated to the full sonic majesty of the second Fox Theater. Now, without doubt, it shall get its due respect………..

    Overall rating: Excellent!!

    Rock on!!!

    Doc
    To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth……

  • Forensicdoceleven
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    Where's your will to be weird?

    Felt Forum December 5 1971

    Set 1: 15 songs. Opener: Bertha. Closer: One More Saturday Night. 7 Garcia, 5 Weir, 3 Pigpen.

    Substantial, top notch first set. Perhaps the greatest one-off ever, revealing Garcia’s old soul. Muddy Water sounds so well rehearsed, as if it had been in the repertoire forever. Garcia’s picking is so so sweet. Solid Weir and Pigpen material. Excellent first set.

    Set 2: 15 songs, plus one ‘loose jam”. Opener: Truckin’. Closer: NFA reprise. 5 Weir, 7 Garcia, 1 Pigpen, 2 “group” (NFA, NFA reprise). Encore: Johnny B Goode. Big jam: Dark Star.

    A Truckin’ for the ages. A nonverbal—but certainly not silent---version of their signature psychedelic opus. Fine jamming in the NFA suite. Really fine second set.

    We should revel in the gooey exotic weirdness of the Felt Forum show. Twists and turns, peaks and valleys, Pigpen and Bakersfield, rock and roll, Grateful Dead. In December 1971, did it get any better than this???

    Overall rating: classic of the first rank.

    Tomorrow: Second St Louis, Rodney Dangerfield’s favorite December 1971 show…..

    Rock on!!

    Doc
    Embrace your weirdness!

  • Forensicdoceleven
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    Art is not what you see, but what you make others see………

    Fifty years ago today…………

    It was a day between, a travel day, now, fifty years later, giving us time to ponder the deeper mysteries of music, because there is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres…..

    I have been asked by a fellow traveler in 1971 Grateful Deadness to post a comparative analysis of two December 1971 Dead shows. I won’t tell you where his own tastes lead…….

    Monet or Renoir? Joyce or Dostoevsky? Ellington or Mingus? Whitman or Frost? Wells or Bradbury? Rubies or emeralds?

    Second Felt Forum or Second Fox Theater????

    Every precious gem radiates and luxuriates in its own unique brilliance. One mustn’t necessarily outshine the other. Must we be forced to choose that single one that touches our hearts, and ears, most deeply?

    The "1971 challenge" is a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. I generated a single page/single post rough draft already, and while it's nice, I'm not totally satisfied with it. After all, 12/5 vs 12/10 is serious 1971 Grateful Deadness. LOL it's like Ali vs. Frazier, Cowboys vs. Steelers, chocolate chip cookie dough vs. pistachio.

    The analysis itself isn't that hard, as long as you try to apply uniform criteria to both shows. And in attempting to be "objective" (always an issue while trying to analyze/criticize any art form), one has to try to put aside personal, subjective feelings and opinions. Which in this case, is truly difficult. I'm very familiar with both shows, but 12/5 has been a favorite of mine for a long long time.

    When comparing different years, one comparative factor is "style". Here, that's not an issue since the shows are only 5 days apart. Which is actually good, because that factor is quickly eliminated and therefore one can concentrate exclusively on "content". Which means things like lengths of first and second sets, characteristics of the big jams, encores, etc. Naturally, the two shows have a lot in common, but there also have some very important differences as well.

    For any and all who wish to weigh in, vote early, and often!!

    Tomorrow: Felt Forum---how much does weirdness count?

    Rock on!!!

    Doc
    What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit…..

  • simonrob
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    Bizarre charges for delivery...

    Daverock, the simple answer to your question about UPS charges is "No". They have no idea what the correct charges are. For the Listen to the River box, UPS charged people in the Netherlands a massive €116.07 when the correct amount was €51.64. We managed to get refunds within a few weeks but why should we be subjected to this sort of ineptitude.
    I didn't have to pay anything for Dave's 39 but I did have to pay for Dave's 40

    As for having to pay for stuff from Germany, think Brexit. As a majority (albeit a tiny majority) chose to get the United Kingdom out of the EU, one consequence of this is that you now have to pay VAT and import duty on goods imported from the EU. Similarly EU citizens have to pay for goods imported from the UK. Naturally, like all taxation, this sucks, but is something we have no say in.

  • daverock
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    Charges for delivery

    Do UPS know the correct charge for things, though? It seems quite random what I have to pay here in England. I don't recall paying anything extra for the last Dave's Picks-number 38, nor for the vinyl "Light Into Ashes". But I was over charged for the box. I have been told I willget a refund for that one though.

    I was a bit naffed off having to pay import duties for my last purchase from Bear Family Records in Germany, which I have never been tasked with before. A new and frightening development.

  • sheik yerbones
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    the postman rang twice

    thanks simon, we 're nearly to the same cost, i will try to shake my money maker. Maybe i will subscribe in Amsterdam and will visit your beautiful country.Nightfishing, postman rang me in Spain to say I received a 4cd package with a 14€ added tax. I beg her to pay for me if she may. and I eventually found the 40TH in the mailbox. Try to iumprove your relationship with post service. what about sending a mail a day earlier to old subscribers? I am afraid to miss a great 73 show like RFK...

  • simonrob
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    Sheik yer wallet

    Since earlier this year the rules on import tax and duty for packages from outside the EU have changed. What you will have to pay is country-dependent. You should be able to find the information for a particular country by looking on either the tax authority or postal service website for that country online.

    Here in the Netherlands the charges are as follows:
    Value up to €150: VAT - 21% plus a handling charge (€4 if paid online, €7 if paid at a post agent)
    Value above €150: VAT - 21% plus import duty of between 0% & 12% (0% for CDs) plus a handling charge (€10 if paid online, €13 if paid at a post agent)

    Examples of import costs here in the Netherlands:
    Dave's Picks: €9.60
    Listen to the river box: €51.64

  • The Nightfishing
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    No Deal

    Hey, I also just paid that tax. Until recently DaPs and other purchases from Dead.net arrived in my Paris mailbox without any surcharge of any kind. A massive tax and shipping surcharge was added to the St. Louis boxset as well. So I’ve cancelled the 2022 subscription. It’s no great loss, there’s plenty to enjoy out there and I’m always grateful for it.

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    Sheik Yer Cobo

    Cobo 76 was in 30 Trips.

  • sheik yerbones
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    new deal with Europe

    (to DDDerek)Cobo arena 77 has been released on 30 Trips around the sun in 2015.
    I paid 14€ tax for last dave's pick 40. I have been usually suscribing the early birds each year since Dave's 5 (LA73). I would like to know what is the real tax for Europe countries as I only paid a tax before for a boxset (The Other One Spring90). as i stay unsucriber for 2022,I am just wandering if old customers may take adventage of one day to buy "a la carte"?

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Welcome to The Eleven(th) year of the Dave's Picks series! The momentum of the series keeps moving forward, and we can truly say there is no end in sight to the series. As we've said before, as long as you keep digging and supporting the series, we'll keep putting them out. Which is to say a huge thank you for keeping the series going! We do what we do because of you, and you keep inspiring us to do our best. And above all, you make it fun! As odd and challenging a year 2021 was, we were able to release five (!) incredible Grateful Dead shows in 2021 through the Dave's Picks series, starting with the magnificent Vol. 37 from 4/15/78, to Nassau on 9/8/73, the Spectrum on 4/26/83, and most recently 7/18/90 AND 7/19/90. Plus a healthy amount of bonus material where it would fit and where appropriate. Oh, and the subscribers' Bonus Disc from 9/7/73 that came with Vol. 38. As great as the four from 2021 were, we're already feeling 2022 will outdo it, and we've only selected Vol. 41 and Vol. 42 so far, as well as a lot of progress toward Vol. 43. But that's all for another time. For now, please know how much your enthusiasm means to us. We get as excited as you do every time a Dave's Picks is released. So thanks for coming along for the ride, and sharing the journey with us. We have a wonderful year of Grateful Dead archival releases ahead, and we can't wait to share it all with you.

David Lemieux
October 2021

Is there anything better than the Dead automatically showing up at your door four times a year? We think not. We're holding steady with a numbered, limited-edition of 25,000 for each of the four Dave's Picks 2022 releases. But make no mistake, the best bet is to subscribe, sit back, and relax because you never know how fast each title will go when we put them up for sale, and there have been plenty of times where we're done in a day.

If you're new here, in addition to the four releases in 2022, totaling 12 CDs, you’ll also get the subscription exclusive bonus disc, which remains one of the most highly sought-after collectables we release, and free domestic shipping. Subscriber bonus discs are not released outside of this offer. Early bird subscribers can nab a sub at $99.98 (regular pricing will be $115.92).

DETAILS

DAVE’S PICKS 2022 SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS

- Four Limited Edition, Numbered Releases
- Highly Collectible Bonus Disc
- Free Domestic Shipping
- Delivered Throughout The Year
- Early Bird Pricing - $99.98
- A savings of over $25.00 over purchasing a la carte

Dave's Picks #1 on vinyl was announced end of last year with Ltd #s. I think it took a few weeks to sell out, but not shipping until June sometime. Finally get to have my missing Dave's Pick in physical format. Would love to supplement it with the CD version too (for the completionist in me)...

I think today may be last day to buy a subscription. Ever since missing out on DaP1, have subscribed every year since. The early bird special makes it a no brainer of a lovely Christmas present from my daughter every year...

Happy New Year!

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Has anyone heard if the Dave's Picks Vol. 1 set is still scheduled to ship on the 29th? hopeful but not to optimistic about it.

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