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Thanks for the feedback on the 72 show, gents. Yes, the 72 Wichita show, Dave's #11 smokes!
I do like the 81 show Cousins, but yeah, the audience patch at the end of the show is a bummer, but overall I still like it.
Cousins, December 80 Oakland shows, that was me and I will keep the hope alive that at some point they put out a 1980 Box.

Edit: Hope you heal fast Hendrixfreak.

Maybe I should say that this was very much British humour as was...Benny Hill has been all but air brushed out comedy history in this country. You would often get beautiful women in their early 20s fawning over less beautiful men in their mid 40s on British T.V. in the 70's-presumably because the script writers were invariably men in their mid 40's.

I'd forgotten about that 1984 30 Trips show, and only noticed it in the first place because it was recommended on here. I can remember thinking it was a great show - although I can't now recall why. Looks like that's my next Dead show sorted out!

Conekid beat me too it,
Ok then, time for the airing of grievances!

Happy Festivus Folks.

And I hope you had a happy palindrome day yesterday.
12-22-21

British humor:
Benny Hill reruns ran late night when I was a kid.
Funny stuff for a 11-13 year old, and I probably missed half the jokes.
One I still remember was a sign that said “Jackson’s Tool Works”, and then someone spray painted on the sign “So does mine”.
Hah, still funny to this day.

It suffers mostly because Jerry is painfully low(KeithFan has an equalizer hack to fix that...) 30 Trips included a few shows that could have been standalone releases(1967, 1975, 1984), and more than a few that could not(1972, 1981 with the post-space audience patch)
Did someone mention December Oakland shows? These were very consistent and would make a great box.

I was a bit disasppointed with the 30 Trips 1972 show, too. Maybe because, listening chronologically the ones from 1967 to 1971 are so exceptional.
The Fall 1972 show that I played recently which blew me away was Dave's Picks 11- Wichita 11/17/72. Fantastic-and with a great Playing from 11/15 on the third cd as an extra.

Bond gets to his Caribbean cottage to find, naturally, an attractive, half-naked woman in his bed, waiting for him. Felix, the hapless "CIA agent," calls to ask Bond to the bar for a drink. Bond: "Sorry, Felix, I can't. Something big has just come up."

Funny, I can't remember who won the War of 1812, but I can remember cornball dialogue from decades ago. (Though I was too young to "get it" when "Goldfinger" first came out in, what, 1964? It was only later that I came to appreciate some of the macho puns.)

I think one would go in the direction of lascivious comedy, if that's the straightest line between living alone and getting some. Or just getting close! That's currently an issue here at Chey HF, so I don't laugh too loud at Sid. Frankly, it looks like he had it made. But behind the scenes (there's a pun in there somewhere), who knows?

Deadvikes, I'll have to go back to the fall '72 show in the 30 Trips box (Waterbury?) My memory of listening to that show is that it was under-whelming, considering the band's Sept-Oct hot streak. And, honestly, I've been waiting to listen to the '72 and '73 shows in Listen to the River until I had arthroscopic surgery on my ankle, which took place this past Monday. (I give both '71 shows a top rating.) So I'm supposed to stay off the foot for awhile, then into a boot for 3-4 weeks, then pursuing the usual late winter fitness for spring in the backcountry. So... short story long, it's time to crack the '72 shows sitting on my coffee table while I put my foot up. Plus, I'm still working my way through the Dylan '66 tour box!! Years after its release. So you see the "freak" in "Hendrixfreak"......

Onward!

Hendrixfreak - yes, I like to think I look more like the young Syd Barrett than Sid James. I don't, but I like to think I do.

Sid James was best known for being in the "Carry On" series of films that ran from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. Their stock in trade was saucy humour - with every double entendre they could think of being thrown in for good measure. A well endowed young woman would appear with two matching ornaments. One of the male characters would say -"Cor..she's got a lovely pair." Sid James would say "Not arf" and unleash the dirtiest laugh this side of Keith Richards, and British cinema goers would fall out of their seats laughing. Not quite the French New Wave, but a period piece for all that.

Hey Hendrixfreak,

You got to be happy with the three shows in the St. Louis Box? When do you think this will sell out?

I was curious what your thoughts were on the 30 Trips 72 show?

I think they will put out some sort of an eighties box set. Of course, you never know what Dave and Co will come up with next. I know what I would like to see, Alpine Valley baby! 1980 December Oakland...... Not sure if they will ever happen.

Stay well.