Grateful Dead

Late '81 (Market Sq. 12/6, or similar). But that's not what I want > which is anything '68 or '70 > But that's not presently what I think we'll be getting - which has changed to:

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Early '79 - either 1/10 Nassau, or as mentioned in the DaPs 55 thread 1/15 Springfield (of which I used to have a good copy > Thundering Shakedown!)

Although 1981 got quite a boost in the latest box set, I’m thinking (hoping) an 81 show maybe. Haven’t had an 81 DP since #20. Despite the oft reported tape issues, maybe we finally get a Europe 81 show, unless they’re saving for future box set. HEY…A HEAD CAN HOPE!

2/17/79 & 4/22/79, 10/9 & 10/82. 10/31/70_ , all realistic possibilities.

Looks like the new Pick will not be here till next week..

1/15/79

... we possibly could get the filler for the rest of 9/15/82?
If not that, then maybe a double Dave's of them 1982 Frost shows in autumn 1982?
I will say it's always a good time for a grease release, possibly autumn 1970?
I feel a 1974 is on the horizon, not for the upcoming Dave's #56, but maybe for next year.....
...Stay Tuned!

5-11-79 Billerica, MA

Now the Chelmsford Forum. Last of the front of board Healy shows. I have a so so tape, it's a good show in a small hockey arena.
Company I work for is hq in Billerica. Had a couple step brothers that lived there in the 80s when we were teens. Off the beaten heady highway, that's for certain.

Jerry!!

Yesterday I was hopeful that there’d be an announcement/Dave Chat on the you toob page.

And Rhino fulfillment sucks!

We’re due.

1982 is due. Zero Dave's to date. Would love more 81 or 79, but, yes, three releases in the ETR box, so not likely.
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Long shot, 1988

5/18/77

45 years ago I was up at the Warfield Theatre for a far out Friday night with the Good old Grateful Dead. Very cool shows. To bad a box set didn't come out of these shows.

Thanks for looking after us, Marye!
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I'll preface my remarks by saying I am *always* wrong about what Dave is going to release next.
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First, the facts. This year we've seen two 70s shows along with the first Dave's release from the post-Brent era. The last Brent release closed last year's DaP run (vol 52 - 1983) and the last Pig release preceded that one (vol 51 - 1971). The ETR box set had 3 shows that feature Pig but many more that feature Brent.
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So on balance, it seems like it's time for Pigpen to step forward again. 1968 shows are likely too short to fill up three discs, and ofc that material is thin on the ground. If Dave had wanted to release 1969 he could have saved the 4/5 Avalon show instead of releasing a casette. Either way, if he's turned his glittering eye towards 68-69 I think he'll be saving that to lure in subscribers for next year. So that leaves the biggest remaining target-rich Pigpen environment as 1970-1971. Now, other than the 10/24/70 Kiel material - released as two separate instances of filler - we haven't had 1970 release since Vol 30. So that's what I hope we're going to get: 1970. It's a GREAT year. I know the second half of that year is largely not in the vault, but there should still be a lot of release-able material.
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With all that said: what I *actually* think we are going to get is 1988. Deadvikes is right that 1982 is absent from the Dave's series, but so is 1988 and 1989 (well, and also '86 but there's no one clamoring for '86 while '89 is VERY well-represented outside of the Dave's series). And there were two '89 shows + a disc of '82 filler in the ETR box. Dave has a history of ending the year with a Brent release (q.v. vols 8, 20, 36, 40, 44, and 52) and he was seeing shows in '88. So I think he's going to pick an '88 gig to release as Vol 56.

Dave likes "The Ripple Show"..

The ripple show a personal highlight for my dead journey just second to Branford in LI both nights left me Feeling GREAT!

... Dave!

november 1972
october 1991

and of course you know which dates!

And BTKddd posted about 10-9,10,82 Frost on another board.
So there you have it, DaP 56 will be a 4-CD Frost release.

Interesting how we all have logical explanations for why our personal preferences will be next! I can play that game.

As an earlier wise man posted, in so many words, you can count on any of my "predictions" being wrong. So it's down to throwing spaghetti at the fridge door:

Next year's box: Fall '72.

Last pick of this year, early 80s, like a hot '81. The '90 release was a bit sketchy IMHO and more a chance for Dave to release one of his cherished I-was-there shows. (The second such release, if memory serves, which is frequently not the case these days.)

First pick of 2026 -- the subscriber lure -- three separate '68 shows from June-August. "They" held back '68 from the ETR box, "they" have a number of '68 shows and it would be a unique twist on the DP series.

Of course, by imagining the above, I have doomed my preferences as predictions.

And I'm okay with that, HF

11/7&8/85

9/26/81, probably more realistic choice and he’s played it a lot over the years

Well, if it be '81, then it'll be 12-26-81, which has a screamin' first set and plenty of jammy-ness in the second.

I've had a great 1st gen aud of this since shortly after the show. A late, good friend was heavily into taping with his Nakamichi in that period.

I've flogged this show here for years and marye acknowledged that she caught the show in person and, so far, is the only person to back me up. But you know, marye's endorsement is worth ten Oros!!!!!

Yeeehhhhiiiii!!!!

Need 79 to 81. Market sq great show recorded reel to reel

A fantastic show that I was fortunate to attend. This one should have been released yesterday. This whole Orpheum run would have made a great box set.

Hope it's not mine! Very glad to be on the right side of the dirt!!! I'm from St. Louis so I got no business asking for anything, but I would like to second HF's request/plea for a '72 box.

Did a basic google search for dave's picks 56. AI found this

Dave's Picks 56 is a forthcoming live Grateful Dead release featuring a complete show from the band's 1988-03-31 performance at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The release is scheduled to be available for pre-order on October 31, 2025.

Not sure about this, some of 3/31/88 is on RT 4.2.

Is this what to expect from the great and powerful AI? :-)

Phuq AI

just another way to rip us off

Grumpy Grumpkins is a sage

Dave's Picks Volume 56 is a live Grateful Dead recording of their July 31, 1988, concert at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. The album is part of the limited-edition series curated by the band's archivist, Dave Lemieux…..

Both 88 shows were guesses from a Reddit thread about a week old. This is what’s coming for all our jobs?

/youtu.be/3dvavcX9I8g?si=ZyAVDQBEARekC41a

That’s where AI becomes real.

7/29/88 has such a great unique 2nd set. Would hope that would be the one, but anything from that summer would be great.

I forgot about that year being light on releases, with only a Road Trips and a Download Series being official. That sounds like a good bet, sleeper pick style.
I still feel we're due for an '82 or 1981, and a grease release, maybe something from 1970.

I like the speculation of some '68 shows for next year's subscription lure. Add a 1974 summer show or one from either the autumn Euro tour or the October Winterland run from that year and you've got a nice start to 2026!

But it sure as hell isn't what's passing for AI on the 'net. I've posed questions and the "AI" clearly has no idea what I'm asking. OR it provides an answer in which the second part totally contradicts the first part.

If it be '88 I'll go with the flow, but still Jonesing for the Grease.

HF

That's my hope for Dave's 56. 1968, as a taster for next years 60's box set. I live in a fantasy world - I admit it.

A knockout of a show! Dave, lets have it please.

How 'bout it, Dave 'n Pals???

... AI

googled is barry bonds in the hall of fame on sat pm and of course AI is always at the top of the page telling me he was enshrined in 2017, and of course he is NOT, and well of course AI is wrong because it's ARTIFICAL , it's using all of the false info that morons poured into the internet for 20 years+...and we all know that in any given situation
there's always going to be more dumb people than smart people;
AI what a sham, don't believe it

oh right, this all has to do with 3/31/88

Come on Dave - time to tell us..

l was thinking '88 cause it was a year that's not in the big box . 7/31/88 with 7/29 set 2 filler would be cool !

ps. 7/29/88 Playin' is on So Many Roads, it's really good!

Hey rockers!!

No 1970s in the big box either. So 56 will be Alfred College, MIT Free show, and the rest of Kirkwood............

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

Rock on rockers!~!~!

Doc
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.....

Each year, I subscribe, with hope in my heart. This is the year of Stanford, 2/9/73! Guess I'm feeling sentimental, again. But I have no real complaints. We have so many great recordings to choose from already!

I really have no ideas about #56. I remain curious about what remains in the video vault though. Maybe a combo CD/DVD release in the future? One can only dream...

And now, back to that wonderful show I just mentioned... What if Wavy and Friends wrote the liner notes to 2/9/73 also? It could even be a special edition release, priced to benefit charity.

Wavy has some wonderful ideas on how to re-use those Halloween costumes too. So, feel free to wear them a week early, if you happen to attend that other gathering....

... Thank you!

With speculating on the Dave's 55 forum?
Reading Dave's Picks speculation is among my favorite things to do...
Constructive hobbies are overrated :)

4 CD’s. Seaside chat available

Awesome selection, Dave! Great setlists. My peak touring and trippin' days.

well, well. It was an '81!
Looks real interesting too, the second overseas Dave's Series release.

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The cover looks something Ritchie Blackmore and R.J. Dio would've put out in the late 1970s.

incredible! Together with Paris 1990 that’s 3 shows that I’ve been to which have now been released.
I went to the first March 1981 shows with a bunch of friends from where I worked at City University just a few miles from the venue. I was knocked out and went to the second night too. Then again in October.
I wonder if Dave filmed his chat in London a few months back when BobbybWeir was in town?

Those 1st sets look tasty.
Average looking 2nd sets but you never know until you go.
Cheers
Wait, Dave has a crew for the chats? And a budget?

...OVER!

DAVEROCK what do think?

This is my post from several days ago here. I’m available for horse race predictions, lottery numbers, etc.

Next Dave’s Will Be From 1981?
Although 1981 got quite a boost in the latest box set, I’m thinking (hoping) an 81 show maybe. Haven’t had an 81 DP since #20. Despite the oft reported tape issues, maybe we finally get a Europe 81 show, unless they’re saving for future box set. HEY…A HEAD CAN HOPE!