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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set
WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000
Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"
"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."
Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle
The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.
For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.
Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.
Looking for something a little more 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.
Get it while you can.
Wild Turkey and LSD
Many years ago I worked with a guy who one night was walking home along a dark road and was plowed down by a car. Big time injured. When he finally got all healed and returned to work we asked what happened. Said he was doing Turkey and heroin and the combination must have fucked him up!
vguy and the cowboy junkie song
I don't know the song and haven't gone to the link yet, but in my minds ear I read the words to Billy Joel's Piano Man music,,, I think it worked!
Walking out on The Dead-Oroborous
It would have been more likely that it was my "dead ass left by the side of the stage" than my girlfriends. Though she was small, she was fierce. Luckily she had to go back home before the final night of the run-11/1/90. It all seems so long ago!
egads! Happy Birthday KEITH
Curse my metal body, I didn't mention it when I posted earlier. Just looked down at the clock. It's Keith's Birthday folks!
R.I.P. Keith G.
Egads indeed Keith is dead. His contribution to the GD's sound is immeasurable. I recall reading how impressed he was when he first auditioned, jammed-rehearsed, with the band. If I recall correctly, Keith was surprised at how free he, they, were to deviate form the usual rock and roll structure, or formula.
We are all better off because of that and Keith's contribution to it.
R.I.P. brother and thanks for the musical joy!
unboxing video please
Would like to echo prior requests for an unboxing video. I'd even settle for a description of the box. Specifically, dimensions & materials it's made out of.
The price tag is a bit over $200 all said & done. So I think it's a reasonable ask to know about the packaging. I'm probably like many others in that I'm on the fence about this purchase. High quality packaging may knock me over to the "buy" side of the fence.
We'll see if what's now several folks requests for an unboxing video or more specifics will be heard.
unboxing video please
I am going to guess we will see it at the clip about the box before the MUATM on Aug 1st.
Deer Creek 28th anniversary 7/18 7/19... 1990
Great parking lot scene so mellow this year. The fact that Help Slipknot Franklin's hadn't been played yet that tour really contributed to this show for me. This was the tour that i saw the most shows ever but i was in a good bullseye attending grad school in the middle of Illinois. If anyone else was there do you remember the giant green godzilla that made its way down to the stage, or did i imagine that!! Also remember over zealous security guy inside that was confiscating any smoking devices during the show!!! My buddy was one of them that lost his... took forever to get out of the parking lot the first or second night because of a really bad accident!!! be good bob t
My friends told me "icy" is the easiest word to spell....
....and after looking at it, I SEE WHY. (yes, this one will more likely make you groan than laugh).
The Times They Are A Changin'...
Isn't it really a bit absurd, some of these changes in the music business now that record sales have dried up? And most of it is 100% internet-driven. Like your standard, "unboxing video." I saw James Hetfield from Metallica "unbox" one of his band's latest overpriced offerings...
He acts like he hasn't seen it 1,000 times, like he's seeing it for the very first time, turning it over in his hands, ooh-ing and aah-ing over it. Please. He's thinking about, that just bought him a new hot rod. He and Lars were consulted every step of the way regarding the artwork, liner notes, approving photos, track listings, etc.
The artist depending on their level of involvement and interest knows down to the last detail everything about these boxes. Tell you what, I'll buy it and take it out of the box myself. A "virgin opening," I'm seeing this stuff for the first time not rehashing what I saw James Hetfield do... hey, I wonder if I can unbox his set better than him? Maybe I should film myself and put it out there on the intranets...
The other revenue stream that galls me is "meet & greets." Like, you get to enter the venue early, "meet" the artist, have a picture taken. They shake your hand and move on to the next person. Your time and access are limited. They are only doing this for the money. You do not get to, "know" them. They will instantly forget you unless you are a willing female, and you too will be forgotten immediately after the, uh, encounter.
I am into these people for their music, their art. I don't want to pay John Mayer for a handshake. If I run into him at the rock n' roll Ralph's in Hollywood at 3am, I'd be much more interested - a real life encounter, something spontaneous and real.
Do you want, enjoy what you enjoy. There's stories of Jerry Garcia hanging out, genuinely, in hotel cafes with fans and such. That's completely different, it's like finding yourself in first class next to Bill Walton from Detroit to Dallas. And if you do, try not to be such a fanboy and bother him the whole time. These people have lives and being the object of your obsessive adoration is just creepy.
Hold the phone....
.... there's a Metallica Master Of Puppets box set? I'll be right back.Edit.
https://youtu.be/mhZWUD6hEj4
No offense LedDed, but I didn't see Hetfield oohing or aahing over anything. Just showing the contents. I assume this was the video. However, I will agree, that at $175, it is pretty pricey. I would think about buying a remastered And Justice For All box if it included an audible bass line. Newsted got screwed.
in defense of unboxing videos
I actually enjoy the unboxing videos (though they were weird to me at first). It whets my appetite a bit and in some cases will make or break my decision to purchase an expensive box set. I'm hoping there is a 'commercial' for the PacNW box at the upcoming MUATM because honestly, if it's as flimsy as the Get Shown The Light packaging (which arrived damaged), I'll definitely be disappointed. Just put 'em in jewel cases fer chrissakes!!
Meet & Greets
I would never waste my money on something like that. I'd much rather stalk them to their front door and say hello for free.
Gene Simmons has a KISS box set that he's selling for $50,000. He delivers it to your front door and then hangs out for a couple of hours. When I hit the lottery I'll buy it. But before he shows up at my mansion to deliver it, I'll invite Ace over with a housefull of his fans, and we'll give Gene the heckling he deserves.
Unboxing / Heckling Gene
First, KF.. are you saying I didn't get a good deal on the Gene Delivered Kiss box set? Abort, calling American Express now.. (
Unboxing.. I almost never listen to the listening party stuff.. by the time I have decided to buy (hell, no decision there really).. I don't want to hear it until the Full Norman shows up on my front porch.
So once I commit, I do want to see the unveiling. I also get a kick out of the Seaside Chats Dave gives, sometimes recorded in the basement when he is too hungover to safely balance on the edge of the tidepools.
These things crack me up a bit. I like the Boxzilla unveiling a lot.. I think it stars Dr. Rhino himself.
..if for no other reason I enjoy the acting. I'm pretty sure the good doctor's breakout role was a small cameo scene towards the end in Boogie Nights.
Edit: I knew it.. buried deep in the credits "Dr. Rhino as Bilbo Shaggins." I never forget a face.
Edit 2: No offense meant to the good doctor or Mrs. D. Rhino. Hopefully just some harmless fun.
I don't want gene simmons
I don't want gene simmons showing up at my house and after the smoke has cleared I think the whole knapster thing was about making people pay for someone's cocaine habit.
Unboxing
Jim (or anyone who knows)-- What was that gold disc that was tucked in a sleeve attached to the lid of the 30 Trips Box ? It was the last thing he showed in the video. I never got that box, I just acquired all the shows post facto from eBay, so I don't have all the goodies and extras.
Here Comes Sunshine 12/6/73
16 minutes, from the show that brought us the monster 43 minute Dark Star on the 2011 Road Trips Bonus Disc. I had two versions of this soundboard. One sounded really good, but had an audience patch at the end; the other one didn't have the audience patch, but it sounded extremely rough in the beginning. I combined the two at around 15:27 for one complete good sounding track (38MB 320kbps mp3 converted from WAV) Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t-DyrL7b9q6VvSw51B44caLcxxIw09mW
Wild Turkey et al
Hmmm.... thanks for the cautionary words Jim & Dennis. I should make clear that I was not advocating a course of action, just reporting on something that happened 45 years ago. Stevie Ray made well known Guitar Slim's song: Things that I used to do, Lord, I won't do no more. Ain't it the truth, that was a one timer. At the time, it seemed like a good idea given that none of us really drank hard stuff, we were barely adults with a small tent and a cooler walking into who knew what. We did not know 600,000 would show up.
The best beers we could find at the time were from Germany, Holland and Scotland. But they were so expensive! Bulky! St Pauli Girl, Spaten, Heineken, MacEwans. We loved beer but craft brews were yet to come. President Carter does not get enough credit for sparking what would become craft brewing by signing new law in 1978 and it would take at least ten more years before craft brewing began to take off. It was illegal to brew beer at home in some cases! Just think about how far beer has come in the last thirty years or so.
We thought dosing a bottle which no one would dare chug (101 proof, right?) would be a convenient way to keep track of and merge little tiny dots or pieces of paper, which were sometimes notoriously variable in strength. Bourbon is for sipping!
Jim's comment made me chuckle, what could possibly go wrong? Whatever can, often does. The sheer number of people and the weather that Saturday was the biggest challenge. Fortunately we escaped unscathed. I will refrain from any further comments involving attitude or altitude adjustments by external means, other than music. However, as you might imagine, there was a lot of availability on site of unknown provenance and authenticity. Be prepared was our Boy Scout motto. Safety First! See the cover for Only a Lad, Oingo Boingo for more details...
Not Sold Out
Can someone explain to me that DP27 sold out in a matter of minutes, but the Pacific 73 - 74 haven't sold out yet and on sale for a few weeks. I personally thinks these shows are gonna be awesome and I snatch up the box set as soon as possible. Peace
it's simple, roccodh...
A $30 DaP is easier to purchase than a $200+ box.
The good news is that any true Deadhead can stop in and buy (3) 1973 shows and (3) 1974 shows just as fine as you please.
Not sold out
Do to the fact that you can buy downloads
Plus almost all of the Dave’s Picks are sold during the subscription sale
Rock on
Sell Outs
We don't know how many subscribers there are on Dave's Picks, but production is capped at 18,000 per release. Based on the speed of sell outs i'm guessing there are between 15-16k subscribers, leaving only a few thousand up for grabs when they're announced. Again, that's a guess. There could be 17,800 subscribers.
As noted, there are 15,000 units of the PNW box. I too am a little surprised its not sold out yet. I agree it's probably a combination of the fact it can be downloaded rather than physically delivered, combined with the higher (but by no means unreasonable, given the price per show) price point.
I'm also shocked by the availability of the Summer '78 box set, given the quality of the shows and recordings, and the price point.
..And Leave it On
Excited for both this and DaP27, looks to be alot of quality stuff.
Very glad to see the Dave's get outside the well-mined era. Not very familiar with '83 other than 10/21/83 Worcester from 30 Trips and for some reason I also have 5/13/83, Greek Theatre. I'm trying to remember why...first Hell In A Bucket?
As for the PNW, I picked up Winterland '73 right when I was getting into the Dead and listened to it on my trip cross country to see Dylan in Seattle, so '73 and the Pacific Northwest have been inextricably linked for me from the get-go.
I know we've discussed track labeling and ID3 tags here before, some funny discussion that doesn't make me feel alone in the anal retentiveness of my collection. On that subject, I am OCD that every iteration of a given song is named the same..having both Me & My Uncles and Me and My Uncles in the collection disgusts me. So current conundrum - Turn On Your Love Light or Turn On Your Lovelight?
My go-to is always go back to the original recording or release of a song and see how it was listed at that time (this approach led to me changing 137 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's Alright to Don't Think Twice, It's All Right) and the original Bobby Blue Bland release in 1961 on Duke is in fact Turn On Your Love Light.
But for some reason, Turn On Your Lovelight looks better to me, and I feel more used on Dead releases (though they are inconsistent).
Any thoughts? Or I also understand not making eye contact with the crazy guy on the subway.
My other request/question - Any good recommendations for a console CD player? I know it's not 1994, but my 300 disc Sony changer has crapped out. I'm going to take a look at it, but thought about finding another, maybe a 5-6 disc changer. I don't use the full 300 but thought more than 1-disc would be good for these sets. Surely someone here still listens to these quality CD releases on their home stereo. If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
..And Leave it On Revisited
Oh was going to mention a few listenings:
Just got the Anthem release, I've sampled a few of the Winterland show but haven't dug in yet. That Gibson sounds heavy heavy.
Big Miles Davis kick here lately, just finished his autobiography which is awesome and hilarious. Highly recommend. Listening to the mono releases of his first Columbia LPs currently.
New Punch Brothers today, haven't listened yet. Not a huge fan of their records necessarily just as much as their talent, Chris Thile is fantastic.
Randomly had 4/2/90 second set come up so listened through that into 4/3/90. Maybe was just in the mood for some 90s, but really enjoyed both. Never realized each of Jerry, Brent, Weir take a verse on that last version of Death Don't Have No Mercy. Sweet!!
Rumor / pseudo-confirmation that this Fall's Dylan Bootleg Series will finally revisit Blood on the Tracks. They released an acoustic Meet Me In The Morning on RSD back in 2012 when BOTT was planned for Bootleg Series 11 (even said so on the sleeve) but got shelved for a few years. Love the idea, though I'm really curious what is in the vault for that one. The outtakes we do know are limited..several outtakes of the released songs, but Up To Me, left off the album, is a killer. Though, I had never heard rumors of that acoustic Meet Me In The Morning so this could get interesting...
Listening to Dead & Co jam on Lovelight from 6/10/17 now. Or is it Love Light?
Mule Skinning Dylan Fan
First let us know when next Dylan comes out.
I'm still digging Bootleg V13, I love all the different arrangements of the songs. (I assumed you're talking about a Volume 14?)
Next naming conventions.
Anal also. I shorten Lovelight, to Lovelight. I also shorten It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It takes a Train to Cry, to It Takes a Lot to Laugh. Me and Uncle is Me & My Uncle. I agree as long as they're all the same. I shorten some names because the full file name can get too long for my backup program to handle. (something like - the collection/grateful dead/shows/yyyy-mm-dd - venue - city/soundboard/05 - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry)
Not sure what the length is, but you can see where length can come in. Doesn't happen often, but has happened. Also too some names are just too fuckin long (train to cry for one)! I've been labeling every JGB show ever done (feels that way for sure) and I've come to the conclusion Motown songs have the longest titles, half of which are always in parenthesis!
Another odd naming convention I've noticed is on rap albums, a shitload of them always have an "intro" and "outro" tracks at the beginning and end of the album, odd, but whatever, just don't see it in other music genre.
A woman walked into a pharmacy....
.......and told the pharmacist that she needed some cyanide.
The pharmacist said, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"
The woman then explained she needed it to poison her husband.
The pharmacist's eyes got big and he said, "Lord, have mercy -- I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! I'll lose my license; they'll throw you and me in jail. Just leave and forget you ever came in here before I call the police
The woman reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife. The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well, now. You didn't tell me you had a prescription."
Looking to meet up?
Anyone going to Lockn this year? Let me know (if you want) and we can hang a bit.
Also for those in Jersey, I will be there at my sister's after Lockn 8/28 - 8/31. I "plan" on humping up the Delaware Water Gap during the week and hitting Hot Dog Johnny's after. (really, hot dog johnny's, look it up) My sister lives in Asbury off 78. (not Asbury park!) We will probably hit the Pattenburg House where my sister is super friends with owners and can hang in the "upstairs" room. I also "plan" on hitting "tie-dye Tuesdays" at Donavan's Reef in Seabright. All reports have been good about the dead cover bands that have been playing there.
So if hangin at Lockn is your thing, climbing the Water Gap, going to local bar or dead covers in seabright, hit me with a pm.
I hang with a very mellow group who like to party.
D
Alpine 88
The Alpine reminisces take me back... My first Dead show was as a 17 soon-to-be 18 year old at Alpine Valley in 1988. That hot, dry summer I remember well. I had moved to a suburb outside Madison, WI for my senior year after living my whole life in a suburb of Milwaukee. Tough transition making friends as a senior in a new school. Toward the end of the year I got to be friends with a good group of people-- including two who are now my best buds and Deadheads forever.
Anyway, my original high school was full of Deadheads-- talking 84-86 here-- but I was not one of them at that time. Though I was starting to get into them as my high school years progressed. By the spring of 88 I was listening to plenty of studio Dead and I talked my new friends into going to Alpine Valley for a show. The new school did not have any Heads yet. It ended up being a pretty big caravan of us down. We didn't know how to get to Alpine and we rolled into East Troy wondering how to get to the venue. Heads were in the town square taking over town, the small corner store had nothing on the shelves. This was the Sunday night show that year and they sold waaaaay too many tickets for that concert. We couldn't even get parked in the lot, parked on the highway down from the venue. Alpine made corrections to this policy by summer 89.
Recollections are vague due to ingestions that day, but I clearly remember the UJB, Miracle, D/S, Throwing Stones and Knockin'. A few of us had our minds blown that day (the jams in UJB and Playin' got me) and became Heads (four of us to be exact). The other dozen had a good time, but never went back and couldn't understand why some of us did. My next shows were the following year, same venue...
Alpine 89
And then there was Alpine 89, which cemented by love of the band. I had one year of college in me where I had met some like-minded people. I had a chance to go to the MECCA shows in the spring, but we didn't have tickets, so I did not accompany my friends down. My best friend (see earlier post) Andy and I decided to hit all three shows at Alpine and camp on-site.
Memories from that weekend of amazing shows are good-- I skipped many extracurriculars and stuck to basics. July 17 was obviously the shit-- beautiful evening and the best GD show I ever saw. We got up front of the lawn that night and every night of that run, which kept us out of the mudslides the next two nights as they were higher up. I was more versed with GD music after a year of collecting shows, so all was familiar to me-- except the bust out of 'We Bid You Good night." I could tell it was special, but I also recall enjoying the JBG closer to send us out rockin'.
The lot was rocking from that amazing show and the weather was still good for a couple hours. I had a Port-o-Potty incident that scared me off those things for years. I opened the door to one to find human waste piled a foot over the seat. I still marvel at how people perched themselves to make that happen.... We were near a tree line, so I didn't come close to one the rest of our time at Alpine. We were parked next to a fellow selling balloons (I did not partake), so for two nights we went to sleep and woke up to the sound of balloons being filled.
We woke up to rain. And it rained for two days with the hardest coming on the last day/night. 7/18 was a fine show. The Sugar Mags into Scarlet was a surprise and listening today that transition was seamless. I felt ripped off, however, when Scarlet was not followed by Fire (my favorite tune at that point in time). The rest of the set was solid though. The last night was soaking wet. I can still see the dancers high stepping on the lawn on the sides of the pavilion seats during the Bucket opener. The Deal set closer smoked (as we all know from Downhill From Here) and set II was hot with some rain tunes included. We called for Phil and got Box. I remember the rain picking up during D/S and a huge lightning bolt during Other One.
An amazing couple nights, despite the rain. I never went on tour-- too invested in college to make the leap-- but did Chicago shows when I could. I took 1992-93 off of shows due to a girlfriend who hated them, then hit Soldier Field in 94 and 95. After Jerry died I got into the Stones and the blues heavier with some GOGD mixed in. What got me back? "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Grateful Dead" set-- that Fillmore East 1971 set got me back and I haven't looked back. And I am listening to Alpine 89 this week.
Using port-a-lets while under the influence....
....believe me when I say that I would hold it as long as I possibly could before i had to use one of those. Definitely not on my bucket list.
CD Player
I picked up a Sony CDP-CE500 5 disc changer a couple of years ago when my last cd player died. At the time it was a pretty good deal but in checking amazon it looks like the price about tripled. It works fine, I use the digital output to my receiver so the DAC in my receiver is actually doing most of the work. For what it's worth.
Cyanide Prescription
Bravo Vguy!
Sellout Pacific NW - someone posted yesterday there about 7,800 left, so roughly half. I think people are waiting until closer to the shipping date. I would be surprised if it makes it to October without selling out. That's 3 weeks after it hits the street, and I think a lot of the people who are on the fence are going to hear how good it is and decide it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Muleskinner
Don’t freak out but some Dick’s Picks actually have the spelling ‘Brown Eyed Woman’ (Women is the correct spelling).
Onkyo DX-C390 6-CD carousel changer will treat you right.
Mine is paired with an Onkyo TX-8050 receiver, Bose subwoofer, and Bose 301’s that are about 5.5 feet off the floor.
Greta Van Fleet released a new song....
https://youtu.be/hurQgJXtpKI....in case anyone else likes them like me.
EST/Eyes, Vguy, Keithfan, Dark Star
Estimated Eyes; thanks for sharing.....especially about getting your cherry popped (hey, settle down now hippy chic!). Nice perspective. Can understand new enthusiasm, being bummed about no fire combo...while personally at that point I liked how they broke it up. Hee-hee, some times you feel like a nut, sometime you don’t...
Vguy; I’m tellin ya folks this kid hasn’t even hit his stride yet. In fact I here he’s totally a second set peaker!
See folks how he can do the one liners, aaaaand the more complicated stuff also. I’m tellin ya this kids got talent!
Keithfan; what he said!
Dark Star; aaah, dear old DS....”ah, boobala, let me pinch those cheeks” the meatier the better, the longer, weirder, farout, the better! Those nice lil 60s ones are tight and spirited and great for when I don’t have the time to FULLY invest in a biggin’ Favorite? What, are you fuggin’ kiddin me? Exercise in futility, imho....like Jim says “ I never met a DS I didn’t like” WORD!
Of course using poker logic, I believe any DS your at, trumps most others...Vguy, can we get a house ruling here? In which case I’d have to say 1/20/79......My first show, first DS out of 4,5?? have to look?
Yes, folks you always remeber your fist(s) ; ) in my deaddreams to another land that ended up being mucho grande? Mucho Garcia’s to the RR gods por favor!
Listening to that now jam>TOO>drums>jam>TOO>Daaaaaawwwwwkkkk Starrrrrr Jaaaaarrrrrryyyyyyy
Obviously not in the big leagues with the pre-Hiatus stuff, but I wouldn’t kick er outta bed for eatin’ crackers!
Ironically, it’s SORTA tight and sweet like those above mentioned DS’s....
Ok, nuff bla, blah, blah, I go listen now.....”seeeeaaarrcch light casting.....”
Edit; there’s almost a Serengeti like out of the drums.....short but SWEET!
P.N.C.- 73'/74' Box
I'm a little surprised (to say the least) this hasn't sold out yet! I've heard 7500 sold, 7800 sold so I'm guessing somewhere around the 1/2 way mark. Just wondering what people holding out for, I mean if $'s tight that's one thing! But otherwise what's the hold up? It's already selling on ebay for $300 and I really don't think waiting around is the way to go! Remember fellow heads, once they're gone you'll be kicking yourselves (like so many do with Dave's Picks and all the other Box Sets we might have missed out on!!!)Solid advice- Strike while the iron's HOT folks!-end of rant-
AOTS t-shirt
Holy shit! I just received my Anthem Of The Sun t-shirt and it has THE most phenomenal colors I have ever seen (sober) in a tee! And I live in tees, 90% of which are the GOGD
Rock on
Seaside chat and 6/22/73
As a Vancouver Islander I love seeing the familiar beach area for chats. Thanks for the local content Dave! And thanks for rhapsodizing about 6/22/73. The listening party tunes are sublime. Any thoughts on why 6/22/73 seems to take things a bit further? Was it freeing for the band to be in an unfamiliar yet familiar place with enthusiastic support to stretch out a bit and get in some smooth grooves? Do those wowowowow keys on Bird Song show up in other shows around the same time period? Can't wait for the box!
PNW '73 - '74 Upgrades
This is the best we have available.
6/22/73 - MSR > PCM > PCM (14-bit)
6/24/73 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD
6/26/73 - SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN
5/17/74 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD
5/19/74 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat
5/21/74 - MSR>C>Dats>CD>EAC>SHN
This is whats were getting, all shows mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes.
All shows will be huge upgrades to what is available.
Yawn
I woke up 20 minutes late for work and realized silly I don't work today its Saturday!
Went on a real bender last night. My young looks ain't going to hold up long like this. Somebody called me a uber and the dude was so creepy looking I was sure I would get ravaged in a dark alley before I made it home, but I wasn't that lucky.
Last thing I remember was a bong hit on the sofa with my roommate and putting on Dicks Picks Vol. 20. Now there's one with a good PeggyO.
I'm not usually one for coffee if there's tea in the house but a morning like this is driving me to the coffee pot. The effort is discouraging. maybe I will jUst go back to sleep!
Track labeling
Yeah I too get very particular about track labeling. Good to see that others feel that way too, strength in numbers! Since every thing I acquire gets uploaded to my work computer I am stuck with what programs the IT department allows it to have. It uses an older version of Windows Media player. Because of this the program identifies the tracks differently from show to show. Part of this is due to the way some releases are produced and tracked. A great example is the AOTS release that just came out. The last track on CD 2 is labeled That's It For The Other One. I know that is the name of whole suite for the most part. Still I changed it to Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment. Other release might label it that way or even split that into 3 separate tracks. That is how I labeled it back in the tape trading days so I kind of stick with that. Now even though I still follow the old labeling from the tape trading days, there are some things I have dropped. For example I dont use BIODTL for Beat It On Down The Line. Yet I still use NFA for Not Fade Away. Its weird but I have some mix of old and newer label systems.
The other unintentionally, yet sinister thing that the Media Player does to me is when I am uploading and ripping the the CDs to the music library. The Media Player will retrieve info differently, mainly album titles. So the first CD of the release might read Dave's Picks Vol 27. Then inexplicably for the 2nd CD the Media Player will read it as Dave's Picks 27. Of course I miss the detail that the Vol label is missing. Then once the CDs are ripped into my media library they are not listed in the correct order because the titles are slightly different. Sometimes the titles are completely different. Anyway I find myself tantruming at my computer because it looks like I didn't rip one CD from a set. I try to go back and change them to make the all uniform once I figure it out. Of course I also make playlists for each show , but still I have so much on that computer that the library is massive. Lots to look through. Good times!
Hair of the Dog
Now, that could be the Nazareth gem also expertly covered by Guns N' Roses, but it's more like my advice to Hippy Chic. Tie one on! Have a morning drink, a screwdriver or a bloody and go get a big, greasy breakfast at some all-day brunch joint. Then keep it going. Tomorrow, Sunday, is the day to spend on the couch licking your wounds.
Oh and please airbrush that disgusting pit hair out. You won't get many likes with that.
An old friend talked me into going to Def Leppard tonight. The family is way, way out of town and, what the hell I had nothing better to do. We got $39.50 seats just to get into Coors Field but we'll run straight for the Rooftop Bar, grab some rail space and watch the spectacle from there.
The On Through The Night and High N' Dry albums are classic hard rock, before they exploded in popularity and became the watered-down, commercial enterprise they remain to this day. I guess I'd have done the same thing for castles and Bentleys. After all, it's only rock n' roll.
Most people don't know what a great covers band they are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DYxzfBW1uo&start_radio=1&list=RD1DYxzf…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKizNo4Ojik&list=RD1DYxzfBW1uo&index=4
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7/21/90 28 year anniversary
The mail order gods were never as good as these three shows at the World Amphitheater!! I am not a braggy person but we lucked out and had 7 row 3 row and 10th row for these three shows. My office at my house has a bunch of pictures i took with my Pentax camera!! Not a big fan of the venue and the parking lot scene was ok... maybe we were in wrong spot.. Take a listen to this show if you never have especially the Birdsong Scarlet>Fire, Playing> He's Gone, because you get about an hour and 5 minutes of awesome jams... 16 and a half minute Birdsong is so fun to get lost in.... The He's Gone doesn't have a long jam at the end like it did At Cardinal Stadium.. 21 rst was my favorite of the 3 shows!!! be good sorry to be over posting lately... never saw them in august!!! bob t
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