Grateful Dead Requests: Box Sets

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marye

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Our friends the Rhinos have various and sundry new releases in the development process, but they're always interested in hearing what you'd like to see hit the virtual shelves of the Store. No promises, but you never know...
This topic is for requesting new box sets. There are also topics for individual shows and DVDs.

If you've already requested something in the previous Requests topic, you don't really need to request it again, but hey, if you just can't help yourself...

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August 23, 2013 - 11:01am

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franklintower88

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Branford Marsalis

I'd like to see a box of all the shows Branford Marslis did with the dead. To my memory, those were3/29/90 12/31/90 9/10/91 12/10/93 12/16/94
June 6, 2013 - 9:45am

#212

jbili

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November 1, 2010

Spring 90 again

Would love to see the spring 90 box set released without the fillers.wouldn't mind a rerelease like the Europe 72 box set. Had to miss out on the original box set.
May 5, 2013 - 11:31pm

#213

Island Girl

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October 7, 2011

maybe I just hallucinated it but.....

Listening to Classic Vinyl on my Sirius (very rare I move from the GD station) and I hear that wed morning 9 EST David Lemieux is doing a 90 min special on the GD station for the new MAY 1977 BOX SET!!! 5 complete shows (they didn't say which ones). I feel like Ed Grimley at Christmas.... I couldn't be more excited!Sure hope it wasn't just a wishful flashback :-)
March 28, 2013 - 3:55pm

#214

mojoman

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June 16, 2009

take yer time

like yer thinkin up to 74!!! LOL!!
March 28, 2013 - 3:47pm

#215

mojoman

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June 16, 2009

WHATS NEXT?

i need a fix...............cuz i'm goin down!!!
January 29, 2013 - 1:35pm

#216

Anna rRxia

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Cape Cod Coliseum 10/79

These two shows would make an excellent box set along with another show on the tour with a good source.
January 29, 2013 - 1:11pm

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Anna rRxia

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December 25, 2009

Nice Pix to reissue on Vinyl

But the idea of flipping in the middle of a song (3X no less) is totally hack, though I do understand the limitations.
January 29, 2013 - 12:33pm

#218

KarlJr5

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Dicks Picks Vol 3 and 4 on VINYL from original tapes March 19th

Hey Gang,We are releasing Dicks Picks vol 3 and 4 on vinyl March 19th. You can pre order now at www.BrookvaleRecords.com These are from the original tapes and mastered for vinyl by Jeffrey Norman. See below for his comments. Thanks for your time. FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES! Mr Norman talks about mastering vol 3 and 4. “I was excited to get the chance to remaster the early Dick’s Picks’ releases for vinyl…they were originally mastered for CD in 1995-96, and I was looking forward to hearing the 1/4″ source tapes once again, 17 years later. What I didn’t expect was the dramatic improvement the new mastering gives to these classic releases. The original CD resolution is 44.1KHz/16bit (as is any released CD), while the mastering I am now doing for the vinyl releases is 96KHz/24bit. I’m now using a state-of-the-art analog to digital converter (Pacific Microsonics Model 2)….and I’ve probably gotten better at doing this over the years! I used the original CDs as a guide for the new mastering, but when listening to the CDs I feel like I’m listening in black and white, while the new mastering feels like I’m listening in color. It’s very exciting! A few observations: the mixes for Dick’s Picks Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 couldn’t be more different. The Pembroke Pine show (Vol.3) is quite bass strong and powerful. The Fillmore East show (2/13-14/12) on the other hand is very bright and a little bass shy. Both represent the ears and interpretations of the mixers at the time (Betty Cantor Jackson at Pembroke Pines, and Bear at the Fillmore East), and both capture the quality and excitement of these shows. I did some equalization on both shows to enhance the presentation but kept true to what the original mixers intended. As typical of all Grateful Dead shows, both these two shows are very dynamic….there’s a wide range of volume from quiet to very loud. I tried to keep the dynamics intact, with very little limiting, using limiting mainly as protection against digital overs. In choosing the songs for each side of vinyl, the goal was to be true to the flow of the show and keep the fidelity as high as possible. There is a physical limitation to the length of a vinyl side….if it gets too long there is a loss of bass and level. Ideally the sides would be no longer than 20 minutes, and for the most part that was accomplished. However there are a few sides that are longer than ideal, but because of the way the music lays out there was no way around a few longer lengths. Also because of those side length constraints, there are some songs that had to be split in two (i.e. Vol.4 Dark Star, The Other One, and Lovelight)…sorry, you’re going to have to flip the record to get the entire “good stuff”. Considering that these tapes are 40 years old (in the case of Vol. 4, Fillmore East), they sound phenomenal! There are some issues on the original recording that can’t be fixed (i.e.. L/R movement side to side in Vol. 3 Eyes of the World), but that in no way takes away from this great music.”
November 19, 2012 - 5:57am

#219

Katapultable

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October 30, 2012

Take your time

2/5-8/70 – Fillmore West;2/11-14/70 – Fillmore East (Let's be honest, Dick's Picks, Vol. 4 doesn't really do this justice); 4/4-6/71 – Manhattan Center; 4/25-29/71 – Fillmore East; 6/9-10/73 – RFK Stadium; 7/27-28/73 – Watkins Glen; 2/22-24/74 – Winterland; 6/22-23/74 – Miami; Anything from Europe '74; 10/16-20/74 (how about this ~15 disc set for October '14?); Pretty much any multi-night theater run from '76; 3/18-20/77 – Winterland; 4/25-27/77 – Capitol Theater; 12/27-31/77 – Winterland; 7/17-19/89 – Alpine Valley; 10/11-15/89 –East Rutherford (in fact, go for any run on this tour); The complete MSG '90 run, or Europe '90. Take your time, though.
October 2, 2012 - 8:56am

#220

grplasa

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Spring 1990 Boxset

now that i've digested this beast. I love it, the music is top notch and now that you exquisitely marketed the hell out of it and got your $200 bucks a pop it's time to release the rest of the shows from each stand at the going rate. Everyone here knows there wasn't a bad show that spring, by the Summer Tour they were about to self combust (RIP Brent). The last night of the stand mentality was okay but, let's have the rest of the best... I've been seeing the band since 2/4/78 and continue to see FURTHUR as well as spend my hard earned coin on the products, so Europe put me into having to work overtime hours to afford it and though it was great and the setlists were somewhat static I love it! I'd love to be able to purchase entire runs from Uptown Theater,Chicago or Spectrum, Philly. Red Rocks, Greek, Frost etc hell It would be nice to have to the option to buy any show from 1989 and where are the videos man? You guys gotta have at least a couple of spot on 92-95 shows to share!? The cover bands in that AVMT night out at the movies were fantastic, release that Alpine show with the covers project bonus disc...Let's keep talkin' about August 1972 will that movie ever get released? What the hell happened to the JERRY GARCIA BAND SHOWS??? How can you guys not want to collect all of this bread man... take my money please. Give some of that church/warfield 90-95 jGB. RANT MODE OFF NOW. Thanks for the extremely expensive offerings that I will continue to buy. Gerry

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Our friends the Rhinos have various and sundry new releases in the development process, but they're always interested in hearing what you'd like to see hit the virtual shelves of the Store. No promises, but you never know...

This topic is for requesting new box sets. There are also topics for individual shows and DVDs.

If you've already requested something in the previous Requests topic, you don't really need to request it again, but hey, if you just can't help yourself...

Merriweather Post Pavillion

Outdoor Venue 83-85
6 Shows
79 Songs (excluding Drums)
TITLE Times
Around And Around x3
Good Lovin' x3
He's Gone x3
Looks Like Rain x3
My Brother Esau x3
Baby Blue x2
Big Railroad Blues x2
Cassidy x2
China Cat Sunflower x2
Cumberland Blues x2
Day Job x2
Estimated Prophet x2
Eyes Of The World x2
I Know You Rider x2
Let It Grow x2
Little Red Rooster x2
Loser x2
Man Smart-Woman Smarter x2
Might As Well x2
Samson And Delilah x2
Stella Blue x2
Sugar Magnolia x2
Tennessee Jed x2
The Other One x2
Throwin' Stones x2
Truckin' x2
U.S. Blues x2
Alabama Getaway
Althea
Black Peter
Brokedown Palace
Brown-Eyed Women
C.C. Rider
Casey Jones
Cryptical Envelopment
Dancin' In The Streets
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Dire Wolf
Don't Ease Me In
Don't Need Love
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Feel Like A Stranger
Fire On The Mountain
Franklin's Tower
Friend Of The Devil
Gimme Some Lovin'
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
Greatest Story Ever Told
Hell In A Bucket
Help On The Way
It's All Over Now
Jack Straw
Jack-A-Roe
Keep On Growing
Mama Tried
Me And My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Mississippi Half-Step
Morning Dew
New Minglewood Blues
Not Fade Away
Peggy-O
Playin' In The Band
Satisfaction
Scarlet Begonias
Shakedown Street
Slipknot!
Stagger Lee
Tennessee Jed
Terrapin Station
The Music Never Stopped
They Love Each Other
Touch Of Grey
Uncle John's Band
Walkin' Blues
Wang Dang Doodle
West LA Fadeaway
Wharf Rat
Why Don't We Do It In The Road

‘81 Europe

Can we discuss some sort of ‘81 Europe box set or releases? Some real gems in there and ‘81 is soooooo underrated!

Box sets

How about a 1974 Wall of sound box set.
Or an Alaska 1980 box.

A couple days ago on Sirius…

A couple days ago on Sirius TIGDH David Lemieux played some tunes from the 7-1-1973 Universal Amphitheater show. I was fortunate to see 2 of 3 of this 3-night run 6-29, 6-30, 7-1-1973 and was wondering if it could possibly be considered for a future small box release. The venue was brand new and still a virgin open-air outdoor amphitheater was since converted to an indoor venue. The GD was THE very first act to play there that weekend and covered a lot of the newer & as-yet unreleased material. Frank Sinatra was the "Official" first artist doing a week of shows a few days later but the Dead had already christened it in a spectacular way.
This was a short notice ticket sale event that as I recall was only listed locally 2 or 3 weeks before. I went to the box office on day of Saturday show and scored 2 front row seats on piano side of the stage with a great view of Garcia & Weir and some great interplay.
Should definitely be given a listen.

Dead CDs

Looking for some help in the area Of landing some tunes to jam out to as I’m a Wounded Warrior Marine and while SLIPKNOT helps the Dead help more
Cpl Brand
1483 Crane Creek Blvd Viera Florida 32940

End 2023 with Watkins Glen…

End 2023 with Watkins Glen release.

2024 box set: 1974

2025 box set: MASSIVE 1985, and give us working class folk enough notice to pull the money together for it, thanks in advance.

As always a crispy Summer 82' box set someday.

1991 Box, please

The end of the Summer Tour in '91 was hot, hot, hot! So how about a box with the DVD/Blu-Ray of the 6/22/91 Chicago show, boxed up with the following three shows--6/24 & 6/25/91 (Sandstone--both shows have been played on SiriusXM) and 6/28/91 (Mile High--which was on a GD Hour)?

The three shows at the Richfield Coliseum (9/4-6/91) to kick off the Fall Tour were pretty dang hot as well . . .

Thanks for your consideration!

Road Trips style set

Especially for the later years, but you could even be more creative for lesser tapped years like 68 or 86.

how about a vinyl subscription.....

it seems to work for the CDs why not try it with vinyl? The pressing plants backlog has gotten way better why not offer 4 box sets a year (just an idea could be more/less) This would be way cooler than just something else for Record store day. Made to order type deal...this way the fans get what we want and no worries about investing in 10000 box sets that may not sell out. Id be all about it...anyone else?

GD Movie Soundtrack/Ladies and Gentleman the Grateful Dead vinyl

With next year being the 50th anniversary of 1974 why not release the 2005 Grateful Dead Movie 5 cd Soundtrack as a vinyl box set? I’d also love to see the Ladies and Gentleman the Grateful Dead 4 cd box set come out on vinyl. Both would be big vinyl box sets but I’d dish out the cash for it. Both come from 16 track recordings and would sound excellent on vinyl and look great next to my other GD box sets

Have they released anything…

Have they released anything from Alaska?

Baked Alaska Box

Hasn’t been released or announced yet.

Englishtown '77

Is this ever going to be released on vinyl? Further, is there an optimal place to check for upcoming vinyl releases? Much thanks!

how's about an acoustic

5-CD box set to span the all years, different band configurations: 1970/1980/1981/1994; hint hint nudge nudge...Alfred, Warfield, Radio City, San Mateo, BCT + any others you feel are appropriate thank you for listening
Peace All!

Acoustic Box Set

What a great idea,!

2025 Box

June/July 1985.

Dave was quite enthusiastic about summer 85 in his office chat, yet picked Frost for DaP49.
So hopefully he’s saving the summer shows for a Box.
6-27,28,30
7-1,2,13,14
Maybe a few more since some of them will fit on 2 CD’s.

Spring 1978

Will make a great box. Betty boards. Has the swagger.
Cheers

50 yrs

and everyone loves 1974, so BOX ME UP!
let's start with the COMPLETE shows from IOWA & LOUISVILLE,
for a total 4 shows in the box, by adding of any of these 2 (oakland, atlanta, springfield)
would leave us with nothing left to do but SMILE

Peace All!
uncle_tripel

Box Set Request

I would love to see the 1980 Warfield Theartre and Radio City Music Hall Acoustic & Electric shows as a box set. That would be amazing!

I think the Tower Theater…

I think the Tower Theater shows from Upper Darby, PA in June of 1976 would make a killer box set! Whether it’s a box set or a Dave’s picks or whatever, I think they deserve an official GD release! Thanks!

I like music because it's the only invisible art form.....

Hey rockers!!!!

Next box? Early 1969. From the OSF reels. Will include Vegas from March and the Avalon run from early April. Unless they want to hold Vegas for single release and include the Ark shows instead. Or maybe the February Philly shows? Heck, make it a mega mega box!!!!!

I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic......

Doc
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose......

A dream

That's it exactly Doc. Just whats needed for a 69 box, after the FW supernova, shows you note, Avalon, Ark, et al first half of the year represent the mature, fully flowered primal phase. Fortunate to have some as downloads, audio issues would resolve with a most welcome update by Norman and crew. Time to revisit FW early June series, been a while.

Gents! I think an…

Gents! I think an interesting path for boxsets would be "Holiday Shows"...boxset of NYE shows across years...boxset of July 4th shows across years...

BOX...

...SET of the BEST shows from JULY 2, 3, and 4th; named...what else...but...of course, US BLUES!

AND...

...during a recent 12 hour R/T drive with a bit of brain stimulation,...yup GOT more IDEAS lol, for BOXES, like in SETS of...

SOLDIER FIELD an easy 8-10 CD's

JUNE 28 could easily cover 8-10 SHOWS, 1967/1969/1976/1979/1983/1985/1987/1988/1991/1992

thnx :) for LISTENING!

uncle_tripel