Grateful Dead live, Dick's Picks etc - S&D

yeah been digging into some 76-78 JGB stuff and Garcia definitely sounds inspired/engaged/lively compared to some of the Dead stuff from that era. and donna and keith actually contribute in a good way!

I'm also coming round to favouring '77 - '78, and then '72, after burning out a bit on '68 - '71.

It's incredible and a bit overwhelming to have so much music available so easily now.

Jerry and Bob on Letterman in '82

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ss-i2VgcPw

"We're going to take a break so Bob can blow his nose."

http://i.imgur.com/aG1Ysah.png

Bob weirdo

“Phil Lesh, the bass player, said, “I’ve got a great idea. We’ll go to L.A. and we’ll record thirty minutes of very heavy air on a smoggy day and then we’ll go to the desert where it’s clear and record thirty minutes of clear air and we’ll mix it and we’ll use that as a pad and we’ll record over it.”

Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
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Dave Picks Vol. 18
We're not only headed back to the Bay Area with the release of July 17, 1976, the 5th of a phenomenal six-night run at the Orpheum Theatre, but back to the basics - smaller venues, lighter loads (post-Wall of Sound) - and the results are electric! While the operations may have been stripped down, the Grateful Dead and their music were anything but. 7/17/76 packs plenty of surprises from the Chuck Berry bookends of the first set to the double encore featuring one the finest versions of "Not Fade Away" you're likely to hear, clocking in at almost 15 minutes. The hour-plus seamless second set jam includes a dream setlist, featuring such classics as "Comes A Time," "Eyes Of The World," "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad," and a recurring "Other One" that takes us on some spectacular journeys. The venue's superior acoustics coupled with the band's tight intuitive playing lend to a warmer sound and plenty of golden moments. A short one, we've rounded Dave's Picks Volume 18 out with a handful of favorites from the previous night's first set, including a magical coupling of "The Music Never Stopped>Scarlet Begonias".

As always, Dave's Picks Volume 18 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and is limited to 16,500 individually numbered copies. Grab your copy here.

It sure is getting warm out there! Intrepid reporter David Lemieux is down by the creek bringing us all the particulars on this unique '76 show.
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DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 18 LISTENING PARTY

Won't you please enjoy a reflective "Comes A Time," the pluckiest, grooviest of "Scarlet Begonias," and a crisply clear "Samson and Delilah"?

Tune in here »
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Cos yall love the mid-70s soooo much, they did this 'un too

Pretty happy with the Dave's Picks this year so far. Even if the rest are crap I'll still consider this year's subscription money well spent.

Is there a reason to purchase these Picks now that archive/relisten is around? Is the sound quality better ?

Not to harsh your mellow, but I think the Dead have had the board tapes for the officially released show removed from such sites. I think they have allowed audience tapes to stay up, which in a few cases have been used to fill holes on some releases.

you can't download the board tapes on the archive, you can still stream them.
reason to get dave's would be pro mastered sound quality + artwork + liners ... and obsessive completism if that's what floats yr boat.

Headyversion seems light on 'cats under the Stars' --- I guess this was more a jgb thing. Would have loved to hear a tight 70s gd version though

Appealing review of Jesse Jarnow's literary road trip through Psychedelic America, Heads[ (has much to do with Dead, duh)
http://tinyletter.com/lovegloom/letters/love-gloom-cash-love-39-heads

i'm partway in but loving it. reads really quickly and is v engrossing

http://i.imgur.com/GgLhJrk.jpg

gotta say, no matter what your era preference is, the whole archive.org dead collection is a fucking thing of beauty, even if the sbd downloads are gone now. if only more artists would get into it. i know aerosmith is cool w/ it, but it'd be great if more of the dead's peers just put the curating of their live recordings in the hands of fans.

my band has matured into a band that actually plays instead of being y'know an "energy"/spectacle attraction (complex q for me, not central to my point here) and yeah...if there are bands who think their live show smokes and believe in what they're doing on stage they should open that shit up for the fans to document what it's like out there in the house! soundboards alone only tell half the story for those bands that tape their own shows, it's weird that only the jam bands get matrices.

I didn't come here to this thread to say that though I came here to say fuckin' 1973 never fails to hit the spot

What are your top 2 or 3 '73 shows?

Really enjoyed that Jesse Jarnow book. I could have done with a bit more information on some of the minor characters involved,where it gave a taster of a fascinating story with more to tell.

yeah particularly the shadowy precursor suppliers who remained more or less constant thru the book

i know aerosmith is cool w/ it
lol i think i wrote this but was extremely confused for a minute forgetting joan's previous user name ... i mean maybe steven tyler is into archive.org, i don't know.

here's a fave 73 show by the way ... https://archive.org/details/gd73-12-02.aud.vernon.17278.sbeok.shnf
https://ia800306.us.archive.org/35/items/gd73-12-02.aud.vernon.17278.sbeok.shnf/latvala.notes.jpg?cnt=0

that one's great, 11/21/73 is great, 3/26/73 is great

That Steal Your Face letterhead is awesome

Anybody heard these shows?

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - GarciaLive Volume 6: 7/5/73 3-CD Set (also mp3s, two Flac options, no vinyl)

Due June 24,
Volume Six showcases Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders’ July 5th, 1973 performance at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo, CA. Recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson just five days prior to the seminal performances celebrated on the Live at the Keystone series, GarciaLive Volume Six highlights a particularly adventurous evening at the Lion’s Share, a 200 capacity club known for its vibrant music scene which drew regulars like Janis Joplin, Phil Lesh, Van Morrison, and many others. The club’s intimacy can be felt throughout the recordings as the band, rounded out by John Kahn on bass and drummer Bill Vitt, frequently launch into extended improvisations fueled by the exchange of energy with the audience. The blistering “She’s Got Charisma” -> “That’s Alright, Mama”, which clocks in at over 31 minutes long, “starts off innocently in familiar blues territory, but very quickly deconstructs into fragmentation and exploration, defying both gravity and expectation at the same time” as writer Benjy Eisen eloquently describes in the releases’ liner note essay. The presence of an unidentified guest on trumpet during the band’s second set adds to the freedom and looseness found within the performance. The guest trumpeter is felt most during extended takes on “My Funny Valentine” and “Merl’s Tune,” both easy highlights of the entire evening.

Tracklist:
Disc One:
1. After Midnight
2. Someday Baby
3. She’s Got Charisma ->
4. That’s Alright, Mama

Disc Two:
1. The System
2. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
3. I Second That Emotion
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Finders Keepers

Disc Three:
1. Money Honey
2. Like A Road
3. Merl’s Tune ->
4. Lion’s Share Jam
5. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

i've heard this tape -- pretty much of a piece with the Keystone sets from around the same time. which is good! the trumpet player is kind of an interesting wrinkle, though it's unclear sometimes whether he knows what song they're playing.

on youtube, though i imagine the sound on this official release will be cleaned up to some extent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhq7c6ymOc

also hope that the mix gives saunders a little more room -- on the keystone tapes it seems like the mix *really* favors Garcia, even during merl's solos.

I happened to be in the driveway the past couple of days and my mail carrier has been listening to random Dead shows super loud, caught a good "Turn On Your Light" yesterday.

That 6.3.76 Help On The Way recommended upthread is fantastic. Slipknot! really going through some crazy fusion-y bubbling and churning.

Honolulu Civic Auditorium, HI 1/23/70---doesn't ring a bell for me, anybody else?

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oha from Honolulu! If you are in need of a little island breeze this summer, look no further than Dave’s Picks Volume 19: Honolulu, HI, January 23, 1970. Our very first release from Hawaii, this one sees the Grateful Dead riding the great wave of change, with a fresh take for a career-defining new decade. Witness as they smoothly transition from the "Sound of 1969" and its chaotic psychedelia with their cohesive country-tinged, song-oriented harmonies. Yes, the yin and yang are well-balanced in these sets, with plenty of Pigpen favorites (“Hard To Handle," "Good Lovin'," a 35-minute "Lovelight") done just right, a wonderfully melodic "Dark Star," and the band breaking fertile ground on soon-to-be classics ("Black Peter," "Dire Wolf") from their upcoming and much beloved album, Workingman's Dead. We’ve rounded out this succinct complete show with a little over an hour of music from the following night, 1/24/70, including the rarity “I’m A King Bee,” possibly the best live version of “Mason’s Children” ever recorded, and a crowd-pleasing “Dancing In The Street." Just go on and say Mahalo!
Originally recorded by Owsley “Bear" Stanley and mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman, this one is limited to 16,500 individually numbered copies.

More info, audio ("Dark Star" and "Mason's Children"), Dave's video commentary etc. here:
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Very stoked for this based on what's on archive.org

From latest Jerry Garcia Band collection: gets a little lost at the very end, but most of this is pretty cool:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-jerry-garcia-bands-jubliant-live-mighty-high-from-1976-w431440 As Tyler and I were talking about here in April, Keith and Donna and Garcia seem refreshed by getting away from the Dead.

some pretty great garcia/saunders recordings (previously uncirculating i think) popped up this week.
www.jambase.com/article/rare-jerry-garcia-merl-saunders-soundboards-surface

I got to see the JGB in the 90s, and I found it to be a much better experience than seeing the Dead around the same time. No Bobby tunes :)

yeah i never saw him w/o the dead, and kind of regret it

Seemed much more engaged to me generally, but not sure my memory is to be trusted too well in regards to the early 90s. Still, it was certainly a much more reliably enjoyable experience than the Dead shows I saw then, feel lucky I got to go.

man I missed the announce on that hawaii set and it's gone. I also did the math on what they make from 16,500 copies at 28.98 apiece, I knew these guys were cleaning up but man. production costs on these don't even begin to chip into the profits

It was shared on Demonoid so may still be on there.

Well brothers & sisters--who'm I kidding---well brothers, bout that tyme again---for:
Announcing Dave's Picks Volume 20
Who's ready for a little early 80's Grateful Dead? For our last installment of the 2016 Dave's Picks series we are heeding that call with Boulder, CO, December 9, 1981. The last show of a 10-day run, Dave's Picks Volume 20 finds the band cranking out back-to-back high-energy sets; the first filled with superior Jerry moments ("Friend Of The Devil," "Bird Song") and a very rare 1-2 punch of Bobby songs ("Cassidy," "Looks Like Rain"). The second is a powerhouse of tight innovation with a nearly perfect "Scarlet>Fire," Brent's organs taking "Estimated" to an otherworldly level, and a double encore fit for "rock 'n' roll excellence."

And if that wasn't enticing enough, this one is chock full of classic covers - "Mama Tried," "Little Red Rooster," "Around and Around," "Good Lovin'," and potentially the very best version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" that the Dead ever did do.

Taken from 7" reel-to-reel master tapes, Dave's Picks Volume 20 offers up top-notch sound quality and a robustness that was unusual for the tape recordings at this time. As always, it has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 16,500 individually numbered copies.

Grab a copy while you can.

(And you'll also wanna stay tuned because we'll have breaking news on the Dave's Picks 2017 subscription real soon!)
more info, listening party etc.:
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potentially the very best version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
haha hmmm

i've listened to the audience tape of this one, though, it's pretty good as far as early 80s dead goes!

They're slowly giving it to all the complainers who criticized the series as being too heavy on the 70s

Like, I get it, guys, you were there, but that alone doesn't make it a great show

Would subscribe to a '70s only' Dave's Picks series

Classifying any "Little Red Rooster as classic is a little rich for my blood. Automatic skip though it is more enjoyable if you can actually see Bobby's short shorts, tank top, and pink guitar.

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30 DAYS OF DEAD
30 DAYS OF DEAD

It's that time of year again! We're issuing miracles on the daily.

Each day in November we will be giving away a high-quality 320Kbps MP3 download. That's 30 days of unreleased Grateful Dead tracks from the vault, selected by Dead archivist and producer David Lemieux! Intrigued? We're also going to put your knowledge to the test and give you the chance to win a pack of Grateful Dead Holiday Cards.

Most of you know the drill by now, but for those, that don't, here's the deal:

You know your Ables from your Bakers from your C's, but can your finely tuned ears differentiate the cosmic "comeback" tour from a spacey 70's show? Each day we'll post a free download from one of the Dead's coveted shows. Will it be from that magical night at Madison Square Garden in '93 or from way back when they were just starting to warm it up at Winterland? Is that Pigpen's harmonica we hear? Brent on keys? Step right up and try your hand all November long and win a prize while you're at it.

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After realizing I'd been listening to the Dead continuously for a month, I was curious: what would be the track(s) you would play for people when they asked you 'why the hell do you spend so much time listening to this band? What is the deal?'

My picks would be:

8/6/74 Eyes
2/22/69 DS
8/6/71 Handle

Tracks or continuous sequences, so that I'm not saying to people 'you have to listen to all four nights from Feb-March 1969 Fillmore' which are obviously five-star shows in their entirety aside from Hey Jude

8/6/74 Eyes

this is a good choice. DP31 is a favorite Pick almost for this reason alone. The whole 4th disc, really...

One From The Vault Help/Slip/Frank. Bill Graham introduces each member and they go to town. Tight, great improv, no wanking.