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

Two from the vault was my gateway. I think I may want this.
Sixty five bucks tho...

August 68 is a major peak for the band for me at least. As is May 70. Not sure exactly when in '69.
2 from The Vault is 22nd & 23rd August if not a day later if I'm remembering right. The live bonus material on the Golden Road version of Anthem of the Sun is within a week of that too I think. Got date in my head as 28th. Really takes the top of your head off anyway.

Opening notes to "New Potato Caboose" is one of my favorite Dead moments. This was I think the second Dead record I heard (first was Live/Dead), after decades of absolutely despising them. This show confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was now completely fucking hooked.

(and the date is the 24th)

great collection, would love to have it on vinyl, but yeah, $65!

two from the vault is my very favorite favorite dead album. was definitely my gateway and i still think that august 68 is unmatched.

they are just so explosive on this

but no i will not be buying this. though i think it is about time i replace the beat-up scratched cds of this that i've had since i was 16

This was my gateway for me as well, into pre-cowboy dead. Had borrowed it on cassette from the library and taped it. The Dead were served so well by cassettes.

A friend just turned me on to the Listen to the Dead app. I highly recommend it!

when you mentioned that a month ago i thought you were talking about the website http://relisten.net/grateful-dead

but yeah this iphone app is pretty amazing https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/listen-to-the-dead/id715886886?mt=8

all the photography makes it so fun to use

yes, that app is exxxxcellent

Latest on Dave's Picks, from Dave himself:

"We're really thrilled to reveal that Dave's Picks Vol. 14, another complete show in the series, is from the majestic (and highly sought-after!) gig on March 26, 1972 at the Academy Of Music in New York City. In addition to powerful workouts on the usual 1972 jamming vehicles "The Other One" and "Good Lovin'," this show features the prototype of what would be become the typical Europe '72 setlist a couple of weeks later. Our 2015 Dave's Picks subscribers' Bonus Disc (available for only a couple of more days if you subscribe) is drawn from a couple of other unreleased nights at the Academy Of Music during the Dead's week-long run before they left for Europe."

haven't sent me a cover image for that, but while we're waiting, here's my fave DP art, from Vol. 9, the University of Montana show Milo Miles went to:

http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/03/31/gratefuldead_wide-81a2f34b8519721862184948325213dc03bac3e3-s1100-c15.jpg

http://gratefuldeadnotes.tumblr.com/post/110649259115/deadheadheaven-taken-from-dead-net-this

I for one would appreciate a repress of the Fillmore 1969 box, but doubt that'll happen

67-68 set would be cool -- though, jesus christ, there is probably enough live dead material out in the world.

It's gonna be a Greyfolded-style mastermix of all of Weir's jokes.

every copy comes w/ a pair of jorts

knowing this is going to probably cost like $800 is dampening my excitement just a little

"it's going to be big! refinance your house big!"

Testing testing, let's see how this looks

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Well mighta known. You can zoom in on original, which is first clipping to mention Dead, in '66, from the clipping service they still subscribe to---first installment of a new biweekly blog from The Archive:
http://www.dead.net/features/blog/documenting-dead-remembering-dead-part-1-press-series-grateful-dead-archive?eml=dead%2F022315%2Fdocumenting3
I'm pasting here because this is thee most up-to-date, Church of What's Happenin Now thread, Dead-wise, far as I know.

Grateful Dead
Three From The Vault
Available: March 24, 2015
Light In The Attic

Following on the heels of Light In The Attic’s vinyl LP release of One and Two From The Vault comes the final release in the trilogy of From The Vault releases by the Grateful Dead. These releases are distinguished from the more abundant Dick’s Picks series in that Dick’s Picks are “direct from the soundboard” recordings, while the From The Vault series were professionally recorded on multi-track tape and then mixed down (decades) later for release.

Recorded live at the Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, NY) in 1971, this is the worldwide vinyl debut release of this seminal show featuring the 5 piece line-up of Pigpen, Garcia, Weir, Lesh, and Kruetzmann (Mickey Hart had temporarily left the band at that point), freshly remastered in 2014 by Joe Gastwirt for your pleasure. 20 classic songs on 8 sides of wax, this show has previously only been available on CD; this is the first ever vinyl LP release!

The band played six shows over the course of seven nights at the Capitol Theatre in February of 1971, and this was the second of that run, recorded on the 19th. Their previous two studio albums had been their landmark recordings of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, and while songs from those albums were certainly featured, the Dead debuted seven brand new songs on this night–all of which went on to become Dead “standards” including “Playing in the Band,” “Greatest Story Ever Told,” and two absolute classics: “Bird Song” and “Deal.” Essential Dead.
(see label site for more details, related goodies)

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that's a good one. so $$$$ !!!

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Make a little space in your record crate! Record Store Day is just around the corner (April 18th, to be exact) and your local mom and pop shop will have hot wax from the Grateful Dead. This year, we've pressed up Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/29/90, a 5-LP set on 180-gram vinyl, limited to 7,500 copies. One of the most sought-after shows in the Dead canon, this one features Grammy®-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis bringing it on "Bird Song" and in the entire second set.
Find your local retailer here »http://www.recordstoreday.com/?eml=dn/031915/left-more

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We couldn't be more pleased with all the fantastically funny and wonderfully touching stories and art we've received from Dead Heads around the world in honor of the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary. Got a great tale to tell (or vision) from the Golden Road? Submit your original story or artwork by March 31st for a chance to be included in one of our 50th anniversary audio releases. It's as easy as an upload!
Fnd out more here »http://www.dead.net/grateful-dead-50th-anniversary-submissions?eml=dn/031915/left-more

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If you missed any of the highly entertaining Weir Here webcasts featuring exclusive performances and interviews with the likes of Phil, Warren Hayes, Dave Schools, Jason Crosby, and many more, you can catch up with the Best of Weir Here tomorrow, March 18th, at 5pm and 8pm PT.
Tune in at TRI Studios »https://www.tristudios.com/events/best-weir-here?eml=dn/031915/left-more

DEADOLOGY 101: THE BEST OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD

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Got a budding Dead Head in the family? This one's for them! Check out the trailer for The Best Of The Grateful Dead,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS--pwEJRtg&eml=dn/031915/body-inline
a 2-CD, 32-song collection of music from every Grateful Dead studio album, highlighting the key waypoints on the band's mystical musical journey. Arranged chronologically, the tracks reflect the evolution of the group's sound and its membership across more than two decades from 1967's "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" to 1989's "Standing on the Moon.

Trailer does not appear to have loaded; try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS--pwEJRtg&eml=dn/031915/left-more

Oh well, here's the original link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS--pwEJRtg&eml=dn/031915/body-inline

weird! Trying basic link, one last time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS--pwEJRtg&eml=dn/031915/body-inline

Just go to youtube and look for
Grateful Dead Best Of (Official Trailer),
although might wanta wait, cause right now it's changing to some other Dead clips (Watkins Glen, Landover)

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ONE NIGHT ONLY - MAY 4, 2015: THE FIFTH-ANNUAL GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIES - ALPINE VALLEY

Come one, come all to this year's special 50th anniversary edition of the Grateful Dead Meet-up at the Movies! The fifth-annual can't-miss event features the previously unreleased Grateful Dead concert from July 19, 1989 at Alpine Valley, their last-ever performance at Alpine. Recorded live from the legendary venue in East Troy, Wisconsin, this exclusive cinema event captures the Dead in a peak era of energy and chemistry on stage and showcases classic tracks including "Sugaree," "Morning Dew," "West L.A. Fadeaway," "Box Of Rain," and "Terrapin Station," plus renditions of band favorites such as Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row," and many more.

"Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies: Alpine Valley 7/19/89" will only be playing on the silver screen for one night! Come out and connect with Dead Heads in your neighborhood on Monday, May 4th at 7:00pm local time.

Tickets are now available at participating theater box offices and online at
www.FathomEvents.com

Never heard that show, is it good? "Desolation Row"!? Do they jam on it? Hope so. (Thee original track circulates in my head quite often.)

More on this, prev mentioned briefly:

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DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 14
MARCH 26, 1972: NEW YORK, NEW YORK

The cold rain and snow have started to fade away and with it, we're dusting off a super hot one from a soaring seven nights at New York's old Academy of Music. On the brink of their revelatory Europe '72 tour, the Grateful Dead brought their sevenfold merriment to winter-worn Manhattan and boy, did they warm things up! Particularly on March 26, when the dual piano/Hammond combo of Godchaux and McKernan was in full effect and Alabama singer Donna Jean Godchaux began to find her vocal footing in the band's rich harmonies. Pigpen enthusiasts will surely rejoice when digging in to the early live versions of his originals - the limber "Chinatown Shuffle," the bouncy "Mr. Charlie," and the extremely tender "The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)," not to mention a 21-minute classic cover of "Good Lovin'" deemed "the penultimate New York rave-up, a wild and perfect and funky showcase for a Lord Buckley-loving, Beat-reading member of the Grateful Dead, now and forever."

Limited to 16,500 individually numbered copies, Dave's Picks Volume 14 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and features liner notes by Jesse Jarnow and illustrations by Micah Nelson.

Due to ship May 1st.

Audio and tracklist here:
http://www.dead.net/store/1970s/daves-picks-volume-14?eml=dn/041715/right-more#listeningpartydp14
Watch Dave's Seaside Chat re Vol. 14 here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29BedcUgMzU#t=25

See link below book cover image for excerpt---wonder if their jams with Jerry Granelli and Magma have showed up anywhere?

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new daves picks is great, but it's spring 72 so whaddya expect.
as my one allotted annual grateful dead-related live experience I'm going to see this on friday... wish me luck.
http://foxtheatre.com/2015-05-08-0800PM-Shakedown-Street

Always been curious as to how faithful those tribute bands are to the shows they cover.

And is there a reason why that show has never seen official release?

i think that dick latvala said that cornell was so widely distributed as a tape/bootleg that he didn't see the point in releasing it officially. but at this point, i'm not sure -- maybe they're just holding on to it so they can have a big release of such a famous show somewhere down the line

hm, yeah, I guess that makes sense. I thought it would've been on their shortlist of releases from the beginning of the Dick's Picks/From the Vault series.

here's some more info: http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/beyond-cornell-david-lemieux-on-the-grateful-dead-archives-and-may-1977

Cool, thanks! Yeah, makes sense they'd need the master.

What the

http://www.dead.net/store/special-edition-shops/50th-anniversary-shop/30-trips-around-sun-box

the sampler list reveals the shows in the box

http://deadheadheaven.tumblr.com/post/120536545404/the-rolling-stone-article-didnt-reveal-the-full

Ah there we go they updated it with the actual list

1966 - 7/3, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
1967 - 11/10, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
1968 - 10/20, Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA
1969 - 2/22, The Dream Bowl, Vallejo, CA
1970 - 4/15, Winterland, San Francisco, CA
1971 - 3/18, Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO
1972 - 9/24, Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT
1973 - 11/14, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
1974 - 9/18, Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France
1975 - 9/28, Lindley Meadows, Golden gate Park, San Francisco, CA
1976 - 10/3, Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
1977 - 4/25, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
1978 - 5/14, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
1979 - 10/27, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA
1980 - 11/28, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL
1981 - 5/16, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1982 - 7/31, Manor Downs, Austin, TX
1983 - 10/21, The Centrum, Worchester, MA
1984 - 10/12, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
1985 - 6/24, River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
1986 - 5/3, Cal Expo Amphitheater, Sacramento, CA
1987 - 9/18, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
1988 - 7/3, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME
1989 - 10/26, Miami Arena, Miami, FL
1990 - 10/27, Zenith, Paris, France
1991 - 9/10, Madison Square Garden, NY, NY
1992 - 3/20, Copps Coliseum, Ontario, Canada
1993 - 3/27, Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY
1994 - 10/1, Boston Garden, Boston, MA
1995 - 2/21, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Happy to see 2/22/69 in there, always a favorite of mine

I really don't get it - wouldn't anyone with the depth of obsession that is required to appreciate this set of shows already have high-quality versions from the Archive or somewhere else? They are not that hard to find for basically free. Who buys something like this?

loving your pitchfork article tyler!!!!

i'm just starting to go through the shows you picked and I am psyched to explore them all

How's that Bobby doc on Netflix?

thanks marcos -- there is obviously no shortage of writing about the Dead these days, but i thought I'd throw my two cents in.
weir doc is just OK, worth watching if you're into the dead, but it really just made me want a big, all encompassing doc about the band. which i guess is what that scorsese thing will be?

here's the link to my piece (the first of three or four): http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/789-invisible-hits-decades-of-dead-garage-psych-in-67/