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

2/27/69 vinyl for RSD!!

This will be nearly impossible to obtain but glad they're doing it

how do deadheads have so much money

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deadheads truly exist in almost all walks of life therefore there are many many rich deadheads

yeah, true — just seems crazy the amount of cash some people must be dropping on the endless reissues, various shows, cherry garcia in bulk ...

how do deadheads have so much money

― tylerw, Friday, March 9, 2018 2:16 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tech Bros.

yea was gonna say there has always been that silicon valley / burning man kind of overlap between very wealthy people who "still need to live, maaaan"

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I saw Phish at the Gorge in Washington State a couple years ago and was really surprised at how many BMWs / Mercedes / Lexuses there were waiting in line to get in, plus a non trivial number of really, really nice VW busses that had obviously been restored.

I'm sure there were a ton of tech bros there and I overheard a lot of conversations and networking about the weed business - people talking about their stores, testing labs, grow ops, banking/money laundering ventures, etc.

isn't al gore a deadhead?

also: deadheads are _old_. lotta broke-ass olds, of course, but more old people with money than young people with money.

When Jerry died there were TV obits focused on Wall St. bankers crying in the streets. They’ve been a yuppie band since the 80s

Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
A little voice inside my head said:
"Don't look back, you can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was.
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever.
I should just let 'em go, but

About a year ago, I randomly caught the 7/4/81 Austin TX set playing on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel; it had the most crackling "China Cat" I've ever heard!

(The last Dead thing I bought was the 2-disc Cornell 5/8/77 set... it lived up to the hype, but I had become kinda burned out on the SiriusXM channel at that point, so I’ve only played it a few times.)

http://www.dead.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/product-main/digi_cover.jpg?1527045404

ANTHEM OF THE SUN (50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION)
2-CD Apple Lossless HD FLAC

"This is one the most thrilling albums the Grateful Dead ever produced, mixing portions of live recordings from the first six months of Mickey's tenure with the band, along with studio experimentations that would hint at where the Dead would go when they started recording to 16-track tape the following year. The 1971 remix, produced in order to make the album more accessible to the newer fans who were brought on board with WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and AMERICAN BEAUTY, has been the most commonly heard version for the past 45+ years. However, having this side-by-side with the original 1968 mix demonstrates countless differences, with the original mix being more primal, psychedelic, and experimental. Add to this the first extant live recording featuring Mickey as a member of the Grateful Dead, and you have a very special release in every way.” - David Lemieux

We're continuing our 50th anniversary reissue series with ANTHEM OF THE SUN: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION, due July 13th. Released 50 years after its anniversary date, this two-disc deluxe version features a double dose of the original album - one fully remastered from the original 1968 mix and the other remastered from the more well-known 1971 mix - as well as a bonus disc of a previously unreleased complete live show recorded on October 22, 1967 at Winterland in San Francisco, CA. Newly remastered by Jeffrey Norman, this is the first known recording of the Grateful Dead with Mickey Hart, who joined the band in September 1967. The first run will come with a special lenticular of the cover.
Do not stop on the tracks, grab a copy while you can!
more info: http://www.dead.net/store/1960s/anthem-sun-50th-anniversary-deluxe-edition?eml=2018May22/4328286/6131962&etsubid=33554028
I don't have either mix, so I should get this, right?

Walking through the crowd at a @GratefulDead show at the Greek in 1986. pic.twitter.com/0N71Esnlx1

— Justin Kreutzmann (@JustKreutzmann) May 28, 2018

fuckin’ hippies, lol

I wouldn't call myself a head but this mix seems pretty great to me: live recordings from 93-94 featuring jazz players with the Dead - Ornette on four tracks + Branford Marsalis, David Murray, Ken Nordine. Five versions of "Space" + Ornette on "That's It for the Other One" (probably my favourite GD song of what I know)
https://t.co/llNo7G7Dfn

Oh, I see that some of it might be upthread?

yeah that whole blog is very much worth your time!

I tried "HAI!" listening to "HAI!" Murray on an "Estimated Prophet," and while "HAI!" he sounded "HAI!" surprisingly good "HAI!" with them, there were "HAI!" all these really "HAI!" annoying and distracting "HAI!" vocal interjec"HAI!"tions from Weir.

I watched the Dead doc on Amazon again, but lord help me some of the deadheads, Steve Silberman's whole "dead shows were like a MANDALA" thing is so cringey (even tho he seems like a really good dude overall) but man...

i'm grateful i was able to approach them with little to no context, being contemporary to that shit probably would have ruined the whole thing tbh

i grew up in the heyday of the Big Wu #blessed

if the silly deadhead stuff bothers you, stay far away from Dead and Co shows. Everyone at the show is super old and trying hard to do that same silly deadhead stuff and is hasn't aged well.

i will definitely stay far away!

listening to Europe 72 - Vol 9 - 4/26/72 (Jahrdundert Halle, Frankfurt)

really good set

Yeah, Europe 72 forever

http://image.em-dead.net/lib/fe93127176650d7b77/m/1/580+GD_PNW_Box_Wide.jpg

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
more info, audio:
http://view.em-dead.net/?qs=70c8fc4c130ea2c6a6919bd67c1c9b69910023921ce969f40bcc5206d87fccde5bb13ae43df64206a4489fc412dc2feca27ea45e1b5ebe8a0abbdb82f8074bc627e3f7790eef0588

73 is incredible, I bought this one right away

Yeah, great looking set! That PNE show is stellar

ha that packaging is ridiculous

omg yall listening party liner notes photos threads:
http://view.em-dead.net/?qs=4984f247ec76cd999b8230e54ff78fa44f67b6a26618eb911ded24d21c69396936bf79b510bfe4a105249a1f735a2822f2484977e9d6cc1230cf04d8c7136dfc727924d6fc1cd3fa

i think jesse jarnow, wfmu dj and author of the terrific heads, wrote the liner notes for the 3cd version, looking forward to reading/listening

listened to 9/27/72 the other night, those 72 shows are all so freaking good

dark stars after 68-69 lose their luster imo but the one from that show is gorgeous

btw i went to a dead & co show last week. lol. it was pretty fun. i was amazed by how well weir's voice and guitar playing have held up over the years. mayer was competent and mostly unobtrusive, occasionally annoying, occasionally pretty good. listening to those vintage shows though, damn, phil is so much a part of what i love about this band (garcia obv too but that goes without saying) and i missed his presence a lot the other night. also the setlist was okay, a lot upbeat rockers that i don't care about. he's gone was good but i thought they were gonna go into truckin with it and i was so excited but then they didn't so it was kind of a let down. they closed with knockin on heaven's door and it was pretty good. drums / space definitely felt a little too orchestrated but it was fun nonetheless, i laid on the grassy lawn and just looked up at the stars and had a nice experience.

deadhead scene was... idk man. honestly i am happy to say i'm a "deadhead" and i love seeing other deadheads out in the wild - if i see i steal my face sticker on a car i'll chat or give a thumbs up - but being in that crowd my reaction was a little more negative. too many drunks imo

i know this is probably anathema to deadheads but there's a recent The Best of the Grateful Dead Live that (imo) would serve as a pretty good introduction to the band's live stuff for a casual listener:

1. "St. Stephen" Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter February 27, 1969
Fillmore West
San Francisco Live/Dead 6:37

2. "Bertha" Garcia, Hunter April 27, 1971
Fillmore East
New York City Grateful Dead 5:42

3. "Wharf Rat" Garcia, Hunter April 26, 1971
Fillmore East
New York City Grateful Dead 8:32

4. "Sugar Magnolia" Garcia, Hunter May 4, 1972
Olympia Theatre
Paris Europe '72 7:10

5. "Jack Straw" Bob Weir, Hunter May 3, 1972
Olympia Theatre
Paris Europe '72 4:48

6. "Truckin'" Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter May 26, 1972
Lyceum Theatre
London Europe '72 13:07

7. "Morning Dew" Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose May 26, 1972
Lyceum Theatre
London Europe '72 11:28

8. "Brown-Eyed Women" Garcia, Hunter April 14, 1972
Tivoli Concert Hall
Copenhagen Europe '72 4:37

9. "The Music Never Stopped" Weir, John Barlow August 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco One from the Vault 5:28

10. "Estimated Prophet" Weir, Barlow May 8, 1977
Barton Hall
Ithaca, New York Cornell 5/8/77 8:44

Disc two

No. Title Writer(s) Recorded Previously released Length
1. "Friend of the Devil" Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter October 27, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

New York City Dead Set 7:32
2. "Feel Like a Stranger" Weir, Barlow October 4, 1980
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco Dead Set 5:46

3. "Fire on the Mountain" Mickey Hart, Hunter October 31, 1980
Radio City Music Hall
New York City Dead Set 6:47

4. "Bird Song" Garcia, Hunter October 14, 1980
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco Reckoning 7:38

5. "Ripple" Garcia, Hunter October 4, 1980
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco Reckoning 4:26

6. "Eyes of the World" Garcia, Hunter March 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, New York Without a Net 16:13

7. "Touch of Grey" Garcia, Hunter July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium
Orchard Park, New York Truckin' Up to Buffalo 6:30

8. "Blow Away" Brent Mydland, Hunter July 7, 1989
John F. Kennedy Stadium
Philadelphia Crimson White & Indigo 12:19

9. "So Many Roads" Garcia, Hunter July 9, 1995
Soldier Field
Chicago So Many Roads 9:35

i went to see them and not having to see mayer's goony guitar faces really helped him not stand out like a sore thumb xp

how did you like the show?

it was fun! nothing revelatory or life changing but definitely better than i expected. justin vernon did some songs with them which incensed the online deadheads for days, which i found hilarious because it makes just about as much sense to have him up there as it does to have john fucking mayer. for a band so rich in lore, etc i'm glad i could be there for a night of legendary infamy :)

a friend is trying to convince me to go to a dead and co show in boulder next month, but i am resisting. mainly i just don't want to stand in the sun for 5 hours. also mayer.
i do want to read that new book about the post-Jerry years that just came out, should have some juicy stuff in it.

otm xp

honestly tho there is a local dead cover band here that is ace and i enjoy their shows more than i enjoyed the dead & co

I've contemplated seeing Dead & Co, but really cannot get past Mayer, unobtrusive though he may be. And Marcos OTM re: Phil. If Phil joined Dead & Co., and if Ned Lagin tagged along and a "Seastones" could be expected at every show, yeah, I'd go see them.

...and then they ditched everyone and it was just Lesh and Lagin doing Seastones

my wife shamed me into two Dead and Co shows. First was on a very nice summer night last year, outdoor show, excellent seats way up front. much more fun than I expected.

second was in a big indoor hockey arena and the sound sucked. that said, they had tightened things up, esp the second set, which made for a better product in some ways.

in both cases, the music was incredibly slow even by their standards. bertha in particular was a slog. can't see how an uninitiated could have stayed awake. loved hearing bobby's guitar high in the mix and he seemed to be rising to the occasion. mayer provided the energy and adequate guitar playing and the bass guy helped alot. keyboard guy seemed a little too dead-cover-band for the role.

protip: get there an hour late and skip a big chunk of the first set. makes the night go by much faster

justin vernon did some songs with them which incensed the online deadheads for days, which i found hilarious because it makes just about as much sense to have him up there as it does to have john fucking mayer

ok I'm no Mayer fan but this is completely, laughably false

only ppl with signature guitars allowed?

how so paul

yeah what is the difference

Mayer is unapologetic about being a bro asshole, Vernon is a shy violet with no spine. Mayer's milquetoast brand isn't that much more 'straight' or normcore or whatever than whatever Bon Iver is up to.