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

Oh I don't think you are wrong, I'm just going with the somewhat official line about the lack of '70s shows. I have no doubt they could compile something much better, but they seem to be really all in on the full shows being packaged with these reissues.

One of the good things about lockdown is that I've been able to get through the extensive live catalogue like never before. I'll soon be racking up a Gladwellian 10,000 hours expertise...

I've finally pushed past '72, and I'm really coming round to see the virtues of '77.

feeling like more of a deadhead than ever these days. must be the summer.

dick’s pick’s 12 (June 26 & 28, 1974, providence & Boston) is a new discovery for me. This Spanish Jam is sick!!

Reading through this thread like YES GIMME MORE
Is there a definitive book/bio for a relative noob?

Having trouble setting up some kind of listening plan here too. Tips are surely welcome

A Long Strange Trip By Dennis McNally may be deifinitive.

Searching For Th eSound by Phil Lesh was quite good
So was Bill Kreuitzmann's memopir but you might want to be better versed when you read that, not sure how important taht is.

Could do with a new take on the Deadhead's tape comapnion vol 1 now that the full gigs are avaialble and more of tehm.
THought that was good when most of the sets available seemed to be trading incomplete and Dick's Picks hadn't been set up fully yet.
Could be taht something like that is already around? But chronological layout is pretty important I think.

yes thanks a lot, just ordered Long Strange Trip

Having trouble setting up some kind of listening plan here too. Tips are surely welcome

Help is on the way! Because I'm a detail-oriented type, whenever I decide to explore the discography of an artist I like but never got around, I tend to make a "syllabus": read a biography, listen to the records and any live bootlegs as I go, read contemporary press. Anyway, when I got into the Dead a few years ago, I did the same with Long Strange Trip.

Here's a link to a Google doc that goes chapter by chapter. It's by no means complete--I got bored with "prepping" by 1972--and I don't remember my criterion for choosing shows, and they are all obvious choices I'm sure. Let me know if it is any use--after all that research, I don't remember if I ever managed to make my way through the shows, ha.

Hey thanks! I'm kinda doing that now, watched the Long Strange Trip doc and ordered the McNally book. So i'm checking out all threads, reading and listening all day long (as much as possible) don't know why exactly i'm obsessing over them right now. Doesn;t seem important to know either. I'm just living in the moment and enjoying the ride

the mcnally book is really good

Also worth reading:

This is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead - Blair Jackson & David Gans (perfect companion to the McNally book, with a wide range of sources quoted/consulted)
Fare Thee Well - Joel Selvin with Pamela Turley ( interesting, sometimes dispiriting account of what happened to the Dead after Garcia's death)
Growing Up Dead - Peter Conners (memoir of a teenage deadhead, the best book on the subculture)

That Selvin book is really key for learning more about where the Dead went after Jerry die, but it's a depressing read. Phil and his wife look pretty awful.

I recently read both Phil's and Billy's books, which are good for different reasons. I liked reading about Phil's classical music background and his take on the music, while Billy's is a much lighter take and it sounds just like you are sitting next to him at the bar listening to him spin tales.

"after Jerry died"

One from the Vault is tight, enjoying this one a lot. Amazing opening with Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin

5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR - China Cat Sunflower > Rider. Gorgeous version!!

Don't forget to the get the roadies perspective as I really liked the two books by Steve Parrish and Rock Scully. Add those other books and you get almost a Roshomon view into the Dead. Don't know that there is another rock band that is covered in quite the same way as in some ways there is less of a distance to what was actually going on in the day to day.

They all end up sad as I think in the end you realize, it did not have to end the way it did for Garcia. In many ways, he is a prime example of being a prisoner of his own success.

Thinking about it, I would say the early NY punk scene has a similar view, as there are 4-5 books with different angles on same story too. I don't quite get the same thing from say the Beatles or Elvis or Led Zep books - there seems to be a distance where the Dead books are often more oral history.

The Bill Graham book is also another one that has a unique view on the Dead as they did so many big shows together.

Playing in the Band, Hec Edmundson Pavillion, Seattle 5/21/74 - Waaaayooo terrific freak out in first quarter of the friggin JAM XXXL

^Hell yeah, that was the longest PITB they ever played, and I believe the longest performance of any single song

Dark Star 5/11/72 is arguably a bit longer if you consider a few minutes of "Drums" in the middle part of Dark Star

Dick's Picks 12 is real good!

Really digging the Closing of Winterland set, slow, weird bar band jam version of Friend of the Devil. Great Scar/Fire, haven't heard the Dark Stars yet.

Yeah 12 is awes! Love the “Spanish jam” on that one.

Wow the Rockin' the Rhein Dark Stars are a huuuuge trip, I can see why this would be a perfect gateway for a noise head. The end of part I just rips my ears off.

that's one of my favorites

This Sugar Magnolia is also fiery blast of FUN. Bill's drumming is especially great here imo

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amazing Morning Dew, such a clear tone on Jerry's voice

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Breaking News on Dick's Picks Volume 38
With the excitement we're all feeling about the Grateful Dead's 2021 Dave's Picks subscriptions, focusing so far only on the first of the year, Vol. 37 from 4/15/78 in Williamsburg, VA, we've been keeping Vol. 38 under wraps so as not to overwhelm you with too much great news at once. Now, though, the time has come to reveal DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 38: the magnificent complete show from 9/8/73 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. This is a show that has been a long time coming in the Dead's archival release series. It, and the previous night, was the first run of live shows the Dead played after spending most of the previous month at the Plant Studio in Sausalito, CA, recording WAKE OF THE FLOOD. As soon as they were done mixing their new record, the Dead hit the road for the first leg of the Fall Tour of 1973 with a pair of sold out shows at the home of the New York Islanders.
When I first started working for the Grateful Dead in 1999, and was fortunate to work alongside Dick Latvala, who became my friend and mentor, I was turned on to 9/8/73 by Dick. He spoke so eloquently of this terrific show, certain that it would be released on CD some day as part of the Dick's Picks series. In Dick's own words, during a rundown of his thoughts on 1973 Grateful Dead, he said "That takes us up to the September run. Well right away 9/8/73 sticks out begging for attention. Even the night before (9/7/73) had fairly thrilling versions of "TLEO,""Jack Straw,""PITB," "WRS->Let it Grow." There is not a weak moment from "Truckin'" through the ending tune "Sugar Magnolia." Even as good as this night must sound, the following night things really explode. I really can't put my finger on it because from the songlist, there is nothing apparently compelling. Well, you guys will soon find out what I mean, since I intend to release this one whenever the time is right." For more than 20 years, I've listened to this show many times and have thought the exact same thing: every moment is exceptional. When you're looking for an example of the Grateful Dead when they were fully "on," firing on all cylinders, this is the one to check out. Now, coming in 2021, we're thrilled to make this show, and Dick's wishes, a reality. This is genuine, prime, A+ Grateful Dead music, one of the best nights of what is widely considered one of the best years. Dick, this one's for you!
As Dick alludes, the previous night on 9/7/73, features some exceptional music, and we're so pleased to include almost two hours of this show to go along with 9/8/73: more than a half hour is included on DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 38 with "Bird Song" and "Playing In The Band" included as bonus tracks, and for Dave's Picks 2021 subscribers, the always-incredible Bonus Disc featuring almost 80 minutes from this great show, including the first live "Let It Grow" (the first complete live Weather Report Suite was played the next night, and is, of course, included on DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 38) and the aforementioned "Truckin'" jam. Also to note: included on the Bonus Disc is the complete 18+ minute "Eyes Of The World" from 9/7/73, which has previously been released in an edited form on the 2003 WAKE OF THE FLOOD reissue. This Bonus Disc is my favourite in the series so far, and after 10 years and 10 Bonus Discs, all of them excellent, that's saying a lot. There's a lot of great music on this Bonus Disc! It's exclusive to subscribers, so if you want to hear one of the best jams of 1973 and have it as part of your collection, you'll want to subscribe.
As you're likely aware, the Dave's Picks volumes sell out very quickly when they're put on sale four times per year. To avoid disappointment by missing out, might as well subscribe. So far we have 4/15/78 and 9/8/73 coming, plus the wonderful Bonus Disc from 9/7/73, and we are working hard on Vol. 39 right now. Last year featured 10/29/77, 6/23/74 (plus 6/22/74 Bonus Disc), 4/20/84, and 3/26&27/87, and this year looks to be even more exciting and dynamic. Thanks for joining us on this journey, and for another great year of archival releases from the Grateful Dead's vault.
David Lemieux
December 2020
2021 Dave's Picks Subscriptions will close on January 8th. A subscription is the only way to ensure that you will receive all four releases and the Subscriber's Only bonus disc.
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Stoked for the 9/8/73 show. This will be my fifth year subscribing I think?

Really looking forward to both releases; ‘78 has some nicely agitated-sounding shows, and ‘73 is almost always great. And I was surprised by how solid the ‘84 and ‘87 shows were in the 2020 series. Just hope they don’t do any ‘90s shows.

Yeah both those '80s releases surprised me, they were both pretty fun. Although I can see why they don't delve into those '80s years when they were recording straight to cassette, #36 definitely sounded more dry when compared to, say, a gorgeous sounding Betty Board. But I did kinda like picking up more of the audience on that one.

I come and go with '73 and '74. I did consider for a while that it was their best period. But if I'm not in the mood, it can seem far too slow and lethargic overall (despite some individual standouts).

Peak period for studio albums though - I love Wake of the Flood and Mars Hotel. Perhaps heretically, I wish the Dead had spent more time in the studio. I'd take less live recordings for some more studio recordings.

Sirius XM dead channel had 11/29/79 Cleveland on today. Holy shit, that's the craziest 'Eyes of the World' I've ever heard!

That reminds me: why did they abandon the 7/8 riff in “Eyes”? Was it because it was too difficult with two drummers?

yeah i don't think they did it once mickey rejoined ...

More on this

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Links to Listening Party etc etc.:

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Jeez, won't let me show gif ov cover--well you can see it via that link; it's pretty good

More about William and Mary volume, that is:

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!
The town crier's addendum:
Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.
*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Yeah, stoked for this one. I usually subscribe to the Dave's Picks series. A Betty Board will always do me right. I too like the cover quite a bit.

Yeah, having a flashback too: I almost went/applied to that school---on family trip to Colonial Williamsburg, I went over to campus, talked to students grooving on the green: "Is this a good college?" "Yeah." But instead tried another small, liberal arts-centric school, one born too early for financial stability: it and I soon went South (me geographically)(and otherwise for a while). What Might Have Been...
Several years later, old pal and I unearthed a long clay pipe I'd bought in the Colonial Village, still packed w pot. We smoked it and it was still potent: we got baked in my old homestead bed room.

Don't want to miss out on the limited edition beverage glass.

i own these:

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I actually think I might be ok missing out on those

As much as I’ve come to accept the dead into my life I will never accept the merch into my life. Even if I try to do it in a *knowing* way it will fall flat like when I thought it would be cool to buy the “Princeton Tennis” shirt from the thrift shop when I was in college but then people just assumed I was from Princeton.

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Record Store Day yall

Grateful Dead
Olympia Theatre, Paris, France 5/3/72

DETAILS
Event: RSD DROPS 2021
Release Date: 6/12/2021
Format: 6 x LP
Label: Rhino/Grateful Dead Productions
Quantity: 6700
Release type: RSD Drops 2021 Jun 12th

Available for the first time on vinyl is the complete OLYMPIA THEATRE, PARIS, FRANCE 5/3/72 show from the Grateful Dead’s legendary Europe ‘72 Tour. 6-LP, 180-Gram, Limited Edition of 10,000 worldwide.

Of the twenty-two performances on the famed Europe '72 tour, the first night in Paris on 5/3/72 has always been considered one of the best. This is proven by the fact that four songs from this concert were included on the seventeen-track, seminal platinum-selling Europe '72 album.

Featuring an “Other One” that comes out of Truckin' and weaves in and out of other thematic and deep-space jams, as well as a side trip to Me And Bobby McGee, this is some of the Grateful Dead's best, most inspired improvisation. The performance also includes five songs sung by Pigpen on what would be his final tour, including a massive Good Lovin' which allows Pigpen to do what he does best: hold the audience in the palm of his hand while they hang on his every word. Mixed from the 16-track analog master tapes by Jeffrey Norman and mastered for vinyl by GRAMMY ® Award-winning engineer David Glasser. Produced for release by David Lemieux.

Side A – Bertha, Me and My Uncle, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree / Side B - Black-Throated Wind, Chinatown Shuffle, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider
Side C - Beat It On Down The Line, He's Gone, Next Time You See Me / Side D - Playing In The Band, Tennessee Jed
Side E - Good Lovin' / Side F - Sing Me Back Home, Casey Jones, Greatest Story Ever Told
Side G - Ramble On Rose, Hurts Me Too, Truckin' / Side H - The Other One, Drums
Side I - The Other One, Me And Bobby McGee, The Other One /Side J - Wharf Rat, Jack Straw, Sugar Magnolia
Side K - Not Fade Away, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad, Not Fade Away, One More Saturday Night / Side L - [Etching]

I'm still not sold on the idea of listening to full Dead shows on vinyl, but that's a great one. Also I love the artwork from the Europe 72 box, and the baguette guitar is one of the best

April 12, 2021— Bob Weir and Wolf Bros announce their fourth livestream performance of 2021 via FANS, on April 24 at 6pm PT/9pm ET
The Wolf Bros are Bob Weir, Don Was, and Jay Lane, and the livestream will feature Jeff Chimenti on keys and Greg Leisz on pedal steel, along with special guests The Wolf Pack: Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown.

Bob Weir—a founding member of the legendary Grateful Dead, who received a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007—has become one of rock’s finest and most distinctive rhythm guitarists. In 2016 Weir released Blue Mountain on Columbia/Legacy, his first album of solo material in more than 10 years and his first album of entirely original material in more than 30 years. Weir is currently a member of Dead & Company which features Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti.
Don Was founded the ’80s funk-rock band Was (Not Was), known for hits such as “Walk The Dinosaur” and “Spy In The House Of Love.” As an in-demand, highly acclaimed producer, Was has been honored with four GRAMMY Awards for his production work in each of the past three decades, including Best Album honors for work with the Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt. Production credits include the Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Gregg Allman, John Mayer and Neil Young. Albums produced by Was have achieved dozens of multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold certifications and have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. As one of music’s top bass players, Was has collaborated with countless musicians throughout his storied career, spanning a multitude of genres.
San Francisco-based drummer Jay Lane played with Bob Weir’s RatDog for more than 16 years. He was also one of Primus’ first drummers. More recently, Lane performed with Phil Lesh and Friends.
Keyboardist Jeff Chimenti has a long history of working with former members of Grateful Dead; he currently plays with Dead & Company and has also played with Bob Weir & RatDog, The Dead and Further.
Southern California-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Greg Leisz has recorded and performed with the likes of Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, Joe Cocker and Emmylou Harris amongst others. Leisz received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association in 2010, and a GRAMMY in 2011 for his work with Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs on God Willing & Creek Don’t Rise.
About FANS:
Building on the success of The Relix Channel live streaming platform, independent music impresario Peter Shapiro has reinvigorated FANS.live. In an effort to continue growing the company’s broadcast offerings, Shapiro and FANS have developed an immersive, livestreaming platform changing the way music is created, shared, and experienced—no matter where it finds you. FANS enables advanced communication within live streams so users can do more than view including being in the stream alongside viewers around the globe. With a commitment to keeping live music enthusiasts connected during these unprecedented times, the site will stream live concerts and archival video content from The Capitol Theatre, Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg and Las Vegas, Garcia’s and LOCKN’ festival, as well as from fellow venues/festivals. More information: https://fans.live/
Watch Bob Weir and Wolf Bros perform at the NPR Tiny Desk HERE.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_gUwdPrNY

(Or hear it at npr.org prob)

SKULL & ROSES 50TH ANNI. EDITION
FIRST LISTEN: "BERTHA"

92.7 WLIR-FM in New York, 1978
Robert Hunter: Bertha, I think, is probably some vaguer connotation of birth, death and reincarnation. Cycle of existences, some kind of such nonsense like that. I wouldn't be surprised, but then again, it might not be.
WMMR in Philadelphia, 1979
Interviewer: Is there a real Bertha, and who is she?
Jerry Garcia: No, well there is a real Bertha, but the real Bertha was not a she, the real Bertha was an it. The real Bertha was this sort of military spec fan - that is to say the kind that spins around and you plug into the wall - [interviewer: an air circulator?] - that's right - that we used to have in our old office, and the thing had something that was like - must have been a drill press motor put on it - you know, an incredible high speed motor that was adapted to this fan, and when you plugged it in, it pushed the body of the fan across the room - it wouldn't stay in one place and circulate air, it actually propelled itself, and this thing would bump into the walls, and it was just incredible, you know, this huge over-powered fan. And we called it Bertha."
The mystery remains! And who doesn't love a mysterious woman (or fan or enigma)? One thing we can solve for you, right here, right now, is how good the remastered stereo analog version of "Bertha" 4/27/71, Fillmore East, sounds.
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DEAD FREAKS, old and new, get ready to reunite on June 25th with the release of GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES): EXPANDED EDITION. In celebration of the 50th anniversary, the 2CD set will feature the album’s original 11 tracks, newly remastered from the stereo analog master tapes by Grammy® Award winning engineer David Glasser using Plangent Process Speed Correction. We're topping it off with more than an hour of previously unreleased live recordings taken from the much-requested July 2, 1971 performance at the Fillmore West, the band’s final performance at the historic San Francisco venue. Standouts include the 17-minute Pigpen spectacular “Good Lovin’,” an achingly beautiful take on Merle Haggard’s “Sing Me Back Home,” and a spell-binding version of “The Other One” that rivals the one captured on the original Side 2.

Looking for something more byte-sized? The GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES): EXPANDED EDITION and the original edition 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.

Listening party etc. https://store.dead.net/special-edition-shops/skull-roses/grateful-dead-skull-roses-50th-anniversary-expanded-edition-2cd.html

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Couldn't snag the new edition's cover, but not that hot anyway.