The 1978 Egypt release including the Bonus Disc is filled with flubs and missed lyrics YET it contains some of the greatest music ever played by the GOGD buried within and is therefore hereby designated as the MOST underrated of all Grateful Dead official releases. Thank You.
I saw that too, and I'm pretty sure that wasn't him. His twitter handle was @JPBarlow and he tweeted stuff like this: John Perry Barlow on Twitter @johnperrybarlow was evidently taken over by a bot at some point before those posts were made: Dandy on Twitter
True, although I think he would care a lot less now that so many unedited complete shows have been officially released. But who knows? And I think it is unlikely that anything officially released will be revisited, anyhow, and it probably shouldn't be a priority (and it's all out there anyway).
Nope, I was back east taking college finals. Big reason for my qualifier - out of those I saw. That '92 December run is certainly up there with the best of the year.
D'oh! I mean 12/19/73, but that's DP 1, not 19. This syndrome is as contagious as this year's flu bug.
That's the raw from "Grateful Dawg." Look at the 24 minute mark and you'll recognize what made the cut. Very cool!
I'm partial to that particular version of "Deal" it's probably the organ and the harmonies. Of course, that guitar player isn't bad either. He might make a name for himself..
The 2 CD release with the DVD extra with concert footage is easily available for $25 or $30 for hopefully a decent copy. A copy of the bonus disc was gifted to me by a very nice person who has been known to love 1978 Grateful Dead. An actual bonus disc will be at least $40-$50.
It’s 4-2-73 and get ready for the great second half of the second set. The Playing in The Band to end Set 1 is an all- time version.
Yes. I may settle for the standard 2 CD w/DVD but keeping my fingers crossed that one with the BD will pop up. Whoops! sorry. Edited my post. Can't wait to hear the PITB
My post was an admitted poor attempt to satirize this thread: Best sounding Grateful Dead CD with HDCD encoding?
There is a cheap-ish bonus disc up right now. I didn't enoy the rest of the set that much, but I like that one better. Grateful Dead Rocking the Cradle Egypt 1978 Bonus disc - Disc Only | eBay
Yeah, I initially passed on Egypt '78 when it was released -- I did not become fully immersed in the band's music until a few years later, so I missed out on this bonus disc, which is very aggravating because I am one of those fans who dig Egypt '78.
They were pretty well regarded at the time both in terms of word of mouth and soundboard tapes surfacing and spreading rapidly. I was certainly kicking myself for selling my tickets and not making the trip down there after Nassau. (Car and wallet both having problems at the time). I listened to the second set of 4/1/91 a ton back in the day. And of course the Samson and Eyes from 3/31/91 were released on Dick's Picks 18. I saw the Greensboro shows in '89, though. Despite the heavy handed police presence ("test me test me, why don't you arrest me" got a big crowd roar), it was a fun place to see them, and a bit smaller venue than the norm at that time. The second '89 show with the Hey Pocky Way that ended up on the box set was the better of the two, but they were both good shows with a very high energy crowd.
Listening to another show that is new to me, thanks to Random Show on Relisten (which I've been using a lot at work, since my iPod is out of commission): 5/12/81 New Haven (Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, where I saw a bunch of shows a few years after this, although never the GOGD there). Hot China Cat->Rider to end the first set, a nice Shakedown to start the second, and He's Gone is dedicated to Bob Marley who had passed away the previous day and followed by a nice long jam that goes some interesting places.
Happy Merl Saunders Day everyone! Born on this day in 1934 in San Mateo, California. After Garcia fell into a diabetic coma in 1986 and lost some of his basic motor skills, Mr. Saunders spent hours daily with the stricken guitarist running scales, working him out on jazz standards such as "My Funny Valentine.” [dead.net]
These shows were on the second leg of an east coast saturated spring tour. We headed to Landover for the Cap run, back up for the Knick run and then down to Nassau before dropping off. Boy was I sorry to have missed that 2nd leg, post Nassau... Made up for it by catching the entire summer run