I think I probably won't get down all I should say and yet somehow say too much. Short answer is that I'd like to think that my mind is not just science/math based (so-called left-brained), but also artistically based (so-called right-brained). Clearly when I post stuff extolling what Phil and Jerry are doing from 12:54-13:20 of the 3/23/74 WRS, it must seem like an analytical approach, but any analytics therein are only of utility to me if the artistic creation resulting from said Phil and Jerry interaction produces an unstoppable wave of pleasure when heard. Thus, there is always a more or less equal artistic side to the analysis. In other words, it pleases my right brain when someone uses their left brain in music and vice versa. I include vice versa here because, while I find there to be a certain artistic beauty in the imaginative use of structured Western theory, and I also find there to be a certain a mathematical/scientific order/sensibility in the creation of true art. This is all coming across like I'm a blow-hard, which isn't my intent. Maybe a shorter answer is that I like to analyze music to understand why it works, learn to replicate it, then break it on the floor and put it back together with a blindfold on and hear whether the pieces fit back together.
So the general consensus after 150 pages seems to point to the need of another 73/74 box set next year.
That right there is a proper us of logic in regards to the GD. We can do the "1973 Stadium Series:" 13 May- Des Moines 20 May- Santa Barbara 26 May- Kezar 9 June- RFK 10 June- RFK 31 July- Roosevelt 1 Aug- Roosevelt Or a "1973 & 1974 Lost Summer Shows:" 29, 30 June + 1 July 1973- Universal Amphitheater 20 June 1974- Atlanta 22 & 23 June 1974- Miami
I think the remaining May/June shows as a box with an individual release of 6/10/73 coordinated with the ABB camp sounds just exactly perfect.
If anyone has DR numbers from the box set CDs for 6/22/73 and wants to help out a little, would you please PM me. I don't want to bore people out here but this would help a lot.
I know that brother. It's comparative mastering stuff, compilation vs. box CDs vs. hi res; in a conversation with a certain someone interested in the tool specifically and I only have two out of the three components.
I just got the sampler and listened to disc 1 - I was afraid of what would happen... now I want the whole box... ugh!!!
TOO meltdown from 6/26/73 is as scrumptious as these things get. Crunchy Phil + Jerry with Phil as prime mover.
I listened to that for the first time but I was in an airplane. The quiet sections didn't come through at all. Need to repeat a few times and take it in. I'm progressing through the box pretty slowly, really enjoying all of it. And I generally prefer 74, so there's a lot to look forward to.
Your "/s" is duly noted, but I did have this thought when listening to disc 2 of the GD Movie Soundtrack a couple days ago, with its Jam and Weirdness, not to mention the Spanish Jam and Mind Left Body Jam.
also been listening to the final run maybe the most outre with the seastones. what a magnificient arc from vancouver 73 thru the okc 73 the beantown 74 and alexandra to it. still the green box enjoyment is tempered by the source for me almost shrill after the warmth of the others
Well, life has gotten in the way and I've fallen so far behind all these Dead threads that I will probably never catch up. But I wanted to inquire about a little mystery regarding the 6/26/73 show: my Deadbase IX includes Cumberland Blues tucked between The Race Is On and China>Rider in the 1st Set. I can see it listed in some of the setlists on archive copies, but it's never actually included as a track. My assumption at this point is that was just an error, and then it was copied and pasted in some of the other sources but never actually a track that existed. Anyway, if anyone has any further insight into the existence (or lack thereof) of a Cumberland Blues from 6/26/73 I would be quite interested.
It's in Deadbase X too, but since it is not on either the SBD or the AUD sources on the Archive, it's probably a mistake. Db.etree occasionally uses incorrect Deadbase setlists (2/5/78 with "Samson" after "Scarlet-Fire" rather than before it is another example).
I got carried away and decided to order the HR files last night thinking after this time any download issues would be fixed. WRONG! File failed and when I attempted to unzip what I received it was a file type my system didn't recognize. I thought it would be show folders with tracks labeled but no. We'll see how CS responds-quite disappointed.
Finally listened to some of this box (i.e. show two in my imaginary May '74 box starting in Missoula). I don't think Vancouver quite gets as high as Missoula. They seem a little bit restrained this night. I'm normally disappointed by Truckin' turning into Nobody's Fault But Mine rather than developing into something more improvised but it really works in this show and then the left turn into Eyes is quite inspired. It shouldn't have worked but it did. I wasn't bowled over by China>Rider from this show either. I guess Vancouver '74 is one of the lesser shows on the box so it's still at a very high level but perhaps missing the X-factor. There are brilliant moments rather than a lengthy jam of particular note. Also, on Money, Money...it's really goofy but I don't mind it at all. It's obviously tongue-in-cheek even if it isn't especially kind. I quite enjoy the Money riff that Jerry plays throughout. It's nice to have this for three shows, just for a change.* *NB: For some context, I don't mind Day Job either.
Did you ever have the pleasure of a Day Job encore 'buzz kill' the energy of a show you worked hard to attend?
In my perfect world we would at some point get the following: 5-13/20/26-73 as a mini-box set a la Winterland 73 and 77 6-9/10-73 as a special release box set with all sets from ABB and The Band together. Would get a lot of press and a lot of sales. The rest of those shows occasionally released on their own. (6-23-74 with a 6-22-74 bonus disc makes a lot of sense unless they one day decide to do a big June 74 Box Set since no full show has actually been released, only highlights of some. Unlikely, but a small possibility.)
An RFK mini-box would be off-the-charts popular. Throw in some bonus tracks from Watkin's Glen and it would astonish the masses. And Dead & Bro would reap it in ticket sales. /cynicism
