That 7/31/82 Manor Downs show is a keeper. The show that got me listening to more 80s Dead. Superb, chugging, funky Scar>Fire transition. And "Eyes" goes into a cool piano jam. And with "Alabama Getaway" they come out firing on all cylinders. Horse tracks seem manageable. Speedways reek of Altamont (is everything about The Rolling Stones, Ken?). Watkins Glen '73 is fascinating. 600,000 of your closest friends.
Jerry forgot how to get from the second chorus to the bridge, but did it a second time and got it right. I'm ok with this edit on the official 9/3/77 release, although I guess not everyone is.
That stadium has been renovated and expanded in recent years for the Timbers so it could probably host a 25K+ concert crowd now if they covered the pitch, maybe similar to Dick’s in CO. But I don’t think they do concerts there, maybe because of the parking and noise situation that you mentioned.
Thanks I also caught a few, Deer Creek and MSG. I zoomed in on Jack Straw as an example of a Dead song that got better with age. It's kind of an obsession of mine.
I caught the “Crazy Fingers” debut on June 17, 1975, at the Bob Fried Memorial Boogie, at Winterland in the middle of the band “break.” (They opened the show with it.) That trippy filigree reggae spice really slayed me. Gone are the days…
My first “Crazy Fingers” was they great 1st set Crazy Fingers>Supplication>High Time from 6/27/85 SPAC. (………which should be released as a Saratoga>Hershey>Merriweather x2 box set)
Not always. Off the top of my head: Ventura Fairgrounds in the 80s Highgate VT in 94 and 95 I’m sure there’s a few others
Of course here’s the obvious sequel to yesterday’s 30 year anniversary of the 2 day Charlotte stop, summer 91….night 2, 6/12/91
I went right to sing me back home, Casey Jones and applied house to myself volume. It is truly stunning sound.
Drooling here, but buying big sexy pricey vinyl live Dead sets is the final step into collecting self-indulgence I have vowed not to take. Hugging my ‘72 trunk and saying one day at a time, brother, one day at a time.
I was going to say, "I predict a year from now it will be much pricer." But the run is 6700* copies, which is a lot for a set this big. Sets like the 3/27/69 set were limited to 9000, and that's still available on Amazon for a lot cheaper than dead.net sells it. So I think this new Europe drop is going to hold steady price wise absent unforeseen circumstances. This is wavethatflag reporting. Past performance is not a measure of future returns. *The Newbury Comics website says 6700 in one place and 10,000 in another. If it's 10K this thing will be available for the foreseeable future, I predict. Unless the '72 mystique takes over Deadhead brains everywhere.
So this is from Bettys two track? I read a report that none of the Europe 72 dubs can be heard here. Also the credits list only Betty and not Betty + Bob Matthews which points to it not being sourced from the multis. Haven’t heard it myself and haven’t backread the thread — sorry if this was already mentioned. Anyone confirm?
"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." Grateful Dead "The records were mixed from the original 16-track tapes by Jeffrey Norman and mastered for vinyl by Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser and produced for release by David Lemieux." Garcia Family Provisions, Grateful Dead Announce Record Store Day Drops [Listen] Doesn't mean its true, but it looks like it's not taken from a two track.
