Now listening to 5/18/77[Atlanta Ga]on TIGDH on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead channel via the webstream now playing New New Minglewood Blues.
They also did a fresh transfer* for brookvale’s DP8 vinyl release. It’s been awhile since I did a head to head with dp8 but the new transfer bested it *edit, I need to double check - it may have just been a fresh mastering of already transferred analog tapes
Sorry for the hugeness. I reduced the size by 50 percent but then it didn't take here for some reason. So I guess public property vandals still care about this band? Note that this is not an official stealie, but a pirate one. Use at your peril.
5000 years from now alien archaeologists will discover deep underwater caverns built to be used for human sacrifice.
Rhino to release a 5-LP set that captures the Grateful Dead performing live in the band's hometown. FILLMORE WEST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2/28/69 is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and available for $99.98 on July 9. Rhino’s Summer Of ’69 Vinyl Series Features Two New Woodstock Compilations And More This July | Rhino Media
I read somewhere what the only copyrighted stealie is the red and blue with the 13 point lightning bolt. (though I see that's in the background there as I type this.)
"This particular stealie, stealus alligatorus, is among the rarest of stealies as the alligator is superimposed over the lightning bolt, as opposed to taking its place." -- Richard Attenborough, Planet Earth
DP8 definitely ain’t shabby. I think the difference in sound quality is greater between DP12 and the Millers transfers, but the 5/2/70 Miller does have a bit more clarity than DP8, plus you get the New Riders set
Just put on July 1, 1978 KC show from the Rhino Box July '78.... Hmmm on the rhino 2/28/69....hasn't that show ....?
Yes indeed. Billy can't find the 1 to start and that sort of derails it for a while, but listen to what Jerry does with essentially one note for more than 20 seconds at the beginning. That's the second post I've made in the past month about Jerry playing amazing stuff on one note. Feel free to post the same responses; maybe I'll get a month of my life back.
I really enjoyed that long space jam with Pig getting in on the action. When they first start playing it sounded like they were heading for the 'Dark Star 1970 theme,' but then Weir changed it up to his Let it Grow part. I listened to a Tennessee Jed recently where I thought I remembered a lot of crowd enthusiasm. It had to have been this one - (5-1-77) www.archive.org/details/gd1977-05-01.141830.sony.ecm33p.moore.dalton.miller.clugston.flac1644/Gd77-05-01T10TennesseeJed.flac the line does get a modest pop on this tape, especially relative to the other verses.
YES!!! I had almost lost hope that they would continue to release the Fillmore 1969 box on vinyl. I thought that perhaps poor sales of 2/27/69 had out an end to it - but no! Great news.
I'm glad I don't have to futz around with turntable arms and such while trying to hear That's it for the Other One>Dark Star>St. Stephen>the Eleven>Death Don't Have no Mercy, which IIRC is a bit north of an hour in timing.
bringing the night down with set 2 from the Electric on the Eel Box June 10-89.... 2nd time through the 6 disks and I am loving this little box.
What a difficult decision to make...picking up one release. I would probably go with one of the releases from May 1977. But if I were allowed any sized release...then I would pick E72. You get 22 concerts. How can you go wrong with that? Maybe Winterland 1973 11-9 thru 11-11. I dunno. I would just stick with E72. You get 10 Dark Stars and 12 Other Ones.
Acoustic that one time in 1970. In reality, it debuted late 1972...played regularly from 72-73 Then came roaring back in 86 and played regularly thru 95
I think it's probable it wasn't played again in 1970, though do we actually have the complete recordings of all the shows of the final run of 1970 acoustic sets at the Capitol in November? I put electric in quotes because the lineup was Phil on acoustic guitar, Garcia on piano, Torbert on bass, and David Nelson on electric guitar, just like on the album. There are a lot of shows without tapes from the fall of 1970, and a lot of the songs that had been 'acoustic only' up until September were played normally for the first time during the fall, and NRPS with Torbert and Nelson were still on tour with them, so it's not out of the realm of possibility they tried it again at that time, (after all, it got around as gospel truth for years that they had never done the tune live until fall of 72.) But we'll probably never know, and it seems it wasn't until 72 that Phil got comfortable enough with singing while playing bass to perform it with the normal configuration
Went to Terrapin Crossroads once. Mixed reviews. Show was cool....Phil , Jackie Greene, Keller Williams, in the restaurant part, very intimate THAT was cool. Some of the people in attendance, not so much.