Well, starting out our 9th year of the Dave's Picks series, you might be asking, "how can they outdo the previous 28 Dave's Picks?" We sure are aiming to do so! As you'd expect, we receive many suggestions and requests for releases, and one of the top vote-getters on a consistent basis is 2/26/77, and we're thrilled to start the year with such an exceptional, sought-after show. Just as we started 2018 with an upper-echelon A+ Dead show (11/6/77 Binghamton, NY), that's exactly how we're beginning 2019. And just like the three spectacular shows that followed in 2018 (11/17/71 Albuquerque, NM; 9/2/83 Boise, ID; and 6/17/76 Passaic, NJ), we're planning on an equally strong 2019, filled with surprises and excellent playing throughout. Exciting times ahead! Thanks to everyone who's supported the series both from its inception in 2012, to all of the more recent subscribers. We REALLY appreciate the faith you have in us to consistently deliver great Dead shows to your door four times per year with the Dave's Picks series. We work hard on all aspects of our releases to make sure you'll be as thrilled with the finished, delivered CD as we are. Dave's Picks Vol. 29 will likely go down as one of the most well-received Picks in the series, and the show we're considering for Vol. 30 (plus the Bonus Disc!) will be another smashingly wonderful release. As all of the subscription hoopla indicates, there are plenty of benefits to subscribing, not least of which is ensuring you'll definitely receive all four releases in 2019. It's going to be a great year! Thanks again for coming along for the ride; great times ahead!
David Lemieux October 2018
You just can't get enough! And neither can we. The Dave's Picks Series is summer love, spring, fall, and winter. So in 2019 we're turning up the Dave's Picks production run to 20,000 of each of the four releases. We've said it before and we'll say it again - while this means there will be more to go around, the best advice we have to give is... subscribe. When these releases go up for sale a la carte, they sell out within hours. Hours. No hyperbole here. The only way to avoid disappointment and be guaranteed all four Dave's Picks in 2019 is to subscribe.
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Post subject: [2019-05-03] Grateful Dead "Dave’s Picks 30- Fillmore East, New York, NY - 1/2/70" - Available NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ummm..... Let's try reading this again: "one of the top vote-getters on a consistent basis is 2/26/77, and we're thrilled to start the year with such an exceptional, sought-after show. Just as we started 2018 with an upper-echelon A+ Dead show (11/6/77 Binghamton, NY), that's exactly how we're beginning 2019."
DaP29 is the first show of the "Just Exactly Perfect Band" period. 2/26/77 contains the debuts of Terrapin & Estimated Prophet. DaP29 additionally includes the final tape reel from 2/27/77: (the second ever) Terrapin, Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia & Johnny B. Goode.
As I define it, the "Just Exactly Perfect Band" period runs through 6/9/77, starting with these first two shows of 77, then 3 nights at Winterland in March, then 26 shows in April/May on the East Coast, and 3 more nights at Winterland in June. Then Micky gets hurt in a car accident and the band takes a nearly 3-month break. They come back with a rougher and louder sound that evolves into the "Cocaine Cowboy Band" of '78. All the May '77 shows have been released by GDM already.
Despite already having a wonderful "Seamon's Matrix' of 2/26/77, I am totally excited that it will soon be the content of another GDM product in my mailbox!
DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 29: SWING AUDITORIUM, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 2/26/77
An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram
We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.
Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.
Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.
Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.
*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.
Post subject: [2019-05-03] Grateful Dead "Dave’s Picks 30- Fillmore East, New York, NY - 1/2/70" - Available NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tracklist: Disc 1
1. TERRAPIN STATION [12:25] 2. NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES [5:27] 3. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER [7:12] 4. ESTIMATED PROPHET [7:46] 5. SUGAREE [11:44] 6. MAMA TRIED [3:04] 7. DEAL [6:07] 8. PLAYING IN THE BAND> [13:46] 9. THE WHEEL> [5:29] 10. PLAYING IN THE BAND [5:10]
Disc 2 1. SAMSON AND DELILAH [7:23] 2. TENNESSEE JED [9:12] 3. THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED [6:58] 4. HELP ON THE WAY> [5:44] 5. SLIPKNOT!> [7:31] 6. FRANKLIN’S TOWER [13:37] 7. PROMISED LAND [5:03]
Disc 3 1. EYES OF THE WORLD> [12:09] 2. DANCING IN THE STREET> [9:46] 3. AROUND AND AROUND [7:50] 4. U.S. BLUES [6:17] Robertson Gym, University Of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2/27/77) 5. MORNING DEW> [13:58] 6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA [9:45] 7. JOHNNY B. GOODE [4:23]
Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.
When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!
DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.
DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.
*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.
Post subject: [2019-05-03] Grateful Dead "Dave’s Picks 30- Fillmore East, New York, NY - 1/2/70" - Available NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Setlist
Disc 1 1. Mason’s Children [6:12] 2. Casey Jones [4:28] 3. Black Peter [12:21] 4. Mama Tried [2:29] 5. Hard To Handle [5:02] 6. Cumberland Blues [5:42] 7. That’s It For The Other One [18:19] I. Cryptical Envelopment (I) [2:03] II. Drums [3:58] III. The Other One [10:07] IV. Cryptical Envelopment (II) [2:00] 8. Cosmic Charlie [7:06] 9. Uncle John’s Band [7:24] 10. High Time [7:22]
Disc 2 1. Dire Wolf [4:43] 2. Easy Wind [7:49] 3. China Cat Sunflower [4:47] 4. I Know You Rider [4:12] 5. Good Lovin’ [7:24] 6. Me And My Uncle [4:33] 7. Monkey And The Engineer [1:54] 8. Morning Dew [10:00] 9. Big Boss Man [4:24] 10. Dancing In The Street [10:50] 11. St. Stephen [6:14] 12. In The Midnight Hour[9:31]
Disc 3 1. Dark Star [32:12] 2. St. Stephen [9:16] 3. The Eleven [10:28] 4. Turn On Your Lovelight [22:50]
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