live Grateful Dead (1 Viewer)

[Bob Magaw]

Rolling Stone's Will Hermes had some of the more informed and literate commentary on the first, Fri night Chicago show, here on the last two shows (he actually preferred Sun, probably because of the set list, it is growing on me after rewatching).

Sat

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/grateful-deads-goodbye-night-two-chemistry-lost-cash-grabs-abound-20150705

Sun

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grateful-dead-end-50-year-career-with-moving-magnificent-final-show-20150706

I was surprised long time Rolling Stone GD observer/commentator David Fricke didn't get the gig, but he did get a sidebar.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-grateful-dead-say-farewell-the-view-from-the-bowl-20150706

 

[Bob Magaw]

Not SBD quality, but whole shows for Chicago July 3 & 4 from NYCTaper (they had an official taper section, fitting, as the GD were very forward thinking in their tolerance early on - they were prescient in recognizing the positives that flowed from ad hoc, grass roots viral marketing, decades before the term was even coined or popularized).

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/07/grateful-dead-july-3-2015-chicago-flacmp3streaming/

 

[tommyGunZ]

Mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I have the entire GD live collection digitalized if anyone is interested. It's ~ 450 GB, so if you send me a HDrive, and a tip to cover the return postage I'm happy to be kind.

 

[Willie Neslon]

Rolling Stone's Will Hermes had some of the more informed and literate commentary on the first, Fri night Chicago show, here on the last two shows (he actually preferred Sun, probably because of the set list, it is growing on me after rewatching).

Sat

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/grateful-deads-goodbye-night-two-chemistry-lost-cash-grabs-abound-20150705

Sun

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grateful-dead-end-50-year-career-with-moving-magnificent-final-show-20150706

I was surprised long time Rolling Stone GD observer/commentator David Fricke didn't get the gig, but he did get a sidebar.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-grateful-dead-say-farewell-the-view-from-the-bowl-20150706

Nice. There is an interesting article from February related to these articles. Talks about stuff to do with the show I didn't know. Sounds like they had no idea how big this would be back then and that it could be pulled off so well. Lesh said that this was it for him but wonder if they will reconsider. Just do it in a different stadium every 6 months or so.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-the-grateful-deads-final-ride-trey-anastasio-20150213

 

[shuke]

Mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I have the entire GD live collection digitalized if anyone is interested. It's ~ 450 GB, so if you send me a HDrive, and a tip to cover the return postage I'm happy to be kind.

 

[Bob Magaw]

I just see a link to download the app.

I'm viewing on a pc so maybe different for me? I see 4 options to the right of each track listing when you put the cursor on it: Like, repost, add to playlist or download track.

ahhgot it now.

Yeah. Thanks, Willie. For some reason, I thought the Chicago shows from these links (#1072) were only one set per. Nope. Full shows. I wouldn't have bothered with the taper link in post #1103, otherwise. Your links had a radio show title, so likely SBD provenance? Needless to say, the sound is WAY superior and cleaner sourced.

I started with the Sun SC show for Eyes of the World, than the Fri Chi show for the Help > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower medley. Great stuff, exceeded my expectations (I listened to parts of these shows, but between various video/audio links going in and out, taking breaks and basically not listening continuously to each show from beginning to end, missed these passages). They were so great, and I didn't know what else I had missed, just grabbed all of them.

I hadn't listened to a complete show other than Sunday Chi (twice now). Of course, part of this gets into personal preference and subjective taste, but because Eyes carries more weight for me personally (actually close to a central place in my GD omnidirectional song hierarchy, sort of my portal of discovery to greater riches within after being previously barred, in a manner of speaking), just listening to the spacey, evocative transition from Wharf Rat to EOTW was mesmerizing and a revelation.

One takeaway for me, maybe not so fast on CHI being better than SC. And this gets back to set lists. I'd rather hear an imperfect EOTW than flawless rendition of Touch Of Grey (not knocking the latter, just really like it's near summit as a vehicle of psychedelic jazz improvisational perfection represented by the former - and Trey was positively SMOKIN). Each show likely had peaks and valleys, so I'm no longer of a mind to be dismissive of the first two shows at the SC venue, and looking forward to exploring all five in more detail at my leisure. BTW, Trey aces the Blues For Allah material during the Fri Chi second set-ending medley, imo.

A resurrected Jerry precluded, the overriding sense for me was it was interesting to hear a new face in an old place.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Rolling Stone's Will Hermes had some of the more informed and literate commentary on the first, Fri night Chicago show, here on the last two shows (he actually preferred Sun, probably because of the set list, it is growing on me after rewatching).

Sat

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/grateful-deads-goodbye-night-two-chemistry-lost-cash-grabs-abound-20150705

Sun

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grateful-dead-end-50-year-career-with-moving-magnificent-final-show-20150706

I was surprised long time Rolling Stone GD observer/commentator David Fricke didn't get the gig, but he did get a sidebar.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-grateful-dead-say-farewell-the-view-from-the-bowl-20150706

Nice. There is an interesting article from February related to these articles. Talks about stuff to do with the show I didn't know. Sounds like they had no idea how big this would be back then and that it could be pulled off so well. Lesh said that this was it for him but wonder if they will reconsider. Just do it in a different stadium every 6 months or so.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-the-grateful-deads-final-ride-trey-anastasio-20150213

A good description of his process in preparation:

"It's really been unbelievable," he says, taking a break on a recent morning from his now-daily regimen of practicing Dead songs and analyzing the melodic purpose in Garcia's soloing and the musical genealogy inside his most iconic licks. "A couple of days ago, I started listening to 'The Wheel' [a Dead-show standard from Garcia's 1972 solo album, Garcia]. There's a line he plays after the first verse — it slides all the way from the bottom of the neck to the top. I learned it exactly, note for note. Then what I do, since I don't want to go out there and just copy Jerry — I play it in all 12 keys, so that I get it into my body.

"The thing is, there is a lot more intent in those lines than people might think," adds Anastasio. "It was not just noodling. Based on the number of ideas Jerry had in any one-minute period, he was very much a musician first, a guitar player second. The music was coming out, and the guitar was a vehicle, a transparent filter." Garcia has also been, for Anastasio, a historical guide. Working through Garcia's "country-vernacular" playing in a Seventies version of "I Know You Rider" led Anastasio to a new passion. "All of a sudden," he says, "I found myself listening to Buck Owens, this Bakersfield-country sound," and particularly Owens' legendary lead guitarist, Don Rich. "That's what I've been doing, listening to Don Rich to get to Jerry."

I feel like I understand Tre better after reading about how he tried to understand Jerry better by understanding Don Rich better.

* More from Fricke/Rolling Stone.

The Grateful Dead Say Farewell: The View From The Balcony

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-grateful-dead-say-farewell-the-view-from-the-balcony-20150704

20 Essential Grateful Dead Shows

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/20-essential-grateful-dead-shows-20130408

1977: The Grateful Dead's Greatest Year (by David Browne)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-grateful-deads-greatest-year-20130626

 

[PIK95]

Mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I have the entire GD live collection digitalized if anyone is interested. It's ~ 450 GB, so if you send me a HDrive, and a tip to cover the return postage I'm happy to be kind.

You should do this.

 

[Apple Jack]

Mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I have the entire GD live collection digitalized if anyone is interested. It's ~ 450 GB, so if you send me a HDrive, and a tip to cover the return postage I'm happy to be kind.

do you have any souce info? i know you said it was all mp3, but is there a document with it that notes any sources or tendencies? SBD's preferred over Matrix, random, etc.

 

[pyite76]

As setlists go, each show was pretty much spectacular.

Unbelievable that there was no Sugaree

Damn good call

Who was gonna sing that? I'm happy they didn't try it. Ramble on Rose would have been cool with the two drummers.

Several good titles that were a no show...could have put together another night easily. Dire Wolf, Candyman, Cosmic Charlie, Dupree's Diamond Blues, High Time, Operator, Comes a Time, Black Muddy River, My Brother Esau, We Can Run But We Can't Hide...are a few I enjoy off the top of my head in addition to Sugaree and Ramble on Rose that were not played. The body of work is so vast.

don't forget Jack-a-roe, Cold rain and snow. Throw a Werewolves encore in there for the hell of it.

Peggy-O, Mexicali Blues, New Speedway Boogie...

Peggy-O would have been awesome but no one has mentioned my favorite all time song by anyone who wants to sing it, When I Paint My Masterpiece.

Also: Aiko, Women are Smarter, and Lovelight would have been bad a$$ too.

Edit: GDTRFB, Promised Land, BIODTL, Looks Like Rain... so many to choose from, gotta be tough

 

[Apple Jack]

"The thing is, there is a lot more intent in those lines than people might think," adds Anastasio. "It was not just noodling. Based on the number of ideas Jerry had in any one-minute period, he was very much a musician first, a guitar player second. The music was coming out, and the guitar was a vehicle, a transparent filter." Garcia has also been, for Anastasio, a historical guide. Working through Garcia's "country-vernacular" playing in a Seventies version of "I Know You Rider" led Anastasio to a new passion. "All of a sudden," he says, "I found myself listening to Buck Owens, this Bakersfield-country sound," and particularly Owens' legendary lead guitarist, Don Rich. "That's what I've been doing, listening to Don Rich to get to Jerry."

Yeah, saw that when it ran and that's when i knew we'd be fine. He got it. Jerry didn't play lead guitar as much as he developed mood in paragraph form. Much broader context than "lead guitar." This is primarily what made him special as a musician (not even getting into him being a genius with a seemingly bottomless creative well). A lot of musicians can't get their heads around that kind of thing, never mind exercise it themselves. Trey can. The first step is recognizing the approach. The second is having access to the vocabulary, technically, and much more importantly, emotionally.

 

[Apple Jack]

Yeah, was surprised that of all the covers, there was no Dylan. Probably a conscious, licensing-related decision. Thanks, Phil!

 

[shuke]

Yeah, was surprised that of all the covers, there was no Dylan. Probably a conscious, licensing-related decision. Thanks, Phil!

Can you provide some insight into your hate for Phil with regards to all this? I haven't really been following any of the business aspects of this "tour".

 

[tommyGunZ]

Mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I have the entire GD live collection digitalized if anyone is interested. It's ~ 450 GB, so if you send me a HDrive, and a tip to cover the return postage I'm happy to be kind.

do you have any souce info? i know you said it was all mp3, but is there a document with it that notes any sources or tendencies? SBD's preferred over Matrix, random, etc.

Only the clues in the file names themselves. The soundboards all have SBD in the file names, a la archive.org.ETA: as far as I know, this is simply a compilation of stuff that either is or at one time was available for DL over the net. As you know, the soundboards at archive are now stream only, though I'm sure you can reverse engineer it via some programs and snatch those as well. To be 100% clear, I'm not hyping this as some gold mine of Lossless treasure. This is a collection that you could probably piece together yourself if you had a few thousand hours and knew how to find soundboards via torrent. Just offering to share the love that someone shared with me.

 

[Apple Jack]

Yeah, was surprised that of all the covers, there was no Dylan. Probably a conscious, licensing-related decision. Thanks, Phil!

Can you provide some insight into your hate for Phil with regards to all this? I haven't really been following any of the business aspects of this "tour".

I don't hate him. It's mostly tongue in cheek at this point, but there is a long history of him being difficult and an egomaniac. See: Jerry throwing him down the stairs and Joe Smith's letter as he read it in "Anthem to Beauty." There's the Steve Kimock ordeal where allegedly he and Jill added shows after they started the tour and did not adjust his pay, so ugly that Kimock walked off the tour after three shows and they haven't worked together since, despite the fact that there is nobody alive better suited for Phil's style than Steve Kimock. Nobody even close, even Trey. There is his dictatorial "band leading" style, where he constantly barks orders into the in ear monitors, and gets visibly annoyed when the absurd, rigid, awkward changes he leads don't come off seamlessly. His complete bs declarations, such as the PLQ being easily equal to the power of the Grateful Dead. That's one for the hall of fame that still gets mileage. His delusional sense of what people should to hear that leads him to sing as much as he does when he is possibly the worst singer on the planet. I could go on, but really it's mostly tongue in cheek. Kind of a sure he's a ########, but he's my ######## sort of thing. Seems almost like family in that sense, which is of course odd considering I've never met the man.

ETA: I can add him killing Terrapin Station on arrival Sunday night to the list.

 

[pyite76]

ETA: I can add him killing Terrapin Station on arrival Sunday night to the list.

Fact!

 

[Apple Jack]

WARNER BROS. RECORDS, INC.
December 27, 1967
Mr. Danny Rifkin
710 Ashbury Street
San Francisco, California
Dear Danny:
Dave Hassinger is back from his New York trip and the tapes are being sent from New York. We plan to release the LP in February and must have all art work in her almost immediately. There is no time for delays or indecision as we must have the package on the market as quickly as possible.
The recording in New York turned out to be very difficult. Lack of preparation, direction and cooperation from the very beginning have made this album the most unreasonable project with which we have ever involved ourselves.
Your group has many problems, it would appear, and I would believe that Hassinger has no further interest or desire to work with them under conditions similar to this last fiasco. It's apparent that nobody in your organization has enough influence over Phil Lesh to evoke anything resembling normal behaviour. You are now branded as an undesirable group in almost every recording studio in Los Angeles. I haven't got all the New York reports in as yet, but the guys ran through engineers like a steamroller.
It all adds up to a lack of professionalism. The Grateful Dead is not one of the top acts in the business as yet. With their attitudes and their inability to take care of business when it's time to do so would lead us to believe that they never will be truly important. No matter how talented your group is, they're going to have to put something of themselves into the business before they go anywhere.
Recording dates have been firmly fixed for January 3rd and two days thereafter. We expect that you will be on hand to complete this drawn out project and get the art work going. Your artistic control is subject to reasonable restrictions and I believe that the time and expense involved along with your own freedom has been more than reasonable. Now let's get the album out on the streets without anymore fun and games.
Best regards,
(Signed)
Joseph B. Smith
JBS: a
cc: Brian Rohan

 

[Bob Magaw]

Good bass player.

 

[Willie Neslon]

Yeah, was surprised that of all the covers, there was no Dylan. Probably a conscious, licensing-related decision. Thanks, Phil!

Can you provide some insight into your hate for Phil with regards to all this? I haven't really been following any of the business aspects of this "tour".

I don't hate him. It's mostly tongue in cheek at this point, but there is a long history of him being difficult and an egomaniac. See: Jerry throwing him down the stairs and Joe Smith's letter as he read it in "Anthem to Beauty." There's the Steve Kimock ordeal where allegedly he and Jill added shows after they started the tour and did not adjust his pay, so ugly that Kimock walked off the tour after three shows and they haven't worked together since, despite the fact that there is nobody alive better suited for Phil's style than Steve Kimock. Nobody even close, even Trey. There is his dictatorial "band leading" style, where he constantly barks orders into the in ear monitors, and gets visibly annoyed when the absurd, rigid, awkward changes he leads don't come off seamlessly. His complete bs declarations, such as the PLQ being easily equal to the power of the Grateful Dead. That's one for the hall of fame that still gets mileage. His delusional sense of what people should to hear that leads him to sing as much as he does when he is possibly the worst singer on the planet. I could go on, but really it's mostly tongue in cheek. Kind of a sure he's a ########, but he's my ######## sort of thing. Seems almost like family in that sense, which is of course odd considering I've never met the man.

ETA: I can add him killing Terrapin Station on arrival Sunday night to the list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJou2QWp5o4

 

[TobiasFunke]

Yeah, was surprised that of all the covers, there was no Dylan. Probably a conscious, licensing-related decision. Thanks, Phil!

Can you provide some insight into your hate for Phil with regards to all this? I haven't really been following any of the business aspects of this "tour".

I don't hate him. It's mostly tongue in cheek at this point, but there is a long history of him being difficult and an egomaniac. See: Jerry throwing him down the stairs and Joe Smith's letter as he read it in "Anthem to Beauty." There's the Steve Kimock ordeal where allegedly he and Jill added shows after they started the tour and did not adjust his pay, so ugly that Kimock walked off the tour after three shows and they haven't worked together since, despite the fact that there is nobody alive better suited for Phil's style than Steve Kimock. Nobody even close, even Trey. There is his dictatorial "band leading" style, where he constantly barks orders into the in ear monitors, and gets visibly annoyed when the absurd, rigid, awkward changes he leads don't come off seamlessly. His complete bs declarations, such as the PLQ being easily equal to the power of the Grateful Dead. That's one for the hall of fame that still gets mileage. His delusional sense of what people should to hear that leads him to sing as much as he does when he is possibly the worst singer on the planet. I could go on, but really it's mostly tongue in cheek. Kind of a sure he's a ########, but he's my ######## sort of thing. Seems almost like family in that sense, which is of course odd considering I've never met the man.

ETA: I can add him killing Terrapin Station on arrival Sunday night to the list.

You make a compelling case.

But I was in Philly when they played Unbroken Chain for the first time and people started crying and hugging strangers and running through the aisles freaking the hell out, and for that I will always love and defend him

 

[Bob Magaw]

Review: No Song Left Unsung, Grateful Dead Plays Its Last

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/arts/music/no-song-left-unsung-grateful-dead-plays-its-last.html

* The studio reissues contained bonus tracks including in some cases live material and/or studio out takes.

Wake Of The Flood - this doesn't include the extra material, one track was a live Eyes Of The World.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qZxV0dWsE

Mars Hotel - in addition to an alternate take and two acoustic demos, four live songs from the '74 tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLRwFkipvns

Blues For Allah - three studio outtakes included (brilliant notes by David Fricke, also did Winterland '77 box).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_hm9qKRyc

Terrapin Station - prize is a 17 minute Dancing In The Streets from the legendary 5-8-77 Barton Hall show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAEZmOl6to

Shakedown Street - cleaned up audio (?) from the Egypt concert appended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnY2FYt3HA

 

[Apple Jack]

Friend of a friend is tight with Trey's wife. He was in the air on a private jet with his family within 90 minutes of finishing Sunday night, thoroughly relieved and exhausted. He was a nervous wreck coming into it and during, fearing being the weak link. Practiced 15 hours a day. Apparently told Sue after Saturday's show that he couldn't wait to get back to Phish and play a 45 minute Chaldust Torture.

 

[Bob Magaw]

NPR review of a show from the Wall of Sound era.

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/31/297146280/fight-sound-with-sound-grateful-deads-arena-combat

****'s Picks #31 (1974 - 8/4 & 8/5 Philadelphia Civic Center and 8/6 Roosevelt Stadium, NJ) included this era, as did Dave's Pick #9 from the above review, as well as the GD Movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-FyR2hs3k&list=PLxmCyo4jldzWSKvFJLTdv-fb3gHfnNpjJ

Owsley and the "Wall of Sound" - A revolution in sound engineering.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-wall-of-sound

Contemporary newspaper articles from '73 and the still evolving WOS precursors.

http://archive.org/post/412807/the-wall-and-how-it-was-wired

More details.

http://www.dozin.com/wallofsound/

The legacy - an audiophile interview of Dan Healy from '93 (the WOS was prohibitively expensive, unwieldly and left an un-Dead-like huge carbon footprint - among other things, after the year and a half off to take stock of where they had been and what new sonic/acostic directions and pathways needed to be taken, they learned smaller and more efficient didn't have to compromise sound).

http://www.frankdoris.com/writing/tas/gratefuldead.htm

Fare Thee Well send off shows powered by long time fellow sonic/acoustic pioneer (Meyer Sound LEO)

http://www.meyersound.com/news/2015/grateful_dead_fare_thee_well/

 

[Workhorse]

Friend of a friend is tight with Trey's wife. He was in the air on a private jet with his family within 90 minutes of finishing Sunday night, thoroughly relieved and exhausted. He was a nervous wreck coming into it and during, fearing being the weak link. Practiced 15 hours a day. Apparently told Sue after Saturday's show that he couldn't wait to get back to Phish and play a 45 minute Chaldust Torture.

Phish tour is going to RULE this summer. Can't wait.

 

[PIK95]

ETA: I can add him killing Terrapin Station on arrival Sunday night to the list.

Fact!

I haven't been that upset in a while.

 

[tommyboy]

NPR review of a show from the Wall of Sound era.

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/31/297146280/fight-sound-with-sound-grateful-deads-arena-combat

****'s Picks #31 (1974 - 8/4 & 8/5 Philadelphia Civic Center and 8/6 Roosevelt Stadium, NJ) included this era, as did Dave's Pick #9 from the above review, as well as the GD Movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-FyR2hs3k&list=PLxmCyo4jldzWSKvFJLTdv-fb3gHfnNpjJ

My favorite example, especially Eyes.

https://archive.org/details/gd74-06-18.sbd.sacks.209.sbefail.shnf

 

[tommyGunZ]

Friend of a friend is tight with Trey's wife. He was in the air on a private jet with his family within 90 minutes of finishing Sunday night, thoroughly relieved and exhausted. He was a nervous wreck coming into it and during, fearing being the weak link. Practiced 15 hours a day. Apparently told Sue after Saturday's show that he couldn't wait to get back to Phish and play a 45 minute Chaldust Torture.

Phish tour is going to RULE this summer. Can't wait.

I'll be at the Forum in 2 weeks.

 

[grateful zed]

Yeah, was surprised that of all the covers, there was no Dylan. Probably a conscious, licensing-related decision. Thanks, Phil!

Can you provide some insight into your hate for Phil with regards to all this? I haven't really been following any of the business aspects of this "tour".

I don't hate him. It's mostly tongue in cheek at this point, but there is a long history of him being difficult and an egomaniac. See: Jerry throwing him down the stairs and Joe Smith's letter as he read it in "Anthem to Beauty." There's the Steve Kimock ordeal where allegedly he and Jill added shows after they started the tour and did not adjust his pay, so ugly that Kimock walked off the tour after three shows and they haven't worked together since, despite the fact that there is nobody alive better suited for Phil's style than Steve Kimock. Nobody even close, even Trey. There is his dictatorial "band leading" style, where he constantly barks orders into the in ear monitors, and gets visibly annoyed when the absurd, rigid, awkward changes he leads don't come off seamlessly. His complete bs declarations, such as the PLQ being easily equal to the power of the Grateful Dead. That's one for the hall of fame that still gets mileage. His delusional sense of what people should to hear that leads him to sing as much as he does when he is possibly the worst singer on the planet. I could go on, but really it's mostly tongue in cheek. Kind of a sure he's a ########, but he's my ######## sort of thing. Seems almost like family in that sense, which is of course odd considering I've never met the man.

ETA: I can add him killing Terrapin Station on arrival Sunday night to the list.

link

 

[PIK95]

9/27/72 at the Stanley Theatre in N.J. has moved somewhere into my top five shows. I'm not ready to put it all the way up to #2 but it may be. I am going to listen to a show a night (going in chronological order) starting this weekend. I want to hear them all and its probably the only way I will. Wish me luck.

 

[Bob Magaw]

NPR review of a show from the Wall of Sound era.

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/31/297146280/fight-sound-with-sound-grateful-deads-arena-combat

****'s Picks #31 (1974 - 8/4 & 8/5 Philadelphia Civic Center and 8/6 Roosevelt Stadium, NJ) included this era, as did Dave's Pick #9 from the above review, as well as the GD Movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr-FyR2hs3k&list=PLxmCyo4jldzWSKvFJLTdv-fb3gHfnNpjJ

My favorite example, especially Eyes.https://archive.org/details/gd74-06-18.sbd.sacks.209.sbefail.shnf

I forgot I had that, the below also includes a show from Iowa two days before, with another Eyes

Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 3: 1974 6/16 and 6/18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnnG-c8ACHs&list=PLxmCyo4jldzW7vPIvv5h75v4WcLO8jwXm&index=4

Winterland 11/9/73 Eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awaD6YGaJEM

GD Movie version ('74).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9_LaSyPKaE

5/7/77 version (close to the epicenter - day before the Barton Hall show)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDcWCfvl5lI

Non-Eyes songs/sets/shows

Winterland 6/9/77 Complete Show SBD*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdN-EQIUykg

Help > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower video 6/19/76

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkbzCTggD80

Estimated Prophet video 4/27/77 (about a week before Barton Hall)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WAK2vihBdw

Terrapin Station from the Closing of Winterland DVD ('78).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK82-BrrU7M

* Set 2:

Samson & Delilah

Finiculi Finicula

Help On The Way

Slipknot

Franklin's Tower,

Estimated Prophet

St. Stephen

Not Fade Away

Drums

St. Stephen

Terrapin Station

Sugar Magnolia,

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

I definitely don't care for Phil at all. He does put together the best bands that can play Dead tunes however.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Friend of a friend is tight with Trey's wife. He was in the air on a private jet with his family within 90 minutes of finishing Sunday night, thoroughly relieved and exhausted. He was a nervous wreck coming into it and during, fearing being the weak link. Practiced 15 hours a day. Apparently told Sue after Saturday's show that he couldn't wait to get back to Phish and play a 45 minute Chaldust Torture.

Phish tour is going to RULE this summer. Can't wait.

Everyone keeps saying this.

I'm sure they will be playing great by mid August but July might not be awesome. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Galileo]

Not the Grateful Dead here but I figure this is as good a place as any to post it. Playing for Change did a version of Ripple to honor the 50th. Bill K. does play drums in it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHo1fNnXFVU

 

[Apple Jack]

9/27/72 at the Stanley Theatre in N.J. has moved somewhere into my top five shows. I'm not ready to put it all the way up to #2 but it may be. I am going to listen to a show a night (going in chronological order) starting this weekend. I want to hear them all and its probably the only way I will. Wish me luck.

That one holds a special place for me, as it was soundtrack to an especially celebratory segment of a non-stop drive I made with a buddy (I drove) from Alcapulco to Houston. Listened to it start to finish twice, the first time through the middle of the night, deep in the Sierra Madre stoned and buzzed, windows down, cranked, worked up into a frenzy really. Hooting and hollering like heady brah touch heads on blow. Nearly drove off the road at the opening of Dew. I've had a lot of fun in the high country listening to the GD, and that one is up there. They are extremely tight and energized.

And I'd go easy on the primal stuff. You'll burn out. A little hear and there. Recommend starting with Rio Nido '67. Two from the Vault. Then 2/27/69. Then I'd just move along to '70 and then take your sweet time. 1970 is really where the GD learned to harness the explosive elements they discovered between '66 and '69.

 

[Apple Jack]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/463/19522411371_47aa9e4608.jpg

 

[Apple Jack]

Here's a little snippet from Anthem to Beauty, which is mandatory viewing, imo. Talking about the sessions Joe Smith was referring to in the letter. Missing is the anecdote about Weir wanting to take mics outside in LA and record the sound of "thick air" for inclusion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llcYFZzb1dA

 

[PIK95]

I'm actually loving this Birth of the Dead from 1965. I will try the November 65/shows after this is over. Don't Ease Me In was cool. For me the Cold Rain and Snow was by far the highlight. The vocals are iffy, but the music is all there. Love it.

 

[Bob Magaw]

I completely missed the first show (the only one, I think, without even an audio link). Really enjoyed what Trey brought to the classic Cryptical Envelompment > Dark Star sequence (approx. first 35 minutes of set 2), and the rest of the band sounded in fine form - sharper and tighter than I would have expected, given that it was the first show. This probably speaks in part to Trey's prep, and also that the various principals have pretty much already played together in various configurations over the years (if not this exact one).

Dark Star from the '78 Closing of Winterland DVD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-2EJnfzjY

Excerpts from John Oswald's Grayfolded/plunderphonics treatments of Dark Star (editing together many versions from different shows/tours/eras).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er0qOWqxUkg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgZ3gsC-aOg

* Just started watching The Other One, the Bob Weir biopic/doc on Netflix. Well done so far, recommended.

 

[Willie Neslon]

Was able to get all of these shows from those soundclouds onto my itunes. Sound great.

Bob had me lost in youtube last night watching various shows. Stumbled upon a few of the '89 shows, the year before Brent died. They were sizzling in some of those. I don't think i had ever seen this Brent performance. Jerry loving it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaKNuELl1tM

 

[tommyGunZ]

I'm actually loving this Birth of the Dead from 1965. I will try the November 65/shows after this is over. Don't Ease Me In was cool. For me the Cold Rain and Snow was by far the highlight. The vocals are iffy, but the music is all there. Love it.

FWIW, I started a similar "project" a few months ago, listening to the entire catalog in sequence. I got through 65 and most of 66, then got busy at work and distracted. Time to get back on the horse with the late '66 stuff.

 

[PIK95]

I'm actually loving this Birth of the Dead from 1965. I will try the November 65/shows after this is over. Don't Ease Me In was cool. For me the Cold Rain and Snow was by far the highlight. The vocals are iffy, but the music is all there. Love it.

FWIW, I started a similar "project" a few months ago, listening to the entire catalog in sequence. I got through 65 and most of 66, then got busy at work and distracted. Time to get back on the horse with the late '66 stuff.

Post feedback and opinions here, or even start another thread. I'll post as I go of course.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Deadbase claims 2,318 shows with Jerry, so if you had EVERY show and listened to one EVERY day, the chronological project would take a bit more than six years.

* At least '75 will go fast (just four shows, all local).

One was documented by From the Vaults Vol I, the label party for the launch of Blues For Allah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Nd8_-LJfQ&list=PLxmCyo4jldzVXZfLAcoXDscdEEgEoXhU-&index=2

 

[Willie Neslon]

Sipping some Woodford Reserve and listening to the 7/3 show again. I miss them this weekend.

https://soundcloud.com/erin-kennedy-33/sets/grateful-dead-7-3-15

 

[PIK95]

Deadbase claims 2,318 shows with Jerry, so if you had EVERY show and listened to one EVERY day, the chronological project would take a bit more than six years.

* At least '75 will go fast (just four shows, all local).

One was documented by From the Vaults Vol I, the label party for the launch of Blues For Allah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Nd8_-LJfQ&list=PLxmCyo4jldzVXZfLAcoXDscdEEgEoXhU-&index=2

I have six years. I will do two on some days and zero on others. As long as I finish before I'm 50 I'll be happy

 

[Willie Neslon]

https://archive.org/details/gd76-06-14.sbd.hollister.22804.sbeok.shnf

great show. great sound. franklin's in particular

 

[Willie Neslon]

Just realizing they didn't play The Other One. Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around.

 

[Bob Magaw]

https://archive.org/details/gd76-06-14.sbd.hollister.22804.sbeok.shnf

great show. great sound. franklin's in particular

I have the Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5, a distillation of two shows several days before (1976 6/9 & 6/12) at Boston Music Hall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fadAyo6CCao&list=PLxmCyo4jldzUBVN7o4pg0zs-jXHKcmeiT

Starting to think my favorite period is '73 and '74, when the psychedelic and jazz elements were almost perfectly in balance.

Currently listening to Dave's Picks #9, 5/14/74 Adams Field House, Missoula, MT (Dark Star > China Doll excerpt below), the only time they played in Montana - not just in the Wall of Sound era, but period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TjebdFZKY

The Europe '72 compilations (including the recent Vol. 2) on deck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmCfm_xd8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TdsUfJumrM

 

[Willie Neslon]

https://archive.org/details/gd76-06-14.sbd.hollister.22804.sbeok.shnf

great show. great sound. franklin's in particular

I have the Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5, a distillation of two shows several days before (1976 6/9 & 6/12) at Boston Music Hall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fadAyo6CCao&list=PLxmCyo4jldzUBVN7o4pg0zs-jXHKcmeiT

Starting to think my favorite period is '73 and '74, when the psychedelic and jazz elements were almost perfectly in balance.

Currently listening to Dave's Picks #9, 5/14/74 Adams Field House, Missoula, MT (Dark Star > China Doll excerpt below), the only time they played in Montana - not just in the Wall of Sound era, but period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TjebdFZKY

The Europe '72 compilations (including the recent Vol. 2) on deck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmCfm_xd8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TdsUfJumrM

This is all great stuff. You have me bouncing around. Hours to spend here

 

[Willie Neslon]

I have a friend who says there is a "very famous" Feels like a Stranger from a 1980 show and he can't find it. Anyone know what show he's talking about?

 

[Willie Neslon]

Has there ever been an attempt to morph the best of different eras into one virtual show? I am listening to this incredible show from 1977 and wondering what Brent would sound like in this show. Is there an app for this? This is the next wave of technology, right? Did I just invent something?

https://archive.org/details/gd77-05-07.sbd.eaton.wizard.26085.sbeok.shnf