coolbreeze
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Almost everything is except those that tapers hold close. All the shows except a number of the earliest circulate, it's like 2200. Did you tape it? Know the date?
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Flotsam
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No I was still in college in 1981 , so taping was making copies of cassette tapes. Wasn't till much later we had our flacs etc. I bought a Sony digital recorder much later along w some phantom cardioid mics, can't really use this at large show where you gotta go through metal detectors.
Big thumbs up for Dicks pics
Update on cmu site I learned Spectrum, was 5-2-81. 5-4-81. Don't remember which one I was at. So strangely enough I remember seeing so many people w flourescent dots on the forhead only to learn later it was a massive trip for a large group.
EDIT #2 it was 5-2-81
Big thumbs up for Dicks pics
Update on cmu site I learned Spectrum, was 5-2-81. 5-4-81. Don't remember which one I was at. So strangely enough I remember seeing so many people w flourescent dots on the forhead only to learn later it was a massive trip for a large group.
EDIT #2 it was 5-2-81
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coolbreeze
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Some of these flacs can be downloaded, all can be streamed, all have setlists & source info:
Enjoy!
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coolbreeze
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Awesome--there's a 'To Lay Me Down' on the 4th. Terrapin's on the 2nd.
Edit: the comments verify your memory, lol!
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Flotsam
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I checked one other thing, 5-2 -81 was a Saturday and i recall now asking my GF to drive out and see me for that weekend. I sprung it on her later that i was borrowing her car to go see a Dead show the next day w a bunch of friends. No she didn't care that i didn't have a ticket for her. She was kind enough to lend me her car.
coolbreeze
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That's pretty cool of her. We were doing roadside repairs across the midwest. We'd go back the next year and be like, 'there's the gas station we did the radiator at!' and 'isn't that where we got the spares?' Truly dumb and occasionally dangerous but enough fun to make up for the 80s.
Flotsam
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Thanks so much for posting that! Brought back so much joy. Granted Terrapin was every bit as bad as i remembered, Jerrry seems to stop singing a few times & playing was not his best. But many other bright spots! (eg. Estimated Prophet & Scarlet Begonias)
I never admitted to being a Deadhead and with only 1 live show to my name so no cred on my part, but hearing that brings me back instantly. My roommate at the time bought a Nakamichi deck and collected tons of shows , but forced me to endure his dreadful recordings of Dark Star.
The archive.org link had my show, definitely saving this one
I never admitted to being a Deadhead and with only 1 live show to my name so no cred on my part, but hearing that brings me back instantly. My roommate at the time bought a Nakamichi deck and collected tons of shows , but forced me to endure his dreadful recordings of Dark Star.
The archive.org link had my show, definitely saving this one
Dustin McKief
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Lucky! I love Spring 81, but didn't go see them live until 88. So many consistently great shows.
I've been 'on tour' this week during the 1978 laryngitis shows (Jerry couldn't sing, but was playing
). I really enjoyed 1/6, 1/7 was 'less great', and 1/8, today, is amazing! @Flotsam, I really like relisten.net for listening on my computer, you can listen to all of the available sources for any date to pick your favorite. I also use the 'TIH' link at the top for shows from the current date. For example, here's the crispiest SBD of TIGDH 78.
2:05:08SBDTransferrer: Mastered By Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net November 11, 2015SHNID: gd1978-01-08.153085.sbd.miller.flac1644Source: SBD -> Cassette Master -> AIFFLineage: AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 -> FLAC
On my Android phone, I use the free Taper's Section app that contains similar functionality. One of the best features is that you can download the audio to your device for when you're offline (I live in the sticks).
I've been 'on tour' this week during the 1978 laryngitis shows (Jerry couldn't sing, but was playing
). I really enjoyed 1/6, 1/7 was 'less great', and 1/8, today, is amazing! @Flotsam, I really like relisten.net for listening on my computer, you can listen to all of the available sources for any date to pick your favorite. I also use the 'TIH' link at the top for shows from the current date. For example, here's the crispiest SBD of TIGDH 78.2:05:08SBDTransferrer: Mastered By Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net November 11, 2015SHNID: gd1978-01-08.153085.sbd.miller.flac1644Source: SBD -> Cassette Master -> AIFFLineage: AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 -> FLAC
On my Android phone, I use the free Taper's Section app that contains similar functionality. One of the best features is that you can download the audio to your device for when you're offline (I live in the sticks).
Flotsam
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I will grab that today! many thanks. I think i have all or at least most of the Dicks Picks . i love hearing everyone's opinions on this. Do you have a favorite era ? (i know albums don't mean much to most deadheads i knew)
coolbreeze
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67-68 and 72-74!
67-68 showed amazing growth and was deep in the avant garde/progressive/psychedelic era. They had become so impressive so fast!
72-74. To me, this IS the dead. So wonderfully jammy, jazzy, imaginative and just beautiful. Every song they wrote during the era was classic, they had a real facility with styles, the shows were literally dance-til-you-drop. They built up steadily to this point, continued to grow, and never came anywhere near this peak again, except for the '75 Blues for Allah shows.
Here's an example, this Eyes alone outdoes anything out of the era!
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Dustin McKief
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Many of my favorite shows are from 1970-1981, so hard to pin down an era...
From early 71 to 75, Mickey took a hiatus from the band (2/19/71-10/19/74). I really like this era because Bill & Phil were a mighty rhythm section and the band was able to turn on a dime to discover new, collective ideas. If I was pressed, I'd say that is my favorite era, especially Donna's maternity leave (11/30/73-12/19/73)
coolbreeze
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Phil Lesh on Europe '72: "Billy played like a young god on this tour. I mean he was everywhere on the drums, just kickin' our butts every whichway, which is what drummers live to do, you know"
Flotsam
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i got my playlist for the rest of the day in my head running... i will check it out, Many thanks
i am only a touch sad that i got to see but that one show. Lots of great live stuff. So epic
but i remember going to the show and my Deadhead roommate discussing the concerns of the Keith & Donna impact and other so called controversy. I can't think of a band with a more of a loyal following. This thread made me reach out to my old Deadhead roommate and see how he was & of course Happy New Year as well.
i am only a touch sad that i got to see but that one show. Lots of great live stuff. So epic
but i remember going to the show and my Deadhead roommate discussing the concerns of the Keith & Donna impact and other so called controversy. I can't think of a band with a more of a loyal following. This thread made me reach out to my old Deadhead roommate and see how he was & of course Happy New Year as well.
vapviking
Old & In the Way
To be into the Dead in those early 70's years meant an endless spring of quirks of circumstance, of coincidence and occasionally an extreme bummer. Kinda like magic, but I dont't subscribe to that. I will simply acknowledge that things happened in and around this phenomenon.
During that time, specifically the Dec 7, '71 show at Felt Forum, a friend flipped out, and in the craziness of that moment a girl and I were thrown together, not even knowing each other. We have never been apart since.
One day in July '72, my brother and his future wife met, as passengers in my car on the way Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City for a show...
The Wakins Glen Concert in '73 was the biggest gathering (600,000) in U S history. "One out of every 350 living Americans was at that concert." With no electronic devices at all, you could nevertheless say to somebody, "See ya there!" And you would.
coolbreeze
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Here's the soundcheck, famous for the Watkins Glen Jam:
Mndeadhead
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i got on the bus late - 94, but got to see them 4x. As for the question earlier in the week about favorite era, its funny but i find myself listening to the early stuff the least - probably speaks to when i got on the bus. that said, as much as I absolutely love Brent, I am still taken back to shows like Cornell, where Keith's playing on the baby grand is just magnificent. A mid 70s show with lots of keith and minimal screaming from Donna coming out of PITB are my sweet spot.
coolbreeze
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Mndeadhead
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Just saw a dead cover band nail the shit out of this last night
vapviking
Old & In the Way
El Paso, aside from Jerry's thousand-note accompaniment, is such a great narrative, a complete story.
A lot of words in there, but when I learned to play and sing it 50+ yrs ago it stuck, I never forget the lyrics on this one!
When I did it for some friends a couple of months ago, someone said, "Omg! I never realized it ended like that."
Huh?
Kudos to Marty Robbins.
vapviking
Old & In the Way
Thanks! Just listened to about a dozen of these gems, of 3 volumes released Dec '24, nice.
The Jerry abides. And ol' Dawg is not too shabby, either!
