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I know, I realize there's no Blues for Allah material, but after hearing some of the live '77 stuff in the new box, this may have to be my next purchase! But it's too bad that there aren't too many live versions of Help on the Way/Slipknot!. Some of their most fascinating playing ever is on that opening suite. This brings up another question-does Weir ever solo? He comes up with a lot of great, complex tunes (Weather Report, Throwing Stones just off the top of my head) but I guess with Garcia in the band you don't need anyone else to solo

so are you saying I should get this Dicks Picks? Because if you are then I will just have to Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 29 CD $33.00 6 CD set composed of two shows from 1977: 5/19/77 at the fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, and 5/21/77 from the Lakeland Civic Arena in Lakeland, FL. HDCD. GRATEFUL DEAD Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals Donna Jean Godchaux - Vocals Keith Godchaux - Keyboards Mickey Hart - Drums Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Phil Lesh - Bass, Vocals Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA Disc One 1 Promised Land 6:14 Berry 2 Sugaree 16:21 Garcia, Hunter 3 El Paso 5:04 Robbins 4 Peggy-O 8:34 Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead 5 Looks Like Rain 8:59 Weir, Barlow 6 Row Jimmy 11:20 Garcia, Hunter 7 Passenger 3:59 Lesh, Monk 8 Loser 8:38 Garcia, Hunter Disc Two 1 Dancing In The Streets 13:47 Stevenson, Gaye, Hunter 2 Samson and Delilah 8:00 Trad. Arr. By Bob Weir 3 Ramble On Rose 8:38 Garcia, Hunter 4 Estimated Prophet 10:09 Weir, Barlow Disc Three 1 Terrapin Station 11:43 Garcia, Hunter 2 Playing In The Band 11:07 Weir, Hart, Hunter 3 Uncle John's Band 11:47 Garcia, Hunter 4 Drums 5:28 Hart, Kreutzmann 5 The Wheel 7:24 Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter 6 China Doll 7:50 Garcia, Hunter 7 Playing In The Band 10:33 Weir, Hart, Hunter Lakeland Civic Center Arena, Lakeland, FL Disc Four 1 Bertha 7:22 Garcia, Hunter 2 Me and My Uncle 3:52 Phillips 3 They Love Each Other 8:10 Garcia, Hunter 4 Cassidy 5:21 Weir, Barlow 5 Jack-A-Roe 7:00 Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead 6 Jack Straw 6:13 Weir, Hunter 7 Tennessee Jed 9:41 Garcia, Hunter 8 New Minglewood Blues 5:38 Trad. Arr. By Bob Weir 9 Row Jimmy 11:28 Garcia, Hunter Disc Five 1 Passenger 4:15 Lesh, Monk 2 Scarlet Begonias 11:44 Garcia, Hunter 3 Fire On The Mountain 12:53 Hart, Hunter 4 Samson and Delilah 7:45 Trad. Arr. By Bob Weir 5 Brown-Eyed Woman 5:32 Garcia, Hunter Disc Six 1 Estimated Prophet 11:27 Weir, Barlow 2 He's Gone 15:36 Garcia, Hunter 3 Drums 4:09 Hart, Kreutzmann 4 The Other One 11:39 Weir, Kreutzmann 5 Comes A Time 11:52 Garcia, Hunter 6 St. Stephen 4:37 Garcia, Lesh, Hunter 7 Not Fade Away 11:15 Petty, Hardin 8 St. Stephen 1:46 Garcia, Lesh, Hunter 9 One More Saturday Night 5:01 Weir Recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson CD Mastering Jeffrey Norman Tape Archivist David Lemieux Archival Research Eileen Law/Grateful Dead Archives Cover Art & Package Design by Robert Minkin Photography by Jim Anderson ©2003 Dick’s Picks may still be one edition shy of its thirtieth release and its tenth anniversary, but why not start the celebration early? Volume 29 in this acclaimed series of treasures from the Vault is the most generous helping of Dick’s Picks yet — a staggering six compact discs’ worth, delivering about seven hours of optimal Grateful Dead from what is widely regarded as one of the band’s all-time peak periods as a performing unit. When the Dead embarked on their Spring tour in 1977, all traces of road rust from their mid-decade hiatus had vanished, and the band was playing with as much passion, energy and creativity as at any time in its long history. One factor that contributed greatly to the consistent excellence of the Dead’s live offerings during this period was the obvious pleasure and inspiration the band derived from exploring the batch of superb new material that had been created and developed in the preceding months for inclusion on the Terrapin Station album. This was especially true of two new original pieces: “Estimated Prophet,” Bob Weir and John Barlow’s sharply observant character study of an edge-dwelling soul walking that ever-blurry line between revelation and delusion — a song whose marriage of sinuous reggae groove and jazzish 7/4 time signature made it an ideal vehicle for extended improvisation (and which is heard in two different versions on DP29); and the “Terrapin Station” suite, an epic work quite unlike any other in the annals of the Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter collaboration — an ambitious, sprawling meditation on themes of courage, inspiration and the art of the storyteller, set to music that escalates from a lilting folk ballad to a titanic instrumental theme built on a monster guitar hook. Those newer songs, combined with great performances of the more familiar pieces in the band’s repertoire, almost invariably left listeners awestruck in the Spring of ‘77, and the audiences in Atlanta and Lakeland were no exception. It’s all here, digitally mastered from the original two-track analog source tapes: two damn-near-complete shows — the lone exception being an encore from Lakeland that missed the cut — but you never know where you might find a bit of hidden treasure to compensate for that little omission (word to the wise: as is so often the case in the world of the Grateful Dead, there’s more here than meets the eye!)

.....not if I keep eating my wife's coconut cream pie- she used the baby's whole milk instead of the 1/2% stuff to make it less gooey! I ate half of it last night and will probably finish it tonight. So if I don't post for a while.........

what Dicks Picks volume do people recommend for any of the Blues for Allah material?

me too. these two are the best versions i've heard

Thanks guys!! Yep I agree it may be boring but at least there's no name calling and arguments!!

even Built to Last is more listenable now with the extra live tunes on it. But man I still cant understand why they had to let Brent Mydland write so many songs. He sounds like Richard Marx! The live Foolish Heart is better than anything on the studio record though (as usual)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes folks!! Nice to see political differences don't have to spillover into other threads. Now, because my sister's birthday is also today, I think I will be on the phone most of the night Paul and Jim: Next time the band plays Ann Arbor we gotta meet up again! I'd like to see 2 full sets this time!

Anyone else think the extra material on Terrapin Station and Shakedown St is better than the original release? I think the live tunes from Egypt on Shakedown are so much more interesting than the album-I know, it's typical for the Dead to be better than live, but this is like comparing two different bands. I shuddered when I heard Terrapin Station and Shakedown St (I thought-woops!! what the hell did buy??) but the bonus material makes up for it. Also, it's nice to have the first 3 albums in nice remastered sound (especially Blues for Allah! Distorto!! ) with all the nice packaging. What do people here think of the bonus disc?

I love the deep, "woody" bass sound on ECM records. Particularly on Jarrett's Always Let Me Go. I am also drawn to the covers.

it would be a great way for me to get an autographed copy if you came to the flagship Borders here in Ann Arbor and did a reading!! Either way I'm getting this book by Christmas

I don't know if I'd recommend the box set. As great a band as they were, you couldn't get the whole picture from that box. Their final album isn't represented, and maybe it's just me but I've never understood the appeal of hearing BOTH mono and stereo versions of the same music. The difference does nothing for me. I'd rather hear more unreleased stuff or live material, not a mono rehash of what was on the first 2 discs. And finally, they left off the extended version of Bluebird, which had a nice jam ending. OF course, since Neil Young put the box together, I'm not surprised by his choices- he's never been one to do the expected. His fans want to hear his unreleased archives and have Time Fades Away available on CD, so of course we're waiting and waiting and will be waiting for probably another 20 years

wouldn't 2 more concerts make this a 9-disc set? Maybe they didn't want to make it unmarketable. Besides, why shoot your whole load-save those concerts for future "previously unreleased" releases!

there you go again, dragging politics into the non-political forum. what does Tucker Carlson have to do with O'Reilly's lawsuit??

I don't know if I could tolerate even one verse from Lucinda Williams. That woman has a horribly overrated voice. I am looking forward to the 2 disc reissue of King Of America due in February though

I disagree. I am very much looking forward to another multi-disc box from Columbia. I hope they stick to this announcement

Now Jim, let's be fair here. I sometimes have problems with Canada Post. But I don't think we know on which side of the border the package got hung up. I cannot help but remember the time the US P.O. sent my Mosaic order to England instead of Canada. Canada Post is BRUTALLY slow, with everything they handle. I remember waiting weeks, one time even 2 months, to receive things from the US when I used to live in Canada. The USPS gets CDs to me now in days.

another early playoff exit for a punchless, shaky-pitching braves team. when they had pitching, they had no offense. when they had offense last year, they had no pitching. this year, they have neither. pretty scary knowing their season is up to Russ "load 'em up" Ortiz

When your wife is as good a cook as mine is, you never eat fast food. However, I do enjoy the occasional grinder (oven baked sub), but is that fast food? They sure are greasy!!

I love this album. I highly recommend it. Just listen to Chick Corea's piano on track 2. Beautiful playing

well, I just got this today, and it's not a live petite wazoo recording like I had hoped. It's a series of snippets from rehearsals for the grand wazoo and waka/jawaka. Unless you enjoy being teased by the beginnings of a run-through of a familiar tune which suddenly ends after 20 seconds, then don't bother with it. So far I am underwhelmed. it sounds like they are tuning up in places, and you can hear frank (muffled, as it is from a cassette) giving instructions. And, of course, the liner notes are indecipherable. If only someone besides gail zappa could be in charge of the vaults, we might actually get what we want (live wazoo, or trance-fusion, anyone?). I'd say if this could be had for about $5 it's worth it just for the historical interest, but it cost me $17, and they shipped it to the wrong address, so i was already pissed before I opened it.

WHY ALL THE BOLD AND CAPITALS? WE HEAR YOU JUST FINE!

Where's your In A Silent Way Sessions box??

so will you be getting this box set based on this thread?

Mine finally came tonight!!! Looks nice!! Anyone else think this is the nicest looking one so far, in terms of packaging? Now I have to find time to listen to it all!