The Grateful Thread

[Leo]

Is 'box set' even correct or have we just gradually bastardised 'boxed set'?

I've only heard them referred to as box set but you're probably right (I stopped caring much about grammar awhile back).

 

[Murphy]

Ignore Mexicali Blues and El Paso and you’re good to go

 

[borzoi]

Is that story about them playing somewhere and lightning or arcs of electricity or something flickering across the stage true? Apparently they were all so bombed they were just transfixed by it. Sounds like myth.

i've never heard this one but i do know for a fact that they played a show in portland and mt st helens erupted in the middle of "fire on the mountain"

 

[Murphy]

Think it’s Woodstock

Dead ‘Stock: The Story Behind the Grateful Dead’s Forgettable Woodstock Performance

Even now, 51 years to the day, the performance by Grateful Dead at the legendary Woodstock Music Festival still leaves a mark. Although, for a variety of reasons, it's a mark that the band and any eyewitnesses that evening may not wish to remember fondly. Weather, electrical and all the other...

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[Murphy]

For Merl

 

[constant escape]

Written by Dobson in 62, used by the Grateful Dead in 66, according to wiki.

 

[Leo]

be careful out there...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-are-so-many-grateful-dead-fans-being-murdered?ref=home

 

[Murphy]

be careful out there...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-are-so-many-grateful-dead-fans-being-murdered?ref=home

To adopt the older D tag, “ta!’, la.

 

[version]

 

[Murphy]

Frankenstein's monster as a group brand that ultimately destroyed its main creator.

That's more contextually weird, in the original Anglo-Saxon understanding of the term, although i suspect undiagnosed ptsd from his life map.

Also, @version time to step across into the light http://headyversion.com/search/all/?order=count

 

[borzoi]

Grateful Dead Live at Farrell Hall (SUNY) on 1970-05-08 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Dark Star > Dancin' In The Street, Good Lovin', Uncle John's Band

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advanced listening.

The Audience-Tape Dark Stars 1970-1972 (Guest Post)

BY NICK J. Some of the best Dark Stars of the early ‘70s exist only on audience tapes, from good to poor quality. They’re often underra...

deadessays.blogspot.com

* I can't even really talk about how "bad" the sound is -- the music is still recognizably the Dead, of course, but it's so distorted and fried that it crosses over into a new realm of abstraction beyond just a crappy aud tape. The closest comparison I can think of is some other extreme lo-fi feedback psych like Les Rallizes Denudes (Japanese psych band). I was totally sucked in at first, blown away by the space and feedback, and then as my ears adjusted to the sound, I found myself loving the music but wondering what I was missing: how hard was everyone really playing? What exactly are the drummers up to? (they're felt more than heard throughout most of this) Is this really as good as it seems to be? I guess the world may never know.

this is a good blog if you wanna get really deep into the weeds. the 6/24/70 ds is one of my favorites.

 

[line b]

this is great, the slow degradation into pure feedback around the 2:50 mark is awesome

 

[Murphy]

Grateful Dead Live at Farrell Hall (SUNY) on 1970-05-08 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Dark Star > Dancin' In The Street, Good Lovin', Uncle John's Band

archive.org

advanced listening.

The Audience-Tape Dark Stars 1970-1972 (Guest Post)

BY NICK J. Some of the best Dark Stars of the early ‘70s exist only on audience tapes, from good to poor quality. They’re often underra...

deadessays.blogspot.com

this is a good blog if you wanna get really deep into the weeds. the 6/24/70 ds is one of my favorites.

Dead Essays is a genuine feast. The focus and scope are usually spot on.

Ordered Garcia and Saunders Vol15, May 21st 1971. Top draw partnership. Horns here similar to Legion of Mary

 

[borzoi]

they get right to the point on this one, no need to wait for the good part at all. just posted in another thread but china -> rider is the 100% most perfect encapsulation of the dead and their ethos. there are other songs i like better but this is the statement of intent. the push and pull from the 60s psychedelia to the deeper and more subtle dream one at the heart of the old weird america. the song thats time-grounded to the one that's completely timeless. right down to the lyrics of china cat being vaguely nonsense and embarrassing. if it wasn't sort of embarrassing it wouldn't be the dead ofc.

 

[Murphy]

Been on a Brokedown Palace excursion today.

Grateful Dead best Brokedown Palace | headyversion

Discuss, vote on, and listen to the best versions of Brokedown Palace by Grateful Dead

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[version]

 

[Murphy]

@version eriously, dose yourself with the Veneta 72 show, Owsley's looking down. Takes 5mins with the intros

Grateful Dead Live at Old Renaissance Faire Grounds on 1972-08-27 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive

Promised Land, Sugaree, Me & My Uncle, Deal, Black Throated Wind, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Mexicali Blues, Bertha Playin' In The Band, He's...

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Switcheroo with Merl

 

[borzoi]

picked this up at the goodwill today

 

[jenks]

Any of you ever read this? Picked it up years ago and sat on my shelf since - not only ex manager of The Dead but also Courtney Love’s dad

 

[Murphy]

Any of you ever read this? Picked it up years ago and sat on my shelf since - not only ex manager of The Dead but also Courtney Love’s dad

No, cheers for the heads up ta. There's an extremely condescending P Morley interview somewhere from 1981ish (found it, looks like a paywall)

https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/grateful-dead-what-a-long-predictable-trip-its-become