GRATEFUL DEADThursday, March 18, 1971Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MOSoundboard RecordingTime for another thoroughly rewarding journey into a thoroughly forgotten corner of the Grateful Dead’s concert history. Pretty much the last month one thinks about when contemplating 1971 is March of that year. Bookended on one side by the infamous February ’71 shows where Mickey left the band and what seems l
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1971 March 18 - Fox Theatre
1971 March 18 - Fox Theatre
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GRATEFUL DEADThursday, March 18, 1971Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MOSoundboard RecordingTime for another thoroughly rewarding journey into a thoroughly forgotten corner of the Grateful Dead’s concert history. Pretty much the last month one thinks about when contemplating 1971 is March of that year. Bookended on one side by the infamous February ’71 shows where Mickey left the band and what seems l
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1972 September 28 - Stanley Theatre
GRATEFUL DEADThursday, September 28, 1972Stanley Theatre – Jersey City, NJSoundboard Recording Pockets of fabulous Grateful Dead music are everywhere. As the number of shows you’ve heard increases, and you start filling in gaps, you come to find that sometimes distinctions can be made between the music this band was playing down to a month by month basis. Similar to the way I've often noted th
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1972 September 28 - Stanley Theatre
GRATEFUL DEADThursday, September 28, 1972Stanley Theatre – Jersey City, NJSoundboard Recording Pockets of fabulous Grateful Dead music are everywhere. As the number of shows you’ve heard increases, and you start filling in gaps, you come to find that sometimes distinctions can be made between the music this band was playing down to a month by month basis. Similar to the way I've often noted th
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1972 September 28 - Stanley Theatre
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GRATEFUL DEADThursday, September 28, 1972Stanley Theatre – Jersey City, NJSoundboard Recording Pockets of fabulous Grateful Dead music are everywhere. As the number of shows you’ve heard increases, and you start filling in gaps, you come to find that sometimes distinctions can be made between the music this band was playing down to a month by month basis. Similar to the way I've often noted th
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1977 May 8 - Cornell University
GRATEFUL DEADSunday, May 8, 1977Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYAudience & Soundboard Recordings5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY is heralded as the best Grateful Dead show of all time. How does one even attempt to put this tape into perspective? If you do any research at all (heck, you might have just found this writing here by doing just such research), you will q...
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1977 May 8 - Cornell University
GRATEFUL DEADSunday, May 8, 1977Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYAudience & Soundboard Recordings5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY is heralded as the best Grateful Dead show of all time. How does one even attempt to put this tape into perspective? If you do any research at all (heck, you might have just found this writing here by doing just such research), you will q...
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1966 July 16 - Fillmore Auditorium
GRATEFUL DEADSaturday, July 16, 1966Fillmore Auditorium – San Francisco, CASoundboard RecordingYou know the way you can’t see the apple tree when you look at the apple seed? You know a fully fruited tree is completely held within the seed, but if you’ve never seen one grow, it can seem like a wild stretch of the imagination to go from point A to point B. 1966 Grateful Dead is like possessin
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1966 July 16 - Fillmore Auditorium
GRATEFUL DEADSaturday, July 16, 1966Fillmore Auditorium – San Francisco, CASoundboard RecordingYou know the way you can’t see the apple tree when you look at the apple seed? You know a fully fruited tree is completely held within the seed, but if you’ve never seen one grow, it can seem like a wild stretch of the imagination to go from point A to point B. 1966 Grateful Dead is like possessin
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Lyrics & Dates – “Sakes Alive, I’m Dead!”
How do you know when your membership pin arrives in the mail? What is the tipoff that you are a little bit more obsessive compulsive about this band than your “normal friends?” They can honestly say they like the Grateful Dead, but you know it’s not that way *you* like the Grateful Dead, and you can prove it! When should you admit you have a problem?Well folks, there are some telltale signs
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Lyrics & Dates – “Sakes Alive, I’m Dead!”
How do you know when your membership pin arrives in the mail? What is the tipoff that you are a little bit more obsessive compulsive about this band than your “normal friends?” They can honestly say they like the Grateful Dead, but you know it’s not that way *you* like the Grateful Dead, and you can prove it! When should you admit you have a problem?Well folks, there are some telltale signs
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Lyrics & Dates – “Sakes Alive, I’m Dead!”
How do you know when your membership pin arrives in the mail? What is the tipoff that you are a little bit more obsessive compulsive about this band than your “normal friends?” They can honestly say they like the Grateful Dead, but you know it’s not that way *you* like the Grateful Dead, and you can prove it! When should you admit you have a problem?Well folks, there are some telltale signs
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It All Rolls Into One
The Grateful Dead’s music has carved a permanent spot in hearts of many people. For those of us deeply immersed in hundreds, let alone thousands of hours of their music, we tend to gain an ability to listen to more than the song or jam at hand coming out of the speakers. It is true that the experience of this band’s music is quite different than just any other rock and roll act. Not only is th
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It All Rolls Into One
The Grateful Dead’s music has carved a permanent spot in hearts of many people. For those of us deeply immersed in hundreds, let alone thousands of hours of their music, we tend to gain an ability to listen to more than the song or jam at hand coming out of the speakers. It is true that the experience of this band’s music is quite different than just any other rock and roll act. Not only is th
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1979 November 5 - Philly Spectrum
GRATEFUL DEADMonday, November 5, 1979The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PAAudience RecordingHere’s another show that falls into that category of slightly unknown gems that go somewhat unnoticed. Famous from a statistical standpoint – it has one of the longest Eyes Of The World on record, clocking in at 23 minutes – the show lives a bit in the shadow of some other stellar performances from the day
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1979 November 5 - Philly Spectrum
GRATEFUL DEADMonday, November 5, 1979The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PAAudience RecordingHere’s another show that falls into that category of slightly unknown gems that go somewhat unnoticed. Famous from a statistical standpoint – it has one of the longest Eyes Of The World on record, clocking in at 23 minutes – the show lives a bit in the shadow of some other stellar performances from the day
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