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Dropped American Beauty into the disc player, still the best thing they ever recorded. I cannot imagine a major rock band these days releasing a mostly acoustic album. This album has stood the test of time and I do not care what you Deadheads think, “Attics Of My Life” is a dreadful song and should have been left on the studio floor.
PS: They were never the same once Pigpen died. A truth spoken by my old friend ‘Fay Ray” with which I agree.

Gotta agree re: "Attics."

Both Workingman's and American Beauty have excellent SQ. Recent remasters or Mofi CD for Workingman's are great. Old WB "greenie" labels for the LPs.

I played 3 February 78, 2nd set SBD yesterday.
 
Now playing 9/23/72 Waterbury CT Palace Theater - https://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-23-1972

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Here ya go - https://archive.org/details/gd72-09-23.sbd.jeffm.2201.sbeok.shnf

Bringing this Furthur so I can track it easier.... (again)

Here's the list of shows I've played since I started this thread plus some from the "Recorded Live" playlist thread.
I'm trying to play all my GD live shows and have bounced from era to era and added many so this should help keep track.
This will be a work in progress...

The Acid Test Reels 1965-1967 6CD box set
1966 - 2/25, 3/12,19,25, 5/19, 7/1,3,16,17,29,30, 9/16, 10/7, 11/19,29, 12/1,5
1967 - 1/14, 3/18, 4/8, 5/5, 6/18, 8/4, 9/3, 10/20,22, 11/10,11
1968 - 1/17,20,22,23, 2/2,3,14,22,23,24, 3/3,16,17,29,30,31, 5/18, 6/19, 8/21,22,23,24,28, 9/2,20, 10/8,10,12,13,20,30, 11/1, 12/7,16,21,24,29
1969 - 1/17,24,25,26, 2/2,11,27,28, 3/1,2,28,29, 4/5,15,17,18,21,22,23,26,27, 5/23,30,31, 7/3,7, 8/2,3,16,29,30, 10/25, 11/2,7,8, 12/11,19,20,26,28,29,30,31
1970 - 1/2,3,10,16,17,18,23,24,30,31, 2/1,2,4,5,6,7,8,11,13,14,27,28, 3/1,8,20,24, 4/3,12,15, 5/1,2,6,14,15,24, 6/5,6,7,13,24, 7/14,16, 9/18,19,20, 10/4,5,24,30,31, 11/16, 12/12,26,27,28
1971 - 1/22,24, 2/18,19,20,21,23,24, 3/3,14,18,20,24, 4/4,5,6,7,8,10,12,13,14,15,17,18,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29, 5/29, 6/21, 7/2,31, 8/4,5,6,7,14,15,21,23,24,26, 10/19,21,22,23,24,26,27,29,30,31, 11/7,11,12,14,15,17,20, 12/4,6,7,9,14,15
1972 - 1/2, 3/5,21,23,25,28, 4/7,8,11,14,16,17,21,24,26,29, 5/3,4,7,10,11,13,16,18,23,24,25,26, 6/17, 7/16,18,21,22,25,26, 8/12,20,21,22,24,25,27, 9/3,9,10,16,17,21,23,27,28, 10/2,17,18,26, 11/15, 12/12
1973 - 2/9,15,17,19,21,22,26,28, 3/16,21,22,24,26,28,31, 5/20,26, 6/9,10, 8/1, 9/11,12, 10/19,30, 11/9,10,11,14,17,20,21,23,25,30, 12/1,2,4,6,8,10,12,18,19
1974 - 2/22,23,24, 3/23, 5/12,14,17,19,21,25, 6/8,16,18,20,22,23,24,26,28,30, 7/19,25,27,29,31, 8/4,5,6, 9/9,10,11,14,18,20,21, 10/16,17,18,19,20
1975 - 3/23, 8/13, 9/28
1976 - 6/3,9,11,12,15,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,26,27,28,29, 7/12,13,14,17,18, 8/4, 9/25,27,28, 10/9,10, 12/31
1977 - 2/26, 3/18,19,20, 4/22,23,25,27,30, 5/1,4,5,7,8,9,11,13,15,17,18,19,21,22,25,26,28, 6/7,8,9, 9/3,28,29, 10/1,2, 11/1,4,5,6, 12/29
1978 - 1/6,7,8,31, 2/3,4,5, 4/15, 7/8, 9/15,16, 10/17,18,20,21,22
1979 - 1/8,11, 2/3,10,17
1980 - 10/14
1988 - 3/31
1989 - 7/7
 
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Now playing 9/24/72 Waterbury CT Palace Theater - https://archive.org/details/gd72-09-24.sbd.cribbs.25282.sbeok.shnf

Bringing this Furthur so I can track it easier.... (again)

Here's the list of shows I've played since I started this thread plus some from the "Recorded Live" playlist thread.
I'm trying to play all my GD live shows and have bounced from era to era and added many so this should help keep track.
This will be a work in progress...

The Acid Test Reels 1965-1967 6CD box set
1966 - 2/25, 3/12,19,25, 5/19, 7/1,3,16,17,29,30, 9/16, 10/7, 11/19,29, 12/1,5
1967 - 1/14, 3/18, 4/8, 5/5, 6/18, 8/4, 9/3, 10/20,22, 11/10,11
1968 - 1/17,20,22,23, 2/2,3,14,22,23,24, 3/3,16,17,29,30,31, 5/18, 6/19, 8/21,22,23,24,28, 9/2,20, 10/8,10,12,13,20,30, 11/1, 12/7,16,21,24,29
1969 - 1/17,24,25,26, 2/2,11,27,28, 3/1,2,28,29, 4/5,15,17,18,21,22,23,26,27, 5/23,30,31, 7/3,7, 8/2,3,16,29,30, 10/25, 11/2,7,8, 12/11,19,20,26,28,29,30,31
1970 - 1/2,3,10,16,17,18,23,24,30,31, 2/1,2,4,5,6,7,8,11,13,14,27,28, 3/1,8,20,24, 4/3,12,15, 5/1,2,6,14,15,24, 6/5,6,7,13,24, 7/14,16, 9/18,19,20, 10/4,5,24,30,31, 11/16, 12/12,26,27,28
1971 - 1/22,24, 2/18,19,20,21,23,24, 3/3,14,18,20,24, 4/4,5,6,7,8,10,12,13,14,15,17,18,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29, 5/29, 6/21, 7/2,31, 8/4,5,6,7,14,15,21,23,24,26, 10/19,21,22,23,24,26,27,29,30,31, 11/7,11,12,14,15,17,20, 12/4,6,7,9,14,15
1972 - 1/2, 3/5,21,23,25,28, 4/7,8,11,14,16,17,21,24,26,29, 5/3,4,7,10,11,13,16,18,23,24,25,26, 6/17, 7/16,18,21,22,25,26, 8/12,20,21,22,24,25,27, 9/3,9,10,16,17,21,23.24,27,28, 10/2,17,18,26, 11/15, 12/12
1973 - 2/9,15,17,19,21,22,26,28, 3/16,21,22,24,26,28,31, 5/20,26, 6/9,10, 8/1, 9/11,12, 10/19,30, 11/9,10,11,14,17,20,21,23,25,30, 12/1,2,4,6,8,10,12,18,19
1974 - 2/22,23,24, 3/23, 5/12,14,17,19,21,25, 6/8,16,18,20,22,23,24,26,28,30, 7/19,25,27,29,31, 8/4,5,6, 9/9,10,11,14,18,20,21, 10/16,17,18,19,20
1975 - 3/23, 8/13, 9/28
1976 - 6/3,9,11,12,15,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,26,27,28,29, 7/12,13,14,17,18, 8/4, 9/25,27,28, 10/9,10, 12/31
1977 - 2/26, 3/18,19,20, 4/22,23,25,27,30, 5/1,4,5,7,8,9,11,13,15,17,18,19,21,22,25,26,28, 6/7,8,9, 9/3,28,29, 10/1,2, 11/1,4,5,6, 12/29
1978 - 1/6,7,8,31, 2/3,4,5, 4/15, 7/8, 9/15,16, 10/17,18,20,21,22
1979 - 1/8,11, 2/3,10,17
1980 - 10/14
1988 - 3/31
1989 - 7/7
 
New episode posted about 5 minutes ago.


On Episode 6 of Season 5, the Deadcast explores the biggest gig of the Grateful Dead’s Europe ‘72 tour, their largest ever overseas show, & one of our biggest Deadcasts yet, reconstructing the legendary Bickershaw Festival mudbath with enraptured audience members including an extended conversation with Elvis Costello. GUESTS: Elvis Costello, Michael Moorcock, Mountain Girl, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, David Nelson, Steve Parish, Sam Cutler, Alan Trist, Janet Furman, Ben Haller, John Morris, Allan Arkush, Peter Luttner, Alex Allan, Chris Jones, Bill Giles, Barbara Nellist, Simon Phillips, Steven Feldman, Brain Petheram, Adam Gotley, Mick Etherington, David Lemieux, Graeme Boone
 
I finally replaced my 10 years gone shop-boombox with the exact same model off Evilbay.
I liked this model enough to make a hanging cabinet to fit it.
I cranked Jeff Beck Wired, Road Trips 77 bonus CD & the '68 VD show while I made a display shelf for the cabinet.
I'll paint the shelf black if I like it enough to keep it as is.

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EDIT - I went out to crank Scar-Fire & Estimated Prophet again.
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Not sure how I missed this thread for so long. I have gotten back into dead tapes and have about 100 cassettes but still frequently stream shows through the Relisten app. I listened to 6/27/85 (don’t hang off the balcony!) today streaming through my phone to a simple Bluetooth device with an rca output. I feel like there must be a higher fidelity solution but I don’t understand this technology and also don’t want to spend a fortune on this. I have a few decent tape decks and my best tapes sound better than streaming through this bt device. I’m sure this has come up before and appreciate any input.
 
Got my June 2022 issue of Mojo magazine in the mail yesterday.
The included disc was 10 tracks "From the Bay to the Pool - Grateful Dead 1971-78" - nice stuff!
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I'm "new" to looking for GD shows in the digital age. I remember trading tapes in the 1980s (ahh.... the high speed dubbing cassette decks). I didn't have but a few shows back then but I liked them. I'm wondering where to go to download shows now? I would buy them if they were available but I haven't found them on EBay or Google. I did find where I can stream them but I'd like to be able to play them offline.
 
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