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Official Grateful Dead Thread

wall of sound

Hi

Possibly in this thread somewhere ,but if not,checkout the Deads 'wall of sound' JBL sound system.It is quite amazing,the sheer size.

I saw Greatful Dead at Wembley Pool' London,in '72.(Still going strong .Changed its name to Wembley Arena years ago.)

I always remember the stacked up outer sides of the PA seemingly going up to the roof.Outasite !!Couldn't have been the whole system though.

Have a good look at the subject of their Wall of Sound PA.It is totally awesome.

We were using a couple of 4 by 12's at that time.

Regards
Rockman
 
Likely one of the early incarnations before the complete "Wall of Sound". It made its first completed performance March 23, 1974, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. I have the CD set.:thmbsp:
 
Hi Ed

I never thought of that.Good bit of info there !!

Great subject to think about,the transport logistics,costs etc.
Did you hear about the drummer refusing to sit under the space designed for him to sit in.Being a drummer myself,I didn't blame him.Directly beneath TONS of speakers.You only needed one Janet Jackson type 'wardrobe failure' and be under that lot and it's goodnight Vienna.

Regards

Rockman
 
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"the transport logistics,costs etc."

I think that's why they stopped after '74. They had two systems, one would go ahead of the other so there'd be time to get everything set up for the next show.

The Grateful Dead Movie also features the Wall Of Sound and the vocal double microphones set up to cancel out the system sound. Vocals on that show a little distorted sibilant-sounding to me.
 
Baltimore CC, 4/19/82

Drums->The Raven Space

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Ed in Tx said:
I'm playing Dick's Picks 21 11/1/85 Richmond VA while waiting for the locally home spun Lone Star Dead show on KNON-FM in about an hour. May be an interesting show tonight considering being Halloween.

http://www.knon.org/programs/lone-star-dead
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I was at this show and it ROCKED!!!!!!!, the boys were firing on all cylinders. There is a dynamite aud copy out there on the interwebz.

I'll never forget he crowd participation on "Cold Rain & Snow" & "Gloria". I had that DP and was disappointed and still will only listen to the Aud.

The middle to the end of 1st set "Jack Straw" was killer!!!!
 
Ed in Tx said:
Yep, will be 4 volumes, 13-16, and #14 should have the bonus CD that only the sub's get. :thmbsp::thmbsp:
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Thanks. Let me know if dead.net has any sales coming up for the holidays, they did last year.

I've got my daves picks paid for for 2015, I think the first release is around Feb 1.
 
I haven't had time to read this thread yet so pardon me if this had been covered.

I'm a late blooming Deadhead and just acquired a nice vintage cassette deck. I would like to start collecting bootlegs. I don't have many Deadhead friends. Where can I get these?

Thanks
 
Killer Fox said:
I haven't had time to read this thread yet so pardon me if this had been covered.

I'm a late blooming Deadhead and just acquired a nice vintage cassette deck. I would like to start collecting bootlegs. I don't have many Deadhead friends. Where can I get these?

Thanks
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Good luck finding cassettes, maybe an old head has some to part with but I wouldn't hold your breath.

If you wanna go digital try this on for size.

https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead
 
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