GD 2023 boxed set announced, and its a doozy

06/10/73
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - Washington DC

Set 1:
Morning Dew
Beat It On Down The Line
Ramble On Rose
Jack Straw
Wave That Flag
Looks Like Rain
Box Of Rain
They Love Each Other
The Race Is On
Row Jimmy
El Paso
Bird Song
Playin' In The Band

Set 2:
Eyes Of The World
Stella Blue
Big River
Here Comes Sunshine
Around And Around
Dark Star
He's Gone
Wharf Rat
Truckin'
Sugar Magnolia

Set 3: (with Dickey Betts & Butch Trucks)
It Takes A Train To Cry
That's Alright Mama
Promised Land
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
Not Fade Away

Encore:
Johnny B. Goode

pretty widely celebrated as a top-5 show, all time

quote:

---

Hopefully a few of those make it to streaming services.

---

If you don't have it, download the Relisten app. Tons of dead shows, amongst others. It's tapers, so the quality isn't what you'd get from that boxed set, but it has all 5 of those shows on there.

quote:

---

is it using archive.org as the source?

---

yes

was just checking out the setlists and grooving to some 73 when I realized that with this box, the PNW box from a couple years ago and the Dave’s picks release of 4/2/73 you can listen to NINE consecutive complete shows in remastered quality from 50 years ago during one of the unarguable peaks of America’s greatest rock and roll band.

that’s pretty incredible

quote:

---

one of the unarguable peaks of America’s greatest rock and roll band

---

73 is the best dead.

I veer toward the bluesy Pigpen era, especially ‘68-‘70.

I am also partial to ‘89-‘91, as the Dead, never resting on their laurels when it came to perfecting (or attempting to…they did have some epic failures!) their gear and recordings, were early adopters of capturing live performances using the Sony DMR-4000 & PCM-1630 full digital 24-track recording system.

You should notice a tighter low end from Phil (and Drums/space coming alive), a total separation of instruments, and an overall very dynamic recording presenting a big soundstage, starting with the “Warlocks” show in 1987 onward (which is the first Dead show to be captured in full PCM—I think…).



…but I’m still grabbing this box set—I’m a sucker for Grateful Dead’s mass marketing machine!

I will say they really do a hell of a classy job on every release—for years.
From packaging/box/inserts/lithographs/sound remaster quality—they are top flight!

quote:

---

am also partial to ‘89-‘91, as the Dead

---

Me to, like to big band sounding dead. Like Omni in Atl 91, big difference in east indoor dead and west coast outdoor dead in early 90s. I assume it was similar in the earlier years.. 77 is probably my actual favorite dead year.. wish they could remaster the 77 years to a early 90s indoor sounding dead.. LOL

with that said...

My first live experience with the Dead was summer 1990 at Eugene Oregon Autzum stadium. Camped in the lot starting Friday afternoon. Sat & Sun day shows with Little Feat opening outdoor stadium beautiful weather and absolutely fantastic fun shows. It was quite the shock for this at the time 19 year old from south AL. Camped on sunday at a some pacific coast campground. Went to the pacific ocean, we all down a massive sand cliff to the shores of the pacific and went for the coldest ocean swim if ever experienced. Monday headed back east to Yellowstone National Park.

So thankful that the dead allowed bootleg tapes of shows. My only in person live experience was from 90-95 when Jerry passed.

My last dead shows were in Vegas

5/19/95 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas
5/20/95 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas
5/21/95 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas

Went to The Dead Shows during the day and then hit Widespread afterwords for first 2 nights.. I was kinda happy after that 3rd day show when we made it back to our hotel that the party could start winding down - the Panic was off elsewhere and no other band was in town that motivated me enough to go out.. or maybe the baggies were empty. .. pretty sure we did a late evening dinner at Spago a Wolfgang restaurant at Ceasars. That was a trip to remember

05/19/95 Huntridge Theater Las Vegas
05/20/95 Huntridge Theater Las Vegas

good weekend for the scene in New Orleans.
oteil is playing around town, JRAD 3 nights (killed it last night), obviously D/C Saturday

this would have been unheard of back in the 80’s/90’s when the band was still intact. It’s really something

quote:

---

obviously D/C Saturday

---

Can

Not

Wait

quote:

---

good weekend for the scene in New Orleans. oteil is playing around town, JRAD 3 nights (killed it last night), obviously D/C Saturday

---

I saw oteil at the leaf last night with Johnny V and Sonny Landreth, great show.

Headed to JRAD the next 2 nights.