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    October 15 - October 21, 2007
    We’re going to be doing some jumping around the calendar this week, to play you some music we didn’t get a chance to play for you the past few weeks.

    First, as we’re always interested in playing unique sequences and segues, we’ll pop into 1980 for a quick stop on 10/2/80 at the Warfield in San Francisco. From this very good show is the interesting third set opening sequence of Drums>Comes A Time>Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance.

    Next up, we’ll jump ahead 14 years, to 1994, specifically the very good Fall Tour. From 10/1/94 in Boston, we have the second set opener, Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain, and from a few nights later on 10/5/94 in Philadelphia, the very unique second set opening combination of Midnight Hour-Cumberland Blues.

    From the Fall Tour of 1976, specifically 9/30/76 in Columbus, OH, we have the second set opening Lazy Lightning>Supplication.

    Jumping back a bit to 1972, here are two songs from the 4/7/72 show at Wembley Empire Pool (subsequently Wembley Arena) in London, Chinatown Shuffle and a rocking Me and My Uncle. Bobby wasn’t kidding when he said about these two Wembley shows in 1972, “man, we played like demons at those shows.”

    Check in next week when we’ll be playing some great music from your favourite band. As always, we welcome and encourage your questions and comments.

    David Lemieux
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  • Cosmic Charlie…
    16 years 6 months ago
    oohhh I forgot...
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY!! Blessings to all Libra people near and far. This selection is from Bob Weir's birthday week ! Thanks again to David!
  • Cosmic Charlie…
    16 years 6 months ago
    Love the selection, but I'm a little biased
    Thanks David! This is one of my favorite selections. There's a show that was on my birthday in 1994! Love the Midnight Hour! But, Mickey and the Drums are SMOKIN' at the Warfield! In fact it's a great start to a third set. Lost Sailor is one of my all time favorite songs written in Mill Valley (which I love) and in the year I was born. Trip out! Love and Light ;-)
  • Butterbean
    16 years 6 months ago
    ugly festering black hole.....
    i have to whole heartedly disagree with the archive.org trolls......sure 1994 has its warts, but like you said...it has its hidden quirks and gems of performances. Garcia comes over the top, sometimes vocally, to make up for sometimes sloppy playing. 94 was the year that it became glaringly clear that he was struggling with his addictions. Such a nasty addiction that it affected his playing. It was always sad to see him struggle with what would eventually overtake him. But, that being said, 94 has some of the best and soulful garcia vocals i've ever heard. sometimes, he would also compensate by unleashing new and fresh interpretations of riffs he had played the same ways for years. Sometimes it worked beautifully, and sometimes it sounded terrible. Thus began the game of guessing if it would be a great show, or a lackluster one. If your looking for start to finish exactly perfect performances, then 1994 isn't the year. Compared to say 1973, 1994 can't be compared. The band as a whole would also "overcompensate" for the struggles that jer was facing. Sometimes this overcompensation was amazing. More lesh, a crazier...razor sharp weir, the DRUMS......the DRUMS were sometimes my favorite part of 94 dead. All the extra sweet drum fills ( the extra wood blocks, cowbell, and just big drum sound.) All that being said there are some AMAZING over the top performances from 94 and 95. You just have to know where to look. It takes combing through many many shows from 94 and 95 to find the diamonds in the ruff. It might just be one or two songs from one show. or it might be that 10/01/94 boston show... if you liked the vocals on that "scarlet>fire".....then you will LOVE the" He's Gone" from 12/09/94 (SBD stream over at archive.org)...the whole second set sequence is awesome! way over the top vocally and musically. one of the most amazing "drums" sequences i've ever heard too. don't ever let others make up your mind for you....you have to listen for yourself, then be the judge!
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We’re going to be doing some jumping around the calendar this week, to play you some music we didn’t get a chance to play for you the past few weeks.

First, as we’re always interested in playing unique sequences and segues, we’ll pop into 1980 for a quick stop on 10/2/80 at the Warfield in San Francisco. From this very good show is the interesting third set opening sequence of Drums>Comes A Time>Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance.

Next up, we’ll jump ahead 14 years, to 1994, specifically the very good Fall Tour. From 10/1/94 in Boston, we have the second set opener, Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain, and from a few nights later on 10/5/94 in Philadelphia, the very unique second set opening combination of Midnight Hour-Cumberland Blues.

From the Fall Tour of 1976, specifically 9/30/76 in Columbus, OH, we have the second set opening Lazy Lightning>Supplication.

Jumping back a bit to 1972, here are two songs from the 4/7/72 show at Wembley Empire Pool (subsequently Wembley Arena) in London, Chinatown Shuffle and a rocking Me and My Uncle. Bobby wasn’t kidding when he said about these two Wembley shows in 1972, “man, we played like demons at those shows.”

Check in next week when we’ll be playing some great music from your favourite band. As always, we welcome and encourage your questions and comments.

David Lemieux
vault [at] dead.net�
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WARNING: Whiner comment ahead- I was dumbfounded when Dick's Picks chose 10/14/83 instead of the next night. And now it's ignored again. That 2nd set is one of the best of the 80's. The China>Rider seethes, the Playin wind down into China Doll is exquisite and space>St. Stephen is one of the great exhaltations of all time. And you'll love the Brokedown ending. Oh well, must be just me......
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beenwaytoolongatsea TigerTrance - you could not be more spot on IMO I was at the garden on 10/11 and 10/12, and the hartford shows the climax of space into stephen the second time was almost beyond this realm. and if you listen to the first stephen there are points, or a point at which they kind of fall apart so I always felt like they intended to do it only once but didn't nail it so they did it again, and in hartford they nailed it! nice description of the first part of the 10/15 set it's right on
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I saw both the 10/14 & 15/83 & 84 Hartford shows. I remember quite clearly at the time that 10/14 was overall the better show, but seeing St. Stephen (especially when Phil stepped to Bobby's mike to sing "fortune comes a calling line" was the all time highlight of 31 shows. The real puzzle, as far as DP goes is why put such a lame recording of 10/14/83 set one out there at all. I would have put set 2 from 10/14 and all of 10/15 (have it on SBD, first set holds up just fine). Following year, same two shows are quite good, 10/14/84 has some one of a kind sound effects tacked on to Bobby's playing, and 10/15 has one of the most spacey Playins' in the 80's, all well worth seeking out.
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tj crowley it's coming up to that anniversay week..10 31 70 state university of ny 'stoney brook' 2nd set....viola lee > cumberland MAJIC 20 minutes dancin toviola then out of nowhere (still can't hear the seque clue) cunberland is into it's 2nd verse MAJIC!!!! if ol' dave dosen't supply a good copy here search it out....gans did a later (#960?)gdhour highlighting that set....
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Been away for a couple of weeks, caught Phil in Chicago..Hey, I almost kinda miss the whiners.. well, maybe not. Somewhere in the middle of this discussion there was talk/speculation about some kinda upcoming release. I hear that Veneta DVD is pretty crisp, maybe almost fully cooked by now?!?!?
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Nice Scarlet begonias/Fire :) Peace
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New to the site, newer to tapers section, might I say Thank You for the hours of entertainment you've brought to my life.its nice to close your eyes and crank up some headphones and travel time so freely! keep the trip going further and further!
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I love the tapers sections, please keep it up. Week after week, I am pulled to this site to see what you pull out the vault and it leads me to go pull those shows from my collection and listen to the entire show. Great memories and great smiles inspiration,, move me brightly
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Check out the recent post from the ‘The Professor’ on ‘Introducing Ourselves’ . He includes the following statement ‘You can also listen to my radio choices at: http://deadshow.blogspot.com where I publish the Deadpod weekly' check it out, it looks really good!
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totolly blown away ...never heard chinatown shuffle , that was really cool ,, I remember the Philly show i was there for that one ,,would love to hear more of that one ..it`s all wonderfull thanks Dave ...and thanks to all the tapers out there...really brings back good memories...
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I mean in the Forums? (under Administration: Technical Problems) I guess it might serve as a nice sidetrack to go off on. However, Taper's Section is its real home...