i'm only sleeping

It was not a (very) obscure band here in Europe back in the 70s, at least in the rock press. I have seen the film Velvet Goldmine, supposedly somewhat of a (fiction?) bio of Steve Harley, which I don't recommend. But i'm not very fond of glam, except Bolan & Bowie.

Yesterday I watched a shitty, bootleg video of GD in Rockpalast 1981. I would not think likely that Jerry would 'cite' Dury’s “sex and drugs and rock’roll” in Shakedown St. But that’s what I heard. Funny.

Lammy don't forget Help Slip!!

 

I was at the NSB and the Here Comes Sunshine and the Cap Center Ripple

 

 

Heartbreak speaking of Scarlet > Fire I was at Hampton 88 (one of my first shows) and I think they played So What > Sugar Mag > Scarlet > Fire and when they went into Scarlet the folks in front of me started hugging and I was thinking hmmmm what is this??

 

Those 88 shows are hot as hell BTW

PS The best Unbroken Chain played besides the one on the album is BY FAR the Phil and Phish from 99.

Thanks for the rec!...great show indeed

for reasons too boring to share here, I need to buy something on Amazon.

 

I'm trying to decide between the Sunshine Daydream deal (cds + DVD) and Volume III of the View from the Vault.  Opinions?

Sunshine Dream

I bet this would have interested Jerry

http://www.genengnews.com/insight-and-intelligence/psychedelics-shown-to-relieve-anxiety/77900076/

I absolutely HATE Kiss

You're not alone

I've said this before, but I don't do torrents. Never could find a way to download them on my iMac, even after downloading software for that express purpose. Don't really need any more Dead AUD files, I already have too many on my system. Looking for a zip or RAR, even if in mp3 format.

 

 

 

Beat me to it. Very nice!

Thank you back, Sir! It was not my intention, blame it your post 

Can you post the youtube link? Wanna check that out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvs1unQq1Q0

In A Future Age

A whole lot of awesome in this interview with Bob Weir about collaborations with Wilco and MMJ. Particularly love the fact that it was Jeff's idea to play Dark Star. Knowing Jeff's previous ambivalence toward the Dead, he really decided to just go for it. ...

I'd like to know more on that (any links?), I know nothing on that ambivalence ...

All the love and support from Spain, Sue!

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun

2. In my life

3. A day in the life

4. Dear Prudence

5. Helter Skelter

Well hell if we're gonna throw jazz in here I HAVE to mention...).

Bill Evans

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

Nirvana: only the Bowie cover

Nothing sounds worst in my CD collection than MC5's Kick out the jams...unlistenable

http://deadessays.blogspot.com.es/2009/08/allmans-dead.html

Queen has always been crap.....

This should nor be in a blasphemy thread but in one about Absolute Truths 

Someone has been compiling and uploading mp3 files -easy to find via the universal friend- of an ‘Unofficial 31 Days of Dead (2013)’ with some interesting (for me) selections, listed below. Happy 2014 to all VCers/Deadheads!

December 1

Uncle John's Band

9/18/74 - Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France

December 2

Let It Grow

10/29/77 - Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

December 3 
Terrapin Station 
1/22/78 - McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 
 

December 4

Morning Dew

2/24/74 - Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA

December 5

Playing in the Band

10/26/72 - Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

December 6

Bird Song

6/22/73 - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

December 7

Feel Like A Stranger

8/10/82 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

December 8

Althea

7/19/90 - Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

December 9

Dupree’s Diamond Blues

9/20/82 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

December 10

China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider

5/19/74 - Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR

December 11

Shakedown Street

6/30/85 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

December 12

Bertha

10/23/89 – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

December 13

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

5/4/80 – Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD

December 14

Sugar Magnolia

6/20/83 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

December 15

Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain

2/3/79 – Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN

December 16

Estimated Prophet

12/12/80 – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA

December 17

He’s Gone > Gloria Jam > CC Rider

12/1/79 – Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

December 18

Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’The Turkey (King Solomon’s Marbles)

9/28/75 - Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA)

December 19

Black Peter

12/14/71 - Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI

December 20

Greatest Story Ever Told

9/28/72 – Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ

December 21

Row Jimmy

3/20/77 – Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA

December 22

Weather Report Suite Prelude > Jam

3/26/73 – Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD

December 23

Jam > Dark Star > Sing Me Back Home

3/24/73 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

December 24

Wharf Rat

7/8/78 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

December 25

Dancin’ In The Streets

2/26/77 – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA

December 26

Franklin’s Tower

3/13/82 – Reno Centennial Coliseum, Reno, NV

December 27

Clementine > New Potato Caboose > Born Cross-Eyed

1/23/68 – Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA

December 28

The Wheel

12/5/81 – Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN

December 29

Space > Eyes of the World > Slipknot! > China Doll

6/20/74 – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA

December 30

Truckin > The Other One > Brokedown Palace

11/17/72 - Century II Convention Hall, Wichita, KS

December 31

Johnny B. Goode

8/14/71 – Berkeley Community Center, Berkeley, CA

Journalists from 'Ruta 66', the best rock magazine in Spain, have chosen The Strypes' 'Snapshot' as the best album published in 2013.

i can't seem to find any download availability on jerry's site...?

Well, you have to pay  $ 21.98, here http://jerrygarcia.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=640_64306

Am going to be enjoying this box thoroughly over the holidays.

^ me too, downloaded it yesterday from jerry site

today I'm marvelled with the 'He’s Gone > Gloria Jam > CC Rider' from 12/1/79, PA,...fabulous! 

im only sleeping you are missing out BIG TIME if you don't listen to Brent Dead.

 

If you want to get an idea of what they were all about try the album Without a Net. PERFECTION

 

 

Or anything from Spring or Summer 1990. Actually most anything from 88,89 and 90 is as good as it gets.

 

 

 

Thank you IRDB...in fact, it's Brent singing what drives me off  - as Clive Davis would say 'not enough dead' (he sings more in tune than the rest though). Can anyone recommend shows where Brent keyboard work really shines?

Thanks for posting this! In addition to some great Dead shows, this guy's site also has some rare Phil Ochs & Bruce Cockburn shows I didn't already have, which is amazing. What a find.

You’re welcome Mr Heartbreak! Being a foreigner head and with little money and no contacts in the tape trading deadhead community back in the day I find myself in heaven today in the internet where you can grab, legally or not, almost anything the Dead played...I try to compensate the boys by buying some of their recent releases (DPs, JGB, Sunshine dream) but it’s too risky and expensive...I payed an additional $20 for DP8 due to import taxes (something dead.com said they would try to fix, though I am not sure it’s their fault).

It’s been one complete year now with the Dead in daily rotation. Enjoying almost all periods (well, I approach Brent’s period with apprehension) but for me nothing beats the line-up with Keith at the keyboards (except, if a little intoxicated, maybe ‘primal dead’).

Huge thanks to all folks here for all the suggestions on the best shows!