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Awesome! Thanks so much, I knew some Who scholar would have an informed opinion. I know less about Lifehouse than you, but its clear that the project evolved over time and took many forms. Given that, I don't have a problem including stuff The Who recorded in 1972 if Pete says they belong on Lifehouse. And maybe Teenage Wasteland (which I've never heard, just going off of your description) does belong since on Townshend's rock operas, musical riffs and themes would often re-occur throughout the piece? Regardless, thanks for your input, I'm gonna have a lot of fun going through these song

I've been in a Who phase recently, getting ready for the show in Feb. I'm again fascinated with the Lifehouse project and wanted to hear from some of the Who fans here their opinion about it. Wikipedia lists the following as one of Townshend's sequences for the album: Side 1 (Ray's Story) "Teenage Wasteland" (Lifehouse Chronicles)[3] "Going Mobile" (Who's Next) "Baba O'Riley" (Who's Next) "Time Is Passing" (Odds and Sods) and (Who Came First) "Love Ain't for Keeping" (Who's Next) Side 2 (Mary/Jumbo's Story) "Bargain" (Who's Next) "Too Much of Anything" (Od

I've thought that too. Another one: First set of 6-27-85 Saratoga and second set of 6-28-85 Hershey Park make one hell of a show! (I cheated a bit and took the encore of 6-27-85 instead of the Day Job encore from Hershey ) Midnight Hour Bertha Little Red Rooster Stagger Lee El Paso Crazy Fingers Supplication High Time Hell in a Bucket Don't Ease Me In Music Never Stopped Tom Thumb's Blues Estimated Prophet Terrapin Station drums I Need a Miracle Morning Dew Throwin' Stones Not Fade Away Johnny B. Goode Baby Blue also glad to see he got 6-30-85 and its great Shakedown on there.

April 1978 is pretty strong. I've only recently discovered it, I was never much into 1978 before. This is a very good Scarlet Fire Nice when its followed by Good Lovin' and Terrapin! The best Black Peters, for me, mostly came in 1978, too. Promised Land and Music Never Stopped are quite good. Venetta was acid-soaked and its got such a lazy, lethargic-yet-driving, hot-summer-day vibe. The guitar tones are fantastic. I love it when they take Dark Star into a cowboy song and then they followed it with a lovely country ballad. Yep, the audio has never been officially released. I'd love

Naked hippies.

Love the Bertha>Good Lovin' from William and Mary '78, even though Jerry skips a verse in Bertha Jerry's guitar smokes on 6-30-84 and I like the jam in Shakedown, but Jerry had A LOT of lyric amnesia in this show... That Lake Placid is excellent, too. They have released a download of the opening Sugaree on dead.net as part of the 30 Days of Dead this month. Good stuff! Oh, yeah, Road Trips Vol. 1 is really good (the Fall '79 collection). Gotta give Dave some credit for that one!

3-28-85 Long Island, NY Truckin' Smokestack Lightnin'* with Matt Kelly, harmonica High Time El Paso Peggy-O Cassidy China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Looks Like Rain drums Gimme Some Lovin' The Other One Black Peter Sugar Magnolia Day Job 4-24-78 Normal, IL Promised Land Ramble on Rose Me and My Uncle Big River Friend of the Devil Cassidy Brown Eyed Women Passenger It Must Have Been the Roses Music Never Stopped Scarlet Begonias!!! Fire on the Mountain!!! Good Lovin' Terrapin Station drums Not Fade Away Black Peter Around and Around 12-31-84 O

Yeah, lammy there are a few, and those are the exact ones I would list as shows they put out that are freaking awesome AND popular (they never put out Cornell 77, though, its not in the Vault, apparently) but still, to me, their batting average is very very low. I am pleased that the next Dave's Pick is gonna be 11-17-73. Now that, to me, is a show worth releasing. I hope he continues to pick shows that good.

Both Dick and Dave at varying times, have said they have avoided putting out the shows that would be most popular or commonly expected in favor of lesser known stuff. I know Dick was a zealot for exposing people to stuff that he felt was killer but didn't get enough recognition. I think this philosophy, while it has some merit, sometimes blinded them to what are some of the best performances in Dead history. Or it could be they just like different stuff from me. Regardless, I don't really get too excited about what they release unless its something I already know is great, like when they f

Are you talking about my statement about not being all that pleased with Dave's picks? It shouldn't be that surprising, given everyone's different tastes and we are talking about picky Deadheads here. for example, the two 1983 shows Dick put out are nowhere near as good as many other shows from that year. Dave's Cornell 1980 release is just pretty mediocre to my ears. I just don't think they are putting out the very best shows in the vault. The cynic in me wonders if its not a business decision. I was just joking about the weed. Dick didn't do that great a job of picking shows, either a

Enjoyable read, thanks for the link. I've been less than impressed with the choices of shows for release with Lemieux in charge. Maybe this explains it. "Lemieux... says that he doesn’t smoke pot: “I find that it clouds my judgment about the music.”

Yeah, you are right, I listened again and was impressed with the seamless transition from NFA>Easy Wind, just exactly perfect! Didn't know Weir had singled out this NFA as special, but I can believe it, its very very good. Think if they had played it at that level on intensity all the time, no one would've ever complained about Throwing Stone>NFA in the 80s and 90s! And re: the '84, nothing like finding the gems of good nights in the spotty years, they seem all the more special for it, don't they? I will check out 6-30-84, thanks! 84 was a good year for Shakedown.

http://archive.org/details/gd1984-07-15.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.96152.sbeok.flac16 This Bird Song is intense! Surprisingly so as the second song in the first set, too, coming out of a fine Dancin' In The Streets. That Steel Cut Oats comp from Port Chester was rad, thanks for posting the link. I generally have a "no Audience recording" policy because I just don't like the faraway sound, but these are some amazingly good AUD recordings, especially for the times. That venue must sound really sweet and good mic placement up there on the rail of the balcony. That Easy Wind is ripping good

Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen>Oye Como Va - Santana

That's what I was gonna say! A friend of mine used to say "You know all hope is not lost when radio stations still play Feeling That Way and take it right into Anytime"

I was a big fan of Tift Merritt for her first two albums when she was in more of an alt-country/roots rock vein, but her stuff since then has become increasingly more mellow, introspective and unfortunately, boring to me, although lots of people like it. She's been working with Tucker Martine for the last two records and I just don't like it at all. Tambourine (G. Drakoulias produced) is really good, and there is an out of print live album from the end of that tour called Home Is Loud, but the best thing she's released, to me, is the live Austin City Limits DVD from the Tambourine tour with Da

Thanks! I'll look some more. Palladia is a high def music channel, so probably not with most basic cable packages. Lots of crap on there, but every once in awhile they have some pretty cool stuff. Glad to hear there is a horn section, I was hoping there would be real horns and not synthesized ones. Thanks, analogman, that's the one. Now I can watch it and show it to my son at our convenience! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdUPDyFXFkk

I searched for it, but I think it was promo only, but there was an awesome documentary about Daniel Lanois after his album For The Beauty of Winona came out. I'm still completely enamoured with that album, and he's never done another one as good, IMO. I have this promo doc on a VHS tape I bought from Amoeba Records in the mid 90s. Lanois really had it going on there in the 90s, at least for stuff I like. I gotta get that thing transfered to DVD! And ditto on the Tom Petty documentary. Its the kind of film that might surprise people who don't consider Petty to be a substantial artist. Bo

What website are you looking at for show reviews? I can't find them. Did anyone see the making of Quadrophenia documentary that is playing on Palladia lately? Quite good. Even though I know about the massive internal tension in the band, its still shocking to me to hear Pete say in a recent interview he doesn't think highly of Moon's drumming. I can't think of another band I love that created so much good music by seeming to actively undermine one another. They had so much talent that it only made them better.

Another one that I pulled out this AM, the Watkins Glen "soundcheck" show. Excellent Bird Song, but I'd forgotten how really, really sweet the long, multi-theme jam prior to Wharf Rat is. Prime Grade A Grateful Dead! http://archive.org/details/gd73-07-27.sbd.weiner.180.sbeok.shnf

Holy shi-ite, Batman, this Dark Star is truly epic AND a very strong version, wow! I'd never heard this one before and was blown away last night, awesome! http://archive.org/details/gd73-12-06.sbd.kaplan-fink-hamilton.4452.sbeok.shnf

Ditto that. Its still in the family, still a Bonham at the drum stool who was taught by his dad, its really really good. If you love Zepp, it'd be a shame for you to miss seeing and hearing how damn good they STILL can be after all these years and at their ages, even if it was only for one night. Just think of them as the best Zepp cover band that ever will be! I appreciate your adherence to the rule of no Bonzo, no Zepp, but loosen up your rules for a couple hours and let this music in, it'll make ya feel good if do!

Thanks for the setlist. Where are you getting the show reports from? I didn't have the willpower to not look at the encores, I just wanted to make sure we wouldn't be bummed by what they had to leave out. Looks like it'll be what I'd hope for, a good solid encore of non-Quadrophenia songs for my wife and son who have never seen The Who before. Have they been mixing up the encore so far?

I love 1985 Dead. Summer tour was ripping good, even though the entire year had those things already mentioned going against it. Hershey Park, Saratoga, Merriweather Post, all prime GD in my book. Good stuff in Spring, too. And yeah, those Richmond shows in the fall were great, as well. (3-28-85 with the Truckin' first set opener and a smoking China-Rider to close the first set, wow!

Thanks for this, the info on Amazon is lacking and I needed to tell someone which version to get me for Christmas!