Fritz Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Glad I received my Christmas subscription! Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I love the 2.2.1970 Dark Star - one of the finest in my opinion... Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 listening to 29 September 1980 right now.... a very sweet accoustic set... Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Dave's Picks Volume 6:Well NOW we're talkin' some stuff! The more Pig the better! Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 That 1970 show is one day after my 4th birthday. Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm with all of ya on the two drummers thing. Looking back at some of the videos from later years, they really could've let a drummer sit for the first set and come out only for set 2. Most first set GD tunes are not worthy of two drummers. But I've heard many unreal Drums/Rhythm Devils that were out of this world. For this I appreciate the Billy/Micky combo. Interesting, because I feel kinda the opposite. For me, the two-headed monster bashing away back there was often best on first set power songs like Cold Rain and Snow, Jack Straw, Feel Like A Stranger, etc. When folks say the two drummers were "unwieldy" and were like a tank, powerful but not able to turn corners quickly, I always thought that the biggest impact was on the transition jams between songs in the second set, which just didn't seem to be as adventureous from '76 on when Mickey was back. Personally, I like the deep powerful sound of two drummers. The only weak spot in the early seventies for me (besides Donna's bad vocals) was the drum sound was a bit thin and trebly with just Billy. But his strength was his jazzy deft playing and that would not have been quite the same with two drummers. I like it all, just for different reasons. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Billy's Swing style plays off Mickey's pounding perfectly, imo. I'll take 'em both, even though I liked the clarity of one drummer in the 70-s when Mickey was gone. Love hearing them both pounding out different yet complimentary beats/rhythms on tunes like Bertha, Estimated, Franklin's, etc. in the 80s, though. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just got around to listening to "Wake of the Flood" for the first time. There's some good tunes on that album! Not sure what they saw in Martin Fierro's sax playing though Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Seriously? The first time? Martin Fierro was a pretty fine and jazzy saxist, imo. He was in Legion of Mary for awhile, too. Played with a lot of great musicians. I've seen him a bunch in SCI and DSO and other bands. Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Side 2 of Wake is one of my favorite song sequences of any GD studio releases. Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Just got around to listening to "Wake of the Flood" for the first time. There's some good tunes on that album! Not sure what they saw in Martin Fierro's sax playing though Don't fuck around, man. Go directly to September 1973 - especially 9/11. Trust me on this one. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Seriously? The first time? Martin Fierro was a pretty fine and jazzy saxist, imo. He was in Legion of Mary for awhile, too. Played with a lot of great musicians. I've seen him a bunch in SCI and DSO and other bands. Yeah, I've always been a live music kinda guy when it comes to the Dead. Regarding Fierro, I hear a lot of Kenny G'ish bleating which unnerves me to no end, YMMV. Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Finally finished 09.29.1980 Warfield http://archive.org/details/gd1980-09-29.nak300.walker-scotton.miller.106783.flac16 Set 1:d1t01 - Dire Wolfd1t02 - On The Road Againd1t03 - Bird Songd1t04 - Cassidyd1t05 - I've Been All Around This Worldd1t06 - Heaven Help The Foold1t07 - To Lay Me Downd1t08 - Dark Hollowd1t09 - Oh Babe It Ain't No Lied1t10 - RippleSet 2:d2t01 - Tuningd2t02 - Jack Strawd2t03 - They Love Each Otherd2t04 - El Pasod2t05 - Brown Eyed Womend2t06 - It's All Over Nowd2t07 - Candymand2t08 - New Minglewood Bluesd2t09 - China Cat Sunflower ->d2t10 - I Know You RiderSet 3:d2t11 - Althead3t01 - Lost Sailor ->d3t02 - Saint Of Circumstance ->d3t03 - Terrapin Station ->d3t04 - Drums ->d3t05 - Space ->d3t06 - Truckin' ->d3t07 - Wharf Rat ->d3t08 - Around And Around ->d3t09 - Johnny B. Goode Overall an impressive show. Acoustic set starts out slow with average versions of Dire through Cassidy, but All Around This World through whole first set and through St. Circ is _amazing_. Very impressive. Terrapin through JBGoode is average. US Blues was exceptional. The electric first set was amazing. Can anyone name a better 1980 electric first set? Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 The electric first set was amazing. Can anyone name a better 1980 electric first set?The second show at C.U. Boulder, Folsom Field comes to mind with a UJB->Playin'->UJB to open the show, as does the Lewiston, ME first set from September. The fist sets in most of '80 seemed pretty consistent with Alabama opener and the other Go To Heavan tunes in it, often ending in China->Rider or Deal. I've always loved the Heaven Help the Fool (jam) from those acoustic sets, too. Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I love 9.6.1980. IMHO - the best Althea ever.... Link to post Share on other sites
Shug Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 the Lewiston, ME first set from September. Nice and long and more importantly, some hot playing! Althea, yeah! And that second set keeps up, too. Alabama Getaway-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Sugaree, Me & My Uncle-> Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Feel Like A Stranger, Friend Of The Devil, Far From Me, Little Red Rooster, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Promised Land I love it when they could end the first set, but instead choose to throw in a bonus Promised Land. I was always bummed in the later years when they'd end the first set with Bird Song and NOT do Promised Land. "Goddammit, Bobby, rock us out to end the set!" Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Everyone seems to agree, but I'll throw in another vote for 9/6. 105 minutes IIRC. A RIDICULOUS length for later period of Dead. Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Starting to read MCNally's 'A Long StrangeTrip'. Too bad that, (I suppose) thanks to f***ing dictator Franco, we Spanish deadheads never had the opportunity to see them play (nor the money to go France or elsewhere) Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 They played in Barcelona in the fall of '81...... Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 They played in Barcelona in the fall of '81......my bad timing is legend among my pals, i was out from Spain in 81... Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 my bad timing is legend among my pals, i was out from Spain in 81... Where were you? Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 love that barcelona scarfire and lost saint.... Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 love that barcelona scarfire and lost saint.... Hell, Barcelona in itself is world class. Gotta love those Catalan womens....mmmm hhhmmmm. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Weirdo. Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 There is nothing weird in regards to lusting after Catalan women. Link to post Share on other sites
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