dagwave Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 dang RJ- sorry to hear. If it's any consolation, GDTS released a statement today stating due to volume, folks only had a one in ten chance of hitting........ Link to post Share on other sites
RaspberryJam Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 My husband is far more upset than I am. I was probably going to sell my ticket. I'm happy with the pool party. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Didn't the Archive pull officially released Dead soundboards - where you couldn't even stream it - or am I misremembering that. Anyway listening to 2/26/73 - which was Dick's Pick #28 - never listened to this show before. https://archive.org/details/gd73-02-26.sbd.kaplan.1208.sbeok.shnf Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I seem to recall hearing recently that the officially released shows were back on Archive. I never went and checked though.... Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Soldier Field: Anybody have insight into what tickets are they putting on sale Saturday or how many tickets are up for grabs? Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I seem to recall hearing recently that the officially released shows were back on Archive. I never went and checked though.... That's good --- I thought they did stop streaming official stuff --- Not being able to stream the Europe 72 shows seem criminal. And who knows about the Soldier Field shows --- I am guessing GD mail order had maybe 10% of the tickets - if that. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Sadly, Ticketmaster lists the Soldier Field shows under the supposedly retired moniker "The Grateful Dead." Oh well. Just finished my first listen to 8/24/72, one of those under-the-radar shows from that legendary year. Not extraordinary, but a good show with many highlights. Next up: 10/28/72 at the Fox Theatre, another one I have yet to hear. So many shows, so little time... Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sadly, Ticketmaster lists the Soldier Field shows under the supposedly retired moniker "The Grateful Dead." Oh well. Just finished my first listen to 8/24/72, one of those under-the-radar shows from that legendary year. Not extraordinary, but a good show with many highlights. Next up: 10/28/72 at the Fox Theatre, another one I have yet to hear. So many shows, so little time...That 8/24 show has one of my very favorite Dark Star > Morning Dew combos. The Star is unique to my ears in that Keith works the Rhodes in a manner that suggests Chick Corea early RTF-Era, or maybe Zawinul early Weather Report Era. VERY jazzy. Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 That 8/24 show has one of my very favorite Dark Star > Morning Dew combos. The Star is unique to my ears in that Keith works the Rhodes in a manner that suggests Chick Corea early RTF-Era, or maybe Zawinul early Weather Report Era. VERY jazzy. dang, mountain bed, your ears know no boundaries. worth adding, depending on your frame of mind, that same DS>MD may also reveal "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Happy Birthday" teases. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I will have to give that whole sequence another listen. I must admit, I didn't get all that out of it. Then again, driving and listening is not always the ideal environment... Right now, I'm looking forward to the Playin’ > Drums > Dark Star > Morning Dew > Playin’ coming up in this 10/18/72 show. Should be pretty righteous. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 One of my friends got her mail order ticket confirmation email yesterday for the July Shows. Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I still think the 7.18.1972 dark star (10 minutes before verse) may be the best Jerry soloing I've heard... Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know a guy who got tix for all 3 shows which is great for him but he's not even a Head so I kinda think someone more worthy should be getting those tix. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know a guy who got tix for all 3 shows which is great for him but he's not even a Head so I kinda think someone more worthy should be getting those tix. Yeah - that's why I am happy for my friend -- her and her brother were the ones that got me into the Dead and supplied me with tapes in the late 80s and 90s. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know a guy who got tix for all 3 shows which is great for him but he's not even a Head so I kinda think someone more worthy should be getting those tix.I'm sure there will be plenty of people there that are similar. No big deal. Those who get tix should go and enjoy themselves, regardless of age or how many times they saw GD or whatever. Buddy of mine got #87 for tix and my ex got tix, too (both veterans). They're psyched so I am for them. If they'd never seen GD I may even be a little more happy for them, actually. Really find it a little amusing the fuss being made over these shows. How this can even come close, music and scene, to actual GD shows is beyond me. I have no beef with selling the tix under the GD name, either. There's 2/3 of the band on stage and you need to put something on the tickets. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I have no beef with selling the tix under the GD name, either. There's 2/3 of the band on stage and you need to put something on the tickets. I don't really care enough about any of it to get wound up, but I am somewhat annoyed that they are using the name that has been retired since '95. They called themselves "The Dead" on previous tours. Why not just go with that again? Why the change of heart, other than for promotional or financial motives? Kinda disappointing. Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 A buddy of mine just informed me yesterday that he and his cousin scored two tickets to all three shows. Lucky dogs. Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 dang, mountain bed, your ears know no boundaries. worth adding, depending on your frame of mind, that same DS>MD may also reveal "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Happy Birthday" teases. Thanks! I will have to give that whole sequence another listen. I must admit, I didn't get all that out of it. Then again, driving and listening is not always the ideal environment... Right now, I'm looking forward to the Playin’ > Drums > Dark Star > Morning Dew > Playin’ coming up in this 10/18/72 show. Should be pretty righteous.I don't think I've ever heard that sequence. Better head over to Archive.I still think the 7.18.1972 dark star (10 minutes before verse) may be the best Jerry soloing I've heard...High praise, indeed! Good call. Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I don't really care enough about any of it to get wound up, but I am somewhat annoyed that they are using the name that has been retired since '95. They called themselves "The Dead" on previous tours. Why not just go with that again? Why the change of heart, other than for promotional or financial motives? Kinda disappointing.Since it's just 3 shows (supposedly the last ones ever) I guess it's not that big of a deal. If they were doing a tour I'd be a little peeved. Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Bob said in a recent interview that they're not the Grateful Dead anymore, so I guess that is just a promoter thing. At this point, who cares what they call it? Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I guess I do. Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 True. I guess I meant I don't care, so no one else should. Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Quiet morning in the house with my wife out and I don't have to work for the first day in 3 weeks, spinning the Dark Star vinyl of Olympia Theater 5/14/72. Sounds great. They take this version deep! Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 45 minute wait on ticketmaster trying to score 2 for FRI night....jeebus. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Got lucky with a ticket for each night. Link to post Share on other sites
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