Looking for Deadheads and interested Civilians

[August West]

Oh.
This is my (only) other bit of GD ephemera.
An "aircheck" from a Cambridge, MA radio station (WHRB*) early 1970s interview with Mssrs. Garcia and Weir.



I do not know whether the interview was unique (i.e., recorded at/for WHRB) or something that was distributed to them -- but, regardless, to me it's a prett cool artifact.

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* Harvard Radio Broadcasting

I once owned a Revox B-77

 

[Elitzur–Vaidman]

I'm an inherited Deadhead. I "saw" them 6/18/95 when I was 8 months old. I have an 8Tb HDD almost filled with an archive of every live performance over their 30 years.

 

[August West]

I'm an inherited Deadhead. I "saw" them 6/18/95 when I was 8 months old. I have an 8Tb HDD almost filled with an archive of every live performance over their 30 years.

8tb sounds about right for an archive of that description. My friend and I endeavored to select the best sounding version of all the circulating shows and it comes in at 5tb with all the official releases on the drive as well. Talk about a labor of love.

 

[mhardy6647]

I once owned a Revox B-77

It took three cadavers to yield myslightly scruffy looking, but electronically excellent half-speed, half-track (EDIT: A77!!!) example.
A big tip of the virtual hat across the interwebs to Charles "Stellavox" King who did the restoration/reanimation for me ,many years back, now.

Everyone should have a ReVox, even if it's just an A77. B77 would be very nice to have.
Well, on second thought, no -- everyone should have a Studer A80. But everyone should be able to keep both of their kidneys, too (assuming, you know, that they're healthy).

 

[khensu]

8tb sounds about right for an archive of that description. My friend and I endeavored to select the best sounding version of all the circulating shows and it comes in at 5tb with all the official releases on the drive as well. Talk about a labor of love.

My interest isn't nearly as great for '80s and '90s Dead, so the later in their career, the more sparse my collection. Props to you folks for the dedication.

 

[mhardy6647]

or deadication as the case may be.

 

[khensu]

or deadication as the case may be.

That was so obvious I should have my club card revoked... lol

 

[12Many]

Eugene, Oregon, 1994. Good times.

 

[ryanosaur]

My initial exposure to the Dead as a "concept" was the scene in Romancing the Stone when they find the crashed plane in the jungle.
I can't say I knowingly heard any of their music until Touch of Gray was released. I was probably 13, then.
At some point, I bought In The Dark on disk, probably after seeing some PBS performance broadcast of them playing the album. I woulda been in HS at that point. Sometime around then, I also found Workingman's Dead and American Beauty in the cut-out section at the local Camelot Music.
Never had the chance to see them live, but have pretty much always enjoyed listening to most of their music.

 

[MCH]

Even though i share origins with Jerry (i was born in the same town his father did, anyone guess?) i never had the chance to see them live, what i deeply regret.

 

[MAB]

Jerry Garcia taught guitar lessons at Dana Morgan's music store:

Dana Morgan's Music Store, 534 Bryant, Palo Alto, CA

Gil Draper asked Dana Morgan Sr. to open a store with him. Dana refused. They had known each other because Dana Sr. had conducted the or...

jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com

I took clarinet and sax lessons from Dana Sr. long after Jerry taught there. Dana used to theatrically complain about them stealing their first PA from him. He was a great old soul, and a really great clarinet player, and was a US Navy band leader during WWII so there were no shortages of stories of all the greats he played with in the service. Dana Jr. played with The Warlocks before Phil Lesh and repaired instruments. I never met Jerry. Taped them many times years later. I honestly preferred Phish up to a point. The scene was just too much effort. After Jerry went into rehab for the last time, the Dead fans descended on Red Rocks where Phish was playing, and it was chaos, and I lost interest. I still love the music and the memories, but TBH I rarely listen any more, there are just so many other music(s). So strange.

 

[mhardy6647]

That was so obvious I should have my club card revoked... lol

No -- I should. It was too obvious.

 

[mhardy6647]

We saw "Bobby and Phil" a few years back (pre-COVID) at the Wang Theater (now somehow co-monikered by area car dealership maven Ernie Boch) in Boston on a rainy (turned to snowy) March evening. Does that count?
As an interesting side-comment: as we were leaving after the (long) show, our friend Jack stopped for a moment, picked up something and said "here". Someone had left behind a brand-new, just-purchased (and probably) commemorative tee-shirt. The theater was almost empty, so we couldn't really even try to find its rightful owner.

 

[August West]

A couple of pix

 

[DWPress]

Followed the Dead around the midwest on several tours in mid to late 80s and always enjoyed the live experience as there was always so much more going on than the actual music. Some shows, tickets in hand and no need for a miracle, we'd never make it past the parking lot scene as there was too much fun to be had.

My first wife was a total head though. It took nearly a week for her to recover from the news of Jerry's death. She's also responsible for me coming to dislike the Dead. While my stereo system then can in no way compare to what it is now it was still far to resolving to want to listen to bad bootlegs 24/7.

My last experience was the very first Further tour at Pine Knob (outdoor) in Detroit shortly after Jerry's death. Hot Tuna was great is all I can remember.

 

[khensu]

Followed the Dead around the midwest on several tours in mid to late 80s and always enjoyed the live experience as there was always so much more going on than the actual music. Some shows, tickets in hand and no need for a miracle, we'd never make it past the parking lot scene as there was too much fun to be had.

My first wife was a total head though. It took nearly a week for her to recover from the news of Jerry's death. She's also responsible for me coming to dislike the Dead. While my stereo system then can in no way compare to what it is now it was still far to resolving to want to listen to bad bootlegs 24/7.

My last experience was the very first Further tour at Pine Knob (outdoor) in Detroit shortly after Jerry's death. Hot Tuna was great is all I can remember.

It was always tough to listen to crappy audience recordings, but now that I have a setup that allows me to hear so much more than I used to, I find listening to live Dead (even decent quality soundboards) can still immediately trigger me to switch to something else. "Nope, that mix is terrible."

 

[August West]

It was always tough to listen to crappy audience recordings, but now that I have a setup that allows me to hear so much more than I used to, I find listening to live Dead (even decent quality soundboards) can still immediately trigger me to switch to something else. "Nope, that mix is terrible."

Well recorded audience tapes to me sound like the actual concerts did. There are caveats: Back in day a Sony D5, good mics ie Nakamichi 700's and a spot on the floor between the stage and soundboard and you are back at the show. They have become my listening preference.

 

[Plcamp]

Just the most-listened-to-on-headphones-band of my teenage years. I was addicted.

 

[khensu]

Well recorded audience tapes to me sound like the actual concerts did. There are caveats: Back in day a Sony D5, good mics ie Nakamichi 700's and a spot on the floor between the stage and soundboard and you are back at the show. They have become my listening preference.

A great audience recording is a beautiful thing. Rango's recordings of the Frost '82 shows (10/9 and 10/10) were in constant rotation back in my cassette trading/collecting days. I believe they were recorded with Sony ECM220T mics into a D5, front of board. I have also heard some fantastic recordings from Nak 700s.

 

[Krusty09]

One highlight I remember was seeing John k play for the his first time as furthurs lead guitarist at the re done Fox Theater in Smokeland. I would have like to see Jeff Matson but John was great as well.