Dick's Picks 29

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QUESTION and ANSWER DEPARTMENT

Question:  Why do the Dick's Picks often sound so different from one another? Shouldn't they have a similar sound because they are all from 2-track source tapes?

Answer: The reasons the Dick's Picks all have such a different sound are numerous. The primary factors in the different sound of each Dick's Picks are: who recorded a specific show; whether it was a live-to-2-track mix or a PA tape; gear used for recording;  and, the format of the source tape (reel-to-reel, cassette, DAT). During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grateful Dead concerts were specifically mixed to tape by different members of the crew for the band's reference, and these mixes were separate from the mix sent to the PA. Each recordist had a remarkably different, but equally interesting, approach to capturing these concerts on tape by creating a specific mix that went directly to tape: Bear (Dick's Picks 4, 11, 16, 23, CD #1 and #2 of 25, 26), Rex Jackson (Dick's Picks 2), Kidd Candelario (Dick's Picks 1, 7, 12, 14, 19, 24, 28) and Betty Cantor Jackson (Dick's Picks 3, 5, 10, 18, CD #3 and #4 of 25). Other Dick's Picks in the series, such as #6, 9, 13, 17, 20, 21 and 27, are PA tapes, meaning what went to tape is exactly what came out of the PA in the hall, and these, of course, sound different from a tape that was mixed separately from what went through the PA.

David LemieuxQUESTION and ANSWER DEPARTMENT

Question:  Why do the Dick's Picks often sound so different from one another? Shouldn't they have a similar sound because they are all from 2-track source tapes?

Answer: The reasons the Dick's Picks all have such a different sound are numerous. The primary factors in the different sound of each Dick's Picks are: who recorded a specific show; whether it was a live-to-2-track mix or a PA tape; gear used for recording;  and, the format of the source tape (reel-to-reel, cassette, DAT). During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grateful Dead concerts were specifically mixed to tape by different members of the crew for the band's reference, and these mixes were separate from the mix sent to the PA. Each recordist had a remarkably different, but equally interesting, approach to capturing these concerts on tape by creating a specific mix that went directly to tape: Bear (Dick's Picks 4, 11, 16, 23, CD #1 and #2 of 25, 26), Rex Jackson (Dick's Picks 2), Kidd Candelario (Dick's Picks 1, 7, 12, 14, 19, 24, 28) and Betty Cantor Jackson (Dick's Picks 3, 5, 10, 18, CD #3 and #4 of 25). Other Dick's Picks in the series, such as #6, 9, 13, 17, 20, 21 and 27, are PA tapes, meaning what went to tape is exactly what came out of the PA in the hall, and these, of course, sound different from a tape that was mixed separately from what went through the PA.

David Lemieux
Audiovisual Archivist
Grateful Dead Productions

Hippies stoned on drugs!

November would be SPECTACULAR from ANY of the following years:
1970
1971
1972
1973
1977
1978
1979

>The real answer:

>Hippies stoned on drugs!

or hippies repeating themselves!

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Man, if we're really getting a release, can't we just know???

4/27/85 Frost would make an excellent pick. A smoking show from start to finish. The band was really on that night. Garcia's voice is in pretty good form (for '85). Dancin>Bertha, Scarlet>Eyes>GDTR. The soundboard is excellent as well.

A Thursday show from the southeast ;^)

Sorry, if it is 85 then it must be 7 1 85 with filler from 6 30 85 or a Greek (June) compilation.

I'd buy that!

Merriweather 85 were great shows. No question. But there static problems with the 7/1 sbd and the sloppy transition between Playing and Uncle Johns has always bothered me. And the Oade recordings are hard to top. I think 6/14/85 II was totally sublime. Weir should listen to this set to understand the meaning of "sensitive playing." But there are sonic problems with set I which probably preclude its release. The two other Greeks were great, but didn't reach the peak of 6/14. None the less I would certainly buy almost any 85 release. My $0.02. YMMV.

DAVID L, throw us a bone, just tell us the MONTH the show was performed in

Thirty years ago - the incredible Allman/Dead 6/10/73 show. If any of you haven't picked up the Allman's latest release, Hitting the Note, you should - it is sick. Trucks/Haynes can easily be mentioned in the same breath as Allman/Betts - just check out the track Instrumental Illness for confirmation on that point.

A good 84 with a H/S/F for the next DP please.