Saturday, February 2, 2019

Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks Vol 29: 1977-02-26 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA



Dave's Picks Vol. 29
1977-02-26 Swing Auditorium
San Bernardino CA

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed":wink:, well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street":wink:, and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson.

Disc 1
1. TERRAPIN STATION [12:25]
2. NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES [5:27]
3. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER [7:12]
4. ESTIMATED PROPHET [7:46]
5. SUGAREE [11:44]
6. MAMA TRIED [3:04]
7. DEAL [6:07]
8. PLAYING IN THE BAND> [13:46]
9. THE WHEEL> [5:29]
10. PLAYING IN THE BAND [5:10]

Disc 2
1. SAMSON AND DELILAH [7:23]
2. TENNESSEE JED [9:12]
3. THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED [6:58]
4. HELP ON THE WAY> [5:44]
5. SLIPKNOT!> [7:31]
6. FRANKLIN’S TOWER [13:37]
7. PROMISED LAND [5:03]

Disc 3
1. EYES OF THE WORLD> [12:09]
2. DANCING IN THE STREET> [9:46]
3. AROUND AND AROUND [7:50]
4. U.S. BLUES [6:17]

Robertson Gym, University Of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2/27/77)
5. MORNING DEW> [13:58]
6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA [9:45]
7. JOHNNY B. GOODE [4:23]

FLAC (Torrent): HERE!
Mp3 [V0]: HERE!
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19 comments:

  1. You're quick!!! Mine arrived today and can't wait. Thanks for sharing!!!

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  2. As always, many MANY thanks, Jooge!

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  3. Thank you so much!! This is awesome!!

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  4. Thank god for this! Mine was supposed to arrive today, but our mail delivery was suspended for...wait for it....RAIN.

    Yes, rain.

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  5. not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but no hdcd encoding. different than every dave's picks so far. maybe they dropped this feature or something about the rip isn't bit perfect?

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  6. Ganks- want the hdcd then buy the subscription.

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  7. I know, I know. Good copy here, but 16/48, not the 16/44.1 cd copy. Most folks won't care, only the most anal of collectors are sweating the encoding. Enjoy.

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  8. This is a legendary show. First Terrapin and first Estimated and Terrapin opens the 1st set (very strange). Very nice Eyes into Dancing with some heavy bass playing and the Morning Dew from the following night is very tasty. The whole show is incredible.

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  9. What a smoking New Minglewood.... Bobby actually sounds masculine for a change

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  10. Jooge balls so hard mothafuckaz tryin' to find him

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  11. Many thanks for all this great stuff. Dave's Picks 29 is the one I listen to the most.

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  12. I don't know if you do re-ups, but I would be so very grateful if you did for this one. Searching high and low for a while for flac of this and no dice. Great blog btw, so much killer stuff. All the best!

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