Grateful Dead Daves Picks 13 Winterland SF 1974 3CD Live Concert

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Grateful Dead : Dave's Picks 13 Volume Thirteen : February 24, 1974 ( 2/24/1974 ) - Winterland Arena - San Francisco, California ( CA ) : 3 CD : 2015 (1974/2015) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. / Rhino ( GDP / Rhino ) - R2 547316 : Limited Edition Individually-Numbered Set ( of # 16,500 ) : Ice Skating Skeleton ! - Cover Art !! : Out of Print ( OOP ) ! & Rare !!! One of " The ! " Grateful Dead Shows that Needed ! to be pro-released ... 2/24/74 Winterland !!! ... and now - It Has Been !!! Finally ... So-Thankful ! & Grateful !! We Are ... Yes !!! February '74 ! Live-Dead !! at the San Francisco Winterland Arena !!!!! Dead Fans !?!! When you wish upon a ( Dark ! ) Star !! ... sometimes it-does come True !!! Wow ... and as for this Dead Fan here - this was a darn-near Necessary ! Pre-Hiatus ( 1974 ) release that just had-to be ' unleashed ' from that so-very precious G.D. Vault ! And now, it has Been !! Finally !!! Wow ... I mean I'm not sure what to even say here about this Historically-Significant ! & Amazing !! 2/24/74 G.D. Show - that hasn't already been said by someone ( or heard ! ) - at least at some point ... over the last close to 50-Years !?!! As the Music at this '74 Dead Show - does way-more then indeed speak for itself ! The China > Rider - Playin' - Cumberland - Weather Report Suite > Row Jimmy ! - Sugar Mag > NFA > GDTRFB > NFA ... and last but most-definitely not least -- the Dark Star !!! > Dew !!! are All ! noteworthy versions that are truly ' up-there ' in the best of the best conversations in all of Grateful Dead History ! So ... if you haven't ever heard this Show ? Wow, as by all means - do-you-ever Need To !! So, as all of that speaks for itself ( completely ... ), this is what I can say about this 2/24/74 Show - in regard to the audio-quality - and the accessibility standpoint - from the history of the G.D. ' Taping ' & ' Trading ' years. This was a Show that was widely-accessible in the 1980's - and likely prior to that too - and, the sound quality was always just not quite there - on so-many of the versions that I personally encountered. Point being - once you could lasso this Show in the B+ / A- S.Q. range - you pretty much just considered yourself lucky - and would need to swiftly move on. I know myself - because I spent years & years trading around for this one - though all of my go-to G.D. sources, and more ... and - it was like almost knowing that you would be soon headed back to square-one ! But then, in the Mid-'90's ?! ... this All !! changed - and for, the Very-Best ! As this 2/24/74 Show was one of the widely trading & extremely-accessible Pre-Hiatus G.D. Shows from the origin of the " DAT " Era !!! I mean let me put it this way ... I got my hands on an Completely-Amazing !!! version of this Show - Complete ! on 300 DAT tape - right around 1996 / 1997 as I very clearly remember - and from that point on ... It was On !!! In fact, I even at one point ' transferred ' this DAT version to Analog ! - just, so I could listen to it through a Nak ! I mean hey, I could use the JBL's either way - but this was a good recipe to undergo ... transferring Digital - to Analog ! And then sure, all of your Dead Fan Friends would make fun of you, since DAT was so-cool - in it's state of the art era. But ... this seriously worked Perfect ! for me. And Frankly, this Show is so ' Worthy ' of it's place in Time & Dead History ... that you just can't have too many copies of it. And, here 2015 rolls around ... and Blammo !!! - Digitally-Remastered in Pristine fashion - and completely-Stellar ! all across the board. It does sound different though ( much ) - in the channel separations, levels, mix, etc. to the point that I still ! won't be parting with my DAT > Analogs ! But, just to be able to actually ' Buy ' this 2/24/74 Show with ease ? I mean I don't know what else to say here ... so, I'll just say it like this -- " Heaven Sent G.D. !!! ". Ha ! See, basically what the Band - and the powers that be are saying to you here is ... You ! Need !! to listen-to - and ' Own ' this Magical ! Early-'74 chunk of Good Ol' Grateful Dead !!! And, as you'll see & hear - there are Tons & Tons ! of reasons for-this. But, really ... here is - the " Big-One " --- Dark Star !!!!! > Dew !!!!!!! Wow ... so, just remember to strap-on that Cosmic Seatbelt ! in your music-listening easy chair - so you're not ' immediately ' taken Straight ! to the Moon !! ( before the arrival of Disc 3 !!! ). And, hey too - come to think of it ... you might seriously want to strap-on those Ice Skates too !!?! Might As Well, right ?! Ha !! What a Cover ! From the One & Only ... Winterland Arena !!! Enjoy !!!!! TRACK LISTING >>> Grateful Dead recorded ' Live ' at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California ( CA ) on February 24, 1974 ( 2/24/1974 ) : Disc 1 : U.S. Blues Mexicali Blues Brown-Eyed Women Beat It On Down The Line Candyman Jack Straw China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider El Paso Loser Playing In The Band Disc 2 : Cumberland Blues It Must Have Been The Roses Big River Bertha Weather Report Suite > Row Jimmy Ship Of Fools Promised Land Disc 3 : Dark Star > Morning Dew Sugar Magnolia > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away It's All Over Now Baby Blue * Item Condition * : This Very-Rare ! Out of Print ( 2015 GDP / Rhino release ) Grateful Dead Dave's Picks Volume 13 ( Winterland - San Francisco, California ( CA ) - 2/24/1974 ( 3-CD ) ) Limited Edition ' Individually-Numbered ' Set ( of # 16,500 ) is in Like New (Mint!) condition - very-close to Brand New ! overall. There is some light-severing of the factory sealing shrink wrap ' Only ' on the front of this 3-CD Set (please see photos/close-up photo #7). The factory sealing shrink wrap on this CD Set has never-been ' opened '. The CD Set has never been removed from inside the factory sealing shrink wrap. The CD Case, CD's & Liner Notes have never even been ' touched ' inside the factory sealing shrink wrap ( with lightly-severed shrink wrap ' Only ' ) - please see photos/close-up photos. Please see all photos provided. Photos included are of the actual item you will receive. Grateful Dead ! - 2/24/74 !! - Winterland !!! ... Enjoy !!!!! Please Note : This Grateful Dead " Dave's Picks " release series has constantly growing in popularity ... from 12,000 Limited Edition 3-CD Sets in 2012 - to 13,000 in 2013 - to 14,000 in 2014 - to 16,500 in 2015, 2016 & 2017 - to 18,000 in 2018 - to 20,000 in 2019 - and ... to 22,000 in 2020 !! -- Enjoy !!! 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