Grateful Dead Daves Picks 25 3CD Live Binghamton NY 1977 Concert

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Grateful Dead : Dave's Picks 25 Volume Twenty Five : Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena - Binghamton, New York ( NY ) - November 6, 1977 ( 11/6/1977 ) : 3 CD : 2018 (1977/2018) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. / Rhino ( GDP / Rhino ) - R2 564621 : Limited Edition ' Individually-Numbered ' Set ( of # 18,000 ) : Brand New / Factory-Sealed ! : The " 25th ! " Dave's Picks !!! The " 25th ! " Installment of the Grateful Dead ' Dave's Picks ' Series ( 2012 - 2018 & Counting ! ) ... " THE !!! " Binghamton '77 Show !! The Absolutely Breath-Taking ! & Mind-Blowing !! Grateful Dead 1977 Fall Tour New York Night - at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena - on November 6th, 1977 !!! ... Did '77 Live-Dead Get Any-Better Than ' This ! ' ?? ... & Does ' Any ' Live-Dead Get Any-Better Than " This ! " ??? Pondering this very-carefully now ( for now well-over 30-years ) ..... I'm personally siding-with ....... " No ! ". But, This-One sure doesn't need any help from me .. .. .. " The Grateful Dead - Broome Co. Arena - Binghampton, New York - 11/6/77 !!!!!!!!!!! ". Life Has-Been ! " Sweeter For-THIS " !!!!! -- Simply ... AMAZING !!!!!!! Ha !!! Wow, as I just Totally-Love-This. So Incredibly-Many ! ' Mental-Notes ' on This Grateful Dead " MONSTER~SHOW !!! " for me personally over the last 30+ Years. And right here & now ... I'm going to actually try to " Explain " this Show ??! I mean ... if I collected all of my tangible & intangible " notes " taken down & noted on This-One ! ( little pieces of scrap paper, tape cover backs, notebooks, trader lists, etc. ) ... I'd probably have Over-300 !!! But, you know ... those have pretty much ' scattered ' just about everywhere over the last Three-Decades Plus ! As at least for me ( & Many-Other ! Deadheads I've Known Since the '80's ! ) --- This ! isn't just a ' Dead Show ' ... it's a " Religion ! " virtually all-by-itself. And, if you already know this Show ( which, I'm just really-really hoping you already do - simply because life is short ) - let's just put it two ' quick ' ways for starters ... Firstly, the Reels ! were Returned-Home !! - and, if you ( very-likely ) had the same A-/B+ Soundboard Tapes from the Late-'80s / Early '90's -- then yeah ... as That ! means more-than Tons !! And, secondly ... just common-sense here -- This-Show was ' Selected ' as the " 25th ! " Dave's Picks Series release. So, kinda what I'm saying here ... is that this-means that Dave's Picks " 30 ", " 40 ", " 50 ! ", etc. are all pretty-much Screwed ! - In-Advance !! Because This-Show ! Folks ... it just really cannot-be-beat. So, you're going to have to left-turn, right-turn, back-up, or try & move-forward ... because I'm not really sure that 11/6/77 Binghamton !!! can be topped. Can it be " Equaled ? " - I don't know, maybe ? But, with that said & to me ... I just can't really even go there myself. I mean let's put it like this ... while 1/22/78 MacCourt " The Pit ! " at Duck U. !!! is my own personal ' Favorite ' Show ( for yes, many of my own crazy personal Dead Fan reasons ... ) - on the flip-side ... This 11/6/77 Binghamton Show is the one I personally consider " The-Best !!! ". The Best-Dead-Show from Yes ... All ! of 1977 !! And too, I'd easily also go as far as saying from the ' Entire ' June 1976 to Winter/Spring 1979 ( Post-Hiatus / Keith & Donna Era ). And, let me also say - while I wasn't quite ' always ' there ( With Grate ! Thanks To >>> 11/5/77 Rochester - 10/12/77 Manor Downs - 10/2/77 Portland - 6/9/77 & 6/7/77 Winterland - 5/22/77 Pembroke Pines - 5/19/77 Atlanta - 5/15/77 St. Louis - 5/9/77 Buffalo - and yes, even ... 5/8/77 Ithaca ) - and, maybe even I've missed a few here ( CT & Beantown May '77, etc. ( maybe ... ) ). But, I think the part about ( & The Story ! ) on just " How " I arrived to this " Official " '77 Dead ' Conclusion ' of mine here - is even kind of funnier. And, trust me - as it's a True ! Story. First ... I'll openly admit that the 5/19/77 ' Uncle John's ' itself is personally-responsible for turning me into a Deadhead - when, I was just like a 14 or 15 year old kid. And, when being that Deadhead Kid - I pretty much decided way-early on that " 1977 " was ' easily ' my favorite Dead-Year ( Question ... but, is it still Here-Today ??? - Ha ! - as I'll Just Take " The 5th " !! on this question ... cough, cough, 6/30/85, cough ... ha ! ). So ... there wasn't too much '77 that I hadn't heard by the time I could actually drive. But, when I could finally drive ( like to Cap Centre & RFK Shows & such with a " Learner's Permit " - Ha ! ) - I was actually driving down to a Cap Centre Show ( wow ... & what-a-surprise ! ) ... and then - my Buddy ( R.I.P. ! ) & I decided This-Claim ! right-here pretty much in full unison ... " You know ... this '77 Binghamton Show might just be " The-Best ! " 1977 Grateful Dead Show ?! ... You-Know !?! " ... and then we so eloquently decided as young-kids ( asking openly for politically-correct Deadhead forgiveness in advance here - ha ! - because I do actually love Donna-Dead overall ) --- " You know, if you actually could just trade the ' Sunrise ' here in this 11/6/77 Binghamton Show - for one-of the ' scarce ' ( 1 of the Only-5 ! ) 1977 Morning Dews !!! ( & switch the Set around accurately - to accommodate ' The Dew ! ' ... then Hell ! -- This-Is !! then for-sure " The-Best !!! " Dead Show of 1977 !!!!! And from there on out, we always kind of joked about this. But-then ... like a 1/2 Decade later - I was doing a crazy-long Oregon > Bay Area ( East Bay ! ) > L.A. ( Rose Bowl ! ) ' Drive ! ' ... mostly " By-Myself !! " - and having all of the time in the world to ' Think ' ( & Listen to 11/6/77 Binghamton ! ) - I Ultimately ! & Finally !! Made-My-Decision ... and, it goes just like this >>> " You know ... You don't even need-to-lose ' Sunrise ' - and you don't even need-to-add ' The Dew !!! " - because either-way ... This !!! is without-any-question " The-Best !!! " Grateful Dead Show of 1977 !!!!! So yeah - " Done & Dusted !!! " - at least for me. Yeah ... like - check it off the list !! And I'm extra-proud of it now too - for sure, being that it is now Officially " Dave's Picks 25 ! " - for All ! to Hear !! Because our thought on this was originally-born ( by us ) in like 1988/1989 ... and ' Finally ' decided-upon ( by me ) in 1994/1995. As the simple Truth ! is ... that the Boys ( & Gal ) Flat-Out " Prove ! " this claim we've made - from the 1/2 Step Mississippi ' Show-Opener ' !! ... through the Johnny B. Goode ' Encore ' !!! This Binghamton Show is not-only Stellar !! - but it is straight-up MEAN !!! I mean Folks ... this-is a 35-Year Young ! Jerry Garcia just playing Out-Of-His-Mind !! In fact, this Show is just So-Nasty !!! that I really hate to say it - but, it probably really could not have happened as a ' West Coast ' Dead Show. As just like 11/5 ( Rochester ) right before it ... there is just Out-Of-This-Universe !!! High-Energy East Coast style ( New York ! ) Interplay !! And, let's not forget too ... Jerry, Bobby, BK, Phil & Mick were probably still all thinking about " The-Other - 5/2/70 Binghamton !!! " - yeah, the one which Dick Latvala Himself ! ( R.I.P. ! ) liked to openly refer to as ... " The Show Of All Shows !!! ". So, I don't know Dick ... if Binghamton '70 & '77 go head-to-head for 10-Rounds ? ... Does '77 have a Fighting ' Chance ' ?? I mean ... I'll come right-out & say it ... " Damn-Right It Does !!! ". >>>>> Scarlet > Fire > Good Lovin' > St. Stephen > Drums > NFA > Rat > St. Stephen > Truckin' ... Johnny B. Goode !!!!!!!!!! But, you know - to each their own ... we all know & respect-that ( always a must ... ). But, at least to me & these humble Dead Fan ears of mine ? . . . . . BINGHAMTON '77 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha !!! & Most-Importantly ... Enjoy-It !!! ( " Loud !!!!! " ). ;-)) TRACK LISTING >>> Grateful Dead : Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena - Binghamton, New York ( NY ) : November 6, 1977 ( 11/6/1977 ) : Disc 1 : 1/2 Step Mississippi Jack Straw Tennessee Jed Mexicali Blues > Me & My Uncle Friend Of The Devil New Minglewood Blues Dupree's Diamond Blues Passenger Dire Wolf The Music Never Stopped Disc 2 : Samson & Delilah Sunrise Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin' Disc 3 : St. Stephen > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > St. Stephen > Truckin' Encore : Johnny B. Goode Item Condition : This Rare ! Out of Print ( 2018 GDP / Rhino release ) Grateful Dead Dave's Picks 25 Volume Twenty Five ( Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena - Binghamton, New York ( NY ) - November 6, 1977 ( 11/6/1977 ) Limited Edition / Individually-Numbered 3-CD Set ( of # 18,000 ) is Brand New / Factory Sealed ! Please see all photos provided. Photos included are of the actual item you will receive. 11/6/77 BINGHAMTON !!!!! --- Enjoy !!!!! Please Note : This 3-CD Set is a Limited Edition Series ( of # 18,000 ) 2018 Edition ! A Grateful Dead " Dave's Picks " release series constantly growing in popularity ... from 12,000 in 2012 - to 13,000 in 2013 - to 14,000 in 2014 - to 16,500 in 2015, 2016 & 2017 - and ... to 18,000 in 2018 !! Enjoy !!! Please ask any questions before bidding/buying & Best of Luck ! 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