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For their second vinyl expedition into the Grateful Dead vaults (having sold out of Dick’s Picks Vol. 34 ), Real Gone Music has landed on one of the most momentous shows in the band’s long history: the March 23, 1974 show at the Cow Palace that marked the ?rst appearance of the famous (or infamous, depending on which Dead Head you ask) Wall of Sound concert PA! And, since the calling card of that ampli?cation system was its crystal-clear ?delity, we have taken absolutely no chances with the sound on this vinyl release: th • Real Gone Music Continues Its Long Strange Trip Through the Grateful Dead Catalog with a Vinyl Release of One of the Most Momentous Shows in the Band’s Long History • Dick’s Picks Vol. 24—Cow Palace Daly City, CA 3/23/74 Captures the Dead’s Very First Show Using the Notorious “Wall of Sound” Concert PA • Built by LSD Chemist Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the Wall of Sound PA Offered Unprecedented Clarity in a Live Setting Even as the Freight Costs to Transport It Nearly Bankrupted the Band • Real Gone’s 4-LP Release of Dick’s Picks Vol. 24 Goes to Great Lengths to Preserve That Audio Clarity in the Vinyl Format • Mastered from the Original Tapes by Long-Time Dead Engineer Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering • Lacquer Cut by the Venerable John Golden at Golden Mastering • Test Pressings Rejected and Finally Approved by Mastering Engineer Jeffrey Norman, Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux, and Real Gone’s Own Gordon Anderson • Pressed on 180-Gram Vinyl to Minimize Warpage and Surface Noise • The Four LPs Are Housed Inside a Full-Color Hardshell Box and Come in Poly-Lined Sleeves • Includes a 4-Page, Full-Sized, 4-Color Insert That Includes Bear’s Original Notes for the CD Release • Never Before on Vinyl • The 3/23/74 Show Was Notable for the Premiere of Two Songs That Became Staples of the Dead’s Repertoire, “Cassidy” and “Scarlet Begonias” • Also Marked the Third and Last Appearance of the “Playing in the Band/Uncle John’s Band/ Morning Dew/Uncle John’s Band/Playing in the Band” Medley, a De?nitive and Daring Rendition • Limited to 1500 Hand-Numbered Copies Dick's Picks Vol. 24" Cow Palace Daly City, Ca 03/23/1974

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Record LabelReal Gone Music, Rlgm

UPC0848064009146

eBay Product ID (ePID)11070878521

Product Key Features

FormatRecord

Release Year2020

GenreRock

ArtistGrateful Dead

Release TitleDick's Picks Vol. 24 in Cow Palace Daly City, CA 3/23/74

Dimensions

Item Height0.84 in

Item Weight2.46 lb

Item Length12.60 in

Item Width12.51 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks20

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

TracksU.S. Blues, Promised Land, Brown-Eyed Women, Black-Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It on Down the Line, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sun?ower 2, I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude Part I Part II (Let It Grow), Playing in the Band, Uncle John's Band, Morning Dew, Uncle John's Band, Playing in the Band, Big River, Bertha, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia

Number of Discs4