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Grateful Dead : Dave's Picks Volume 13 : Winterland Arena - San Francisco, California ( CA ) : February 24, 1974 ( 2/24/1974 ) : 3-CD Set : Skeleton Ice Skating Cover Art !!!
One of "The!" Grateful Dead Shows that Needed!! to be released ... 2/24/74 Winterland !!! ... and now - It Has Been!!! Finally... & So-Thankfully!! Grateful, We Are... Yes!!!!!

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 Neccessary! Pre-Hiatus (1974) release that just had-to be unleashed from that so very precious 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 - at least at some point... over the last 40-plus 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 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 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 1995/1996 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 & 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."!!! Hah! 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 Seatbelt! in you easy music-listening chair - so you're not 'immediately' taken 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?! Hah!!! What a Cover! The one & only... Winterland !!! Enjoy !!!!!

Please Note : This 3-CD Set is a Limited Edition Series (of 16,500) 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, and now 16,500 in 2015. Enjoy !!!

Item Condition : This Rare Out of Print (2015 GDP 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 Brand New / Factory Sealed ! Please note that there is a very-slight severing of the factory sealing shrink wrap, on the bottom spine edge area (please see photos/close-up photo #6 provided). No damage to the CD Set itself, as this item was purchased factory-direct upon it's release - - with just a tiny severing of the shrink wrap present. Please see all photos provided. Photos included are of the actual item you will receive. Enjoy !!!!!

* Please Note * : There is a very-slight severing of the factory sealing shrink wrap, on the bottom spine edge area (please see photos/close-up photo #6 provided). No damage to the CD Set itself, as this item was purchased factory-direct upon it's release - with just a tiny severing of the shrink wrap present.

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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

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