The Jaw-Dropping !! " Dave's Picks 26 " 1971 ! Grateful Dead release !!! ... the recently ' Unearthed ! ' & Amazing !!! 11/17/71 Albuquerque, New Mexico ! Show ( ... the 1st ! Dead Show ' Ever ' in New Mexico !! ... ) - in addition to the Legendary ! 12/14/71 University of Michigan ! Show at ' Hill Auditorium ' !! ... a 1971 Grateful Dead Fan " Dream-Set " release ! -- Massive ! Live-Dead stands from the Attack-Heavy ! '71 Fall / Winter Tour !!!  If you didn't consider Late-1971 G.D. a " Prime / Peak " Era ever-before ? ... well, you Very-Likely Will ! Now !! ... " With ( 12/14/71 NM ) & Without ( 11/17/71 NM ) Pigpen " - All in One '71 Live-Dead Set ! - with the Keith-Fresh ! & Slightly-New-Look ( & Sound ! ) G.D. Bringing The-Heat ! both-ways ... WOW !!!!!

Dang ... 1971 Fall / Winter Tour " LIVE-DEAD !!! " - and just like Pigpen himself used to so well say ... it's " All You Need !! ".  I mean ... here I am just about catching my breath ! after giving this " Dave's Picks 26 " a deeply-attentive " Headphones-Only ! " style listen.  And, quite frankly - it feels like a re-kindled Love-Affair with '71 Grateful Dead !!!  These Shows are just So ... Filthy !!?  I mean, you know - ' Filthy ' in a ... " Grate ! " Way !!!  Just the way this Set was done - is just so-so Cool ! -- 11/17/71 in Albuquerque, New Mexico ! ( ' Without ' Pigpen ), and then ... 12/14/71 at the University of Michigan ( ' With ' Pigpen ).  So, this really forces you to hear the 1971 " Before & After ! " - or, should I more properly say ... the " After & Before !! ".  While Pigpen wasn't with the Band ( for the obvious health-related reasons ) during the 11/17 New Mexico Show - he then rejoined them by the time the 12/14 U. of M - Hill Auditorium Show arrives !  And so ... for really ' Historical ' purpose ( & Enjoyment ! purposes - naturally ... ) - you get to hear the Rip-Roarin' !! & Ready-For-Action !!! Late-'71 Grateful Dead unit playing " With & Without " ( " Without & With " ! ) Pigpen all within the Same ! G.D. Era & Tour ! ... as I like to call it myself - the " Keith-Fresh " Grateful Dead Era !  Or, as I guess you could also call-it the ... " Fresh-Keith " Era ! - because damn, he Sure-Was !!  Donna herself actually ' cornered ' Jerry in Early-1971 to " Tell-Him " that Keith ! was " The Man " - and with Live throw-downs like these ?! ... She sure-was Right !!  Just thinking back here for a second - can you kindly " Zone-In " to how the 11/14/71 TCU ! & 11/15/71 Austin, TX ! Shows made you feel ( ... way back in like 2010 - when Those ! Beauties !! were cut-loose from The-Vault ! ) - well, here you have it - really ... " Part III !!! " - for lack of any really better way of saying it.  I mean ... " Just Think Back ! " to how Your-Jaw was " Dropped !! " when you listened to Disc 2 of the 11/15 Austin Show ?!!  Well, better get ready to put Your-Jaw back-down-there ... Again !!  More ! of this brand of - ahhh ... " Jerry Garcia Fretboard Assault !!! " - with Phil Lesh showing no fear at all to play along ... in Unison !  And too, let's not forget either ... B.K. !!! -- One-Drummer-Live-Dead !!  And yep, you bet - as a 28-Year Old ! Garcia sure doesn't mind That ! ... more Fields to Plow !!!  Seriously, as these are like Fender Strat Guitar Clinics !! - very different, than say a Jimi Clinic ! ... but, in so-many-ways - just Equally-Important !  As at times ... it is like you are Reading ! " Garcia's Mind !! " taking its own Trip !!!  And too ... it just so-feels like you are part of it - while it also feels like no one can steer it ?! -- it's just Playin' In the Band !!!  And too - let's keep in mind as well that This ! Show right-here is the " 1st ! " Grateful Dead Show " Ever ! " in New Mexico !!!  And, on the flip-side - it's only something like the " 10th " Dead Show in Michigan.  But, my point being ... That's a pretty-big difference ( & especially in 1971 ! ) for a San Francisco, California ! Band !!  And, in fact too ... the Dead only ever played 5-Show " Ever ! " in New Mexico, with this 11/17/71 Show obviously being the 1st !  And, just for fun too - here are the ' only ' others ... 10/7/77 U of MN ! and 10/17/82, 9/10/83 & 9/11/83 at the Downs of Santa Fe !  So yeah ... if You-Yourself ! caught this November 17, 1971 Albuquerque ! Show - then go ahead & I'll wait ... while you " Pat Yourself On The Back " - Right-Now !! -- " Well-Done !!! ".  And, as far as the Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor Show goes ... just take a second now - and I'll bet you can ... " Visualize - The Poster ! ".  I mean let's be serious, after all - as nearly Every ! good Deadhead knows This-One ! ... Cartooney - Crazy - & Killer !!  And, as for the " Sound " on these ??!  Well, while we've all heard the " Ann Arbor " Show in some " Moderately-Decent + Form " ( & especially once the DAT Era ! rolled around ).  But, as for the 11/17 " Albuquerque " Show ?!? ... now That-One was just-about Nowhere ! to be found.  I mean I heard it " Once " in my whole-life prior to this DP # 26 - and the Sound-Quality on the tape I had ? ... well, it was like " 2-Thumbs-Down " - just one of those " For Historical ' Listening ' Purposes - Only ! " type Dead Tapes.  And this Dave's Picks 26 Version ! - is an " Entirely-Different " Ball-Of-Wax !  So ... " 1971 " on these Sets - and reading them ... it hardly-even tells you a Thing ! - other than things like ... " Oh Look - they played Run Rudolph Run ! ".  Because as pretty-much every Grate ! Dead fan well-knows - in This ! Era - reading Sets usually does no-good.  You've just gotta go " Old School " - Roll Up Your Sleeves ! - Lean Back in Your Easy Chair ! - put the Headphones ! on ... & Presto !!! -- It'll Melt ! Your-Mind !!!!! ... Cryptical ! > Drums !! > Other One !!! > Uncle !!!! > Other One !!!!! = WOW !!! ... ENJOY !!!!!!!

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Recorded ' Live ' at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico ( NM ) on November 17, 1971 ( 11/17/1971 ) + University of Michigan - Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan ( MI ) on December 14, 1971 ( 12/14/1971 ) :

Disc 1 :
Albuquerque Civic Auditorium - Albuquerque, New Mexico ( NM ) - November 17, 1971 ( 11/17/1971 ) >>>
Truckin'
Sugaree
Beat It On Down The Line
Tennessee Jed
El Paso
Big Railroad Blues
Jack Straw
Deal
Playing In The Band
Cumberland Blues
Me & Bobby McGee
You Win Again
Mexicali Blues
Casey Jones

Disc 2 :
Albuquerque Civic Auditorium - Albuquerque, New Mexico ( NM ) - November 17, 1971 ( 11/17/1971 ) >>>
One More Saturday Night
Ramble On Rose
Sugar Magnolia
Cryptical Envelopment >
Drums >
The Other One >
Me & My Uncle >
The Other One >
Wharf Rat
Not Fade Away >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Not Fade Away

Disc 3 :
University of Michigan - Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI - December 14, 1971 ( 12/14/1971 ) >>>
Truckin'
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Beat It On Down The Line
Loser
Next Time You See Me
El Paso
Big Railroad Blues
Me & My Uncle
Run Rudolph Run
Big Boss Man
You Win Again
Not Fade Away >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Not Fade Away


* Item Condition * :  This Rare ! Out of Print ( 2018 GDP / Rhino release ) Grateful Dead Dave's Picks 26 Volume Twenty Six ( Albuquerque Civic Auditorium - Albuquerque, New Mexico ( NM ) - November 17, 1971 ( 11/17/1971 ) + University of Michigan - Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, Michigan ( MI ) - December 14, 1971 ( 12/14/1971 ) ) Limited Edition / Individually-Numbered Set ( of # 18,000 ) 3-CD Set is Brand New !  * Please Note * :  This Brand New 3-CD Set was purchased factory-direct upon its initial 2018 release, and this item is " Brand New / Factory-Sealed " - but was not factory-sealed " completely " with the factory sealing shrink wrap not entirely-covering the top edge of this 3-CD Set ( please see photos / close-up photos # 8 through # 10 ) - minor, but still always worth a mention ( with photos ).  Please see all photos provided.  Photos included are of the actual item you will receive.  Fall / Winter Tour '71 !!! at Both !! Albuquerque, New Mexico ! & Ann Arbor, Michigan ( U of M ! ) ... Enjoy !!!!!

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