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Having Reissued all of the Grateful Deads Dicks Picks Series on CD, Real Gone Music Is Now Cherry-Picking Key Volumes to Put Out on Vinyl for the First Time Ever

The Grateful Deads September 21, 1972 Concert at The Spectrum in Philadelphia Has Long Been Deemed One of the Greatest, If Not the Greatest, Performance by the Band Ever

The Show Was So Good That It Was Strongly Considered by Original Dead Archivist Dick Latvala to Lead Of the Dicks Picks Series of Live Dead Recordings, and It Is the One That Ended It with Dicks Picks Vol. 36

Every Member of the Band Plays at an Inspired Level, Especially Bob Weir, Whose Of-Time Guitar Fills and Unusual Chord Voicings Perfectly Complement Jerry Garcias Soaring, Lyrical Leads

Also Features Titanic Versions of Hes Gone, The Other One, and Wharf Rat Taken from a 9/3/72 Show At Folsom Field in Boulder, CO

7-LP Set Pressed in 180-Gram Vinyl at Furnace Record Pressing

Originally Recorded by Owsley Bear Stanley in Astonishing Clarity and Immediacy

Remastered from the Original Tapes by Jefrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering

Lacquer Cutting by Jef Powell, Who Got His Start at Memphis Ardent Studios and Has Worked with Everybody from Bob Dylan to Gregg Allman to Irma Thomas

Vacuum-Quiet Test Pressings Approved by Jefrey Norman, Dead Archivist David Lemieux, and Real Gones Own Gordon Anderson

Each Record Nestled in a Polyvinyl Inner Sleeve Inside a Hardshell Two-Piece Box

LP-Sized 4-Page Insert Features Bears Original Liner Notes and New Notes from Bears Son Starfinder Stanley That Lend Additional Context to the Recording, Which Comes Courtesy of the Owsley Stanley Foundation

LIMITED TO 2000 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES

In the Grateful Dead firmament, there are countless good shows, shining like stars in the sky. Then there are the great shows, those that shine the brightest. And then there are the truly transcendent shows, those that exert a gravitational pulldare we say it, like a Dark Staron all the other concerts from that particular year or tour. These are the nights that every Dead Head learns about right after getting on board the bus and the September 21, 1972 performance at the Spectrum in Philadelphia is truly one of those nights. This is the concert that original Dead archivist Dick Latvala strongly considered to kick off the Dicks Picks series, and its the one that ended it. Its one of those nights when every Garcia guitar solo tells a story, when the rhythm section is locked in like the gears on a Swiss watch, and when the band is repeatedly hitting its vocal harmonies dead-on. Its also a night when Bob Weir absolutely shreds, his unusual chord voicings and off-time guitar fills perfectly complementing Jerrys leads (the set also includes some highlights from the 9/3/72 show at Folsom Field in Boulder, CO). So when we at Real Gone Music were considering which Pick to put on vinyl next, the choice was pretty obvious. But to do this concert justice, we had to bring in the best. This 7-LP set is mastered for vinyl by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering from Bears original tapes, which are absolutely brilliant in their clarity and immediacy. Lacquers are cut by Jeff Powell, who got his start at Memphis legendary Ardent Studios and has worked with everybody from Bob Dylan to Gregg Allman to Irma Thomas. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Furnace Record Pressing, the vacuum-quiet test pressings were approved by engineer Norman, archivist David Lemieux, and Real Gones own Gordon Anderson. And each of the seven LPs is housed inside a polyvinyl sleeve carefully nestled (with extra padding!) inside a two-piece hardshell box. Weve also included a 4-page insert featuring, along with original photos and graphics and Bears original notes, a word from Bears son Starfinder Stanley on behalf of the Owsley Stanley Foundation, who kindly provided the tapes for our reissue. Limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies, this ones going to be a keepsake. Dont miss it.