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Memory Stick: Grateful Dead 30 Trips Around The Sun USB
We are more than pleased to announce the Grateful Dead's most ambitious release ever: 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN. Available as both an 80-disc boxed set and a custom lightning-bolt USB drive, the collection includes 30 unreleased live shows, one for each year the band was together from 1966 to 1995, along with one track from their earliest recording sessions in 1965. Packed with over 73 hours of music, both the boxed set and the USB drive will be individually numbered limited editions.
The 80-disc boxed set is individually numbered and limited to 6,500 copies, a nod to the band’s formation in 1965. Along with the CDs, it also includes a gold-colored 7-inch vinyl single which bookends the band’s career. The A-side is “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)” from the band’s earliest recording session in 1965 with the B-side of the last song the band ever performed together live, “Box Of Rain” recorded during their final encore at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 9, 1995.
The box also comes with a 288-page book that features an extensive, career-spanning essay written by Nick Meriwether, who oversees the Dead archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, along with special remembrances of the band submitted by fans. Also included is a scroll that offers a visual representation of how the band’s live repertoire has evolved through the years.
The USB drive version* will be shaped like a gold lightning bolt with the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary logo engraved on the side. The drive includes all of the music from the collection in both FLAC (96/24) and MP3 formats and is an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies. Digital version of the book also included on USB.
Shows will NOT be sold individually on CD. This release is sure to sell out quickly so pre-order your copy today and stick around as we will be revealing a mighty fine selection of music, art, and much, much more right here.
(Looking for a smaller 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake? September 18th will see the release of a four-CD version of the collection titled 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN: THE DEFINITIVE LIVE STORY 1965-1995. More on that here.)
ROLLINGSTONE.COM SONG PREMIERE AND EXCLUSIVE DAVID LEMIEUX INTERVIEW
Head on over to Rollingstone.com for the very first listen of "Morning Dew" 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, David Fricke's exclusive interview with archivist David Lemieux, and the reveal of 30 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN's '69 and '84 shows.
*Helpful hints for using your USB:
Running the 30 Trips Player / Reader program:
On Windows – Navigate to the USB drive and double click the PCStart.exe file to run.
On MacOS – Open the GD 30 Trips drive, and double click the MacStart to run.
Viewing the digital book:
You can either view it within the program that comes on the drive, or by opening the PDF directly.
To view the PDF, open the PDF folder on the drive and the USB_bk_spreads_08-31 file within. Selecting the option within your PDF reading application to view as a “single page” might be preferable to viewing as a continuous document.
Importing music into iTunes and other library programs:
When you import the songs from the USB into your library, the information used to identify the track will likely leave them sorted incorrectly. Please use the song list found here to re-number the songs for each show so that they playback in the correct order.
- 1966 – July 3, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California
- 1967 – November 10, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
- 1968 – October 20, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California
- 1969 – February 22, Dream Bowl, Vallejo, California
- 1970 – April 15, Winterland, San Francisco, California
- 1971 – March 18, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1972 – September 24, Palace Theatre, Waterbury, Connecticut
- 1973 – November 14, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego
- 1974 – September 18, Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France
- 1975 – September 28, Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
- 1976 – October 3, Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan
- 1977 – April 25, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey
- 1978 – May 14, Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
- 1979 – October 27, Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
- 1980 – November 28, Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida
- 1981 – May 16, Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- 1982 – July 31, Manor Downs, Austin, Texas
- 1983 – October 21, The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1984 – October 12, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Maine
- 1985 – June 24, Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati
- 1986 – May 3, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
- 1987 – September 18, Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 1988 – July 3, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine
- 1989 – October 26, Miami Arena, Miami, Florida
- 1990 – October 27, Le Zénith, Paris, France
- 1991 – September 10, Madison Square Garden, New York
- 1992 – March 20, Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
- 1993 – March 27, Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
- 1994 – October 1, Boston Garden, Boston
- 1995 – February 21, Delta Center, Salt Lake City