We know where you’ve been and we’re taking you back with the twice as nice Dave’s Picks Volume 45: Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR – 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4xCDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn’t pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as “fire,” “mind-frying,” and “crispy” (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first “Dupree’s Diamond Blues” since ’69 and the first live “Casey Jones” since ’74.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David‘s video) and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.
Pre-orders are available here: https://store.dead.net/en/grateful-dead/special-collections/daves-picks/daves-picks-vol.-45/081227834586.html