The Grateful Dead - Oakland, Ca 12/31/87 New years at the Coliseum

I was late to the travelling party that was the Grateful Dead.  By the time I was a full fledged fan, it was 1986 and didn't see my first show until Providence, RI in the fall of 1987.  I did manage to make up for lost time seeing the Dead close to 25 times between that date and 1993.    As i like to say, I got busy! 

1987 was before Jerry went into a coma, twice!  1987 was when we were transitioning from Reagan to HW Bush.  It was a strange time.

This show was one of the very first concerts simulcast, which means for those of you from that era, you could watch the show live via your cable provider.  How quaint!  Enjoy it! Grab it here

Pick Your Poison Release Schedule for January and February

Someone close to me suggested that we the folks here at Pick Your Poison should put out a schedule of releases.  The more I've thought about it the more I agree.  While I'm uncertain who will write the review/notes/thoughts about the release, I can say this is what we'll put out through Feb. and the dates.  In general, we'll target the Wednesday of each week.

1. The Clash - Take the 5th!: The Palladium NYC, NY (9/21/79) - week of January 23th
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Memphis Blues and Assorted Morcels (10/30/73) - week of January 30th
3. The Grateful Dead - New Years at the Coliseum Oakland, Ca. (12/31/87)-week of Feb 7
4. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Auf Wiedersehen Dortmund: Dortmund, Germany (6/12/80) week of Feb 14th
5. The Rolling Stones - Brussels Affair: Brussels, Belgium (10/17/73) - week of Feb 21th
6. RUSH - Experiences to Extremes Milwaukee, Wi (6/24/84) - week of Feb 8th

All of these releases are of amazing quality ranging from outright soundboard recording to outstanding audience sound.  Feel free to let us know if you have an artist you are interested in, as you'd be surprised at what we have in store for the future!!!!!!