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pud
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Sportbikeville
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 19, 2007 - 04:21pm PT
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Zepplin - 3rd row at the Forum $7.25
The Dead - Folsom Field $12.00
Jethro Tull - Long Beach Arena $12.50
The Who - Colloseum $15.00
Black Sabbath - Long Beach $5.50
Queen - The Forum $7.50
Deep Purple - Long Beach $6.50
Rush - The Forum $7.50
Jeff Beck - Pacific Amp. $7.50
Kiss/Nugent/Segar/Flo&Eddie - Fesival at L Beach Stadium $10.00
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Starlight Amp. 10/01/76 $6.85
J.Geils - Starlight Amp. $6.50
Neil Young and crazy Horse - Universal Amp. $17.50
Blackmores Rainbow - Starlight Amp. $7.85
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screelover
Mountain climber
Canuckistan
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Dec 19, 2007 - 04:28pm PT
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A trip down not-so-clear memory lane.
If you want to see what inflation does to these prices, go here:
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/data/us/calc/
I ran the $12/1980 Grateful Dead ticket through - it comes to $30.05 in 2007 $$. Still sounds like a heck of a deal!
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FeelioBabar
climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Dec 19, 2007 - 04:29pm PT
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$129.95, and getting that feathered hottie back to your freshly airbrushed van for some heavy petting...
priceless.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho
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Dec 19, 2007 - 04:33pm PT
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What about the blotter?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Dec 19, 2007 - 04:36pm PT
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Skynyrd in 1976, that was prior to the crash, right?
I woulda liked to see Ronnie Van Zant singin' in person. Just ain't the same without him (and all the others).
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scuffy b
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Stump with a backrest
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Dec 19, 2007 - 04:40pm PT
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Fillmore Auditoreum 8/67 $3.00
Electric Flag
Cream
Gary Burton Quartet
Winterland 1/68 $3.00
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Albert King
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
with unannounced bonus appearance of
Big Brother and the Holding Company
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Dec 19, 2007 - 04:48pm PT
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[url="http://www.archive.org/details/gd80-06-08.eaton.tome.7193.sbefail.shnf"]Ain't nobody messin with you but you
your friends are getting most concerned
loose with the truth
maybe it's your fire
but baby...I hope you don't get burned[/url]
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Dec 19, 2007 - 08:07pm PT
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sorted by date:
1975 6 6.5 J. Geils Band
1975 10 10 Elton John
1975 10 6.85 Lynyrd Skynyrd
1976 3 6.5 Orchestra
1976 8 7.85 Blackmore's Rainbow
1977 11 ? Aerosmith
1980 1 7.5 Grateful Dead, Beach Boys, J. Baez, Devadip C. Santana
1980 6 12 Grateful Dead (2 tickets)
1985 2 6.5 Rush
1986 11 17.5 Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1988 1 25 Stadium Motocross
1989 10 30.5 The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses
? 6 7.5 Jeff Beck
? 8 15 Who (2 tickets)
? 8 10 Kiss / Nugent
? 9 12.5 Jethro Tull
? ? 7.75 Queen
? ? 7.5 Black Sabbath
? ? 8.75 Bad Co.
? ? 5.5 Black Sabbeth
? ? 6.5 Deep Purple
? ? 7.5 Led Zeppelin
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 19, 2007 - 08:16pm PT
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1972 Canned Heat -- Roberts Stadium -- $2.50
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Dec 19, 2007 - 08:39pm PT
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This thread is kick ASSSSSS™ ™ ™ ™ ™
I went to Day On The Green (Oakland Coliseum) in 1976 - I don't remember how much the tickets were,
but it was Fleetwood Mac, Gary Wright. UFO, and Peter Frampton. I was 14, and Stevie Nicks was HOT.
I got so stoned that I passed out, but when I came to, I was still standing - such was the crowd.
Peter Frampton was singing "Do you feel like I do"...Awesome!
Then in 1986 I saw John Lee Hooker play at The Last Day Saloon (4th and Clement)
for the princely sum of $6.00. And let's knott forget The Red Hot Chilli Peppers at
the Ibeam on Haight Street for $6.00 in '85...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 19, 2007 - 08:58pm PT
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Grateful Dead in Golden Gate Park c 1972-76 - free
Jefferson Airplane Golden Gate Park c 1972-76 - free
most "2nd tier" rock and roll bands touring the Bay Area - lower Sproul Plaza UCB c 1972-76 - free
Beach Boys, Central Park NYC, 1978 - free
Anti-Nuclear Rally, multiple big name acts, c. 1980 - free
let me think a bit more...
The Who, WInterland c. 1976 I think $10/ticket... by lottery...
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Dec 19, 2007 - 09:13pm PT
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Ah yes - the Panhandle of Golden Gate park...
Jimi Hendrix (a week after Monterey Pop, 1967 - age 6; remember it well).
Grateful Dead - too many times to count.
Country Joe and The Fish, Big Brother and The Holding Company...
Edit: Damn, I still remember the chorus of my then-favorite song:
It's one, two three, what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam
And it's five, six seven, open up the pearly gates (whoopee)
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Dec 19, 2007 - 09:16pm PT
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Yeah all the bands I've seen for under 10 bucks.
J geils
Cheap trick
Ted Nuggent
Van Halen
Yes
Y & T
Blue Oyster cult
Jeff beck
Foghat
Lynard Sknyard
Gregg Kihn
Tom Petty
A ST Fav. Eddie Money( excellent show actually)
Pat Traverse ( with Pat Thrall and Carmen Apiece)
Savoy Brown ( Kim Simmons was incredible)
Heart
Sammy Hagar
Montrose
Probably 50 more that I can't recall......
the late 70's were the sh#t.........
Sh#t in Reno at that time for a 2 drink minimum ($5) I have seen
Bo Didley
BTO
Sammy Davis
Humperdinck
Wayne Newton
BB KING Alot
I've Seen Pink flyod and the firm in Oakland but I think I had to cough up $20 for those tickets.....
In those days you could afford to see live entertainment, The Promoters have ruined it.
I've only seen 3 bands in the last year Marshall Tucker in Vegas $75 a ticket, David Matthews in Vegas in March $85 a ticket and G3 with Satriani and Paul Gilbert at $55 a ticket. I think I'll just keep downloading my favorite music off Limewire, and live in my cave.......
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Dec 19, 2007 - 09:21pm PT
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Hey Russ - just looked up the lyrics to my favorite pinko commie anti-war song...
LOL!!
The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
Gimme an F!
F!
Gimme an I!
I!
Gimme an S!
S!
Gimme an H!
H!
What's that spell ?
FISH!
What's that spell ?
FISH!
What's that spell ?
FISH!
Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Huh!
Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.
And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
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arsenalcrater
Trad climber
Vista, CA
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Dec 19, 2007 - 09:26pm PT
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Let's see, I was a creature of the 80's Bay Area thrash metal scene, but here is what I remember:
1985 Day on the Green @ the Oakland Coloseum w/ Victory, Y&T, Yngwie Malsteen, Metallica (the only band we were interested in), Ratt and Scorpion = $27.95/Gerneral Admission
1985 New Years Eve Fest @ the San Francisco Convension Center w/ Megadeth, Metal Church, Exodus and Metallica = $22.50/General Admission
1986 @ the Stone San Francisco w/ Megadeth and King Diamond = $16.99/General Admission
1987 @ the Omni Oakland w/ Vio-lence, Forbidden and Testament = $13.99/General Admission
Fast Forward:
2006 @ the Mystic Theatre in Pataluma w/ Groundation = $15.00/General Admission
2006 @ Caesars Palace w/ Stevie Nicks = $250.00 (section pcor3 - row NN - seat 309)
2007 @ the Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff w/ Testament = $22.00/General Admission
2007 @ the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix w/ Stevie Nicks = $500.00 (row 2 - seat 5...pretty much front and center stage)
Interesting thread; I had just as much fun (if not more) at the Reggae and thrash show then I did at the high priced Stevie shows, although a weekend in Vegas pretending to be a player is priceless.
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Dec 19, 2007 - 09:42pm PT
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Some highlights...
The Flaming Lips & Bad Brains
Night Owl Bottle Lounge, Pensacola '87 - Free
Public Enemy & a Tribe Called Quest
Brooklyn Arts Center '90 - $15
Sonic Youth & Sun Ra Orchestra
Central Park Summer Stage NYC '91 - Free
Pearl Jam & Bongwater
CBGB's '92 - $10
Rage Against the Machine
Red Rocks '97 - $20
Lee Scratch Perry & the Mad Professor
Fox Theatre '98 - Free
Aimee Mann & Richard Thompson
Chautauqua '05 - Priceless
plus a few miracles...[url="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%28collection%3AGratefulDead%20OR%20mediatype%3AGratefulDead%29%20AND%20-mediatype%3Acollection&sort=%2Fmetadata%2Fdate"]EVERYDAY...[/url]
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 19, 2007 - 10:15pm PT
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I didn't keep the ticket stubs to these:
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Dylan
Blood Sweat & Tears
Steppenwolf
Johnny Winter
The Guess Who
Oingo Boingo
Metallica
Jefferson Starship
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Genesis
and a few others I'm sure i forget...
Those were wild times. It was great :)
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Austin, Texas
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Dec 19, 2007 - 10:20pm PT
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I paid 6.50 to see Rush on their moving pictures tour at Faverhalle in Germany in '81.
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Splater
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Grey Matter
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Dec 19, 2007 - 11:09pm PT
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Blasters (Phil Alvin, no Dave, but the lead guitar guy is great) Adams Ave street Fair Sept 2007, Free
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