Grateful Dead

Your memory is flawed and your assemssment is inaccurate and untruthful. You're trying to say I claimed the 80's were the best selling era. My point then was and still is that yes, In The Dark has out-sold everything they've ever released with the exception of Skeletons from the Closet. That's the era when the largest influx of new fans came in. Tha's when the Dead hit their highest commercial success and that is entirely why we are still getting releases today. That was my point then, and still is now. I had also mentioned that the 88 Road Trips pick was one of the very first to sell out from that series. By Dave's Picks 10, the '80 Fox Theater DaP Vol. 8 was by far the fastest selling out of the series up until that point. It actually remained one of the fastest Dave's Picks sellouts up until recently over the last year or two. None of that was false information. Thing is, when 80's shows sell well, for some reason, that doesn't sit well with the 80's haters crowd. The irony is your last post is rather Trumpian in it's stretching of the truth of our conversation from what, 5 years ago now... Face it, I was miracled a Spring '90 box. Some people freaked out about that because I, a person who frequently requests that era, and is critical about how this series was originally advertised as a "career spanding" series, which turned out to be anything but, recieved a gift that several people here jumped all over me for getting. One person even started becoming beligerant (AJS), to the point where I blocked him from sending me messages here. I will continue to stand up and defend myself and advocate for Dave to fulfill the initial promise of what this series was originally advertised to be. Why make people who like the 80's era dead shell out hundreds of dollars for boxed sets for 90% of the releases from that era, as opposed to easier to afford Dave's Picks releases? The recent post above, with all of those choice '73 Summer shows, now THAT should be a box. The full run. Slap a $500 price tag on it and see how the '70's only crowd reacts to that.

This new Dicks Picks Vinyl is lookin good, I pre-ordered a while ago for it. Glad to see its due to ship soon. Only other DP I have on vinyl is #3- it sounds awesome. I'd love to see some of the DaP's pressed on vinyl, I have a pessimistic outlook on whether that'll happen or not though. Id still buy em :^}

This is what I have for the Summer of '73: 05/20/73- UCSB Stadium - Santa Barbara, CA 218.4 min, 3.03 discs 05/26/73- Kezar Stadium - San Francisco, CA 245 min, 3.4 discs 06/09/73- Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - Washington DC, DC 204.8 min, 2.84 discs 06/10/73- Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - Washington DC, DC 274.2 min, 3.81 discs 06/22/73- P.N.E. Coliseum - Vancouver, Canada 242.1 min, 3.36 discs 06/24/73- Portland Memorial Coliseum - Portland, OR 193.5 min, 2.69 discs 06/26/73- Seattle Center Coliseum - Seattle, WA 203.4 min, 2.82 discs 06/29/73- Universal AmphiTheater - Universal City, CA (my copy is incomplete) 06/30/73- Universal AmphiTheater - Universal City, CA 172.3 min, 2.39 discs 07/01/73- Universal AmphiTheater - Universal City, CA (my copy is incomplete)

It would do my "aging" heart good to see all the Dave's Picks come out on vinyl. I am positive that they would sell well. I have purchased all of the available Dick's Picks on vinyl. WONDERFUL!!! A new one is coming out soon. Check it out, I think, on Rockaway Records. There is an excellent video on the process of making it. Mr. Pete---------> aging hippie

Good ice breaker with highway patrol, even on a routine stop

"Who are the Grateful Dead, and why do they keep following me?" Peace

Great idea Jim - we could "sign" a digital petition and pledge to purchase RFK June 9 & 10, 1973. Of course this requires a digital tracking system. Not to worry. Everyone who wishes to participate can go to the date of the show on the 10th (in the shows by year section) and post a comment with the subject "Release" and in the comment field "I will buy it". I've already put one in. Here's the link: http://www.dead.net/show/june-10-1973 What do you mean it won't work?!? It will work if we say it will work! This isn't over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!?

Yea.. when are those summer 73 shows going to get the Full Norman? They are almost all four disc shows, which needs to be addressed in their business model too. We need a good old fashioned protest outside Rhino.. "Free the Reels" PNE 73 sounds good to me.

....thanks man. Whew!!!! ;)

It's for those who want a streaming service rather than downloads