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I bet the one you are missing is the one at the top behind the Dave's Picks logo (right over the "v"). It took me a while to recognize it and get to 26.

I still only count 25 balloons, are there 26? Someone mentioned The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, yes, do yourself a favor and see a show there. Seattle is full of great old converted movie houses, it once had more than any other city. Most have been lost, but there are a bunch still around. Numbers don't matter, but I always thought it would be cool to get like number 1977 for a 1977 release. So far no luck. Next box, June '76 has my vote. Anything '73 works too. Based on Bolo's clues though I'm predicting the long awaited Ark shows. Why no art Dead.net. Seriously, provide images for future releases. Someone mentions 12.1.79, I've advocated for this show for years. Maybe it isn't in the vault. It was my favorite show on cassette, around the time Jerry died. DaP 26 does sound good, but I didn't think it was not up to be the main sub draw (yea yea my opinion). It's good, but not the premiere show of the year with bonus disc good. The Other One with Feelin' Groovy jam is hot, unfortunately its split by a stupid Bob cowboy song. Too many repeats between the show and bonus disc. The series has been good, but when they originally announced it there was a long scrolling list of CLASSIC shows but we have gotten only 1 or 2 of them so far. Where is Kezar, Baltimore? I understand whatever the ABCD agreement has changed things though. The third pick of the year is the gratitious one as there is no incentive to sign people up or get people excited about the following year so expect that next. And why no Dark Star in a while? Is that a spat over who gets paid more? Bring on the box announcement Dave, you're killing us!

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I love when stuff like that happens.

I agree with everyone's comments. I was in publishing for 25 years and no one gives a shit about individual numbers just the big number 18000. I was attempting to be facetious. By the by, this is a great sounding release and what can you say about Pig. Got to love this forum, we will talk about anything given the chance.I just like to churn the pot. Oh yeah, I don't need any stinking numbers!

I have the DaP subscription, but I know my brother LOVES this period, so I got him a copy just in case he was unable to get one before they sold out... Well, he got one too, so I have an extra DaP 26... I am not in this for the money, only love of Dead, so I'm reaching out for a Trade, not for Sale. I cant find my copy of Day on the Green... I know I got it, but cant find it... So, if you have one, and would like to Trade, please PM me. For those interested in Numbers, it's # 611 iGrateful

Totally irrelevant. The only reason they stamp them is to verify and underscore the fact that they are a numbered set with (theoretically) no identical numbers. Sure getting a low number is kinda cool, but so what? As for "why don't the #'s correspond to order date?" question - I can imagine the fulfillment center with 18,000 (!) addressed envelopes stacked on one side and all the pallets/boxes of CD's on the other , and then somebody running in saying "WAIT! We gotta match up the CD #'s with the corresponding envelopes in the order they were purchased! Here's CD #17,527 - has anyone seen that corresponding envelope? Look in that pile over there!". As if.....

The only show I missed out on back during my a la carte days. Sometimes you just move too slow...

Does a low number mean it has more value, does a high number? What number do they start the run with? Are the first numbered high and the last low or vice versa? Are the sets taken out of unnumbered boxes from CD manufacturer and stamped in random order by Dead.net? Are the sets assembled all in the same place and stamped in order of manufacturing? Does it matter anyway? Do we really buy these to have a low number as if someone will pay more for a low number or high number for that matter? If you get a numbered copy that is what gives it value because its within the limited production run. Can we expect Dead.net to manufacture, assemble and stamp in the exact order of physical production? That not only seems unprobable but totally unreasonable. Now...if these were on vinyl and the numbers indicated the number of copies from the virgin pressing stamp it would matter greatly, but these are CD's. I've never heard of a CD being less of a CD or lower in quality because it was burned 4th or 100th, is that even a possibility? The thin as a wafer made-in-Mexico CDs from the 30TATS box that bend and distort when they spin in my high-speed burner, that is something to be concerned about.

It works like this: Each Digipak has a unique number printed on it, from 1 to 18000. When it comes time to mail them, they are packed and an address label is stuck on the outside of the packing and it is sent on its way. Naturally there is no way to match the number on the Digipak to a list of subscribers in the order which they placed their orders (or their orders were processed). The chance is that they keep no record of who ordered what on which particular day and time. Why should they? What would happen if and when someone cancelled an order? Would they remake the list? Would they hire a bunch of monks to try and match order numbers with disc numbers? The number has no value, however each copy has a unique number which some would say gives it value. Some even argue that low numbers are more valuable than high numbers.