Grateful Dead

Expect Dave's Picks offering expanded to 20K units next year. Or maybe 19K, for some sort of weird symmetry with annual growth potential.

Dap 28 how about 12/1/79

I would guess the band has their own soundboard of 12/7/71, which WNEW (probably W_Old now) would not own. From Wikipedia - Hal Kant: "Kant became best known for his representation of the Grateful Dead, bringing the band millions of dollars in revenue, through his management of the band's intellectual property and merchandising rights. At Kant's recommendation, the group was one of the few rock 'n roll pioneers to retain ownership of their music masters and publishing rights." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Kant I think they have the master and it will be released one day. It is also possible it's a multi-track or that additional care went into the recording process as it aired on the radio. It was one of my first tapes although I did not have the whole show at first.. and I loved it. The numbers issue keeps coming up.. Not stating fact, just opinion.. By the end of the Road Trips series.. sales were under-performing (~ less than 8k copies until months or sometimes years later????) and then they went out of print. There certainly was no rush to buy them as they sat in the on-line store for quite some time. The subscription series which might very well be designed to sell out is an attempt to get people's hands out of their pockets and buy exactly when they are printed (if not before). They are seeing a spike in interest.. in 2012 the run was 12k units and now it's comfortably selling out at 18.5k units. I hope this continues it's good for everyone, but each year there is a bit of a guessing game on the size of the production run. If people would have reliably made the purchase as they were produced, they wouldn't be using this model.. So now it's either subscribe or take your chances and has been this way for over five years. My two cents.. No hard feelings, just subscribe in October / November.

Reminds me a little of DaP 9 on first glance...

For you are a conquered people! This show Phil specifically mentions in his book 'Searching for the Sound'. Looks of stories and good vibes passed down the line in lore from the folks that were there... http://www.dead.net/show/september-2-1983 Nice out of the box pick IMO with a rare sighting of Help>Slip>Franklin's. Let's see how note perfect it is!! I am looking forward to it like hopefully the rest of you are! What about Sporto?

Some may be relieved to find the bronco does not have a beard. Though it could be considered curious by some of our more discriminating resident art critics that while both riders have maintained their well-coiffed hair, even as they ride the pale horse (a rather apt phrase in this case), our interstellar equine chaperone seems to have lost every trace of her coat. Not even a whisker of a forelock.

Mr. Pete, I agree. If they're going to release a mid-80's show---which they did--I wonder when they're going to dip into The GReeks. Possibly a box in 2020... not sure if you're referring to the 82 tours or 85 tours.... Me? I'm a pre-78 show listener. (for the most part) I do, on occasion, listen to 80's shows but I tend to lose interest fairly early---say after about 30 minutes---then dive into the 68-73 tidal currents. The waters are much more intense during this time (for me anyway) Alas, every listener has a vibe they groove to...so we'll just have to wait (or listen to archive...or message me. I have tons of shows to share) I'm itching for The ARK Boston trifecta: 4/21/69 4/22/69 4/23/69 Mr. Pete: May your GREEK desires come to fruition soon...a BIG BOX?

just listened to this show at the gym, WOW and far out smokin show thanks to dave and the rest of the staff that put this together great choice, peace and good lovin to all my sisters@brothers in the dead community

Product quantity is just too low. If things are limited edition I agree with others that believe in sharing with friends. Allowing folks 2 copies is ridiculous as I just found out about it while listening to Dave and he says they won't last long but they were already gone. I've subscribed in the past but November/ December is not a good time for me to throw down 2 nickels. I have offered to prepay as early as spring time but they must be scared about holding onto money. I cant believe we only have less than 18 k Heads or the lower levels called fans. Too many end up on ebay at scalper prices. And these past show releases/series should get fresh batches burnt large enough for profit but without having to wharehouse too much. That's just part of my 2 cents. I'm also not happy that GDM is basically defunct. No new shirts, stickers, videos, books but for years they were fine to go they Kiss route. How many faithful Deadheads ever bought golf tees or other absurd stuff but if it is always been about the music then start allowing free downloads of this limited edition scam 3 or 5 years after being released. I am grateful for all they've given us but if we cant buy these things first hand then atleast allow folks to post on You Tube or make a Spotify business deal so we can listen. I only missed 2 Dicks Picks in years past and several I bought extras for gifts. Some I bought multiple copies over time to replace scratched, lost, or stolen single discs but I just had to buy the whole release to get. Please release more copies and expand the time table for prepay. Thank you for all you guys have done.

Simply blistering! Wow....