Grateful Dead

It's the tail end of the potluck line, and I'm up to the brownies. There are five left, but eight people in line behind me. Personally, I would not put one on my plate, then stick one in my pocket. Nor would I purchase a second ticket to a concert that was selling out, just to have an unblemished ticket for my scrapbook. But that's just me, and to each his/her own, I guess. Looking at my GD notes, I see that I have absolutely LOVED 10/14/83 and 10/21/83, so I simply CANNOT wait for my copy of this release! Be kind, rewind. p.s. I feel bad, but I'm having trouble getting psyched for the Meet-Up this year. I already purchased this show on DVD, so I'm struggling to convince myself to pay again, when I can watch it any time with glorious sound (and (free) beer). Perhaps the other projects this year meant that there wasn't enough time to ready a show that hasn't been released?

In order to maximize profit it would make the most sense for a flipper to subscribe. Thus, I don’t think that the flippers can be blamed for fast ala carte sell outs, other than indirectly blamed because there are fewer ala carte’s available due to higher subscription numbers. Recall that Doc previously admitted to buying extra copies to flip so that his copy was essentially free. Does that violate cactus jack’s call for community? Doc didn’t think so, he said that he more than made up for it by distributing the non-commercial releases freely to anyone that asked. If you can’t afford to put 28¢ in the piggy bank every day to save up for the early bird subscription, then how can you justify dropping $40 on an ala carte purchase? I couldn’t afford to go to as many GD shows as I wanted to. But had I stopped smoking a carton of cigarettes every week and instead put that money in the bank I probably would have had the money I needed to attend more shows. Short term desires outweighed long term goals...... In the 90’s I knew a girl who had a small percentage of every paycheck direct deposited into a separate bank account for mail order tickets. Then every time that a tour was announced she always had the funds to do mail order. She thought ahead and was able to attend a lot of shows......

Haven't had a chance to catch up on posts over the last couple of months and not too worried because I have a subscription. Great setlist and haven't listened to this one before. Looking forward to it. Appears it sold out as fast as the any of the other recent ones, so proof in the pudding that '80's releases sell out as fast as any other era. Nice and congrats! I'm all onboard if the next few picks venture into the latter half of the bands career. Absolutely no complaints what-so-ever about this one.

Prices are actually going down on Ebay, DaP 24 & 25 have been selling for less than $40 within the last few days. Production numbers have gone up, so has the number of ppl wanting to flip them on Ebay, but demand is the same. Pretty sure #27 will be available at affordable prices on the secondary market very soon.

Hi jaydouble, on the video Dave says it is a cassette master. But he and Norman are enthused about the sound. Well worth watching this seaside chat, lots of good info on the selection process.

...is sadly becoming an elitist thing for collectors and/or Audiophile types. Thus the prices for Dave's Picks. etc. are constantly on the rise. And why these sell out in hour(s) now vs. days/weeks a few years ago. It is what it is, but the saving grace is that there is an endless supply of GoGD music one can enjoy free as the wind./2 cents.

I am a subscriber, so I am not worried about getting shut out of any Dave's Picks. But if everyone just bought a single copy for themselves more people could enjoy these releases at fair prices. WE shouldn't need a One per person rule coming from the top of rhino/warnerbros...Be considerate. If You want to get an extra for a friend that's really cool of you. If you buy as many copies as you can to store/flip you are hurting this community of heads. There's been a pattern here of grifting money right out of each others pockets. Worse still, some are preventing those who want a copy from hearing the remastered music. It seems we are all well aware of how limited these are yet don't care about our brothers/sisters who weren't fortunate enough to subscribe for whatever reason. The Elitist mentality is to not have sympathy for those not capable of saving $2 a week - we're somehow better/smarter/wizards of finance and it's not our fault that we live in a capitalist society - It's not 2 dollars a week, it's $125 or $99 for the early bird, there is a difference... It stinks I realize that you're entitled to do whatever you want. Supply/Demand, go right ahead and work your magic, I just think it's selfish. Just my two cents

"Read Rocks was a melting pot of East and the laid back, but no less enthusiastic West Coast heads; who enjoyed watching us gets our minds blown off the Rocks." You must have caught a buzz. From '78 to maybe '87, the bulk of the audience at the GD Rocks shows was locals -- Colorado heads. Sure, some coasters drifted thru, but 75 percent were locals. Glad you had a good time. You shoulda been there in July '78....

I’m really looking forward to this. I’ve only ever seen 80’s and 90 Dead so this will be a nice reminder of seeing the band in that period. Dave saw all of his shows and got on the bus in the late 80s and 90s, so it’s logical that the main obstacle to releasing more in this series is, as he says, because of the source problems and not through any lack of appreciation. That said, I think he’ll only release future 80s and 90s midway through the year and leave the last and first as whoppers from the 60s and 70s to entice new subs.

Ha! You know more about the contents of my e-mailbox than I do. Yes, it was there. As a subscriber, I don't have to worry about missing a show :D I wonder when the bubble will burst? Dead and Company influence definitely increases sales, and so too do the eBay flippers. The production numbers will continue to go up, but eventually interest is going to fall off - that's just the way of things. Then the sellouts will be back to taking a whole week or more. Imagine that, Dave's Picks in stock for a couple of weeks. The eBay flippers will be dumping them at less than cost. Probably around Dave's Picks 82. Mr. Pete, I almost agree with your sentiment on one per person, but not the part about people's teeth rotting out. They're just making a living, no crime in that. And besides, one per person wouldn't allow me to gift out Dave's Picks and other Dead shows every year. I go up to visit family every 4th of July bearing Grateful Dead CDs. I also collect the damn things like baseball cards. One set is not enough, I have to have a backup or two. I was actually very close to having a full backup set of Dave's Picks, but simply could not get my hands on brand new copies of 1 through 6. It would have cost like a million dollars. When Real Gone began releasing Road Trips, I grabbed those (even though I have the originals), just to have them. It's the collector in me. There's something about going to the mailbox and opening up that fresh new CD that bring some excitement to my day. Of course it's also making me go broke like a bad habit, so maybe they should limit them for my own self preservation. I don't think Rhino is ever going to put a limit on the number of subscriptions people can buy. I think they rely on them to bolster sales. The eBay flippers are sort of a free distribution network for them.